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A tip sent into Engadget reveals AT&T’s upcoming roadmap for the holiday shopping season. Similar to T-Mobile, AT&T has a nice array of handsets landing in the next few months including the Motorola Flipout and slew of Windows Phone 7 handsets. The leaked information from the tipster includes the following handsets and tentative launch dates: Motorola Flipout: September 19th.…
We’ve barely had time to recover from the HTC Desire HD unveiling in London and we’re already seeing the new Android superphone being benchmarked and its Android 2.2 Froyo ROM dumped online. Going on reported Quadrant benchmark scores, the DHD basically blows a Nexus One running Android 2.2 out of the water. And, in even…
We first got word of the Droid 2 world edition a couple of weeks ago, and figured that it would become available shortly after the launch of the CDMA-only version of the Droid 2. Well, we have an update for you – if this new rumor turns out to be true, Verizon may be scrapping…
Surprise! It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which will be running the tablet-incompatible Android 2.2, or Froyo, OS, might have some issues with applications. Samsung already mentioned that some applications and features have been optimized for the 7-inch display tablet experience, so those of you waiting for the Galaxy Tab should know what you’re…
As the official release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab nears, expect more of this right here: Why you need this from us, and not the other carriers. Verizon looks to be the first carrier to give potential customers the rundown of what the Galaxy Tab will offer. The Galaxy Tab doesn’t differ too much from…
This was a huge week for new smartphones, as HTC showed everybody’s what’s up when it comes to Android superphones with the introduction of the HTC Desire HD and the Desire Z. But HTC wasn’t the only one bringing the heat, as the world’s largest handset maker used its Nokia World conference to unveil some…
We just got official word of the HTC Desire Z earlier in London this week, as well as some sweet hands-on time with the device, and now it looks like Amazon U.K. will be offering the device unlocked on October 11. This hot new phone ships free for £429.99 ($672), according to Amazon U.K. The…
If you’ve been too distracted by Fruit Ninja on Android to notice that the Angry Birds beta has a received an update, direct your attention back to the Rovio game for a moment, won’t you? No, you won’t actually find new levels, but performance enhancements and bug fixes can be found throughout. From my experience…
GameFly, which is U.S.’ largest video game rental subscription service, released an updated version of its GameCenter app for Android. There are two major feature upgrades included in this release – ability to manage queue from the app (so called GameQ) and support for hi-res devices (i.e. with WVGA screens). In addition, we’re hearing there…
EA has finally figured it out – there’s money to be made from the Android smartphone users. Speaking at the Deutsche Bank 2010 Technology Conference, Eric Brown (the gaming giant’s CFO) praised Google’s mobile platform. He said: “There’s a lot to happen in the future in Android, and we’re trying to position our mobile business…