Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy S II to be available in July
Samsung’s Galaxy S II is coming to all the major US carriers, that much we know already. The Korean superphone wants to redo the success that its predecessor has seen worldwide, and for that it needs to launch in as many countries on as many carriers as possible. And it looks like that’s exactly what [...]
Dual-SIM Nokia C2-06 confirmed by Nokia, no word on its launch date
Nokia’s first dual-SIM phone to feature a touchscreen display, the C2-06, has been confirmed by Nokia today, although without being properly announced. The C2-06 appeared over at Nokia Conversation – the company’s official blog – in a post about IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) for its Ovi Browser. For some reason, Nokia has chosen to [...]
Ericsson Launches Mobile Money Service For European Market
Swedish telecommunication provider Ericsson has launched its Mobile Money Service for its European Market, allowing mobile phone users to send and receive money from phone to phone via text message. Users who sign up for the service can load money into an eWallet from a debit card, credit card or bank transfer. The money can [...]
Cellcom Samsung Galaxy S Showcase, Motorola Milestone X will be updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Good news for those of you who are customers of regional carrier Cellcom! The company has announced that two of its high-end Android smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S Showcase (which is basically Cellcom’s version of the now-ubiquitous Galaxy S) as well as the Motorola Milestone X (this is the name under which the Droid X [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Available For Pre-Order At Best Buy
Although not officially available until June 17th, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is available for pre-order today at New York City’s Best Buy store and online. Samsung’s latest tablet offering is equipped with Android 3.1 and is dual-core powered with a 10.1-inch screen and a 3-megapixel back camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video [...]
RIM’s Playbook Arrives in Australia June 20th
Research in Motion is bringing the PlayBook to Australia beginning June 20th. The tablet will be carried by Vodafone, Optus and Telstra and will come with a price tag of $579 for the WiFi 16GB model, the same as the Apple iPad 2. The device comes with dual front and rear facing cameras, a 1 [...]
Microsoft offers HTC Windows Phone 7 handsets for a penny
If you are (or plan to become) a Verizon, Sprint or T-Mobile USA customers, and intend to buy a new Windows Phone7 device, you definitely have to check out Microsoft’s latest offering. The company is selling three WP7 handsets for just one penny, via the official Microsoft Store. The handsets are: Verizon’s HTC Trophy, Sprint’s [...]
ZTE Light Pro 7-inch Android Froyo tablet launches in Spain
Let’s get something clear right from the start: I don’t understand why anyone would buy a tablet running Android 2.2 Froyo in 2011. The ZTE Light Pro (which may or may not be a redone ZTE Light) is such an offering, and what it lacks OS-wise (Honeycomb has been out for a while now, ZTE!) [...]
Vodafone UK replaces Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v with the slimmer 10.1
Samsung is confusing. In February, it announced an Android Honeycomb tablet called Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. This was supposedly headed to Vodafone. Then, a month later (influenced by the iPad 2, apparently), Samsung unveils yet another tablet which it calls Galaxy Tab 10.1. This one though is leaner and slimmer. So the first Galaxy Tab [...]
LG Optimus 2X now available from Videotron in Canada
In Canada, Videotron has launched the LG Optimus 2X today. You may know this device as the world’s first dual-core Android smartphone (and for a very short while it’s even been the world’s only dual-core Android smartphone, but that was a long time ago in smartphone years), or as the T-Mobile G2X – its name [...]
T-Mobile will launch the Samsung Dart (Galaxy Mini) on June 15, official pictures leak
Just a couple of days after Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Mini entry-level Android-powered smartphone we found out that in the US, T-Mobile decided to carry the device. Back then we had no more info, but in the meantime a T-Mobile roadmap has leaked showing the Galaxy Mini (a.k.a. t499) slated for a June 15 [...]
Motorola Wilder is cheap, teen-focused, Brew-based, splash and dust-resistant, out in July in the UK
Motorola has just announced its first non-Android device in a long, long while. And there we thought the company would be basing its entire range of handsets on Google’s operating system. But no. It looks like Qualcomm’s Brew platform is also good enough for Moto right about now – at least for low-end devices. The [...]
Huawei Ideos X5, X2 and Ideos Chat bring more Android to India
Huawei is launching no less than three new Android smartphones in India this month: the Ideos X5, Ideos X2, and the Ideos Chat. Both the X5 and X2 run Android 2.2 Froyo, and are full-touch candybars. The X5 (pictured below) features a 3. 8 WVGA display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 5MP autofocus camera, 800MHz processor, and [...]
T-Mobile Move with Android 2.2 gets official, should be out this month
T-Mobile Move, a smartphone that was first mentioned back in February during MWC 2011, has been officially unveiled in the Czech Republic. The handset should be available starting this month (in Europe at least), coming in two color versions: black and purple. Running Android 2.2 Froyo, the Move features a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, [...]
HTC Sensation may receive update that will unlock bootloader
HTC recently announced that it would unlock the bootloaders on all future devices, but it was too late for them to implement the policy on the Sensation 4G. A few concerned members of XDA forums contacted HTC and asked them whether or not the Sensation 4G would eventually be unlocked for bootloading. Here is HTC’s response: We [...]
Motorola contacting Verizon Xoom owners about LTE upgrade
According to an email sent to the guys over at Phandroid, Motorola has started to contact Verizon Xoom owners about their free LTE upgrade. Once the user is contacted by Motorola, he is sent a package with shipping materials and instructions on how to safely send his Xoom to the factory to get upgraded to [...]
Sony’s S1 Android tablet hits the FCC, too
In the improbable case you haven’t found out yet, Sony has two Android tablets called S1 and S2. The S2 passed the FCC just two days ago, and now – perhaps not surprisingly – we’re seeing the S1 popping up at the FCC’s website. Just like the S2, the Sony S1 that got the Federal [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 2 Global price drops to $149.99 possibly making way for the Droid 3
Verizon has decided to cut the price it asks for the Droid 2 Global by Motorola by $50, making the Android-powered world phone now available for just $149.99 with a new two-year contract. Since its launch last year, the Droid 2 Global has seen a lot of interesting deals and cut prices, but this is [...]
T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide shows up again
T-Mobile’s unannounced myTouch 4G Slide has appeared in some images once again, mere days after we saw it in a couple of hands-on photos. Unfortunately, we’re still not able to see the handset properly, because the new images show it covered in protective cases. Anyway, it’s clear that the myTouch 4G Slide looks a lot [...]
T-Mobile G2 nearing ‘end of life’
After having been available from the magenta carrier for many months, and recently being offered for free on contract, it looks like the end is near for the T-Mobile G2. This device, in effect a Sense-less Desire Z (which is sold internationally and comes with HTC Sense, the Taiwanese manufacturer’s UI layer), is approaching the [...]