Verizon Wireless today announced that the LG Spectrum is now available for sale at Verizon Wireless retail stores and online for $199.99 with a new contract. The Spectrum runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0) and supports Verizon’s LTE 4G network. Tweet Vote on HN ...
BlackBerry Curve 9370 Hits Verizon Stores Today for $99
Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 9370 at Verizon Wireless stores and online for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new contract. The Curve 9370 supports Verizon’s 3G network in the U.S. and is a global device that can roam onto the GSM/EDGE networks overseas. The 9370 also included support for near-field communications. It runs BlackBerry 7. Tweet Vote on HN ...
EU to Decide Motorola-Google Fate Feb 13
The European Union will make a decision regarding Google’s acquisition of Motorola on February 13. It was scheduled to make a decision earlier this month, but postponed while it waited for additional materials from Google. Google has since supplied the requested items. Google announced plans last August to purchase the handset maker for $12.5 billion. The deal has been awaiting regulatory approval. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Sprint Pushing Maintenance Updates to Android Phones
Sprint has begun distributing system updates to the HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Epic 4G, and HTC EVO Design 4G smartphones. The updates remove Carrier IQ’s software, as well as fixes bugs, boosts performance, and resolves security issues. The updates are being distributed over the course of the next 10 days. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Apple iPad 3 coming in March with LTE, HD screen – Bloomberg
According to a Bloomberg report that cites 3 unnamed sources, the next version of Apple’s iPad, the iPad 3, will arrive in March sporting an HD display and LTE 4G data. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Motorola’s rugged DEFY MINI smartphone hands-on from CES
The DEFY MINI is a new, smaller version of Motorola’s rugged DEFY smartphone. It was announced the week before CES started, and it features the same tough body, Corning Gorilla Glass, and water-resistant body of the larger DEFY. We caught up with it at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Motorola MOTOLUXE Android smartphone live images, video from CES
Motorola’s MOTOLUXE, which was announced the week before CES began, is a device that will not get as much love as it probably should. That’s largely because it will get slammed for having an 800MHz processor even though it has a nice suite of otherwise high-end specs. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Motorola issues statement regarding ITC preliminary ruling in its favor against Apple
Today Motorola issued a statement on the favorable ruling it received in its International Trade Commission battle against Apple. The administrative law judge in the case found that Motorola did not infringe upon any of the three patents named in Apple’s suit. Scott Offer, senior vice president and general counsel of Motorola Mobility, had the following to say: Motorola Mobility has worked hard over the years to develop technology and build an industry-leading intellectual property portfolio. We are proud to leverage this broad and deep portfolio to create differentiated innovations ...
Samsung to merge bada with Intel’s Tizen
A Samsung executive has been quoted as saying that his company plans to merge its own bada smartphone operating system with Intel’s Tizen Project, which is based on the remnants of the the MeeGo OS that Intel developed with Nokia. Tweet Vote on HN ...
ZTE to double phone shipments, expand Windows Phone deployment in 2012
According to Reuters, ZTE has set some lofty goals for its 2012. The company, which is generally considered the fourth largest phone manufacturer in the world, has said that it plans to at least double the number of phones it ships in 2012 Tweet Vote on HN ...