Samsung Wave 578 with Quick Tap and SE Xperia Ray coming to Orange UK
After Three, O2 and Vodafone, Orange UK has now also unveiled that it’s going to launch the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray (probably sometime later this month). Orange will offer the Xperia Ray both on pay monthly (for free on select plans), and pay as you go. Customers can choose between the black version of the [...]
Windows Phone Mango coming next week?
Windows Phone Mango was first introduced back in May and was released to manufacturers at the end of July. Since then, 3 different Mango devices have been introduced: the Fujitsu IS12T, the HTC Titan, and the HTC Radar. Mango is rumored to be released at some point in September, although no exact date is known. [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II listed as “coming soon” on AT&T’s website
While Sprint customers are happily pre-ordering their Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch for $99 at Walmart, AT&T customers have been waiting patiently for their turn at the fun. Good news, AT&T has just posted a “coming soon” page on its website dedicated to the Samsung Galaxy S II. This page provides a nice [...]
Pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch for $99 at Walmart
The Android device that has received the most hype this summer is without a question the Samsung Galaxy S II. While our buddies over in Europe have been enjoying its greatness, we have been waiting for it to land stateside.The Galaxy S II was introduced in the US to three out of the four major [...]
Android Jelly Bean to come after Ice Cream Sandwich?
By now, everyone is probably familiar with the way Google is naming its new iterations of Android: it chooses dessert names (in alphabetical order). We have 1.5 Cupcake, 1.6 Donut, 2.0 / 2.1 Eclair, 2.2 Froyo, 2.3 Gingerbread, and 3.x Honeycomb. Android Ice Cream Sandwich has been already announced (and should be released soon), but [...]
Nokia 700 (with Symbian Belle) priced in the UK. Nokia 500 coming this month to Portugal
Nokia 700 – one of he company’s first Symbian Belle smartphones – can be pre-ordered now in the UK, where at least two online retailers are offering the handset. Play.com asks £259.99 ( €302) for the 700, saying it’s “due for release on October 21.” MobileFun is also taking pre-orders for the new Nokia smartphone, [...]
HTC Puccini LTE headed to Rogers Canada?
Although the HTC Puccini has been officially announced under a new name – HTC Jetstream – it looks like the tablet may still be released in some markets with the old moniker. According to a leaked document unveiled by Mobile Syrup, the Puccini should be launched by Rogers in Canada sometime soon. Reportedly, it will [...]
German court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction, Apple lawyers mark additional notch in belts
A judge in a Dusseldorf, Germany court upheld a previously issued Apple-requested injunction on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 today, meaning the Samsung tablet is still barred from sale in Germany. This comes after a second injunction was issued in the same court banning the sale of Samsung’s other tablet, the Galaxy Tab [...]
Sprint may offer the iPhone 5 with unlimited data plans, unlike Verizon and AT&T
Although we still have to wait for an official confirmation on this, it looks like Sprint will finally get the chance to sell Apple’s iPhone (starting next month – October). We’ve already heard that Sprint could offer both the current iPhone 4 model, and the yet to come iPhone 5, and now we’re hearing even [...]
All Samsung Wave phones will be updated to Bada 2.0
Samsung currently has about 10 Bada handsets, but only three of them run Bada 2.0: the new Wave 3, Wave M, and Wave Y. However, the company has announced on Twitter that the latest version of its OS will be available to older Wave phones, too. There are some (inevitable) tiny issues, though. According to [...]
Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 coming to Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK is readying the launch of a new Android smartphone, namely the Samsung Galaxy Y. Unlike the Galaxy W (which was announced by Samsung at the same time, and should be available soon at O2 and Three UK), the Galaxy Y is an entry-level smartphone. It features a 3 inch QVGA display, Android Gingerbread [...]
Google Music Beta now available on iOS via Web app
You may be waiting for Apple to launch iTunes match for your cloud music service needs, but Google has your immediate solution in the form of a Google Music Beta app for iOS devices. Obviously the app isn’t as good as the Android app due to the fact that its a web app rather than [...]
Samsung Vitality officially presented by Cricket
Cricket Wireless’ second Android Gingerbread smartphone – the Samsung Vitality – has been officially announced by the carrier, and it should be released pretty soon – unfortunately, we still don’t know when exactly. The Vitality features a 3.5 inch HVGA display, an 800MHz processor, 3.2MP camera, and a 4GB SanDisk memory card pre-installed. The handset [...]
Sprint intros Kyocera Milano with Android Gingerbread and Kyocera Brio
Sprint has announced two new handsets made by Kyocera: the Kyocera Milano and the Kyocera Brio. As reported last week, the Milano is an Android smartphone running 2.3 Gingerbread and featuring a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3 inch QVGA touchscreen display, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot capability, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth, Eco Mode (a [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G launched in Canada
Today, no less than five Canadian mobile carriers – Rogers, Telus, Bell, Virgin Mobile and Sasktel – have launched the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G (it’s the HSPA+ version, not the LTE one available in the US via Verizon). The new tablet costs as low as $349.99 at Rogers (3-yr contract required), or as low [...]
Microsoft Apps for Symbian Belle smartphones coming soon
Nokia has announced that its Symbian Belle smartphones would receive a software update that brings “a suite of Microsoft productivity applications” known as Microsoft Apps. The applications will include Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Lync 2010 Mobile, Microsoft Document Connection, and Microsoft PowerPoint Broadcast. They will be rolled-out to Symbian Belle smartphones (Nokia 600, Nokia 700, Nokia [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play goes 4G on AT&T, available for $50 starting September 18
Already released by Verizon Wireless (in May), the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is now making its way to AT&T as well. Of course, we already knew that it’s coming, but we didn’t know when. Well, the second largest US carrier has announced that its Xperia Play would be available starting September 18 – just like [...]
Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich launch musings. Samsung Verizon Droid Prime, Google Nexus, tablets and timing
It happens every year, like a clockwork. By the end of summer/early fall, rumors about the new version of Android become so widespread, that there is no doubt in anyone’s mind the next Google mobile OS release is coming very soon. The only difference this year – is that we are talking about only one [...]
Motorola EX225 – Moto’s own Facebook phone
After INQ, HTC and Vodafone, Motorola is getting ready to launch a Facebook phone as well. The new handset is called Motorola EX225 and, according to an image found over at the Bluetooth SIG, it has a dedicated Facebook button, deep Facebook integration in the UI, a full QWERTY keyboard, and a 2.4 inch landscape [...]
HTC Titan and Radar with Windows Phone Mango available for pre-order in the UK
Expected to hit Europe starting October, the HTC Titan and Radar (which both run the new Windows Phone Mango OS) will of course be released in the UK, too. And it looks like this will happen on October 15 – that’s according to Amazon UK, which currently takes pre-orders for the two WP handsets. Amazon [...]