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Verizon may launch its new tiered data plan as early as October 28th, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The plan will be priced at $15 per month and will include 150MB of data. Unlike AT&T which abolished its unlimited data plan in favor of tiered plans, Verizon will keep its $30…
Verizon confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy Tab will land on November 11th for $599. The Galaxy Tab is an Android-powered tablet that includes a 7-inch touchscreen display, 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor, dual cameras (3MP and 1.3MP), 3G connectivity, WiFi, and Android 2.2. The pricing for the Galaxy Tab comes in slightly below the $629…
Samsung is reportedly working on a new platform that will power both its mobile phones and TVs. Details on the underlying OS are sparse as the platform is still under development with no target launch date. Presumably this is a proprietary OS (Bada-based?) built from the ground up by Samsung but Android would be a nice…
A series of photographs leaked by blogger Richy Rich reportedly reveals the rumored CDMA iPhone. These images supposedly originate from an unnamed repair shop within Vietnam and show the Apple handset with a test operating system. This OS is reportedly similar to Inferno, another testing environment that was spotted on a pre-release iPhone 4 earlier this…
SFR continues to be a source of leaked information for the Palm Pre 2. The French wireless carrier prematurely launched its product ordering page for the Palm Pre 2 and possibly revealed the details and the pricing for this rumored successor to the Palm Pre. The product page, which has now been pulled by SFR,…
This is an interesting concept to mull over: do you group the iPad into PC sales figures or keep it as a separate category? Analyst Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Bank took the former approach and considered Apple’s position in the PC world with the iPad as a consumer PC device. The startling Q3 2010 results…
HTC announced the Gratia, an entry-level Android handset that is slated to land in Europe starting this fall. The Gratia is the European variant of the AT&T HTC Aria and offers support for Europe’s flavor of 3G. The Gratia includes the following specs: 600 MHz processor 3.2-inch touchscreen display with 320 X 480 resolution Quad-band…
Leaked information provided to TmoNews suggests that T-Mobile may be introducing a new data plan for smartphone owners. The new plan would complement the current $30 unlimited offering and would allow T-Mobile customers the option of paying $10 a month for 250MB of data. The plan presumably targets new smartphone users that want to try…
Possible good news for Android fans as a new variant of the Motorola DROID X may be headed to Verizon Wireless. The Motorola DROID X SE, a name that reflects its “Special Edition” or “Silver Edition” status, was spotted in a leaked photograph sent in to Phone Arena. Externally, this DROID X SE handset sheds the…
Rovio launched its full Android version of Angry Birds on Friday and the popular multi-platform game caused a stir. The game launched exclusively with GetJar and promptly crashed their servers. Despite its efforts, GetJar was unable to ramp up fast enough to meet demand and Rovio had to launch the app in the Android Market earlier…