Well what do you know – T-Mobile won’t be the only U.S. carrier to offer the white Samsung Galaxy S II. AT&T is apparently working on the same “project” and will soon launch such version of its LTE-enabled Galaxy S II Skyrocket. Unfortunately, aside from the image above (which looks pretty legit to me), we…
iPhone, Windows Phone getting NFC support in 2012?
As support for near-field communication on mobile phones slowly expands, there are two major platforms still holding off. Apple’s iOS and Windows Phone have yet to add NFC capabilities to their respective operating systems, but Digitimes is reporting that both companies are working to change that. NFC support for iOS and Windows Phone is expected…
Production of the next generation iPad 3 retina display has started, will take a few weeks to ramp up
Apple’s next generation iPad, which we’ll assume will be called the iPad 3, is set to feature an ultra high resolution display. We’re talking 2048 x 1536 pixels, better known as QXGA. According to Richard Shim, an analyst at DisplaySearch who was interviewed by C|Net, production of said display has begun. The three companies building…
Sprint’s ZTE V55 tablet caught at Bluetooth SIG
Remember that mysterious Sprint-slated ZTE V55 tablet we’ve seen in October? Well aside from FCC’s seal of approval, it also got certification from the Bluetooth SIG from where we managed to get the image above. Aside from that, we also know it’s a “CDMA tablet with Bluetooth wireless technology” which is everything but revealing statement.…
Facebook, HTC working on phone code-named Buffy
Here we go again. Reports from AllThingsD suggest that the world’s largest social network is working with HTC to build, develop and release a Facebook phone and the project, code-named “Buffy,” is being spearheaded by Facebook CTO Bret Taylor. The details are actually pretty sparse but AllThingsD is promising that it will have a full…
Rumor: iPad 3 fatter than iPad 2, comes out in March; iPhone 5 will be longer, comes out in the summer
When iLounge begins one of their articles with “our most reliable source has spoken”, we tend to listen. Said source spills the beans on three products: the iPad 3, the iPhone 5, and the next MacBook Pro. Starting with the iPad 3, it’s going to be 0.7 mm thicker than the iPad 2 because it’s…
US Cellular to offer LG Optimus Black as LG Majestic
Aside from Sprint’s LG Marquee, we have another U.S. carrier preparing to launch its own version of the LG Optimus Black. It’s US Cellular, which will offer the popular smartphone under the name of LG Majestic (pictured above) – model US855. Aside from the name change, there won’t be any notable changes under the hood.…
Can Amazon really compete in the smartphone market?
Now that the Kindle Fire is out in stores, an analyst is already predicting that Amazon will have a smartphone in the market by 2012. “Based on our supply chain check, we believe FIH is now jointly developing the phone with Amazon,” analyst Mark Mahaney said in a research note. “However, we believe that Amazon…
LG to launch a Google TV product at CES?
While Logitech is dumping its Google TV product, LG is exploring ways to make money out of it. The Korean company is apparently looking forward to launch a Google TV device at the upcoming CES in Las Vegas. We don’t have all the details — the information comes from Bloomberg which quotes “two people with…
Paul Amsellem, Head of Nokia France: Higher end Lumia and Windows 8 tablet coming in 2012
French website Mon Windows Phone, which translates to My Windows Phone, recently posted snippets from an article in a local newspaper that they failed to name Les Echos. Said article has several quotes from Paul Amsellem, Head of Nokia France, that confirm what many of us have been feeling ever since we saw Nokia unveil…









