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HTC talks Ice Cream Sandwich updates – Coming in late March to select handsets

Looks like HTC isn’t wasting any time when it comes to updating its existing line of handsets to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Today on Facebook, HTC announced that the Android 4.0 update rollout would begin in late March, starting with the Sensation line of handsets. We do know that HTC’s new handset flow will begin to wane in 2012 in favor of better quality devices but we don’t know if that also translates to a greater focus on updating the massive amount of different handsets it released last year. Read more

Samsung officially introduces the AT&T Galaxy Note in Super Bowl ad

Just as promised, Samsung has released its 90 second Galaxy Note ad during the Super Bowl. Following in the lines of its previous ads for the Galaxy S II (with a bit of a twist), this Galaxy Note ad pokes fun at iPhone users waiting in the long lines Apple loves to see outside its stores and shows them what “freedom” feels like. We think. We already got a chance to play with the Galaxy Note at CES this past January and while the idea of a 5.3 inch phone Read more

LG X3 to be a 4.7 inch monster phone with NVIDIA Tegra 3

While it’s hard to say that CES 2012 was a dud in the mobile space, we’re patiently awaiting to see what Mobile World Congress will be offering us next month. We’re pretty sure that the Samsung Galaxy S III will be announced already and it looks like LG is packing some heat with the upcoming X3. Yes, this is all rumor for the time being but the render above is enough to get our attention. This beastly device is said to sport a quad-core processor, presumably NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 SoC. Read more

Apple iPad 3 in February? Signs point to yes

Back in February, rumors circulated that Apple would unveil the iPad 3 in February and recently, we heard the more specific date of February 24th, right on Steve Jobs’ birthday. Now, yet another report is in stating February is the target month for the tablet’s debut. What is it going to feature? Well, just about every rumor says a retina display with a 2048×1536 resolution. It’s pretty much a given at this point. At the beginning of January, we also reported an 8MP camera could be on the way, although Read more

Hands-On: LG Viper LTE for Sprint

While the Galaxy Nexus will likely steal most of the thunder when it comes to Sprint’s new LTE handsets, we definitely haven’t forgotten about LG’s offering for the network, the Viper LTE. We got a little time with the handset during a Sprint event at the Venetian, so read on to get the rundown. While the Viper LTE isn’t underpowered by any means we would be surprised if it came in with the same price tag as the Galaxy Nexus. Sporting a 4-inch WVGA NOVA display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5 megapixel rear camera with Read more

Fujitsu wants in on the American smartphone market

Currently a leading smartphone manufacturer in Japan, Fujitsu is now looking for the most suitable way to enter the North American smartphone market. Fujitsu makes both Android and Windows Phone devices and that’s not about to change. A unique approach to hardware could be enough to gain prominence in a very crowded and complex territory, and that’s exactly what Fujitsu is aiming to do. “If we try to do same thing as how our competitors because of the competition, it is going to be tough,” said Hideyuki Saso, Senior Executive Read more

Hands-on: Huawei Ascend P1S and P1

Today Huawei announced two new Android smartphones, the Ascend P1 and P1 S. These Ice Cream Sandwich-toting smartphones are undoubtedly the best offerings to ever come from Huawei, and both best many smartphones today in a couple of categories. There isn’t much different between the two handsets besides battery capacity and thinness. Even the P1 comes in at an ultra thin 7.69mm, which is ever so slightly thinner than Motorola’s Droid RAZR. But the P1S is the clear winner here, as it measures in at a mere 6.68mm thin. Better yet, even Read more

Hands-on with the Toshiba Excite tablet

CES has yet to even start but that doesn’t mean the news has slowed. Toshiba recently unveiled its newest tablet and it’s no Thrive 2. The Toshiba Excites brings just about anything you’d want from a high-end Android tablet these days when it comes to internal hardware but it’s really an experience to have the thing in your hands. Upon first glance, the Excite doesn’t look like much more than your run of the mill, “us to” Android tablet. Then again, there’s only so much you can do with the Read more

Corning bringing Gorilla Glass 2 to CES

Corning has just announced the next generation of its Gorilla Glass, aptly named Gorilla Glass 2. Not only is the new glass much harder but it’s thinner and is significantly more scratch resistant than the previous iteration. Corning will officially unveil the new glass at CES next week, along with a 82 inch multitouch LCD display using the glass. While we’re not sure when we’ll begin to see devices ship with the glass but we can imagine it will become the go-to sturdy glass for manufacturers going forward. Gorilla Glass Read more

LG Spectrum for Verizon packs some punches – Ice Cream Sandwich isn’t one of them

It looks like the successor to the LG Revolution is finally here, as the LG Spectrum will be landing on Big Red on January 19th. The Gingerbread-toting handset is packed to the gills with high-end specs, the 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 being one of them. The Spectrum sports a 4.5 inch (1280 x 720) True HD IPS display, 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processor, 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, 1 GB RAM, 4G LTE, and more. While it’s not officially being called the Revolution 2 (at least not Read more

BlackBerry 10 to be shown off in February at MWC 2012

Thought we’d have to wait until late 2012 to see the next version of the BlackBerry software? Well, RIM is expected to unveil BlackBerry OS 10 at Mobile World Congress 2012, according to reports. The demo at MWC 2012 will be its first public reveal and RIM is promising to deliver. The BlackBerry 10 hype has been slowly spreading around for a few months now, but it’s been picking up quite a bit since RIM tweaked the official name, previously BBX. The highly anticipated operating system has very large expectations from both Read more