RIM To Launch PlayBook In 16 Additional Markets
Research in Motion has announced plans to debut its PlayBook tablet in 16 international markets in the next 30 days. RIM is launching the tablet in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Mexico, France, Italy, India, Indonesia and Colombia. Australia had already announced its PlayBook launch [...]
Latest Nook e-Reader Comes With Undocumented Web Browser
The iPad and Kindle might want to make some extra room for their little cousin, the Nook. Barnes and Noble’s latest offering, the Nook Simple Touch Reader, has an undocumented “hidden” Web browser that allows users to access their email and browse headlines. Users that have purchased the new Android device can simply press the [...]
Sprint extends instant rebates to July 23, may intro shared data plans on June 12
It looks like upping the 4G upload cap and launching a high-end Android device simply wasn’t enough for Sprint to do these days, so the carrier is staying in the news with two rumored moves that, if actually put into motion, would benefit Sprint customers a lot. First off, I don’t know if you remember [...]
Motoblur dies again, in name at least
Here we go again. Remember Motoblur, Motorola’s oddly-named Android UI overlay? Akin to HTC’s Sense UI, Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, and the likes? Come on, you have to have heard of it. After all, everybody loves Motoblur. Actually, Motorola has found out that pretty much no one even likes it. I kid you not, many, many [...]
Nokia C2-02 to be a slightly different C2-06?
Spotted a couple of days ago on one of Nokia’s official blogs, the unannounced C2-06 dual SIM phone seems to have a slightly different version: the Nokia C2-02. The C2-02 looks exactly like the C2-06, thus it’s a slider with a QVGA touchscreen display and an alphanumeric keyboard. According to Mobil.cz (which got the photos [...]
US Cellular to launch eight smartphones and two tablets by the end of the year
Sprint was not the only carrier to announce its plans to increase its phone roster. US Cellular has just annouced that it will release eight smartphones by the end of 2011 along with two tablets. Seven of the smartphones will run on Android 2.3. One of the devices will be US Cellular’s first LTE device which is [...]
Apple iCloud allows users to download previously purchased apps that are no longer available
CDFXapps has made a great discovery today. They were browsing some of the features of iCloud and found out that users can re-download any previously purchased app, including ones that have been removed from the app store. Although Apple made it clear that users would be able to download previously purchased apps, they didn’t mention [...]
Hands-on: Motorola Photon 4G (video walkthrough)
When Sprint and Motorola announced their new Android devices today in New York, we were able to take them for a spin on the showroom floor. Look below for videos showing the Photon 4G’s Blur interface, new Calendar features, kickstand functionality, game mode and Webtop application. Check out our more detailed first look here. Here Maleah [...]
First look: Motorola Photon 4G (on Sprint)
For being “No. 3,” Sprint has had a decent offering of 4G Android devices, including Google’s Nexus S, HTC’s EVO and Samsung’s Epic. And while Sunday’s announcement of the XPRT (a rebranded Droid Pro) saw Motorola finally enter the mix, it wasn’t until today’s introduction of the Photon 4G that Motorola had a truly high-end [...]
First look: Motorola Triumph (on Virgin Mobile)
The Motorola Triumph is Virgin Mobile’s first smartphone from Motorola. It runs Android version 2.2 (Froyo), so it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of their other Sprint offering announced today, but appears to be an attractive option for customers on Sprint’s prepaid Virgin Mobile plans. In recent months we’ve seen Virgin Mobile expand [...]
Sprint will up the 4G upload cap from 1.0 to 1.5 Mbps
Did you know that Sprint’s so-called ’4G’ (a.k.a. WiMax) currently limits your upload speed to 1 Mbps? Some 4G that is. Anyway, the carrier has bold plans to increase that by an earth-shattering 50%. And while in percentage points that sounds pretty awesome, in real life it only means that your maximum theoretical upload speed [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Plus will cost €449 in the Netherlands
Dubbed the “improved version of Samsung’s most successful smartphone ever”, the Samsung Galaxy S Plus was officially unveiled in the Netherlands, just as we heard it would be. The Netherlands is the second country in which this device was announced, after Russia where it’s already available. When we last talked about the Galaxy S Plus [...]
Verizon Samsung Droid Charge gets an update that isn’t Android Gingerbread
Verizon’s Samsung Droid Charge is in the process of receiving a software update that will make it run version EE4. Unfortunately this isn’t an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, it’s still Froyo. The update does however contain a great number of bug fixes, enhancements, and performance improvements. Battery life has been improved while making calls, [...]
Telus to launch the LG Optimus Black Skype Edition this summer
For a month now we’ve known that the LG Optimus Black was headed to North America, and even if we didn’t know back than exactly which carriers will sell the phone in which countries, it was kind of obvious that the handset would become available both in the US and in Canada. Well, it may [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Infuse 4G is headed to Rogers in Canada
The Samsung Infuse will not be an AT&T exclusive for long, it seems. MobileSyrup has found out that the Android superphone is also headed up north, and will be sold by Rogers in Canada at some point. Unfortunately, details about an exact release date as well as pricing information are not available at this time. [...]
Canada: Koodo Mobile will launch the iPhone 4, BlackBerry PlayBook too maybe
In Canada, Koodo Mobile will be the next carrier to sell Apple’s iPhone 4. It was always thought that the iPhone 4 would reach Koodo eventually, but now there’s even some proof, in the form of a leaked screengrab of an internal Koodo system which clearly lists Apple’s latest and greatest smartphone. Koodo will have [...]
Sprint announces the Motorola Triumph Android phone (for Virgin Mobile)
The Motorola Photon 4G isn’t the only new Android handset unveiled by Sprint today. We also have the Motorola Triumph, a smartphone that will be exclusively available via Virgin Mobile on no-contract plans. The Triumph should be available “this summer”, coming with a 4.1 inch WVGA display, Virgin Mobile Live 2.0 app (for accessing the [...]
Sprint intros Motorola Photon 4G with Android Gingerbread
Sprint and Motorola have surprised everyone today with the introduction of two new Android smartphones: the Motorola Photon 4G and the Motorola Triumph. Running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the Photon 4G is Sprint’s first Moto smartphone to come with WiMax connectivity, as well as the first to rely on a dual-core 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. [...]
Dell Streak 10 Pro officially headed to China
Dell has just confirmed that it has a 10-inch Android tablet called Streak 10 Pro (yeah, we knew this was its final name). Interestingly, the new Streak will be launched in China first, sometime “later this summer”, with other markets being evaluated in the second half of the year. But why did Dell choose China? [...]
UK: Samsung Galaxy S II now just £29 with £21.5 per month contract
If you’re in the UK and want to have the latest and greatest superphone, then you probably already know of the Samsung Galaxy S II. This beast, announced back in February at MWC, tops all other smartphones on the market in terms of specs and raw power, and it’s been available in the UK for [...]