HTC has announced that owners of its Android-powere Desire HD and Incredible S smartphones in the UK are about to get a new firmware upgrade for their phones. Both Google's Android 2.3.5 operating system and HTC's own Sense 3.0 user interface are rolling out to users in the UK now, according to the handset manufacturer.
Verizon Wireless has released a software update for the Motorola DROID BIONIC that addresses a number of bugs and performance issues with the Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone. The carrier says that the update improves data connections to both 3G and 4G networks, fixes a bug that caused the phone to display a black screen that required a battery pull ...
Someone call Guinness, we've got a new record – a new internal record that is, as Samsung announces it's sold 300 million mobile handsets in 2011, the most it's ever sold in a year. In 2010, aka the year of the Samsung Galaxy S, the manufacturer sold around 280 million handsets. This year, the company sold 10 million Samsung Galaxy S2 handsets, ...
T-Mobile will launch the Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone, reports the Wall Street Journal. Citing sources familiar with the companies' plans, the two will announce the phone at a press event that is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 14 in New York City. The Lumia 710 runs Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and includes customized software made by Nokia. ...
Apple's bid to keep the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned from sale in Australia has failed, with a ruling from the Federal Court meaning that the tablet will go back on shelves. Apple had managed to win an injunction against the sale of the Tab 10.1 over patents, Samsung's appeal was then granted but the Californian company asked for, and received, ...
Another of the next-generation, BB10-powered BlackBerry line-up has been revealed in the shape of the BlackBerry Milan. This phone features a style similar to the current Torch 9810, in that it's rocking a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from beneath a full touchscreen. CrackBerry has nabbed an alleged first image of the device, which shows ...
The mysterious P940 aka LG Prada K2 has been put through its paces in a good old fashioned benchmarking session, revealing a couple of details about its innards. The handset, which is also sometimes referred to as the LG Prada 3.0, is listed as rocking a 1GHz processor and running Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread). That OS is a little disappointing ...
Nokia is interested in selling off its U.K.-based Vertu subsidiary, which sells high-end cell phones. According to a report in the Financial Times, Nokia has hired Goldman Sachs to help it fetch top dollar for the cell phone unit, which is valued between $270 and $400 million. The Financial Times says that private equity groups will be the most likely ...
T-Mobile and LG this week have resumed delivering Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the G2x. In addition to Gingerbread, the update improves battery life, improves the functionality of the user-facing camera, and addresses random reboots.
ZTE said it intends to tackle the high-end smartphone market in the U.S. with new, flagship phones as soon as next year. "By 2015, we expect the U.S. to be the largest market for handsets for ZTE," said Lixin Cheng, president of the Chinese company's North American operations, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. "Next year, we're going to launch ...
LG's DoublePlay features two screens, a split keyboard, and the ability to multitask like almost no other smartphone. Can anything hold this Android device back?
T-Mobile will sure have a busy day on December 14. First, they are set to hold a special event alongside Nokia, in which the first Nokia Windows Phone will be launched in the US, probably the Lumia 710. Also, today we found out that on the same day, T-Mobile is releasing the white edition of the highly acclaimed Samsung Galaxy S II which spots all the well-known ...