It seems the HTC Hero won’t be a Sprint only thing forever. PhoneArena has been tipped that the Android-powered device will find its way to AT&T at some point in early 2010. That means the Christmas season is out, and the carrier will most likely focus on the iPhone sales, and jump into Google’s mobile…
T-Mobile launching Samsung Behold II on November 18th?
T-Mobile USA was the first carrier to jump on board the good ship Android with the HTC G1, and they’ve since stayed committed to the Google mobile operating system. Following on the recently launched T-Mobile myTouch3G, T-Mobile is now expected to go live with another Google-powered smartphone in the near future. If newly leaked launch…
Allerta’s inPulse Watch Accessory to Show Notifications from BlackBerry, Android and Symbian Phones
A couple of University of Waterloo students have put together a company called Allerta which will be making a cool little smartphone accessory that will keep you apprised of e-mail, SMS, and call alerts via Bluetooth while masquerading as a normal watch. I was a little dubious about these concept renderings of the product (they…
More Light Cast on Project Dark: T-Mobile to Finance Handsets
After getting named Even More and Even More Plus last week, we were left speculating about Project Dark and what exactly T-Mobile was alluding to when they said customers could get “the handset you crave”. As it turns out, T-Mobile will be offering hardware financing so you can pay off the phone itself in monthly…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 (Rachel) caught playing with Snapdragon
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 isn’t yet officially official in the US and we’re already hearing of the first Android-powered XPERIA coming to market. SEMCblog is saying that the Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) XPERIA X3 (codename: Rachel) is due to be announced in early November, bearing the kind of spec-sheet befitting an XPERIA smartphone –…
Motorola Sholes passes through FCC with GSM support
The Motorola Droid (codename: Sholes/Tao) has been seen time and time again with Verizon branding, so it’s clear that it’ll be launching with CDMA internals. But, thanks to a newly discovered FCC filing, we’re learning today that there’s a distinct possibility we’ll be seeing a GSM variant coming down the pipeline in the near future.…
Apple to enable iPhone 3GS FM radio soon?
The iPhone can receive FM radio signals, but it has yet to support FM radio functionality. The iPod Nano can play radio through its integrated FM receiver, heck, it even allows you to pause live radio with the Live Pause feature. What about the iPhone? According to one of 9to5mac‘s tipsters, iPhone radio is coming…
Verizon to drop Samsung Omnia II i920 on November 1?
The Samsung Omnia II seems to pop up every now and again, but we have yet to see or hear any details of the touchscreen smartphone coming to the US. But, if a new tip from one of PhoneArena’s readers pans out, we’ll be seeing the Omnia II going live in less than a month!…
WIND Device Lineup Leaked
The up and coming Canadian carrier, wind, is getting close to launch, and will apparently be bragging no contracts, no system access fee, free caller ID and voice mail, no long distance charges for calls within your province, and a freaking Microsoft Surface in every store. Hot damn, sign me up. Their first devices, according tipsters,…
Project Dark: T-Mobile Even More and Even More Plus Unlimited Plans?
There have been a lot of rumours floating around the last couple of weeks regarding something from T-Mobile called Project Dark, but little proof to nail down a solid definition. Well, from the looks of this poster, Project Dark is two plans (Even More, and Even More Plus) that are the “most affordable unlimited rate…