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Honeycomb-running Sony S1 Android tablet on the horizon?

There were already rumors doing the rounds in February about Sony’s foray into the Android tablet market, but this latest update from the company’s own top exec seems to add further truth to the hearsay.  Howard Stringer, Sony’s CEO, has gone on the record to Nikkei that not only is […]

Devs get Honeycomb working on CDMA Galaxy Tabs

While Samsung and Google have been mum on release of Android 3.0 to the popular 7-inch tablet, developer Spacemoose1 over at XDA seems hard at work to actually get the thing on to the tablet.  The efforts have already paid off to some extent and there is now a working,

HTC Desire ready for a Gingerbread update in late April/early May

Three UK has recently announced that it will be pushing out the Android 2.3 update for the HTC Desire very soon, most likely before this month is up or in early May.  The UK carrier has announced the same on Twitter, saying: Yes there is, it’s coming in for testing

Sprint Nexus S 4G to launch on April 24th

What seems to be an advertisement urging phone reps to sign on to a Nexus S 4G training program could give us an inkling as to when the WiMax-enabled Nexus 4G might be launching; that and the little birdie talking to Android Central of course.  While the ad only reveals

Kyocera Echo up for preorder on RadioShack

If you have kept up with our CTIA coverage, you will have glimpsed an innovative idea called the Echo in one of our videos.  Assuming you were impressed enough by its unique display like us and want it, you’ll only have to wait till April 17th, but here’s a chance

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play launched in Europe/Asia, US release in spring

It may be the April 1st, but this is no joke.  The long-awaited, much-talked-about, first ever Android gaming phone is finally out on the street, armed with a whole slew of games designed just for it.  Sony Ericsson has now announced the availability of the Xperia Play with four preinstalled

Rumor: LG Optimus ‘Big’ for Korea next month?

Aside from the three Optimus line phones and the Quantum showcased at CTIA 2011, it seems like LG might have another biggie ready for a release.  Just called the Optimus “Big” for obvious reasons, this upcoming smartphone is purported to feature a huge 4.3-inch touchscreen using their latest display technology

HTC EVO 3D confirmed for France

There were many showstealers at the CTIA this time around, but of them all, what particularly caught our eye was the HTC EVO 3D and guess what, this one may not be too far away from a release.  The French division of the smartphone company has confirmed on Twitter recently

HTC Incredible to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in Q2 2011

Looks like HTC is going to shower some Gingerbread love on its users of older Android phones.  The HTC Incredible, which will turn one this April incidentally, will supposedly get Google’s latest OS update in the next quarter of this year.  The news came about when a support email from

NoDo update for Windows Phone 7 now en route

Microsoft has started rolling out its first major update to its brand new operating system, Windows Phone 7, from Tuesday, the company announced.  Taking a sly stab at Google’s first ever update, version 1.6, this version is known in MS’s inner circles as NoDo (as in No Donut).  With the

LG Optimus 3D with T-Mobile 3G FCC’ed

Along with the G-Slate and the G2x, T-Mobile might play home to yet another LG device – the P920, more widely known as the Optimus 3D.  The device has recently graduated from the FCC and as revealed by the documents accompanying the approval, sports support for T-Mobile’s AWS (1700MHz) frequency.

Tegra2-powered LG G2x coming to T-Mobile this spring

T-Mobile USA may be history in a year or two (if the AT&T acquisition goes through as planned), but that hasn’t stopped the carrier from announcing some supercool smartphones/tablets.  Alongside the 3D-enabled tablet from LG, the G-Slate, the carrier is also planning to release a smartphone that has enough power

Motorola Milestone gets Android 2.2 Froyo, finally

First up, the good news.  After an excruciatingly long wait, Motorola has finally started rolling out the Android 2.2 OTA update in Europe and various parts of Asia for the Milestone.  Milestone users can now enjoy in-browser Flash support, WiFi/USB tethering and all the other goodies that Froyo is known

LG G-Slate 3D tablet gets a video

LG’s debutant in the tablet section, the G-Slate 3D, recently got a video to show off its wares.  The video, clocking in at 2 minutes and 49 seconds, features the G-Slate and theofficialLGgirl, and both look gorgeous, if we may say so.  As to its features, the list is impressive

Motorola DROID 3 gets pictured

The next big thing in the Motorola armory, the DROID 3, has been seen hanging out at Howard Forums recently, taking its time to pose for a few snaps in the process.  As evident by the above picture, the major overhaul in the QWERTY keyboard area seems the dedicated numeric