Samsung Galaxy Tab return rate actually below 2%
A couple of days ago, an analyst or “Wall Street firm” claimed that the return rate for the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the US was around 15%. We reported on that, as did the entire mobile-focused blogosphere. But now Samsung has outright denied those allegations. Furthermore, according to the Korean manufacturer of the Galaxy Tab, [...]
AT&T Motorola Atrix 4G ships on March 6, will cost $199.99, laptop dock $499.99
Apparently, AT&T is hard at work prepping to counter the hype and publicity stirred by the Verizon iPhone. As such, they’ve finally become serious about Android. In fact, they have a whole portfolio of high-end Android phones coming out throughout this year. And the first one of those will be the Motorola Atrix 4G, first [...]
Will Apple put a kick-stand on iPad 2?
One of the small things Apple’s iPad and other tablets are missing for now – is a kick-stand. But the lack of it can sometimes make overall tablet use experience a bit annoying. E.g., when I sit down at a table for my morning coffee, browsing through stuff with an iPad lying in horizontal position. It’s [...]
LG Optimus Black headed to T-Mobile UK
Lots of new smartphones are about to be released in the UK this spring, and one of them is the LG Optimus Black – the world’s first handset to boast a Nova display, which “is designed to be the brightest, clearest and most readable among mobile screens with 700 nits of brightness for optimal visibility.” [...]
Nokia E7 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc show up at Vodafone UK’s website
The delayed Nokia E7 has just appeared over at Vodafone UK’s official website. The carrier says the E7 is coming soon, without unveiling an exact date or a price. A few days ago, we’ve reported that online retailer Expansys plans to sell the Nokia E7 in the UK starting April – so this may be [...]
New Apple iPad with front-facing camera spotted during News Corp event?
Yesterday, News Corp launched The Daily, presented as “the industry’s first national daily news publication created from the ground up for iPad.” While this may not be such a big piece of news for Apple fans, what happened there without being announced most probably is. According to Reuters, “what appeared to be a working model [...]
Speck is this Week’s Facebook Giveaway Sponsor
This week we are beginning what we hope to be a new tradition here at Unwired View, which is the weekly Facebook Giveaway. Whether or not it becomes a tradition will be completely up to you and your interest in it, so we hope you will tell all your friends and retweet the heck out [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo previewed in the UK
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo has just been previewed in the UK, less than two weeks before it should be officially announced at MWC 2011 in Barcelona. Previously appeared as Sony Ericsson Hallon, the Xperia Neo is a high-end smartphone that runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (slightly customized with SE specific software – Timescape UI included). [...]
T-Mobile myTouch 4G Drops to $29.99 on Amazon
Seeing a recently-released phone drop in price is always a happy surprise, and Amazon is usually the biggest purveyor of dropping prices of phones. On a regular basis Amazon will beat the carriers in pricing, which makes it a very appealing resource for purchasing your latest gadget. Here’s the latest deal: the T-Mobile myTouch 4G [...]
Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 also called Galaxy Pop; available now for pre-order in India
Announced last week at the same time with the Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Gio and Galaxy Fit, the Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 has a different name for India, where it’s called Galaxy Pop (and yes, this does bring in mind the LG Pop GD510). Online retailer Flipkart lets Indian users pre-order the Galaxy Pop / Mini [...]
Palm teases new HP WebOS devices (smartphone and tablet?) before next week’s announcement
HP and Palm will host an event next week, on February 9, where new WebOS products are going to be showcased. But before that, Palm has posted a video teaser and a countdown timer which provide a glimpse on what we should expect from the upcoming event. While the device seen (well, almost seen) next [...]
Announcing the UnwiredView Weekly Facebook Giveaway!
Last month we did our very first giveaway here at Unwired View, and we liked doing it so much that we decided we should do one every single week! That’s right, we will be giving away something cool on a weekly basis. So here’s the scoop. Every Friday we will hold a giveaway. It will [...]
White iPhone 4 to hit the UK next month
While it may be launched in the US at the end of this month, the white iPhone 4 will probably not be released in the UK that soon. In fact, according to Pocket-lint, an undisclosed source has “confirmed” that the white iPhone 4 will be available in the UK only in late March. We should [...]
AT&T to launch Mobile HotSpot app for Android on February 13, upgrades tethering plan
AT&T has announced that it will launch its very own Mobile HotSpot app for Android on the day that the HTC Inspire 4G will become available – February 13. Use of the mobile hotspot capability of the app will be subject to a $20 per month fee for 2 GB of data. But the Mobile [...]
Dell Venue Pro launching at Rogers in March?
Already available in the US (albeit only directly from Dell), the Dell Venue Pro with Windows Phone 7 will be launched in Canada, too. Apparently, Rogers will be the first – and maybe also the only – Canadian carrier to offer the Venue Pro. The smartphone should be available at Rogers sometime in March, for [...]
T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4G will come sometime this month
T-Mobile has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, the successor to the Samsung Vibrant, is going to become available later this month. There was no mention of an exact release date. That means that, at worst, you’ve got 26 more days until you can get your hands on the fastest phone on T-Mobile’s network. [...]
New Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 gets official, runs Android 2.2, has an SC-LCD screen
Samsung has officially introduced a new version of its Galaxy S Android smartphone. It’s not the Galaxy S2, which will be unveiled at MWC 2011 soon – but the Galaxy SL i9003. One of the differences between the old Galaxy S i9000 and the new SL i9003 is that the latter features a 4-inch Super [...]
Sprint may soon unveil a Samsung Android-powered QWERTY candybar
When considering Android smartphone form factors, what usually comes to mind first (and second, and third) is the touchscreen slab/slate device, as popularized by the iPhone and subsequently copied by all manufacturers. Here and there you see an Android device with a side-sliding physical QWERTY keyboard and that’s about it in terms of differentiation. Usually. [...]
Android 3.0 Honeycomb gets officially unveiled, alongside Web-based Android Market
Google hosted an event at its headquarters earlier today. And in case you haven’t followed our live chat, here’s a quick rundown of what got announced. Google re-unveiled Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the tablet-optimized version of the mobile operating system. And this time it wasn’t just a teaser video, it was a full-on demo. All the [...]
Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt may be launched sooner than expected
Verizon has yet to announce an exact launch date for the HTC Thunderbolt – its first 4G LTE smartphone. Until that happens, Verizon hinted at the fact that the Thunderbolt “may” come sooner than expected – in a somewhat vague tweet which also mentions the CDMA iPhone (available for pre-order tomorrow). Sure enough, it’s not [...]