Rugged Motorola Titanium coming to Sprint July 24th
If you happen to need a phone that can endure anything you throw at it, whether it be the heat or a rock, the Motorola Titanium may very well be your next device. The Motorola is well known for being a big communications supplier for the Military, so you know that you will be getting [...]
Samsung Freeform III QWERTY phone introduced by MetroPCS
Almost a week after launching the Android-based Huawei M835, MetroPCS has released another new phone, this time manufactured by Samsung: the Samsung Freeform III (model number SCH-R380). Like the Freeform I and Freeform II before it, the Freeform III isn’t a smartphone, and comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and a landscape display (2.4 inches). [...]
New BlackBerry Torch 9860, Torch 9810, Bold 9900 and Curve 9360 to be launched by Bell soon
No less than four new BlackBerry smartphones are reportedly headed to Bell Canada, which is getting ready to launch them starting next month, much to the joy of hardcore BB fans who have been (probably) frustrated lately by the lack of new RIM handsets, and the Android invasion. First of all, we’ve got the officially [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc now available in the US unlocked, direct from Sony
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc has been available for quite a while worldwide, yet people in the US who were after an unlocked Xperia Arc had nowhere to turn up until now. This all changed today because the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc can now be bought from Sony’s US online store. The smartphone comes unlocked, [...]
Apple’s next tablet to be called iPad HD, not iPad 3?
Apple’s third-generation iOS tablet may not be called iPad 3, as almost everyone assumed until now, but iPad HD. That’s because, as rumored last month, the new iPad could sport a display with huge resolution. According to This is my next, the iPad HD’s screen may have a 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution – twice [...]
Apple slashes iAd prices
In response to marquee clients fleeing for rival services, Apple has cut the rates for their iAd service by as much as 70 percent, Bloomberg News reports. The service started out with a $1M minimum ad purchase, but has since dropped that barrier to entry down to $500k. Mobile ad exchange Mobclix says that developers [...]
Toshiba Thrive now available at Newegg, $429.99 for the 8 GB model, $479.99 for 16 GB
The Toshiba Thrive is the company’s first foray into the Android tablet space. The Thrive became finally official in June after many months of leaks, for most of which it didn’t even have a name. You’ve been able to pre-order one for quite a while, and a release was expected around the middle of this [...]
HTC Sensation now available at T-Mobile UK, free with £40 per month contract
The HTC Sensation is now finally available at T-Mobile in the UK. It was clear that HTC’s high-end device would eventually be sold by the magenta operator, and a couple of days ago we found out that T-Mobile would start selling the phone this month. Thankfully, that actually turned out to mean ‘in mere days’, [...]
Windows Phone Mango and Zune will support 22 languages
It’s not the first time we’re hearing that Windows Phone Mango will support lots of new languages, but now Microsoft has provided more details on this, as well as an almost complete list of the languages that the latest iteration of its mobile OS is getting friendly with. Right now, Windows Phone 7 supports only [...]
Motorola Xoom comes with free keyboard and mouse all this month in the UK
If you’re in the UK and are planning to buy a tablet (and won’t get the iPad), this might interest you. Motorola’s UK arm is holding a promotion all through July. What’s in it for you? A free wireless (we assume that means Bluetooth) keyboard and mouse. What do you have to do? Buy a [...]
Wi-Fi Motorola Xoom can be had for just $450 at Staples until July 9
The Motorola Xoom was the first tablet to run Android Honeycomb, the version of Google’s mobile operating system optimized specifically for tablets. Because of that, or perhaps in spite of that, the Xoom was expensive. It was, in fact, $100 more expensive than Apple’s iPad 2. That’s not a good strategy if you want to [...]
Canada: LG Rumour Plus will be available today at Virgin Mobile
After having become available at Bell, the LG Rumour Plus is going on sale at Virgin Mobile Canada today. This is a featurephone which has a full physical side-sliding 4-line QWERTY keyboard, which is also probably going to be its main selling point. For those into texting and for whom smartphones are just too much [...]
HP Pre 3 apparently delayed ’til late July in the UK
Last time we heard about them, the HP TouchPad and HP Pre 3 were supposed to be released in the first half of this month. Unfortunately, it looks like HP won’t be able to ship the devices in due time. According to Clove, which currently takes pre-orders for both the TouchPad and the Pre 3, [...]
Nokia N9 and MeeGo will be supported “for years”
In case you’re worried that the new MeeGo-based N9 won’t get much attention from Nokia after its launch, you shouldn’t. Reportedly, Nokia is committed to supporting the handset, as well as the MeeGo platform, “for years” to come. That’s what Klas Ström, Head of Portfolio Management at Nokia, recently said on Twitter. He also said [...]
Motorola Droid 3 available now at Verizon, Android 2.3 Gingerbread included
The long-awaited Motorola Droid 3 is now finally available at Verizon, although only online. As expected, the smartphone costs $199.99 with a new contract agreement (data package required), or $449.99 outright. Despite not being an LTE handset (like the yet to be released Motorola Droid Bionic), the Droid 3 is one of Verizon’s best smartphones [...]
Is Apple warming up to iPhone stylus idea?
Ever since iPhone launched, Steve Jobs has been denying the possibility of stylus on Apple’s touch screen devices. Stylus? Why would you need one, when you got this amazing, finger operated multi-touch interface on a device with a super responsive capacitive touch screen? It is true in most cases. Except one – when you need/want [...]
Asus Eee Pad Transformer now available for purchase Office Depot
It has been very difficult to find an Asus Eee Pad Transformer since the high demand for the tablet created inventory shortages in most retail and online stores despite the factory still producing tons of tablets which have yet to catch up to the high demand. Those who are interested in the Transformer will be glad to [...]
Wi-Fi only Motorola Xoom now only $499.99
The Motorola Xoom was widely expected to be the first Android tablet to give the iPad 2 a run for its money. It had a difficult time since there were some flaws with Honeycomb and Motorola made the poor decision of pricing their tablet higher than that of competitors. Motorola has finally caught onto things [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 3 will be priced at $199 with new two-year contract, $459 without
The Motorola Droid 3 for Verizon has undoubtedly been one of the most leaked handsets in recent history. That’s thanks in no small part to the fact that the carrier still hasn’t bothered to even announce this smartphone. And the Droid 3 is, according to previous rumors, slated to go on sale on ‘Direct Fill’ [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9900 may be out in the UK on August 12
Here’s some good news if you want to buy yourself the upcoming BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 in the UK. The smartphone may become available over there a full month earlier than we previously thought it would. A couple of days ago, the Bold 9900 was listed by Amazon UK, in both white and black. The [...]