Wi-Fi-only Dell Streak 7 on pre-order at Amazon for $379.99
Dell has apparently been hard at work prepping a Wi-Fi-only version of its Dell Streak 7 Android-powered tablet. And while the Wi-Fi+HSPA version of the device has already been launched on T-Mobile, this is the first time we’re hearing of the model that doesn’t sport any mobile data connectivity. Unusually for such cases, the information [...]
ZTE Skate high-end Android Gingerbread smartphone will be available in the UK this summer
ZTE showed the high-end Skate last month during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Back then, the official stance was that the Skate would be released internationally sometime in May. And for those of you in the UK who’d like to get the Skate, Pocket-lint has found out that the most likely launch time frame for [...]
Specs for Toshiba’s 10.1-inch Android tablet outed via Amazon product page
Toshiba sure likes to tease us with its upcoming Android-powered tablet. It even thinks that its product is superior to Apple’s iPad 2. So superior, it would seem, that it doesn’t even need a name under which to be sold. The device is still known simply as ‘Toshiba 10.1-inch Android Tablet’, even if it has [...]
LG Optimus 2X gets priced in the UK, will ship on March 30
The LG Optimus 2X, the world’s first Android smartphone to be powered by a dual-core processor (or the first announced, anyway), is finally about to become available in the UK. It’s already been on pre-order for more than two months, and it seems like we’re only a week or more away from it starting to [...]
Nokia C7 now available in Canada from Wind Mobile
The Nokia C7, Nokia’s higher-midrange Symbian^3 (or ‘new Symbian’) offering, has made it to Canadian carrier Wind Mobile. The C7 seems to enjoy North America, since it’s also probably headed to T-Mobile in the US at some point in the near future. Wind Mobile will sell you a C7 for $350. That price is not [...]
Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus Pad, Asus Eee Pad, and Acer Iconia Tab all get priced in Spain
The pricing information for no less than four upcoming Android-powered tablets has leaked earlier today. The info comes courtesy of AndroidGeek, an Italian-based site that found the prices in the Phone House Spain’s catalog. The Phone House is the European mainland arm of well-known UK retailer The Carphone Warehouse, and its Spanish subsidiary looks all [...]
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G Unboxing and First Impressions
We knew the moment was going to come eventually, but Verizon and HTC sure made it a suspenseful ride for us the entire time. The HTC Thunderbolt is now available in stores for $249.99 with contract ($179.99 through Amazon or go through Wirefly and Use Coupon Code THUNDER0321 for $25 off) and we got sent [...]
Sprint launching Motorola Atrix and Motorola Xoom?
Sprint may soon announce two of the world’s hottest Android devices (at the moment, of course). Said devices – a tablet and a smartphone – are both made by Motorola, and both feature dual-core processors: Motorola Xoom (with Android 3.0), and Motorola Atrix (with Android 2.2). According to AndroidAndMe, Sprint will announce the Xoom and [...]
Red HTC Incredible S coming soon
Until now, we’ve seen the HTC Incredible S only in a black version, but it seems that HTC wants to launch it in a red edition as well. A red Incredible S has been spotted on a Danish website, so we can assume that it will be available in Denmark soon. We don’t know how [...]
Nokia E6 passes the FCC with AT&T and T-Mobile 3G support
The FCC has recently approved the Nokia RM-609, which is none other than the unannounced Nokia E6. According to the documents found at the FCC, the E6 features tri-band UMTS/HSDPA connectivity (850 / 1700 / 1900 MHz), thus it’s compatible with the networks of AT&T and T-Mobile USA. We know that T-Mobile is getting ready [...]
Telus iPhone 3GS now free with three-year contract
We’ve seen a fair amount of good cheap deals on the iPhone 3GS in North America lately, but those were all in the US. Now there’s one in Canada as well. Telus will now give you an 8 GB iPhone 3GS for free if you just sign a new three-year contract with them. Now the [...]
Motorola Defy now only £251.99 from Amazon UK, SIM-free and unlocked
The rugged Motorola Defy stands in a niche of its own among Android-powered smartphones, and has always been marketed as a midrange offering, despite the fact that its specs are very good even today. Aside from the ruggedness, it comes with an 800 MHz processor, a 3.7-inch 854×480 capacitive touchscreen, 2GB of internal storage (expandable [...]
T-Mobile G2X and G-Slate may get released on April 20
T-Mobile is going to get two dual-core Android-powered devices quite soon. TmoNews got word that both the G2X and the G-Slate will hit T-Mobile shops on April 20. The T-Mobile G2X is T-Mobile’s version of the LG Optimus 2X, the first dual-core Android smartphone. The G-Slate is T-Mobile’s version of the LG Optimus Pad, LG’s [...]
Motorola Atrix now available from Bell in Canada
Just as we expected, the HTC ThunderBolt for Verizon isn’t the only phone launching today. Up North in Canada, Bell has started selling the Motorola Atrix, the dual-core Android smartphone launched by AT&T in the US. Also just as expected, an Atrix on Bell will set you back $169.95 if you opt to sign a [...]
T-Mobile USA’s Nokia Astound (C7) to be launched on April 6?
Although T-Mobile USA has yet to confirm the launch of Nokia’s C7, the Symbian smartphone is almost certainly going to be available via the fourth largest US carrier. As previously reported, T-Mo’s C7 will likely be called Nokia Astound (not Nokia Tiger – this seems to be just an internal codename). TmoNews has it that [...]
Sprint HTC Arrive Unboxing and First Impressions
Sometimes I find it too easy to make puns out of phone names. The HTC Arrive on Sprint is one of the easiest, so I will do away with the usual puns. I can understand the choice of the name this time, however, because the Arrive is the very first Windows Phone 7 device to [...]
SE Xperia Play, HTC Desire S, Motorola Atrix and Samsung Galaxy Ace headed to T-Mobile UK
T-Moible UK is getting ready to launch quite a few new Android smartphones in the coming months. Alongside the LG Optimus Black (which should be available this month) and the LG Optimus Me, the carrier will also offer new handsets from Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola. The first to arrive will be the Samsung [...]
LG Optimus Me launched by Orange UK, T-Mobile will have it, too
Already released in Germany, the LG Optimus Me P350 is now also available in the UK. Orange is the only British carrier that currently offers the new Optimus smartphone. The handset can be yours for free on contract, with any monthly plan starting at £15.32. The P350 features a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, [...]
HTC Arrive on Pre-Sale at Amazon, Will Ship on March 20 for $149
HTC has been a busy little bee on Amazon this evening. First we saw the HTC Thunderbolt show up on sale for $179.99 an hour or so before the clock struck March 17, and then we stumbled upon the pre-order site for the HTC Arrive! The Arrive, which will officially go on sale March 20 [...]
HTC Thunderbolt Now on Sale at Amazon for $179.99
It’s not yet March 17 in the USA, but the HTC Thunderbolt was sneakily put on sale on Amazon’s Wireless site this evening, and is going for $179.99 with contract. That’s a surefire deal compared to the $250 that it’s going for from Verizon specifically. We’re not sure if this is just a special limited [...]