More than 2 million Windows Phone 7 licenses sold until now
Windows Phone 7 made its official debut in October last year, when several smartphones based on it were launched around the world (in select markets, of course). How many WP7 devices do you think have been sold since then? Not as many as Microsoft have wanted, that’s almost certainly. The company has just told Engadget [...]
Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 announced by 3 UK, runs Android 2.2.1 (video)
Officially unveiled by Samsung earlier today, the Galaxy Ace S5830 will be available via 3 UK soon. The British carrier intends to offer the smartphone on various plans, including its new all-you-can-eat plan (from £25 per month) – this will allow you to use the Galaxy Ace’s WiFi hotspot capability at any time. The Galaxy [...]
Rumor: Facebook-branded HTC Android phones to be announced at MWC 2011
If this turns out to be true, it will be pretty big news: HTC is reportedly getting ready to announce two Facebook-branded phones next month – obviously during MWC 2011, in Barcelona. According to City AM, which learned about the HTC-Facebook collaboration from undisclosed sources, the two handsets should be high-end, bearing the “Facebook branding [...]
Motorola Atrix may be launched by Bell on March 17
It’s no secret that Bell will start selling the Motorola Atrix in Canada. While the smartpohne appears as “coming soon” on the carrier’s website, there’s no official word on its exact launch date. However, Mobile Syrup has it that the Atrix may be available at Bell starting March 17, more than one month after the [...]
Android for the masses: Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830, Gio S5660, Fit S5670 and Mini S5570 announced
Samsung has just unveiled no less than four new Galaxy Android smartphones: Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830, Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660, Samsung Galaxy Fit S5670, and Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570. The new smartphones seem to run Android 2.2 and will be affordable. Samsung hopes that “the broader consumer market” will embrace them with the same excitement [...]
T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant 4G, Dell Streak 7, and LG G-Slate all get release dates
T-Mobile has a whole lineup of 4G Android devices coming, but up until now their respective release dates have been unknown. Not so anymore, thanks to a couple of leaked T-Mobile slides featuring their January and February releases. T-Mobile’s first 4G Android tablet will be, as anticipated, the Dell Streak 7. This seven-inch version of the [...]
Samsung Vibrant now free at T-Mobile. Galaxy S 4G launch imminent?
Previously available at T-Mobile USA for $99.99 on contract, the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S can now be yours for zero bucks (also on contract, of course). What does this mean? Well, apart from the obvious fact that you can get a pretty cool Android smartphone (upgradeable to 2.2 Froyo) for free, it may also mean [...]
Samsung Giorgio Armani Galaxy S now available in the UK
A couple of months ago, we first showed you the new Samsung-made Giorgio Armani Galaxy S smartphone. This is, in essence, a rebranded version of AT&T’s Samsung Captivate, only one made available internationally, whereas the Captivate is an AT&T exclusive. Oh, and did we mention the Giorgio Armani branding? That’s prominent. And, given that, it’s [...]
HTC Flyer Android Gingerbread tablet has its specs leaked
Mobile World Congress 2011 is fast approaching, and you can bet that many interesting devices will get announced then. One of them seems to be HTC’s first Android-powered tablet. At first rumored to be called HTC Scribe, it has since surfaced that its actual name will be HTC Flyer. Up until now, all we had [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc can be pre-ordered in the UK, could be launched in April
Announced earlier this month at CES 2011 as one of the world’s first Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphones, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc can be pre-ordered as of now in the UK. Online retailer Play.com lets you pre-order the curved handset for £459.99 (about $728). The Arc is “due for release on April 1” in the [...]
HP Palm Topaz tablet specs leak
On February 9, HP is going to unveil new devices running webOS, the mobile operating system developed by Palm, which HP acquired last year. And as we get closer to that date, we get more and more details on HP’s upcoming tablet range. At this point, it’s quite clear that there will be two tablets [...]
LG Optimus 3D Android smartphone coming at MWC 2011?
Since Samsung is getting ready to unveil new Galaxy smartphones at MWC next month, LG has to come with some new handsets as well, right? Well, one of these handsets might be the LG Optimus 3D, which, according to All About Phones, was briefly mentioned on The Phone House’s website (The Phone House is the [...]
Samsung Nexus S Review
For the most part, Google remains content on letting OEMs do the heavy lifting when it comes to promoting and selling phones that run the company’s Android smartphone OS. There are certain times, however, that Google wants to be the big boy to show everybody how it’s done. This is where the Nexus lineup comes [...]
Google Nexus S spotted in white
Google Nexus S, the world’s first Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone, is currently available only in an all-black version. In case you’ve wanted it in a different color, it looks like a white edition is coming. It won’t be completely white, though: just the back cover is changed, the front is still black. There’s no word [...]
Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 product page goes live
Although it hasn’t properly announced it, Samsung has just confirmed the existence of the Galaxy Ace S5830 Android smartphone by showing it off on its official website. Samsung is also confirming some of the Ace’s features, including the 3.5 inch HVGA (320 x 480) touchscreen display, Swype keyboard, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, Social networking integration, [...]
Nokia Reader for Symbian touch smartphones launched
Nokia’s Beta Labs team has announced the availability of Nokia Reader, an RSS reader application that brings news to your smartphone’s homescreen. Compatible only with Symbian touch handsets (sans the old 5800 XpressMusic), Nokia Reader works as a homescreen widget, featuring push notifications and content directory. Here’s a video of the app in action on [...]
Verizon may have cancelled the HTC Merge, Alltel could launch it
The Android-based HTC Merge has curiously disappeared from the news lately. Some users have hoped that the handset would be announced by Verizon at CES 2011, but that obviously didn’t happen (the only new HTC smartphone presented by the carrier at CES was the Thunderbolt). So, what happened to the Merge after all? It’s not [...]
Nvidia Tegra 2 3D and quad-core Tegra 3 chips rumored for later this year
At this very moment, Nvidia doesn’t mean much for the smartphone market. Its first-generation Tegra chip powers handsets like the short-lived Microsoft Kin One and Two, while smartphones based on the new Tegra 2 (like the LG Optimus 2X, Motorola Atrix 4G and Motorola Bionic) have not been released yet. Of course, with the launch [...]
AT&T’s Motorola Atrix 4G launching next month at Best Buy?
Announced by AT&T a few weeks ago at CES 2011, the Motorola Atrix 4G might be available for purchase sooner that expected. Last time we heard about it, the Atrix was rumored to hit the shelves on March 1. However, according to Phandroid and someone who reportedly works at Best Buy, the smartphone could arrive [...]
Google Cloud Print goes mobile (Android, iOS)
Google Cloud Print, a service initially announced back in April 2010, has just been launched for Android and iOS mobile devices. With Cloud Print from Google you can open a document in Google Docs, or in mobile Gmail, and print it directly from your smartphone. The service – currently in beta – is rolling out [...]