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Samsung Galaxy S2 full specifications leak, pre-MWC style

Samsung Galaxy S2 full specifications leak, pre-MWC style

11 February, 2011 | comments (87)

UK online retailer Expansys posted today the complete specifications of the next generation Samsung Galaxy S phone. While the specs sheet looks plausible enough, nobody really knows whether they’ll turn out to be true or at MWC or Sammy will reveal...


Leaked slides show HTC Desire HD2, Desire 2 and Wildfire 2

Leaked slides show HTC Desire HD2, Desire 2 and Wildfire 2

11 February, 2011 | comments (30)

Leaked slides detail the specs on three new HTC phones, all three of them sequels. The HTC Desire HD2, Desire 2 and the HTC Wildfire 2 were exposed with some juicy and some confusing specs. The HTC Desire HD2 is an update of the large-screen...

Tags: HTC, Android, Touch UI


INQ announces the Facebook-bred Cloud Touch and Cloud Q

INQ announces the Facebook-bred Cloud Touch and Cloud Q

10 February, 2011 | comments (19)

After many rumours and gossips, the first ever devices to have their whole UI wrapped around Facebook are finally here. Today INQ revealed the Cloud Touch and Cloud Q - two full-bread Anrdoid 2.2 Froyo-running phones. The INQ Cloud Touch and...


An unseen HTC phone leaks in official video ad, the Wildfire 2?

An unseen HTC phone leaks in official video ad, the Wildfire 2?

10 February, 2011 | comments (19)

HTC has a new promotional You Tube video of a couple of phones. The first one, however, is new and unannounced so far. It looks like a successor to the HTC Wildfire, possibly the HTC Wildfire 2. No real information is given in the video, but we...

Tags: HTC, Android, TouchUI


Special edition LG Optimus Black to feature Keith Haring style art

Special edition LG Optimus Black to feature Keith Haring style art

10 February, 2011 | comments (9)

LG announced a special-edition Optimus Black, featuring artwork by artists from the Keith Haring Foundation. The artwork will be in the recognizable style of the famous pop artist. His work has been featured on various LG products before and LG...

Tags: LG, Android, TouchUI


XPERIA Neo demoed on video, we get camera and video samples

XPERIA Neo demoed on video, we get camera and video samples

09 February, 2011 | comments (44)

It hasn't been a week since the last Sony Ericsson XPERIA Neo preview and here is another one. This time we get glimpse of the homescreen and main menu, some camera and video samples. Yeah, the XPERIA Play and XPERIA Neo keep showing their faces...


Huawei S7 Slim tablet and Ideos X3 phone to appear at MWC11

Huawei S7 Slim tablet and Ideos X3 phone to appear at MWC11

09 February, 2011 | comments (10)

Huawei are not exactly known for their cellphone business but traditionally, they like to have a go at the smartphone market with a device or two under their own brand. This year it's a smartphone and a tablet. Expected to make an appearance at...


LG Optimus 3D teases with another video, design looks cool

LG Optimus 3D teases with another video, design looks cool

08 February, 2011 | comments (24)

The Optimus 3D is the LG's upcoming big announcement. We already got its first teaser promising something almost miraculous is coming, but here is another one. With this video the focus is on the design. According to LG, the Optimus 3D will be...

Tags: LG, Android, Touch UI


HTC 7 Pro available in UK, Dell Venue Pro won't make it just yet

HTC 7 Pro available in UK, Dell Venue Pro won't make it just yet

08 February, 2011 | comments (5)

Two QWERTY-packing Windows Phone 7 devices got their UK launches delayed a while back - one of them, the HTC 7 Pro, is now available and the other one, the Dell Venue Pro, gets delayed once again. The QWERTY-enabled HTC 7 Pro was supposed to come...


Nexus S to spread further, white one confirmed for Vodafone UK

Nexus S to spread further, white one confirmed for Vodafone UK

08 February, 2011 | comments (12)

The white Nexus S really does exist and it's about to join the ranks of Vodafone UK. The black one will make a move too, reaching to some new countries and carriers across Europe and Australia. A "coming soon" banner on the Vodafone UK confirms...


HTC top-dog leaks again - could this be the Desire 2?

HTC top-dog leaks again - could this be the Desire 2?

07 February, 2011 | comments (32)

New information has just leaked, suggesting the successor of the HTC Desire will be aptly called Desire 2. An inventory list from Vodafone with the name “Desire2” nicely coincided with the series of photo leaks we've been seeing lately. As we...

Tags: HTC, Android, Touch UI


XPERIA Play is finally official, thanks to the Super Bowl ads

XPERIA Play is finally official, thanks to the Super Bowl ads

07 February, 2011 | comments (38)

Sony Ericsson has finally made the XPERIA Play official through a creepy Super Bowl commercial. The presentation is still scheduled for 13 February, but now you finally know what to expect then. Oh, wait... We've already lost count of the XPERIA...


HTC Saga gets on camera again, runs Froyo in a unibody design

HTC Saga gets on camera again, runs Froyo in a unibody design

06 February, 2011 | comments (56)

HTC representatives, burdened with the task to test new devices, should really try a little harder to hide them, as more shots of what seems to be the next Android flagship by HTC emerge. Unlike the previous encounter with the phone in a subway,...

Tags: HTC, Android, Rumor


Android in January 2011: 90% of all droids are now on ver2.1+

Android in January 2011: 90% of all droids are now on ver2.1+

04 February, 2011 | comments (65)

Google published their monthly report on the Android platform versions distribution and revealed that 90% of all droids now run 2.1 Eclair or later. January saw 2.2 Froyo rise to 57.6%, while 2.3 Gingerbread still struggles to make an...


Sony Ericsson XPERIA Neo gets previewed once again

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Neo gets previewed once again

03 February, 2011 | comments (57)

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Neo, previously known as Halon, follows the XPERIA Play pattern of leaking every few days. There is another preview today, 10 days ahead of its announcement, confirming the specs we already knew. Sony Ericsson has failed...


Now you can access the Android Market from your computer

Now you can access the Android Market from your computer

02 February, 2011 | comments (91)

One of the biggest announcements of today's Google Android press conference is new online-accessible Android Market website and the new way of how apps are going to be purchased. The idea behind the new Android Market website is to allow people...


It's official: Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL packs Super Clear LCD screen

It's official: Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL packs Super Clear LCD screen

02 February, 2011 | comments (53)

From rumor to official in no time - the Super Clear LCD packing Samsung I9003 will be called Galaxy SL. It turns out that the display isn't the only change, there are some changes under the hood as well. The Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL has a 4" WVGA...


LG Optimus 3D teased in a video, we get to see it for the first time

LG Optimus 3D teased in a video, we get to see it for the first time

02 February, 2011 | comments (43)

It turns out the excitement that the LG Optimus 2X generated in the past few weeks is going to be short-lived as the newer and cooler LG Optimus 3D is just around the corner, as seen in the following teaser video. Yesterday LG came out with a...

Tags: LG, Android, Touch UI


Samsung I9003 Galaxy S comes with a Super Clear LCD?

Samsung I9003 Galaxy S comes with a Super Clear LCD?

02 February, 2011 | comments (48)

It seems the Samsung I9000 is going the way of the dodo. Rumors say so - the original Galaxy S will obviously be discontinued in favor of the I9003, which is the same phone except for one key difference - the screen. The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S...


LG Optimus 2X is in our office, we try its 1080p video camera

LG Optimus 2X is in our office, we try its 1080p video camera

01 February, 2011 | comments (54)

Introduction We just received the LG Optimus 2X and we couldn’t wait to try it out. We have some camera samples to show you (the Optimus 2X shoots 1080p FullHD video), along with live shots and even a hands-on video. LG touts the LG Optimus 2X...

Tags: LG, Android, Touch UI