Back in February at Mobile World Congress, ZTE showed the first signs that it is willing to push more products to Western markets, when it unveiled a couple of smartphones , among which the high-end Skate stood out. This was a 4.3-incher running Android, and having an (arguably mid-tier by now) 800 MHz processor.
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ZTE Style S and a 10-inch LTE Honeycomb tablet headed to the US in the second half of the year
March 24th, 2011
Telus iPhone 3GS now free with three-year contract
March 17th, 2011We’ve seen a fair amount of good cheap deals on the iPhone 3GS in North America lately, but those were all in the US. Now there’s one in Canada as well. Telus will now give you an 8 GB iPhone 3GS for free if you just sign a new three-year contract with them
» Read more: Telus iPhone 3GS now free with three-year contract
LG Optimus 3D will only arrive in the UK in late May
March 11th, 2011The LG Optimus 3D is, as the name implies, the world’s first Android-powered smartphone to have an auto-stereoscopic 3D display (that means that it doesn’t require any glasses for viewing), alongside dual 5 MP cameras for 3D recording. Even leaving the 3D aspects aside, this is a high-end device, and one that’s sure to be wanted by many smartphone lovers. Late last month we got word that the Optimus 3D would become available in the UK before the end of April
» Read more: LG Optimus 3D will only arrive in the UK in late May
Huawei Ideos X5 hands-on video at #MWC11
February 16th, 2011Huawei has decided to be a little more aggressive in its smartphone strategy this year. As a consequence, after last year’s pretty good launch and sales of the original Ideos Android 2.2 Froyo smartphone, the company decided to cover all the price points with Android devices. Hence, the Ideos X5 (alongside the high-end X6, and the lower-end X3 , but more on these in a bit).
Motorola i1Q shows up, it’s like an iDEN Droid Pro
January 31st, 2011Remember the Motorola Droid Pro ? Of course you do, it was launched by Verizon just a few months ago. Anyway, it looks like Motorola has another Android smartphone similar to it, meaning that it features a touchscreen display and full QWERTY keyboard below.
» Read more: Motorola i1Q shows up, it’s like an iDEN Droid Pro
Virgin Mobile’s LG Optimus V with Android 2.2 available at RadioShack
January 31st, 2011LG Optimus V (Virgin Mobile USA’s own version of the Optimus One ) is now available at RadioShack. The retailer sells the new Android smartphone for $149.99 – no contract required. For that kind of money, Virgin’s customers will get Android 2.2 Froyo (upgradeable to Gingerbread), a 3.2 inch HVGA (320 x 480) multi-touch display, Wi-Fi, GPS, Google Maps, Gmail, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP autofocus camera, 600MHz processor, and MicroSD card support
» Read more: Virgin Mobile’s LG Optimus V with Android 2.2 available at RadioShack
Verizon may have cancelled the HTC Merge, Alltel could launch it
January 24th, 2011The Android-based HTC Merge has curiously disappeared from the news lately. Some users have hoped that the handset would be announced by Verizon at CES 2011, but that obviously didn’t happen (the only new HTC smartphone presented by the carrier at CES was the Thunderbolt ). So, what happened to the Merge after all
» Read more: Verizon may have cancelled the HTC Merge, Alltel could launch it
Nokia MeeGo tablet leaked?
January 24th, 2011It’s not the first time we’re seeing a MeeGo tablet , but it is the first time a tablet that runs MeeGo shows up with Nokia’s logo on it. Apparently, the photo of the new tablet (seen below) has initially appeared over at bugs.meego.com – which would mean it is an official Nokia device. Unfortunately, there are absolutely no details on the tablet’s features.
Galaxy S No-Froyo Explained by Samsung Update Fees?
January 17th, 2011Hello, I’m going to step across the NDAs and explain the issues behind the Android Froyo update to Samsung Galaxy S phones in the United States.
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Huawei Ideos X6 passes through the FCC on its way to T-Mobile
January 14th, 2011The Huawei Ideos X6 has hit the FCC, and in doing so all but revealed that it’s headed to T-Mobile in the US. That’s because of the presence of AWS-band support in it, of which T-Mobile is the biggest user.
» Read more: Huawei Ideos X6 passes through the FCC on its way to T-Mobile
