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Regional carrier Cricket Wireless will be offering the Samsung Galaxy Admire 2 and the Galaxy Discover starting on July 21st, available off-contract at affordable prices. Both of the devices will be available with Cricket’s 3G all-inclusive smartphone plans, which start at $50 a month, and top out at $70 a month. Both untis will offer…
Verizon has just sent out an invitation to a press event on July 23rd in New York City, where the big red carrier will “unveil the next generation of one of [its] most popular family of devices.” This can only mean one thing, the new DROIDs are coming! What DROID devices could make an appearance,…
Making good on its promises, the OLPC foundation has released its affordable XO Tablet in Wal-Mart stores today, priced at $149.99. The child friendly tablet is the only multilingual and Google Certified tablet for children on the market, and is loaded with free educational games, apps videos, e-books and more. “The XO Tablet is the…
Another Firefox OS powered smartphone is reportedly coming soon, with higher end specs than the already released Firefox OS devices. The new handset, the Geeksphone Peak+, will focus on bringing the Firefox OS into the limelight with high-end specs that will appeal to those who require beefy innards packed into their mobile devices. “There have been…
The ZTE U988s has been officially unveiled today, becoming the world’s first Tegra 4 powered smartphone. Unlike its brethren the ZTE Geek, which touts an Intel Atom processor, the ZTE Geek U988s will have a Tegra 4 architecture, with a processor running at 1.8GHz. The ZTE U998s will be available in China on China Mobile…
Last week, a few pictures of the rumored budget iPhone surfaced, showcasing some vibrantly colored back panels for the device. Some more pictures have leaked today, showing more of the same but in different color options. The image comes from a Twitter picture posted by iOS developer Sonny Dickson, and adds more fuel to the…
AT&T and BlackBerry have released a software update for the BlackBerry Z10, which will bring the BlackBerry 10 OS up to version 10.1. The update will bring improvements to the user experience with keyboard improvements and stability updates. The software update includes: Improved device tutorial and set up tool Keyboard improvements Delete words with a…
The XO Tablet, which is currently being developed by the One Laptop Per Child Association is coming to Wal-Mart stores on July 16th, according to a blog post from the association’s website. The affordable XO Tablet will begin its launch at Wal-Mart stores in the U.S., and will continue its rollout at other top retailers…
The AT&T subsidiary Aio Wireless is adding the ZTE Overture to its smartphone lineup today, offering customers an affordable mid-range Android handset. Aio Wireless is offering the ZTE Overture for $149.99, and can be found online or in Aio Wireless brick-and-mortar locations. Aio Wireless was launched in early May, and offers pre-paid plans with unlimited talk, text…
U.S. Cellular has a new Windows Phone to add to its smartphone lineup, the Samsung ATIV Odyssey. The device has until now only been available to Verizon customers, and is a mid-range smartphone which runs on Windows Phone 8. The device is available for purchase today online, and will land in stores on July 11th.…