Toshiba Excite AT200 with Android Honeycomb to be launched in Canada in February
Toshiba AT200, announced back in September as the world’s thinnest tablet, will be released in Canada in early 2012. According to Toshiba Canada’s official website, the tablet will be called Toshiba Excite, and should be out in January. However, Mobile Syrup has reportedly “confirmed” that the Excite will in fact be released a month later, [...]
T-Mobile and Nokia could announce Windows Phones for the US on December 14
T-Mobile USA and Nokia have sent out invites for an event that will take place on December 14. They don’t say what’s going to be announced on that day, but the invite (seen below) and its design do bring in mind Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango OS. TmoNews believes the handset that will be announced is [...]
Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus delayed until December 13?
Worried because Verizon still hasn’t announced the launch date of its Samsung Galaxy Nexus? Well, you should be, since the smartphone may not arrive in stores this Friday (December 9), as previously rumored. According to a new leaked document which reportedly comes from an indirect Verizon retailer, the Galaxy Nexus will only be out on [...]
New Samsung U380 QWERTY phone headed to Verizon
While everyone is waiting for a particular Samsung handset to finally arrive at Verizon (the Galaxy Nexus, of course), here’s another phone made by the South Korean company and bound to be released by the largest North American carrier: the Samsung SCH-U380, which has been unveiled by the FCC recently. Unlike the Galaxy Nexus, the [...]
Sprint Samsung Epic 4G Touch gets an update that fixes its loss of signal issues
The Samsung Epic 4G Touch is Sprint’s version of the very popular Samsung Galaxy S II. The carrier has started pushing a software update to the phone today. This isn’t a big update that comes with new features or anything like that. It’s a minor update, but it may prove to be extremely important because [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid Xyboard tablets launching on December 12 according to leaked info
Yesterday Verizon officially announced the two Droid Xyboard tablets made by Motorola (known internationally as the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition). Unfortunately though, the carrier forgot to mention an actual release date for these devices. Not to worry, though. Thankfully, the leaks have started regarding this subject quite a while ago, speculating about [...]
Samsung Wave 525 and Wave 533 won’t be updated to Bada 2.0 after all
Here’s some bad news if your device of choice is either a Samsung Wave 525 or a Samsung Wave 533. Despite previously stating that all Bada smartphones ever released would be updated to Bada 2.0, the Korean company has now changed its mind. Citing (what else?) hardware constraints, Samsung has let Bada developers know that [...]
Nokia Lumia 710 may be out in the UK on January 6
The Nokia Lumia 710 might finally become available in the UK on January 6. The Windows Phone Mango smartphone was announced alongside the Lumia 800, but while its bigger brother has been out in the UK since last month, the Lumia 710′s release was always expected to happen next year. And now we may know [...]
Bell Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 with LTE now available, priced from $429.95
The LTE-enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 was announced in August. Since then, it’s made its way to AT&T in North America. Today the US carrier is joined by Bell in offering that particular device on that particular continent. This is Bell’s first LTE capable tablet. The pricing is as follows: $429.95 with [...]
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ported to Amazon Kindle Fire
Released in the US less than a month ago for just $199, Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet comes with a heavily skinned version of Android Gingerbread. In case you don’t like that, you should be happy ton find out that someone has ported Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Kindle Fire. The Ice Cream Sandwich [...]
New LG Optimus Pad LTE shows up in Korea
LG’s first Android tablet, the Optimus Pad (launched in the first half of the year), isn’t really as popular as the company had hoped it to be. And yet it looks like LG is readying a successor to it. Apparently called LG Optimus Pad LTE, the new tablet has appeared in South Korea running on [...]
GTA III coming to select Android and iOS devices Dec. 15th
In October, Rockstar Games announced that they would bring Grand Theft Auto III to select smartphone devices. Fans rejoiced around the world as Grand Theft Auto III was the original game of the GTA series to follow the third-person sandbox experience which was set as the standard with all of the games later on. Today, [...]
Chinese firm to receive compensation after Apple trademark lawsuit over iPad is denied
Apple is currently facing a problem with selling its iPad in the mainland of China. This is due to the fact that a tech company called Proview Technology in China currently owns the trademark iPad in China. Proview Technology in Shenzhen is a subsidiary to Hong Kong Proview International Holdings Limited. Proview also has a [...]
BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 hits the FCC with AT&T 3G bands
The BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 – RIM’s new luxurious smartphone designed in collaboration with Porsche – has been approved by the FCC (with the model number REQ71UW). While this doesn’t necessarily mean the device will be released in the US, it’s worth mentioning that the FCC has approved it to work on WCDMA 850MHz and [...]
Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus launches on December 9, Equipment Guide confirms
Not a day goes by without a new rumor or two about when Verizon will finally release the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. You’ve probably gotten used to that by now. But it will all end. And very soon. That’s if we believe the latest leak regarding the availability of Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus. This time, it’s a [...]
Amazon’s Kindle Fire may be headed to the UK in January
The Amazon Kindle Fire was launched last month in the US. It’s the first tablet to come out of the well known retailer, and the first tablet to fork Android in a very obvious way. The Kindle Fire has been selling very well in the US, so naturally the question regarding its availability elsewhere has [...]
Motorola Droid 4 to be out on December 8. Verizon Galaxy Nexus still rumored to come on December 9
If everything goes according to the (rumored) plans, Verizon will launch two high-end LTE Android smartphones this Thursday and Friday. According to the image seen below, which reportedly depicts an internal Verizon email, on Thursday (December 8th) customers will be able to buy the Motorola Droid 4 – which was initially rumored for a launch [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (with Super AMOLED) pre-orders start in the US for $668.50, may ship this year
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the first tablet to feature a Super AMOLED Plus HD touchscreen, and as such many of you are probably anxiously waiting for it to make it to stores. Speaking of that, we were led to believe that it wouldn’t become available in the US, at least not officially. That said, [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Active launched in the US for $340 (unlocked)
Released in the UK at the end of last month, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active can be now purchased in the US, too. Newegg is selling the Xperia Active unlocked for $339.99. For that kind of money, you get a smartphone that’s dust proof and water resistant, and offers a 3 inch HVGA scratch resistant [...]
C Spire launches the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play for $49.99
After having made its playful way to Verizon earlier this year, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is now also available at C Spire. This, if you remember, is the world’s first PlayStation certified smartphone, which launched with much fanfare, but has so far failed to become anything other than a niche offering. Still, some C [...]