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We’ve been waiting for something official to come of the Cliq 2 and today seems to be that day. Along with the Xoom, Atrix 4G and the Droid Bionic, Motorola has officially announced the successor to their first Android phone ever. Even with the beefier specifications on board, will the Cliq 2 appeal to the…
If you’re one of many Android smartphone users who complained at text messaging bugs on your device, you’ll be glad to know that Google has acknowledged the problem and is working to resolve the issue(s). Notably, users have reported that opening one message caused a completely different message to appear. Similarly, sending an SMS to…
Like we don’t already have enough mobile app stores, Amazon decided to join the race and launch its own service with a focus on the Android platform. Unlike the vanilla Android Market, Amazon will curate its store a la Apple, though in a more liberal fashion. Moreover, the online retailer won’t allow developers to set…
Yesterday AT&T announced the Motorola Atrix 4G, but the Android 2.2 monster will be hitting shores elsewhere too. To the north, Canada’s Bell Mobility scored an exclusive, though they don’t give us any indication of pricing or availability dates. Orange UK on the other hand told us it would be available in Q2. The funny…
In addition to all of the phones Verizon has already announced at the CES, more are coming. One such device will be the Samsung SCH-i520, which as you can see from the image above, looks kinda rugged. We don’t have all the details, but we’ve heard it will be a 4G-enabled smartphone running Android 2.2.…
Eagle eyed folks behind the Dutch site Tweakers.net are arguing Honeycomb may still not be ready for the primetime, at least not for all handset makers. While playing with a prototype Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, they noted that the device is running some incremental build of Gingerbread 2.4 that apparently includes some of the things…
Sony Ericsson kicked off CES by announcing the Xperia arc, the next generation of Xperia handsets. Starting where the Xperia X10 left off, the Xperia arc offers a 4.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display (854 x 480 pixels). This Reality display is powered by Sony’s Mobile Bravia engine, the latest display technology which promises to deliver a…
Looks like Verizon won’t be the only one kicking of CES 2011 with a 4G Honeycomb tablet. T-Mobile confirmed that it will be carrying the LG G-Slate, an HSPA+ tablet with Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Details on the tablet are sparse but we do know it will include all the goodies available in Android 3.0. This…
Motorola stepped up to the plate and hit a home run with its new XOOM tablet. Previously unveiled, albeit unofficially, by Andy Rubin at a recent mobility conference hosted by AllThingsD, the tablet has been the talk of the tech world since its brief appearance. As expected, the XOOM tablet will include the following features: 10.1-inch…
We’re live at Sony’s press event here in Las Vegas for CES and we’re hoping to see some pretty amazing things. It’s been a relatively lackluster year for Sony, but with leaks of the Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone we could see something really special. Will Sony also have some tablets lined up? It seems like…