HTC Android phone with dedicated Facebook button coming at MWC?
While HTC may not make a Facebook-branded smartphone anytime soon, it looks like the company is getting ready to unveil a handset that comes with a dedicated Facebook button – you know, for giving you immediate access to your (most probably) favorite social networking service. Financial Times is reporting (registration required to read the article) [...]
T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ 2 Review
I’ve never been a big fan of sequels. The very first version of something comes out and is so wonderfully brilliant that a second version is thought up to act as a cash cow. Or at least that’s the way I feel about movie sequels. But do phone sequels work the same way, or are [...]
HTC HD7 now available in Canada from Bell starting at $99.95
Just like we previously told you it would, Bell has started selling the HTC HD7 today. The HTC HD7 is the biggest-screened Windows Phone 7 device to date, and those looking for very high-end smartphones will have another choice in Bell’s lineup. The HTC HD7 can be yours for $99.95 if you opt to sign [...]
Samsung Star II headed to Orange UK as Samsung Tocco Icon
Announced last month as the successor of the popular Star S5230, the Samsung Star II S5260 will be available in the UK soon, where Orange is getting ready to offer it to its customers. The handset won’t be called Star II, though, but Samsung Tocco Icon – which does make sense, since the first Star [...]
Facebook-centric INQ Cloud Touch and Cloud Q Android phones announced
It’s been quite many months since we first heard that two INQ-made Facebook Android phones would be introduced this year. Well, the two phones are now official, and they’re called INQ Cloud Touch (just like we told you before), and INQ Cloud Q. Both handsets run Android 2.2 and should provide an “all-new Facebook mobile [...]
Just 2 More Days to Win a Skullcandy Headset!
Skullcandy has some of the best headphones on the market today, and I’m using a pair of Skullcandy headphones as I write this. The audio quality of the Skullcandy is top-notch, and now it’s your turn to get some without having to spend any money. Go here to our Facebook launch page and leave a [...]
Coming soon to Orange UK: LG Pecan, an affordable Android 2.2 smartphone
Orange UK is planning to stock the LG Pecan, a budget smartphone running Android 2.2. The Pecan will be available on Pay as you go. Pricing information is not available yet, but this is clearly going to be very affordable. Whether or not it will be sold cheaper than the Orange San Francisco, the previous [...]
Palm Pre 2 will finally be available on Verizon tomorrow
Tomorrow, February 10, will be a big day for Verizon. The iPhone 4 will finally become available in stores for those who aren’t already Verizon customers. Also, Big Red will finally release the Palm Pre 2. No, that’s not a typo. Verizon will not be selling the just-unveiled HP Pre 3, but the Palm Pre [...]
Nokia C3-01 to be released in India this quarter
Nokia C3-01, one of the world’s only two S40 touchscreen phones, will be launched in India before the end of March – at least that’s what Nokia India’s Twitter account is suggesting. Announced way back in September 2010, the C3-01 is an 11mm-thin stainless steel candybar that comes with a 2.4 inch QVGA display, and [...]
OliveSmart V-S300 brings Android 2.3 Gingerbread and HSPA+ support to India
India’s Olive Telecom has announced a new handset today, and this may just end up being the first smartphone powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread to officially make it into Indian stores. It’s called the OliveSmart V-S300, and it is, at the time of the announcement at least, India’s first HSPA+ smartphone. The OliveSmart V-S300 is [...]
HP TouchPad, HP Pre 3 and HP Veer with WebOS officially announced
HP and its subsidiary Palm have just announced no less than three new WebOS devices: one tablet and two smartphones. Curiously, none of them bears the Palm brand – it’s all about HP from now on. The new tablet is called HP TouchPad – although some may have expected it to be called HP Topaz [...]
New iPad reportedly in production now, should be out via both Verizon and AT&T
We’ve talked a lot about Apple’s next-generation iPad in the last few months, and now it looks like the tablet has finally (and truly) entered production. According to The Wall Street Journal and unnamed people familiar with the matter, the new iPad is thinner and lighter than the first model, featuring “at least one camera [...]
Samsung Galaxy Indulge 4G Android phone launched by MetroPCS
MetroPCS has announced that it’s launching the Samsung Galaxy Indulge (previously known as Samsung Forte) this week. The Galaxy Indulge will be the world’s first commercially available 4G LTE Android smartphone – since Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt will certainly not be released earlier than next week. Running Android 2.2, the Samsung Galaxy Indulge features a sliding [...]
HTC promises big things for MWC 2011. Its first Android tablet, Desire 2 and Wildfire 2 might be included
Just like most of the other major phone makers, HTC is getting ready to unveil some new devices at MWC 2011 in Barcelona. The company’s official Facebook page informs us that “big” things are about to happen on Monday, February 14. While HTC gives no clues on what it plans to announce, it’s quite possible [...]
Google Translate iPhone app available now in App Store
Google has just launched an official Google Translate app for Apple’s iPhone. The application lets you translate text (words or phrases) into 57 languages, and supports voice input for 15 languages. Users can even listen to their translation “spoken out loud in one of 23 different languages.” Other features include full-screen mode (the translated text [...]
Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 and Galaxy Mini S5570 launching this month in Germany
Two of Samsung’s newest Galaxy Android smartphones, the Galaxy Ace S5830 and Galaxy Mini S5570, will be available in Germany starting this month (February). The Galaxy Mini (with its 3.14 inch QVGA display, 3.2MP camera, Wi-Fi, and social networking integration) will have a suggested price of €299. The Galaxy Ace will be more expensive – [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play coming to Verizon soon?
Verizon already offers an incontestably great selection of smartphones (including Apple’s iPhone), but there’s always room for more. One of the carrier’s upcoming high-end handsets might be the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play – the world’s first PlayStation certified smartphone. Wirefly compares the Xperia Play to the iPhone, and implies that the carrier which will sell [...]
AT&T HTC Freestyle non-smartphone will be available on February 13 for $99.99
Last month, HTC quietly unveiled the Freestyle, a phone running on the Brew platform, and therefore not technically considered a smartphone. This handset was to be sold by AT&T in the US. And today AT&T has officially announced it, along with its release date and price. The HTC Freestyle is referred to by AT&T as [...]
T-Mobile to launch the Nokia X2-01 affordable QWERTY candybar on February 16?
Although Nokia has been having a hard time getting any of its phones sold (and subsidized by) any US carrier, T-Mobile in particular has been a bit more forthcoming to the Finnish manufacturer than the other big three. That doesn’t mean that you can find dozens of Nokia devices in the magenta carrier’s portfolio, but [...]
Verizon delays HTC Thunderbolt indefinitely, even though dummy units are already in stores
Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt, one of the first 4G phones to be sold by Big Red, has apparently been delayed indefinitely. The phone was supposed to go on sale on February 14, but according to a leaked internal document, that’s not going to happen. Do take this with a grain of salt, but consider it nevertheless. [...]