BlackBerry PlayBook may be released on or before April 15 in Canada
We’ve recently heard that RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook would be available this month in the US, but we’ve had no news regarding its Canadian launch date. Now, thanks to CrackBerry, we know that the tablet might be introduced in Canada pretty soon, too. According to the photo below, Staples district managers in Canada will hold some [...]
Dell Venue Pro will finally be available in the UK on March 26
After endless delays, the Dell Venue Pro may finally hit UK shores later this month. The Venue Pro is Dell’s first Windows Phone 7 device, and the only WP7 handset (thus far) to have a portrait sliding physical QWERTY keyboard. Other than that, the specs are pretty standard for a WP7 phone, with the usual [...]
White iPhone 4 coming to Verizon, too?
With the upcoming launch of the white iPhone 4 recently reconfirmed by Apple’s Philip Schiller, many users are probably wondering whether or not the CDMA iPhone will have a white version, too. Well, it looks like it might. The evidence of a white CDMA iPhone 4 comes from iTunes 10.2. According to MacRumors, a user [...]
HP Veer will be available from O2 Germany in May
The HP Veer is an odd little device, supposedly the successor to the Palm Pixi. It was announced at the same time as the Pre 3 and Touchpad tablet, though understandably it has received a lot less coverage than those two. After all, this isn’t the latest webOS-powered flagship smartphone, or the first webOS-based tablet [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Arc show up at Rogers’ website
Two of Sony Ericsson’s newest smartphones, the Xperia Play and Xperia Arc, are going to be released in Canada soon. Rogers is the carrier that will offer both handsets. The company doesn’t say when exactly it will launch the new Xperias, but it has just added them to its website, where you can check out [...]
HTC Flyer pre-orders have started in the UK, expected to be shipping mid-April
The Flyer is HTC’s first Android-powered tablet. And while it may not be running the specially optimized for tablets Android 3.0 Honeycomb (yet), it’s still an interesting device. It ships with a capacitive stylus, and has a display size of 7 inches, something made popular by the first ‘real’ Android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II and Galaxy Pop SCH-I559 CDMA launching in India soon
Samsung has confirmed that its high-end Galaxy S II smartphone would be available in India soon, most likely “in the coming month.” There’s no word on the price of the Galaxy S II in India, but it should be well over 30,000 INR. The new Galaxy runs Android 2.3, is only 8.5mm thin, and features [...]
Motorola Droid 3 shows off its redesigned keyboard
The yet-to-be-announced Motorola Droid 3 has appeared in a new set of leaked photos, this time allowing us to take a look at its sliding QWERTY keyboard. Unlike the Droid 2, which has a 4-row keyboard, the new Droid 3 features a 5-row one, which seems to be the best keyboard a Droid has ever [...]
Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom launching in the US on March 27
Motorola has just announced that the Wi-Fi-only version of its Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet would be released in the US on March 27. Customers will be able to find the Xoom Wi-Fi at Amazon, BestBuy, RadioShack, Walmart, , Costco, Staples, and Sam’s Club. The tablet will cost $599 – $200 less than the Wi-Fi + [...]
8.9 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab appears in new teaser video
As you probably already know, Samsung is getting ready to announce its third Galaxy Tab Android tablet, which will most likely have an 8.9 inch display. While the company has still not provided too many details about the upcoming tablet, it uploaded a new video teaser, which presents the device as being “gorgeous” and “thin”, [...]
LG Optimus One could get Android 2.3 Gingerbread in May
There’s no doubt that the LG Optimus One will be upgraded to Android 2.3, since LG officially said so at the end of 2010. The question is “when?” Well, according to LG India, the company intends to push Android 2.3 updates to Optimus One users before the end of May. The date “is subject to [...]
LG Optimus Me P350 released in Germany, should be out in the UK this month
The LG Optimus Me P350 (which we’ve had the chance to check out at MWC 2011 last month) is now available in Germany, thanks to Amazon. The retailer sells the Optimus Me for only €150,79, which means about $210 – so LG was serious when it said the P350 would be its most affordable Android [...]
Nokia C7 makes its way into T-Mobile’s inventory system, launch seems inevitable
The Nokia C7 looks all set for a launch on T-Mobile in the US, sooner or later. But perhaps sooner, judging from the number of leaks that we’ve seen recently about the C7′s availability on TMo. First, there was a simple rumor. Then, a C7 with T-Mobile specific 3G bands passed through the FCC. And [...]
Sprint HTC Evo Shift 4G now only $69.99 at RadioShack
The HTC Evo Shift 4G for Sprint has seen its price go down yet again. This device’s original price, direct from Sprint, is $149.99 with a new two-year contract. However, a while ago Amazon dropped it all the way down to $89.99. Today, Amazon sells the HTC Evo Shift 4G for $99.99. But that’s no [...]
Verizon HTC ThunderBolt manual is now available online
Earlier today, Verizon and HTC finally put an end to all the speculation regarding the pricing and launch date of the HTC ThunderBolt, Verizon’s first 4G LTE capable smartphone. After weeks of rumors, and rumored delays, we now know that the ThunderBolt will be in stores on March 17 – this Thursday. And to make [...]
HTC Merge pre-orders available now in India
Officially announced less than a month ago in the US, and expected to be released there “this spring”, the HTC Merge will be available in India, too. Online retailer Letsbuy allows Indian users to pre-order the Merge for 36,000 INR (including a “booking price” of 1,000 INR). That’s almost $800, and yes, it is a [...]
Nokia E7 gets a minor software update
The Motorola Milestone isn’t the only smartphone that has received a software update today, it’s joined by the Nokia E7. This device, while it slowly starts to become available throughout the world, has gotten a minor software update that takes its firmware version up to 014.002. Or, in more recent Nokia speak, this represents the [...]
Motorola Milestone Android 2.2 Froyo update now available
The unthinkable has happened. Motorola decided to update the Milestone, the European version of the original Droid, to Android 2.2 Froyo. Last year, we heard that Moto first wasn’t sure whether to upgrade the Milestone or not, then that the update will be made available in September (in Germany at least), and finally that it [...]
Want to buy an iPad 2 online? You’ll have to wait “4-5 weeks” until you actually get one
Launched with much fanfare on March 11 in the US (via both Verizon and AT&T), the iPad 2 seems to be flying off the shelves way faster than Apple can produce it. While Apple’s online store lets users order any iPad 2 model, customers who buy one today will only receive it in 4-5 weeks. [...]
HTC Pyramid to be the company’s first qHD Android phone
The WP7-based Ignite and Prime are not the only unannounced HTC smartphones unveiled today. There’s also the HTC Pyramid, which is an Android handset. According to XDA.cn, the Pyramid runs Android 3.0 – but this has to be a mistake, since 3.0 Honeycomb is designed for tablets, not for smartphones. The Chinese website also states [...]