US Cellular announces the free Samsung Repp Android smartphone, new trade-in program
Today, US Cellular has announced that it has added a new Android-powered smartphone to its roster. It’s not a high-end device though, but is one that is going to have the perfect price: free. Does that sound interesting? Meet the Samsung Repp. The handset is on its way to US Cellular stores, and it already [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790, white Bold 9900 and white Curve 9360 headed to Rogers
The BlackBerry Bold 9790, which was seen many times until now despite the fact that it still hasn’t been properly announced, will be released by Rogers in Canada soon. There’s no word on when exactly the 9790 will hit Rogers’ shelves, and neither for what price. But if the image seen below is legit (and [...]
Sony Ericsson LT26i Nozomi (Xperia Arc HD) smiles for the camera
Like every other phone maker out there, Sony Ericsson is busy working on its next flagship smartphone. And since the company is pretty much committed solely to Android as a smartphone platform, it’s quite clear what operating system it will run. This next high-end Sony Ericsson device will have the model designation LT26i, and we’ve [...]
Motorola Droid 4 spotted in Verizon systems, may launch soon
It’s not like the Motorola Droid 3 sold by Verizon is really old or anything, but that apparently won’t stop the manufacturer and the carrier from releasing its successor pretty soon. We’ve first seen the Droid 4 a few days ago, and back then it looked quite like a finished product, and not a prototype. [...]
HTC Edge Android phone with quad core Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU coming next year?
While the world’s first quad core Android tablet should be released later this month by Asus, we’ll probably have to wait until next year to see the world’s first quad core Android smartphone. We obviously don’t know what company will introduce the first quad core smartphone, but it could be HTC, which reportedly works on [...]
New Verizon roadmap suggests the Galaxy Nexus will be out on Nov. 21, Motorola Xoom 2 on Nov. 30
Although Verizon has confirmed that it would offer the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the US, it still hasn’t provided an exact launch date for the handset – which is the world’s first to run Android 4.0. Ice Cream Sandwich. We’ve heard recently that the carrier could release the new Galaxy on November 17. However, if [...]
Dual core Nook Tablet with Android Gingerbread announced
Barnes & Noble has just unveiled its latest tablet / e-reader – the Nook Tablet, which comes as a successor to the Nook Color (released last year). The Nook Tablet runs Android Gingerbread, and is presented as “the company’s fastest and lightest tablet with the best in HD entertainment.” It looks pretty much like the [...]
HTC Rhyme to become available in India soon
Released by Verizon in the US in September, and by O2 in the UK last month, the HTC Rhyme seems to be making its way to India as well. According to AndroidOS.in, HTC should launch the Rhyme in India for about 24,800 INR ($506). There’s no word on when exactly this will happen, but it [...]
Motorola RAZR to be launched tomorrow in the UK
It looks like the Motorola RAZR – known in the US as the Droid RAZR – will be finally released tomorrow in the UK (initially, it was expected to be launched there last week, on November 1). Clove will sell the new RAZR unlocked for £454.80 – about €530 or $728. The Moto RAZR runs [...]
HTC Rezound, Amaze 4G, Sensation and others confirmed to get Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Last time we’ve heard about it, HTC was still uncertain on what smartphones it would update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. But now the Taiwanese company has made up its mind, announcing a list of handsets that will make the jump to ICS in “early 2012.” The handsets are: the HTC Sensation (original, XL, [...]
Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus to cost $289 at Costco?
Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the world’s first Android Ice Cream Sandwich device, should become available in the US via Verizon Wireless later this month, possibly on November 17. Until then, in case you want to know how much the Galaxy Nexus will cost, we may have a clue. According to the leaked screenshot seen below, Costco [...]
AT&T’s HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket now available. Plus new Windows Phones and BlackBerries
I don’t recall AT&T ever launching six new smartphones in a single day, but, well, here it is: today the second largest US mobile carrier has just done that, releasing the HTC Vivid, Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Samsung Focus S, Samsung Focus Flash, and two BlackBerries. Sure enough, we already knew that these new [...]
T-Mobile HTC Radar 4G now free for a limited time
If you were meaning to get a Windows Phone on contract, but have so far held off, now may be the time to actually take that step and move into Microsoft’s new mobile world. If you don’t mind T-Mobile as your carrier, there’s an unbeatable offer waiting for you if you’d like to have a [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A200 gets Bluetooth cert, leaked photo
The holiday shopping season is near, and as such many phone and tablet makers are getting ready to launch new products. One of those seems to be Acer, which interestingly has a new tablet in the works. The Acer Iconia Tab A200 has received Bluetooth certification, and with that honor came the first (tiny) picture of [...]
Boost Mobile now offers the ZTE Warp for just $199.99
Last month, Boost Mobile announced the ZTE Warp, an upper-midrange Android-powered smartphone. The Warp finally went on sale a couple of days ago for $249.99, just as Boost said it would. However, the carrier seems to have changed its mind in the meantime and decided that it should shave a cool $50 from that price. [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, Motorola Defy+ and LG Optimus Spirit announced by Telstra in Australia
Telstra, Australia’s largest mobile operator, has announced no less than four new Android smartphones, all running 2.3 Gingerbread: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, Motorola Defy+, LG Optimus Spirit, and the Telstra QWERTY Touch. Both the Motorola Defy+ and the LG Optimus Spirit are already available. The rugged Defy+ can be bought online here, while the [...]
Nokia N9 now available in the US, unlocked for $689.99
Despite Nokia’s own efforts not to make the N9 available officially in the USA (and many other big developed markets), the MeeGo-powered smartphone has made its way stateside anyway. It was naturally bound to happen thanks to an independent retailer. Expansys went along and ordered some N9s for the US, which it now offers to [...]
LG’s Prada K2 P940 Android phone hits the FCC
Although we’ve been hearing about LG’s new Prada K2 Android phone (model number P940) since July, the handset has yet to be officially announced. But it’s almost certainly coming soon, and the fact that the FCC has approved it yesterday sustains this affirmation. The FCC confirms that the Prada K2 has Wi-Fi, NFC, HSUPA, and [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II LTE to be launched by Bell?
Already introduced by Rogers in Canada, the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE might also be released by Bell there. According to a Best Buy Canada ad (seen below), the Galaxy S II LTE should come to Bell “soon” to join the already available Galaxy S II 4G (which, of course, isn’t an LTE handset, but [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic discounted at Amazon again, now only $119
Last month, Amazon offered Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic for only $0.01 for a short period of time, after which the smartphone’s price was raised again to $149. However, starting today (or maybe yesterday, we’re not entirely sure), the price of the Droid Bionic has been lowered once more. Not to $0.01, but to $119 (on [...]