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HTC EVO Shift 4G spotted in the wild, said to have 800MHz CPU

We had our doubts the last time we encountered an HTC EVO Shift 4G, but it looks like they were mostly unfounded — here’s Sprint’s new QWERTY slider in the flesh — armor finally shed — revealing a chrome bezel beneath. PhoneArena  obtained these pics from an anonymous tipster, who says the device has an [...]

[ More ] December 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

Verizon introduces Mobile Email 4.0, brings Exchange to feature phones

Think you can avoid having corporate email on your mobile device by buying a feature phone? Think again, as today Verizon Wireless announced an update to its feature phone email solution, Mobile Email 4.0. The downloadable application will allow users to connect their non-smartphone devices to Microsoft’s Exchange environment, leverage push email, and utilize an [...]

[ More ] December 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

Verizon Palm Pre 2 surfaces on eBay briefly

Are you still patiently waiting for a CDMA Palm Pre 2 to hit Verizon? Well, there might be hope yet as a Palm Pre 2 running on Verizon mysteriously appeared on an eBay auction, initially touted as the Palm Pre Plus. The seller subsequently found out what he had on his hands and promptly pulled [...]

[ More ] December 20th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

Best Buy mum on DROID 2 Global, Pro removal; Verizon not involved

Earlier this morning, we told you that retail giant Best Buy began pulling  Motorola’s DROID 2 Global and DROID Pro from store shelves. Although the cause was initially rumored to be a handset pricing dispute between the two companies, that simply is not the case. In an email to BGR, a Verizon Wireless spokesperson noted [...]

[ More ] December 17th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

LG Optimus 2X is world’s first dual-core smartphone

Ahh, the joy of being an Android fan. With each new announcement comes the knowledge that the latest, greatest Android smartphone will only hold that title for a matter of months, if not weeks. In fact, those who hop aboard the Nexus S  train tomorrow can go to sleep tonight already knowing what the next [...]

[ More ] December 16th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

Sony Ericsson Yendo to arrive only in February 2011

While the Sony Ericsson Yendo was announced earlier this year in June  right after several promotional images were leaked, it seems as though Sony Ericsson might have gone ahead of themselves by rushing such an announcement. After all, Dutch mobile news site NieuweMobiel just received official word from Sony Ericsson’s Ben Padley that the handset’s [...]

[ More ] December 15th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

T-Mobile drops the G2 to $50 on contract, really wants you to buy one

Pretty self-explanatory really: the T-Mobile G2  is now available to buy for a measly 50 greenbacks from its carrier’s online store. It’s a web-only deal, but it’s sweetened by free overnight delivery for anyone ordering before the 20th of December. So, $50 and two years of your wireless freedom in exchange for a phone capable [...]

[ More ] December 14th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

HTC EVO Shift 4G (Knight / Speedy) gets leaked picture, January 9th release date?

We’ll warn you that we have nothing but the word of an alleged Sprint employee that this is the real deal, but we don’t know what else it could be — if it walks like a duck and quacks like an EVO with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, we’re inclined to believe it’s the HTC EVO [...]

[ More ] December 13th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

Motorola DEFY units plagued by defective speakers

The Motorola DEFY might be rugged enough to withstand a long drop, a dust storm and even a monsoon, but it looks as though countless units around the world couldn’t even endure the manufacturing process. Hundreds of DEFY users from markets across the globe have taken to forums complaining of the same problem — the [...]

[ More ] December 10th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

LG pulls back, ‘will evaluate’ upgrading Optimus series to Gingerbread when specs and source code are public

You might remember yesterday’s brouhaha over LG’s seemingly false claim that Android 2.3 Gingerbread  requires a 1GHz processor or better, using it as a justification for keeping an official upgrade out of the hopes and dreams of Optimus One  owners around the globe — but the good news is that it appears to have been [...]

[ More ] December 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |