If you ignore the tiny regional players, it’s pretty much accepted that America has four wireless operators: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Three of them now sell Apple’s iPhone, yet T-Mobile doesn’t, why is that? It all comes down to which frequencies T-Mobile decided to use for 3G, namely the “AWS” spectrum. AWS stands for…
Latest iOS 5.1 beta shows that Apple is indeed working on a quad core processor
Whenever Apple posts a beta of of software that they’re working on, they usually try their best to scrub any clues as to products that are yet to be released. They don’t always succeed though in hiding things such as evidence that there’s a successor to products already out on the market. That being said,…
Rumor: iPad 3 launching in March for $499, packs a retina display and 8 megapixel camera
Two years ago Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad to the world and since then we’ve seen Google fumble the ball with Android Honeycomb, Microsoft radically rethink the PC user interface with Windows 8, and Amazon compete on price by introducing the $199 Kindle Fire. With all that being said, Apple is set to change the…
Will RIM license its software to HTC, Samsung?
We all know that Research In Motion is in some trouble and that it needs to do something bold to get back in the leadership position in the smartphone game. Could that bold move be licensing its BlackBerry software to the likes of HTC and Samsung? That’s what Barron’s is reporting based on an analyst’s…
Rumor: Stephen Elop to resign as Nokia CEO in 2012, smartphone unit to be sold off to Microsoft
We’re barely a week into 2012 and rumors are already resurfacing that at some point over the next 12 months Nokia will sell their smartphone unit to Microsoft. We can’t remember the first time such rumors appeared, but we do know the last time we covered this story. Just a couple of weeks ago Danske…
AT&T’s Pantech Element is splash resistant, 8-inch LTE Android tablet
Another AT&T device has been leaked before its official announcement at the CES. It’s the splash resistant Pantech Element, an 8-inch Android Honeycomb tablet that also comes with a 1.5-GHz dual-core processor, LTE connectivity, 16GB of built-in storage, 5-megapixel camera on the back, 2-megapixel front-facing camera (for 720p video calls), and advanced “Piezo Motor” haptic…
First image of AT&T’s HTC Radiant is here
HTC Radiant, one of the Windows Phone devices AT&T will unveil at the CES next week, has been leaked and voila – you can see it from the image above. At first glance it looks like the HTC Titan, though there are some changes included, most notably 4G LTE support. Moreover, there are some minor…
Samsung Galaxy Note could land on Sprint soon
The Samsung Galaxy Note has been available for a little bit outside of the United States but it could be landing on Sprint soon. According to rumors, Sprint and Samsung are planning to announce pricing and availability of this rather odd device at CES 2012 and Sprint would be joining AT&T as an additional carrier…
Sony Ericsson to unveil “something big” next week; Xperia Arc HD?
Sony Ericsson has turned to social media (Google+ and Facebook) to prepare the world for “something big” that the company will announce next week at CES in Las Vegas. While the handset maker is naturally quiet about its plans, it did share an image of covered device which we think hides the Xperia Arc HD…
LG Connect 4G heading to MetroPCS
Well what do we have here – a new LG Android smartphone with MetroPCS logo that will most likely be unveiled at the CES in Las Vegas. The name of the device is LG Connect 4G (model number MS840), hinting us it’s ready to sing along the carrier’s LTE network. However, it’s not a high-end…









