Sony Ericsson today announced that it has made the Xperia neo V and arc S available to U.S. buyers through the online Sony Store. Both handsets are being sold unlocked. The neo V costs $349.99 and the arc S costs $449.99, no contracts required. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: November 2011
HTC Vivid for AT&T
The Vivid is HTC’s first Long Term Evolution 4G Android smartphone for AT&T. How does this device stack up against other devices on AT&T’s network? Phone Scoop finds out in this full review. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Blackberry Curve 9380 announced by RIM
RIM has announced the BlackBerry Curve 9380 for the UK market, describing the handset as the first all-touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family,The phone boasts a 3.2 inch high-res display and is pre-packed with all the expected social networking apps like BBM, Twitter and Facebook, with the announcement timed to coincide with the unveiling of BBM Music in the UK.The Curve 9380 has a 5MP camera with flash and video functionality, as it looks to tap into a market of BlackBerry fans who want touchscreen. The phone runs the Blackberry 7 OS and its improved browser. ...
BlackBerry Bold 9790 – slimline handset revealed
BlackBerry has unveiled the latest smartphone to join the Bold line-up, the BlackBerry Bold 9790.Originally shown off back in June under the codename Bellagio and revealed to developers back in October, the Bold 9790 packs both a touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard, comes with an optical trackpad, BlackBerry 7 OS and a 1GHz processor.The Bold 9790 is an update to the Bold 9780. It houses a thinner chassis which is meant to make it that little bit better in the hand.On-board is 8GB of internal memory and this can be expanded through the microSD card slot, which will allow another ...
Google Makes Android 4.0 Source Code Available
Google today made the source code of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich available to developers. This build of Android is the specific version that will ship on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, and is numbered 4.0.1. Google said that the code contains the entire Android family tree, including 3.2 Honeycomb, but Google prefers that developers ignore Honeycomb and focus all efforts on Ice Cream Sandwich instead. The source code is free to download. Tweet Vote on ...
AT&T Expanding LTE to 6 More Markets on Nov. 20
AT&T today announced that it is boosting the footprint of its Long Term Evolution 4G network on November 20. The handful of new markets include Charlotte, N.C.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. These six markets bring the total number of markets covered by LTE to 15, increasing AT&T’s LTE coverage to 70 million Americans — which was its goal for 2011. For a limited time, customers who purchase the new LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 will also receive a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket or Samsung ...
RIM Adds Voice Guidance to Traffic 3.0
Research In Motion today announced the beta availability of Traffic 3.0. This new version of RIM’s navigation software adds voice guidance for hands-free navigation over either Bluetooth or via the car’s speaker system. Traffic 3.0 also adds more up-to-date information about roads, such as on-going construction projects and details about toll roads. Traffic 3.0 is available to registered members of RIM’s Beta Zone. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Sony Ericsson Picks Ingram Micro
Sony Ericsson today announced that it has partnered with Ingram Micro to help distribute its unlocked smartphones to retail points in the U.S. Ingram Micro ships devices to retailers world wide, and has a number of U.S.-based reseller partners, including Amazon.com, Best Buy, Buy.com, and Newegg.com. When Ingram Micro starts shipping Sony Ericsson’s smartphones later this month, they will become available to U.S. buyers from the aforementioned retailers. The agreement covers a number of devices in Sony Ericsson’s Xperia line of Android smartphones. ...
Google Updates Android 4.0 NDK, Adds APIs
Google today provided a new release of the Android 4.0 native developer kit so that application writers can access new native APIs (application programming interfaces). The first new native API is called low-level streaming multimedia. This API allows applications to assert total control over media as it is passed from the source to the handset. Google notes an example could be a media application that retrieves data, applies proprietary encryption/decryption, and then delivers it to the handset. The other API added to NDK r7 is called audio decoding into PCM. This API lets native apps ...
CTIA to Appeal San Francisco Radiation Ruling
The CTIA Wireless Association has indicated that it plans to appeal the ruling in its lawsuit against the city of San Francisco over a law that requires retail stores to display warning signs about radiation from cell phones. The ruling, handed down on October 28, severely limited the original intent of the law, but the CTIA believes that even the narrowed ordinance is unacceptable. It is asking the federal appeals court to block the ordinance from going into effect on November 30. The city of San Francisco, meanwhile, is also appealing the ruling in hopes of reversing the judge’s ...