There’s still nothing official coming out of Cupertino, but that hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from churning out rumors about an Apple-made tablet computer with a giant multi-touch display. So far, we’ve heard that the tablet might sport a 10.7″ touchscreen, run the iPhone OS, and could end up looking like a big iPhone. Now,…
The Nexus One’s Bluetooth-enabled dock spied at the FCC
The FCC has just published a tasty little morsel of information regarding the much hyped Google Phone, which we know as the “Nexus One.” According to FCC documents, the Nexus One works with some sort of Bluetooth-enabled cradle/dock. The dock apparently supports Bluetooth EDR for wireless data transfers at speeds up to 3Mbps. It’s not…
New HD2 ROM Shows HTC Sense in Landscape
A new ROM for T-Mobile’s HD2 showing off a spiffy new documents tab also rocks a landscape layout. Considering the mammoth 4.3” display, it’s best that the HD2 is versatile about how the real estate is used. The ROM, Manila 2.5 build 1922, was built for the Touch Pro 2 and has all of the…
Android-Powered LG LS680 en Route to Sprint?
Still scratching your head, wondering what LG and Sprint are going to announce at CES? Buried within Sprint inventory, there’s a placeholder for an Android handset bearing the model number LG LS680, and is described as having Android. There aren’t any more details than that, but if the Etna is any indication of what’s to…
Nokia dual SIM phones coming in Q2 2010?
File this under “rumors,” but since it’s coming from always highly-informed Mobile Review’s Eldar Murtazin, I’m thinking there’s some merit to this story. And the story is – Nokia will be launching dual SIM phones at some point next year. That “some point” is the second quarter according to Eldar, who added that the Finnish…
Video: Espresso Sense UI caught in the wild
We’ve seen screenshots of a bit tweaked Sense UI, and now we have a video to proof HTC is preparing something special for its upcoming Espresso smartphone. We’re still waiting for something official, but it’s kinda sure thing CES (or maybe MEC) will provide us with more answers. In the meantime, here’s a snippet of…
A real world look at the BlackBerry Tour2 9650
RIM continues to refresh its BlackBerry lineup with optical trackpads to replace the trackball “pearl” that has become almost synonymous with the BlackBerry brand. The latest BlackBerry to get the optical trackpad treatment is the BlackBerry Tour2 9650 (codename: Essex), and it’s looking good. Thanks to pics posted by BGR, we can see that the…
Acer to launch BREW-powered phones next year, too?
We’ve already talked about HTC’s plans to release BREW-powered handsets, which will most likely target low and mid range of the market, and now we have another player interested to adopt Qualcomm’s mobile platform. It’s Acer, which seems to plan assaults on multiple fronts – Windows Mobile, Android and BREW! We got the information from…
Brief: Rumour: Apple to ship 5 megapixel iPhone, and move 40 to 45 million iPhones total, during 2010
Taiwanese site Digitimes, whose track record regarding rumours is actually quite good, is reporting that OmniVision, the company who makes the CMOS image sensors that go inside the iPhone 3G and 3GS, is expecting to supply with 40 to 45 million cameras for iPhones during 2010. An unknown percentage of those will be 5 megapixel…
LG and Sprint Releasing Something Big at CES
LG and Sprint are having a big launch event on January 6 during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which is apparently going to be hosted by Brooke Shields. Celebrity endorsement isn’t cheap, meaning they’re launching something big, but nobody really knows what just now. Our buddy Greg thinks it’s most likely the LG…