HTC Evo Shift 4G launching early (tomorrow) at RadioShack?
Yesterday, when Sprint announced the new HTC Evo Shift 4G, it said the smartphone would be available starting January 9. However, it looks like you may be able to buy it earlier, thanks to RadioShack. According to BGR, the Evo Shift 4G will hit the shelves at the Shack tomorrow, January 6. Apparently, the new [...]
Asus Eee Pad MeMo, Transformer and Slider Android Honeycomb tablets announced (video)
One of the first companies to officially unveil new Android tablets at CES 2011 is Asus, which has presented a trio of slates, all part of the Eee Pad series. All tablets will run Android 3.0 Honeycomb, coming with two cameras (5MP on the back, and 1.2MP on the front – for video-calling, of course). [...]
AT&T’s HTC Inspire 4G poses next to Verizon’s Thunderbolt
This year’s edition of CES will be full of 4G-related announcements. Sprint has already unveiled the HTC Evo Shift 4G, and we know that Verizon will introduce the HTC Thunderbolt / Incredible HD and (likely) the LG Revolution, too. AT&T, which has yet to launch its LTE network, may announce an HTC 4G Android smartphone, [...]
LG Revolution 4G (for Verizon) and LG Optimus Black Android phones leaked
It looks like HTC isn’t the only handset maker that will unveil new LTE devices at CES 2011 (which, by the way, will debut tomorrow, January 6). Meet the LG Revolution, an Android smartphone that seems to be destined for Verizon’s new LTE network – “the largest, most advanced 4G network in the world.” The [...]
HP to host a Palm WebOS event on February 9, may launch new smartphones and tablets
HP will host a WebOS-related event on February 9. The event banner, as received by LaptopMag, has the following written on it: “Think big. Think small. Think beyond.”. First of all, this ensures that there will be no HP, Palm or WebOS-related news to come out of CES, contrary to past speculation. Second, the ‘big’ [...]
LG’s Android-powered Optimus Tab leaks?
LG’s first Android-powered tablet has been a very, very long time coming. First, LG announced it back in July last year, only to change its mind and sort-of-cancel it ‘waiting for Gingerbread’. Then, we’ve heard that they were actually waiting for Honeycomb (which makes more sense, since that will be the first version of Android [...]
New Sony Ericsson Xperia PlayStation Phone pics emerge
The famed Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone, also known as the PSP Phone, the Xperia Play or the Zeus Z1, or all of the above at the same time, has surfaced yet again prior to its recently-rumored unveiling right before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This time, the device we see seems to be more polished [...]
NFC-based Google mobile payment services coming this year?
With the launch of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Google has also introduced several new features, including support for NFC, aka Near Field Communication. NFC will not be just another Android feature, because Google has big plans related to it. According to BusinessWeek and “two people familiar with Google’s plans”, the company may launch an NFC-based payment [...]
New Sony Ericsson phone, probably the Anzu, leaks via CES poster
Looks like Sony Ericsson just couldn’t wait for CES to officially begin, and they decided to leak one of their own upcoming handsets via a poster set up on the premises. And unless Sony Ericsson has some big surprises up its sleeves, what you see in the picture below is most certainly the Sony Ericsson [...]
Verizon HTC Incredible HD coming at CES, HTC Scribe 7″ tablet goes to MWC
According to DigiTimes, the 4G LTE Android-based smartphone that Verizon and HTC are about to unveil during CES will be called the Droid Incredible HD. Nothing is 100% sure at this point though, since for a while the blogosphere seemed quite convinced that it would sell under the name HTC Thunderbolt. Also, DigiTimes’ track record [...]
HTC Evo Shift 4G now official, Sprint will sell it starting January 9
In a surprising pre-CES 2011 announcement, Sprint has finally made the HTC Evo Shift 4G official – it is its third 4G (WiMax) smartphone, after the original Evo 4G and the Samsung Epic 4G. In case you don’t know yet, the new Evo Shift 4G comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard and runs Android 2.2 [...]
Unwired Views for 2011. Vlad: Android No.1, new Symbian UI won’t impress, MehGo, WP7 peaks
Today’s the day that all Unwired View editors get to share their predictions for 2011 in the mobile world. Staska, Brad, and Florin have already done so, and now it’s my turn. Android will become the No.1 smartphone OS worldwide As I’ve said before, I believe that by the end of this year, Android will [...]
Unwired Views for 2011. Florin: iPhone sales, MeeGo, WP7, Nokia Android phone
I’m still not fully used to the fact that it’s 2011. Nevertheless, here we are. It’s been a busy year in the mobile industry, but 2011 will – or should – be even busier. A lot of interesting things are bound to happen throughout the year, so we here at Unwired View thought it would [...]
Unwired Views for 2011. Brad: SDXC, NFC everywhere; CPU a new Megapixel, Honeycomb and iPad
So now it’s 2011. What’s going to happen this year in tech? Tablets, tablets, and more tablets. Okay, we get it — we’ll have tablets coming out our ears. But what else is going to happen that may be of interest? Let’s get more specific about things. Today Unwired View writers gaze into a Crystal [...]
Unwired Views for 2011. Staska: huge growth for WP7, Android still #2, Samsung, LG and WebOS
I guess that by now you are a bit tired with the tech predictions for 2011. Sorry, can’t help it. It’s just that time of the year when every self respecting tech publication feels compelled to to show off how well they can read into the tech trend tea leaves. And after years of resisting, [...]
Opera touch browser for tablets previewed on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab
With Opera Mobile and Opera Mini being among the world’s most popular mobile browsers, it’s no wonder that Opera has now announced a touch browser that’s especially developed for tablets – because, as the company puts it, “in 2011, tablets are a new must-have.” The first public preview of Opera for tablets will be officially [...]
Sprint’s HTC Evo Shift 4G pops up at Walmart
Expected to be launched by Sprint later this week at CES 2011 (where else?), the HTC Evo Shift 4G has made an appearance at Walmart, which has lots of officially-looking photos of the smartphone, as well as a detailed list of specs. According to Walmart’s website, the Evo Shift 4G runs Android 2.2 Froyo, not [...]
Android Honeycomb may need at least a dual-core Cortex A9 processor to run ‘properly’
The next version of Google’s mobile operating system will be one optimized for use on tablets, that much we know for sure. Andy Rubin himself showcased Android Honeycomb on an upcoming Motorola tablet, which will probably be called Droid Xoom. However, it is still unclear if Honeycomb will be a tablet-only version of the OS, [...]
Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab now only $499.99, comes with $60 credit for movie rentals
Ahead of its possible Android Honeycomb-powered tablet launches during CES, Verizon has decided to cut a cool $100 off of the price of the only Android tablet it’s currently selling – the Samsung Galaxy Tab. As such, the Galaxy Tab can now be yours for $499.99. What’s more, you’ll also be getting $60 as credit [...]
HTC 7 Mozart launches in India on Tata Docomo
Following on the information that two HTC devices powered by Windows Phone 7 would be officially launched in India in December, it looks like one of those, the HD7, made the cut, while the other had to wait for the first days of 2011 to become available. But, starting today, the HTC 7 Mozart is [...]