HP TouchPad Landing In Stores July 1st
It must be the summer of tablet launches, as Hewlett Packard has announced that its first webOS-powered tablet offering, the TouchPad, will be available for purchase beginning July 1st. The TouchPad will feature a 9.7-inch XGA display, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and NFC capabilities that will allow the device to be connected to HP [...]
Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps On iOS Devices
The morality police have finally given Apple a wake up call. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has updated its App Store Review Guidelines, banning driving under the influence (DUI) checkpoint apps for all iOS devices. Just last month Apple and Google took some heat in Congress over carrying DUI checkpoint apps in their online marketplaces, which [...]
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S II won’t be available in July after all, the 4G LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1 will
Let’s say your job is being a spokesperson for a company. How good a fit are you for that job, and for that company, if you get its upcoming products confused? If your brain allows you to get a tablet confused with a phone, or the other way round… should you be working for a [...]
Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 can now be yours for $1.99
If you’ve been holding out buying an HTC Droid Incredible 2 because you just couldn’t afford it, we have some good news for you. Likewise if you wanted to get a new high-end smartphone but didn’t know which one exactly, and were perhaps waiting for a great deal to snatch one. Well, the time has [...]
Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom comes with free Bluetooth keyboard in the US until June 14
Still don’t know whether the Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom is actually worth $599? Well, maybe a free keyboard will help you decide. That’s exactly what Motorola seems to think, as it’s now offering a free Bluetooth keyboard for every Xoom purchased from its US store. The Motorola Xoom may be the first tablet to ship with [...]
HTC ChaCha now available from Vodafone UK
After arriving at Three a couple of days ago, HTC’s Facebook-centric ChaCha QWERTY candybar touchscreen phone has also landed at Vodafone in the UK. And, unsurprisingly, Big Red’s deals are a bit worse than Three’s. Though that’s pretty much the norm in the UK – if pricing was all that mattered, Three and T-Mobile would [...]
Asus Eee Pad Slider gets listed by Amazon Germany, launch near?
Back in January, Asus announced three different Android Honeycomb-powered tablets, the Eee Pad Transformer, the Eee Pad Slider, and the Eee Pad MeMo. Of those, only the Transformer has so far hit the streets, and it seems to be quite the success, at least in terms of price per features ratio. We’ve heard many things [...]
HTC Sensation 4G already available at some Walmart locations?
Although T-Mobile said its brand new HTC Sensation 4G would only be available starting June 12, it looks like some Walmart stores are already selling the handset. Quite a few customers are reporting over at the XDA Developers forum that they’ve managed to purchase a Sensation 4G for $148.88 plus tax (meaning almost $160). This [...]
Affordable ZTE Light Plus Android Gingerbread tablet coming soon (video)
ZTE has yet another 7-inch Light tablet, this time called ZTE Light Plus. Unlike the Light and Light Pro, the ZTE Light Plus runs Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread Apart from the upgraded OS, the ZTE Light Plus also brings better specs (although nothing out of the ordinary): HSDPA, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm headset jack, 1GB of ROM, 512MB [...]
New Sony Ericsson Mix Walkman and Sony Ericsson txt pro announced
Today, Sony Ericsson has introduced two new handsets which (perhaps surprisingly, given the company’s recent history) don’t run Android. In fact, they don’t run any smart OS – they’re just featurephones. The new handsets are the Sony Ericsson Mix Walkman and the Sony Ericsson txt pro. Presented as a “music touch phone that truly focuses [...]
Blackberry Playbook 3G now available
A recent rumor indicated that Sprint would be releasing a 4G WiMax version of the Playbook after a a hidden product page was found due to a Google search of “4G playbook.” Unfortunately, it was revealed today that the playbook has 3G connectivity rather than 4G for now. Although, Rim had initially planned for having [...]
HP TouchPad to be available June 22nd?
We know for a fact that the TouchPad will be released at some point in June, but HP has yet to confirm an exact date. We’ve heard tons of rumors, but nothing too convincing yet. The latest rumor comes from enterprise vendor Synnex. Synnex has the 16GB TouchPad for $499 and the 32GB at $599. [...]
Facebook-centric HTC Salsa available now in India
It looks like India is among the first countries where customers are able to buy the HTC Salsa. Announced at MWC 2011 in February, the Salsa is one of HTC’s two Facebook-centric Android smartphones (alongside the ChaCha, of course). Indian retailer Flipkart is selling the Salsa for 2,0449 INR (about $457), saying it will ship [...]
Gresso iPhone 4 Time Machine costs $6,000, brings you six watches
If you’re disappointed that Apple didn’t unveil a new iPhone at WWDC 2011 earlier this week, maybe Gresso’s new iPhone 4 will get your attention. Meet the iPhone 4 Time Machine, which should be available sometime later this year. The name has nothing to do with Apple’s homonymous backup utility, and neither with H.G. Wells’ [...]
Verizon Motorola Xoom 4G upgrade emails were sent by mistake
Remember what we told you earlier today, that Motorola apparently started contacting Verizon Xoom owners about their complimentary hardware upgrade to 4G LTE? Well, it looks like those of you who do happen to own the first tablet that shipped with Android Honeycomb still have some waiting to do before that upgrade will actually happen. [...]
Wi-Fi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 launches in July in Canada, 3G version comes in August
During a tablet-focused event, Samsung has officially announced that it will be bringing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Canada, which of course isn’t at all unexpected. Samsung Canada has also given us a rough time frame for the release of its biggest tablet yet. The Wi-Fi-only version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will become available [...]
Vodafone’s Emporia RL1 is the ‘back to basics’ anti-smartphone that costs £60 on PAYG
Vodafone has launched a handset that can rightly be called an anti-smartphone, with its clear focus on just making calls and texting. However, the lack of features is something that many will find refreshing, for not every single person on this planet needs or wants a superphone, not even in 2011. For the ‘back to [...]
UK: Orange Rio II is a touchscreen + QWERTY candybar that costs £69.99 on Pay as you go
Orange UK has launched an interesting own-brand device, the Orange Rio II. This is (obviously) the sequel to the original Rio launched last year, and it’s a candybar BlackBerry-esque (or, why not, Nokia E6-esque) device that has both a touchscreen and a full physical QWERTY keyboard. But probably the best thing about the Orange Rio [...]
ZTE Skate announced in France: launches in July, will cost less than €200 SIM-free
This is exciting. If you’re somewhere in Europe, at least. How would you like to get a smartphone that has a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, and runs ‘untouched’ Android 2.3 Gingerbread, for less than €200? That’s sans contract, SIM-free, unlocked, you get the point. Well, if the above sounds good to you, meet the ZTE Skate. This [...]
Dow Jones: “Market speculation” suggests Samsung to buy Nokia
Dow Jones reports that “market speculation” suggests Samsung is evaluating an offer to purchase Nokia. The Finnish handset maker is currently mired in dire financial straits. After a brutal second half of 2010 that saw them surrender 25 percent of their market share, Nokia’s outlook continues to look bleak. They now deem it “no longer [...]