That NVIDIA is bringing quad-core smartphones to Mobile World Congress should surprise exactly no one. We saw the first quad-core tablet prototype a year ago, and in August NVIDIA told us we'd see phones in early 2012. And we're closing in on Mobile World Congress, just a few short weeks away. And there's a smartphone [...]
What better way for Quebec mobile carrier Videotron to step in the world of Android than to begin selling the hottest Android on the planet? Yup you read right folks, Videotron is all set its first Android device, the Galaxy Nexus smartphone. That means the lucky French-speaking Canadians will finally be able to enjoy what the rest of [...]
Just as planned, Quebec-centric carrier Videotron has today launched the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on its network. Canadians wanting to use Samsung and Google's flagship smartphone on Videotron can now pick one up for the subsidized price of C9.95, with a qualifying service plan of C or more per month. Or if you don't fancy paying [...]
Motorola has confirmed its UK launch plans for the Motoluxe, a new Android smartphone that aims to deliver an attractive, lightweight design at an affordable price point. In line with what we heard at the device's CES unveiling (and later from retailers), Moto is planning to bring the Motoluxe to British shores from late February. [...]
What’s old is new again. At least that’s what LG would have you believe after teasing their upcoming LG Optimus Vu, a brand new 5-inch device with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The Optimus Vu breaks away from the now standard 16:9 mold of tall and skinny devices, instead offering a smartphone that looks something like [...]
The super skinny Huawei Ascend P1 S will be available in mainland China at the end of March, according to website Tech.Sina. The phone will most likely appear in Europe next, and hopefully on a US carrier in the near future. We at Talk Android were mightily impressed when we previewed the Ascend P1 S [...]
T-Mobile is at it again and are gearing up for the holiday although this time it isn’t a Christmas sale. Instead they want you to stay close to the ones you love this Valentine’s Day and to help you do so they’re offering all 4G smartphones completely free. The catch here is the sale’s for [...]
Google has finally release its long-wanted Chrome browser for Android roughly a few minutes ago. In order to run the app you must have Android 4.0 installed. It’s in beta right now so expect a few bugs and while we haven’t had a chance to play with it yet you can expect a review from [...]
The day that many, many Android users have been waiting for is finally here: Google Chrome is now available for Android. In its current state it’s beta and only available for Ice Cream Sandwich, but it brings some incredible features to Android: Browse fast with accelerated page loading, scrolling, and zoomingSearch and navigate directly from [...]
Epix HD is a premium subscription movie app which allows you to stream movies on your android smartphone or tablet. Epix has over 15,000 movies to choose from and offers extra features which cannot be found on other streaming video services. EPIX is also available on television, video-on-demand, online and Xbox 360 consoles – so users [...]
The folks at Norton have released another mobile security application called Norton Safety Minder. The app allows parents to monitor their children’s smartphone activity to protect them from the undesirables of the free world. It allows them to view their children’s entire browsing activity, including which sites that visit, what they search for and who [...]
Like getting all lovey-dovey around this time of year? Want to make a statement on your smartphone? Well, this Valentine’s Day we have just what you’re looking for. KF Hearts Live Wallpaper for Android offers all the gushy and gooey one can swallow as you configure drifting hearts across your desktop that are interactive to [...]
A few weeks back, we told you guys about how Samsung was attempting to gain an “Apple like” following with their products and yesterday’s Super Bowl ad was the climax of that, giving us an over-the-top conclusion to the “It Gets Better” ad campaign. The video showcased Apple fanboys/girls who — after taking a look [...]
We had quite a few stories today, and the most interesting may well be the rumor of some Android-based HUD glasses from Google. There have been rumors suggesting a secret project is in the works to bring some augmented reality glasses to public testing soon. It will apparently only be for one eye, and on [...]
You have to hand it to Motorola as they released two cutting edge phones in the past few months. First was the DROID RAZR, which is currently the thinnest smartphone available. Then last week, the DROID RAZR MAXX came along, with an unprecedented 3300mAh battery, which is 75 to 100% larger than competing phones. Motorola [...]
Motorola is getting set to release yet another update to their popular Motorola DROID Bionic 4G LTE smartphone. After countless delays before launch the device has been riddled with little problems and bugs, but at least they’ve been updating frequently. New details on another “soak test” starting have been confirmed and we should be hearing [...]
HTC will give us our first taste of their 2012 smartphone lineup at Mobile World Congress, but Japanese site Ameblo is giving us a look at one handset a few weeks early. The HTC Ville appears in a series of images only slightly less blurry than a video of the rumored dual-core device that came online [...]
T-Mobile subscribers looking to purchase a new phone might want to wait just a bit more. According to TmoNews‘ secret tipster, Magenta is getting ready for an “All Hands Day” sale, in which all devices will be completely free, after a mail-in rebate. According to this Ninja, this offer will run only for a day [...]
![[Game Roundup] Get Your Game On With These Five Hot Titles From January 2012](http://androidheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/game-roundup-get-your-game-on-with-these-five-hot-titles-from-january_wusra_0.jpg)
Osmos HDOsmos HD, by Hemisphere Games, made its jump to the Android Market in late January, and brought with it some insanely relaxing gameplay. It was previously available on computer and iDevices, so you may have played it before it became available on Android. However, if you haven’t played it already, the concept is ridiculously [...]
![FlyGrip: One Handed Solution [Video Review]](http://androidheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/flygrip-one-handed-solution-video-review_do-dv_0.jpg)
Smartphones seem to get bigger & bigger. First was the boundary to push towards 4.3″ devices but now you can find 4.52”, 4.6″, 5.2″ Android devices all over the market. Using a large device with one hand is starting to become a skill. It is not an easy task to navigate efficiently through your smartphone with [...]
![[LOL] Newegg Gets Confused, Thinks The Verizon Galaxy Nexus Has A 2GHz Processor](http://androidheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lol-newegg-gets-confused-thinks-the-verizon-galaxy-nexus-has-a-ghz-processor_cltge_0.jpg)
Looks like someone may have dropped the ball over at Newegg, judging buy one of the banner slides on the main page: Do you see what we see? The Galaxy Nexus, now with 800MHz moar processor! It’s clearly a typo, but it’s pretty lulz all the same. Fortunately, the actual cell phone landing page has [...]
As Android has grown from a small hobbyists OS to the mainstream-conquering behemoth it is today, so has the amount of malware directed towards it. A large chunk of the problem comes from malicious apps that make it into the Android Market – often times, duplicates of popular apps with a few strings of code [...]
![[Leak] Press shot of new Samsung phone running Ice Cream Sandwich ahead of Mobile World Congress](http://androidheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/leak-press-shot-of-new-samsung-phone-running-ice-cream-sandwich-ahead-of-mobile-world-congress_mce-o_0-208x300.jpg)
Samsung already made it official they won’t be showing the Galaxy S III next month at Mobile World Congress, but Mobile-Review EIC Eldar Murtazin just tweeted a press shot of a Samsung smartphone that will be unveiled at the event. Could it be the Galaxy S II Plus or something completely different? You can clearly see [...]
On March 1st, HTC will be launching the HTC Sensation in “Ice White” in Europe. While the phone launching in white might be of interest to some, the real big news with this announcement is that the white Sensation will also be launching with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Google’s smartphone [...]
Qualcomm have just released their financial figures from the fourth quarter of 2011. The company generated .68 billion in revenue, up 40% from the same quarter in 2010 and up 14% from Q3’11. Net income (profit) was 0:700.40 billion, up 20 percent year-on-year and up 33% from Q3’11. The company did all those by shipping [...]
The weird, yet durable, Casio Android phone bearing probably the worst name in the history of Android devices, G’zOne Commando (oh, wait, the XYBOARD and Rezound win that trophy), is set to receive an update to software version C771M100. The update brings free Push-to-Talk capabilities along with security fixes and other things you may not [...]
The HTC Ville, a thin and sleek smartphone said to be announced at Mobile World Congress next month, looks to have gotten leaked a bit prematurely. The device has been put on video for the world to see. What we’re looking at is a 4.3 device that has Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4.0. It’s [...]
As many know by now, the mighty duo of CEO’s at RIM, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have stepped down only to promote one from within. Taking over as single and only CEO of Research in Motion is Thorsten Heins, a four year COO who worked closely under Jim and Mike. In recent news, he’s [...]
MoDaCo’s esteemed founder Paul O’Brien has apparently heard it from ASUS that they will be showing off the Padfone at Mobile World Congress. To be exact, February 27th is the date we should be circling. The Padfone, as you might have guessed, is a combination of a smartphone and a tablet dock. The dock would [...]
Are you one of literally dozens of users who believe that your 4.5″ smartphone is too small, that 7″ tablets are too big, and that styluses never got the shot they deserve on a modern smartphone? Then mark February 19th on your calendars, friends. The Galaxy Note from Samsung is landing that very day (pre-orders [...]
Earlier this week we saw reports that LG is preparing a successor to its Optimus 3D smartphone, to be unveiled at next month's Mobile World Congress. The LG CX2, as it's apparently codenamed, was to ship with a 1.2GHz CPU, 4.3-inch 3D WVGA NOVA display and dual 5MP cameras. Leaked renders also appeared, showing a [...]
![Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX only $230 from Wirefly [Deal]](http://androidheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/motorola-droid-razr-maxx-only-from-wirefly-deal_-myd-_0-300x200.jpg)
Just as Verizon announced, the new DROID RAZR MAXX went on sale today and can be yours for the low low price of 9. That will get you an impressive smartphone that is just like its older brother, but with a huge 3,300 mAh battery. Today Wirefly has decided to top Verizon and are offering [...]
RadioShack has been going the extra mile to prove themselves a formidable 3rd party wireless retailer and starting January 29th, the Shack will be kicking off their new “Mobile Low Price Guarantee” program. Just like you’ve probably guessed by now, RadioShack will price match any, and all, competitor advertised prices for any smartphone (in their [...]
New documents have recently been spotted sharing more information about an upcoming top-tier smartphone for T-Mobile. At first thought this was a T-Mo Galaxy Nexus but after taking a closer look it appears this will most likely be the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G — basically a tweaked and improved Galaxy S II. More details [...]
Some new details and rumors are starting to hit the streets regarding not only the highly anticipated Galaxy Note, but of two other Android devices all headed to AT&T. We have now learned of a leaked Q1 2012 roadmap of AT&T’s smartphone devices and of them is the Galaxy Note hitting the streets February 18th [...]
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