Wi-Fi-only Dell Streak 7 can now be ordered in Canada for $399.99, ships on April 29
After having become available in the US, as well as in the UK recently, the Dell Streak 7 is (slowly) on its way to Canada. In fact, you can order one right now from Dell Canada, and shipping will start on April 29. The price is $399.99 right now, but it may change – so [...]
Sprint may launch the BlackBerry Playbook on May 8
Sprint’s version of RIM’s BlackBerry Playbook (complete with support for WiMax, Sprint’s 4G) was announced back in January, but since then we haven’t heard much about it, even as the ‘generic’ Playbook has become available in the meantime. As for a launch date for Sprint’s Playbook, all we had up until now was a rather [...]
Verizon’s Samsung Gem SCH-i100 available at BestBuy
Already available to US Cellular and Alltel customers, the Samsung Gem SCH-i100 can be now purchased by Verizon customers, too. However, Verizon doesn’t sell the Gem directly – not for now at least. Instead, you can get the new Android phone via BestBuy, which offers it for only $29.99 with a new 2-yr contract agreement. [...]
Samsung fights back against Apple with ten patent infringement claims
Apple recently filed a lawsuit against Samsung for copying the designs of the iPhone and iPad on the Galaxy S devices and the Galaxy Tab. This was a surprising move since Samsung supplies some of the key components for many of Apple’s devices including the iPhone, iPods, iPad, and Macbooks. Samsung responded to the lawsuit [...]
AT&T officially proposes T-Mobile acquisition to the FCC
A month ago AT&T annouced that it had plans to purchase T-Mobile. Analysts thought that this was a good move, but many customers of both AT&T and T-Mobile were concerned that plan prices would rise. AT&T officially made its proposal to the FCC today and had quite a few things to say. One point that [...]
Sprint’s Motorola Xoom and Nexus S 4G could land in early May
Sprint hasn’t officially unveiled the launch dates of the Motorola Xoom and Nexus S 4G yet, but the two new Android devices can’t be too far from hitting the shelves now. According to an image uncovered by Engadget (seen below), Xoom employee training will start on April 25 at Sprint. Nexus S 4G training should [...]
Samsung Droid Charge launch date and price announced by Verizon
Verizon and Samsung have finally announced the price and launch date of the Samsung Droid Charge. As expected, the new Droid will be available starting April 28, for $299 (new 2-yr contract agreement required) – that’s $50 higher than the current price of the HTC Thunderbolt. Just like the Thunderbolt, the Samsung Droid Charge is [...]
Samsung Corby II S3850 and Chat 335 officially launched in Germany
Samsung has officially released two of its latest affordable feature phones in Germany: the Corby II S3850, and the Ch@t 335 (aka Samsung S3350). Coming to replace the original Samsung Corby (sold in millions of units since September 2009), the new Corby II brings enhanced features, including Wi-Fi, and a larger, 3.14 inches QVGA display. [...]
US Cellular will launch the HTC Merge on April 29
Last month, US Cellular officially announced that it would be selling the HTC Merge. Back then, the only release time frame the carrier committed to was “next month” – meaning this month, April. Now that we’re approaching the end of the month, we’re starting to receive new information about the Merge’s US Cellular debut. And [...]
HTC Sensation 4G to launch on June 8th according to Google Adwords
The HTC Sensation 4G is expected to be released early this summer, but there is no official date yet. We have a new lead on the release of this HTC super phone from T-Mobile. Apparently when someone was searching for the HTC Sensation, a Google ad came up saying that the device would be available [...]
Asus Eee Pad Transformer to hit US stores April 26th for $399
Asus fans will not have to wait much longer for the much anticipated Asus Eee Pad Transformer. A news report indicated that the first shipment of the Transformers and its dock would be hitting the US on April 26th. The Transformer has already been released in Taiwan and in the UK in limited quantities. The [...]
LG Optimus 3D will be available in the UK on June 6
The LG Optimus 3D, the world’s first smartphone to have a glasses-free 3D display, was officially unveiled in February. Since then, it looked like it would become available in the UK later this month – at least according to one online retailer (Play). However, today another well-known UK online phone retailer, namely Clove, has published [...]
Sony Ericsson W8 (the first Android Walkman handset) is a disappointment
Sony Ericsson’s first Android Walkman phone isn’t called W15, as we previously thought, but W8. Today, the Sony Ericsson W8 has been officially introduced in Indonesia (a press release in English has not showed up yet). Although all of SE’s new Android handsets unveiled this year run 2.3 Gingerbread, the W8 strangely runs Android 2.1 [...]
Nokia posts Q1 2011 results, signs definitive agreement with Microsoft
Just like Apple yesterday, Nokia announced its financial results for the last quarter (Q1 2011). The company reported net sales of €10.4 billion for the quarter – up 9% YoY, but down 18% sequentially. Nokia’s net profit in Q1 2011 was €439 million – 10% less than in Q1 of last year, and a staggering [...]
Verizon Droid Incredible 2 previewed by Wirefly, launch date confirmed
Wirefly has unveiled that Verizon’s new HTC Droid Incredible 2 would be released on April 28 (just as exected) – although Verizon has still not officially announced the smartphone. Wirefly posted a video preview of the Incredible 2 on its official website comparing it to the original Droid Incredible, which is a bit smaller (because [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, LG G-Slate, and G2X all now officially available for purchase
T-Mobile had a very big Android release day today. They released three major Android devices: Sidekick 4G, LG G-Slate, and the G2X. The SideKick 4G will retail for $99.99 on a two year contract, or $379.99 if you choose to forego the contract. A few interesting specs. of the Sidekick are: Texting evolved: Reply-all Group [...]
Verizon having doubts about selling Playbook
It seems that all of the reviews that have been coming out on the Playbook have scared Verizon Wireless just a little bit. Lots of reviews have been saying that the playbook is “half-baked,” meaning that there are a lot of incomplete features of the OS and apps. One problem is the Blackberry Bridge app; the only [...]
Apple unveils fiscal 2011 Q2 results: 18.65 million iPhones, 4.69 million iPads sold
Apple – which recently sued Samsung for allegedly copying the iPhone and iPad designs – has just announced its financial results for fiscal 2011 Q2 (ended March 26). The Cupertino-based company nearly doubled its revenue ($24.67 billion) and net profit ($5.99 billion) compared to fiscal 2010 Q2. iPhone sales were stronger than ever during the [...]
iPhone and iPad 3G have been secretly keeping a database of all of user’s locations
Apple has been tracking every user of an iPad 3G or iPhone’s location since that person has upgraded to OS 4.0. Some security researches recently discovered that each device has a secret database of user positions and timestamps, kept on the user’s mac or pc that he syncs his Apple device with. The researchers also [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab now only $299 outright in Australia
The Samsung Galaxy Tab was the first Android-powered tablet to be released by a major manufacturer, and as such has seen quite reasonable sales levels so far. One can presume though that the onslaught of Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets that keep being announced each week now has not done good things for those sales numbers, [...]