LG E700 features IE9, might come with Windows Phone 7 Mango
LG is readying a new Windows Phone 7 handset called LG E700. While we don’t know what it looks like, and neither when it will be out, we know (from this .xml file) that the E700 features Internet Explorer 9 – which should be included in a future WP7 update. Since IE9 is likely to [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v launches at Vodafone Australia on May 4 with free case
Samsung has two upcoming 10.1-inch Android-powered tablets. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is what the slimmer model, the one unveiled in March, ended up being called. In the meantime, the model that was announced at Mobile World Congress in February got renamed and is now called the Galaxy Tab 10.1v. That ‘V’ is there because it [...]
Canada: Rogers Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Xperia Arc now on pre-order at Best Buy
According to information from a few days ago, Rogers will release the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Xperia Arc on April 28, approximately two weeks from now. Those of you who are in Canada and are anxious to get your hands on either of these devices may recall that Rogers has started taking pre-orders for [...]
US Cellular now offers LG Optimus U and LG Apex Android smartphones with prepaid plans
US cellular has announced that it has started offering two Android-powered smartphones on prepaid plans today. It’s nice to see US carriers embrace prepaid plans a little bit more – after all, they are what the majority of people use in other territories. The two aforementioned smartphones are the LG Optimus U and the LG [...]
Samsung Linx is a cheap QWERTY slider now available at Fido in Canada
In Canada, Fido has launched a cheap featurephone that has both a T9 phone keypad as well as a side-sliding full physical QWERTY keyboard – the Samsung Linx. The Samsung Linx looks like it can be a texter’s dream phone, at least as long as said texter doesn’t care much about smartphones. Or big touchscreens. [...]
T-Mobile G2X available starting today (only online)
As expected, today T-Mobile USA launched the G2X, its first dual-core smartphone. For now, the handset is available only online, but it will be in stores, too, starting April 20 (when the Samsung Sidekick 4G should also be launched). T-Mobile offers the G2X for $199.99 with a new 2-yr agreement and after a $50 mail-in [...]
Samsung Droid Charge employee training starts, Verizon should launch the handset soon
Verizon’s Samsung Droid Charge wasn’t released yesterday, as some may have expected, but it will likely be out really soon. That’s because, starting today, Verizon employees are being trained to master the smartphone’s capabilities (so they can present them to customers after launch). The snapshot seen below reconfirms that the new Samsung handset is a [...]
LG Revolution priced at $249, Motorola Droid X2 at $199?
There are lots of new Android smartphones that are coming soon to Verizon Wireless, but official details about their launch dates and prices are yet to be unveiled. Of course, we’ve already heard about the possible prices of the Samsung Droid Charge, and HTC Droid Incredible 2. Now we’ve also discovered the possible prices of [...]
Dual-touchscreen Kyocera Echo Android smartphone already available for Sprint Premier customers
Sprint’s Kyocera Echo is a unique device, that much is certain. And it’s just two days away from hitting the streets, and then we’ll see if its uniqueness will be reason enough for people to shell out $199.99 and buy it. This is, after all, a niche device, one that’s unlikely to receive timely OS [...]
Google Translate for Android updated, now speaks translations in 24 languages
If you often rely on Google Translate for Android, you should be happy to find out that the application has been updated, now letting you listen to translations in three new languages: Japanese, Korean, and Arabic. The updated also “dramatically improves” the quality of spoken translations in lots of languages (more than 15), including Chinese, [...]
Samsung Galaxy Ace now free with £10.50 per month contract at O2 UK
The Samsung Galaxy Ace has been available from the UK operators and third party retailers for a while now, and its prices have generally been as follows: around £229.99 SIM-free or on Pay as you go, and free with 24-month contracts starting at £25 per month. While the SIM-free/Pay as you go price is quite decent and [...]
Telus will start selling Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom on April 19 for $599.99
The Wi-Fi-only version of Motorola’s Xoom Android-powered tablet has already been available in Canada for little more than a week, via Best Buy and Future Shop. Soon though you’ll be able to pick one of these puppies up from yet another place – Telus, that is. And given that this isn’t a mobile data-enabled tablet, [...]
HTC Mazaa leaks on its way to Sprint, may be the first WP7 world phone
It’s been a long time since a new Windows Phone 7 device has leaked, or at least one not Nokia-related. But the day is finally here – we’ve got a new WP7 smartphone on its way, this time headed to Sprint in the US. Meet the HTC Mazaa. Mazaa is this device’s codename, and as [...]
Parts of HTC Sense 3.0 will make it to older devices after all
The recently-unveiled HTC Sensation, apart from being the company’s flagship Android device for 2011, will also be the first smartphone to run HTC Sense 3.0, the newest version of the Taiwanese manufacturer’s UI overlay. Sense 3.0 brings a lot of new features compared to the Sense 2.1 seen on the HTC Desire S announced back [...]
Apple iOS 4.3.2 now out for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, iOS 4.2.7 for Verizon iPhone
Apple has released a new version of iOS, its mobile operating system, earlier today. iOS 4.3.2 brings mostly bug fixes and performance enhancements, as its minor revision number implies. The update is now available for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS (GSM only), iPad, iPad 2, and iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation) via Apple’s iTunes [...]
Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 launch may happen on April 28 after all
Recently, we’ve had two different roadmap leaks containing launch dates for Verizon’s upcoming devices, including the much-leaked HTC Droid Incredible 2. The late March leak said that the Droid Incredible 2 would launch on April 28, while last week’s leak has it launching a week earlier, on April 21. Here’s what we can conclude from [...]
Google now activates 350,000 Android devices daily. 3 billion Android apps installed around the world
While announcing its First Quarter 2011 Results, Google has unveiled that the number of daily Android activations has now reached 350,000. That’s a 14% growth compared to the number of Android devices activated daily back in December 2010 (about 300,000). 350,000 daily activations means about 10,5 million new Android devices each month. And, if we [...]
Verizon Samsung Droid Charge gets priced at Walmart, $298.88 with contract
How much is too much? I mean, if you’re pretty much forced to sign a two-year contract with a carrier, you should at least get very good upfront prices for phones, right? Look, over in the UK they can have any phone for free (except the iPhone perhaps). Not so in the US, but still [...]
Sony Ericsson’s first Walkman Android phone (W15) could be out this quarter
Although throughout 2010 there have been quite a few rumors regarding a possible Walkman Android phone, Sony Ericsson has not yet announced the existence of such device. It may do it really soon, though. According to Semc Blog, SE’s first Walkman Android handset is called W15, and could resemble the Xperia X8. The smartphone’s rumored [...]
Dell Streak 7 tablet now available in the UK for £299
The Dell Streak 7 tablet has become available in the UK direct from Dell, just as expected. This appears to be a Wi-Fi-only version, one that doesn’t come with a 3G radio sadly. The price is £299. While the price is arguably rather good, the specs are half-great, half-meh. The Dell Streak 7 has a 1 [...]