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Google recently released the latest Android OS version numbers on the developer blog, and as we suspected, Gingerbread is definitely on its way up. Well, maybe not sky-rocketing upwards, but Gingerbread will soon be the next “Froyo” that will encompass most of Android’s install base in due time. Looking back to March of this year,…
T-Mobile is taking some extra steps in the direct carrier billing department by allowing customers to purchase content and services and have said services charged to their monthly bill. “In 2009, T-Mobile was the first U.S. carrier to offer direct carrier billing for the Android Market. With this new program, we’re extending the hassle-free payment…
Toshiba’s Android Honeycomb tablet, the Thrive, has just recently got a price cut for eBay’s Daily Deal. You can now grab the 8GB Honeycomb tablet for a mere $379 instead of the standard $429. Even better, shipping is free, too. With very little time left, if you want to jump onto this deal, you best…
Another day, another report saying Android is taking over the world. For good or for worse, Google’s mobile operating system has set the world on fire and has matched and outgrown the competition in a very short amount of time. According to the latest report from Canalys, Android has capture almost half of the global…
Even with the impending AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile, the fourth largest US carrier still isn’t lacking when it comes to great smartphones. T-Mobile’s latest handsets can easily go toe-to-toe with most handsets available in the United States and we’re going to lay out the top five smartphones available for the carrier. Sensation 4G Not…
Two of Sprint’s hottest phones will soon be put out to pasture with newer hardware on the way. The screenshot below shows a handful of other handsets that will also be going in the coming months. In late July or early August, you’ll no longer be able to grab the BlackBerry Style or Motorola i1.…
We’ve been seeing quite a few leaks coming from Samsung lately. First, the Sprint and AT&T Galaxy S 2 and now a leak that shows no physical hardware but is interesting nonetheless. With minimal knowledge of the device described above, we’re still up in the air as to if this is a phone or a…
The T-Mobile G2X is finally receiving the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update that users have been impatiently awaiting. The handset has been out of stock for a long time now, and while T-Mobile will have you believe it’s due to its popularity, we have trouble believing that now, as it’s been about two months. Nonetheless, the…
More and more smartphones these days are beginning to ship with Texas Instruments’ processors these days but this may just be the beginning for the company in the mobile space. TI (TXN) announced its quarterly earnings today and beat expectations, even though the guidance given in the earnings call wasn’t as promising. The company faces…
A new Samsung Android phone equipped with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard landed on the net today and it looks like it’s headed for AT&T. With no name to speak of yet, we’re going to have to wait a little longer for more information but the render above looks pretty nice. The thickness of the Samsung…