Remember the Alcatel OT986 aka TCL S900? If you don’t, let me quickly remind you that it’s the single-best smartphone wearing Alcatel’s brand — it comes with TI’s 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 4.5-inch 720p IPS display, 5-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing one, 1GB of RAM, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, 8GB of built-in memory, microSD expansion slot,…
Windows Phone 8 to come with curved keyboard made for one-hand use?
Microsoft knows its next version of Windows Phone must be rock solid in order to get more users on board. In that sense, the next iteration of the platform will pack a number of new features, including (here’s the news) a “one handed and next gen soft keyboard” — which will most definitely compliment the…
Speedball 2 Evolution now available for all/most Android devices
After the iPhone version and the one optimized for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Vivid Games is bringing the Bitmap Brothers’ hit-game Speedball 2 Evolution to rest of the Android community. Actually, those of you with old Android smartphones won’t be able to run the game properly, but if you bought your phone in the…
The guy in charge of MeeGo at Nokia is leaving the company
Sotiris Makrygiannis, who according to his LinkedIn profile is “Director of Applications, MeeGo” at Nokia, has just tweeted that after 12 years with the company it’s time to call it quits. He sent several additional tweets saying how he remembers the hard work his team put into the N9, that February 11th, 2011, was a…
Motorola Atrix HD for AT&T accidentally made official, set to be announced this month
Motorola has a phone on their website that shouldn’t be there, the Atrix HD. We’re going to assume that AT&T wanted to announce thing thing on their own terms, but hey, at this point we’re glad that Motorola took the initiative and let us know everything their is to know about their first smartphone to…
Samsung Galaxy Chat: Android 4.0, QWERTY keyboard, and the worst screen on planet earth
Two days ago we saw a leaked image of an unannounced Samsung device called the “GT-B5330” hit the internet. Today it’s been made official. Say hello to the Galaxy Chat. It’s an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device with a physical QWERTY keyboard, a 2 megapixel camera, and a ridiculously depressing 3 inch screen that…
No Surprise: UK Nexus 7 will not have access to movies, TV shows, music, or magazines
Last month Google announced an incredibly affordable 7 inch tablet called the Nexus 7. It’s going to hit the market later this month for just $199. Not only that, but it’s also going to come with a $25 for you to spend on whatever you can find in Google’s Play Store. If you’re an American,…
WSJ: Component suppliers prepping to mass produce a 7-inch Apple tablet
Sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that Apple may start to mass produce a 7-inch tablet this fall. Component suppliers are allegedly prepping to start producing the tablet in September. An earlier report from the Wall Street Journal said Apple was testing a smaller iPad and this latest leak suggests the…
Nokia N9 firmware 1.3 now available, comes with almost 1,000 bug fixes
Last year was a bumpy ride for Nokia fans. In February the company’s CEO, Stephen Elop, told the world that Symbian was going to be taken behind the barn and shot in the back of the head. The future, according to him, was going to be Windows Phone. Nine months later, in November, the Lumia…
Motorola Photon Q visits FCC on its way to Sprint
We’ve already told you Sprint will launch a successor to the Motorola Photon smartphone in the near future. Well a Moto-made device marked with XT897 has been caught at the FCC and we have reasons to believe this is the phone we’ve been telling you about earlier. As you can imagine, it’s an LTE-enabled handset…









