LG has updated the original 3D smartphone, the Optimus 3D, with the Optimus 3D Max, a slimmer, faster version of its predecessor. We got some hands-on time with the 3D Max at Mobile World Congress and got a look at some of the unique software that LG developed for the 3D cameras. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: February 2012
HTC One V headed stateside to Virgin, U.S. Cellular, MetroPCS
HTC has confirmed that its One V smartphone that was announced at Mobile World Congress is headed stateside to Virgin Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and MetroPCS. The One V runs Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS and is powered by a single-core 1GHz Qualcomm processor with 512MB of RAM. HTC’s own Sense 4 is on-board along with a 3.7-inch touchscreen display and a 5MP camera and camcorder. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung to launch Windows Phone 8 handsets
Samsung has told TechRadar that it will be bringing out Windows Phone 8 handsets when the new platform is announced.With Windows Phone Tango making a low-key entry into the market at MWC 2012, the focus is now on Windows Phone Apollo (or Windows Phone 8 as it will formally be known) for the future for the top brands. Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC pitching to be Android Jellybean Nexus partner
HTC has told TechRadar that it’s hoping to be the next partner for Google Nexus program when it launches Android 5.0 (Jellybean).Although Ice Cream Sandwich has yet to reach many phones, the chase to be picked by Google to launch the flagship handset for the next version of Android is already on. Tweet Vote on HN ...
ZTE Bringing LTE Phones To US
ZTE today announced two LTE phones intended for the US, including one for AT&T, and one for unspecified CDMA networks: * PF200: An Android 4.0 phone sporting a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor, 4.3-inch qHD display, 8-megapixel camera, and HD front camera. It also contains 1 GB of RAM, 4 GB of internal storage, NFC, DLNA, and HDMI TV output via MHL. On the network side, it supports LTE 700 (band 17, which is unique to AT&T) as well as LTE 850/1700/1900, WCDMA 850/1900/2100, and quad-band GSM. * N91: Another Android 4.0 LTE phone, this time with CDMA EVDO in ...
Samsung Galaxy Beam
Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphone comes with a pico projector. We go hands on with this tiny home-theater-in-a-phone. Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC One V Coming to Metro, Virgin, U.S. Cellular
An HTC spokesperson today confirmed that Metro PCS, U.S. Cellular, and Virgin Mobile will all offer the HTC One V. The phone runs Android 4.0 with Sense 4, and features a dual-core processor, 3.7-inch display, and 5-megapixel camera. Tweet Vote on HN ...
ZTE’s LTE Phones
ZTE may have announced eight new smartphones, but only two are headed to the U.S., the PF200 and the N91. Here are our initial hands-on thoughts. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Hands On with the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
Samsung is showing off – for the first time in public – the speedy Galaxy S Blaze 4G for T-Mobile. The phone pairs a blazing fast processor with blazing fast data, in an affordable little package. Read on for our first impressions. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung and Toyota to Connect Smartphones to Dashboards
Samsung and Toyota today announced a new partnership with the goal of integrating smartphones into the in-vehicle infotainment systems of Toyota’s cars and trucks. The system will use MirrorLink to make the connection. The cars will use a user interface created by Toyota that is safer to operate when driving a vehicle than the user interface of the smartphone. The system will let drivers access music, location services, hands-free calling, voice interaction, and text-to-speech features of the smartphone through the dashboard. The two companies expect this service to reach ...