Verizon’s HP Pre 3 passes the FCC
Back in April, we saw a version of HP’s Pre 3 running on Verizon’s network. While Verizon still hasn’t announced it would offer the smartphone, it may do it quite soon, since a CDMA / EvDo Pre 3 has been approved by the FCC yesterday. The Pre 3 approved by the Federal Commission also has [...]
Blackberry Touch 9860 spotted in the wild
We have just spotted a picture of the Blackberry Touch 9680 or also known as Monaco or Monza on the internet. The picture gives us a nice view of the hardware buttons on the bottom along with the touchscreen. Rim has two touch screen devices planned for consumers, with the Touch 9680 being the high [...]
Honeycomb 3.1 available today for Motorola Xoom on Verizon
Google announced today that a new version of the tablet specific OS, named Honeycomb 3.1, would be coming to tablets in the near future and would come pre-loaded with the Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1. The first tablet to get Honeycomb 3.1 will be the first tablet that got Honeycomb, the Motorola Xoom. Here is a list of [...]
HTC Flyer headed to Canada, possibly via Telus
We already know that the HTC Flyer will be released in the US (by Best Buy, and maybe by T-Mobile, too). Now we’re hearing that the tablet will be also introduced in Canada. The Flyer is mentioned on HTC Sense Canada’s official website, so it could be launched in the country pretty soon. According to [...]
New Android phones from HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson will get software upgrades for 18 months after launch
Earlier today, while announcing Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Google has also unveiled details on upcoming software upgrades for Android devices. Together with other major companies, Google has agreed to “adopt guidelines for how quickly devices are updated after a new platform release, and also for how long they will continue to be updated.” The companies [...]
Google Music, Android Ice Cream Sandwich and Honeycomb 3.1 officially announced
Google has just made some big announcements during its I/O 2011 conference. The first and most important one is Android Ice Cream Sandwich – the newest iteration of Android. While it’s not clear what number version Ice Cream Sandwich has (or maybe it has no number version at all?), and neither when it will be [...]
Microsoft buys Skype, promises support for Windows Phone, Xbox and more
Starting later this year, Skype will belong to Microsoft, becoming “a new business division within” the Redmond-based giant company. Yes, Microsoft has officially announced that it’s acquiring Skype for a whopping $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft will obviously bring Skype to its devices, including Xbox, Kinect, and Windows Phone – that’s kinda funny, since a [...]
LG Optimus 3D will come with Wikitude’s 3D augmented reality browser
Expected to be released starting next month (June), the LG Optimus 3D will be the first smartphone to support Wikitude’s brand new 3D augmented reality browser. Including information on more than 100 million locations around the world, the Wikitude 3D browser displays objects, landmarks and places in 3D, “making them easier to distinguish.” The application [...]
4.3-inch ZTE Skate gets previewed in Greece, may cost just EUR 250
A smartphone with a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen for EUR 250? If anyone can (or will) do that, it’s ZTE (or, presumably, its arch-rival, Huawei). We’re talking about the ZTE Skate here. This smartphone was first shown during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, albeit without much fuss. Back then, ZTE reps didn’t have anything [...]
Unlimited Wi-Fi calling returns to T-Mobile on May 11, Name ID & Voicemail To Text coming on May 22
T-Mobile is going to offer unlimited Wi-Fi calling to its subscribers starting on May 11. According to TmoNews, this won’t be the first time that T-Mobile will not subtract minutes from your plan when you speak via Wi-Fi. So I guess you should be quite happy that this ‘feature’ will be back. And that’s since [...]
Wi-Fi-only HTC Flyer up for pre-order in the UK for £479.99
The Wi-Fi-only version of the HTC Flyer, the Taiwanese manufacturer’s first foray into the Android tablet space, is now up for pre-order in the UK. Well-known online retailer Expansys lets you pre-order the tablet for £479.99. We’ve seen the Flyer on pre-order in the UK before, in two separate occasions even, but both of those were [...]
Wi-Fi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be available in the US on June 8
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will become available in the US on June 8, yet just in its Wi-Fi-only form. There’s no word yet on when carrier-specific versions of the tablet, with 3G or 4G radios in tow, will make it to the market – if there will be any carrier-customized versions of this tablet [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II shows up at Orange UK
Orange UK has just added the Samsung Galaxy S II to its website’s coming soon section – joining Vodafone and T-Mobile, which have been showing off the smartphone for some time now. Orange doesn’t say when exactly its Galaxy S II will be released, but since the handset is already available via some UK retailers, [...]
What delay? The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo is now available in Romania
Sony Ericsson has delayed the Xperia Neo upper-midrange Android smartphone, saying a while ago that the device will only reach general availability in the third quarter of this year. That’s the quarter that starts in July! So obviously, we weren’t expecting to see the Xperia Neo become available anywhere in the world right now. Yet [...]
T-Mobile G2 Android 2.3 Gingerbread teaser flyer leaks, update seems imminent
Oh yes. Here’s another installment in the “phone manufacturers are slow to update their devices to the latest versions of Android” series. Granted, Android 2.3 Gingerbread doesn’t pack as many new and exciting features as its predecessor, Android 2.2 Froyo did, but still, it’s been five full months since it was unveiled, yet we only [...]
HTC Cha Cha and Salsa now available for pre-order from Amazon UK
If you have always wanted a dedicated Facebook button on your phone, you’re in luck. The HTC Cha Cha and HTC Salsa are now available for pre-order from Amazon UK. The Cha Cha features a portrait QWERTY keyboard and a 2.6-inch touchscreen. The Salsa has a 3.4 inch touchscreen, but no physical keyboard. Both phones will run [...]
WatchESPN app now available for Android
Android fans that are as much as a sports fans as myself will be excited to hear that the popular iOS app, WatchESPN, is now available for Android devices. The app will allow users to watch a livestream of the many channels of the popular sports network. The supported channels include ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and ESPNU. That [...]
Droid X approved for Gingerbread update
We heard an enticing rumor last week that the Droid X would be finally receiving Gingerbread on May 13th after being submitted to Verizon many times before. The update was originally supposed to come in April, but Verizon pulled the plug after they wanted to change a few things. The latest rumor indicates that the [...]
Samsung T759 Exhibit 4G smiles for the camera on its way to T-Mobile
If you were anxious for a new Samsung or T-Mobile-related leak, but especially if you were craving for both, here’s something for you. TmoNews received some pictures of the Samsung T759. The prominent T-Mobile branding doesn’t leave us guessing as to what carrier this device is headed to. Apparently T-Mobile is getting ready to market [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9900 shows up at Expansys, no word on its exact launch date
Last week, when RIM officially announced the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 (alongside the CDMA-friendly Bold 9930), the company said the new handset would be out sometime “in the summer.” We still don’t have an exact launch date for the smartphone, but we’ve discovered that Expansys, one of the UK’s largest retailers, has added to 9900 [...]