Now this is interesting. HTC has just filed a new slider phone for testing at the FCC. Not much is known about the device, but by looking at the available buttons on the phone, it could very well be an Android device. Let’s hope so, since the last HTC Android device with a full QWERTY…
AT&T publicly mocks frustrated Android users with Android-powered ‘Banana Phone’
If you’re an AT&T customer who’s feeling a little frustrated with AT&T’s decidedly lackluster lineup of Android smartphones, you’re not alone. While T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon continue to launch high-end Android phones that aren’t locked down and crippled, the carrier is apparently taking their time to go big on Android. One AT&T subscriber was so…
HTC gets hit with another lawsuit from Klausner Technologies
Remember that Visual Voicemail patent debacle from a couple years ago? Well, the plaintiff in those lawsuits is at it again with another Visual Voicemail lawsuit. This time, the legal battle is aimed in HTC’s direction, at a time when the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is dealing with lawsuits over 20 alleged Apple patents. Klausner Technologies,…
Video: David Letterman: Top 10 excuses for the guy who lost the iPhone prototype
It’s 2 minutes 35 seconds long, and the number 1 reason is a punchline that many of you on the East and West Coast will understand: For those of you who need more back story: Gary Powell. [Via: Daily Mobile]
Dell spies Android tablets through its Looking Glass – Tegra2 and Android for AT&T
Dell has just been leaking the shit out of everything Android they plan to do in the near future. After all of the new smartphones we showed you yesterday, here comes the Looking Glass, an Android-based tablet. The Looking Glass has one of the many things in common with most upcoming Android tablets set to…
AT&T’s Dell Aero – The more we know, the less we want to
The Dell Aero is AT&T’s second attempt with Android, and it hasn’t gotten any better since their first try. From the news we’re hearing now, and the upcoming devices Dell plans to bring to the table, I’ll be happy to forget about the Aero, thanks to AT&T. From what we thought we knew before, the…
Review : Backflip or Backflop? Motorola Backflip for AT&T
The Motorola Backflip, AT&T’s first Android device is both interesting and confusing. Motorola’s social-networking centric custom user interface running atop Android 1.5 OS is a step forward with AT&T, which offers one other Android device at the moment. Why AT&T chose this particular device as their first Android device may never be known, but as…
Verizon posts solid quarter – 1.5 million new wireless users but smaller profits
Verizon had a decent first quarter but a saturated market and health care costs could mean it will face multiple challenges for growth. Overall, it added 1.5 million new subscribers to push its user base up to 92.8 million total customers, up 7.2% from the same period last year. But, only 423,000 of those new…
Dell Smoke rocks Android, cool form factor
Well, if you thought all Dell had on its smartphone plate was the weak Aero, you’re mistaken, my friend. We’ve already gotten a peak at the Lightning, Thunder and Flash, but the Android-powered Smoke may be the best thing to look forward to. The handset has been described as a Palm Pixi but awesome. It’s…
Dell’s Flash will bring Android Froyo out to play
The guys over at Engadget just unloaded a boatload of new Dell phones set to hit us in the (hopefully) near future. The Dell Flash is one of them. Following on the just-leaked Lightning,which sports Windows Phone 7, the Flash brings Android Froyo to the table in a super thin sexy as hell phone. Supposedly…