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iOS App Review: Air Display Becomes Your Extra Computer Monitor

2 September 2010, 2:09 pm by: Brad Molen
Apple developers have discovered a need to become more and more innovative in designing apps for iOS as time goes by. It seems as though most of the good ideas are taken, and if they haven’t been taken already it’s because Apple rejected those id...

Verizon introduces prepaid data packages for Droid Incredible, Droid X, Droid 2 and other smartphone...

2 September 2010, 1:36 pm by: Vlad Bobleanta
Verizon has announced that it will start offering prepaid 3G data packages. These will be available today in Verizon Wireless Communications Store and online from September 28th. There are two plans, one of which is only meant for ‘multimedia p...

Verizon Samsung Fascinate (Galaxy S) arrives in stores

2 September 2010, 8:48 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
Tired of all the leaks surrounding the Samsung Fascinate, Verizon’s Galaxy S? Hang in there just a bit longer. The phone is currently on pre-order at Best Buy, and it was rumored to launch on September 9th. That seems very plausible, as today a...

Sprint Epic 4G- Samsung Galaxy S (Pro) Review

2 September 2010, 8:11 am by: Brad Molen
Here we are, finding ourselves in part three of our four-part (we assume) series of Samsung Galaxy S phones. Each carrier in the US is coming out with its own flavor, and UnwiredView has been given the wonderful opportunity to scoop each one and give...

Huawei Ideos officially announced. Live pics, promo video

2 September 2010, 8:01 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
As was previously rumored, Huawei have just officially unveiled the Ideos, their first smartphone to come with Android 2.2 preinstalled. Some live pics of the device are already available, along with an official promotional video. The Ideos is not a...

Samsung not interested in Symbian at the moment, focuses on Android and Bada

2 September 2010, 7:33 am by: Florin
While officially announcing the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet, Samsung has also unveiled some details on its future smartphone-related plans. The South Korean company told Reuters that Android and Bada will be its key software platforms – which...

T-Mobile MyTouch HD launches on November 3d?

2 September 2010, 7:13 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
Aside from the G2, T-Mobile has another high end Android smartphone that it needs to launch in the near future. This is the MyTouch HD. And just like the G2, which is TMo’s version of the HTC Vision/Desire Z, this will be their version of the D...

Nokia Ovi Files will be discontinued

2 September 2010, 6:16 am by: Florin
We’ve received an official email fro Nokia announcing that the company is discontinuing Ovi Files – the service which allows you to remotely access files on your PC or Mac computer. The service will be discontinued on October 1, but Nokia already...

T-Mobile confirms some G2 features: 800MHz Scorpion processor, Android 2.2

2 September 2010, 5:34 am by: Florin
T-Mobile USA has posted some official info related to the HTC G2 – the carrier’s first HSPA+ smartphone. T-Mo has confirmed that the G2 is running Android 2.2 Froyo, and also that it’s powered by an 800MHz Qualcomm Scorpion processor – not a...

HTC F8181 (Smart2) for AT&T pictured

2 September 2010, 4:27 am by: Florin
HTC Smart2, the second Brew-based phone from HTC, has appeared in a couple of live photos which confirm the handset looks like in that render we saw last week. Also called HTC F8181, the Smart2 is (according to Engadget) coming to AT&T in the US....

Samsung Galaxy Tab with Froyo and WSVGA display now official

2 September 2010, 3:41 am by: Florin
At last, the Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000) has been officially announced. It’s the first Android tablet made by Samsung and, as expected, it runs Android 2.2 Froyo. Designed by Samsung “to enable consumers to maximize their online experience wher...

HTC 7 Trophy Windows Phone coming soon?

2 September 2010, 3:02 am by: Florin
The HTC Trophy was first mentioned back in December 2009. It should have been a Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard on the front. HTC should have launched it in May this year, but that obviously didn’t happen. Now we’re hear...

Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturers

1 September 2010, 2:25 pm by: Vlad Bobleanta
In February, when Windows Phone 7 was announced, all Microsoft would say about availability was “in time for the 2010 holiday season”. Since then, there have been many rumors and quite a lot of speculation about when WP7 will be finalized...

T-Mobile G2 pricing leaked

1 September 2010, 1:57 pm by: Vlad Bobleanta
The leaks, they just keep on coming. Especially regarding T-Mobile’s planned successor to the G1, the first Android smartphone. We’ve seen the G2 in live pics, in official pics, we know pretty much all there is to know about its specs (qu...

Apple officially unveils iOS 4.1, gives sneak peek at iOS 4.2

1 September 2010, 1:17 pm by: Vlad Bobleanta
Today during a press event, among other things, Steve Jobs announced that iOS 4.1 will be officially out next week. This, as its name suggests, is a minor release, and is meant only for devices that are already able to run iOS 4. The most important b...

HTC HD7, the new name of the Windows Phone 7 successor to the HD2?

1 September 2010, 12:15 pm by: Vlad Bobleanta
The day when Windows Phone 7 devices will be available to buy is fast approaching. And while we wait for Microsoft to finalize the WP7 bits, more and more leaks of upcoming WP7 devices are starting to show up. We’ve had the Samsung i917 Cetus,...

Sony Ericsson wants to be world’s No.1 Android vendor

1 September 2010, 11:22 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
Sony Ericsson has a dream. They’ve probably been looking long and hard at Motorola’s Android-fueled rebirth, and thought they’d be next. And now they’re starting to talk big. They want to be the world’s No.1 vendor of An...

Nokia N8 available in the UK on September 23rd?

1 September 2010, 9:57 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
It’s only been what, three decades since the Nokia N8 was announced? Ok, maybe not, but that’s what it feels like anyway. It looks like the flagship Nokia Symbian device for this year could launch on September 23rd in the UK via NokiaR...

Swype beta for Symbian now available for download

1 September 2010, 6:53 am by: Florin
Already available for some Android and Windows Mobile devices, Swype has been launched for Symbian touchscreen phones, too – although only in a beta version for now. Swype’s virtual keyboard should allow users to input over 40 words per minute, t...

Samsung to launch new Galaxy S smartphone on September 16?

1 September 2010, 6:04 am by: Florin
Samsung is getting ready to announce a new “Android-powered device” on September 16 in New York. The invitation that Samsung sent for the event suggests this will be a new Galaxy S device, so it’s probably not the Samsung Galaxy Tab, as PocketN...

Rugged Motorola Defy with Android 2.1 coming to Europe

1 September 2010, 5:07 am by: Florin
The same day the Motorola Milestone 2 was officially announced, Motorola UK has also unveiled the Motorola Defy – the company’s second rugged Android smartphone (after the Moto i1). The Defy runs Android 2.1 (why not Froyo?), uses MotoBlur 1.5, l...

LG C900 Pacific Windows Phone 7 handset now on video, too

1 September 2010, 4:22 am by: Florin
Not long after we saw the LG E720 Optimus Chic and the LG E900 in videos, it’s now time for the LG C900 to be examined closer. The C900 could be called LG Pacific at AT&T and, like the E900, it runs Windows Phone 7. It features a 3.2 inch capac...

Motorola Milestone 2 with Froyo gets official in Europe (video)

1 September 2010, 3:18 am by: Florin
The rumored Motorola Milestone 2 has just been officially announced – and, as expected, it’s the European version of Verizon’s Droid 2. Like the Droid 2, the Milestone 2 runs Android 2.2 Froyo. In addition, it comes with the latest version of M...

First “official” pictures of the T-Mobile G2

31 August 2010, 12:21 pm by: Vlad Bobleanta
One of the most rumored and leaked smartphones of the past few months has to be T-Mobile’s G2, previously known by its codename HTC Vision. The Vision turned out to be the successor to the T-Mobile G1, the first Android smartphone. In the US, t...

LG’s Android tablet will be called Optimus Pad

31 August 2010, 9:55 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
At Dealer Days 2010 in Brussels, LG sort-of announced its upcoming tablet. As we already found out some time ago, this will be running Android. It now has a name too. It will be called the LG Optimus Pad. So at this point it seems pretty clear that L...

T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant included in BOGO promotion starting September 8th

31 August 2010, 9:33 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
T-Mobile is well known for its Buy One Get One free (BOGO) promotions that it likes to run from time to time. And they are a good opportunity for, say, a family, to get two phones while only paying for the more expensive of them. However, up until no...

Verizon Motorola Droid X with leaked Froyo won’t get an official Android 2.2 update

31 August 2010, 8:38 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
You have to get used to the fact that Motorola seems intent on doing whatever they can to stop people from tinkering with their Android-based devices. There’s that little thing about the locked bootloaders, and now there’s this. If you...

Xperia-like Sony Ericsson A8i announced for China Mobile

31 August 2010, 8:22 am by: Florin
Sony Ericsson has announced its first TD-SCDMA smartphone, the A8i, which runs China Mobile’s Open Mobile System 2.0 (based on Android). The A8i looks like an Xperia X10 (or an X8 – there’s no big difference anyway). The handset features a 3.5...

Samsung Epic 4G now available from Sprint

31 August 2010, 7:53 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
As expected, the Samsung Epic 4G is now available from Sprint. So if you’ve always wanted your very own Galaxy S on Sprint, the time has come. What’s more, as a Sprint customer, you even get something no other Galaxy S version offers: a p...

New LG E900 pictures and video surface, bring along rumored specs

31 August 2010, 7:18 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
Remember LG’s claims that it will sell no less than 5 million smartphones by the end of the year? Well, to be able to match that target, they have to launch many new smartphones in the following months. And that’s just what they seem to b...

ViewSonic ViewPad 7 announced as the “world’s first 7 inch Android 2.2 Froyo tablet with phone f...

31 August 2010, 5:56 am by: Florin
ViewSonic, a company mainly associated with LCD and plasma displays, has officially unveiled the ViewPad 7, its first Android tablet. ViewSonic presents the ViewPad 7 as the first in the world to come with a 7 inch (800 x 480) display, Android 2.2 Fr...

Samsung Galaxy Tab apparently confirmed for Verizon

31 August 2010, 4:05 am by: Florin
Expected to be officially announced on September 2, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet has been spotted in Verizon’s internal systems, so its upcoming launch via the largest US mobile carrier seems to be confirmed. Since the Froyo tablet appears...

Samsung Fascinate to be available online at Verizon on September 8?

31 August 2010, 2:27 am by: Florin
Everyone probably expects Verizon to launch the Samsung Fascinate Galaxy S on September 9, but the smartphone may be available a day earlier. Phandroid has some images showing the Samsung Fascinate Equipment guide. In it, it’s mentioned that “the...

Dual SIM Nokia C1-00 and C2 launched in India

30 August 2010, 2:06 pm by: Florin
India is one of the first countries where customers will be able to buy Nokia’s first dual SIM phones – the C1-00 and C2 – as the handsets have just been launched there. Both phones should be available pretty soon in India at really low prices....

Motorola XT300 leaks, it’s a portrait slider and runs Android

30 August 2010, 1:35 pm by: Vlad Bobleanta
Motorola’s intentions in the mobile space seem to be quite clear: bet everything on Android. And it’s been working very well for them until now, so why not continue pushing smartphones running Google’s mobile OS? Yet another upcomin...

Sprint stores open at 8 am tomorrow for Samsung Epic 4G launch. HTC Evo 4G is back, but stocks are l...

30 August 2010, 10:10 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
It’s been a very long time coming, but the Samsung Epic 4G, Sprint’s version of the ubiquitous Galaxy S, will be available starting tomorrow. Sprint is busy preparing for the big launch of its second “4G” capable smartphone,...

LG E720 (Optimus Chic) found in the wild, Android 2.2 Froyo included

30 August 2010, 10:05 am by: Florin
The LG E720 that has recently appeared over at a Polish website is not a previously unseen smartphone, as all the blogs currently reporting about it want you to believe. Just because the name is new, it doesn’t mean the device is, too. The E720 is...

Video: Verizon Motorola Droid X gets custom ROM. Sort of

30 August 2010, 9:39 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
First, it was said that there will never be any custom ROMs for Verizon’s Droid X. Then, a custom recovery image was booted and there was still hope. And what we have here today is a video of a custom ROM booting on the Droid X. Well, that may...

Verizon Samsung Fascinate now available for pre-order at Best Buy

30 August 2010, 9:28 am by: Florin
Just as expected, Verizon’s Samsung Fascinate can now be pre-ordered at Best Buy – although you can’t do it online (yet), but only in Best Buy Mobile stores. Best Buy still doesn’t say  how much you have to pay for the Fascinate, however, th...

Dell Streak (O2 UK version) to be updated to Android 2.1 on September 1

30 August 2010, 8:22 am by: Florin
Launched by O2 in the UK back in June with Android 1.6 on-board, the Dell Streak will receive an OS update on September 1. Unlike in the US, where the Streak could be updated directly to Android 2.2 Froyo, the device available in the UK will apparent...

BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 for T-Mobile USA available September 8 for $79.99

30 August 2010, 7:21 am by: Florin
T-Mobile USA has unveiled the launch date of the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300: September 8. The new Curve (the first to feature 3G connectivity) will cost $79.99 with a new 2-yr contract agreement, coming in two color versions: silver and lavender. The s...

Motorola launches Android-powered Ming A1680, MT810 and XT806 in China

30 August 2010, 6:41 am by: Florin
Motorola has launched not one, not two, but three new Android smartphones in China, all part of the Ming series and all coming with “Ming styling” (thus being touchscreen devices with transparent flip covers): A1680, MT810 and XT806. Motorola MT8...

1 million Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphones sold in the US

30 August 2010, 5:22 am by: Florin
I had no doubts that the Samsung Galaxy S would be a hit in the US, and now Samsung (which has just introduced the Wave 723) officially confirms its success by saying it sold more than 1 million units until now. Available only via AT&T and T-Mobi...

Bada-based Samsung Wave 723 (GT-S7320E) announced

30 August 2010, 4:34 am by: Florin
Samsung has officially unveiled it fourth Bada smartphone, the Wave 723 (GT-S7320E) – a full touch device that promises to bring “a remarkable smart phone experience to a broader demographic of users.” The Wave 723 comes after the Wave S8500, W...

Nokia C6-01 to run Symbian^3?

30 August 2010, 3:39 am by: Florin
First appeared in July, the unannounced Nokia C6-01 may have more new stuff to offer than we initially thought. We already know that the C6-01 has an 8MP camera with dual LED flash (instead of a 5MP camera with single LED flash, like the C6). Another...

HTC EVO 4G to be back in stock at Sprint next week

28 August 2010, 5:53 am by: Florin
If you want to buy Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G right now, you can’t, because both versions of the smartphone (black and white) are out of stock – about 200k HTC EVO 4Gs were sold in the first week-end of availability only. But there’s good news for t...

New HTC Droid for Verizon leaked, should be launched with Froyo

27 August 2010, 4:39 pm by: Florin
Although the HTC Droid Incredible has been in the news lately thanks to an official update to Froyo, Verizon’s Droid brand is now mostly associated with Motorola, which recently launched the Droid X and the Droid 2, raising the number of Moto Droid...

Verizon: Froyo update for Droid Incredible starts today, new Droid Incredibles will ship with Froyo

27 August 2010, 9:35 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
Remember that rumor from yesterday, that Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible would get Froyo starting today? Well, it turns out it was true. Verizon confirmed as much via Twitter. So, all those of you who somehow managed to buy a Droid Incredible de...

UK: Nokia C6 now available from Vodafone, red HTC Wildfire from Three

27 August 2010, 9:16 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
The Nokia C6 is now available in the UK from Vodafone. Not long ago, it started to be available from Nokia, and now it’s Big Red’s turn to sell this midrange side-sliding QWERTY packing touchscreen smartphone. It’s free on new 24-mo...

Amazon sells the Samsung Epic 4G for only $199.99

27 August 2010, 8:40 am by: Vlad Bobleanta
The Samsung Epic 4G is Sprint’s version of the Galaxy S and the penultimate smartphone in the line to launch (the last will clearly be Verizon’s Fascinate). Sprint have officially announced it a couple of months ago, and pre-orders have s...

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