iPad 3 and iPhone 5 to have IGZO panels from Sharp?
Apple’s latest mobile devices, the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, both use IPS displays, because the company considered that IPS was the best technology for them. But things may change next year. According to DigiTimes and unnamed sources in Apple’s supply chain, the Cupertino giant intends to use IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) panels [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 (Ace) renders leaked with AT&T branding
It was only yesterday when we found out that the oft-rumored Nokia Ace would be announced by AT&T during CES in January, and would be in stores in March. This supposed Windows Phone-powered flagship smartphone from the Finnish manufacturer has now been spotted in some leaked renders. They come courtesy of one of Microsoft’s partners, [...]
LG to announce Intel Medfield-powered Android smartphone at CES 2012
LG is reportedly getting ready to announce the world’s first Android smartphone that uses an Intel chip. According to Korea Times, which quotes Intel Korea chief Lee Hee-sung, the smartphone will be unveiled by Intel president Paul Otellini at CES 2012 (10 – 13 January), and should hit the market “in March at the earliest.” [...]
Motorola’s Droid Xyboards now $50 cheaper at Verizon
Available at Verizon since earlier this month, the Motorola Droid Xyboard 8.2 and Droid Xyboard 10.1 were launched at prices starting at $429.99, and going up to $729.99. Now Verizon seems to have realized that those prices were too high (especially since they all require a new 2-yr contract agreement). So it decided to offer [...]
Motorola RAZR gets a software update in Europe
Those of you who are in Europe and own a Motorola RAZR should be happy to know that a software update is on its way to your devices (if it hasn’t arrived already). This isn’t going to make your RAZR run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but it does bring with it many enhancements, and [...]
Huawei Ascend II now available for free at US Cellular
Last week we told you that US Cellular would start selling the Huawei Ascend II sometime this week. And that ‘sometime’ turned out to be today. The Huawei Ascend II is now available online for free. It’s absolutely free for new customers, while if you’re already with US Cellular and want to upgrade, the phone [...]
Quad-core Acer Iconia Tab A700 Android tablet shows up in photos, should debut at CES 2012
That rumored Acer Iconia Tab A700 tablet has been finally spotted in some photos, allowing us to see that it doesn’t look too different from the already announced Iconia Tab A200. Unlike the A200, though, the A700 has a camera on the back (5MP with flash), a quad-core processor (Nvidia Tegra 3), and a 10.1 [...]
Amazon Kindle Fire still selling very well
A couple of weeks ago, we told you that Amazon had sold at least 2 million Kindle Fire Android tablets. Now the company has announced that it sold “well over 1 million Kindle devices per week” throughout December (hence in 4 weeks), and that the Kindle Fire “is the #1 best-selling, most gifted, and most [...]
Pantech Android tablet with LTE to be launched by AT&T next year
Pantech and AT&T have been good friends throughout the years, with the Korean company launching more than a dozen phones and smartphones via the second largest US mobile carrier. Now it looks like Pantech is readying its fist tablet for AT&T. According to JKN (website in Korean), the tablet has an 8 inch display and [...]
UK: LG E906 Jil Sander Mobile with Windows Phone Mango now just £149.99, 50% off the launch price
If you’re in the market for a Windows Phone in the UK and are looking for a great deal, here’s something for you. LG’s first, last, and only smartphone to launch running Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango), the E906 (also known as Jil Sander Mobile) can now be yours for half the price it had when [...]
Motorola Droid 4 shows up in Best Buy promo
Here we are, bringing you another piece of news regarding Verizon’s Motorola Droid 4. Unfortunately, it’s not really good news, since we still don’t know when the smartphone will be released. But Best Buy seems to have thought that the Droid 4 should’ve been out by now, since it has included it in its latest [...]
BlackBerry Torch 10000 apparently in the making, may be headed to AT&T
RIM is apparently looking to take ridiculous smartphone names to a whole new level. And while it won’t be the sort of ridiculousness best embodied by the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch (just try saying that out loud ten times in a row), that doesn’t make this any less ridiculous. RIM has [...]
Sprint Samsung Conquer 4G will get a $49.99 Buy One Get One free offer starting on January 8
If you’re thinking of getting both yourself and someone you love a decent smartphone for a decent price, perhaps you should wait a bit. See, Sprint will have something interesting for you from January 8 to March 10. What, you ask? Well, a BOGO (Buy One Get One free) sort of thing. The Now Network [...]
Nokia Ace with LTE and Windows Phone to be released by AT&T on March 18, Lumia 710 headed to Verizon
Here’s some more news about upcoming Windows Phones. Earlier today we told you that two smartphones made by HTC and Samsung would arrive in early 2012 in the US sporting both Windows Phone and LTE support. And now we have more information – a lot more in fact, courtesy of Paul Thurrott’s WinSuperSite. The aforementioned [...]
HTC Radiant and Samsung Mandel 4G LTE Windows Phones will arrive in the US in early 2012
So far Windows Phones have been missing out on the 4G LTE action, but that’s about to change. We’ve heard in the past that Nokia is prepping an LTE-enabled version of its Lumia 800 smartphone, which may end up at AT&T, Verizon, or both carriers sometime early next year. And now it seems that Nokia [...]
UK: HTC Sensation XE now available on £21.50 per month O2 contract
When O2 launched the HTC Sensation XE in October, the smartphone was free on £36 per month contracts. That pricing was pretty much on par with the phone’s features. However, here we are about two months later, and there’s already been a huge price drop for the Sensation XE on contract. Phones 4U now offers you [...]
Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 software update imminent, not Ice Cream Sandwich
Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is about to receive another software update. Unfortunately though, it’s not going to pack Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. That’s probably a long way out at this point. Instead, this update will generally make your tablet’s operation smoother. Many bugs have been fixed, and many things have been enhanced. The [...]
Huawei U8800 Ideos X5 has received the update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Better late than never, right? That seems to be Huawei’s thinking here. The company that brought us the first ever ‘alpha’ Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for a non-Nexus device is sadly also the company that has released an update to Gingerbread for one of its devices only today. The Huawei Ideos X5 (U8800) has finally [...]
Samsung already sold 1 million Galaxy Note units, may bring the device to AT&T in 2012
After having been sold in more than 1 million units already, the Samsung Galaxy Note phone/tablet hybrid is on its way to the USA. So far, the Note hasn’t been officially sold Stateside. If you reside there and want one, you have to resort to imported units. But that may soon change – especially if [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Nokia Lumia 800 vs iPhone 4S Comparison/Review. Part 2–Sofware, UX&Conclusions
This is the second and closing part of our comparison/ review featuring Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Apple iPhone 4S and Nokia Lumia 800. In the first part, we had a closer look at the hardware and performance of the three flagships. Today we’ll compare and highlight differences in the software platforms and overall user experience on [...]
