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Sony Ericssion Xperia Ray up for preorder, to ship by August 15th

One among the three phones that Sony Ericsson announced recently, the Xperia Ray Gingerbread phone is definitely the best of the lot with its BRAVIA Mobile-based 3.3-inch display and its 8MP camera.  The device, along with the others, were announced to be released in the third quarter of 2011 and […]

Leak: HTC Eternity with Mango 7.1 OS

Compared to the deluge of Android leaks and rumors we report on, Windows Phone handsets get far less spotlight – a proper reason might be the lack of a proper WP7 handset we are yet to see, but judge us not, we treat all our tech equally.  After the Nokia

Skype gets updated to 2.0, now cracked to work with many more devices

  Yesterday, Skype updated its Android client version to 2.0 and announced video calling support to limited devices – HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo and Pro, and the Nexus S.  The client now enables cross-platform video-calling on 3G/4G and WiFi networks, just like the native Google Talk app

Samsung Galaxy Z for Three Sweden unveiled

Oddly enough, the announcement for the new Galaxy Z comes from Three Sweden, with not a peep from Samsung itself.  Anyways, the device has been revealed by the carrier today in its lineup and will go for 3995 Swedish kronor (€435 or $630).  The handset seems like a cross between

Official: Samsung Conquer 4G for Sprint

Sprint has announced its newest entrant to its mid-range Android segment – the Samsung Conquer 4G.  We say mid range not because this smartphone is majorly handicapped but because the definition of high end has changed in the recent months to phones with dual-cored CPUs and at least a gig

Facebook iPhone app gets a facelift

While the release notes did profess fixing “various bugs” and bringing “improved security,” they did not include info on the changes that were blatantly obvious – improvements to the UI on profile pages.  Users will now find two new buttons on the top similar to the Facebook desktop version, Share

Angry Birds now available for Windows Phone 7

This makes it just about every mobile platform that the game is available on, also lending a certain degree of credence to the Windows Phone 7 platform in the process.  Angry Birds can now be downloaded via the Marketplace and it costs $2.99 currently to gain access to some exploding

Windows Phone 7 Tango and Apollo updates in the works

The Mango update is yet to be released, but the latest reports point to two more updates on the horizon following Mango, codenamed “Tango” and “Apollo.”  A manufacturing company called Compal Communications, which makes cellphones for Nokia, has revealed a deal with the Redmond giant to build devices not only

Amazon cuts price of HTC Evo 3D to $150

From an initial price of $180, Amazon has now dropped the price on the Sprint Evo 3D by a further $30 to $150.  This does sound like a pretty good deal for the kind of tech you are getting, but remember you can only avail this offer if you sign

Vodafone UK picks up the HTC Evo 3D, available next month

The Evo 3D seems to have already found a home in England with Vodafone UK now announcing its availability starting next month – the carrier has even readied a video to prove its claim.  The 3D-screened Android smartphone will definitely find a few more adopters in the UK and we

Video: Toshiba demoes the Thrive, gives us a chance to take one home

While you won’t actually get to see the device in the video, there is some sort of “unboxing” going on here, with the guy peeling off the Toshiba Thrive’s feature one after the other, all with cool CGI bouncing off to make the point. If you didn’t know (and if

Motorola Triumph for Virgin Mobile on preorder from Best Buy for $299.99

It may not take the cake pitted against the faster dual-core smartphones available now, but its 1GHz Scorpion processor should be no sloucher either.  The device also features an Adreno 205 GPU and 512MB to run sweet, succulent stock Android with no manufacturer/operator meddling whatsoever.  That’s right, the Moto Triumph

Motorola Xoom getting Honeycomb 3.1 in Europe – US to follow?

After the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and the Tab 10.1 (I/O edition), it is now the turn of Motorola Xoom to get a stab at the Android 3.1 OS update.  The announcement was made on Motorola’s European Facebook page and says that the update will begin rolling out today to