New renders of the Motorola Droid 4 for Verizon leak, release date still unclear
Today’s second leak concerning the Motorola Droid 4 is all about the pictures. Renders, to be precise, since these aren’t what we in the blogosphere like to refer to as live images. They’re also not the first images we’ve seen of this upcoming smartphone (not by any stretch of the imagination, in fact). They do [...]
Huawei Ascend II will be available at US Cellular next week for free (with contract)
After having made its way to Cricket earlier this year, the Huawei Ascend II is now headed to US Cellular as well. The Ascend II is an Android smartphone that packs pretty low-end features for this day and age (with small touches of the midrange). It does, however, make up for that in price. US [...]
Motorola Fire has a dual-SIM version (launched in Brazil)
The Motorola Fire (not to be mistaken for the Fire XT) has a new, dual-SIM version, which has been announced recently in Brazil. Apart from the dual-SIM capability, the new Fire is similar to the original model, coming with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, Moto Switch UI, full QWERTY keyboard, HSDPA, [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A500 gets two software updates, new Android Market and speedier UI
The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is currently in the process of receiving not one, but two different software updates. Sadly, none of them contain Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but they do come with some neat stuff. First of all, you’ll get the absolute latest version of the Android Market (3.4.4). Then there are also [...]
Canada: LG Eclypse now available at SaskTel too, yours for $49.99 (and a three-year contract)
The LG Eclypse is an affordable Android-powered smartphone which comes with a physical side-sliding QWERTY keyboard. It was launched in Canada by both Bell and Virgin Mobile earlier this month, and now it has landed at SaskTel as well. If you’d like to purchase an Eclypse from SaskTel, you’ll need to shell out $49.99 if [...]
C Spire launches the Motorola Milestone X2, priced at $99.99 with contract
Like the Motorola Droid X2 but don’t want Verizon to be your carrier? You’re in luck. That’s because C Spire has just announced the availability of the Motorola Milestone X2 on its own network. And, just as the name implies, this is basically a rebranded Droid X2 (since only Verizon can use the Droid brand [...]
Sprint HTC Evo View 4G Android Honeycomb update now rolling out
When the update to Android Honeycomb for the HTC Flyer finally arrived earlier this month, we knew it was pretty much just a matter of time before Sprint’s version of the tablet would get it too. And that’s exactly what’s happened today. Sprint’s HTC Evo View 4G is now getting updated to Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb. [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid 4 could be launched in February
Bad news for those who’ve hoped that the Motorola Droid 4 would be released by Verizon this year: it looks like it won’t. According to a leaked document which reportedly comes from a Verizon retailer, the Droid 4 will be out on February 2 – although initially it was expected to arrive tomorrow. Perhaps Verizon [...]
UK: LG Optimus Black now just £189.99
If you’re in the UK, want to buy a smartphone, and are looking for a bargain, we have something for you. It may not be a top of the line device anymore, but it is great value for the money. We’re talking about LG’s Optimus Black. This Android-powered handset was launched in May, and its [...]
Dual SIM Samsung Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos officially announced
First seen last week, the Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos has been officially announced today by Samsung, alongside another new dual-SIM smartphone: the Galaxy Y Duos. Both handsets run Android Gingerbread, and are nothing more than dual-SIM versions of the Galaxy Y and Galaxy Y Pro (already available in lots of markets). The Samsung Galaxy [...]
Nokia Lumia 710 will become South Korea’s first Windows Phone Mango handset
The Nokia Lumia 710 will be released next week (on December 26) in South Korea, becoming the first Windows Phone Mango device to be available there. KT, South Korea’s second largest mobile carrier, will be the only one to sell the Lumia 710 (at least for the beginning). The carrier will ask 360,000 won (about [...]
Firefox 9.0 for Android launched, it’s optimized for tablets
Firefox for Android has been updated to reach version 9.0 – a version that’s optimized for large tablet screen sizes. On tablets, in landscape mode, Firefox tabs now appear as thumbnails on the left, allowing users to easily switch between them – of course, this whole time you can view full websites on the right. [...]
UK: White Orange San Francisco II in the making
Remember the Orange San Francisco II? It’s the successor to the wildly popular original San Francisco, and was recently launched by Orange UK in black for those of you looking for a smartphone bargain. But what to do if you find the black color bland and uninspiring? Should you buy a black San Fran II [...]
Verizon Galaxy Nexus software update coming soon to adjust signal strength indicator
Not long after launching the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Verizon Wireless is now getting ready to roll-out a software update for it. ComputerWorld has it that the update should “adjust the device’s signal strength indicator to more closely match other Verizon Wireless devices.” This comes after various reports regarding signal strength inconsistency when the new smartphone [...]
Android 4.0 updates for Sony Ericsson Xperia phones to start in March or April
Today Sony Ericsson has followed up on the great news that it brought us last month, that all the smartphones it has released in 2011 will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. If you own an Xperia device launched this year, you should really be happy about this. So far, Sony Ericsson has [...]
Andy Rubin: “Android daily activations top 700K”. On the way to 1 million a day in Q2 2012
Oh my. Just when I almost made up my mind that Android growth has stalled, Andy Rubin comes out with another growth data point to mock all of us, doubters. According to Google’s mobile chief, they are now activating 700K Android devices a day. And, just to dispel any doubts that are indeed all new [...]
Huawei’s “smartest, fastest, and most high-performing smartphone yet” will be unveiled on February 26
As this year comes to an end, we’re fast approaching the two major events which are taking place at the beginning of next year (and, in fact, every year). There’s CES in January in Las Vegas, and then Mobile World Congress in February in Barcelona. Since pretty much every device that’s going to be released [...]
Nokia Lumia 900, Lumia 719, Windows Phone Tango and Apollo launch dates leaked by someone in Finland
Forget a pinch (or grain) of salt. Have a truckload of it nearby for this one, please. If you’re still reading, we’ll assume you know how Internet rumors work (and how some of them don’t pan out). Because this is just what this is. A rumor. It goes like this. Someone in Finland told someone [...]
LG Prada 3.0 to be out in the UK in February
Expected to cost about £500 in the UK, the LG Prada 3.0 smartphone will reportedly be released there in February. At least that’s what Carphone Warehouse says. The retailer lets interested customers pre-register for the handset at this webpage. It doesn’t provide an exact price, though. The LG Prada 3.0 currently runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, [...]
Nokia gives up on Symbian (the brand), promises Belle update for February
It’s been an interesting few years for Nokia in terms of branding. At first, all their new services were Nokia-branded. Nokia this, Nokia that. Then all of those things got rebranded, with Nokia making way to Ovi. So Ovi this, Ovi that. Then Ovi was dropped, and everything (or rather, the few services still left [...]