Phones

Huawei

Huawei launches cheap but powerful IDEOS Android phone

September 2, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Huawei today officially announced the IDEOS, an entry-level phone that the company claims will make the smartphone industry question what exactly it means to be entry-level. The IDEOS will be a $100-$200 pho…

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HTC

T-Mobile G2 will have stock Froyo and 800 MHz processor

September 2, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The T-Mobile G2 has been believed to run a new Qualcomm processor that supports 1 GHz speeds, but the device will actually top out at 800 MHz based on specs revealed by T-Mobile. On its Scoop page, T-Mobile lists a…

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Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab gets official, advertised, and hands-on [Round-Up]

September 2, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab has been spied to death, and it’s now officially, official after Samsung unveiled the device today at the IFA conference in Berlin. There, Samsung proudly unveiled a 7-inch TFT LC…

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News

Sony Ericsson wants to be #1 in Android, claims 17% of market

September 1, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The latest entry into the “WTF? Files” comes courtesy of Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg. At an event in Beijing today, Nordberg said that his company aims to be the top supplier of Android phones. There’…

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HTC

Rumor: T-Mobile G2 will cost $199 on contract, $499 off contract

September 1, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Here’s a quick tidbit from the always eagle-eyed folks over at TMONews. While everyone is going crazy, or being disappointed depending on who you ask, about the pending launch of the T-Mobile G2, David a…

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Motorola

Android leads Motorola from the cellar to viable business

September 1, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Motorola has greatly benefited from CEO Sanjay Jha’s calculated bet on Android. The company was losing hundreds of millions of dollars when Jha took over in 2008, but it has since reversed fortunes and i…

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Motorola

Motorola brings some ruggedness to Europe with the Motorola Defy

September 1, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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If you are hard on your phone and have been upset with the lack of “extreme” devices that you have had to choose from, many of them being non-smartphones, then Motorola hopes that you check out its ne…

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Motorola

Motorola Milestone 2 is official, coming Q4

September 1, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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A prematurely-released promotional video outed the Motorola Milestone 2 yesterday. Less than 24 hours later, Motorola has officially announced that Milestone 2, the upcoming phone that serves as the seque…

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HTC

HTC Peep/Friendstream down because of Oauth?

August 31, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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We’ve gotten word from a few people unable to log-in to HTC Peep and Friendstream. Then a quick scan of Twitter shows a few others wondering what the heck is going along, and I think I know the source of the problem &…

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Motorola

Motorola Milestone 2 packs MOTOBLUR, 1 GHz processor [VIDEO]

August 31, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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First came the Motorola Droid, and then came the Motorola Milestone, its GSM cousin sold in Europe and Canada. And just as the Moto Droid gave way to the Droid 2, the Milestone is being succeeded by the Milestone 2…

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Rumors

Is Samsung showing off the Galaxy Tab on 9/16?

August 31, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Samsung just sent us an invite to an event that it’s hosting in New York later this month. There it will show off its “latest-Android powered device,” which could be the Galaxy Tab. The only known de…

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Motorola

The Moto XT300 gets some more shots — this time with video and in focus!

August 30, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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You may or may not remember a month ago when we first caught wind of the Motorola “mini DROID slider” in all its blurry-cam glory. Well, today we got some new pics and even a decent video showing the de…

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Android

Sony Ericsson Confirms that it Will Deliver the Long-Awaited Android 2.1 Update in September

August 30, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Sony Ericsson UK has confirmed on its Twitter account that the Xperia X10 will receive the much-awaited (and long overdue) update from Android 1.6 to 2.1 sometime in September. SE has previously promised that…

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AT&T

Samsung ships (not sold) 1 million Galaxy S devices to U.S.

August 30, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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It’s rare that you get concrete numbers from carriers and phone makers, but Samsung sent out a press release today proudly claiming that it has shipped 1 million devices to the United States. That’…

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Motorola

Motorola Charm unboxing. What do you want to know?

August 28, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Motorola has been the most diverse member of the Open Handset Alliance, delivering Android phones in a variety of form factors. The latest design features a bite-sized phone with a 2.8 inch screen and a keyboar…

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Firmware updates

Verizon confirms Droid Incredible Froyo update rolling out today

August 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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False starts be damned, the Droid Incredible upgrade to Froyo is on its way today. An update was rumored to begin last week but things never panned out; however, the Verizon Support staff has confirmed that the I…

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