Best Buy accepting preorders for Torch, DROID 2 release date confirmed?
A Best Buy source just messaged us some information of interest.
Android
Nokia EVP tweets: major MeeGo milestone by end of year, no Android, N8 by end of Q3
On Wednesday, we told you that Nokia’s head of sales and markets, Niklas Savander, would be hosting a Twitter question and answer session on Thursday …
Motorola employee states Android 2.2 for DROID X due by "early September"
Yesterday afternoon, a Motorola employee named Matt dropped this little nugget in the company’s official forums: Some Droid X users are experiencing an issue using …
Samsung Epic 4G launching August 11th, Sprint stores to open early?
One of our Sprint sources has just given us a heads up that the Samsung Epic 4G will be released on Sprint on August 11th…
Google to keep Nexus One available for developers, a classic never dies
In a short but sweet blog post, Google announced that the HTC Nexus One would remain available to developers for purchase for $529. Here’s the full text of the …
Motorola DROID 2 launching on August 12th?
We have heard from a Verizon Wireless source that Verizon is targeting an August 12th launch date for the Motorola DROID 2.
Eric Schmidt: Google activating 200,000 Android handsets per diem
We told you about Android’s worldwide growth, then about their Q2 U.S. sales figures, so how about some more data! Google CEO Eric Schmidt noted …
Vonage to offer Facebook users free VoIP calls via 'Vonage Mobile' app
Today, Vonage announced the Vonage Mobile application for Facebook. The new app will allow users to, “make free mobile calls to all of their Facebook …
Rogers launches Motorola Flipout and BlackBerry Curve 9300
Here’s a little update for the folks north of the border. Rogers has added both the BlackBerry Curve 9300 and the Motorola Flipout to their …
NPD Group: Android top selling smartphone platform in U.S. for Q2
The NPD Group, “provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries,” has just published a report that indicates …
AT&T pushes Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 through technical acceptance
We are thinking some of you may have entirely forgot about Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10 Android handset — we know we pretty much have. That’s …
Facebook for Android updated, brings new features to homescreen
Last night, the Android iteration of Facebook was updated to bring it more inline with its iPhone counterpart. While there are a lot of minor …
Rumor: T-Mobile's 'Project Emerald' is dual-core, Android powered, HTC Glacier
The folks over at alienbabeltech.com have been doing some serious sleuthing. While looking at the GLBenchmark 1.1 database, they discovered a phone with very impressive stats …
BlackBerry Torch 9800 hands on
We wrapped up the RIM and AT&T event with some hands on time with the just-announced though hardly-a-secret BlackBerry Torch 9800. Here are some first …
Motorola DROID doesn't… have the hardware to support mobile hotspot creation
The Motorola DROID is scheduled to get a much anticipated update to the Android 2.2 operating system sometime this week. However, one of the features …
Worldwide smartphone market share grew 64% in Q2, Android shipments grew 886%
Analytics firm Canalys has released their Q2 2010 smartphone market share metrics, and the numbers show Android continues its explosive growth. In Q2, the top …
Sprint's Samsung Epic 4G teaser site goes live
Sprint’s second 3G/4G dual-mode handset, the Samsung Epic 4G, now has its very own teaser page. For those of you closely following the genesis of …
Sony Ericsson X10 Mini and Mini Pro rooted
Owners of a Sony Ericsson X10 Mini or a Mini Pro will be happy to know that the folks at xda-developers have been able to …
Google now serves up mobile ads based upon your location
Google has introduced new location-aware advertising for iPhone and Android handsets. Advertisers will now have the ability to select a “location extension for display” option …
Samsung to introduce its Android tablet in Q3 2010
Add Samsung to the long list of hardware manufacturers that are confirmed to be jumping on the Android tablet bandwagon in 2010. Samsung was not …
Official: Sprint bringing Android 2.2 to HTC EVO 4G August 3rd
It is officially official. Sprint has announced that it will be “the first wireless carrier to bring Android 2.2 to customers […] beginning Tuesday, Aug. …
HTC blessing European Desire owners with Android 2.2 this weekend
HTC has released a statement to let all those Europeans owning an unlocked HTC Desire know that they will start getting Android 2.2 this weekend. …
Samsung Galaxy S to get Android 2.2 in September
Samsung’s official UK arm confirmed via twitter that the mobile manufacturer is working on an Android 2.2 update for its Galaxy S handset. The update …
EVO 4G getting Android 2.2 this weekend?
Engadget is reporting that HTC EVO 4G owners may be getting Android Deuce Deuce as soon as this weekend. The blog received a whole heap …
LG's android tablet to drop in Q4 2010
LG announced earlier this month that it was launching an Android-powered tablet as part of its new Optimus brand. On Thursday, the Korean company confirmed …
Dell Streak, first impressions
Does size matter to you? The bigger the better perhaps? Well, Dell may have crafted your next smartphone, the Dell Streak. We’ve been messing around …
BGR Poll: What smartphone operating system update are you most looking forward to?
We thought it might be a good time to try and take the collective smartphone OS pulse of the BGR community. The question we are …
Morning smartphone OS roundup: iOS 4.1 beta 2, Froyo for Galaxy S, Incredible with 2.2 and Sense
What happened with smartphone OS’ overnight? Here’s what… Apple released a second beta of their iOS 4.1 software to users enrolled in the Apple developer …
Dell demos Streak running Android 2.1, $299 on contract, $549 off
In a sort of puzzling YouTube post, Dell did a quick demo of the 5-inch Streak running Android 2.1 (Eclair). The handset, according to Dell, …
UPDATED: Dell Streak goes on sale tomorrow in U.S.
You can’t pre-order yourself a Dell Streak anymore, but that really doesn’t matter all that much. According to the company’s website, you can purchase your …
