iOS 5 will be unveiled next week. More iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 rumors
Apple has officially announced that iOS 5 would be showcased next week, on June 6, at WDC 2011. Steve Jobs himself will be on stage during the conference, presenting not only iOS 5, but also iCould (Apple’s new cloud services offering), and Mac OS X Lion. Most probably, we will see no new iPhone model(s) [...]
US Cellular HTC Merge now available for $149.99, LG Genesis to launch on June 9
The HTC Merge, this CDMA version of the Desire Z, is now finally available on US Cellular. Today’s release was expected, even if we first thought the device would launch about a month ago. Again as expected, the price is $149.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. That price is what you have to pay for [...]
Cincinnati Bell launches Android-powered Huawei Ascend X, its first 4G smartphone
Cincinnati Bell has released its first ’4G’ (read: HSPA+) phone. It’s the Huawei Ascend X, which looks like it’s related to the Ideos X6 (if it isn’t the exact same device). This is an Android-powered smartphone that has a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4.1-inch touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, [...]
New Motorola Xoom 2, Zaha and other Android devices leaked?
Motorola might have no less than four new Android products ready (or almost ready) for launch: a tablet, two smartphones, and a watchphone. All these appear in a set of images that reportedly show a redesigned version of Moto’s official website – which isn’t visible at Motorola.com just yet. First of all, said images – [...]
Acer W4 runs Windows Phone Mango, doesn’t impress
Acer, one of Microsoft’s new Windows Phone hardware partners (alongside Fujitsu and ZTE), has showcased what seems to be its very first WP-based handset: the Acer W4. Running Windows Phone Mango, the Acer W4 features a 3.6 inch WVGA display, HSPA (900/2100 or 850/1900 – perfect for AT&T, isn’t it?), Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1, a [...]
AT&T intros the Pantech Crossover P8000 with Android 2.2
Previously known as Pantech Moon and Pantech Bannik, the P8000 has been officially announced by AT&T under the name of Pantech Crossover. The Crossover is Pantech’s first Android smartphone made for the US market. It runs Android 2.2 Froyo, and features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.1 inch touchscreen display of unknown resolution (I’d say [...]
Sprint announces “exciting content” for the HTC Evo 3D
Although it still didn’t say when exactly the HTC Evo 3D would be available for purchase (“this summer” remains a vague statement), today Sprint has unveiled some of the goodies that will come pre-loaded on the smartphone. So, here’s what you’ll get after buying the Evo 3D (apart from all the features inside the handset, [...]
ViewSonic’s V350 dual SIM Android phone coming next month
Remember the ViewSonic V350, announced back in February as one of the few dual-SIM Android smartphones in the history? The handset is now ready to be launched, and Pocket-lint reports that we should see it hitting the shelves starting June. The final version of the V350 looks different than the phone presented in February, because [...]
Symbian-based Nokia E6 and X7 start shipping
The E6 and X7 – Nokia’s first smartphones to run Symbian Anna, and two of the latest to run any version of Symbian, ever – are now shipping to a store near you. As you’ve probably already heard by now, the E6 is the only Symbian candybar to have a touchscreen display (2.46 inches, 640 [...]
AT&T to get a plethora of devices including Blackberry Torch 2 and HTC ChaCha
A recent leaked document indicates that AT&T will be getting a whole bunch of new smartphones in the future. Among the large list are the HTC ChaCha(HTC LeLe) and the Blackberry Torch 2 9810. The list also includes devices such as ZTE Alicanto Z990,Samsung Habrok i857, Pantech Bannik P8000, Huawei Dola U8800, and HTC Hydra A523. All of the [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is now on BestBuy’s website
The highly anticipated successor to the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, now has its own page on the BestBuy website. Unfortunately, BestBuy didn’t reveal any info on pricing and simply gave a description of the tablet and a ”coming soon” label. The tablet is also only shown in black and there is no indication on [...]
New BlackBerry Curve Apollo 9370 appears in hands-on video
Not long after we saw it in some official video tutorials, the unannounced BlackBerry Curve Apollo 9370 has been spotted now in a lengthy hands-on video. The first noticeable thing in the video is that the Apollo is really thin – just like the Bold 9900. Other than that, the handset doesn’t look too different [...]
LTE Android tablet mentioned by Samsung exec, it’s probably headed to Verizon
Talking about Samsung’s future plans related to tablets and smartphones, J.K. Shin, president of the company’s mobile division unit, mentioned that there are talks with US and South Korean carriers for the introduction of an LTE-capable Android tablet. The Wall Street Journal, which interviewed J.K. Shin, doesn’t provide further details about the tablet. However, I [...]
T-Mobile HTC G2 free with contract until June 2
T-Mobile’s HTC-made G2 is the star of the latest great deal to hit the magenta network. The carrier now offers you this very nice Android-powered device for free. Yes, that’s $0.00. The catch? Well, the only catch here is that you’ll have to commit to the usual (for the USA, at least) new two-year service [...]
HP TouchPad may launch on June 12
HP’s first webOS-powered tablet, the TouchPad, is going to be a nice entrance in the tablet market which is getting more and more crowded by the day. That’s even if the TouchPad won’t manage to outsell Apple’s iPad, as HP seems to think will happen. We’ve heard before that the TouchPad may finally launch in [...]
12MP Windows Phone Mango handset from HTC shows up
The first Windows Phone handset to feature a 12MP camera may not come from Nokia, but from HTC. Mobile-review’s Eldar Murtazin has showed off an unannounced HTC device that runs the brand new Windows Phone Mango, and has a camera that can take photos at a maximum resolution of 12 Megapixels. The handset looks a [...]
BlackBerry Torch 2 video overview in the wild alongside even more live pics
When a couple of blurry live images of the upcoming BlackBerry Torch 2 leaked last week, we were promised that clearer shots would come. And they have indeed surfaced, courtesy of TechnoBuffalo and one of their sources. Like the blurry pics before them, the new, clear shots show a smartphone that looks very much like [...]
Dual-core ViewSonic ViewPad 7x with Android Honeycomb announced
ViewSonic has officially introduced the ViewPad 7x, which, as assumed not long ago, is the world’s first 7 inch (1024 x 600 pixels) tablet to come with Android Honeycomb. ViewSonic proudly states that the ViewPad 7x weighs “only 380 grams” – but that’s also the weight of Samsung’s 7-inch Tab (launched last year), so this [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II sold in more than 1 million units in Korea. New i9101 model shows up
Samsung’s new Galaxy S II Gingerbread smartphone has been sold in more than 1 million units in South Korea (the company’s home country), where it’s available since April 25. That’s certainly a significant achievement for Samsung, which hopes to sell at least 10 million Galaxy S II units worldwide – including in the UK, where [...]
Android-based Asus Padfone announced: a phone and a tablet in one product (video)
Asus has officially announced the Padfone – one of its most daring devices ever. The Padfone is an Android smartphone which comes by default with a complementary 10 inch tablet (also Android-based) to which it can be docked. This smartphone-tablet combo lets you use a single SIM card for both devices. When the handset is [...]