Canada’s Rogers Wireless has expectantly launched the HTC One X, offering it for $169.99 on a three-year contract. Alternatively there are 1 and 2-year contract options, which (as you can imagine) ask you to pay more upfront. Rogers’ version of the device rocks Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, rather than NVidia Tegra 3 quad-core. Rest…
Motorola XT560 is an upcoming low-end Android phone
Motorola is preparing to unveil a new entry-level Android smartphone – XT560. We don’t have all the details about this little fella’ though we do know it will sport an HVGA touchscreen, 3-megapixel rear-facing camera, 800Mhz processor, HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread will run the show. Moreover, we’re hearing it’s destined to…
MetroPCS unveils Huawei M835 Sanctioned by tokidoki
SA Studios Global and MetroPCS unveiled the Huawei M835 Sanctioned by tokidoki, a special-edition Android handset designed by the Japanese-inspired cult apparel and accessory brand tokidoki. In recent years, tokidoki’s cult status has fueled high-profile collaborations with Karl Lagerfeld, New Era, Hello Kitty, Levi’s, Smashbox cosmetics, Xbox, Skullcandy and others. So it’s no surprise that…
Rumor: LG’s next flagship, the D1L, to come with wireless charging
LG announced “the world’s first quad core smartphone” at Mobile World Congress in February of this year. Dubbed the Optimus 4X HD, it still hasn’t hit the market, meanwhile the HTC One X has, and it has the same quad core NVIDIA Tegra 3 inside. Anyway, just like the HTC One X has a dual…
Canada’s Koodo Mobile adds LG Optimus Black
Canada’s Koodo Mobile added a new Android smartphone to its offering – LG Optimus Black, which unlike its name says can be yours in black OR white. Available for $250, it offers quite a bang for the buck, including a 4-inch WVGA screen (Nova display), 1GHz processor, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing…
Sony’s PlayStation Suite developer program now in open beta
Sony has expectantly opened its PlayStation Suite developer program to the general public. Still in beta, it allows developers to grab the SDK and create apps and games that can work on PS Vita and a number of PlayStation Certified devices like the new Xperia range, as well as Xperia Play and Sony tablets (S…
Panasonic Eluga now available in the UK
Well that was faster than expected. Panasonic Eluga, the Japanese company’s first Android smartphone for the European market, is already available in the UK, with Expansys already taking orders for both black and silver models. Each model is available for 364.99 GBP, which translates into some 445 EUR or $589. That may sound kinda steep,…
Reuters: ZTE is going to come out with two Samsung Galaxy Note competitors this year
Late last year, in October to be precise, Samsung started selling a 5.3 inch smartphone called the Galaxy Note. I’ll be the first to admit, I laughed at that thing until my sides hurt, but recently I’ve had a change of heart. Someone I know got one and he was kind enough to lend me…
Baidu to launch a $160 smartphone running their own custom Android ROM
Ever heard of Baidu? They’re the Chinese version of Google. Like Google, they started out with a search engine, but these days they offer a whole swath of cloud services such as email and even social networking. Back in September 2011, the company announced Baidu Yi OS, which can best be described as Android, except…
Samsung teases us with a new website to hype the Galaxy S III [UPDATED]
While we’re more than aware that Samsung is set to announce the upcoming Galaxy S III on May 3rd, a new teaser site has popped up that shows a countdown that ends tomorrow. Sammy set the stage for the new site in a simple tweet, “Destination: tgeltaayehxnx”. The anagram spells out The Next Galaxy, and…









