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HTC Beat Will be a PMD, not a Phone (Rumor)
The collaboration between HTC and Beats Audio seems to be spawning new devices and rumors left and right. Just off the top of our head we can already think of multiple (Vigor/Droid Incredible HD, Runnymede/Bass, Bliss/Rhyme, Sensation XE) HTC handsets expected to launch with the …
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7-Inch Motorola Xoom Spied
A smaller, presumably 7-inch Motorola tablet has been spied in the wild, adding credence to Sanjay Jha’s statement that we’d see a “fun and portable” version of the Xoom by year’s end. Although there are no confirmations of hardware or software, the tablet appears …
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Do You Still Care That Android is Open Sourced? (Op-Ed)
It’s the last quarter of 2011, and Google has barely three years in the Android can. I started thinking about this in the last few weeks and especially after writing my last article and why Android is successful. Is it still important that Android is …
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Verizon Announces $99 4G LTE Pantech Breakout for September 22
Verizon announced this morning that the Pantech Breakout will be arriving in stores and online come Thursday, September 22nd. Pricing will be $99 with a qualified two-year service agreement and after $50 mail-in rebate in the form of a debit card. Specifications for the handset …
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Acer C6 Liquid Express Coming to Orange UK
Orange have outed a forthcoming Android handset, the Acer C6 Liquid Express that is believed to be the Acer E320. Although it runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, it comes with a lacklustre processor at just 800 MHz, which with todays dual core 1.5 GHz processors means …
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Street Fighter IV to Arrive as Exclusive Title for LG’s First HD Handset
LG Electronics and CAPCOM announced today that the handset maker will have exclusive rights to Street Fighter IV when it makes its Android debut. Expected in the fourth quarter, the title will be one of the premier games offered on LG’s first HD handset. Although …
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LG Announces Optimus Q2 for Korea
LG announced the next round of high-end Android smart phones late Sunday, unveiling the sliding QWERTY Optimus Q2. Specifications include Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 4.0-inch IPS-based (700 nit) LCD display, a dual-core 1.2GHz Tegra 2 CPU, a 5-megapixel rear camera, and a VGA front-facing camera. …
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Google Wallet to Launch Today, September 19th? (Rumor)
Roughly four months after it made its on-stage debut, Google Wallet is readying for its real-world arrival. According to information obtained by TechCrunch, various partners have been receiving notices advising that the near-field communication (NFC) technology/service will be ready to roll later today, September 19th. …
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AndroidGuys Weekly Wrap-Up: HTC Incredible HD, SGS2 LTE, and More!
Let’s take a look back at some of the bigger, more newsworthy items from last week, shall we? There was plenty to talk about in the world of Android, but we’ve narrowed it down to a few items. Hit the video after the break and join our own …
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HTC Vigor/Incredible HD Hitting Verizon on October 13th?
Yesterday, we showed you some leaked press shots of the HTC Vigor, which is going to be the successor to the Incredible 2. While the Vigor has been the codename of the device, we’ve heard rumors that the official name will be the Droid Incredible …
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LG LU6200 to Feature 720p Display, Dual-Core 1.5GHz, 4G LTE (Rumor)
According to details unearthed on a Korean website, LG is prepping a phone for this year which should be just as powerful as Samsung’s Galaxy S II series. Details are said to include a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, a 4.5-inch 720p HD display, an 8-megapixel camera, …
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to World Domination
Google purchased the Android, Inc. company back in 2005, then announced the Open Handset Alliance in, 2007. Then in the Fall of 2008, the lowly T-Mobile G1 was open to the public. But the initial business model that Google put forth may have gone awry …
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Samsung Releases Source Code to Epic 4G Touch
That didn’t take very long, did it? Samsung has already released the source code to their brand spankin’ new Epic 4G Touch (Sprint), giving anxious hackers a fresh set of tools to play with. If you’re the type who likes to create custom kernels, then …
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Samsung Epic 4G Touch Now on Sale at Sprint
The Samsung Galaxy S II has officially arrived in the United States today as the Epic 4G Touch goes on sale at Sprint stores around the country. Available for $199 with a qualified two-year service agreement, the phone runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and features a 4.52-inch …
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Samsung Illusion Spied on on Flickr, Announcement Coming Soon?
The unannounced Samsung Illusion has been spied online, although not in the blurry “in the wild” manner that we typically see. No, this is a high quality, promotion-ready Flickr image of the handset. Samsung, no stranger to the game of outing phones ahead of carriers, has posted the picture …
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