More Amazon Deals: T-Mobile HD7 $29.99, Motorola CLIQ2 $19.99
Wow, Amazon is having a busy day today. First we saw the Droid 2 Global and Droid X become more affordable, and now two more phones have been discovered at a much lower price, this time with T-Mobile. The HTC HD7, T-Mobile’s first Windows Phone 7 device, originally priced at $89.99 and is now $29.99. [...]
HTC Thunderbolt and Motorola Xoom launch dates confirmed by Best Buy
Motorola Xoom and HTC Thunderbolt, two of Verizon’s upcoming Android devices, will both be available for purchase starting this month. We kind of knew that already, of course, but now Best Buy has confirmed the exact launch dates. The confirmation came via Facebook, in an update removed by Best Buy folks shortly after it was [...]
Verizon will launch the Palm Pre 2 on February 17
The Palm Pre 2 was always going to eventually be sold by Verizon, but perhaps no one anticipated just how long it would take for that to happen. The device, the first one to run webOS 2, was unveiled back in October, and has since become available in the US in unlocked form. Now it [...]
Verizon sells out early iPhones in hours, halts pre-orders
If for whatever reason you thought that the iPhone coming to Verizon was not a big deal, you’ll probably not be happy to find out how wrong you were. For it turns out that Verizon has sold the entire quantity of iPhones they’ve allotted for pre-orders for existing customers yesterday. In two hours they’ve sold [...]
Nokia N8, C7 and C6-01 Symbian smartphones get a software update
Nokia’s newest Symbian smartphones (the N8, C7 and C6-01) have just received a software update, seemingly called Symbian 1.1. Among the things included in the update, Nokia mentions “numerous tweaks and fixes”, and Ovi Maps integration in email. N8 owners get a special treatment, with an update pushed only to their smartphone, which brings enhanced [...]
Verizon Droid 2 Global Drops to a Penny on Amazon; Droid X Down to $20
Oh, Amazon. It seems like just yesterday that we were reporting on a great deal on the T-Mobile myTouch 4G through you, and now today you’re surprising us with another significant price drop on a newer device. Today Amazon has dropped the price of the Motorola Droid 2 Global down to just one penny, and [...]
Samsung Galaxy S2 coming with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 4.5 inch Super AMOLED Plus display?
We already know quite a few things about the new Samsung Galaxy S2 (which will be officially unveiled at MWC 2011 later this month), including the fact that it has a Super AMOLED Plus display, and a dual-core processor. Now, Tweakers.net reports that an “industry source” has confirmed the size of the Galaxy S2’s display: [...]
Android Market Web Store Review
On Wednesday we watched in anticipation as Google made some critical announcements and revelations about the future of its Android mobile OS. With the introduction of Android 3.0 Honeycomb and official unveiling of the user interface, we noticed how much of a difference it will really make when using an Android tablet that uses Honeycomb, [...]
New Samsung Corby II S3850 unveiled
It looks like Samsung is not done with its Corby line-up of phones just yet. A new, unannounced Corby has been spotted on an official Samsung website: it’s the Corby II S3850. There aren’t too many details about the device, but it seems to be an entry-level touchscreen handset with a QVGA display and Samsung’s [...]
LG Optimus Pad confirmed for MWC 2011; T-Mobile G-Slate has a 6400 mAh battery
Looking with envy at the US-bound T-Mobile G-Slate and wonder whether or not we’ll ever see it in the rest of the world? Worry no more. LG has now confirmed that it would launch the LG Optimus Pad at MWC 2011 in Barcelona. Although LG didn’t specifically say so, the Optimus Pad likely has most [...]
LG Optimus 3D coming to the UK via Vodafone
Officially announced just a few days ago, the LG Optimus 3D will be the world’s first Android smartphone to feature a glasses-free 3D display. The handset will be showcased by LG at MWC 2011 in about a week from now. Until then, in case you want to know where it will be available, ElectricPig has [...]
Source: Android Ice Cream Will Be For Phones, Have Some Honeycomb Built-in
Should we expect to see Android Honeycomb show up on regular ol’ smartphones anytime in the future? That was the question of the day yesterday which Staska even wrote a hefty op-ed about, concluding that there would be no official 3.0 Honeycomb showing up on phones but future versions of Android should include some Honeycomb [...]
Verizon Playing it Safe, Throttles Data Speeds for Bandwidth Hogs
There’s no doubt that Verizon has sat back, watched and learned as AT&T launched the iPhone as the exclusive US carrier, and shortly thereafter its network became crippled, in large part due to bandwidth hogs. Carriers know all about these bandwidth hogs: they make up a very small percentage of data users, but take advantage [...]
Fring for Android adds 2.3 Gingerbread support, new enhancements
Fring has just updated its VoIP calling and video-chatting application for Android. The new version of the app supports Android 2.3 Gingerbread and comes with several improvements, including enhanced audio quality, new notifications system (all fring updates are visible on your homescreen), and a “fresh activity log.” You can download fring to your Android smartphone [...]
Cheap Nokia X2-01 QWERTY phone launched in India
Announced back in November last year, at the same time with the C2-01, the Nokia X2-01 is now available in India. Just like the Nokia C3-00, the X2-01 is a really cheap QWERTY phone – it’s available to Indian customers for only 4,459 INR (about $98). The features of Nokia X2-01 include a 2.4 inch [...]
Dell Venue Android-based smartphone now available in the US, unlocked, for both AT&T and T-Mobile
After having made its global debut in Hong Kong, and subsequently being spotted in South Korea as well, the Dell Venue has been showcased by Dell during CES and availability in the States was promised soon. And today it’s finally available, but only from Dell. As anticipated, there are no carrier partners (yet?) for the [...]
Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible 2 might be out this quarter. Droid Bioinc and LG Revolution to arrive in Q2
Remember that unnamed HTC Android phone for Verizon, which could be called HTC Droid Incredible 2? The device might be launched by Verizon really soon. Phone Arena has received some info from an “inside tipster” who claims that the new Incredible will be available this quarter (hence in March the latest). Other two new smartphones [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play commercial emerges, makes sense if you’re a gamer
Another day, another leak somehow connected to the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, a phone better known by what it isn’t going to be called: the PlayStation phone or the PSP phone. Today, a video of what looks like will be an advertisement for the device has surfaced on Norwegian site Droidnytt. They have somehow [...]
HTC Inspire 4G pre-orders starting tomorrow at RadioShack?
Just a few days ago, AT&T has announced that the HTC Inspire 4G – its first HSPA+ smartphone – would be launched on February 13 (for $99.99 on contract), almost one month ahead of the Motorola Atrix 4G. In case you want to pre-order the Inspire 4G, it looks like you’ll be able to do [...]
Is Android 3 coming to smartphones? Nobody knows, even Google
Damn. Can it get more confusing then it is now? I’m talking about Google’s Android 3. Ever since it was previewed at CES, and even before that, we were wondering whether Honeycomb is only tablet OS, or will it get down to the lowly smartphones as well? Google has been silent about that, dropping hints how [...]