HTC Ville (One S) and Huawei Prism headed to T-Mobile
The oft-rumored HTC Ville dual-core beast is probably getting officially announced at the end of this week. Most recently, we’ve heard that it will be sold as the HTC One S. If you’re in the US and wondering whether this device will arrive over there, then be happy for it looks like it will. And [...]
Quad-core Huawei Ascend D1 Q to start shipping in April
The Huawei Ascend D1 Q will be officially unveiled this Sunday, February 26, at MWC 2012, as one of the world’s first quad-core smartphones. While we still don’t know too much about it, we now know when the Ascend D1 Q is supposed to be launched. According to CNMO (site in Chinese), the new handset [...]
Huawei MediaPad 10 smiles for the camera ahead of announcement on Sunday
The Ascend D1 Q apparently isn’t the only new device that Huawei plans to show us this Sunday on the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Chinese company, which finally seems to be ready to take the world by storm, will also show a new tablet, called the MediaPad 10. Unlike the already [...]
Huawei Ascend D1 Q teaser pics posted to the net
Huawei continues teaser campaign for its “fastest smartphone yet” – quad core Ascend D1 Q. Getting ready for announcement next Sunday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We have first learned the name of the new smartphone via Huawei’s chairman status update on a Chinese twitter-like Weibo. Now the company itself took to the micro-blogging [...]
Quad-core Huawei Ascend D1 Q Android phone and new MediaPad 10 tablet to be announced at MWC 2012
As you may already know, Huawei is getting ready to unveil its fastest smartphone yet at MWC 2012 in Barcelona, on February 26. Unfortunately, the invite to the company’s event (seen below) doesn’t tell us more than just that. However, Blog of Mobile (a Japanese blog) is reporting that Huawei Chairman Yu Chengdong has unveiled [...]
Huawei’s MediaPad available at AT&T today
It’s cheap tablet season in the USA, apparently. Yesterday Sprint officially announced the $99 ZTE Optik, and today it’s AT&T’s turn to start offering an affordable Android-powered tablet it seems, although it’s a different one. After having made its way to T-Mobile where it’s sold as the Springboard, the Huawei MediaPad (the world’s first tablet [...]
Huawei Honor hits the FCC with AT&T 3G bands
Already released in the US by Cricket (under the name of Huawei Mercury), the Huawei Honor has received a new FCC approval. This time, the version that’s been approved is a GSM one, unlike Cricket’s Mercury, which is a CDMA device. The Honor seen now over at the FCC comes with WCDMA 850 / 1900 [...]
Huawei’s MediaPad Android tablet finally launched in India
Although it was supposed to be released in India at the end of 2011, the Huawei MediaPad tablet has only now become available there. Both LetsBuy and Adexmart are selling the MediPad for 28,000 INR (about $559) – which is a bit more expensive than you’d expect, since other tablets (like the original Motorola Xoom) [...]
Huawei Honor now comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (but only in China)
Back in December, Huawei offered a “demo” version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its Honor smartphone, allowing users to dream about a full version. Now the handset has been officially launched with Android ICS on board – although on in China (via China Unicom). Of course, this means that if you’ve already bought [...]
UK: Phones 4U won’t sell the Huawei Vision after all, even though it was supposed to be an exclusive
It’s unclear what happened, but Phones 4U has told SoMobile that it won’t be selling the Huawei Vision after all. The Vision was announced last year and was supposed to be a Phones 4U exclusive in the UK. Last we heard anything about it, it was going to be launched before Christmas. That obviously didn’t [...]
Huawei Ascend P1 with Android ICS to have an LTE version?
Last week, when Huawei unveiled the Ascend P1 S (one of the world’s thinnest smartphones ever), the Chinese company also announced the Ascend P1. From the announcement, we’ve learned that the Ascend P1 should be similar to the P1 S, although a bit thicker (in order to accommodate a larger battery). Now Blog of Mobile [...]
Huawei MediaPad gets new colors and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in Q1
We already knew that Huawei was working on an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its MediaPad 7-inch tablet, and now we got some official details. But first, the Chinese company has announced three new colors for its tablet – shadow black, classic brown, and passion pink. These will represent the MediaPad Color [...]
Huawei Ascend P1 S with Android Ice Cream Sandwich debuts as the world’s thinnest smartphone
Forget about the Motorola Razr or other Android handsets that were announced as being “world’s thinnest”, because there’s a new king in town: the Huawei Ascend P1 S, which is only 6.68mm thin. The Ascend P1 S runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and features a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Gorilla Glass screen with 960 [...]
T-Mobile will hold a “New Year, New Phone Sale” this weekend
T-Mobile is getting ready for its first big sale of 2012. The aptly named “New Year, New Phone Sale” will take place this weekend, from January 6 to January 8. During the sale, you’ll be able to pick up any smartphone and some broadband devices for up to $49.99 net down payment. The price is [...]
Huawei Ascend II now available for free at US Cellular
Last week we told you that US Cellular would start selling the Huawei Ascend II sometime this week. And that ‘sometime’ turned out to be today. The Huawei Ascend II is now available online for free. It’s absolutely free for new customers, while if you’re already with US Cellular and want to upgrade, the phone [...]
Huawei U8800 Ideos X5 has received the update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Better late than never, right? That seems to be Huawei’s thinking here. The company that brought us the first ever ‘alpha’ Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for a non-Nexus device is sadly also the company that has released an update to Gingerbread for one of its devices only today. The Huawei Ideos X5 (U8800) has finally [...]
Huawei is working on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the MediaPad (T-Mobile Springboard)
Since Google announced Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich a couple of months ago, one of the main questions that each Android device owner is facing is when the manufacturer of each gadget is going to issue an update to the latest version of the operating system. Or if. And while it’s undoubtedly been a bumpy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
UK: Huawei Blaze now just £59.95 on PAYG
The Huawei Blaze was released in the UK last month. This is the more affordable companion to Huawei’s Vision Android smartphone. Both devices are exclusive to Phones 4U in the UK. And now the retailer has decided to make the handset even cheaper than it has been so far – perhaps to convince you to [...]