Going Hands-on With the HTC Flyer WiFi, Coming to Best Buy Mobile
Best Buy Mobile made an appearance at CTIA yesterday, and they had a treat to show off: the WiFi-only HTC Flyer. Best Buy will be the exclusive launch partner of the device in the US, and other versions will likely follow soon after, such as the HTC EVO View 4G. HTC is also working to [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v arriving at Vodafone Australia in April
Before the new, thinner Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be ready to hit the market (sometime in June), Samsung still has to sell the older Tab 10.1 – which, of course, isn’t that old, since it was announced last month. The old Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be released by Vodafone Australia soon, under the name of [...]
HTC Merge pre-orders starting on March 28 at Alltel
While Verizon may or may not want to launch the HTC Merge, we know for certain who will: Alltel. The regional carrier (which, after being bought by Verizon serves slightly less than 1 million customers) will allow users to pre-order the Merge starting March 28. The smartphone’s price will be of $124.99 (after a mail-in [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Arc and Neo show up at Orange UK’s website
More than a month ago, Orange UK announced it would stock three of Sony Ericsson’s new Xperia handsets, mentioning that it would launch them in the second quarter of the year. The handsets are Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Xperia Arc, and Xperia Neo. A few days ago, there was no trace of them at Orange’s [...]
Two new HTC Flyer tablets with Android 3.0 Honeycomb to be launched this summer
Back in February, when HTC announced the Flyer – its first Android tablet – I was surprised to find out that it was running Android 2.4, not Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The tablet still runs Gingerbread, and it will be released with this version of Google’s OS. DigiTimes has it that the Android 2.4 Flyer may [...]
LG Wireless Charger Gets Hands-On Treatment at CTIA 2011
If you’re familiar with the Powermat or the Touchstone chargers for Palm, this particular new product from LG announced yesterday at CTIA will look strangely familiar. LG is now coming out with its own wireless charging accessory that will take advantage of special phone covers to charge up the phone. LG is planning to make [...]
T-Mobile 4G Mobile Hotspot and Rocket 3.0 Hands-on at CTIA 2011
On Tuesday morning T-Mobile announced two new data-only devices to go along with its announcement of the network’s push to get 42 Mbps up and running: the T-Mobile 4G MiFi mobile hotspot, and the Rocket 3.0 USB stick. The Rocket 3.0 will be capable of reaching max theoretical speeds of 42 Mbps in those particular [...]
AT&T Acer Iconia A501 Hands-on at CTIA 2011
Earlier yesterday AT&T announced the upcoming availability of the Acer Iconia A501 (codenamed Picasso, according to an AT&T rep showing off the tablet to me), a 10-inch Android 3.0 tablet with 4G capability. I was able to hunt down the elusive Iconia A501 and get some hands-on time with it. The firmware will launch with [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Hands-On at CTIA 2011 (video)
The Galaxy Tab 8.9 was the worst-kept secret of CTIA 2011. Then again, it’s not like Samsung really tried that hard to keep it one; the teaser site made it clear enough that another Tab was in the plans for the US, one that was in between the 7-inch and 10.1-inch versions. Samsung is trying [...]
Hands-on With Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D at CTIA 2011 (video)
Though the buzz around CTIA began rather early and abrupt with the news of a certain GSM carrier eating up another GSM carrier, leave it to Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint, to come bring everyone at CTIA some new buzz to talk about. At yesterday’s conference, Hesse unveiled two new high-end devices to be carried [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Hands-on at CTIA 2011
I’ll admit, I’ve never been the biggest Sidekick lover. It’s not that I’ve ever had any problems with the phone; it’s just not my style. The Sidekick lineup has always been very consistent in its look and feel, with the full QWERTY keyboard for messaging and the flip-twist type sliding mechanism that was quite trendy [...]
Android-powered T-Mobile Sidekick 4G by Samsung will cost $99.99 with two-year contract
Last week, T-Mobile decided to finally officially unveil the Sidekick 4G, the Android-powered smartphone manufactured by Samsung that’s supposed to keep the very popular Sidekick brand alive (even if, software-wise, it will have nothing in common with the classic Sidekicks). The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G’s hardware, however, can be instantly recognized as being part of the [...]
LG Optimus 3D P920 hits the FCC with T-Mobile 3G
The FCC has just approved a phone called LG P920, which is none other than the LG Optimus 3D. The surprising aspect about this is that the Optimus 3D which got the Commission’s approval comes with support for T-Mobile’s AWS (1700 MHz) network. This means the magenta carrier (which will belong to AT&T starting 2012) [...]
Windows Phone 7 NoDo update starts rolling out, brings copy&paste and more
The much-hyped, much-awaited Windows Phone 7 update called NoDo, has finally started rolling out to Windows Phone 7 device owners everywhere. This update, which Microsoft named NoDo to stand for “No Donuts” in a cheap shot at Google (since one of its Android OS versions has been named Donut), was supposed to arrive in January [...]
T-Mobile G-Slate Hands-on at CTIA 2011
I beheld with mine own eyes and hands the glory of the T-Mobile G-Slate. Perhaps glory is too strong a word, but it was rather nice. Boasting T-Mobile 4G (at HSPA+ 14.4 Mbps max) and 3D picture and video recording, the G-Slate — known globally as the LG Optimus Pad — ends up having a [...]
Sprint HTC EVO View 4G Hands-on at CTIA 2011
Sprint’s Dan Hesse just finished up his announcement of two new EVO devices on Sprint: the EVO 3D and EVO View 4G. Both are top of the line 4G devices and I got some time to play with both. The HTC EVO View 4G is Sprint’s version of the HTC Flyer, a 7″ tablet with [...]
Verizon’s Samsung 4G LTE smartphone may be called Droid Charge after all
Verizon is about to launch another 4G LTE Android-powered smartphone after the HTC ThunderBolt. This device will be manufactured by Samsung and has been nameless for a long time now. It was, in fact, the only device in recent months to be announced before it even had a name. Yesterday some rumors seemed to be [...]
AT&T announces Acer Iconia Tab A501 with 4G and Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Not to be outdone by Sprint, AT&T has announced a 4G Android tablet, too: the Acer Iconia Tab A501. Running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the Acer Iconia Tab A501 is AT&T’s version of the Iconia Tab 500, which will be launched by Verizon. The Iconia Tab A501 features a 10 inch display, dual core Nvidia Tegra [...]
Sprint intros the HTC Evo 3D and HTC Evo View 4G
As expected, Sprint has officially introduced two new HTC-made Android devices at CTIA Wireless 2011: the HTC Evo 3D, and the HTC Evo View 4G. Although only the latter has 4G in its name, both devices support Sprint’s speedy WiMax network, so they’re the carrier’s 21st and 22nd 4G-capable products. The HTC Evo 3D runs [...]
New Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 announced
Samsung has surprisingly announced not one, but two new Android tablets at CTIA Wireless 2011. Alongside the Galaxy Tab 8.9, the South Korean company has also unveiled a thinner version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Both new Galaxy Tabs measure only 8.6mm in thickness, which make them slightly thinner than Apple’s iPad 2 (announced earlier [...]