LG’s Optimus Pad tablet coming at MWC; 9-inches, dual-core, Honeycomb?
Via a Korean press release, LG let it be known that it will be announcing the LG Optiums Pad tablet at Mobile World Congress (MWC) …
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Best Buy to offer HTC ThunderBolt, Motorola XOOM on February 14th, 24th?
The gang running the Facebook page for Best Buy’s Grand Rapids South store (shout-out to Michigan) may have just spilt-the-beans on two, highly coveted devices. …
RadioShack offering HTC Inspire 4G pre-order starting today; $99, $30 accessory credit
If you’ve got a thing for HTC, AT&T, faux-4G networks, and the Sense UI, listen up. RadioShack has just pinged us to let us know …
Motorola cans CLIQ XT’s Android 2.1 update; CLIQ XT
If you’re the owner of a Motorola CLIQ XT from T-Mobile, you’re not going to like this news. Via its user forums, Motorola has announced …
Best Buy’s Buy Back program free from February 6th to 26th?
According to a report filed by Droid-Life, electronics retailer Best Buy will be allowing consumers to opt-in to its recently announced Buy Back Program, free …
Verizon can hear you now… with the iPhone [video]
Ah yes, Verizon’s “Test Man” makes his triumphant return. Big Red is airing a pretty cheeky thirty-second TV advert that shows its network’s spokesperson uttering his infamous …
RIM begins seeding BlackBerry Radio app to select Beta Zone users
In a blog post today, RIM announced that it will begin seeding a new application, dubbed BlackBerry Radio, to select Beta Zone users in the …
Throwback Thursday: Power Mac G4 Cube
For this week’s Throwback Thursday we’re venturing back to the year 2000. A time when the Y2K scare was in full swing, the Dow Jones …
Motorola ATRIX 4G on sale March 6th, pre-sales February 13th; $199.99 [updated]
According to The Wall Street Journal, AT&T will be releasing its flagship Android device — the Motorola ATRIX 4G — on March 6th, with pre-orders …
HTC Thunderbolt handset makes cameo in Best Buy circular
Yesterday, we told you about a tasty little rumor we’ve been hearing about a February 24th launch date for the HTC Thunderbolt. Now, it looks like …
Verizon Wireless to throttle data speeds of heaviest users, optimize content; starts today
According to a PDF memo available on Verizon Wireless’ website (for now), the company will begin to throttle the data-throughput speeds of customers that consume …
HTC Pyramid: dual-core, 1.2GHz handset headed to T-Mobile?
The existence of this next handset is very much a rumor, but it’s a rumor that is almost too good to ignore. Blog AndroidandMe, quoting a “regular …
AT&T partners with FlipSwap to bring trade-in program to retail locations starting February 13th
U.S. wireless provider AT&T has partnered with FlipSwap — the self-proclaimed “global leader in consumer electronics buyback programs” — to offer its customers a new, …
Display panel for Apple’s iPad 2 acquired; lighter, thinner, smaller border?
The gang over at 9to5Mac have acquired, what they are reporting to be, a display panel for Apple’s next generation iPad — oft referred to …
HP taunts webOS faithful with brief video one week before media event
This is cold HP, so very cold. One week ahead of its scheduled February 9th media event, the company has posted a brief, 9 second …
AT&T introduces hotspot data plan; gives extra 2GB to those tethering
Today, via a press release, AT&T announced one addition and one change to its smartphone data plan offerings. First, the addition. AT&T will now offer …
Best Buy will carry Verizon iPhone on launch day; not taking pre-orders
In a written statement today, Best Buy announced that it would indeed be carrying the long-awaited Verizon iPhone on launch day, February 10th. “The iPhone …
Google dishes details on Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Today, at a scheduled press conference, Google, Inc. provided the world with additional details about its Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) mobile operating system. From a new …
HTC Thunderbolt release date set for February 24th?
We’re hearing rumors that Verizon Wireless store managers have been told to prepare for a February 24th release of HTC’s 4.3-inch, LTE, Thunderbolt handset.
Verizon tweets: HTC Thunderbolt may be here ‘sooner than expected’
With the company’s February 3rd pre-order and February 10th release dates for the iPhone getting the lion’s share of media coverage, Verizon took to Twitter …
LG touts ‘triumphant return’ to smartphone market and ‘something bigger’ [video]
It looks like the folks at LG have gone and hired themselves a mediocre video-production company and that guy who does voiceovers for MMA commercials. The company …
T-Mobile dishes on LG G-Slate: 3D and HD capable, available ‘this Spring’
In lock-step with the company’s Samsung Galaxy S 4G announcement, T-Mobile also issued a press release to provide us with a few more details about …
T-Mobile expands HSPA+ footprint, makes Samsung Galaxy S 4G official; available ‘in February’
We’re not sure why T-Mobile loves the midnight press release, but they do. At 12:00AM, T-Mo officially announced it’s first 21Mbps capable smartphone, the Samsung …
Virgin Mobile USA announces LG Optimus V; $150, pre-paid, available today
LG continues to pedal is low-cost Optimus handset to carriers, complete with an alphabet-soup of surnames. So it comes as no surprise that today, via …
The ‘race’ for smartphones: Nielsen examines ethnicity and mobile
Have you ever wondered which ethnicity purchases the most smartphones (by percentage) in the U.S.? And of those devices purchased what operating system is most popular within each …
Rogers Wireless will add Dell Venue Pro to handset lineup in March
One of our illusive ninjas from the North has just informed us that Canada’s largest wireless provider, Rogers, will begin carrying Dell’s Venue Pro sometime …
Apple seeds iOS 4.3 beta 3 to developers
Right on schedule, Apple has released iOS 4.3 beta 3, build number 8F5166b, to developers through its online developer’s portal. The code is available for …
The international heist: carriers, consumers, and global smartphone data
While the debate over domestic data limits — 2GB versus 5GB versus truly unlimited — continues, another, more controversial smartphone bandwidth topic is slowly coming to a …
Samsung teases next Galaxy S [video]
We know the next generation of Samsung’s Galaxy S handset, being referred to as the Galaxy S2, is due to drop at Mobile World Congress …
CNET: Facebook developing commenting system for websites
According to a report filed by CNET, social networking giant Facebook is “planning to launch a third-party commenting system in a matter of weeks.” The …
