The Warp is ZTE’s first phone for Boost, and a part of Boost’s new and growing lineup of Android phones. Like all Boost phones, there’s an emphasis on affordability. However, the specs aren’t bottom of the barrel. Read on for our first hands-on impressions from the launch event. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: November 2011
HTC Vivid for AT&T
Following the Samsung Skyrocket, the HTC Vivid is the other leading Long Term Evolution 4G smartphone for AT&T’s burgeoning high-speed network. Here’s a first look.The HTC Vivid is a new LTE 4G smartphone for AT&T. It takes a different design approach when compared to phones we’ve seen recently from HTC. It is weighty, dense, and has an odd, trapezoidal shape that gives it a curious appearance.With its qHD display stretching across most of the front surface, the Vivid is the plainest, blackest-looking smartphone I’ve seen from HTC in recent memory. Gone are ...
HTC Rezound Brings Beats Audio
Verizon Wireless and HTC today announced the Rezound, the first Android smartphone to include integration with Beats Audio technology for the U.S. market. Features of the Rezound include Long Term Evolution 4G, 4.3-inch 720p HD display, and both Beats Audio software and a set of Beats Audio headphones that work together to produce a better music experience. Other specs include a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and 1GB of RAM; 8-megapixel camera with f/2.2 lens, action burst, dual-LED flash and 1080p HD video capture; and 2-megapixel user-facing camera. It will ship with 16GB of internal storage ...
iPhone Voice Assistant
Siri, the personal, voice-controlled assistant that is part of the iPhone 4S, has been unavailable to many users across the U.S. today. Siri requires Apple’s servers in order to work. When users attempt to pose questions to Siri, Siri says that it can’t connect to the network. Apple has not yet commented on the outage. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Hands On with the HTC Rezound for Verizon
We spent some time with the new HTC Rezound for Verizon. How does this flagship Android phone stack up? Find out in our hands-on report. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is one of the best tablets yet released.Taking a lesson from the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and adding a few features beyond what the Apple iPad 2 offers, this thin, light and longer-lasting tablet is the best option around if you’re more interested in portability than in playing games and watching movies on a 10-inch screen.The slightly smaller size is also a better fit for reading books, browsing the web and checking email.Some might wonder why this model even exists. After all, there’s a slew of 7-inch tablets available, including the Acer Iconia Tab ...
Motorola Xoom 2
Motorola’s Xoom was the first Android Honeycomb tablet, and the rumour mill says history’s about to repeat. Will the Xoom 2 be the first Ice Cream Sandwich tablet – and if it is, will it have cutting-edge hardware to match the software?Let’s squat by the river of rumour to sift shiny fact nuggets from the slurry of speculation.The Xoom 2 operating system will be Ice Cream SandwichThis is one rumour many people are very sure of: tablets were conspicuous by their absence at this month’s Ice Cream Sandwich launch, so is Google’s pet manufacturer – ...
LG Optimus 2X
LG has confirmed on Facebook that the LG Optimus 2X will be getting an update to Ice Cream Sandwich quashing rumours that the handset would not get the spangly new Google OS.There were rumours abound that the Optimus 2X wouldn’t be getting updated to Android 4.0But LG has used the world’s most popular social network to explain that the phone will be getting an update and users just have to hold tight. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy S II
Samsung and AT&T today announced the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, one of the first smartphones capable of using AT&T’s growing Long Term Evolution 4G network. The Skyrocket features a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display (800×480 pixels); Android Gingerbread 2.3.5; 1.5GHz dual-core processor; 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash, with 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and 1080p HD video capture; and 16 GB of on-board memory, and support for microSD cards up to ...
BlackBerry 9900, 9860, 9360 Availability
AT&T today announced that it will begin offering the BlackBerry 9900 Bold and the 9860 Torch on November 6. Both will be available in stores and online that day. The 9900 Bold will cost $199.99 with a new agreement and the 9860 Torch will cost $99.99 with a new agreement. AT&T also announced that the 9360 Curve will be available starting November 20 for $29.99 (government customers will have access to the 9360 starting November 14) with a new agreement. All three devices will the newest BlackBerry 7 platform. The 9900 and 9360 will have access to AT&T’s fastest HSPA+ ...