7-inch Acer Iconia Tab A100 now available in the UK for £259
After having been delayed for a few months, the Acer Iconia Tab A100 is now finally available in the UK. This is Acer’s 7-inch Android tablet, which joins the 10-inch A500 and A501 in the Taiwanese company’s portfolio. The Iconia Tab A100 is one of few 7-inch tablets to run Android Honeycomb. It’s also got [...]
T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9900 4G now available for $299.99
Just as expected, T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 4G has become available today. The magenta carrier charges a pretty hefty $299.99 for RIM’s first Bold Touch handset, and that’s with a new two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. Still, if you absolutely must have the touch-enabled Bold 9900 and T-Mobile is your carrier of [...]
Verizon BlackBerry Torch 9850 launch date leaked
Verizon is going to launch the BlackBerry Torch 9850 soon, that much we already know. But when? Well, thanks to a leaked screengrab of a Verizon internal system, we now know. The BlackBerry Torch 9850 is the CDMA version of the successor to the failed Storm series. The Torch 9850, like its GSM-based brother, the [...]
Verizon HTC ThunderBolt and Droid Incredible to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in September
If you own an HTC ThunderBolt or Droid Incredible, at this point you’re probably quite sick of waiting for HTC and Verizon to update your device to Android Gingerbread, which has been the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system for almost nine months now. But hang in there. The wait is almost over. Sure, [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S officially announced, has 1.4 GHz processor and can shoot 3D pictures
The official start of IFA is still a couple of days away, but that apparently just can’t stop companies from making sure they’re the first ones to announce new products “in conjunction with IFA”. Today it was Sony Ericsson’s turn, and it unveiled a slightly upgraded version of the Xperia Arc Android-powered superphone. The new [...]
Sony Tablet S and Tablet P launch details and prices unveiled
Sony has officially unveiled the prices of its first Android tablets, which will be released as the Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P. The Tablet S (the one that features a 9.4 inch display) should be launched in the US in September for $499.99 (the 16GB version), or $599.99 (the 32GB version). The device [...]
HTC’s Jetstream tablet brings Android Honeycomb and LTE to AT&T
Previously known as HTC Puccini, HTC’s first 10-inch tablet has been officially announced as the HTC Jetstream. The Jetsream will be launched by AT&T on September 4, becoming the US carrier’s first Android Honeycomb (3.1) tablet, as well as its first LTE tablet. The Jetstream features a 10.1 inch display with 1280 x 720 pixels, [...]
LG Univa E510 with Android Gingerbread caught in the wild
One of LG’s unannounced Android smartphones – the Univa E510, of which we’ve first heard back in July – has been showcased by the South Korean company at a Qualcomm event in India just recently. The real Univa looks better than I expected (the previously seen mock-up wasn’t exactly attractive). The handset runs Android 2.3.3 [...]
HTC Runnymede unveiled: giant 4.7-inch screen, Beats Audio, and impressive camera
We’ve just laid our hands on some details of a high-end HTC Android device codenamed HTC Runnymede. We first heard word of the Runnymede a few weeks ago when pictures that were taken by the device surfaced on a photo sharing site. This device will be one of the first few devices to be affected [...]
Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S II (Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile)
Delayed by a day due to Hurricane Irene, Samsung finally announced the release of the new Galaxy S II in the United States at the Samsung Experience in New York City. While the unveiling was a bit anticlimactic (more than 5 million units have already shipped worldwide), it was our first opportunity to take the [...]
First Look: Samsung Galaxy S II (Sprint)
At their product launch at the Samsung Experience here in New York City, we recently got to play with Samsung’s Galaxy S II. Released on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile here in the US, the thin, light smartphone with the giant screen has been flying off shelves from South Korea to Europe. Sprint’s version is a [...]
First Look: Samsung Galaxy S II (AT&T)
After 5 million units sold in the first 85 days across the globe, American fingers have finally been graced with the presence of Samsung’s Galaxy S II. AT&T’s offering is more of a sharper-edged rectangle than Sprint’s, but it is still one of the lightest, thinnest smartphones we’ve ever seen. AT&T claims they’ve got the [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II now official in US, heading to AT&T(Galaxy S II), T-Mobile, and Sprint(Epic 4G Touch)
The wait in the USA is finally over for the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S II. The device that is considered by many as the iPhone 5′s main competition will be heading to three out of the four major US carriers: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. According to rumors, Verizon opted out on the Galaxy S [...]
Huawei Honor U8860 runs Android Gingerbread, might get Android Ice Cream Sandwich
The Huawei Glory, which should become available in the US via Cricket in November, will also be introduced in other markets, but under a different name: Huawei Honor U8860. The Honor U8860 has been officially announced in China, where it will be launched soon. According to Huawei, the Honor will come with “Android 2.3 or [...]
Mozilla reveals Firefox app for Honeycomb tablets
Mozilla just annouced the highly anticipated Firefox app for Honeycomb tablets. This browser has plenty of new features which aren’t available on the stock browser included in your Honeycomb tablet. Mozilla has given Firefox a Honeycomb-like theme, but has kept the look familiar so that regular users will still recognize the infamous back button and [...]
Vodafone Australia Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android 2.3 Gingerbread update now available
About a month after it was launched internationally for unlocked and unbranded devices, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android smartphones sold by Vodafone Australia is now available. The carrier itself announced the good news on Twitter. The update won’t come over-the-air and requires a computer in order to be downloaded [...]
Upcoming Samsung Omnia W with Windows Phone may have 1.4 GHz CPU, NFC support
While there’s literally at least one leak of an Android device’s specs, pictures, or other info each day, leaks regarding upcoming Windows Phone devices are quite rare. That may of course have something to do with the operating system’s tiny market share. Then again, Android had a tiny market share two years ago, and look [...]
US Cellular Samsung Mesmerize Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update now available
Wow, that was fast. About one day after US Cellular let us know that it was working on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the Samsung Mesmerize, its version of the Galaxy S, and that the update would be out “as soon as possible”… here it is. Yes, the Gingerbread update for the Mesmerize is now out, [...]
Motorola Milestone 3 now available in Brazil, other South American countries by the end of September
After letting the smartphone make its debut in China, Motorola has launched the Milestone 3 in Latin America. The Droid 3 sans Droid branding or Verizon CDMA connectivity is rumored not to ever make it to Europe, but at least Motorola is launching it in its strongholds outside of the US. The Milestone 3 is [...]
Sprint’s Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch confirmed by Samsung
We’ve already seen the Samsung Epic 4G Touch (aka Sprint’s version of the Galaxy S II), but if you had any doubts about its existence you should clear them now – as the handset has appeared at an official Samsung webpage. If you visit this link you’ll see not only the new 4G-capable Android smartphone [...]