Panasonic reconfirms plans to sell Android phones in Europe, North America
Panasonic hasn’t abandoned its plans to start offering Android phones outside its home country (Japan). According to Reuters and Nikkei, the Japanese company is currently negotiating with “a major telecommunications firm” to bring Android handsets to Europe in early 2012. There are no other specific details on this, but the “major telecoms firm” is likely [...]
Microsoft Stores offering free Windows Phones on Black Friday
If you visit one of Microsoft’s official stores in the US on Black Friday (tomorrow, November 25), you’ll be able to get new Windows Phone devices for free on contract. According to this webpage, the offer will be also available if you’re buying online from Microsoft Store. While it’s not specifically stated, the offer should [...]
UK: Orange San Francisco II now available for £99.99 on PAYG, free on £10.50 per month contracts
One week ago Orange finally confirmed the existence of the San Francisco II Android smartphone, following a few weeks of leaks surrounding this device. Naturally, it’s the successor to the greatly appreciated (for its price per features ratio) San Francisco launched last year. The Orange San Francisco II is now available, both on Pay Monthly [...]
Samsung Droid Charge Android Gingerbread update arriving on November 29
Although blessed by Verizon with several software updates since its launch, the Samsung Droid Charge is still running Android Froyo. But that will not happen for long, because an official update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread is on its way, and it looks like it will be rolled-out starting November 29. The Droid Charge support page [...]
HTC Sensation XE launched in India
HTC has officially launched its Sensation XE Android smartphone in India – not long after we’ve reported that this would happen sometime before the end of November. According to AndroidOS.in, Best Buy will sell the XE in India for 33,990 INR (about $652). Flipkart is offering the new handset for slightly less, though: 32,400 INR. [...]
AT&T-compatible Nokia Lumia 800 now available in the US unlocked for $789.99
The Nokia Lumia 800 may be coming to AT&T in 2012, according to what we’ve heard earlier this month. This year, though, it’s clear that you won’t see it subsidized by any carrier in the USA. That, however, doesn’t mean that you can’t get one in the US. Despite the fact that Nokia hasn’t officially [...]
HTC G1 gets its own ICS ROM
Ever since the Ice Cream Sandwich source code has been released, tons of devices have been getting their own ICS ROMs. Now, Google’s original Android device, the HTC G1, now has its own Ice Cream Sandwich ROM. Jcarrz1 from XDA-Developers has uploaded a video of his G1 running on a ICS ROM. In the past, we [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9380 now up for pre-order with Orange UK contracts, free from £20.50 per month
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 was announced recently as a more budget-friendly alternative to the Torch 9860 which was launched earlier this year. Naturally, to achieve its more affordable price, the Curve 9380 has some lower-end specs compared to its big brother, but it’s still an interesting device nonetheless, being the cheapest full touch BlackBerry. The [...]
New LG Prada Phone 3.0 announced, will be out in 2012
LG and Prada have unveiled that they’re going to launch a new mobile phone sometime “in early 2012” (most likely at CES or MWC). Called “Prada Phone by LG 3.0”, the new device is presented by LG only in a teaser image (included below) – but it’s enough to see that it does look like [...]
Motorola DROID 4 to launch December 8th?
Earlier today, Samsung confirmed that the Galaxy Nexus would be hitting Verizon at some point during the month of december. We have more info on Verizon’s holiday line up. Sources indicate that the Motorola DROID 4 is expected to launch on December 8th. Specs wise, the DROID 4 spots a 4-inch Super AMOLED Advanced display, [...]
Motorola Pro+ finally available in the UK, yours for £322.80
The Motorola Pro+ was announced all the way back in August as the successor of sorts to the never-released Motorola Pro (which was supposed to be the international version of the Droid Pro for Verizon). However, in the meantime the Pro+ has only gone on sale in Canada. Pre-orders for the Pro+ started in the [...]
LG E906 Jil Sander Mobile with Windows Phone Mango now available in the UK for £299.99
Last month, LG announced the E906, a Windows Phone Mango device marketed under the name Jil Sander Mobile. This isn’t the first time a phone maker has teamed up with a well known fashion brand, but it may just be the first time that happened with a Windows Phone. Overall, though, the Jil Sander Mobile [...]
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus now available in the US for $749.99
Are you still wondering when the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will make it to the US? Well, wonder no more, for it’s already available. No, this isn’t Verizon’s LTE-enabled version, unfortunately. That will be launched in December, according to Samsung. But if you aren’t on Verizon or don’t want to be, and if HSPA+ speeds are [...]
Huawei Vision with Android Gingerbread released in Australia
Huawei has launched its new Vision Android smartphone in Australia, where the device will be available starting tomorrow, November 24. The Vision will be exclusively sold in Allphones stores across Australia, either unlocked (for $279), or on contract (Optus). The handset is only 9.9mm thin, has an aluminum unibody design, and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid Xyboard tablets get priced, may be released on December 8
According to previous rumors and leaks, the two new Motorola Android tablets, the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition, will be launched by Verizon soon as the Droid Xyboard 10.1 and Droid Xyboard 8.2, respectively. A few days ago, the smaller of the pair, the Droid Xyboard 8.2, posed for the camera wearing Verizon [...]
ZTE Chorus with Android and Muve Music launched by Cricket
Cricket Wireless has announced yet another handset made by ZTE, namely the ZTE Chorus. The Chorus runs an unspecified version of Android, and comes as ZTE’s second device to feature Cricket’s Muve Music service (after the ZTE Score, introduced back in September). The new handset offers a 3.2 inch WQVGA touchscreen display, 3G, SRS WOW [...]
HTC stops growing. Slashes revenue forecast by a 25%
Few weeks ago we told you about our concerns with HTC Christmas quarter outlook. It seems that our worries were spot on, and Taiwanese company situation is even worse then expected. According to Bloomberg, HTC issued a profit warning today, telling investors that they expect Q4 2011 revenue to be around NT$104 billion (~ $3.5B). [...]
Asus Transformer Prime may be out in the US on November 28 or December 16, Canada on December 5
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime will hit North America soon, that much has been made clear when the quad-core Android tablet was announced earlier this month. Unfortunately though, all the manufacturer gave us back then was the pretty vague time frame of “December”. Yesterday Amazon USA started taking pre-orders for the tablet, but it [...]
Verizon Galaxy Nexus (Prime) launching in December – Samsung confirms
Samsung has reportedly confirmed that the Galaxy Nexus – the world’s first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device – will not be released in the US this month. According to Business Insider, Samsung stated that the Galaxy Nexus will become available via Verizon Wireless “in December.” Hopefully, the company talks about early December – we’ve [...]
Nokia Lumia 800 vs Samsung Galaxy S2 vs iPhone 4S/4 price comparison and NWP shipment expectations
So, Nokia Lumia 800 sales are disappointing, some analysts say. Perhaps. But what does it mean, really? For sales to be disappointing we first have to set some realistic expectations of what they should have been. And then see whether Nokia exceeded, met or missed them. So how many Lumia 800s and Lumia 710s can [...]