Next month at CES 2011 NEC will introduce a dual-touchscreen version in their LifeTouch series of tablets now out in Japan. If you like touch screens, how about two 7-inch ones that can run separate tasks on both screens at the same time! We can’t say how the screens will be arranged until we can [...]
If you were hoping for a LTE device from HTC anytime soon now, don’t get your hopes up. HTC just announced that there won’t be any LTE devices from them until at least mid 2011, according to Peter Chou, the CEO of HTC. Chou also mentioned that these devices will also feature the NFC technology [...]
With all the excitement of the announcement of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), the question now is whether the Nexus S will be made available for both United States GSM carriers, T-Mobile and AT&T. As we all know, the Nexus One was first available on Google’s website with both versions. Lack of sales caused the site to [...]
Introduction There have been an ever increasing number of Android tablets entering the market, but besides the Samsung Galaxy tab none have been complete well rounded devices until now. ViewSonic is making a notable entry into the tablet market with the ViewSonic ViewPad 7 starting at $459 available in mid-December. Overall, the 7.1 x 4.3 [...]
Let’s say you’re a large American cellular carrier, and you know what 4G means, because there’s an international standard that defines it. Let’s say your current network doesn’t comply with that standard so you call it something else more accurate. Now let’s say your competitors’ networks are slower than yours but they use the term 4G [...]
Earlier this week Skype for Android was released to the public, and I have some good news for you Skype fanatics. The official Skype app runs on Android 2.1 or above and works only over Wi-Fi. As I said though I have good news (as if Skype being released in general wasn’t good enough) the [...]
According to a Sprint community admin there is going to be an OTA fix being released from today and over a 4 day period, all the Epic 4g’s should be patched and 3g upload issue fixed. There is no clue as to weather the patch will address anything else as yet but I am sure [...]
Just when you thought the Android tablet couldn’t get any more competition, here comes Sharp with a pair of tablets called “Galapagos.” These tablets are being marketed as e-book readers but will certainly have much more functionality than any Kindle or Nook you’ve ever seen. The two models will be quite easy to distinguish, one [...]
Epic 4G owner’s everywhere are upset with their poor 3G speeds. Apparently upload speeds have been topping out at a less than spectacular 150kbps. While angry sprint customers everywhere flood Sprint’s community forums, Sprint had this to say: “We have heard reports of users experiencing less-than-expected 3G upload speeds with their Samsung Epic 4G. After [...]
Here we see a memo that was distributed to select Verizon Wireless employees advising them to prepare for some changes to the carrier’s 3G multimedia handsets. This document states that beginning in Q4, Verizon will begin to phase out the “3G Multimedia device” category and no longer require a $9.99 mandatory monthly data plan (for [...]
There’s been some speculation that HTC may introduce the just announced Desire HD for the American market. Well, the FCC test results for the PD98100 have just been posted, and the label (above) looks quite like same as the Desire HD’s. The tested phone has passed. The real issue is what the tests show isn’t [...]
Romanian smartphones getting smarter Huawei are one of those companies that a few years a go you might not have heard of but whose name you now hear on a daily basis. If you are Romanian however you’ve probably known about the Chinese company for nearly ten years, as that is how long they have [...]
I know that Google’s lawyers are definitely overworked. The is yet another lawsuit aimed at Google. This time Google is being pulled into court to concerning a class action lawsuit that states “Google breached their contract between them and their customers.” Nathan Nabors a resident of Florida is the man leading the charge as he feels Google [...]
Today is the day the people of Saskatchewan now have the power and speed of the 3G+ network brought to you by SaskTel. Their website boasts the 3G+ network provides users with mobile browsing speeds 4 times faster than the old CDMA network, and the ability to simultaneously access emails and surf the web while [...]
TELUS announced yesterday that “Canada’s fastest wireless network is about to get even faster!”. Using their state-of-the-art HSPA+ Dual Cell Technology, TELUS will push the limit of their ULTRA-FAST 3G+ wireless data network speeds up to 42 mb/s. Holy cow batman, thats FAST! TELUS is the only North American carrier to have successfully tested out [...]
The MyTouch Slide receives an much needed software update starting tomorrow August 4th and will continue through August 19th. The update is mainly for maintenance and will not be the 2.2 Froyo update. Sorry to let you down, MyTouch users! The software update will be Over The Air (OTA) and will bring some big bug [...]
It was just yesterday that we got to see the luxurious front side of the supposedly named myTouch 3G HD, and now we get to see what the back might look like. Whether you consider it in the fortunate, or unfortunate category, it’s still just a render, which could easily be created by anyone with [...]
Another day in the Android tablet saga, and more and more information is leaking about various manufacturers’ Android-based tablets. Reports indicate that ASUS’s Eee Pad, seen running Windows at CES back in January, will instead run Android when it is launched in 2011. The device is a NVIDA Tegra2 powered tablet with a 10″ screen. [...]
Today, we are learning that the HTC Desire has passed through FCC sporting North American 3G bands supporting WCDMA bands I, II, and V and is headed our way. We were supposed to see the HTC Desire’s release as the HTC Triumph June 8th on Telus. When they said June 8th, did they really mean [...]
T-Mobile looks like its ready to finally unleash its television campaign for the myTouch Slide with its Twitter account giving us an early look. This thirty second spot seems to focus on the “Genius” button and how helpful it can be to speak your search. Personally, I always know where the local ice cream place [...]
Despite long lines at the stores and even longer wait times for T-mobile Activations department, T-mobile posted their record highest sales day ever on June 19th 2010 when all phones were free (some after $100 or $50 mail in rebate) . According to T-Mobile spokesperson Patty Raz, in corresponding with Thedroidguy for thedroidguy.com and androidheadlines.com, [...]
Shortly after Android 2.2 was announced, the myTouch 3G was one of the first phones to see an unofficial port of the latest version of the OS. While HTC assured the world that the new myTouch 3G Slide would be seeing an update to Froyo, owners of the original myTouch were left to wonder if [...]
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