Archive for June, 2011

MySpace has a new owner. While NewsCorp bought the social network at $580 million, the rumored $35 million acquisition has been confirmed. Guess who’s the new owner?

HTC faced various online complaints when they announced the HTC Desire could not be upgraded to Gingerbread due to space constraints. Since retracting their announcement, HTC engineers have been trying to find ways to do the upgrade.

While Nokia has partnered with Microsoft for the development of Windows Phone 7 devices, the company seems to be developing Symbian handsets still. Recently leaked images of the Nokia 700 (Zeta) show the smartphone running Symbian Belle.

Android devices are invading the home, and while they’re at it, why not have a wireless phone that runs Android? LG U+’s offering is a SIP-based VoIP phone that runs on a Samsung Galaxy Player.

Samsung outs another Galaxy smartphone, albeit quite unexpectedly. Sweden’s Three network accidentally leaks information on the Galaxy Z through its pre-order page, and reveals the flagship Galaxy S II‘s less-expensive cousin.

A few days ago a new rumor detailing Motorola’s Gingerbread progress for a bunch of Droid-branded smartphones said that Verizon has basically rejected all existing Android 2.3 builds for those handsets (Droid 2 Global, Droid X2, Droid Pro) and that Moto had to fix various bugs before the carrier would [...]

A few days before HP’s planned launch of the TouchPad tablet, Tech Republic has already laid their hands on a pre-release model, and has done a teardown, which reveals the TouchPad’s hardware features.

Google is aggressively marketing its Chromebooks, and has partnered with hospitality and travel establishments for free Chromebook use.

Just earlier today we saw a bunch of Motorola Droid 3 accessories get leaked via an inventory screenshot and now we’re hit with another impressive, pre-release leak, the full specs and features sheet for this upcoming Android smartphone.

Tablets are great with portability, but type long emails and you will find yourself wanting to have a keyboard. This is probably why netbooks still have a market, even with the popularity of tablets. Acer’s upcoming tablet will address this with a slide-out keyboard.