Acer Iconia Tab A200 priced at $470 (in Russia)
The Iconia Tab A200 was officially announced at the beginning of this month, and, although Acer said the tablet had started shipping in select markets, we haven’t heard anything regarding its price. Well, according to Mobile-review, the A200 (16GB version) will cost 14,990 rubles in Russia when it arrives there in February 2012. That’s about [...]
White Samsung Galaxy Note introduced in Korea
White is a color that gets a lot of attention from Samsung lately – it might have something to do with Christmas coming. The company’s latest smartphone to come in white is the Galaxy Note, which has been announced in the new version in South Korea (where the black edition has been sold in more [...]
Archos 70b is an Android Honeycomb tablet for $199 or £179, shipping in January
By now there are probably many Android-powered tablets retailing in the US for less than $200 or the UK for less than £180. The most famous in the US is undoubtedly the Amazon Kindle Fire. Aside from that though, all the other offerings in this price range are hopelessly underpowered and run Android versions designed for [...]
HTC Fireball shows up in Verizon systems with 4G LTE support
These days we pretty much know everything there is to know about every single smartphone in every carrier’s lineup for this holiday season, so slowly, but surely, we’re beginning to see leaks about devices which will come next year. Yesterday we had a couple of AT&T-bound phones, today we’re here to talk about the HTC [...]
Motorola Razr to be launched by Fido in Canada
Already released by Rogers in Canada, the Motorola Razr will reportedly going to be available at Fido, too. According to Mobile Syrup, Fido could launch the Razr in early 2012, for a price that’s currently not known. The smartphone will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), a 4.3 inch [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review: The Next Step for Android
In a world where Android now powers more than half of all smartphones sold in the last quarter, the so called ‘Google phones’ find themselves in rather awkward position in the market. Releasing once per year, these smartphones break little ground in terms of hardware. Down to its core, however, the fundamental selling point is [...]
Some Nokia Lumia 800 phones have battery issues, software update coming soon
Nokia has acknowledged that a limited number of its Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone handsets have battery problems. More exactly, “while the battery itself is fine, a software problem on certain variants is limiting the phone’s ability to access the full battery capacity.” A fix for this will be included in a software update that [...]
Android Ice Cream Sandwich for Samsung Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note coming in Q1 2012
Samsung has announced that its Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note smartphones would be the first to get updates to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich – it should happen in the first quarter of 2012. After that, other Galaxy devices will receive the update, including: Samsung Galaxy R, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Tab [...]
Verizon HTC Rezound discounted at Amazon again, now only $150 on contract
Currently available from Verizon for $299.99 on contract (after all, it’s one of the carrier’s high-end LTE phones), the HTC Rezound can be bough for half the price if you’re getting it from Amazon. The retailer is offering the Rezound (here) for $149.99 on contract, and it looks like both new and existing customers can [...]
AT&T no longer acquiring T-Mobile, still has to pay $4 billion
Earlier this year, AT&T proudly announced that it would buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. Well, the deal is off now. AT&T has officially confirmed that it’s no longer acquiring T-Mo, following actions by the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice to block the merger. Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile USA’s parent company) will receive [...]
HTC Elite with Android ICS and unnamed HTC LTE Windows Phone handset coming to AT&T?
It looks like Nokia is not the only handset maker that readies an LTE Windows Phone device for AT&T. HTC is reportedly doing it, too. According to BGR, the upcoming HTC LTE Windows Phone device should resemble the HTC Titan (already available at AT&T, but only with HSPA+ connectivity), sporting a 4.7 inch display. The [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid Razr gets a software update
It’s been only a month or so since the Motorola Droid Razr has been launched by Verizon, and now the smartphone is getting its first software update. The update obviously doesn’t bring Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (this will come next year), but some enhancements and bug fixes, including: improved 3G and 4G connectivity, improved [...]
White Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch for Sprint leaked
Just like T-Mobile and AT&T did before it, Sprint will soon launch a white version of its Samsung Galaxy S II (which, as you already know, is marketed under the full name of Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch). While Sprint hasn’t confirmed the white Epic 4G Touch yet, press images of it have appeared [...]
Huawei Mercury (Honor) with Android launched by Cricket
Cricket Wireless has announced the availability of the Huawei Mercury, its best Android smartphone to date. Initially known as Huawei Glory (and introduced in Europe and Asia as the Huawei Honor), the Mercury should be available at Cricket starting today for $249.99 (no long-term agreement required). Cricket doesn’t say what version of Android the Mercury [...]
LG Optimus Hub launched in India
Officially announced in September, the LG Optimus Hub is now available in India, giving customers a new choice when it comes to affordable Android smartphones. The Optimus Hub is sold by Indian retailer LetsBuy, which asks 12,990 INR ($245) for it. That’s about the same price Samsung is asking for its Galaxy Ace in India [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 shows up at Orange UK
Already confirmed for Vodafone and O2, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 will be also released by Orange in the UK. The new smartphone is currently listed as “coming soon” over at Orange’s website. There’s no mention on when exactly the network will launch it, but it’s probably going to happen in January (when O2 and Vodafone [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus extended battery discounted to $25 at Verizon
Last Friday, Verizon finally decided to launch the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which is currently available for $299.99 on contract (or for much less if you get it from Amazon). The new superphone – the first in the world to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich – obviously comes with a series of accessories. Among these [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE headed to Telus Canada
Telus will apparently become the second Canadian mobile carrier to release the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE (after Bell, which is selling it since earlier this month). Telus doesn’t say when it will introduce the Tab 8.9, but the tablet has appeared at its official website, and is listed as “coming soon.” Since Telus’ LTE [...]
LG Optimus Black and Samsung Replenish for Boost Mobile pictured
Boost Mobile is getting ready to launch two new Android smartphones: the LG Optimus Black (available at Sprint as the LG Marquee), and the Samsung Replenish (also available at Sprint). There’s no word on when Boost will actually start selling these two handsets, but it’s probably going to happen early next year. Until then, in [...]
White Samsung Galaxy S II for T-Mobile goes for just $99.99 until Sunday (online only)
The white version of T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S II was launched just a couple of days ago for the same price which TMo was asking for the black version – $229.99 with a new two-year contract. Now if you think that’s too expensive, here’s some good news. T-Mobile decided to run a Web-only offer from [...]