Sprint ran into some trouble getting the HTC Evo 4G LTE into the hands of those who pre-ordered the handset, and it looks like the company’s making it up to customers: it’s apparently sending free gel covers to pre-order buyers along with their new phone. A tipster sent us a shot of the cover, plus [...]
A day after word spread that Sony’s Xperia Play had vanished from its list of incoming Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades, the company has come forward and confirmed that the gaming-centric handset will not be making the jump to Android 4.0. “After extensive in house testing with our developer teams and working with our partners, we [...]
Our friends at BriefMobile have gotten their hands on a new update for the AT&T variant of the HTC One X. We’re not sure of what it will bring to the table as far as improvements are concerned. If you want to give it a shot, all you have to do is download the file, [...]
AT&T is entering new territory with the announcement of the carrier’s first pre-paid side slider smartphone. The Sasmung Galaxy Appeal is an Android 2.3 handset with a 3.2-inch display, 3MP camera, and 800MHz processor. While the pricing of the handset hasn’t been revealed, the use of 80 percent recycled materials should help to further [...]
The age of the low-end Android handset is here: AT&T has unceremoniously announced that a new prepaid slider smartphone, the Galaxy Appeal, will debut with Android 2.3 on the carrier’s GoPhone service starting on July 15th. AT&T provided no photos or pricing for the device, but says that it will be available with AT&T’s data [...]
The Galaxy S III is set to release on May 29 across the globe except for the US. If you have connections, let’s say in Dubai, you could definitely get your hands on this flagship device early. I was following this thread on Reddit for the past day and it looks like a mobile store [...]
UK network Three looks set to bolster its entry level line-up by selling Sony’s Xperia U on both contract and Pay as You Go. The Xperia U was introduced to the world during the Mobile World Congress however it was quickly overshadowed by the more glamorous high-end phones on display. In case you’re wondering, the Xperia [...]
A Twitter user has uploaded a series of photos that seems to reveal a new Olympic edition Samsung Galaxy Note. The images show the handset wearing a Union Jack back cover which looks to ilttle thicker than that of the average Note. The phone’s packaging is also on display, and betrays a second design, this [...]
You might have heard that Samsung has a new phone coming out soon, but even if you’re not planning to buy the Galaxy S III it seems like the phone’s success is all but assured. An unnamed Samsung official, speaking to the Korea Economic Daily, said that the new flagship handset has already been preordered [...]
Samsung’s trademark train is showing no sign os slowing, but it did big up a few new passengers. Adding to the growing list of name available for use with future handset designs, the Korean manufacturer has picked up Galaxy Lunge, Galaxy Forge, Galaxy Weild, Galaxy Mission, Galaxy Rivet, and Galaxy Victory. The names are only [...]
When we reviewed the Panasonic P–04D last month, some of our major gripes with the device were its lack of Android 4.0, laggy performance, Pentile screen, glossy plastic construction, and the poor placement of the sleep / wake button. Well, today Panasonic and NTT Docomo are announcing a new handset – the Eluga V P–06D [...]
Sony’s Xperia SX, which was announced last week for release in Japan, is in many ways the most likable handset we’ve seen from the company’s mobile reboot. It’s a tiny phone with a 3.7-inch display (we don’t know the resolution, but it’s sharp), a 1.5GHz processor, an 8-megapixel camera, LTE support via Docomo’s Xi network, [...]
Google’s been working hard lately at adding tab syncing to Chrome – first, the Chrome beta for Android synced tabs between an Android 4.0 handset and a computer browser, then a recent beta of Chrome for the desktop offered the option to sync tabs between multiple computers. Now, Chrome 19 has been officially released as [...]
Another product render of the device codenamed HTC Golf has made it our way courtesy of Vodafone Portugal’s latest product catalog. As was first suggested last week, the the phone that looks like an infant member of the One family should launch as the HTC Desire C. The listing provides official details on the phone’s [...]
Release notes for a forthcoming LG Spectrum update have revealed that a major software release is coming soon, though frustratingly for users it’s still not Android 4.0. Named VS920V6, the release brings the phone to version 2.3.6 of the OS, and primarily addresses bugs with the handset’s software. Verizon promises fewer force closes, a new [...]
Flipboard for Android, set to be a temporary exclusive for Samsung’s Galaxy S III, isn’t yet available through any official means. But users who installed a build of the app that was unceremoniously ripped from Samsung’s upcoming handset are today receiving notification of an available update, from none other than Flipboard itself. Version 1.8.4 is [...]
We just showed you the first glimpse of Sony’s Xperia ST21i “Tapioca” handset, and now courtesy of Russian site Mobile Review, we get several more pictures of an early ST21i prototype to inspect. Tapioca pudding isn’t very expensive, so perhaps that’s why this device got that particular moniker… these specs are definitely entry-level: 3.2-inch HVGA [...]
UK’ers are now able to pre-order the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III from several different carriers of choice. Vodafone, O2 and Three are all offering the ability to pre-order the device and to be among the first to receive the quad-core monster. In addition, it looks like you can score a decent deal with any one of [...]
An image of a new Samsung device reportedly called the SPH-L300 has leaked out, and it looks like it might just be a Sprint variant of the Galaxy S II. BriefMobile managed to get its hands on the image, and according to its source the device features a Qualcomm S4 dual-core processor, 800 × 480 [...]
AT&T has made it clear that there are no plans to offer an official bootloader unlock forits HTC One X, but that hasn’t stopped the industrious folk of xda-developers from successfully rooting the device. Nothing usually does. The bootloader is still in lock down, making it all but impossible to flash custom ROMs onto the handset, [...]
Flipboard for Android has made an appearance last week during the Galaxy S III announcement. It will be released as an exclusive with the handset and there was no word as when it will release for other devices. Thanks to the folks at XDA and especially user Valcho, you can now grab the apk file [...]
FlipBoard for Android sure looked good while on display at Samsung’s Galaxy S III launch event. The social feed reader is locked down to launch on the new flagship handset, but that didn’t stop one sneaky member of xda-developers from pulling the APK from a Galaxy S III demo unit and making it available for [...]
We all learned last week that the AT&T variant of the HTC One X came with a locked bootloader. We’re also sure that those of you who are into modding Android devices aren’t happy about it. Tyler Bell, a One X owner, has taken matters into his own handa and started a petition asking AT&T [...]
If you are a fan of the HTC One X and are a Sprint customer, you have probably been hearing about the EVO 4G LTE for a little while. Retailers like Best Buy and even Sprint have already started taking pre-orders for it. The HTC handset is rumored to release on May 18 even though [...]
According to PocketNow, the Sprint variant of the Samsung Galaxy S III will sport the S4 Snapdragon MSM8960 dual-core processor instead of the more-powerful Exynos 4412 quad-core chip found in the international version. Just like other Big Yellow devices, the GS III has been given model number SPH-L710. The other feature found within the phone’s [...]
And so it’s begun! Amazon UK is now offering up the opportunity to pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB model for £499.95 ($806.67) over at their website. Looks like our fellow UK’ers will be among the first to snatch the Pebble Blue or Marble White device and have it in hand by or after the [...]
When we last left Kyocera, the company was still trying to convince us that more screens are more better. Today at CTIA, the company best known for creating the company printer you kick at least once a week in the office announced two new phones that are decidedly less gimmicky: the Kyocera Hydro and the [...]
It looks like Google may have unleashed an ad campaign for the Sony Xperia ion prematurely, stealing AT&T’s thunder in the process. The handset, which was announced earlier this year at CES, has yet to be pegged with a release date by the carrier. The ad that has started to appear on Google when performing [...]
The latest research from NPD Group is showing big gains for Android during the first quarter of 2012 at the expense of the mobile operating systems biggest rival. Android, which dipped to 49 percent towards the end of 2011, weathered an iOS surge brought about by the release of the iPhone 4S to reach a [...]
While I was checking my email today, I bumped into a Google ad saying that the Xperia Ion will release in June. The Sony handset was announced back in January at CES and was scheduled to launch sometimes in Q2 of this year. The Xperia Ion is AT&T’s variant of the Xperia S which is [...]
The HTC One X is finally here! If you have impatiently been waiting to get your hands on this baby, you can head to your local AT&T store and get one for $199.99 when you sign a two-year contract. And if you are the frugal type, you can always hit Amazon Wireless and buy it [...]
Good news for those that pre-ordered the HTC One X from AT&T. Reports are coming in from all over that shipments are beginning to arrive at the doorstep of those eagerly awaiting the new handset. As for us, we just wrapped up our review of the One X and had nothing but positive things to [...]
The folks at MoDaCo were able to uncover something quite disappointing about the AT&T variant of the HTC One X. Paul Obrien attempted to unlock the bootloader for the HTC handset via HTCDev but wasn’t able to do so on his review unit. He added that other AT&T retail units have showed the same result [...]
Samsung said today that the Galaxy S III will launch in Europe on May 29 while the U.S. will see the handset sometimes in June. Samsung also announced that the Galaxy S III will be available on 296 mobile carriers in 145 countries. We suspect that we’ll see a simultaneous launch here in the U.S. [...]
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