New BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 appears in hands-on video
We’ve seen the unannounced BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 in hands-on photos, and even in officially-looking video tutorials. Now it’s time to see it in a hands-on video uploaded over the week-end by N4BB. The Bold Touch 9930 (codenamed Montana) is a CDMA smartphone that will – most likely – be released by Verizon and Sprint [...]
Virgin Mobile Samsung Intercept Android 2.2 Froyo update starts rolling out today
Good (and perhaps unexpected) news for those of you sporting a Samsung Intercept on Virgin Mobile! Your smartphone will get updated to Android 2.2 Froyo, and the rollout of that update starts today. Of course, cynics may eagerly point out how backwards it is that a phone gets a software update 4 whole months after [...]
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G and Sprint HTC Evo 4G will get Gingerbread before the end of June
Android 2.3 Gingerbread has been out for 4 months, but sadly even today most Android smartphones aren’t running it. That includes some high-end devices that you have to pay an arm and a leg for (either upfront or via the total cost of that wonderful 2-year contract you signed up for), devices that haven’t been [...]
HTC Desire S only £329.99 on O2 UK Pay as you go
The HTC Desire S is HTC’s smallest-screened high-end Android smartphone for 2011, and it has become available last week on Vodafone, Three, as well as all the other major UK mobile network operators. And while all of them will offer you the Desire S for free on a sufficiently expensive 24-month contract, if you’d like [...]
Nokia X7 officially previewed by Three UK (video)
While AT&T may have cancelled the Nokia X7, the new (and yet to be announced) smartphone will still be released in Europe. In the UK, Three is certainly going to carry the X7, as it just published a video preview of it – just like it did before launching the Samsung Galaxy Ace. According to [...]
UK: HTC Flyer now on pre-order at Carphone Warehouse for £599.99, ships in May
The HTC Flyer is HTC’s first Android-powered tablet, and a rather unique proposition in the tablet world, with its smaller-than-the-2011-standard screen and capacitive stylus. It’s also not running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, albeit it is running a heavily tablet-optimized version of HTC’s own Sense UI, so the average user probably won’t notice the tablet is running [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Acro won’t have Xenon flash, it’s an Arc with NFC, mobile TV, and an IR sensor
It’s always sad when hopes are crushed by plain ol’ reality, but such a thing has happened again. Over the weekend, we’ve all been busy dreaming of the second ever Android smartphone to have a Xenon flash, which the Sony Ericsson Xperia Acro looked like it was going to be. Sure, this device was probably [...]
Motorola ATRIX 4G goes on sale for the weekend, $49.99 on Amazon
Those of you who have been eyeing the Motorola ATRIX 4G but not pleased with the price, now is an excellent time to take the plunge into getting the dual-core, Tegra2-powered AT&T flagship Android handset. This weekend only, new customers will be able to get the Atrix for a mere $49.99 on Amazon, the lowest [...]
Another Verizon roadmap leaks: new release dates for Droid Charge, Droid Incredible 2, Xperia Play
Last week a Verizon device launch roadmap leaked, bringing with it some information about when smartphones such as the Samsung Droid Charge, the HTC Droid Incredible 2, and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play would finally hit Verizon store shelves. However, that roadmap might have been wrong, seeing as how the Droid Charge was pegged for [...]
HTC Merge appears on Verizon’s website
Here’s another episode of the HTC Merge‘s Verizon-related saga. Is it ever going to be sold by Verizon? Or did Big Red cancel it, like previously rumored? Nothing’s set in stone, but recent clues, including what you’ll read here today, seem to suggest that the Merge will hit Verizon stores at some point soon. I [...]
16 GB Motorola Xoom coming soon to Verizon, upgradeable to 4G LTE
The Motorola Xoom is too expensive. There, I said it. You just don’t compete with Apple by being more expensive than Apple. That’s a lesson that Motorola doesn’t seem to have learned yet. Or has it? The Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom is priced at $599 in the US. That’s $100 more than the cheapest iPad, which [...]
Verizon may soon introduce a $50 per month unlimited prepaid plan
Verizon’s plan reshuffling is still in the news today. First we let you know that Big Red is prepping to drop one-year contracts altogether, and now it seems that a new unlimited plan is on its way. However, perhaps in contrast with the one-year agreement axing, this may actually make some people very happy when [...]
HTC Desire S now available at Vodafone UK, free on contracts starting at £30 per month
We’ve heard that the HTC Desire S was headed to Vodafone UK, and then before the end of last month Big Red even started taking pre-orders for the smartphone, with a projected availability date of April 8 – today, that is. And, indeed, the HTC Desire S is now available at Vodafone. The strange thing [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Acro may have Xenon flash
About ten days ago, word first got out about the Sony Ericsson Xperia Acro‘s existence. It was clearly Japan-bound, and at the time looked like it could be a Japanese version of the Xperia Arc, since it closely resembled the Arc in the renders that leaked back then. And while the Acro may still be [...]
Nokia E7 now available in the UK
The Nokia E7 is finally available in the UK from Nokia’s official online store. Just a few days ago the new business-oriented Symbian flagship device became available in the US, and now it’s made it over the pond. Nokia’s online shop will sell you an E7 either SIM-free, on Pay as you go, or even [...]
UK: T-Mobile Pulse Mini Android smartphone now only £19.99 on Pay as you go
We post great deals quite often, but this is really one you shouldn’t miss if you’re in the UK. If you haven’t yet dived into the Android world and are looking for an entry-level device to see whether you’ll get along with Google’s mobile operating system or not, if you want a smartphone but don’t [...]
UK: SIM-free HTC Wildfire S can now be pre-ordered for £229.99, ships May 13
We’ve already known for a while that the HTC Wildfire S was headed to UK mobile network operators Vodafone, Orange, and Three, at some point. Yet the most affordable entry in HTC’s 2011 smartphone lineup was bound to be sold by independent third-party electronics retailers as well. And indeed it will be. Play.com, one of [...]
Canada: Virgin Mobile HTC Incredible S three-year price drops by $50 to $49.99
If you’re in Canada, would like to get a high-end Android smartphone and don’t mind committing to long-term contracts with carriers in order to get the device for cheap, this is for you. It’s only been a few days since the HTC Incredible S was officially launched in Canada, by both Bell and Virgin Mobile. [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Arc limits production due to earthquake; Xperia Neo delayed
Our hearts go out to everyone in Japan. A second set of earthquakes rattled the country for the second time in under a month. Not as much damage was done this time, but several companies have been shaken up by both earthquakes. Sony Ericsson was one of these companies, which announced that quantities of their [...]
Cheap Samsung Champ Duos E2652 headed to India
Samsung Champ Duos E2652 – one of Sammy’s newest dual SIM phones – will be launched in India this week. Fone Arena has it that the Champ Duos will be available in stores starting tomorrow, April 9. The phone will be really cheap: only 5,080 INR (about $115). Officially unveiled at the beginning of March, [...]