By Sean P. Aune |
Liked the original Samsung Vibrant but lamented its lack of 4G capabilities? Dry your eyes, the folks at T-Mobile have a big electronic tissue for you. Meet the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, officially launching on T-Mobile, on February 23rd for $199.99 after rebates on a…
By Sean P. Aune |
Radio Shack has priced he Motorola ATRIX at $149, taking out the hassle of doing the mail-in rebate. The Motorola ATRIX, one of the most talked about devices at CES this year, is finally getting ready to launch, but there has been some concern over…
By Sean P. Aune |
The long rumored Google Music Store could finally be coming with the launch of Honeycomb according to some sources. Earlier today we reported how Motorola spoke with the press in defense of the pricing on the XOOM tablet. During the same press session at the…
By Noah Kravitz |
Back in black for 2011, it’s the HTC Incredible. Incredible S, actually, as HTC’s gone and updated last year’s popular Verizon Wireless Android smartphone with a blacked-out color scheme, refined soft touch materials, and dual cameras for photos, HD video capture and videochat. Incredible S…
By Noah Kravitz |
HTC launched the Desire S, a successor to the popular Desire smartphone, at Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona. An Android OS phone, Desire S features a 3.7″ display, aluminum unibody construction and a dual cameras for capturing photos, HD videos, or holding video…
By Sean P. Aune |
NVIDIA is making sure that tablets such as the Motorola XOOM have the best gaming experience possible. Our own Noah Kravitz is still in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress, and he got to spend some time with a Motorla XOOM sporting some games that…
By Noah Kravitz |
A US-only phone launch at a trade show in Europe? Sounds odd, but it’s true. Samsung had the Galaxy S 4G on hand at their media happy hour last night, and I got my mitts on one for a few minutes. It’s basically a Galaxy…
By Noah Kravitz |
Here it is! The long-awaited “Playstation Phone,” the SE Xperia Play. I got a thorough demo and walkthrough of the phone from the product manager, Pedro, which I captured on the video embedded here. Then I grabbed a demo unit and mashed some buttons for…
By Noah Kravitz |
LG and T-Mobile are showing off the T-Mo USA version of LG’s Optimus Pad here in Barcelona. The G-Slate is basically a T-Mobile branded Optimus Pad complete with 3D video capture and playback and a front-facing camera for video chat apps. T-Mobile reps showed me…
By Noah Kravitz |
Hands-on with LG’s Optimus Pad Tablet. Android 3.0, 8.9″ screen sized for one-handed use but with full WXGA resolution, and a stereoscopic 3D camera setup. What? 3D? Yup. Noah checks it out from Barcelona.…
By Noah Kravitz |
Hands-on with the newest Honeycomb-powered tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Unveiled Sunday night in Barcelona, Spain, on the eve of Mobile World Congress, the Tab 10.1 is the successor to the smaller, less powerful Galaxy Tab, and features a 10.1″ display, a dual-core NVIDIA…
By Noah Kravitz |
I got some hands-on time with Samsung’s new hero phone, the Galaxy S 2, tonight at Sammy’s pre-MWC festival held at an arena in the middle of the woods (literally). The phone is impressive; hardware and software both left a good enough impression to make…
By Noah Kravitz |
Samsung sure knows how to throw a fancy event. Too bad the WiFi was out and so all the journalists in the joint left in a grumpy mood. No acrobat dancers this year, but Samsung did stage an hour long live actor/multimedia show to launch…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the successor to the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab, has made its debut at Mobile World Congress in Spain. Samsung has taken the wraps off the next iteration in its Galaxy Tab series, officially named the Galaxy Tab 10.1 due to…
By Noah Kravitz |
Samsung Galaxy Tab II and Galaxy S II, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (Playstation Phone), LG Optimus 3D, T-Mobile LG G-Slate, whatever HTC and Nokia are up to, and so much more … Whatever’s launched this week that’s worth covering, I’ll get my hands on it…
By Noah Kravitz |
The good news? I’m here in Spain and Barcelona is still one of the most awesome cities on the planet. And I’ve got my camera, my laptop, and enough sleep and cafe under my belt to get me to the Samsung event this evening. The…
By Noah Kravitz |
The HTC Inspire 4G is AT&T’s first 4G (HSPA+) smartphone and currently sits at the top of the carrier’s Android heap – at least for another few weeks until the Motorola Atrix 4G drops. I’d only used the phone for four days before filming the…
By Noah Kravitz |
Let’s be honest. Right now there are two players in the mobile space, Apple and Google. That’s not taking anything away from the power or potential of BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, Symbian, MeeGo, or any other platform, but realistically there are two names that dominate…
By Sean P. Aune |
Sprint had their live event tonight to introduce the Kyocera Echo, and now we’ve gone hands-on with it. How does it feel? How does it respond? Are the dual-screens worth it? Our own Kristi Evans goes hands-on with the phone and gives us the low…
By Sean P. Aune |
Sprint announced the Kyocera Echo, the first dual-screen Android phone, at its event tonight. While we had known about this event for a month, we had no clue until today what was being announced. Earlier today we learned that it looked the Kyocera Echo, the…
By Sean P. Aune |
With more and more Android tablets poised to hit the market, will Apple’s iPad quickly lose its grip on the market? Apple’s iPad enjoyed sales of 14 million units in 2010, and this led to a market share of 95 percent at one time. Now…
By Sean P. Aune |
Sources are saying that Android 2.4 will release in April, but retain the Gingerbread name to cover a mistake in the releases. According to Pocket-Lint, Viewsonic informed them exclusively that its ViewPad 4 will launch with Android 2.4 in April, and that this new version…
By Sean P. Aune |
Will the Sprint event tonight in New York City debut the Echo, a dual-screen Android device? No one seems to be able to figure out what tonight’s Sprint event is about in New York City. Our own Noah Kravitz ran down his thoughts some time…
By Logan Cooke |
Tablets are the hot new thing. Many think they can take out the laptop/netbook. Here are 5 reasons why they won’t.…
