Android Market update now rolling out
Google announced a few weeks back that they would be delivering a new and improved version of the Android Marketplace to all devices running on Android 2.2+. Multiple users have informed us today that they have already started receiving the update. The update brings video rentals and books to purchase to the market. The video section includes star-based [...]
DROID Bionic coming to Verizon early September?
The DROID Bionic was first shown at CES back in January, but Verizon or Motorola have yet to confirm a release date for the highly anticipated device. Recent rumors suggest that the device will be released August 4th, but that is highly doubtful. Another rumor is September 1st, which sounds more realistic according to a [...]
Packard Bell Liberty Android Honeycomb tablet launched in the UK
Remember that Packard Bell Liberty tablet that was announced back in April? It’s now available for purchase in the UK, where retailer Comet is offering it for £349.99 (about $570). The new Packard Bell tablet, which is just a rebranded Acer Iconia 500 (Acer bought Packard Bell in 2008) comes with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, a [...]
T-Mobile G2 Android 2.3 Gingerbread update OTA rollout starts today
After missing its initial Q2 deadline, and after we saw a flyer for it back in May (which gave us false hope that its rollout would be imminent), the Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the T-Mobile G2 will finally start rolling out today. Almost eight months after Gingerbread was first unveiled, owners of the T-Mobile G2 [...]
New Motorola Atrix with 8MP camera and 1080p video recording coming to AT&T?
We’re not quite sure what’s going on here, but photos of a new Atrix-like Motorola Android smartphone have appeared somewhere in China, making us believe that AT&T is getting ready to introduce an upgraded version of the above-mentioned device. The unnamed handset looks a lot like the Atrix. However, on the back it flaunts an [...]
Samsung has sold 5 million Galaxy S II smartphones already, new white version coming mid-August
Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S II, the company’s flagship smartphone at the moment, has reached yet another milestone faster than its predecessor, the Galaxy S. Samsung has now sold more than 5 million Galaxy S II units worldwide. That comes just one month after the company reported 3 million sales of its Android-powered [...]
Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy S II could be called Fascinate II, 4G connectivity expected
Until now, we’ve seen AT&T’s and Sprint’s versions of the Samsung Galaxy S II, but not Verizon’s. Anyway, we’ve heard that the S II for Verizon would be dubbed Samsung Function. Or maybe not? A tweet from one of Verizon’s official accounts suggests that the new Galaxy may be called Samsung Fascinate II. The tweet [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc officially announced for the US market
I though the Xperia Arc was already available in the US, but it looks like I was wrong. If you visit Sony’s online store, you can see that the smartphone is backordered, so you can’t have it right away. Luckily, Sony Ericsson has just issued a press release to take the confusion away. According to [...]
Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy S II to be a 4G phone
Like all the other major US carriers, Sprint will have its own version of the Samsung Galaxy S II. We’ve seen the Sprint-bound S II in a couple of photos a few weeks ago, but we didn’t have too many details on it. Now a handset called SPH-D710 has passed the FCC, and it most [...]
Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Locker Services, 1st Place: Amazon Cloud Player
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. Amazon.com, the little online bookseller that has morphed into the Walmart of the Web, launched their MP3 store almost 4 years ago at 2M songs and hasn’t looked back since. [...]
Nobody cares about Honeycomb tablets, not even Google. It’s all about Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
It’s been what, almost 6 months since Motorola Xoom – the first Android Honeycomb tablet- shipped? We now have Honeycomb tablets from Acer, Asus, LG and Samsung. None of them could make even a dent in iPad’s dominance. And Honeycomb tablets won’t make a dent. Ever. Because Google itself does not really care about whether [...]
Sprint Samsung Google Nexus S 4G now free with contract
We bring you great deals on smartphones almost every single day now, but this one is special. To those of you who like the operating system that your phone runs to be always the latest one. If you’re an Android fan, the only way to ensure that is to buy one of Google’s Nexus devices. [...]
Vodafone 555 Blue is a prepaid Facebook phone
Vodafone has unveiled yet another Facebook-centric phone earlier today. And it’s the one we’ve exclusively shown you back in June, which now has a name: Vodafone 555 Blue. Unlike previous efforts such as the INQ Cloud Touch, the HTC Salsa or HTC ChaCha though, this isn’t a smartphone. It’s an featurephone built by Alcatel, and [...]
Windows Phone and the Necessary Steps to Success
You know what one of the problems is with the tech press? Everything is black and white. In fact, this characteristic is not exclusive to tech publications; it is pretty much true for the Web as a whole. Generally speaking, a product is either great or terrible. A perfect example is the mobile industry. Every [...]
AT&T Sharp FX Plus with Android coming soon
About two months ago, we’ve discovered a Sharp Android handset that was supposed to be released by AT&T. Now we have more details on it: its name is Sharp FX Plus, and AT&T should indeed launch it soon, since the device has recently appeared in a Walmart brochure. There’s no word on the FX Plus’ [...]
Vodafone UK ditches the HTC Evo 3D
About one full month ago, we first spotted the HTC Evo 3D hanging out on Vodafone UK’s Coming Soon page. And naturally we thought that the operator wanted to sell it to its customers when it would become available. That may have been the case then, but in the meantime Big Red has changed its [...]
Motorola Xoom Android 3.1 update starts rolling out in Europe in early August
The update to Android 3.1 for the Motorola Xoom has been out for quite a while. In the US, that is. Outside of the US, Motorola Xoom tablets are still stuck on Android 3.0 – even if Motorola officially announced the update for Xooms sold worldwide back in June. Yet the update hasn’t been seen [...]
The world’s first Windows Phone Mango handset: Fujitsu Toshiba IS12T
Not long ago, we told you that the world’s first Windows Phone Mango device may come from Fujitsu. And, well, today it happened: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Ltd. (a joint-venture between the two Japanese giants) has officially announced the WP Mango-based IS12T. Unfortunately, the IS12T won’t be available starting August, as previously rumored, but only [...]
Keyboardless Samsung Galaxy S II also coming to AT&T?
The story of AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II has taken an interesting twist: it looks like the second largest US mobile carrier plans to introduce two versions of the smartphone. One of them is the SGH-i927, the QWERTY-equipped device that we’ve seen yesterday. And the other one seems to be this keyboardless handset that has [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android 2.3 Gingerbread update now available
A few hours ago, we let you know that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 was due to become available during this week. And that it did. The update is now live. Sony Ericsson has all the details up at its website which specializes in updates (just go over there [...]