Even though it’s officially iPhone day, those of you who are more interested in the upcoming Google Nexus Prime have something to look forward to today as well. While everything is rumored until proven otherwise, the first glimpse of the next Nexus handset may indeed be in the picture below. The picture is not all…
Report: Amazon sold nearly 100,000 Kindle Fire units on first day of pre-orders
How is that whole Kindle Fire thing working out for Amazon so far? Pretty damn well, actually. According to eDataSource, a market research firm, pre-order sales for the Kindle Fire reached 95,000 on the first day it was made available. That’s a lot of fire. Compared to Apple’s iPad, the number of pre-orders is on the…
Samsung to announce new 7-inch Galaxy Tab or Nexus Prime at CTIA? Both?
We’re just a few short weeks away from CTIA, we’re expecting quite a few announcements within that time. While doing some digging on the CTIA site, someone tipped off GSMArena about some interesting finding within CTIA’s Hot for the Holidays Award Finalists list, which includes two unannounced devices. Could these devices possibly be either the…
Samsung announces the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and two new Galaxy Players
Samsung continues to build out its Galaxy family with the announcement of the Galaxy Tab 8.9, and Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0. We’ve been waiting on the 8.9 to debut for some time now, but we’re certainly glad to see Samsung finally bringing its media players to the U.S. At this point in the game,…
iPhone 5 to include system-wide voice Assistant
9to5Mac spilled the beans on the plentiful amount of new features coming in the iPhone 5, which they seem to have confirmed with sources. There’s a lot we already expected, but the big news of the leak this morning is a voice-controlled Assistant. Apple acquired Siri back in 2010, and up until now we haven’t heard…
Huawei Honor claims three days battery life
Following up on some leaked press shots, Huawei today announced its latest Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread smartphone called the Honor. The Honor packs a 16M 16:9 true color high-definition (HD) 4-inch FWVGA capacitive touch screen. Here are some other specs: 1.4 GHz processor 8-megapixel HDR-enabled camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera A sleek 10.9 mm-thin body…
HTC Rhyme announced for Verizon, laden with accessories
HTC announced the HTC Rhyme today at an event in New York, due for Verizon stores starting September 29. The phone has a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, runs Android 2.3, and the usual stuff like Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3G. The most interesting thing about it, though, are all of the…
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 priced at $469.99
Are you looking for an Android tablet but don’t want to settle for the usual 7 and 10.1 inch varieties? Worry not, as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has received its official pricing for the US and should land on shelves very soon. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 is just as powerful than its 10.1 inch…
Hands-On: Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy S II – the Epic 4G Touch [Video]
It’s finally here, folks. The very first US Galaxy S II, the Epic 4G Touch, has landed on our doorstep and we’re gonna give you a quick peak at one of the most anticipated phones of the year. While it may not be the only Galaxy S II to land in the US, it’s certainly…
Android to support both Intel and ARM going forward
We’ve been waiting for something to come of the rumors and the confirmation that Android would be ported to Intel-based products in the future and today we got one of our first glimpses. While all eyes are on Windows 8 at the moment, Intel still has its sights on optimizing Google’s mobile operating system, and…