Verizon’s first LTE phone to come in mid 2011
While MetroPCS hopes to launch its first LTE phone this year (apparently made by Samsung), Verizon says that its very first LTE / 4G handset will only be available starting mid 2011.
Verizon CTO Anthony Melone confirmed this to the Wall Street Journal, although he didn’t say which company will manufacture the LTE phone. Maybe it [...]
Rogers launches the Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700; Android 2.1 update coming soon
The Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 is now available in Canada thanks to Rogers, which sells the Android smartphone for $79.99 with a 3-yr contract agreement. If you want to buy the handset free of contract, you’ll have to pay $449.99.
At the moment, Rogers’ Galaxy Spica runs Android 1.5. However, BGR has it that the largest [...]
Verizon’s rugged Casio Brigade C741 already available?
Approved by the FCC in August last year and first appeared in photos in November, the Casio Brigade C741 seems to be already available in various Verizon retail stores – although Verizon didn’t announce this yet.
Some users over at the Howard forums have managed to buy the Casio Brigade C741, and it looks like the [...]
Lip-Reading Phones May Be in Our Future
While mobile technology has made leaps and bounds this decade for anyone who is unable to speak, it’s just the beginning. It turns out some new technology is being developed which will enable people to talk on the phone without having to talk, simply by mouthing the words they want to speak.
At Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute [...]
Rumor: AT&T Will Get Palm Elan Slate Phone, Palm and Pixi Wrap up Testing
We know AT&T is planning to bring Palm’s WebOS into its fold sometime in the first half of 2010 in the form of two devices, as announced earlier this year. What we don’t know is which devices will grace the second-largest wireless carrier in the US with its presence. The Pre Plus and Pixi Plus [...]
Innocomm Announces Lineup of New Low-Cost Android Devices
Have you heard of Innocomm? Chances are it’s a name that doesn’t sound terribly familiar. That’s because it’s a fresh new smartphone manufacturer that has lofty inspirations to come out with several low-cost yet high-quality Android handsets and distribute them to carriers on a global scale.
We first saw Innocomm at MWC 2010, where it was [...]
AT&T Gets Greener With New Accessory Packaging, Handset Standards
Being a huge fan of gadgets and electronics in general, it’s hard to admit that in many ways the industry is very unfriendly to the environment. Countless waste from old and used electronics are adding to our landfills each and every day. That’s why it’s nice to hear announcements that companies are doing all they [...]
Rumor: Palm Getting Desperate, Ditching Mail-in Rebates?
Nobody likes mail-in rebates. They are the bane of the consumer’s existence. While we all get frustrated that they still exist, we know that these rebates are incredibly profitable for the companies that require them because consumers don’t remember to send those rebates in or use the gift card that arrives in the mail 6 [...]
The PSP phone is real – but it’s a Chinese knockoff
Sony Ericsson may never launch a genuine PSP phone (although the company admitted that it’s thinking about it), but there’s still hope if you really, really want such a phone.
A Shanzhai PSP phone is reportedly coming soon from China. The phone looks like a regular Sony PSP console, but it has Call and End call [...]
Sprint announces new 4G (WiMAX) markets for 2010, expands Buyback program
As expected, Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network will be launched in new markets across the US by the end of 2010.
At the moment, WiMAX is available in 27 US cities, and the new markets to get it include: New York, Boston, Denver, San Francisco, Houston, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Washington, D.C.
Sprint hopes that its 4G network [...]