Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro may start shipping in late September in the UK
A week ago we told you that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro (the similarly-named successor to the Xperia X10 Mini Pro) was delayed in the UK, with its release expected to happen sometime during the fourth quarter of this year, most likely in October. That information was based on the Carphone Warehouse listing of the [...]
Motorola Pro goes to France on SFR
The Motorola Pro is basically what we know as the Droid Pro for Verizon sans the Droid branding. It’s been announced as the Motorola Pro back in February during MWC, and since then we’ve heard that it may become available in the UK this month. Today Motorola officially unveiled the Motorola Pro for France. This [...]
LG Optimus Chat C550 launched by O2 UK
Announced by LG back in February, during MWC 2011, the LG Optimus Chat C550 has been just released by O2 in the UK. The new smartphone is targeted at young users, it runs Android 2.2 Froyo, and comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard. It also features a 2.8 inch HVGA touchscreen display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, [...]
Sony Xperia Play coming to AT&T
AT&T has just quietly revealed that it will be selling the Sony Xperia Play at a holiday preview event in New York City. The phone will run on Android 2.3(Gingerbread), and will be AT&T’s second Gingerbread phone behind the HTC Status. The device will run on AT&T’s 4G HSPA+ network with speeds up to 21 MBps. [...]
Windows Phone Mango devices from Samsung, Acer, ZTE and Fujitsu caught on video
Since Nokia already has functional Windows Phone Mango handsets, and since the new platform should debut pretty soon, it’s no wonder that other Microsoft hardware partners have some functional Mango devices, too. Take Samsung, Acer, ZTE and Fujitsu. WP Mango handsets from these companies have been showcased by Microsoft yesterday, during its Worldwide Partner Conference [...]
Android 3.2 gets open-sourced in part, update now rolling out to Wi-Fi Motorola Xoom tablets
Last week we first heard that the Android 3.2 update for the Motorola Xoom was supposedly due out “in a few days”. Those days seem to have passed, since the Android 3.2 update for Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom tablets has started rolling out in the US. You do have to keep in mind that the rollout [...]
White Samsung Google Nexus S now available at Telus in Canada
It’s been a while since we’ve last seen the white Samsung Google Nexus S. The most famous sightings of this mythical beast have happened back in January, when it leaked in Germany, and then in February, when Vodafone announced that it plans to launch the Nexus S around the world, including the white version. If [...]
Bell Samsung Galaxy S II will be available on July 21
In Canada, Bell is getting ready to launch what is probably today’s highest-spec smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II. The carrier has officially announced that it will sell the Android superphone, however it hasn’t confirmed a specific release date yet. We’ve heard at one point that the Bell Galaxy S II would hit the streets [...]
AT&T to get the HP TouchPad 4G soon, with a 300 MHz processor speed boost
AT&T is about to get its very own version of the HP TouchPad webOS tablet. HP has just officially announced the TouchPad 4G, which will become available on AT&T “in time for back to school”. The TouchPad 4G will basically be the same TouchPad that we already know, except for one detail. The TouchPad 4G [...]
Cricket intros the Huawei Ascend II, a Gingerbread smartphone for $129.99 sans contract
Cricket has launched the Huawei Ascend II, a very affordable Android-powered smartphone running the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system and undoubtedly meant to be the successor to the original Ascend. Aside from coming with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the Ascend II has a 3.5-inch 480×320 capacitive touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera, a 600 MHz processor, [...]
Sony’s S1 Android tablet available for pre-order in the UK starting September 1?
We still don’t know much about Sony’s two new Android tablets when it comes to features, but at least we know when one of them will be available, and that’s around September. This is my next has reportedly seen some documents which indicate that the Sony S1 (the 10-inch tablet, not the 5.5 inch dual-screen [...]
Verizon intros the new LG Cosmos 2 QWERTY phone
If you’re not interested in Verizon’s smartphone line-up, maybe the new LG Cosmos 2 will pique your interest. Coming to replace the original LG Cosmos (introduced in March 2010), the Cosmos 2 keeps the predecessor’s form factor, thus it’s a QWERTY slider that also has an alphanumeric keypad. The phone features access to Facebook, Twitter [...]
LG Optimus Pro and Optimus Net P690 officially announced, Android Gingerbread included
The messaging-friendly LG Optimus Pro C660 that appeared yesterday in Italy has been officially announced today, alongside another new member of the Optimus family: the LG Optimus Net P690. Both smartphones run Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, and are sub €200 devices that should build on the success of the Optimus One P500. As reported yesterday, the [...]
Telstra Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo will be available on July 26
After having launched the HTC Sensation today, Telstra is getting ready to release yet another Android-powered smartphone, this time from Sony Ericsson. We’ve already known that the carrier was going to sell the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, but now we have an exact date to speak of, as well as pricing information, courtesy of Ausdroid. [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A501 with 3G now available in the UK for £534
The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is one of the best known and best-selling Android Honeycomb tablets so far, and it has been available in the UK for quite a while. Keep in mind though that the A500 is the Wi-Fi-only version of Acer’s 10-inch tablet. There’s also a 3G-enabled (that’s ’4G’ for our American readers) [...]
Basic flip phone Samsung C414 makes its way to SaskTel
The Samsung C414 is one flip phone that’s clearly pretty fond of Canada. Or Canadian carriers. Either way, after we’ve seen it on both Mobilicity and Videotron, it’s now become available from SaskTel. The phone is the same, so don’t expect any difference in specs across carriers. This is as ‘basic’ as they get, as [...]
Telstra HTC Sensation now out
Of course it was only a matter of time until the HTC Sensation made its way to Australia. And so it has. Just like we found out it would, the HTC superphone for Telstra has become available today. You can get it from any Telstra store for free if if you go with Telstra’s Freedom [...]
UK: Motorola Defy can now be grabbed for just £234
If you’re in the market for an Android smartphone that’s dust-proof and water-resistant, the Motorola Defy may just be your only choice at the moment (at least in the UK). That’s probably both interesting and sad, but it’s the way things are. And while the Defy was never a high-end device in terms of specs, [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray will be available at Three UK in September
Here’s some new information about the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray‘s release in the UK. This smartphone was announced last month and at first looked like it would become available in the UK in August, with one retailer even taking pre-orders. Then yesterday we heard that it may have been delayed until September. That info came [...]
HTC Desire Z Android Gingerbread upgrade to be released by the end of the month
Good news for those who were disappointed that Android 2.3 Gingerbread for their HTC Desire Z didn’t arrive before the end of June, as initially reported. Now HTC states that the upgrade is scheduled to be rolled-out starting the next few weeks. The announcement was made on various HTC Facebook accounts (including HTC UK’s and [...]