Samsung Galaxy Note (Journal) wanted by Verizon customers, petition started
The Samsung Galaxy Note is already available in the US, but only on AT&T, which is selling it for $299.99 on contract (although you can get it for $249.99 via Amazon). Last month, we’ve heard a rumor saying that Verizon and Sprint may also release the Note, under the name of Samsung Galaxy Journal. For [...]
T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G will be out in March for $149.99
Last month T-Mobile decided to announce the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G (following leaked information that said it was headed to the magenta carrier), but did so without saying much about the device, and without giving any hints about its price or release date. Here we are a month or so later, and T-Mobile has [...]
AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note costs just $249.99 at Amazon
AT&T has launched its version of the Samsung Galaxy Note, complete with 4G LTE support, earlier today. At the carrier as well as Best Buy you can get the phone/tablet hybrid for $299.99 with a new two-year contract. However, if you’re interested in the Note but haven’t picked one up yet, you might want to [...]
New LG Optimus LTE Tag with Android and NFC announced
Just one day after announcing the 5 inch Optimus Vu, now LG has unveiled yet another new Optimus Android smartphone: the Optimus LTE Tag. Unlike the original Optimus LTE (already available around the world), the Optimus LTE Tag doesn’t have an HD display, but a regular 4.3 inch WVGA one. What the handset brings new [...]
ZTE intros PF200 and N910 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phones with LTE
Huawei isn’t the only Chinese company that’s going to bring a new Ice Cream Sandwich handset at MWC 2012. ZTE will do it, too. Unlike Huawei, though, which will showcase only the quad-core Ascend D1 Q, ZTE will have two smartphones on display: the PF200 and the N910. The ZTE PF200 (pictured below) is an [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note available now at AT&T, Best Buy
There are no surprises here, but we have to let you know that the Samsung Galaxy Note is now available in the US via AT&T and Best Buy, for $299.99 on contract. Running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the Galaxy Note measures 146.9 x 83 x 9.7 mm, and features: LTE connectivity, a 5.3 inch Super AMOLED display [...]
LG Optimus Vu with Android 2.3 Gingerbread announced as the thinnest LTE phone ever
LG has officially announced its latest Android handset: the Optimus Vu, which – like Samsung’s Galaxy Note – is an interesting hybrid between a smartphone and a tablet. Measuring 139.6 x 90.4 x 8.5 mm, the Optimus Vu is presented as the thinnest LTE smartphone on the market (because, of course, LTE connectivity is among [...]
Verizon Samsung Stratosphere sees price cut to $99.99, BOGO offer now available
Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone that came with a physical QWERTY keyboard, the Samsung Stratosphere, launched back in October. So far Big Red has been selling it for $149.99 with a new two-year contract, with the exception of five days during the holiday shopping season when the price was dropped and the phone was available [...]
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket 4G now just $99.99 at Amazon
AT&T’s version of the now-ubiquitous Samsung Galaxy S II is called Skyrocket 4G and was launched priced at $249.99 with a new two-year contract. If you were lucky and lived in certain markets, you were able to get it for $100 less direct from the carrier. Otherwise, if you didn’t want to shell out the [...]
Verizon gives away an LG Spectrum each day this week
If you like Verizon’s new LG Spectrum Android smartphone but don’t want to pay $199.99 for it (and neither $79.99 – that’s what Amazon is asking for the device), the largest US mobile carrier is now giving you a chance to win one for free, via a contest announced on Twitter. To enter the contest, [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic now costs $99 on contract, comes without MicroSD card
Verizon has decided to cut the price of its Motorola Droid Bionic, which until now was sold for $199 on contract. The new price is $99 (also on contract), but there’s a catch: Verizon is no longer offering the 16GB MicroSD card that was included when the handset’s price was $100 higher. So now the [...]
White Samsung Galaxy Nexus 16GB headed to Verizon?
Verizon may launch a new and probably cheaper version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus soon. According to Droid-life, the largest US mobile carrier is getting ready to introduce the Galaxy Nexus in both white and black, with only 16GB of internal memory. Since the current black model comes with 32GB of storage space and costs [...]
Sprint working on an official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for Samsung Epic 4G Touch
Since the Samsung Galaxy S II is going to be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich starting next month, its various versions introduced around the world should be updated, too, at some point. In the US, it looks like Sprint is already testing Android 4.0 for its Samsung Epic 4G Touch SPH-D710. A user [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II 4G and Galaxy Tab 8.9 4G headed to Australia
Back in October 2011, we told you that the Samsung Galaxy Note would be launched in Australia early this year. And now Vodafone Australia has confirmed via Twitter that it’d offer the device soon. Unfortunately, we don’t know how soon. In any case, Vodafone may not be the first Australian carrier to sell the Galaxy [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic and 4G LTE Xoom get software updates
It’s a happy day if you own either a Motorola Droid Bionic or a Motorola Xoom with 4G LTE connectivity. That’s because both Verizon devices are in the process of receiving minor software updates at the moment. ‘Minor’ should have given you a hint, but we’ll spell it out anyway – these updates won’t make [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 4 already just $99.99 at Amazon
Verizon’s Motorola Droid 4 has only been officially available for a few hours, but it’s already seen a massive discount over at Amazon. If you haven’t ordered one yet from Verizon directly, but would like to get in on that hot QWERTY LTE action, listen up. Amazon will now give you a Motorola Droid 4 [...]
New HTC smartphone leaks running Android 4.0, may be the Incredible 3
Apparently the smartphones codenamed Edge and Ville won’t be the only new things that HTC will show us in Barcelona at the end of this month. A third new (and previously unseen) handset may be unveiled during MWC as well. And it has leaked for the first time today. From the styling, it’s pretty obvious [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid 4 available now
As expected, today Verizon has finally launched the Motorola Droid 4, which is now available for $199.99 on contract, or $549.99 off contract. The Motorola Droid 4 is Verizon’s second LTE handset to come with a sliding QWERTY keyboard (after the Samsung Stratosphere). It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), [...]
AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 pre-orders no longer available in Microsoft stores
White AT&T didn’t officially announce the launch date of its Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone handset, last week Microsoft decided to start taking pre-orders for it. Unfortunately for those who want to secure a Lumia 900 before launch, Microsoft is no longer accepting pre-orders. According to The Verge, the company didn’t give a reason for [...]
Verizon’s Motorola Droid Xyboard tablets get global roaming abilities via software update
Verizon’s recently launched oddly-named Motorola-made tablet duo, the Droid Xyboard 10.1 and the Droid Xyboard 8.2, have received a software update. It would be a rather minor affair, except for the fact that this update enables global roaming abilities for the two tablets. So if you like to travel overseas a lot (and take your [...]