HTC Radar now available at Cincinnati Bell for $99.99
If you’d like to dive into the new Windows Phone world and your carrier of choice just happens to be Cincinnati Bell, here’s something for you. This is especially relevant if you don’t mind getting a midrange device. After T-Mobile started selling it a couple of weeks ago, the HTC Radar is now also available [...]
Motorola Atrix Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update now rolling out in Europe
The Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update for the original Motorola Atrix has started rolling out in Europe today. That comes exactly as Motorola had promised about a month ago. If the 15th isn’t ‘mid-November’, we don’t know what is. So yeah, some good news there for Atrix owners outside the US. On the other hand, Ice [...]
LG Optimus LTE reaches record sales in Korea
Launched last month in South Korea, the LG Optimus LTE has been sold in more than 150,000 units until now, this making it the company’s fastest-selling smartphone in its home country. The Optimus LTE is available via two of Korea’s major mobile carriers (SK Telecom and LG U+), and is LG’s first handset to sport [...]
ZTE Tania will be sold unbranded in France (as Windows Phone by SFR)
Back in September, ZTE announced that its first Windows Phone Mango handset – the ZTE Tania – would arrive in Europe this month. It looks like one of the first countries to get the device is France, where SFR is getting ready to release it pretty soon. However, the Tania won’t be ZTE-branded at SFR. [...]
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus delayed in the UK ’till next week
Yesterday, both Clove and Three were saying that they would launch the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the UK before the end of this week. Today, however, they’re saying that the new superphone – the world’s first to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich – will actually not become available until next week. Clove was supposed [...]
Toshiba Thrive Android 3.2 update rolling out now
Owners of Toshiba’s first Thrive Android tablet should be happy to find out that an official update to Android 3.2 Honeycomb is now available. Of course, we’re talking about the 10.1 inch Thrive here, not the newer and thinner 7 inch version, which was announced with Android 3.2 from day one. The 3.2 update (software [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 announced by Rogers, Curve 9380 announced by O2 UK
Officially unveiled by RIM earlier today, the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 has been confirmed by Rogers, which said it would launch it in Canada “in time for the holiday gift-giving season” for an price that hasn’t been disclosed. Of course, we already knew that the 9790 was headed to Rogers, but nothing’s better than a [...]
Verizon announces the rugged Casio G’zOne Ravine 2, out on November 17 for $149.99
Verizon has just announced the successor to the rugged Casio G’zOne Ravine, the aptly named G’zOne Ravine 2. Just like its predecessor, this phone meets military standards for immersion, water, shock and dust resistance, vibration, humidity, solar radiation, altitude, as well as low and high temperatures. As such, Verizon thinks it’s best suited for workers [...]
ViewSonic ViewPad 10e now available in the UK for £199.99, has 9.7″ screen and runs Android 2.3
At this point, ViewSonic certainly isn’t a household name when it comes to tablets or smartphones. However, the company seems intent on flooding the market with a number of different devices (mainly tablets) and seeing what sticks, so to speak. We’ve heard tidbits here and there about its ViewPad 7x and ViewPad 7e tablets before, [...]
Nokia gives away 5 Lumia 800 phones on Facebook
Nokia has kicked off a contest that could bring you a brand new Lumia 800 – which, as you probably already know, is one the company’s first two Windows Phone Mango devices. The contest is open here on Facebook, and simply asks participants to submit an “amazing” photo or video made by them, alongside their [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S can now be ordered in the US for $499.99 unlocked
The Xperia Arc S is Sony Ericsson’s current flagship smartphone. The company is rather slow to adopt new tech into its devices (it still doesn’t have a dual-core processor inside any of its phones), but may compensate for that with some interesting software tweaks (Facebook inside Xperia, for example) and design. That said, sales-wise, Sony [...]
Verizon HTC Rezound now $100 cheaper at Amazon
Verizon’s HTC Rezound became available yesterday. This is Big Red’s first smartphone to come with a 720p HD touchscreen, as well as with Beats Audio integration. The HTC Rezound is one among a few top of the line devices that the carrier has prepped for this holiday shopping season, and it’s one of the most [...]
Confirmed: Android Ice Cream Sandwich coming to Sony Ericsson’s Xperia 2011 lineup
In case you had any doubts that Sony Ericsson would update its latest Xperia handsets to the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, today the company has made things clear: it has officially confirmed that its “entire 2011 Xperia portfolio” is going to get ICS. Unfortunately, SE didn’t provide a timeframe for the updates. [...]
LG Optimus 3D Android 2.3 Gingerbread update detailed
LG has provided more details on the official Android Gingerbread update for its Optimus 3D smartphone. Expected to become available starting November 21 in Europe (only for the unlocked Optimus 3D for the beginning), the Gingerbread update will bring not only the new version of Android, but also some tweaks and improvements from LG. These [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 officially announced
Today, RIM has finally announced the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380, two new smartphones that have been seen quite many times before. Both the 9790 and 9380 run BlackBerry 7 OS, featuring support for NFC, and Wikitude’s Augmented Reality app. The BlackBerry Bold 9790 is a more affordable alternative to the Bold 9900. [...]
LG Nitro spotted in the wild
We learned the other day that the LG Optimus LTE would be hitting Bell on November 22nd for $149.99 on a new three year contract. The LG Optimus LTE’s American cousin has just been spotted today in a blurry photo of the device. Specs wise, the LG Nitro spots a 4.5-inch HD IPS display, a [...]
Chinese Droid RAZR to feature a HD display and 13MP camera?
Chinese customers are in for treat. Not only will they be receiving the Motorola Droid RAZR, the thinnest smartphone on the market, but an improved version of it. China Telecom is expected to receive the XT928, which only features an upgrade camera at 13 megapixel and support for their CDMA2000 network. China Mobile on the other hand [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be launched by Rogers and Telus in January 2012
If you intend to buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in Canada this year, it looks like you’ll find it only at Bell (and its subsidiary Virgin Mobile). That’s because Canada’s other two major mobile carriers – Rogers and Telus – will launch the new smartphone in January 2012. Rogers has confirmed this launch date on [...]
BlackBerry London could be RIM’s fist BBX smartphone
Although RIM didn’t say when devices based on its new BBX OS would be released, rumors and speculations suggest this will happen sometime in the first half of 2012. Until then, in case you want to know what would a BBX smartphone look like, take a peek at the so-called Blackberry London (seen in the [...]
Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition coming to Verizon as the Droid Xyboard 10.1 and 8.2?
Earlier this month, Motorola took the wraps off its two new Android tablets, which it clearly hopes will help drive its holiday sales – the 10.1-inch Xoom 2 and the 8.2-inch Xoom 2 Media Edition. Oddly enough, the tablets are set to become available in the UK and Ireland first, sometime this month. We say [...]