RIM used the big event to announce the new BlackBerry OS 7.1 and BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. In addition, Verizon Wireless picked-up the BlackBerry Curve 9370. And that’s about out. Tom and Yoeau, who were running around with a camera, weren’t too impressed with RIM’s booth, hence we only have few photos to share. And…
CES 2012: Verizon Booth Tour
Verizon announced few cool devices at the CES — including the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX, Motorola DROID 4, LG Spectrum, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, BlackBerry Curve 9370 and 4G hotspot ZTE Jetpack — all of which are at display at their red booth. Moreover, some of their earlier announced products were there as well like…
CES 2012: Huawei Booth Tour
We know Huawei is working to get an even bigger slice of the U.S. market, and in that sense they’ve launched the Ascend P1S, the world’s thinnest dual core Android smartphone. Moreover, they’re also showing some of their older products at CES, including the popular Ascend II smartphone which is available from multiple carriers, as…
CES 2012: ZTE Booth Tour
ZTE is still far from a household name in the U.S. While they do offer some consumer products — like the brand new 4G hotspot ZTE Jetpack from Verizon Wireless — they’re still far other handset makers. That said, they did show some decent products at the CES, though I can’t say we were that…
Hands-On: LG Spectrum for Verizon
Between the million phones that have been announced here at CES 2012, it’s hard for one to really stand out. Of course, having 4G/LTE certainly doesn’t hurt and if you needed yet another option for Verizon, you may be interested in the LG Spectrum. The LG Spectrum is essentially the LG Nitro HD for Verizon.…
CES 2012: Nokia Booth Tour
Nokia had an impressive CES 2012, as its Lumia 900 was the highlight of what turned out to be a show with a strong mobile focus. We’ve already shown you some hands-on time with the latest devices but we wanted to give you a taste of what Nokia’s booth was like at CES 2012.
Intel scores Android smartphone deals with Motorola, Lenovo
Well, we knew Intel had some smartphone plans to announce when it showed off a reference smartphone at CES 2012 and the chip-making giant said it has struck deals to have Intel-powered, Android-based smartphones from Lenovo and Motorola on the market in 2012. The chips used to be called Medfield but it is now called…
T-Mobile intros Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Bobsled Messaging, and expands 4G networks
Today T-Mobile announced a new 4G phone, the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G. While all the juicy details have yet to be revealed, the handset should land on shelves sometime later this year. T-Mobile also announced the expansion of its 21 and 42 HSPA+ networks. The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G will rock a Super…
CES 2012: RIM debuts BlackBerry OS 7.1
This year at the Consumer Electronics Show, it looks like RIM is all about software. That proves true in this case, with RIM introducing BlackBerry OS 7.1. It’s considered a minor update overall, but it does bring some nice enhancements to the operating system. Similar to apps like Bump on iOS and Android, BlackBerry Tag…
CES 2012: Intel reference Atom smartphone hands-on
We’re here at CES 2012 and Intel is preparing to have a keynote later today to show off its smartphone ambitions but that didn’t stop it from showing off the reference smartphone at its booth. We got a quick look at its Atom for smartphones (it was previously dubbed “Medfield.”). The handset itself is just…









