Sprint Samsung Epic 4G now ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread
According to Sprint’s official product listing for the Samsung Epic 4G, the smartphone now ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread preinstalled. Last week we heard that the Epic 4G may be updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread this month, and the fact that newly sold devices are already shipping with the new OS version certainly seems to [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 3 now just $149.99 with contract
Verizon’s Motorola Droid 3 has only been available online from Big Red itself for the past week, and today it’s also started selling in stores, and, apparently, at other online retailers. Which can only mean one thing: the deals are already here. The first retailer to have the Droid 3 for sale cheaper than Verizon [...]
Sprint Motorola Photon 4G pre-orders start at Walmart for $159.99
Yesterday Sprint officially announced that July 31 will be the release date for the Motorola Photon 4G, its upcoming dual-core 4G Android-powered superphone. The Photon 4G was first unveiled at the beginning of June, and it’s undoubtedly going to be the non-3D star in Sprint’s smartphone portfolio. Sprint’s official pricing for the Photon 4G has [...]
Droid 3 goes to Canada as the Motorola XT860 4G, will be on Bell this summer
Motorola has officially announced the Droid 3 for Canada, yet, not at all unexpectedly, it’s not going to be called that. Since Verizon is exclusively using that brand for phones, Motorola has launched the same device under the name XT883 in China already. And now it’s Canada’s turn. Bell will exclusively release what we know as [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray priced in Germany: €369
Already available for pre-order in the UK, the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray should also come to Germany soon, where Amazon lists the handset as costing €369. That’s slightly lower than the price for the UK market (£349.99 – about €397). Unfortunately, Amazon Germany doesn’t say when the Xperia Ray will be available, and for [...]
UK: T-Mobile Motorola Defy Android 2.2 Froyo update finally available
Those of you who own a Motorola Defy bought from T-Mobile UK should know that this is a big day. The operator has just announced that the update to Android 2.2 Froyo for the Defy units sold through T-Mobile is now available, almost on schedule. About one full year after Android 2.2 Froyo was first [...]
UK: Samsung Galaxy S II now available at Virgin Mobile, free from £40.85 per month
The Samsung Galaxy S II is now available in the UK at Virgin Mobile. Samsung’s superphone has been selling in the UK for quite a while of course, yet it’s only just arrived at Virgin, so if that is your operator of choice, you’re now able to get the Galaxy S II subsidized. The smartphone [...]
T-Mobile Name ID now available
If you happen to still use a landline, you probably take caller ID for granted. If you are a mobile phone user, you may not know that until today, caller ID was never available on any US carrier. T-Mobile launched Name ID today with the help of Cequint, the company that brought you City ID. [...]
Samsung Google Nexus S 4G now just $99.99 at Sprint
Price drops are everywhere right now. That’s awesome news for those of you who are looking to buy a new phone, of course. It seems like there are many more price cuts and deals per day now than ever before. However, most of those usually come from third-party retailers, and not from the carriers directly. [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 2 Global and Droid X now free at Wirefly with contract
If you want to get a new smartphone but aren’t necessarily into the latest and greatest (and don’t mind signing a two-year contract with a carrier), you should always check out third-party retailers before going directly to said carrier for your fix. One of those retailers is Wirefly, and over the past few months it [...]
UK: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.3 Gingerbead update now available
The Samsung Galaxy S units sold by T-Mobile in the UK are now starting to receive the update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Finally. T-Mobile customers who’ve bought their Samsung Galaxy S devices direct from the operator must be very happy just about now. Sure, this update comes more than seven months after Gingerbread was announced, [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A500 to cost just $400 and come with $50 gift card at Target starting on July 17
Here’s an amazing deal if it turns out to be real. Android Police reports that Target will start running a promo for the Acer Iconia Tab A500 on July 17. The offer will go on as long as supplies last. You’ll be able to buy the 10.1-inch Android Honeycomb tablet for just $400. But wait, [...]
Lenovo’s IdeaPad K1 Android tablet has started shipping today
It seems like it was just yesterday when we heard conclusive information about Lenovo’s tablet plans centered around Android. And in fact it wasn’t that long ago. That was in mid-June. Lenovo sure moves fast, since apparently its first Android-powered tablet has just started shipping in the US. That’s right, the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablet, [...]
Virgin Mobile Motorola Triumph will be available on July 20 alongside new plans
The Motorola Triumph was announced by Virgin Mobile last month, being one of the top devices to be added to that particular carrier’s roster. The Triumph may not exactly be a pure high-end smartphone in this day and age, but it’s not underpowered by any stretch of the imagination with its 1 GHz single-core processor [...]
Sprint Motorola Photon 4G will be available on July 31 for $199.99
Last month Sprint officially announced its first 4G WiMax Android smartphone to come with a dual-core processor, the Motorola Photon 4G. Unlike other high-end Android handsets, this device wasn’t leaked very much or for very long before its introduction. The Photon 4G is clearly meant to be the non-3D star in Sprint’s current smartphone portfolio, [...]
AT&T announces the Sony S2 Android tablet with 4G
As surprising as it may seem, AT&T has officially announced that it would exclusively offer the Sony S2 Android tablet to customers in the US. The news comes less than 24 hours after AT&T unveiled the upcoming release of another new Android device, namely the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Unlike Sony’s S1 tablet, which has [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid Bionic gets its own page ahead of the summer release
Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic is coming soon. It’s been coming soon ever since January, when it was first announced at CES. In the meantime though, there were rumors about a delay, it disappeared from Motorola’s site, then it turned out Motorola was busy redesigning the smartphone and adding features to it. Recently Motorola thought it [...]
Wi-Fi Motorola Xoom now just $499.99 in Canada
The Motorola Xoom has been available in Canada in its Wi-Fi-only incarnation since April. Up until now, the price being asked for the first tablet to run Android Honeycomb has been a bit steep at $599.99 (but it being more expensive than the competition was pretty much in line with its pricing elsewhere). Now, however, [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo shows up again, might be launched in September
While Sony Ericsson still hasn’t confirmed the existence of the Xperia Duo, an alleged press image of it has appeared somewhere in China. The new image shows a device that’s not at all different from what we’ve previously seen: sleek design, massive display, three hardware keys, and the Xperia logo at the bottom. Looks aside, [...]
The real cost of Android? Potentially $60+ per device in patent fees
For more then a year now, the growth of Google’s Android mobile OS seems unstoppable. It went from from 60K daily activations in February 2010 to 300K in December and 500K now. And it does not show any signs of slowing down. According to Andy Rubin, even from this huge 500K a day base, Android [...]