Google will not bring Honeycomb to smartphones – yet [updated]
At a press event on Wednesday, a Google spokesperson confirmed that Android 3.0 Honeycomb will not be made available for Android-powered smartphones, PC Magazine reports. …
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iPhone 4 Personal Hotspot may be coming to AT&T on February 13th
Last month, BGR exclusively confirmed that Apple’s new Personal Hotspot feature is coming to all iPhones with the release of iOS 4.3. In a later …
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 …
Sony Xperia Play commercial gets outed, makes no sense [video]
Leave it up to Sony’s Playstation ads to really make you scratch your head, right? The first commercial for the new Xperia Play has surfaced …
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 …
Did you have problems pre-ordering Verizon’s iPhone 4?
Accompanied by fluttering harps, shooting beams of light and a sustained angelic chorus, pre-orders for Verizon Wireless’ iPhone 4 went live on both Apple and …
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 …
Apple to ‘crack down’ on in-app payment policy violators
On Tuesday, we reported that Sony’s eBook reader app for iOS had been rejected by Apple. The reason Apple gave for the rejection was that …
Potential specs for Nokia’s MeeGo phones revealed
An administrator of a German Nokia enthusiast forum dug through a variety of MeeGo bug reports, source code files and log files recently, and has assembled the …
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 …
BlackBerry App World update brings in-app payments
Research In Motion on Wednesday announced a new version of its on-device software store for BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry App World. Version 2.1 brings several changes …
HTC Inspire 4G hands-on
AT&T and HTC shot us over an HTC Inspire 4G, and while we literally had to dodge falling ice and walk carefully over the frozen Arctic tundra …
Microsoft publishes details of first Windows Phone 7 update
While Microsoft neglected to supply an answer to the one question on every Windows Phone 7 user’s mind — when? — the Redmond giant has …
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.
News Corp announces ‘The Daily’
News Corp’s iPad-only newspaper The Daily is finally official and we couldn’t be happier to put this drawn-out ordeal behind us. News Corp CEO Rupert …
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 …
Are you pre-ordering a Verizon iPhone?
Preordering the Verizon iPhonecustomer surveys Pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone for existing customers start tomorrow at 3AM, and now that the date is rapidly approaching, …
Reminder: Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 pre-orders start tomorrow
Apple has issued a reminder — as if we need one — that Verizon Wireless’ upcoming iPhone 4 will become available to pre-order starting tomorrow. …
Samsung’s portrait QWERTY Android phone for Sprint spied
It looks like Verizon Wireless’ Motorola DROID Pro won’t be the only device to bring the beloved BlackBerry keypad to Google’s Android platform for very …
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 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 …
Microsoft: Yahoo email ‘inefficiency’ responsible for Windows Phone 7 data bug
Microsoft has identified the culprit of a bug that causes superfluous data to be transmitted sporadically over 3G by Windows Phone 7 devices. According to …
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 …
AT&T to launch HTC Inspire 4G on February 13th; $99.99
AT&T on Tuesday announced that the HTC Inspire 4G will become available on February 13th for $99.99 on contract. The device was first announced during …
LG confirms glasses-free Optimus 3D unveiling set for MWC
LG confirmed on Tuesday that it will unveil what it calls “the world’s first 3D smartphone” at Mobile World Congress 2011 later this month. Details …
