Toshiba says its Android Honeycomb tablet is superior to Apple’s iPad 2
Toshiba is getting ready to launch its first Android Honeycomb tablet in the following months, and the company is confident that the device will be able to stand aside Apple’s new iPad 2 (which will be available in the US starting March 11). Toshiba even believes that its tablet (pictured below) is superior to the [...]
AT&T HTC Freestyle Unboxing
HTC has been a critical partner this past month in shaping AT&T’s future. First, the Inspire 4G was the company’s first venture into Froyo and the “4G” world and in essence marked the beginning of the post-iPhone-exclusivity era (PIE for short? I coined it!). And the HTC Freestyle also bagged some other firsts for AT&T: [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc to be launched on March 21 in the UK
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Arc will be reportedly released in the UK on March 21 – a bit earlier than previously rumored. It looks like all major British carriers will offer the Arc (we’ve already wrote about O2 and Vodafone announcing the handset). According to Mobiles.co.uk, the new Xperia will be available on a variety of [...]
Samsung invites unhappy Symbian developers to bring their talents to Bada
Samsung was done with Symbian months before Nokia announced it would choose Microsoft’s Windows Phone as its primary software platform, and turn Symbian into a “franchise.” One of the reasons for this was that Samsung made its own OS, namely Bada. There are definitely many developers frustrated by Nokia’s change of plans regarding Symbian, so [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo priced at €345 in Germany
Last month, when Sony Ericsson announced its three new Xperia Android phones at MWC 2011, the company did mention that the Neo would be the cheapest of them all. Of course, that doesn’t mean the handset is literally cheap. Amazon Germany currently says that the Xperia Neo will cost as low as €345 (about $480) [...]
HTC Desire S will be available in the UK before the end of this month, earlier than expected
The HTC Desire S will be the successor to the hugely successful HTC Desire. It was introduced during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month, and we’ve heard before that it was headed to the UK in April. It’s expected to be available from all major operators and outlets, but so far Amazon and Three [...]
MSI WindPad 100A Tegra 2 Android tablet caught on video
WindPad 100A – MSI’s very first Android tablet, of which we’ve told you not long ago – has been showcased by the company at CeBIT 2011 in Germany. The Inquirer has managed to snap a video of the tablet and confirm some of its features. The Windpad 100A will run Android 3.0 Honeycomb at launch, [...]
T-Mobile changes data plans, new 10 GB option coming on March 13
T-Mobile is prepping to make some changes to its data plans. These will go in effect starting on March 13 – that’s (perhaps rather strangely) this Sunday. According to a leaked screengrab detailing the new plans, the 200 MB and 5 GB options will live on. Furthermore, they will be joined in TMo’s portfolio by [...]
Telus will also release the Google Nexus S in a few weeks
This day sure is an announcement-filled one for Telus. The Canadian carrier has first gone ahead and introduced “Canada’s first 4G smartphone”, the brand-overloaded Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 4G. But that wasn’t enough to make Telus’ day. No, it went ahead and confirmed that the Samsung-made Google Nexus S will also be sold through its [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc headed to Optus, Vodafone Australia
The Xperia Arc might become the first new Xperia smartphone to be released in Australia (before the Xperia Play and Xperia Neo). According to Gizmodo, the Arc will be released in Australia next month (April), with both Optus and Vodafone getting ready to sell it. Unfortunately, there’s no word on how much the 9mm-thin will [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 4G announced by Telus, will be “Canada’s first 4G smartphone”
Not long after being released by T-Mobile in the US, the Samsung Galaxy S 4G has been announced in Canada, too. Telus will offer the smartphone there, under the name of Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 4G. Reportedly, the Fascinate 4G will be Canada’s first 4G smartphone. However, Telus has not announced its launch date yet. [...]
Nokia E7 can be pre-ordered in India and the US
Already available in some (few) markets, the Nokia E7 can be pre-ordered now in two countries that have more than 1 billion mobile users combined: India and the US. In the US, the E7 can be pre-ordered for $679 online. Nokia USA says the smartpohne will be shipped in April. In India, the new Symbian [...]
Samsung Corby II S3850 officially announced, it’s like an Android-less Galaxy Mini
Samsung has finally announced the Corby II S3850, a new touchscreen phone that comes to build on the success of the older Corby handsets (sold in millions of units all over the world). The Corby II S3850 looks almost like the Galaxy Mini. It has the same size, and it even shares some features with [...]
AT&T HTC Inspire 4G Review
Though AT&T has offered several Android smartphones on its lineup for a year now, they haven’t offered anything that stands out above the crowd. Any Android phone on the network up until this point has been a “me too” device, something that was only offered as a way of appeasing the few smartphone owners that [...]
Opera Mobile Store launched for Android, BlackBerry, and pretty much any other platform
If you’re looking for yet another app store, Opera has got you covered with the brand new Opera Mobile Store, launched today. The new store is integrated into the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers, but it’s also accessible via other (non-Opera) phone browsers at this address. Built in collaboration with Appia, the Opera Store [...]
Nokia X1-00 music phone announced, costs just €34
The Nokia X1-00 that passes the FCC back in January has just been officially announced. As expected, this is a really cheap music phone – it will be launched in April for €34 ($47) before taxes and subsidies. Mainly targeted at emerging markets (like India and China), the Nokia X1-00 comes with a “massive speaker [...]
Verizon may launch the HTC Thunderbolt only after releasing iPad 2
It looks like the HTC Thunderbolt won’t be launched today (March 8 ) after all, and neither on March 10 – and Apple’s iPad 2 might be to blame for this. Droid-life has got hold of a photo which shows that Verizon intends to release the Thunderbolt sometime after the iPad 2 hits the shelves, [...]
Did Microsoft offer Nokia $1 billion to choose Windows Phone over Android?
The news that Nokia chose Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 as its primary software platform came as a shocker to everyone last month. While there are still many unanswered questions – including “when will the first Nokia Windows Phone handset be released?” – word on the wire is that Nokia will get more than $1 billion [...]
Google Maps Navigation for Android updated, now automatically routes you around traffic
Google has added a new and most certainly useful feature to its free Maps Navigation service for Android. Starting today, Google Maps Navigation automatically routes users around traffic. Using real-time traffic conditions, and historical traffic info, Google now knows which is the best route for you, allowing you to avoid traffic jams and, thus, save [...]
Nokia C7 might hit T-Mobile USA as Nokia Tiger
Until Nokia launches its first Windows Phone 7 devices, the company still has to push its Symbian smartphones to carriers around the world. And it looks like it wants to bring the C7 (launched last year in Europe) to T-Mobile USA – which, by the way, has recently released the cheap Nokia X2-01. TmoNews has [...]