Sprint won’t get the HP Pre 3
The HP Pre 3 is the first high-end webOS-powered smartphone to be developed after HP purchased Palm. And while it’s still not available in the US, it is coming soon, and, HP hopes, will put webOS back on the map, so to speak. Sprint was the launch partner for the original Pre, a device that [...]
iOS and Android Video Calling: Which App to Use and When?
As industries go, the mobile video calling space has pretty much exploded over the past few months, and it came almost completely out of the blue. What has happened almost overnight is that consumers, who had close to no options when it comes to video calling their friends just a few months ago, are now [...]
LG Optimus Black on its way to Sprint, Alltel, US Cellular, and Virgin Mobile
LG has officially announced back in May that its Optimus Black Android smartphone would eventually be launched in North America. However, back then we had no idea what carrier or carriers would sell LG’s device. In the meantime, Telus has emerged as one company that’s going to sell the Optimus Black, but so far there’s [...]
4 new Nokia Symbian Belle phones leak, pictures included for the Nokia 700 ‘Zeta’
Oh look, Symbian isn’t dead. I bet that’s the point of these leaks. To show the world that new and exciting Symbian devices are on the way – so go and buy one of the existing Symbian phones now. Or something like that. So here’s the thing. Four new upcoming Symbian smartphones have leaked. And [...]
How Fring is Schooling Skype on Every Single Front
The other day we got an overview of the VoIP app landscape. There are many solutions across various platforms that allow users to call for free from their mobile device. In terms of user-base, there is no denying that the king of this space is Skype with over 600 million users and an approved $8 [...]
Skype for iPad promo videos leaked on Youtube, confirmed by Skype Exec.
Although the iPad 2 has been out since March, we have yet to see a Skype app specifically optimized for Apple’s tablet. Current users have been able to use the Skype app for the iPhone 4, but it is not made for that specific screen size. A promo video of Skype for the iPad 2 [...]
Telus LG Optimus Black and Bell HTC Sensation 4G pre-orders have started, $50 deposit required
Two very interesting high-end Android smartphones have gone up for pre-order in Canada today courtesy of Future Shop. The LG Optimus Black is headed to Telus with some rather innovative Skype integration, although said integration happens more on your Telus bill than on the phone itself. Still, it’s an interesting idea, and probably a first [...]
9 of the Best iPhone Apps that Let You Call for Free
One of the advantages to the “app culture” we live in, is that there is an app for almost everything, as Apple emphasized in its famous iPhone campaign. One of the most interesting app categories out there are VoIP apps, or apps that enable you to call over the Internet as opposed to cellular lines. [...]
Bell Motorola Atrix 4G gets a minor software update to improve performance
Bell’s Motorola Atrix 4G has received a minor software update that is said to improve the device’s performance, among other things. The update is now rolling out to Bell customers who own Atrix smartphones. After you’ve updated, your phone should run software version 37.23. Data upload speeds have been improved, improvements have also been made [...]
Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt coming on June 30?
Back in April, we told you that the HTC Thunderbolt 4G would get Android 2.3 Gingerbread before the end of June, and it looks like this is indeed going to happen. According to Android and Me and a Verizon insider, there’s a software update scheduled for June 30, which will bring not only Android 2.3.4 [...]
AT&T and Verizon may launch HP Pre 3 in July, complete with Skype integration
The HP Pre 3 was announced all the way back in February, yet since then we’ve heard little to nothing about this smartphone and its journey to the US market. We have however heard all kinds of things about the Pre 3′s small sibling, the Veer, or even the TouchPad, HP’s first webOS tablet, yet [...]
Telus to launch the LG Optimus Black Skype Edition this summer
For a month now we’ve known that the LG Optimus Black was headed to North America, and even if we didn’t know back than exactly which carriers will sell the phone in which countries, it was kind of obvious that the handset would become available both in the US and in Canada. Well, it may [...]
Microsoft buys Skype, promises support for Windows Phone, Xbox and more
Starting later this year, Skype will belong to Microsoft, becoming “a new business division within” the Redmond-based giant company. Yes, Microsoft has officially announced that it’s acquiring Skype for a whopping $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft will obviously bring Skype to its devices, including Xbox, Kinect, and Windows Phone – that’s kinda funny, since a [...]
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G Review
It’s time to review the very first smartphone on Verizon’s new LTE 4G network, and we haven’t seen this much hype for a phone (outside the iPhone, that is) for a very long time. We’ve been waiting for this phone to come out for a good 4 years; we are, of course, talking about the [...]
Verizon Motorola Xoom Review
When pondering the name of the Motorola Xoom, I can’t help but think that the high-powered inaugural Honeycomb tablet’s name is the perfect adjective to describe the speed by which it was released. The Xoom was shown off as a mysterious Motorola tablet prototype by Google’s Andy Rubin at the Honeycomb event in December, then [...]
Samsung Nexus S Review
For the most part, Google remains content on letting OEMs do the heavy lifting when it comes to promoting and selling phones that run the company’s Android smartphone OS. There are certain times, however, that Google wants to be the big boy to show everybody how it’s done. This is where the Nexus lineup comes [...]
Nokia Reader for Symbian touch smartphones launched
Nokia’s Beta Labs team has announced the availability of Nokia Reader, an RSS reader application that brings news to your smartphone’s homescreen. Compatible only with Symbian touch handsets (sans the old 5800 XpressMusic), Nokia Reader works as a homescreen widget, featuring push notifications and content directory. Here’s a video of the app in action on [...]
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt Hands-on Preview at CES 2011
Yesterday Verizon announced 10 different devices that would be launching on its brand new LTE network no later than this summer, and I was able to play with all of the new Verizon LTE smartphones. The HTC Thunderbolt is a solid introduction to the new network, complete with 4.3″ WVGA display, Android 2.2 with new [...]
Verizon Samsung 4G LTE Smartphone Hands-On at CES 2011
When I watched the Verizon CES press conference and the Samsung LTE smartphone was announced, I strained my ears to hear exactly what it was called. All I got was “Samsung LTE *mumble mumble*”. I couldn’t understand what was being said, and as it turns out, whatever was said isn’t the actual name of this [...]
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt officially announced
The long-rumored HTC Thunderbolt has finally been made official by Verizon today at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. And it’s called Thunderbolt, not Incredible HD as was rumored at many points in the past. This looks like it’s a slightly-rehashed Desire HD for Verizon, just like the Inspire 4G is for AT&T. However, it does [...]
