Samsung and Verizon want you to get a Galaxy Tab right now, regardless of what CES 2011 might have waiting in the wings. Recently, a new price for the Galaxy Tab has been popping up at some Big Red stores, bringing the Tab down to $499, and that’s not all. With your $499 purchase, Verizon…
CES 2011 Preview: Tablets, 4G, dual-core
The beginning of a new year means a lot of things: shameful recollections of your New Year’s Eve party, resolutions that never really panned out in the last year, and, of course, the largest consumer electronics show of the year. With CES Las Vegas 2011 kicking off in just a few short days, the IntoMobile…
HTC Thunderbolt and Samsung SCH-i520 pop up in Verizon’s system
LTE devices for Verizon will be here soon! And of course, the first of many we’ll see are the HTC Thunderbolt, which we’ve been hearing plenty about, and the Samsung SCH-i520 – not so popular for now. These Android devices are pretty promising, especially the sexy Thunderbolt we’ve seen so much of, and they’ll also…
Palm Pre 2 for Verizon shows up in Best Buy system
HP and Palm announced the Pre 2 way back in October, and die-hard Pre fans have been waiting for the successor with limited patience. Of course, it’s not a tremendous upgrade to the original, but for those looking to hang onto the Pre and yearning for a little more – like a glass screen and…
Apple App Store to hit $2 billion in revenue next year
A new report from Citibank says that the Apple App Store will generate up to $2 billion in revenue from the App Store in 2011 and this move could help Steve Jobs’ company cement its lead with mobile developers. It’s an interesting estimate and there’s no clear word on if Citibank is also factoring in…
ViewSonic to show off Android 4G tablet/phone hybrid at CES
Next week’s CES show will bring a slew of tablets and ViewSonic will join the crowd by introducing a 4-inch Android tablet/phone hybrid, according to The Wall Street Journal. The device, which hasn’t been named yet, is supposed to be a 4-inch touchscreen display and it will run Android. I don’t know why that classifies…
Will Google become a phone carrier?
There’s an interesting article over at CNN which lays out the case for why Google could become your next phone carrier in the not-too-distant future. While many of the pieces are in place, I don’t see the search giant jumping into this space any time soon. First, we’ll talk about why Google could become a…
Motorola Android Honeycomb Xoom will have 4G LTE via expansion modem
We can’t wait for next week’s CES show to see the upcoming Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet and we’re seeing multiple leaks come out. We’ve already heard that it should be called the Xoom and we’ve heard that it won’t have 4G LTE support built in but AndroidandMe says it will be able to access this…
Verizon iPhone launching mid January to early February?
We’re at the peak of a roller coaster of Verizon iPhone rumors, and if the collective anonymous sources are correct, we’re not too far away from seeing it launch. This time, BusinessWeek is reporting that the CDMA-equipped Apple smartphone will be launching some time between mid January and early February. What’s the likelihood that we’ll…
Meet the HTC Thunderbolt – Verizon’s first LTE handset poses for the camera
How nice of you to join us, HTC Thunderbolt, we’ve been expecting you. Actually, we weren’t expecting the Verizon-bound Thunderbolt specifically, but we knew something like this LTE-capable Android phone was due to show its face sometime soon. Today, Verizon’s first LTE device, poses for the camera in newly leaked product photos. Droid-Life managed to…








