Sprint Affirms Android 4.0 for its HTC Lineup

Following HTC’s announcement earlier today, Sprint confirmed via its community support forums that it will update the HTC EVO Design 4G and the HTC EVO 3D to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012. Sprint said that Android 4.0 will be pushed out to these devices over the air. It also said that Android 4.0 will be available to “other key products in our line-up.” Sprint said that more information will be provided in due time. Tweet Vote on HN ...

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 ...

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 ...

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