Last month, a QWERTY slider from Samsung running Android 2.2 with TouchWiz 3.0 on top was spotted at IFA, and today it’s been announced to be available in Europe starting in November for 389 euros. The Samsung Galaxy I5510 is not quite as high end as the Epic 4G, as it packs a modest 667…
Nokia N8 vs iPhone 4 – The smartphone camera shootout
Nokia is in a tough spot with its Nokia N8 Symbian^3 superphone. The N8 is, without a doubt, the best Symbian handset ever made by the Finns, and it’s easily one of the best (if not the best) cameraphones in the world – a feat not easily accomplished in the crowded smartphone/cameraphone market. But, if…
Motorola Ciena – one of the lowest-end Android phones to date headed for Verizon
Motorola is covering all of the bases with its Android devices, from high-end devices like the Droid X, to lower-end phones like the upcoming iDEN i886 – there’s a Motorola Android phone for any price these days. Here’s another one that won’t be making the pockets of the power users, the Motorola Ciena, which looks…
Samsung Continuum to be a dual-screen Galaxy S phone for Verizon?
Some spy shots of an upcoming Galaxy S variant have surfaced – a variant known as the Samsung Continuum – and it’s looking mighty fine with its dual displays. The Samsung Continuum standout feature is that it sports a second display below the much larger screen. So what’s this second display for, you ask? The…
Motorola iDEN i886 – Dual keyboard toting Android phone
Motorola has been on an obscure design rampage since the Backflip, continuing that tradition with the Flipout, and now with the Motorola iDEN i886 Android phone. The Motorola iDEN i886 is quite toned down from the previous iterations, but sports two keyboards. Nothing crazy, but this is what seems to be a first for an…
Nokia starts shipping N8 – Is it enough to compete?
Nokia has finally started to ship its flagship smartphone but is the N8 enough in a world full of the iPhone 4 and killer Android devices? Don’t get me wrong, the Nokia N8 is no slouch. It has drool-worthy features like a 12-megapixel camera and pentaband radio chips. That’s really cool for U.S. users because…
First look: RIM’s QNX-powered BlackBerry PlayBook (BlackPad) tablet
RIM just announced their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet device, powered by the QNX operating system that the BlackBerry maker recently acquired, at the BlackBerry DevCon 2010 opening keynote in San Francisco. A bunch of RIM higher-ups took to the stage to talk about all kinds of developer-focused services and tools, but the highlight of the 2.5…
Dell Looking Glass 7 inch Android tablet shown off on video
Those who thought that Dell, with their Streak and Aero, were done in the mobile space are sorely mistaken. If you’ve kept up with Dell, you know that there are quite a few upcoming handsets and tablets coming our way. We finally got our first glimpse of one such device, the Looking Glass, a 7…
Wind Mobile Launches Motorola XT720 (Motoroi) for $430
The Motorola XT720 (also known as the Motoroi) has gone live on Wind Mobile after making a brief appearance in some training materials. It matches the BlackBerry Bold 9700’s price point at $430, which is as pricey as phones get on Wind Mobile. That being said, the Motorola XT720 brings a lot to the yard,…
LG Shine Plus Launched on Telus
After hanging out in the online store for a few days as “coming soon”, the LG Shine Plus is available on Telus for $69.99 on a three-year contract. It’s not that much different than the LG Ally available to those of you down in the U.S., except that it has a 5 megapixel camera. Aside…







