Archive for February, 2010 - Page 18

T-Mobile UK Confirms BlackBerry Storm2 Availability [Vodafone UK Loses Exclusivity Rights Over BlackBerry Storm2, To Start Selling on T-Mobile]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

Now that Vodafone UK no longer have exclusivity rights over the BlackBerry Storm2, another UK carrier, T-Mobile, is ready to debut the powerful smartphone to their customers. Five months after being introduced in the UK (October 2009), the BlackBerry Storm2 [...]

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iPhone 4G Front-Facing Camera Confirmed by Apple Patent? [Apple Patent Reveals Front-Facing Camera for Handsets; iPhone 4G to Gain Video Call Ability?]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

You know how the drill with Apple patents is, don’t you, folks? Not everything we get to read from Cupertino gets implemented right away so there’s no point in getting overexcited yet about a front-facing camera in the next-gen Apple [...]

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MSI to Debut GX640 & GX740 3D Gaming Notebooks [Lightweight MSI GX-series 3D Laptops to Pack Core i5 CPUs, Bring Full DirectX11 Support]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

Just days after updating their C-series lineup, the folks from MSI are at it again, this time with a couple of 3D-ready notebook models, the new MSI GX640 and MSI GX740. Weighing 3.2kilos and being only 2.8mm thick, the stylish [...]

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Samsung R430 & R530 Notebooks Begin Selling [US Availability Confirmed for New Samsung R430 & R530 Laptops]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

Samsung has just added to their notebook collection with two new models, the new Samsung R430 and the R530. Announced late last month, both the 14-inch R430 and the 15.6-inch R530 are now available from Amazon in the US for [...]

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Rumor Says Apple Will Demo iPhone OS 4.0 on March 14th [New iPhone OS to Be Unveiled Next Month, News Yet to Be Confirmed]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

With HTC monopolizing the MWC with its great Android handsets and Sony Ericsson showing off their astounding Xperia X10 that went straight to our hearts, we wouldn’t blame any of you not remembering that the iPhone is still alive and [...]

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HP Slate Tablet to be Cheaper than the iPad? [HP Reported to Offer Cheaper 3G-Enabled iPad Competitor; Microsoft’s Courier Still in the Works?]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

Remember HP’s Slate? You know, the tablet Steve Ballmer presented at the beginning of the year at CES instead of the much anticipated Microsoft Courier? Well it looks like HP is trying to figure out a way of offering a [...]

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AT&T Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Availability Imminent [Android-powered Xperia X10 to Hit AT&T for $199 Or Less, Release Date Speculated for April or May?]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

If any of you had any doubts that Sony Ericsson’s first Android-powered smartphone is not something that could rival the iPhone, you’d apparently be wrong, or at least that’s what Andrew left me thinking after his visit to London for [...]

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Giant App Store Rival Taking Shape at MWC 2010: Wholesale Applications Community [Twenty Four Companies Join Forces to Create “Open International Applications Platform”; Wholesale Applications Community Is Born]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

The fact that Apple changed the whole smartphone business with its iPhone followed by its very successful App Store is something even Cupertino’s worst enemies secretly agree with. No wonder Steve Jobs won the “Personality of the Year” at MWC [...]

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Verizon Droid Eris to Get Android 2.1 Update [Word is Verizon Has Started to Get Android 2.1 on the Droid Eris]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

I know how much you want that, so if you’re a Verizon user and have a HTC Droid Eris, you’re in luck as we’re hearing Big Red have begun distributing the new Android 2.1 for your smartphone. If we’re to [...]

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Motorola BACKFLIP Available from AT&T on March 7 for $99.99 [Motorola BACKFLIP to Cost $99.99 with New AT&T Two-Year Contract After $100 Rebate]

By on Thursday, 18. February 2010

MWC 2010 is basically over but that doesn’t mean the mobile business simply stops today. We’re interested to see some of the handsets announced in Spain become real and we’re waiting for carriers and manufacturers to unveil even more devices [...]

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