The Motorola Sholes tablet rumors have been coming hard and fast these past few days. We were first tipped off to a slate-based Sholes, which is believed to be a Motorola Droid variant, in a leaked product road-map. Then we were given our first glimpse of the keyboard-less Motorola Sholes tablet in leaked images that…
Android-Packing Samsung Saturn Handset En Route to China
A few new Samsung handsets bearing the Anycall branding have made an appearance, one coming “with Google”. The Android i6500 Saturn we know very little about spec-wise, beyond having Wi-Fi. Another handset, the SCH-i889, popped up alongside the Saturn, however, and is a little more well-known: 3.5″ AMOLED 320 x 240 touch display, 3 megapixel…
BlackBerry App World Going Live with Themes on December 14th?
You may recall rumblings some time ago that themes were to become an integral part of BlackBerry App World. This, in combination with a new set of tools for theme developers, and things were/are looking mighty rosy for the BlackBerry theme developer. If you believe the hype, things are set to become just a little…
LG Lotus successor caught in the wild
The somewhat strange lookin’ LG Lotus will be getting a successor (LG LX610) in the near future. According to PhoneArena, we may have to wait for January of next year to see it released. Apparently, the upcoming device will come with an external touchscreen and a microSD slot that can take cards of up to…
HTC ROM Reveals Many New Android Device Codenames
In the bowels of the recently-leaked Android 2.1 ROM, coders have found a list of codenames that hints at future HTC Android hardware. The list is 20 names long, although there is a lot in there that we’re already familiar with: Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Dragon, Dream, Espresso, Halo, HeroCT, HeroC, Hero, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty,…
Nokia N87 12MP in works?
File this under “so not confirmed” as we’ve found a new video on YouTube apparently showing some secret Nokia document, which talks about the still unknown Nokia N87 12MP device. From there we learn that such a handset, if it’s ever released, will come with: 12.1-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and equipped with Xenon…
Motorola’s Android-powered Sholes tablet breaks cover, HDMI port spotted!
The mythical Motorola Sholes tablet is starting to become reality. Since before the launch of the Android-powered Motorola Droid and its slide-out QWERTY keyboard, we’ve been hearing rumors that Motorola has a slate-style (tablet) variant in the works – the Sholes tablet. We’ve been dying to see what the presumably thinner, more powerful candybar Droid/Sholes would…
T-Mobile and LG teaming up on Android phone?
T-Mobile loves Android. They were the first wireless carrier to offer an Android phone. They’ve been offering Android phones ever since. LG, on the other hand, hasn’t really made a name for itself in the Android space. The two don’t really seem like logical Android partners, but new rumors have LG and T-Mobile in talks…
ToS Update Suggests Android 2.1 Launching December 11
If those screenshots of the HTC Hero have whet your palette for Android 2.1, it may be arriving sooner than you think. Google’s official Android site got a significant facelift recently, and more importantly, the application Market terms of service have been updated and go into effect December 11; we’re left only to assume that…
HTC ROME surfaces as the HTC Touch.B with Android in tow
Details are still sketchy right now, but it looks like the HTC ROME has just been spotted wearing its “HTC Touch.B” badge. What you see here are supposed to be the first photos of the ROME/Touch.B, another Android smartphone from the same people that launched the world’s first Android phone. All we know about the…