Verizon’s Samsung Illusion and Pantech Breakout Android phones leaked
Two of Verizon’s upcoming Android smartphones – the Samsung Illusion and the Pantech Breakout – have appeared in what seem to be official press photos. The Pantech Breakout is supposed to be a 4G LTE handset, coming with a 4 inch WVGA display, Android Gingerbread, 5MP rear camera, VGA front-facing camera, 512MB of RAM, and [...]
Acer W4 with Windows Phone Mango and Liquid Mini Ferrari showcased at IFA
Just like Samsung and HTC and others, Acer also brought some of its newest smartphones at IFA 2011 in Berlin. One of them was the Acer W4, the company’s first Windows Phone Mango offering. We’ve seen the W4 back in May, too, and it didn’t change since then. It has the same 3.6 inch WVGA [...]
HTC Amaze 4G(HTC Ruby) images leak
Several images have been leaked today of the HTC Amaze 4G(codenamed HTC Ruby), a powerful Android device expected to launch at T-Mobile soon. These new images have also confirmed some new specs for the Amaze 4G as well as showing off the device’s design. This phone will feature Android 2.3 with HTC Sense 3.5, a [...]
LG Thrill 4G now officially available from AT&T for $100
AT&T announced in June that the LG Thrill 4G would be arriving this summer, but did not give an official release date. We didn’t hear much from AT&T until Monday when AT&T’s twitter account confirmed that the Thrill 4G would be available starting September 4th. Well, today happens to be September 4th, and AT&T has kept [...]
Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE will launch in Europe only in 2012. Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE – this December
Samsung has recently announced that they will be upgrading their Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 8.9 devices with LTE chips. The flagship smartphone will also get a dual core CPU speed bump to 1.5GHz and a bigger 4.5” display. That’s the good news. Now some bad news. According to German T-Mobile reps, Samsung Galaxy [...]
Apple removes Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 from IFA. Forgets about Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE on T-Mobile
The situation with patents/Intellectual Property protection in Germany is getting even more ridiculous then in the U.S. At least in U.S. you have to go through lengthy trial proceedings to get a competitor product banned, allowing him to defend itself. Not so in Germany, where few weeks ago Dusseldorf Court banned the sales of Samsung [...]
Kindle Tablet is great news for Amazon. But Android now is truly forked
Finally we got a real confirmation that Amazon tablet is coming soon. And it brings to the market the first mainstream Android fork. Some people are disappointed that Amazon tablet is just a souped-up Kindle, instead of some sort of iPad killer. But that’s Ok. A souped-up, smarter Kindle is exactly what Amazon wants and [...]
Amazon Kindle tablet is real and slightly disappointing, details get leaked
This is sad. For a while now (read: many months) we’ve been hearing mumbles, rumors, and chatter about upcoming Amazon Android-powered tablets. These mythical beasts would launch before the end of this year, would be priced aggressively, and would be the first ‘real’ competitors to the iPad. So we got our hopes up. Which, it [...]
Sprint Samsung Epic 4G Touch pre-orders start for $149.99, shipping on September 16
Sprint’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Epic 4G Touch, is set to become available pretty soon. So soon, in fact, that you can already pre-order one if you so wish. Sprint will charge you $199.99 for this device when it launches it, but you can save $50 by getting it from Wirefly [...]
Telus to launch the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G on September 8, Rogers prices it at $599.99
A version of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 which will come with 4G data connectivity built-in is headed to Canada soon, that much we’ve known since August when the Wi-Fi-only variant of the tablet was launched. Two of the carriers that will have the Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G are Telus and Rogers. In fact, about a [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note and Tab 7.7 not coming to the US?
Announced yesterday as two of Samsung’s most interesting Android devices ever, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Galaxy Note have already gathered a considerable amount of attention from the press and the general public. So hearing that the South Korean company has “no plans” to launch them in the US is certainly something you didn’t expect. [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Note priced between Galaxy S and S2. Hands-on video preview
5.3” Samsung Galaxy Note is an interesting new device that is positioned somewhere between top of the line smartphones and 7” tablets. When it was announced yesterday, I thought Samsung was out of its mind. Galaxy Note must be way too big for the smartphone, and it is too small to be a good tablet. [...]
Motorola Droid Bionic user guide leaked before launch
With less than a week until the Motorola Droid Bionic finally debuts on Verizon, future owners of the new LTE smartphone may want to know as much as possible about it. Of course, we’ve already unveiled most of its specs, and its price. But in case you want to know even more about the Bionic [...]
Sony Tablet S doubles as a universal remote control. Hands-on video
At IFA Berlin today we had a chance to play a bit with Sony Tablet S. While its size, with a 9.4” touchscreen, comes pretty close to both 8.9” and 10.1” Android Honeycomb tablets, its design really stands out from the crowd. The asymmetric wrap-around chasis sits very well in hand, and in the looks [...]
7-inch Acer Iconia Tab A100 will cost $479 in Australia
After many months since it was first unveiled, the Acer Iconia Tab A100 is slowly becoming available in more and more markets worldwide. Just recently it was released in the UK and Canada, and it now looks set to make it to Australia as well. Unfortunately we can’t tell you when exactly that will happen. [...]
Verizon Motorola Xoom LTE launching on September 8 for $499.99, HTC Rhyme leaked
Don’t tell owners of Verizon’s non-LTE Xoom, but the LTE-enabled Xoom is about to be released. Yes, before those early adopters who purchased the original Xoom will be receiving their hardware upgrade to LTE. Such cruelty has become the norm in the cut-throat Android world nowdays, it seems. Yet another of Verizon’s MAP (Minimum Advertised [...]
HTC Titan priced at EUR 512, HTC Radar at EUR 335 (before taxes and subsidies). Hands-on videos
Almost a year after the first batch of Windows Phones shipped, it’s now time for the second generation of devices based on WP 7.5 Mango. While we already have the first WP 7.5 phone- Fujitsu IS12T shipping in Japan, HTC was the first to announce European launch of WP Mango devices – HTC Titan and [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray may be available in the UK on September 5
After being announced in June, the availability of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray in the UK was delayed until sometime this month. That’s also when O2 and Three will start selling it, according to what we’ve previously heard. But when exactly in September? Well, the Xperia Ray may be out as soon as next week. [...]
Samsung Galaxy W shows up at O2 UK, will be launched this month
Already announced by Three UK, the new Samsung Galaxy W will also be available via O2. The second largest British mobile operator has added the Galaxy W to its website’s coming soon section, saying the handset will be released later this month. O2 doesn’t mention the price of its Galaxy W, but customers will surely [...]
HTC Titan and Radar priced
Yesterday, during IFA 2011, HTC announced its first Windows Phone Mango devices: the Titan and the Radar. While the Taiwanese company didn’t unveil the handsets’ prices in the official press release, an HTC rep confirmed to us the following: the HTC Titan (which comes with a 4.7 inch display, 1.5GHz processor, and 8MP rear camera) [...]