Bust out the saltlick for this one, because it’ll take more than a grain. A research paper has been released claiming that BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has placed a low-volume order for 8.9″ tablets from Hon Hai, the same Chinese manufacturer that made the Amazon Kindle. Apparently it will be able to sync with a…
BlackBerry 9300 “Kepler” to Follow 8500-Series Curve?
A new BlackBerry has bubbled up in RIM’s User Agent Profile listings, the BlackBerry 9300 and 9330 (code-named Kepler and Aries II respectively). The few specs the turn up reveal a lower-grade 320 x 240 display like the 8520/30, but will include Wi-Fi 802.11n, just like the upcoming Talledega. As the model number conventions suggest,…
Rumor: Nokia N97 Mini Due at Rogers in May
Mobile Aficionados north-of-the-border are going to get a little more Nokia love, at least, according to a tipster over at MobileSyrup. Rumor has it that the Nokia N97 Mini is due at Rogers sometime during the first or second week of May. That’s not so long from now… cool. Other details such as an exact…
Nokia X3 heading to Verizon?
FCC has recently approved a mysterious Nokia phone marked as RM-687, featuring CDMA and EV-DO connectivity. According to Engadget, this baby is most likely heading to Verizon, due the fact that Sprint for some reason doesn’t carry a single Nokia device. Further research (from Bluetooth SIG’s website) suggests the RM-687 is also known as the…
HTC Incredible Pegged for Verizon Launch on April 29
Verizon is set to launch some new products soon, but thanks to this leaked internal document from Best Buy, we can now expect with some certainty that the HTC Incredible will be launched on April 29. The aptly-named Incredible boasts a 3.7″ AMOLED display, 1 Ghz processor, 8 megapixel camera, a slim 11.9 mm profile,…
Ultrabrief: Rumour: Apple to release 5 to 7 inch iPad in Q1 2011 for under $400
Digitimes Analyst Mingchi Kuo, based on talks with component suppliers, is predicting that Apple is going to launch an iPad in Q1 2011 that’s between 5 and 7 inches large and will retail for less than $400. It’s meant for users who don’t really want to input a lot of text. Judging from the many…
EVO 4G may hit in June, hotspot will cost $10 or $20 per month
If you’re still drooling over the EVO 4G, you may not have to wait long because tipsters told Engadget that the super smartphone could be heading for a mid-June release. This is in line with the “summer” window Sprint announced at CTIA and these tipsters also said that the WiMax access may not be that…
iPhone 4G Casing and Screen Examined on Video Again
The same guys who had first shown us the iPhone 4G assembly have done up another video with half the focus and twice the Coldplay. Particular attention is drawn to the casing, where we can again see the gap where a forward-facing camera would fit, but we also see the tinted lens through which the…
Philips Xenium X312 Packs One Month Standby Battery Life
The deceptively simple Philips Xenium X312 will have a month of battery life, according to this render’s front screen. The few other specs to leak out include a modest QVGA display, Bluetooth, FM radio, 2 megapixel camera, and a microSD memory card slot. It’s likely to only have 2G, which probably contributes to its truly…
iPhone OS 4.0 to Feature Video Calling?
Take this with a grain of salt, but iPhone OS 4.0, which will be announced on Thursday, may have video calling capabilities if this screenshot from a retracted O2 UK iPhone page is to be believed. It seems like a strange feature to include, since no iPhone, even the much-lauded iPad, doesn’t have a forward-facing…