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MetroPCS has just announced its latest device, the LG Esteem. The Esteem will be the newest 4G LTE-enabled smartphone added to the MetroPCS line-up that’ll pack the most recent Android OS, Gingerbread 2.3. This is sure to be one of the company’s best high-end devices on the roster. Specs of the LTE LG Esteem will…
Well, it’s not quite official but it looks like Sprint Nextel plans to launch its own 4G LTE network in early 2012. The company is said to have installed LTE equipment and field testing the network in select areas but it’s unclear how many markets would get the service initially once it’s ready for prime…
LG today announced its new addition to the Optimus family, dubbed the Optimus EX. The Optimus EX is the company’s latest Android smartphone, which promises a super-bright 700 nits IPS display (a screen bright enough to be used outdoors even in direct sunlight). This phone is set to be released in South Korea. Aside from the screen,…
Well, it looks like Google has taken another bite out of Apple, with its recent hiring of a Facebook iPad developer Jeff Verkoeyen. This brings to question if this move is from the long delayed release of the Facebook iPad app, which all users have been waiting for seemingly forever. It turns out that the…
Gees, Samsung is on a roll when it comes to phones, as today the Korean-based company announced the launch of the Samsung Omnia W, its first smartphone based on the latest release of Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango. The Samsung Omnia W will be priced at about €310 before taxes and subsidies. The Omnia W sports a 3.7-inch 800×480…
Following up on some leaked press shots, Huawei today announced its latest Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread smartphone called the Honor. The Honor packs a 16M 16:9 true color high-definition (HD) 4-inch FWVGA capacitive touch screen. Here are some other specs: 1.4 GHz processor 8-megapixel HDR-enabled camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera A sleek 10.9 mm-thin body…
For a while now, AT&T have been rumored to working on a successor to the Motorola Atrix, dubbed the “Edison.” Well, consider it no longer a rumor, as the folks over at This is my next got their hands on the handset today. Describing the looks and feel of the phone, Chris Ziegler called the device “a lovely…
Not too long ago we wrote about Gowalla going in a whole new direction, with its well-established check-in app to be dramatically changed for both iOS and Android smartphones. Well, that time has finally come, as the update has just rolled out to all handsets. The new update goes beyond just the usual check-in process; instead it…
Cricket, a wireless service provider, has just announced the launch of the ZTE Score. The smartphone is the first ZTE smartphone to hit Cricket’s network and its the seventh smartphone to be included in Cricket’s prepaid line of phone offerings. This phone is set to hit Cricket retail locations starting September 25. The ZTE Score is another…
Remember those days when Kazaa helped searched for your favorite artist through its file sharing site? Well, the most popular peer to peer music piracy service just announced its brand new iPhone app. If you’re a musician out there, need not worry, because this app is far from what Kazaa used to represent. There isn’t any stealing going…