First HTC devices to get ICS? Sensation, Sensation XE and 4G at the end of March. Others to follow
HTC has finally come out and given more details about its update schedule for Android smartphones to Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. Previously, all we had to go by was an admission by HTC that they’re working on updates, and a short list of devices to be updated. Thankfully, [...]
Motorola announces the Gleam+ clamshell, intros Defy Mini and Motoluxe in Germany
Just when I thought Motorola was done with featurephones, the company announces the Motorola Gleam+, an affordable clamshell that’s “designed to be uncomplicated and intuitive so you can enjoy the fun of mobile life.” The new Gleam+ (pictured below) features a 2.8 inch internal display with 240 x 400 pixels, external LED matrix display, music [...]
White HTC Sensation XE to be launched this month in the UK
A white version of the HTC Sensation XE (the world’s first Beats Audio smartphone, released in black back in October) will be available soon in the UK. Clove allows British customers to pre-order the white Sensation XE, asking £408 (about $646) for it. The handset should become available in the week starting February 20 – [...]
Motorola Motoluxe announced for the UK, should be launched this month
Motorola has announced that its Motoluxe Android smartphone (initially unveiled back in January) would be released in the UK soon – more exactly, before the end of this month (February). Targeted at “all British style gurus”, the Motoluxe comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and MotoSwitch UI, and “a lanyard slot that lights up, so you [...]
5 inch LG Optimus Vu to take on Samsung Galaxy Note
It looks like LG wants a piece of the success Samsung is having with its 5.3 inch Galaxy Note, as the company is getting ready to introduce a 5-inch Android smartphone, too. Called LG Optimus Vu (no real connection with the LG Vu and Vu Plus released by AT&T in the past), the new handset [...]
T-Mobile’s smartphones (including HTC Amaze 4G and Samsung Galaxy S II) will be free on February 11
T-Mobile USA has announced the Valentine’s Day Sale, which will let customers buy any 4G handset and other select devices for free (after major mail-in rebates, and with a qualifying 2-yr plan). The sale will take place this Saturday, February 11. Among the devices that will be offered for a $0 net down payment after [...]
Prada Phone by LG 3.0 now available in the UK for £424.98
The strangely named Prada Phone by LG 3.0 (common sense says it should probably have been Prada Phone 3.0 by LG, if not just LG Prada 3.0 – then again, maybe there’s something called LG 3.0 out there somewhere) is now available in the UK, SIM-free and unlocked. That’s just on schedule, since we heard [...]
No Samsung Galaxy S III announcement on March 22 after all
Just yesterday, we reported that Samsung may officially announce its Galaxy S III Android smartphone on March 22. However, although there will be an event on that day, it looks like we’re not going to see the S III then. The Next Web is reporting that Samsung confirmed there will be “no new products” announced [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 to come in white, too
The Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 aren’t Nokia’s only Windows Phone handsets that have white versions. The new Lumia 900 has one, too, although Nokia didn’t officially announce it yet. The white Lumia 900 was spotted in a photo both at Nokia Conversations and at Nokia’s official Facebook page. However, Nokia pulled the photo mere [...]
It’s official: Verizon’s Motorola Droid 4 will be available on February 10 for $199.99
After much speculation and many leaks, Verizon today has officially announced when the Motorola Droid 4 will be in stores and how much it will cost. Both these things were predicted spot on by the latest leaked information. The release date is February 10, and the pricing is a pretty cool $199.99 with a new [...]
Toshiba’s AT200 (Excite 10) Android tablet released in the UK
Announced for the US market under the name of Excite 10, the Toshiba AT200 is now available in the UK, where Carphone Warehouse has started selling two versions of it. The British retailer is offering the AT200 16GB for £399 (about $631), and the AT200 32GB for £449 (about $710). A bit pricey, I’d say. [...]
7-inch ZTE Optik tablet now available at Sprint for $99.99
Sprint has a new affordable Android tablet in its lineup ready to be ordered. After being officially announced a few days ago, the ZTE Optik is now up for grabs at the Now Network. The ZTE Optik has a 7-inch touchscreen, a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of built-in storage [...]
HTC creates Studio group directly under CEO to drive new device strategy. Hints move away from Qualcomm
In addition to revealing all the troubles with crashing sales, slashed R&D costs and the new secrecy on shipment volumes, HTC’s Q4 earnings report had some bright spots in it. The biggest one – management seems to understand they screwed up, admits it and is already taking action. They also hinted about two very interesting [...]
White Samsung Galaxy Nexus officially announced, hits the streets in the UK on February 13
The white Samsung Galaxy Nexus got semi-official last month when it went on pre-order at several retailers in the UK. But despite that, it is only today that Samsung decided to actually put out a press release announcing the new device. It is, of course, identical to its black sibling. It looks like it will [...]
HTC sales drop 52% in Jan. Plans 35% decline in Q1. R&D slashed by 60% in Q4, starts hiding unit volumes too
Things just keep getting worse for HTC. They were already pretty bad in the last quarter of 2011, when HTC had to issue a profit warning and then reported 30% revenue decline compared to Q3. Now this HTC sales slump is accelerating into 2012. January revenues just came in at 16.6B $NT ($560M), and they [...]
Samsung event scheduled for March 22. Galaxy S III could be announced then
Last week, Samsung informed the world that it would not unveil its new Galaxy S III Android smartphone at MWC 2012, but at a later event (for which it didn’t provide a date). Now, according to Frandroid, Samsung has a mysterious event scheduled for March 22. There’s no way of telling what this is about, [...]
New Sony Xperia Android phone(s) to be announced at MWC 2012
Likes most of the other major (or not so major) handset makers, Sony – sans Ericsson starting this year – will be present at MWC 2012 later this month in Barcelona. And, judging by the invitation to its press conference, pictured below, the company will probably announce new Xperia smartphones. Maybe we’ll see that Xperia [...]
AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note available for pre-order at Best Buy tomorrow, free flip cover case included
If you want AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note, you’ll have to wait until February 19, because that’s when the handset is going to be released. However, AT&T is taking pre-orders starting tomorrow (February 5). Best Buy has announced that it’s taking pre-orders for the Note tomorrow, too. Unlike AT&T, Best Buy is offering a free Protective [...]
LG Optimus LTE confirmed by Telus
Like we told you a couple of days ago, Telus is getting ready to launch the LG Optimus LTE in Canada – several months after Bell released the smartphone there. Now the Canadian carrier has seemingly confirmed that it’s going to introduce the Optimus LTE, saying this is “coming soon.” Unfortunately, we don’t know exactly [...]
Canada: Samsung Galaxy Nexus hits Videotron on February 8, HTC Radar goes to SaskTel soon
As we heard before, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is going to be sold by Videotron in Canada too, alongside basically every other carrier. With Wind and Mobilicity starting sales these days, Videotron doesn’t want to be left far behind. So it will release the newest ‘pure Google’ phone on February 8, which is next Wednesday. [...]