Samsung Droid Charge now only $99 at Amazon
All those who’ve paid $299.99 and got the Samsung Droid Charge directly from Verizon are probably regretting now, seeing how Amazon has yet another great deal on the smartphone. If you’re visiting Amazon right now, you can buy the Droid Charge for just $99.99 on contract. This, of course, makes Samsung’s Droid the most affordable [...]
HTC Droid Incredible 2 silver edition coming soon to Verizon?
Available at Verizon Wireless since late April, the HTC Droid Incredible 2 may get a color refresh soon. The new color should be silver, and you can see what the Incredible 2 looks like in it if you check out the images below. Since the black Incredible 2 has received an official Android 2.3 Gingerbread [...]
iPhone price cuts coming to Radio Shack and Target tomorrow?
Although it may or may not be a sign that a new iPhone is on the way, several tipsters have revealed that the price will drop on both the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 at Target and Radio Shack starting tomorrow. Radio Shack plans on cutting the price on the 16GB iPhone 4 from $199.99 on [...]
AT&T’s LG Thrill 4G delayed until August 21?
Earlier this week, AT&T announced that the new LG Thrill 4G (its own version of the Optimus 3D) would cost $99.99 on contract, also saying that the handset should be released pretty soon. Rumor has it that the Thrill is expected to hit the shelves on August 7. However, the smartphone may have been delayed. [...]
BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 shows up at O2 UK
Just like Vodafone and Three, O2 UK is also getting ready to launch the new BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900. The carrier expects to start selling the 9900 sometime in August (when the ultra-cheap Alcatel 602 Rugby should be out, too). It doesn’t say for how much, but customers will surely be able to get the [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro coming soon to Orange UK
We already knew that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro was headed to Orange UK, and now the carrier has officially confirmed this, by adding the smartphone to its website’s coming soon section. Orange says it will offer the Mini Pro for free on pay monthly plans, but it doesn’t mention when exactly the handset [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid 3 free at Let’s Talk this week-end
Available at Verizon Wireless since July 7, the Motorola Droid 3 is sold by the carrier for $199.99 on contract. As always, some retailers – like Amazon and Wirefly – let you buy the handset for less. But the best deal now comes from LetsTalk, which is offering Moto‘s new Droid for free to anyone [...]
Cheap Alcatel One Touch 602 England Rugby to bring its touchscreen to O2 in August
In the UK, O2 is prepping yet another handset to throw into the cheap phone race. The Alcatel One Touch 602 England Rugby comes with a touchscreen, as well as (you guessed it!) a rugby theme centered around the England team. The OT 602 Rugby’s touchscreen is incredibly small though at just 2.4 inches diagonally, [...]
LG Optimus 2X, SE Xperia Pro and Samsung Galaxy Q to be launched by Fido Canada
Three new Android smartphones will be released in Canada by Fido soon. The first one – LG Optimus 2X – is already available to Canadian customers thanks to Videotron and Wind. Mobile Syrup has it that Fido may launch the Optimus 2X “within a few days.” The handset will come with Android 2.2 Froyo (upgradeable [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad tablet will be available on August 23, starting at $479
Lenovo announced two different Android-powered tablets a few days ago. The company targets the IdeaPad K1 at ‘consumers’, and the ThinkPad more at businesses and professionals. We heard that the latter would become available in the US on August 2, however that has changed. A small delay is what’s going on here, though nothing to [...]
Windows Phone Mango handsets from Samsung, HTC and LG expected to arrive in September
While Microsoft hasn’t committed to an exact launch date for Windows Phone Mango, we know that the first Mango devices should hit the market starting September, with the Fujitsu Toshiba IS12T possibly being the very first of them. Now a report from Taiwan claims that Samsung, HTC and LG also plan to release WP Mango [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 launching in India on August 10?
Although it was supposed to be released in India in June, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is still not available there. However, it looks like Indian customers will be able the buy the new tablet starting next month. According to BGR, “multiple sources” have confirmed that the Tab 10.1 would be launched on August 10. [...]
Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Subscription Services, 7th Place: Grooveshark
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. Founded in 2006 by students at the University of Florida, Grooveshark has morphed through various iterations over the past few years. It is one of the few services to [...]
Nokia X7 with Symbian Anna now available at Rogers
Last month we told you that Rogers was getting ready to add the Nokia X7 to its smartphone lineup. All we had back then was a “this summer” rumored release time frame, and no pricing info whatsoever. In the meantime, though, Rogers has started selling the Nokia X7. In fact it’s now available to order [...]
It’s official: the HTC Evo 3D will only become available in the UK in September
The HTC Evo 3D has been available in the US on Sprint for a while now, and we were glad to see that it was going to also have a GSM-based version that would be sold in Europe. HTC acknowledged that much and then announced that the Evo 3D would be in stores in Europe [...]
Dell Streak 10 Pro finally launches in China
After some pictures of it leaked yesterday, Dell has finally launched its third Android-powered tablet in China. The Dell Streak 10 Pro joins the Streak 5 and Streak 7 in Dell’s portfolio and excitingly adds the world Pro to its name for no apparent reason. The Dell Streak 10 Pro, is, in terms of specs, [...]
Sony Ericsson MT11i is yet another upcoming Android smartphone
It looks like Sony Ericsson has another upcoming Android smartphone planned for this year aside from the already announced Xperia Ray and Xperia Active, and the oft-leaked Xperia Duo. The Sony Ericsson MT11i has been discovered hidden deep in Sony Ericsson’s website in the form of a UAProf (user agent profile) by IT168. As always [...]
White Samsung Galaxy S II is official, will be out in the UK on September 1
Over the past couple of days, we’ve heard increasing chatter about a white version of the Samsung Galaxy S II being on the way. First there was a listing at a UK retailer, then one in France yesterday. Thankfully, Samsung chose not to let this turn into a leakfest and decided to officially announce the [...]
Samsung Galaxy R officially announced, release imminent
It looks like Samsung released the Galaxy S II into the wild, then took a long look at it and considered what it could do to make it cheaper. Throw out the Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen and replace it with a Super Clear LCD panel, make it a tad smaller even, replace the 8 MP [...]
HTC Q2 results: 12.1M smartphones, 124% growth. Tablets sales very low, 6-8 new devices promised
HTC has just reported their Q2 2011 results, and with this report we can consider the second quarter earnings season officially over. The highlights of the first half of 2011 were Nokia, Apple and Samsung. Nokia continued it’s smartphone market share dive which started in the second half of last year, and now accelerated into [...]