LG’s launching something on December 1, probably the AT&T-bound Nitro HD
Up until now we’ve heard the name LG Nitro HD twice. First we found out that it will be AT&T’s version of the LG Optimus LTE. Then, the Nitro HD even got spotted in the wild. All of that naturally signaled an imminent launch (or at least unveiling), and that may just be the case [...]
Sony’s Tablet P brings its two screens to the UK, yours for £499.99
Sony’s oddly-shaped Tablet P with Android 3.2 Honeycomb is now available in the UK. It was rumored for much of this year and it was back in August when we finally got more details about it. It has to be noted that Sony did mention November as the month of European availability for the Tablet [...]
Rugged Samsung Galaxy Xcover S5690 arriving in the UK in December
Officially announced back in August as Samsung’s first rugged Android smartphone, the Galaxy Xcover will be released in the UK sometime next month. According to Handtec, which calls the handset the “Galaxy Extreme”, and lets customers pre-order it, the new Xcover costs £224.39 (about €260 or $351) unlocked. The smartphone is IP67 certified, thus it’s [...]
Asus Transformer Prime caught on video running Android 4.0 ICS, pre-orders and official page go live
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is set to arrive in stores in December. This will be the sequel to the original Transformer, and the Prime will be the first quad-core tablet on the market, being powered by Nvidia’s Kal-El Tegra 3 processor. As such, it’s quite understandable that people are anxious to get their [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9380 pre-orders start in the UK from £319.99 (SIM-free), shipping on November 28
The recently announced BlackBerry Curve 9380 is headed to the UK. So far we’ve heard that O2 was going to carry it, and now it’s already up for pre-order at some retailers in SIM-free and unlocked form. Play.com offers the Curve 9380 for £319.99. Unfortunately the shop doesn’t list an exact shipping date, instead saying that [...]
LG Optimus LTE launched by Bell – Canada’s first HD Android smartphone
Just as expected, today Bell has launched the LG Optimus LTE in Canada, becoming the first mobile carrier to offer an LTE HD smartphone to Canadian customers. The Optimus LTE can be bought from Bell here for as low as $149.95 (new 3-yr contract required). Its features include a 4.5 inch display with 1280 x [...]
Verizon officially launches the Samsung Illusion SCH-i110
Verizon has finally announced the Samsung Illusion (model number SCH-i110) – that new mid-end smartphone that we’ve been seeing quite a lot lately in leaked photos. As hinted yesterday, the Illusion will be available for purchase online starting tomorrow (November 23). The handset’s official price is $79.99 on contract, however, between November 24 and November [...]
White Samsung Galaxy S II announced by T-Mobile USA
AT&T isn’t the only US carrier that’s going to launch a white version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, as T-Mobile has just announced its own white edition of the smartphone. The white S II from T-Mo is going to be available “in time for the holidays.” Its price has not been unveiled, but it [...]
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus launched in the UK. Already out of stock
Today, Clove has become the first retailer to start selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus unlocked in the UK – one day earlier than previously announced. However, if you want to get yourself an unlocked Galaxy Nexus, you can’t do it right away, because the smartphone is already sold out – according to its product page [...]
T-Mobile USA to launch the BlackBerry Bold 9900 in white
Released by T-Mobile USA in a black version back in August, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 should also be available via the fourth largest US carrier in white soon. There’s no word on how soon exactly, but the image seen below pretty much confirms the existence of a white T-Mo-branded 9900. Just like the black edition, [...]
Production for iPad 3′s QXGA displays has reportedly started
According to DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim – who was quoted by Cnet recently – production for displays that will be used on Apple’s upcoming iPad has already started (with Apple sourcing the panels from three suppliers, most probably Samsung, Sharp, and LG). Reportedly, the new iPad will have a 10 inch IPS screen with a [...]
Nokia Drive For Non-Nokia Windows Phone 7 Devices Now Possible As XAP Leaks
Phone manufacturers are always looking for ways to differentiate their phones from their competitors. This is why we see tons of different custom user interfaces on Android (HTC Sense, MOTOBLUR, etc.). To make themselves stand out from their fellow WP7 manufacturers, Nokia has a few exclusive apps on their Windows Phone 7 devices, like Nokia [...]
Best Buy refers to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus as the Nexus Prime 4G LTE in flyer
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was previously known as the Droid Prime, the Nexus Prime, and Galaxy prime before it was officially confirmed as the Galaxy Nexus by Verizon. Today, we saw an interesting flyer of the Galaxy Nexus referring to it as the Nexus Prime 4G LTE. It was also weird that Best Buy was [...]
Blackberry Playbook to go on sale for $199.99 at select retail stores in the US and Canada
Everyone remembers when the HP Touchpad went on sale for $99 and was sold out extremely quickly. Well, we’ve been hearing a lot about the Playbook going on sale for $199.99 at a few retail stores the past few days, but it was mostly rumors and tips. Today, the sale has been confirmed by Blackberry’s [...]
Rumor: HTC’s Buffy is The Facebook Phone
The Facebook Phone. Not a Facebook Phone, but the Facebook Phone. This mythical beast is one we’ve been hearing about for many, many months now – but it’s managed to stay invisible up until now. For a long time, many rumors have come up talking about a Facebook phone, but they all went as fast [...]
Sprint’s ZTE V55 Android Honeycomb tablet pictured
Back in October, a mysterious ZTE Android tablet was unveiled by the FCC, showing off its back that had Sprint’s logo on it. While neither Sprint, nor ZTE has announced the tablet, we’ve just spotted it over at the Bluetooth SIG. Unfortunately, other than the fact that it’s a “CDMA tablet with Bluetooth wireless technology”, [...]
UK: Asus Eee Pad Transformer can be yours for just £299 until December 4
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the highest regarded Android-powered tablets at the moment. That’s thanks to it launching pretty soon after Honeycomb was released. It’s also because of the Transformer getting very timely updates – in fact Asus has already confirmed that the Transformer will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream [...]
Verizon’s Black Friday: $199 Xoom, $49 LG Revolution, free Droid Incredible 2, Xperia Play, and more
Earlier today we brought you all the necessary information about Amazon’s Black Friday deals (although the retailer has already made them available). Truth be told, it’s hard for any other company to beat Amazon’s sale of many high-end smartphones for just one penny. That said, if you were wondering what Verizon had up its sleeve(s) [...]
Verizon Samsung Illusion to finally be available on November 23
The Samsung Illusion is a lower-midrange Android-powered smartphone on its way to Verizon. For a while over the past few months or so, we were tempted to call the device’s existence itself an illusion, since after initially leaking back in September, it all but vanished from the Internet. But now it’s back, and it looks [...]
Asus Transformer Prime to bring its quad-core powers to Canada soon
Asus Transformer Prime, the world’s first quad-core tablet, should be released in the US next month, in December. But what about other markets? Well, the new tablet might make it to Canada before the end of the year as well. Retailer Staples is currently listing the Transformer Prime as “coming soon”, and has a place [...]