UK: Vodafone 555 Facebook phone now available for £62.50
Last month, Vodafone UK decided to officially introduce its own-brand 555 Blue Facebook phone, after we had previously seen it once in June. This device sort of competes with the HTC Salsa and ChaCha and the INQ Cloud Touch in the Facebook space, however it isn’t a smartphone like the aforementioned handsets. Nor does it [...]
HTC Vigor gets listed for a moment in the Netherlands, photo included
Remember the HTC Vigor? You probably do, since it’s definitely not a device one can easily forget. HTC’s upcoming flagship Android-powered smartphone is headed to Verizon in the US from what we’ve heard before, but one of the main questions left unanswered thus far was whether it will also make its way to Europe. And [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9810 4G will be launched by AT&T on August 21
Sprint will not be the only US carrier to launch new BlackBerry smartphones on August 21. AT&T will do it, too – although, well, AT&T will introduce just one RIM handset, not two like Sprint. The new BlackBerry that’s coming to AT&T is the Torch 9810, which will be marketed as a 4G handset thanks [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9850 and Bold 9930 coming to Sprint on August 21
Already released by Verizon earlier today, the BlackBerry Bold 9930 is coming to Sprint, too, but only at the end of this week – on August 21. The 9930 will be joined by the BlackBerry Torch 9850, which goes on sale the same day. Both new Berries run BlackBerry OS 7, and feature world phone [...]
Verizon wireless to introduce “cash”-for-clunkers promotion
According to internal documents procured by Phone Arena, Verizon Wireless is set to roll out a trade-in program, offering customers $100 gift cards for ditching their old “dumb” phones for smartphones. Verizon’s newest promotion aims to convert users of “basic” phones into high-revenue-generating smartphone users, offering customers a $100 gift card in exchange for their [...]
Report: Carriers testing 4G LTE iPhones
Apple’s carrier partners have begun testing iPhone models with LTE capabilities, writes Jonathan S. Geller of Boy Genius Report. Pointing to evidence found in a test build of iOS (acquired from a carrier), Geller says a property list (.plist) file in the firmware indicates the build is designed to work with an LTE modem. The [...]
Motorola Defy+ gets official: IP67-certified Android Gingerbread smartphone
The same day it announced it would be acquired by Google, Motorola has unveiled a new Android smartphone: the Motorola Defy+ (of which we’ve heard before, of course). Just like Samsung’s Galaxy Xcover, the Defy+ runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and is IP67 certified, so it’s water resistant and dust proof. The new Defy+ one-ups the [...]
Google buys Motorola to get some patents. Samsung, HTC, LG and other Android OEMs rejoice
Wow! That was quick. I told you a couple of weeks ago about the best and easiest solution for all Android patent problems. Google should just buy Motorola. Today Google went and did just that. They bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5B in cash. So now that the deal is done, what does it mean to [...]
Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9930 available now
Verizon Wireless has officially released the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930, which is available starting today for $249.99 on contract, or $509.99 outright. The 9930 is a world phone, featuring quad-band GSM and dual-band HSPA connectivity (in addition to EVDO rev A). It comes with the latest BlackBerry OS 7, a 2.8 inch VGA touchscreen display, [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro launched in Canada by Fido
Officially announced back in February (at the same time with the Xperia Play and Xperia Neo), the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro has only now become available – not worldwide, but just in Canada, where Fido has started selling the handset for $50 on contract (3-yr agreement required). The Xperia Pro is the QWERTY-equipped brother of [...]
Google officially buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
Holy cow! We’ve recently told you that a quick and easy fix to Google’s Android-related patent problems would be for it to buy Motorola’s handset division, but I didn’t expect this to happen – or at least not that soon. And yet today Google has officially announced it would ”acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per [...]
Apple orders 56 million iPhones for H2 2011. 26 million of them- iPhone 5s
The second half of the year is always great for Apple’s iPhone. And with the launch of iPhone 5 still to come, the second half of this year is shaping up to be a really big one. How big? If Digitimes reports from iPhone suppliers are to be believed – Apple has recently upped the [...]
Nokia N9 can be ordered at Amazon for $500
Although Nokia said it would not officially release the N9 in the US, if you’re there and want the smartphone really bad, you’ll be able to get it eventually. Amazon is currently taking orders for the N9, allowing you to choose between the 16GB edition ($500) and the 64GB one ($650). The retailer is selling [...]
HTC Holiday Prototype spotted on Craigslist
AT&T fans will rejoice after hearing that the HTC Holiday is indeed on its way to AT&T. A prototype of the Holiday was spotted on Craigslist and the man who bought it uploaded the images to a thread over at XDA. The My AT&T app makes it quite obvious that this device is indeed on [...]
HTC Ruby specs leaked
T-Mobile customers have two impressive devices to look forward to this coming year. One device is the Samsung Hercules, which is expected late September. The other device is the HTC Ruby. We don’t know much about the HTC Ruby, but we did find some leaked specs online today which will please T-Mobile customers. The HTC [...]
Apple to host event on September 7 – iPhone 5 expected
With WWDC 2011 passing without any iPhone-related announcement, the world expects Apple to unveil its next-generation smartphone sometime next month. We’re now hearing that this may happen on September 7 – according to Japanese website Kodawarisan and “a source in the know”, Apple will host an event on this date. In the last few years, [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9900 available now in the UK (at Vodafone)
Earlier this week, Vodafone UK said it would launch the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 “by August 16.” Surprisingly, the carrier has released the new Bold today, August 12. The smartphone can be yours for free on plans starting at £41 per month (24 months contract required). Vodafone is the first to sell the Bold 9900 [...]
Compal to start delivery of Windows Phones to Nokia in September. 2 million units ordered for Q4 2011
We already told you that first Nokia Windows Phones will be made by Taiwanese Compal. Today we have some more info about them. This has still to percolate to the English speaking part of the net, but, according to Taiwan based Dan Nystedt, local media is reporting that Compal will start shipping Windows Phones to [...]
Android Ice Cream Sandwich photos leaked
Android fanatics will be ecstatic to hear about the news we have for them today. Some leaked photos of Google’s next Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, have been unveiled online. RootzWiki and AndroidPolice have posted pictures of a Nexus S running on a blue theme skin. The notification bar has been improved as well. [...]
New smartphone naming scheme for Samsung. Galaxy R, W and Y on the way
With tens of new models shipping every year, it must be hard for Samsung to think of a new catchy name for every one of them. They are getting tired. Too tired to bother with names even for it’s big “umbrella” series like Galaxy or Wave. And who could blame them? How many here can [...]