You’ve probably had enough with reading about the brand new LTE device coming out of Verizon. The device that will give you 4G speeds of the fabled Verizon LTE airwaves. The Android device on big red that will really be able to take advantage f the processor strength built into it. Yeah, you’ve read enough, at this point you just want one, and today you can have one.

The HTC Thunderbolt is now on sale at Verizon for $250 (if you can call that price a “sale”) on a brand new 2-year.

Camera

* 8.0 MP rear camera
* Auto Focus
* dual LED Flash
* 1.3 MP front camera

Dimensions

* 4.75″ x 2.44″ x 0.56″ inches
* Weight: 6.23oz (with standard battery)

Operating System

* Android 2.2 with HTC Sense 2.0

Display

* 4.3″ capacitive touch screen
* 480×800 WVGA display
* Orientation in portrait and landscape

Keyboard

* Touch screen QWERTY Keyboard

Battery

* Usage: 378 mins OR
* Standby: 330 hours
* SAR 1.2 W/kg @ 1g (HEAD)
* SAR 1.46 W/kg @ 1g (BODY)

Memory / Processor

* 8GB eMMC
* 68 MB RAM
* Actual formatted capacity will be less
* Qualcomm® MSM8655 1Ghz
* Qualcomm® MDM9600

Verizon

Or you can grab it at Amazon for $180

Imagine a day when recharging your phone could be as easy as cracking open a soda. Chinese Inventor Daizi Zheng has redesigned a Nokia phone that uses bio-batteries as an alternative to conventional batteries. A bio-battery is an ecologically friendly, energy supply system which uses enzymes as a catalyst to generate electricity from carbohydrates (currently sugar). In order to use the bio-battery as a power source for the phone all that is required is a small supply of a sugary drink. Once the battery dies only oxygen and water remains. Bio-batteries are fully biodegradable and have, on a single charge, a potential life-span three to four times longer than conventional lithium batteries. Meanwhile, bio-batteries are a whole new way of looking at batteries and picnics.

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If you made the conscience decision to wait around for the second coming of the EVO, the waiting time is up. This morning Sprint made it official, the EVO Shift 4G is here to deliver more 4G Sprint speeds at a slightly lesser price. Willing participants can check into the Shift 4G and it’s 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7630 processor for a cool $149. And yes, if you’re counting, the Shift is smaller and less powerful than it’s older brother the HTC EVO 4G. But come January 9th, the Shift will give users Android 2.3 right out of the box. Oh wait, nope, it’s still Froyo. So, ….

….I’m sure someone wants this one over the EVO.

SPECS:

Android 2.2™
5MP camera
720p HD camcorder
3.6-inch capacitive touchscreen display with pinch-to-zoom capability

* HD Video Recording
* Wi-Fi®
* Sprint Mobile Hotspot (supporting up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices)
* Android Market™ with access to more than 100,000 apps
* Messaging – Personal and business e-mail, IM and text messaging
* Social Networking Integration – Facebook®, Twitter™, Flickr® and more
* Visual Voicemail
* Google™ Mobile Services, including YouTube™, Gmail™, Google Talk™, Google Voice™ and Google Maps™
* GPS Navigation
* Stereo Bluetooth® wireless technology
* microSD slot (supporting up to 32GB memory card)

Sprint

Check out a Wirefly review of the Shift in action.

You’ve heard the rumors that there would be a follow up to Google’s Nexus One, but you weren’t sure if they were true or not. It’s only human to be skeptical since Google decided to discontinue their online Nexus One store. Then there’s all of the newer fancier, bigger Android devices that have come and taken the spotlight since Google introduced there very own branded handheld. Well folks, the rumors were true and it looks like we’re getting our very first look at the phone that would be called the Nexus S.

Earlier this morning, Best Buy Mobile let escape an ad that spoke of the exclusive sale of the Nexus S. That ad was quickly pulled, but not fast enough to let the excitement explode. Then, out of nowhere, a fuzzy little shot of the supposed device showed up, making hearts beat faster and browsers go into full swing. Was it, or wasn’t it? It was:

Engadget got their hands on a model of the Samsung made device soon to be sold as the Nexus S, running a stock version of the brand new Android OS Gingerbread, commonly known as Android 2.3.

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For all those waiting with bated breath for more competition in the mobile OS world, Microsoft has finally come to the table with their offering. You’ve been hearing about it for a few years now. It started with ‘no, we’re not making a Zune-Phone’ to here, have a “Kin.” Then it went quickly to, we’re taking the Kin back, sorry about that. And it has now turned full circle to ‘here, have a Zune-Phone.’

Microsoft is in desparate need of a winner, or even just a “doing pretty good” competitor in the mobile market. the iPhone, Android and Blackberry have all but made the one-time King completely fade from mobile memory. But like all Kings, they crave those days of yore, spend their loyal subjects money, gather a new army, sharpen new swords, and plot on new seemingly weaker lands to conquer.

But are there really any weaker lands for Microsoft to conquer? Can a flashy new OS that is basically a combination of the Android OS and iOS on top of a ZuneHD OS — labeled with a much improved desktop OS logo, really persuade subjects entrenched in the ways of their new modern day “Home Screens”, to lay down their arms and serve a aging desperate kingdom once again?

Obviously the jury is still hearing the case, but come October 31st, they will get the evidence and deliberation will begin.

The first of the brand new handsets will begin rolling out this October 21st in Europe and Asia. U.S. carriers will get their shot the following month, November. There are ten handsets in total, delivered to you by HTC, LG, Dell and Samsung. The hardware will look and feel familiar to you since they are at their core, Android devices tweaked for Microsoft needs.

List Of New Handsets

* HTC 7 Surround — The 3.8-inch T8788 with slideout speaker for AT&T and Telus
* HTC HD7 — Schubert comes of age as a 4.3-inch HD2 cousin for T-Mobile and beyond
* HTC 7 Trophy — the 3.8-inch Spark headed to international carriers
* HTC 7 Mozart — another heavily leaked int’l player with 3.7-inch display
* Dell Venue Pro — 4.1-inch portrait QWERTY slider for T-Mobile we broke as Lightning
* Samsung Focus — AT&T’s 4-inch Super AMOLED slate we broke as Cetus
* Samsung Omnia 7 — the i8700 is a 4-inch Super AMOLED jobbie for Europe
* LG Optimus 7 — the E900 is the official 3.8-inch global workhorse
* LG Quantum — AT&T’s 3.5-inch landscape slider first seen as the C900

* HTC 7 Pro — a 3.6-inch QWERTY slider for Sprint (2011)

North America

AT&T
• HTC Surround, United States
• Samsung Focus, United States
• LG Quantum, United States

T-Mobile USA
• HTC HD7, United States
• Dell Venue Pro, United States

TELUS
• HTC 7 Surround, Canada
• LG Optimus 7, Canada
América Móvil
• LG Optimus 7, Mexico

Europe

O2
• HTC HD7, United Kingdom, Germany

Orange
• HTC 7 Mozart, including France, United Kingdom
• Samsung Omnia 7, including France, United Kingdom

SFR
• HTC 7 Trophy, France
• Samsung Omnia 7, France

Movistar
• LG Optimus 7, Spain
• HTC HD7, Spain
• Samsung Omnia 7, Spain

Deutsche Telekom AG
• HTC 7 Mozart, Germany
• Samsung Omnia 7, Germany

Vodafone
• HTC 7 Trophy, including Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
• LG Optimus 7, including Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Asia Pacific

SingTel
• HTC HD 7, Singapore
• LG Optimus 7, Singapore

Telstra
• HTC 7 Mozart, Australia
• LG Optimus 7Q, Australia

Vodafone
• HTC 7 Trophy, Australia

PRESS RELEASE:

Oct. 11, 2010

Microsoft and Partners Unveil Windows Phone 7 Global Portfolio
First phones available soon from leading mobile operators around the world.

REDMOND, Wash. – Oct. 11, 2010 – Microsoft Corp. today joined its partners in revealing nine new Windows Phone 7 handsets that will be available this holiday season from leading mobile operators in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. With more than 60 mobile operators in over 30 countries worldwide committed to bringing Windows Phones to market, the millions of people around the world looking for a phone that plays as hard as it works will have a variety of phones from leading device-makers to choose from.

“We have a beautiful lineup in this first wave of Windows Phone 7 handsets,” said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer at Microsoft. “Microsoft and its partners are delivering a different kind of mobile phone and experience – one that makes everyday tasks faster by getting more done in fewer steps and providing timely information in a ‘glance and go’ format.”
Global Portfolio

Microsoft and its partners have worked together closely to create a different kind of phone with new experiences that bring together what people care about most. Windows Phone 7 will be available in a variety of sleek form factors from device-makers such as Dell, HTC Corp., LG and Samsung, and from mobile operators including América Móvil, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom AG, Movistar, O2, Orange, SFR, SingTel, Telstra, TELUS, T-Mobile USA and Vodafone. All Windows Phone 7 phones will include the high-performance Snapdragon™ processor from Qualcomm. A broad selection of phones will begin shipping in holiday 2010 with more arriving in 2011, including phones from Sprint and Verizon. In addition, select models will be available at Microsoft Store locations and from Amazon.

Windows Phone 7, Glance and Go
In today’s busy world we are spending more time heads-down on our phones than interacting with the people we’re sitting next to and missing out on important life moments. Windows Phone 7 was designed to deliver a mobile experience that has the phone working better for people, bringing together the things they care about most and helping them to get things done faster.
Windows Phone 7 breaks the current smartphone convention to help people quickly and easily find and consume data, information and services from the Web and applications. The new phones are distinguished by unique design and integrated experiences built from Microsoft’s deep portfolio such as Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Office Mobile, Zune, Windows Live, Bing and more.

For example, the customizable Start screen with Live Tiles is a personal experience, showing people their own content. The Live Tiles come to life with real-time updates from the Web such as news, appointments or the status of friends. New Live Tiles can be easily created from whatever content a consumer wants, such as applications, websites and music.
Fueling New Experiences

Windows Phone 7 marks a new era in mobile gaming as the first phone1 to put the power of Xbox LIVE into the palm of people’s hands with a blockbuster lineup of game titles from award-winning publishers. In addition to the titles already announced earlier this year, Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) today announced the first wave of EA games coming to Windows Phone 7 this fall. As part of Microsoft’s managed portfolio of Xbox LIVE titles, all EA games for Windows Phone 7 will be Xbox LIVE-enabled. EA will deliver a portfolio of titles that offers something for every mobile gamer, from casual to core, including “Need for Speed™ Undercover,” “Tetris®” and “The Sims™ 3.”

Windows Phone 7 is also the first to offer the Zune music experience on a phone: People can play their music collection, synced wirelessly from their PC, or stream or download new tunes from Windows Marketplace. An optional Zune Pass subscription is available.

Search is made easier with a dedicated button to help people find what they need, whether in contacts, in Marketplace, in e-mail or on the Web. From the Start screen, the Search button delivers Bing for mobile, delivering Web results, local information, maps, directions and more.

The Windows Live solution helps people manage pictures, Windows Live calendar, Office OneNote Mobile and more. The free Find My Phone service new on Windows Live can remotely ring, lock, erase and show the location of your phone on a map. Complete information about Windows Phone 7 features and capabilities can be found at http://www.windowsphone.com.

You can have a look at quick reviews and pics of each device over at Engadget.

Just when you were thinking it was comfortable to believe that there are only two device OS’s to choose from, Nokia comes in and reminds you, Symbian is still alive and kickin’. Their answer to the thousands of Android handsets and iPhone OS is the brand new E7 full QWERTY Slider, and it’s not a bad little answer. Not only does it boast a 4-inch tilt touchscreen for front side handheld fun, but it also includes a 8 megapixel backside imager for a little 720p video enjoyment. Oh and don’t worry, all this recent heavy competition coming Nokia’s way hasn’t made them rethink their pricing policy. At the moment it looks like this one will be going for €495 ($644) before all taxes and any carrier subsidies. Well there goes next years vacation.

Take a look at some of the specs:

Keys and input methods
* Full QWERTY keyboard
* Home key, Power key, Lock key, Camera key, Volume key
* Finger touch support for text input and UI control
* On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard
* Possibility to use capacitive stylus
* Full screen handwriting recognition
* Handwriting recognition for Chinese

Colours
* Anodised aluminium casing available in:
o Dark grey
o Silver white
o Blue

Dimensions
* Size:123.7 x 62.4 x 13.6 mm
* Weight (with battery): 176 g
* Volume: 97.8 cc

Personalisation
* Up to three customisable home screens:
o Menu
o Widgets
o Themes
o Shortcuts
o Icons
* Customisable profiles
* Ringtones: mp3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
* Video ringtones
* Themes
o wallpapers
o screensavers
o audio themes
o pre-installed themes
o changeable colour themes

Display and user interface

* Screen size: 4″
* Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED
* 16 million colours
* Capacitive touch screen
* Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
* Compass (Magnetometer)
* Proximity sensor
* Ambient light detector

Memory
* Internal memory: 16 GB

Operating Frequency
* GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
* Automatic switching between WCDMA and GSM bands
* Flight mode

Connectivity
* Bluetooth 3.0
* HDMI
* High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
* Micro USB connector and charging
o USB On-the-Go
* Standard 3.5 mm AV connector
o FM Radio

Applications
* Preloaded applications
o Mail for Exchange
o IBM Lotus Notes Traveler
o Quickoffice dynamic premium
o Adobe PDF reader
o F-Secure Anti-theft for Mobile
o Ovi Maps with free GPS navigation

* PC Applications
o Nokia Ovi Suite
o Nokia Ovi Player

Camera
* 8 megapixel camera
* Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy-to-use touchscreen parameters
* Dual LED flash
* Face recognition software
* Still images file format: JPEG/EXIF
* Zoom up to 2x (digital) for still images
* Zoom up to 3x (digital) for video
* Secondary camera for video calls (VGA, 640 x 480 pixels)

Other
* Internal memory: 16 GB
* High-Speed microUSB to PC connectivity

Video cameras
* Main camera
o HD quality 720p resolution
o Shoot 16:9 videos in HD
* Video capture in 720p 25 fps with codecs H.264, MPEG-4
* Settings for scene, video light, white balance, colour tone
* Secondary camera VGA for video calls

Video codecs & formats
* H.264 (base profile, main profile, high profile), MPEG-4, VC-1, Sorenson Spark, Real video 10
* Streaming: H.264, Flash Lite 4 (Flash 10 compatibility for video), On2 VP6, Sorenson Spark

GPS and navigation
* Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
* Ovi Maps with free car and pedestrian navigation
* Wi-Fi positioning
* Compass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display
* Use Nokia Ovi Suite to get the latest country maps for Ovi Maps for free

Browsing and internet
* Full web browsing of real web pages
* Web browsing with touch control
* Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS
* Supported protocols: HTTP v1.1, WAP
* TCP/IP support
* Visual history, HTML and JavaScript support
* Flash Lite 4 will support a majority of Flash Player 10.1 content
* Nokia Mobile Search
* RSS reader
* Support for streaming video
* Unified home screen access to Facebook and Twitter through Ovi by Nokia Social client
* Social networking profiles visible in phone contacts
* Upload and view photos and video and see locations via Ovi by Nokia Social client
* Social networking events visible in phone calendar

Software platform & user interface
* Symbian^3 OS for Nokia
* Java MIDP 2.1
* Qt 4.6.2, Web Runtime 7.2
o HTML 4.1
* Software updates Over the Air (FOTA) and Over the internet (FOTI)
* Flash Lite 4.0
* OMA DM 1.2, OMA Client provisioning 1.1

Take a look at the full exhausting specs

It’s here G1 faithful!! You’ve waited long enough, watching all the great advancements happen with the OS that you’ve enjoyed since it began must have been a very painful experience. Obviously you’re well beyond your 2-year agreement so grabbing the G2 to your G1 will be smooth and non-painful, and you’ll finally get to know the joys of Froyo, a 3.7 inch screen and a 800MHz CPU Snapdragon processor.

As a new G2 owner you will get a jump on most of the other Android users, browsing supported by Adobe Flash. As you can see, it’s time for you to sign up and wait patiently for your email box to inform you of the day your G2 can be pre-ordered.

Take a read of all the fantastic goodies the new G2 will brings.

Introducing the T-Mobile G2 with Google – the First Smartphone Delivering 4G Speeds on T-Mobile’s Super-Fast HSPA+ Network

T-Mobile, Google and HTC re-team to deliver the groundbreaking successor to the T-Mobile G1; Exclusive preorder for current T-Mobile customers begins later this month

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Sept. 9, 2010 – T-Mobile USA, Inc. today unveiled the T-Mobile® G2™ with Google™, delivering downloads at 4G speeds1, a blazing fast web browsing experience and tight integration with Google services. The G2 breaks new ground as the first smartphone specifically designed for T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network2, which covers 100 million Americans in more than 55 major metropolitan areas across the country. The G2 is an ultra-powerful smartphone designed by HTC and is the highly anticipated successor to the
T-Mobile G1, the world’s first Android™-powered mobile phone, pairing a large 3.7-inch screen with a unique hinge design that opens to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. Current T-Mobile customers will get exclusive access to preorder the G2 starting later this month.

“T-Mobile ignited the spark that set the Android world ablaze two years ago with the launch of the world’s first Android-powered mobile phone, the T-Mobile G1, which remains an important milestone for both T-Mobile and the Android operating system,” said Cole Brodman, chief technology and innovation officer, T-Mobile USA. “Now, with the launch of the T-Mobile G2, we are re-teaming with our partners at Google and HTC to provide T-Mobile customers with another first – the first Android smartphone designed to deliver 4G speeds on our new network.”

“One of the advantages of an open platform is the opportunity for developers to create rich mobile experiences and seamlessly get those experiences into the hands of consumers,” said Andy Rubin, vice president, engineering, Google. “From new services, such as Voice Actions, to mobile applications, developer-led Android innovation is flourishing. On Android Market alone, the number of applications available to consumers has grown from just 50 applications two years ago to more than 80,000 applications today.”

“Two years ago, HTC and T-Mobile worked together to deliver the world’s first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. From that start, Android has grown to be the leading smartphone platform in the U.S., and one of the most popular globally,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. “With today’s announcement of the G2, HTC and T-Mobile are once again bringing a breakthrough Android product to market.”

The first smartphone specifically designed to deliver 4G speeds on T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network, the G2 is optimized for performance to provide customers with blazing fast access to a world of information through websites, applications, videos, file downloads and more. Built on Android 2.2, the G2 offers seven customizable home screen panels, including a dedicated panel with one-click access to your favorite Google applications such as Android Market™, which currently offers more than 80,000 applications.

The T-Mobile G2 delivers a powerful mobile data experience that is tightly integrated with Google Voice™, as well as packed with Google applications such as Voice Actions™ from Google, Google Goggles™ and more. It is one of the first smartphones in the industry to offer the new Voice Actions feature of Google Search™, which allows you to control your phone with your voice for calling contacts and businesses, sending messages, browsing the Web, listening to music and completing common tasks. It is also the first smartphone to offer integrated access to Google Voice™, allowing customers to create a new account using their current mobile number right from the home screen. Google Voice then automatically transcribes voicemails to text so customers can read them like an e-mail or text message from their phone or online. Additional pre-loaded Google services include Google Search, Gmail™, Google Maps™ with Places and Navigation, YouTube™, Google Talk™ and Google Earth™, among others.

Adding fuel to the G2′s speed is its Snapdragon™ MSM7230 mobile processor which combines Qualcomm’s new HSPA+ capabilities and second generation applications processor. The Snapdragon MSM7230 offers an 800 MHz CPU and is optimized to deliver exceptional performance, long battery life and leading edge multimedia and web browsing – with download speeds faster than other solutions currently in the market.

The G2 delivers advanced smartphone features including an HD video camera for recording crystal-clear, high-definition (720p) videos that can be automatically uploaded to your Photobucket account and a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus. The G2 also offers smartphone essentials such as easy access to personal and work e-mail, including support for Microsoft® Exchange e-mail, contacts and calendar; social networking; and instant messaging. In addition, the G2 features a pre-installed 8GB microSD memory card with support for up to 32 GB, as well as a music player.

Additional features of the G2 include the following:
· Dedicated Quick Keys for one-touch access to your favorite Google shortcuts and applications

Adobe FlashPlayer enabled Web browsing experience
Pinch and zoom functionality for Web browsing and photo gallery
· 4GB internal memory with pre-installed 8GB micro SD card, with support for up to 32 GB of external memory

· Built-in 3.5mm headphone jack, stereo headset and Bluetooth support

· Swype® text input for fast, accurate communication

Availability

The T-Mobile G2 with Google will be available in the U.S. exclusively from T-Mobile, and current T-Mobile customers will have the opportunity to preorder the G2 in limited quantities later this month. Additional availability details will be shared in the coming weeks. Visit http://g2.t-mobile.com to register for updates.

About T-Mobile’s HSPA+ Network

T-Mobile continues to expand its super-fast HSPA+ mobile broadband network, which now covers 100 million Americans in more than 55 major metropolitan areas. T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network – which offers theoretical peak throughput speeds of 21 Mbps – offers today’s available 4G speeds to more people than any other wireless network in the country, with plans to reach more than 200 million people this year. For more information on where

T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network service is available, please visit http://t-mobile.com/coverage.

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1HSPA+ operates at today’s 4G speeds; not available everywhere.
2 The T-Mobile G2 is designed for theoretical peak speeds of 14.4 Mbps

Google, Android, Android Market, Google Voice, Voice Actions, Google Goggles, Gmail, Google Search, Google Maps, YouTube, Google Talk and Google Earth are trademarks of Google, Inc.

Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Snapdragon is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated.

About T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom AG. By the end of the second quarter of 2010, more than 130 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group – 33.6 million by T-Mobile USA – all via a common technology platform based on GSM and UMTS, the world’s most widely used digital wireless standards. T-Mobile USA’s innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.

Forward-looking statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the current views of Deutsche Telekom management with respect to future events. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project” and “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place too much reliance on them. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond Deutsche Telekom’s control, including, without limitation, those factors set forth in “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” contained in Deutsche Telekom’s annual report. If these or other risks and uncertainties materialize, or if the assumptions underlying any of these statements prove incorrect, Deutsche Telekom’s actual results may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements. Deutsche Telekom does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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There’s no shortage of big bad high end Android devices these days, so if you’re in the market, you’ve got an ever widening list to thumb through. As of now, you can add another to your list. The Samsung Fascinate has just entered the confines of Verizon, and it brings with it a free buddy Fascinate. When you grab a brand new Fascinate you’ll get a second one for free. You will of course have to activate a second line but hey, you’ll get a free Fascinate.

You can grab your now for $199.99.

The new Samsung Fascinate: Making the smartphone brilliant. The smartphone just became brilliant. The Samsung Fascinate™, a Galaxy S™ phone, offers a robust set of entertainment features and represents a high level of mobile intelligence. Featuring a 4.0” Super AMOLED display that is stunningly bright while also conserving battery life, the Samsung Fascinate™ offers a powerful 1GHz processor. Add in the unlimited possibilities of the Android™ platform, and the Fascinate™ is truly brilliant.

Super AMOLED™: A brilliant 4.0” Super AMOLED™ screen that provides a brighter image both indoors and outdoors (in direct sunlight). The Super AMOLED screen uses less power and has a thinner profile than other screens.

Android Ecosystem: The Fascinate has the Android 2.1 platform + TouchWiz UI with an 1GHz application processor for faster downloads and streaming.
Integrated Social Hub: Unified Contacts contain all the contact information for Twitter, MySpace and Facebook, IM and email accounts. Unified Calendar provides a single point of scheduling for Outlook and Gmail calendars, as well as Facebook birthdays.

Swype: Optimized “typing” on a touchscreen phone for greater efficiency.
Multimedia Entertainment: The Fascinate comes with a native music player, a DivX video player (for better video playback quality), a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, games, access to YouTube and Android Market to make the most of all the latest and greatest in what entertains you.

Integrated Productivity & Multitasking: With Wi–Fi capability, 3G Mobile Hotspot, a pinch zoom–enabled Android browser, Skype mobile, VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail, Quick Panel (enables quick access to major features), and Notification & Quick Reply (to quickly respond to messages without task interruption) everything you need is at your fingertips. ThinkFree Office is included for viewing/editing Microsoft Office docs.

Verizon

If you follow the world of all things Android devices, this shot will look a bit familiar to you. Yes, it does look a little bit like the famed HTC Vision, okay a lot like it. But this is actually the second coming of the G2 to be released in the states under the T-Mobile logo like it’s older brother, the one who kicked it all off, the G1. What you’re looking at is a slightly larger screen, 3.7 inch, nicer sliding keyboard mostly likely Android 2.2, anything less would be a travesty.

T-Mobile has already teased that we will be seeing this one on the scene soon, soon as in September, and will be rocking that HSPA 4G of T-Mobile’s that we’ve been hearing so much about.

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And I mean that quite literally, the page is an animated ocean. The second wave of large screen 4G fun is now officially on it’s way to the Sprint shores now that the famed Samsung Epic has it’s coming soon page. Right now interested Epic seekers can head on over, sign up, and be one of the thousands first to know when it will dock. That is after every blog and social network post the leaked internals describing every bit of info we are unsure of as of today. But hey, you’ll still get that neat little message from Sprint!!!

The ‘Epic’ particulars:

4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive display for an HDTV-quality viewing experience, plus pinch-to-zoom
Records and plays back DRM-free content at 720p 30fps HD

• Android™ 2.1, with access to more than 65,000 apps on Android Market™

• Future access to the Samsung Media Hub, a full library of video and literary content powered by some of the biggest names in entertainment (coming soon)

• Instantly download eBooks from Skiff, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo

• Six-axis motion sensor for the ultimate gaming experience

• Dual cameras: 5-megapixel camera/camcorder with autofocus, Power LED flash and 3x digital zoom for HD video (720p) recording for capture and playback on an HD television, and front-facing VGA camera for video chat and more

• Qik® video application for video chat service and live video sharing

• Samsung Social Hub integrates all of the user’s social networking services, messages, personal and business email, calendars and contacts

• Samsung’s exclusive AllShare service to wirelessly share stored music, pictures and HD video to other DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) Certified™ home electronics, including HDTVs, monitors, digital cameras, printers and more
More great stuff

• 3G/4G capability — the latest arrival to the first wireless 4G network from a national carrier

• 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot capability — connects up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices

• Slide-out QWERTY and virtual Swype keyboards

• Digital compass, proximity sensor, light sensor and GPS Navigation

• Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor

• Standard removable 1500mAh Lithium (Li-on) battery

• Expandable memory: 16 GB microSD™ card included; supports up to 32 GB

• Built-in Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n

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We know that you will be able to rock your brand new Dell Streak on either T-Mobile or AT&T, albeit AT&T will be the preferred method. We also know that you’ll be close carrying a Tablet in your pocket, a Tablet with a 5″ screen that rings, but what we don’t know is, when will you be able to purchase said beast? And we still don’t know.

But thanks to Dells dedicated Streak page, we now know the day is close at hand. The page tells us that pre-order will be available in late July. it’s getting pretty late (July) so pre-order checkouts should be up and operational any minute now.

Operating System
Android (multi-touch UI)
Processors
QSD 8250

Bands :
UMTS 2100 / 1900 / 850 MHz
GSM / EDGE 1900 / 1800 / 900 / 850 MHz
HSDPA / HSUPA:HSDPA 7.2 Mbps / HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Display
5″ (12.7 cm) WVGA (800 x 480) in-cell TFT LCD supporting multi-touch

Camera
5.0M Rear-Facing Auto-Focus Camera + VGA Front-Facing Camera

Video
H.263 / H.264, .3GP, MPEG4, WMV

Sound
MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, Midi, WAV

Messaging
SMS, MMS, Email, IM

Browser
WebKit (Android)

Memory
512 MB ROM + 512 MB SDRAM + 2 GB non-user accessible MicroSD for system & applications files only

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Out of the darkness comes some light, albeit not all that shiny. The word of a brand new version of the Blackberry Storm, the Blackberry Storm 3, came this morning from a lucky tipster to Engadget. It brought some smiles and something to look forward to come December possibly. But as more begins to follow, those smiles are quickly turning to, meh. From the sparse info beginning to trickle, the next Storm is more like a few clouds dropping a few showers in scattered locations. No big changes in the next generation Storm, in fact it looks like the new device will be nothing more than an upgrade to take on Blackberry OS 6.

I’m sure that won’t stop Verizon from pumping it like the second coming but, 5 megapixel camera, WiFi upped to 802.11n and 512 MB of RAM sounds good, it’s just not all that exciting when you factor in what else is out there on the market. However, having said that, I’m sure Storm loyal fans with greet this news with a cheer, even if it is somewhat tempered.

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Bamm! Here it is Direct Connect fans, the first and only Direct Connect Android OS powered handheld to hit the Sprint airwaves, the Motorola i1. You’ve heard about it, you may have even seen a few fuzzy pictures or two, but now you can see it in crystal clear full spectrum color, with specs and all! Not only that, come July 25th, you can have one in your hand to push and talk your heart away for $150 on a two-year after all the normal rebates are applied. I hope you don’t mind using Android 1.5 because that’s what the Motorola i1 comes with.

Go check out all there is to know about Motorola i1.

First up, as you can see from the photos, the second coming of the Droid, the Droid 2 is on it’s way to Verizon, but you already knew that. We all knew that already, and we’ve all seen a shot or two.

But now we’re getting word that the device will show up around August 23rd or somewhere about’. Now, that’s interesting and all, but there’s some news that has the potential to get some out into the streets dancing for joy. The 3rd installment of the Touchscreen Blackberry, the Blackberry Storm, may be hitting Big Red sometime around Xmas. Yes, it just got really interesting didn’t it!?

It’s hard to believe that there will be three versions of this device, the one and only large screen Touchscreen Blackberry, and it’s STILL only available on Verizon.

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Well it’s here Verizon faithful. The second coming of the Motorola Droid has finally landed with its X in tow. Anyone interested, included you, can head on over to the Verizon online store right this moment and hit the ol credit card up for $199. Yes you have to sign a two-year commitment to get that price, but you probably already knew that and have come to grips with. You’ve been reading about it, you’ve benn dreaming about it and now the Motorola Droid X is here, so go get it!

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The second coming of the highly successful Motorola Droid, the Motorola Droid X, is now officially closer to being officially official. Verizon has thrown up a “coming Soon” page for the brand new Droid which is set to take on the strengths of the Sprint HTC EVO 4G. The 720p HDMI out, 4.3-inch screen device will get its day in the sun this June 23rd. But you can get your name on the list today to get the info when Verizon is ready to give it up.

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It looks as though AT&T is finally getting serious about selling Android devices to its customers. How serious you ask? How about 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 4 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 5 MP camera with HD video recording serious. Take that T-Mobile. T-Mobile is where one would expect to see a Samsung Android device of this caliber take its first flight, in particular since it seems to be of the Samsung Galaxy flavor, but AT&T has the hanger and hub space all laid out for Android fans on the GSM network, fans that want Android 2.1, fast and powerful processing and bigger screens.

The word comes to us as in the “coming months” so that could be December since December is coming. But if you’re in the market, head on over to AT&T, get the full look and sign up to be notified when “coming” means “here.”

Immerse yourself in the realism of the 4” Super AMOLED display. Elevate your gaming experience with the six-axis motion sensor and powerful 3D graphics engine. Listen to the dynamic richness of surround-sound stereo audio. You get high entertainment value plus a complete suite of hardworking fully integrated Google applications. Check email, get directions, download thousands of apps from the Android Market, upload video to YouTube™, and much more. Powered by the 1 GHz Cortex A8 Samsung application processor and the Android™ 2.1 operating system, the Samsung Captivate is packed with exciting features in a sleek and slim design:

Super AMOLED 4” touchscreen display – improved off-axis viewing and better outdoor visibility
Entertainment galore with six-axis motion sensor and 3D graphics engine and surround-sound audio
5 MP camera with HD video recording
Choose from thousands of apps on the Android Market™
Integrated social networking tools – one place for status updates
16 GB on-board memory for photos, videos, and music – expandable memory up to 32 GB

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Normally these things go through weeks of speculation, different names, pricing guesses and carrier speculation. But the brand new HTC Aria made it’s debut today without fanfare via Facebook, and thus we have another HTC Android device.

Operating System: Google Android Operating System version 2.1
7-panel home screen with widget support and HTC Sense™
BLUETOOTH® 2.1 with A2DP Stereo
Orientation: GPS/AGPS, Digital compass, G-Sensor
Proximity sensor; light sensor
Web Browser: Android Webkit full HTML browser for “PC-like” web browsing
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g and AT&T Hot Spots for instant Wi-Fi access at over 20,000 locations
3G: Broadband data speeds on the nation’s fastest 3G network
Touchscreen: HTC Sense™ interface, 3.2-in. HVGA
Camera: 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and video
Messaging and Email
Text and multimedia messaging (SMS, MMS)
POP3/IMAP (embedded), Corporate email synch, Push Gmail
Google Talk™ and IM (AIM, Live, Yahoo)
Music and Video
PLAYABLE FORMATS: H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4
Video capture, playback and streaming
3.5 mm headset jack
PC Connectivity: USB 2.0 (High Speed) standard micro USB connector
Bands/Modes: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS
Internal Memory: 512 MB Flash, 256 MB RAM
Expandable Memory: microSD slot, 2 GB preinstalled (Up to 32 GB)
Physical
Weight: 4.6 oz.
Size: (H X W X D): 4.6 x 2.3 x 0.47 in
Power
Battery: 1300 mAh
Talk time: up to 6 hrs
Standby time: up to 15.5 days

Pocket-Sized HTC Aria to Premiere on Nation’s Fastest 3G Network

Android 2.1 & HTC Sense™ Experience Combined With 7.2 HSPA Speeds Offers Exceptional Mobile Broadband Performance.

Basically we are looking at a AT&T HTC Hero/Eris.

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AT&T* and HTC Corporation (“HTC”) today announced that HTC Aria™, a rich and powerful addition to AT&T’s Android smartphone portfolio, will be available exclusively at AT&T beginning June 20. Pocket-sized and packing the power of the Android 2.1 platform, a five megapixel camera and a bright 3.2 inch HVGA display, HTC Aria offers AT&T customers Android smartphone functionality in an amazingly easy-to-carry design. The combination of 3G speed, a responsive capacitive touch screen and an optical joystick makes HTC Aria an ideal smartphone for mobile broadband.

HTC Aria is Wi-Fi capable and qualifying customers will receive access to AT&T Wi-Fi, with more than 20,000 hotspots across the U.S. In addition, HTC Aria is compatible with AT&T’s High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 Mbps technology. This technology provides a considerable boost to 3G speeds when combined with expanded backhaul. The combination of faster wireless networks, smartphones like HTC Aria, and tens of thousands of available innovative mobile apps allows AT&T customers to mobilize virtually everything, from video and music, to social networking, to business applications.

“HTC Aria is the first of several smartphones in our Android portfolio to run the 2.1 platform,” said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president, Devices, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “When you combine the nation’s fastest 3G network, and access to the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network, HTC Aria will be one of the best Android smartphones available.”

HTC Aria features the acclaimed HTC Sense experience, which automatically delivers the most-wanted information by bringing it to the forefront of the mobile experience. Featuring the latest version of HTC Sense, HTC Aria offers even more ways to stay connected, including Friend Stream, which delivers Facebook, Twitter and Flickr updates in a single, consolidated view.

“Its unique combination of compact size and beautiful design instantly separates HTC Aria from the pack of ‘me-too’ smartphones,” said Jason Mackenzie, vice president of HTC America. “But what really differentiates HTC Aria from other smartphones is the acclaimed HTC Sense experience, which we are pleased to be bringing to AT&T customers. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC Aria organizes all of your communications in the most human way possible – by person.”

A full selection of the newest and most popular Google services can be accessed with HTC Aria. This includes Google search, Google Maps, Google Navigation, Gmail, YouTube and more. With Android Market, customers can also choose from more than 50,000 applications to further personalize the mobile experience.

Along with being ultra-small at just over 4 inches long and weighing a mere 4.05 ounces, HTC Aria’s seamless wrap-around soft-touch back cover eliminates sharp edges, making HTC Aria exceptionally convenient to carry and comfortable to hold as well.

Featuring the best selection of smartphones and OS, AT&T is ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among smartphone owners. AT&T plans to expand its Android portfolio to include other Android smartphones during the second half of 2010.

Pricing and Availability
HTC Aria will be available on June 20 at AT&T retail locations nationwide or at http://www.att.com/wireless for $129.99 after $100 mail-in rebate (pay $229.99 and after mail-in rebate receive $100 AT&T Promotion Card. Two-year agreement required and smartphone data plan required).

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SWEET!!! After all this time, all the hand ringing, the waiting and guessing games, the truth finally comes to light and we now have all the details on the HTC EVO 4G. The EVO will cost those wanting to purchase it (me) $199 on a brand new 2-year, and can be purchased this coming June 4th. Yeah, that’s next month!

But, I hope you didn’t think all was going to be bagels and orange juice with the EVO. The new high powered HTC will need a a special data contract and you’ll need to pony up an extra $10 a month to use it.

However, whenever you’re on that 4G tower you’ll be able to talk and surf the web at the same time. The front side camera will allow for video chat too, but at the moment it’s unsure what software will be running that feature.

But now we know, we have a month to save up and get prepared to pay that extra $10 a month.

Take a look at the Sprint website for all the details, then rejoice with your friends and family tonight! On second thought, save your money, you’ll need it.

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LG is breaking in to the high end (or higher) end Android business with the LG Ally. It’s no Droid Incredible killer, nor is it a Motorola Droid smacker, but the device will hold it’s own up against any Microsoft Kin anywhere, anytime. The new LG will hit on the VZW network this May 20th, but those wanting to ensure they get theirs without hassle, can start pre-ordering tomorrow, May 13th.

Take a look at the Verizon LG Ally Press Release:

Verizon Wireless and LG Mobile Phones Connect Customers to the Superhero Within

New LG Ally Smartphone Prepares Customers for the Adventures of Today and the Thrills of Tomorrow

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and SAN DIEGO, May 12 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones), today announced the LG Ally™ will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning May 20. The first Android device from LG, the Ally is the perfect assembly of futuristic, stylish design and 3G Android power for customers looking to tackle life’s most challenging feats and everyday ventures. Verizon Wireless customers can pre-order the phone at www.verizonwireless.com beginning May 13.

Key features:

* Ergonomic silver-and-black outer case
* Large 3.2″ tempered glass touch screen featuring touch vibration for tactile feedback
* Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with simultaneous touch screen capabilities
* microSD™ slot for up to 16 GB of memory
* Wi-Fi Enabled® (802.11 b/g/n)
* Bluetooth® 2.1 capabilities with unlimited pairing and support for the following profiles: headset, hands-free, object push, stereo, audio/visual remote control, file transfer, phonebook access, basic printing and instant sharing of photos and videos
* Built-in MP3 and WMA music player with music library, repeat and shuffle features, as well as stereo sound via headset or Bluetooth
* One-touch speaker phone and speaker-independent voice commands

Additional features:

* Five customizable home screens with shortcuts to text messages, e-mail, apps, favorite social networking sites and widgets
* Access to up to 38,000 apps from around the world in Android Market™
* Luminous sensor designed to adjust LCD backlight brightness depending on light conditions
* Proximity sensor instantly locks touch screen buttons while talking on the phone
* S-GPS support for enhanced location accuracy in addition to turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps™
* Access to updates on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook®, etc.
* 3D App launcher and Live Wallpaper
* 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera and camcorder with flash that includes:
o Five different camera resolutions and three different video resolutions
o Zoom up to 4.0 times
o Macro Mode for detailed, up close pictures
o Panorama for three guided sequential shots
o Scene mode for auto, portrait, landscape, sports and night settings
o Image editor with zoom, rotate, resize, crop, added frames and stamps
o Customize brightness, white balance, shutter sounds, color effects and use a self-timer
o Choose between mute and unmute to record video with or without sound
o Optimize video quality with normal, fine or super camcorder settings
o Video recording time up to 16 GB

Pricing and availability:

* The LG Ally will be available for pre-order online at www.verizonwireless.com beginning May 13. It will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on May 20. Pricing will be $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.
* LG Ally customers will need to subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk Plan and an Email and Web for Smartphone plan. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly access. Email and Web for Smartphone plans start at $29.99 for unlimited monthly access.
* For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

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Remember that Motorola Shadow that show up last year in pictures? The device looking sleek and clean got us all in a lather–wondering what, when and who. Well we may have a line on the ‘what.’ Word on leak street is the Motorola Shadow will actually be the second coming of the Motorola Droid and be dubbed the Motorola Droid2. If that’s the namesake, then we may assume it’s headed for Verizon which could take care of the ‘Who.’

The device will feature a 8MP Camera with dual LED flash and HD video recording, 4.3″ touchscreen with 854 x 480 pixels, 512MB RAM, MOTOBLUR and Android 2.1. But the device could come equipped with Android 2.2.

We will have to see how this one develops so stay tuned.

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It looks as though the G1 is getting an older brother, one that knows a lot more and isn’t afraid to show it. The Samsung myTouch 3G Slide is on it’s way to T-Mobile for a undisclosed price in June. But we do know that it will show up in red, white or black and will be fully packed with some nice features, starting with Android 2.1.

From T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Page:

The myTouch 3G Slide™ smartphone with Faves Gallery™, myModes and the Genius Button™ keeps your closest family and friends front and center.
Large 3.4” screen
Full QWERTY keyboard
Swype® keyboard preloaded
5MP camera with autofocus and flash
Thousands of Android™ Market apps
Everything you need to know about the new myTouch™ 3G with 3.5mm jack. The phone with impressive features like 8GB of storage, a 3.5 audio jack, and Swype keyboard functionality.

Notification Screen:
With your myTouch™ 3G, you can keep on top of your world like never before. The status bar is always updating across the top of your screen, and icons appear to let you know when new information has arrived. Just slide down the Notification Pane, see message details, and either respond with one touch or get back to what you were doing. It allows you to prioritize what needs your attention and when.

Optimized Battery Life:
The myTouch™ 3G provides six hours of talk time and 600 hours standby out of the box, which means you can go a full day and night without recharging.

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Nothing really new to see here, which for me is a bit disappointing. We’ve seen images of the brand new Blackberry Pearl 3G floating around for over a month now. And as for the Blackberry Bold 9650, if you’ve seen a Tour, then you’ve seen this one:

Bold 9650:
802.11b/g WiFi, a
3.2 megapixel cam
GPS
EV-DO Rev A networks or UMTS/HSPDA

Pearl 3G
802.11b and g,
3.2 megapixel camera,
256MB – internal
microSD expansion up to 32GB
GPS
triband HSDPA with quadband GSM / EDGE
360 x 400 display

Both new Blackberries have a 3.2 megapixel camera! Wow. The new design of the Pearl 3G is actually very slick, albeit not an extreme make-over. The new Pearl will most likely show up on AT&T sometime in May, while the Bold/Tour is a Sprint device slated for May 23rd for $200 on the 2.

Anyone excited about these? … Anyone… Buelller?

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“Visit us tomorrow for an exciting announcement about a groundbreaking new device.” That’s the announcement laid out by Sprint for the kick off of CTIA. Not hard to put two and two together and deduce that the Supersonic will be getting a lift off, maybe.

The WiMax induced 4.3 display Android 2.1 powerhouse should and most likely will be what Sprint has in store for us, and I for one can’t wait!

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Rumors have been swirling about a slider device discovered a few weeks back. I decided to stay away from the story because one, it looked more like a spec device RIM probably passed on at least a year ago-and two, it simply doesn’t look interesting.

But, it looks as though the rumors could be correct as now there is word from a RIM parts supplier Woojeon & Handan that the Canadian company will be introducing a new device next month, and the Woojeon & Handan CEO named it the “T”. In this particular Blackberry rumor campaign, “T” stands for Talladega.

“The Canadian company RIM famous for BlackBerry smartphones is releasing a new model next month. Known as the “T,” The new model is an ambitious product aimed at competing against iPhone’s storm of success. Rim will present it (“T”) as its flagship model to compete in global markets such as the U.S. and Europe.”

I’m not sure a “slider’ is going to do much harm at all to the iPhone’s bottom line, or to Android’s ascension. But, stranger things have happened. We’ll just have to wait and see what next month brings.

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Here we go all you Windows Phone 7 hungry people. Now you get a chance to see what you want live in living color. Engadget was giving a Mix10 device to play with, and they enjoyed it. Watch the clip and see what you’re in for.

According to the The Wall Street Journal, the granddaddy of them all, the next big man on campus, the HTC Supersonic will be announced next week at CTIA by Sprint. Not only will it be announced, but it will be announced as Sprint’s first WiMax handheld.

Sprint Nextel Corp. is expected to unveil the first phone compatible with its fourth-generation mobile network at a wireless conference next week, according to people familiar with the matter.

The device, made by HTC Corp. and dubbed the Supersonic, represents Sprint’s latest and biggest bet that its WiMax network and promises of a speedier wireless connection will reverse the struggling carrier’s fortunes. The company is racing to make WiMax services, which are run by partner Clearwire Corp., available to more people as it hopes to exploit its temporary 4G lead over rivals.

“It’s now or never,” said Avi Greengart, an analyst at Current Analysis. “They won’t have an exclusive on the 4G marketing message indefinitely.”

It’s interesting to see that Sprint is relying on Android to deliver the much touted 4G, and to turn their fortunes around. Not sure that one device can do that, but I’m pretty sure that I will be doing my part.

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It’s INCREDIBLE, the HTC Incredible has been outed again. The Verizon device that seems to be the brother/sister of the fabled Sprint Supersonic has been info leaked onto the Android Forums. This is going to be a pretty darn nice handheld, and will most likely end any further sales of the Droid Eris.

This is what we know so far:

Sense UI
Android 2.1
512MB RAM
320MB available
Snapdragon 768MHz
8 megapixel camera
Black

Word on the street is that the new Verizon Android hotness will sometime in either April or May.

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Why is it when someone gets a hot scoop, they never seem to know how to use a camera? Is it the excitement? I guess we have to be happy they even bother to post it all, but dang. A new blurry clip has shown up showing off the coming HTC bad A$$, the HTC Supersonic. Sadly there really isn’t much here, but it is nice to see the device I’m looking forward to owning. The latest creation shows us that the device will come in White, and…that’s about all it shows us.

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Today is turning out to be the day Pink was outed! The super secret Microsoft Project Pink Phones is seeing the light of day thanks to some tipsters and the internet. We have now seen a few images of the PP Pure device which is said to be headed for Verizon, but now, the earlier reported device, the Turtle Vertical Slider, has been confirmed as real and given a real entry date, or time…sorta.

A tipster passed us a load of 3rd-party marketing materials, in which a promotional plan for Pink is laid out in detail. (Campaign specifics and most graphics have to be witheld to protect the innocent, but rest assured, they’re legit.) The documents don’t talk about specs or software details, or more importantly why the hell Microsoft thinks this weird little pebble is a good idea, but there’s plenty we can learn:

• The early Pink renders leaked to us back in September? Those are exactly the same ones included in the proposal.

• Of the two phones in prior leaks, only one shows up here: The Turtle vertical slider. It’s a messaging phone, basically—one part Pre, and two parts Sidekick. (Or maybe three.)

• Verizon is a launch partner for the device, and probably an exclusive carrier. The branding and marketing in the documents suggests a joint Microsoft/Verizon launch, but another carrier isn’t completely out of the question.

• The phones aren’t running Windows Phone 7, unless it’s hidden behind a different interface. Virtually all rumors around the Pink platform implied as much, and again, this appears to be something fundamentally different.

• Social Networking! It’s all over the proposal, and presumably, the phone.

• It’s suggested that the platform has apps of some sort. For a phone like this to share apps with Windows Phone 7 is pretty much impossible—the minimum hardware requirement for a Windows Phone look out of reach for this little black lump—so this one’s a big question mark. Is it another SDK? Or closed app development like we’ve seen on the Zune HD? Web apps?

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We knew the Motorola CLIQ XT was coming to the T-Mobile network but this is our first look at the device with the T-Mobile branding, ensuring that is. T-Mobile subscribers should be able to begin looking for it this month (hopefully).

AndroidCentral was able to get their hands on an advance unit and take a few shots of the device for us all to marvel at!

When it rains, it pours. In this case it’s still only raining leaked images, but as we all hoped, they’re still coming down. Above is a crisp clear rendered image of the purposed HTC Supersonic that is said to be speeding towards Sprint as we speak. The image is a lot better than the blurry pics that showed up yesterday and it falls in line with everything already known about the mega-Android phone.

Like me, I’m sure every Sprint subscriber that grabbed a HTC Hero or Samsung Moment, is kicking themselves right about now. I know I am.

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These things are never ever crisp, clean or sharp, I can tell you from experience, they cause one hell of a stir. And I for one, am all stirred up. The HTC Supersonic that we’ve heard a little about has been captured by the fuzzy cam, or so it seems. This time it’s fantastic news for Sprint customers, which includes yours truly. It looks like the Supersonic will be headed for Sprint with WiMax speed and the other goodies we already heard about.

Android 2.1 w/ HTC Sense UI
Kickstand
1ghz Snapdragon
Built-in FM Radio
Sprint WiMax

As you can see in the fuzzy shot, it does indeed have that large 4.3″ AMOLED screen which could very well work to put the iPhone on it’s heels. Sense UI, 1ghz Snapdragon and Android 2.1? I think I’m falling in love.

Check out a few more shots!

Oh snap! Motorola aint playin son! Last year the company was on the brink of closing up the mobile shop, this year they’re ready to flood the market, and they’ve got Google to thank. After the Motorola Droid success, the company unleashed a few more models slated for delivery, and they all look promising. But now the company is saying that they intend on delivering up to 20 or 30 new devices in 2010 alone, all running Android. That’s a great commitment to an OS that’s not even a healthy two years of age. The handsets will be distributed worldwide and not every market will see the same handset.

If the Motorola Droid and Motorola Motoroi are any indication of what’s to come, Motorola is in for a record setting year.

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Times they are a changing. Seems like only yesterday that a new phone would get a fuzzy blurry leak image, then we would have to go on for weeks speculating on it’s validity. Once truth was secured, we would all have to wait for someone to nabbed a better image, or the manufacture or carrier to go ahead and spill the beans.

Nowadays all you have to do is go to YouTube. That Motorola Motoroi we talked about yesterday? Here it is, live, crystal clear and demoed for your enjoyment. This is a beautiful device, and come this March, some lucky subscribers on some US carrier will be able to tell the world just how nice it really is.

The Nexus One is all the rage at the moment. The new all purpose Android device running Android created by Google seems to have captured the imaginations of all of around the internet, even though it looks like a HTC Hero running Android 2.0.

But the HTC Hero doesn’t have an ‘app tray’ with 3D elements, Google Navigation, extended amount of homescreens and what looks to be WebOS style cards. Nope, that’s all running exclusively on the Nexus One.

It also looks as though this will be a GSM device since the handset pictured is running on the T-Mobile Network, even though Google intends on being the retailer.

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Looks like Sprint will have another Android device on it’s hands. This time it will be offered up to those wishes to use Sprint’s iDEN Network. Why? The Motorola Opus One is said to be a Touchscreen Android device and will be shown off at CES in January 2010.

Push-To-Talk Android is coming folks, although it remains to be seen as to how many business’s are going to take up Android as their main way to stay in touch with employees in the field. Time will tell. Personally I think Sprint would have been better off offering this up as a competitor to the Motorola Droid, even if it really can’t compete.

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Yes it’s back. The whole Google branded phone rumor that has been going on since even before the G1 was introduced, even before we saw one screenshot of the Google Android OS. This is becoming one of those “Did the Druids build Stonehenge” kind of stories, except. It looks like this one, unlike Stonehenge, is about to get a “final answer.”

Techcrunch is saying that they have word that the Google Phone is real and will be released soon, very soon. There is no word on who is actually building the hardware, could be HTC, LG or Samsung. Techcrunch is leaning toward LG, I’m leaning toward HTC since they massed marketed an Android device first and IMHO get it right. But who knows, who knows if this is even real or not? Would be extremely interesting though in particular when you consider that Google could be selling this device on their own, without carrier branding. Would this signal the end of the iPhone? Would we get both flavors :GSM-CDMA?

There are far more questions than answers:

Way more interesting are the rumors we’ve been hearing for months about a pure Google-branded phone. Most of our sources have unconfirmed information, which we describe below. But there are a few things we have absolutely confirmed: Google is building their own branded phone that they’ll sell directly and through retailers. They were long planning to have the phone be available by the holidays, but it has now slipped to early 2010. The phone will be produced by a major phone manufacturer but will only have Google branding (Microsoft did the same thing with their first Zunes, which were built by Toshiba).

There won’t be any negotiation or compromise over the phone’s design of features – Google is dictating every last piece of it. No splintering of the Android OS that makes some applications unusable. Like the iPhone for Apple, this phone will be Google’s pure vision of what a phone should be. —Techcrunch

This is truly exciting if true and makes the next few months interesting. The phone wars could be in for nuclear sized event, especially if the device looks good!

There is still no word on when, where or how much this bad boy will be when it hits in that guess-timated month of February. But when it does, where ever it does, it’s going to hit with that 1GHz Snapdragon processor, which means that it should be the snappiest snap dragon around. But the last time this thing made a web appearance, …. well let’s just say it wasn’t so snappy. But if you take a look at this new vid that as made it’s way to the interwebs, you’ll see a much improved Xperia, one that Sony might be able to garner interest from when they finally do release more useful information.

Verizon has some big news of it’s own on this fine Monday morning! Sprint intro’s the Palm Pixi for basically $50 less than it’s more Powerful and better looking bother, the Palm Pre, and Verizon counters with the much anticipated release of the Blackberry Storm 2! All improvements in tow and heartache for those who purchased the first one. But that Verizon Blackberry 5.0 download for all Blackberry Storm users should hold OG users over until they can jump ship onto the new ride.

Grab the newest Storm October 28th for $179.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate, and a brand new two-year leash.

Key Features:
Smooth design and premium finish with sloped edges, chrome accents, glass lens and stainless steel backplate
Large (3.25”), dazzling high-resolution 480 x 360 display at 184 ppi
Capacitive touchscreen with integrated functions (Send, End, Menu, Escape) and new SurePress technology that makes clicking the display practically effortless
3G and global connectivity support for making phone calls in more than 220 countries and accessing data in more than 185 countries (with more than 80 destinations in 3G)
Network Connectivity: EV-DO Revision A; UMTS/HSPA (2100 MHz); and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks
Supports Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
256 MB of Flash memory
2 GB of onboard media storage and a microSDâ„¢/SDHD memory card slot with a 16 GB card included

Verizon

Let’s not kid ourselves here, this is the HTC Hero and that’s all there is. Just because Verizon slapped their brand logo on it, doesn’t mean it’s a new device. What it does mean however is, just like the Palm Pre, Sprints exclusivity days continue to be short lived. Verizon customers will have a wide choice of Android devices soon enough, it as can be seen in this photo, the HTC Hero dubbed ‘Desire’ for Verizon, will be one of them.

I know I’ve said this before, but I think it should be pointed out. There is a second Blackberry Storm on the way and Sprint customers have yet to get to know the first one. Sprint hasn’t had the HTC Hero for two solid weeks yet and already Verizon is showing off theirs, even if it is a leak. Ouch, That’s gotta hurt.

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Garmin Asus had already announced that they were a friend of Android.  The out of Taiwan was that we could expect to see their take on the Google OS at some point next year.  Well, it looks as though they have been watching the flood of Android devices in the last few weeks, and the interest those devices have garnered – because now the company is saying their device will be here this year.   There is no date yet, nor is there a where it’s going.  All we know is that it is coming and coming soon!

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My, my my, what do we have here? A mistake perhaps by Samsung? The device called the Samsung Moment Slider was a secret until an hour ago when Samsung mistakingly let the cat out of the bag. There will be a TouchWiz device on the yellow and black, and it’s packing.

TouchWIz
optical trackpad
3.2-inch AMOLED screen
3.2 megapixel camera
800MHz processor

Not bad for a company that looks like it will get eaten alive by Verizon in the coming months. Sprint desparetly needs a few handsets to rival the bigger three carriers, and another high end Android device isn’t a bad way to go. No word on when or how much, but now that the Androids been let out of the bag, that info should be coming soon!

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The countdown has begun on the MOTOBLUR Motorola CLIQ that’s to hit the T-Mobile network with more sweet Android love. The CLIQ could possibly the most important device for both companies and it’s not a big stretch to suggest it could be a winner. But only time will tell, and now we’ve got a way to measure that time up til the day of reckoning.

Get on over, sign up and get that tingly feeling all over again.

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Lookie Here, it looks as though the HTC Imagio XV6975 will be a part of the big WinMo 6.5 carrier rollout this coming October 6th. Microsoft’s big aim to be atop of the smartphone world again will involve all the major carriers and over thirty devices. If this one holds up to be true, HTC fans on the Verizon network will be able to get their hands on this 6.5 machine.

528MHz processor
CDMA / GSM
3.6-inch WVGA display
TouchFLO 3D
Wi-Fi
VCast MobileTV
Opera browser
5 megapixel autofocus camera
microSD slot

As usual, there is no word on how much, but this time around we know that if true, it’s Verizon and on October 6th.

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WiFi, EV-DO Rev A support, Opera Mobile 9.7, 480 x 320 display, 5 megapixel camera, haptic feedback, ambient light sensor, accelerometer all on a homemade OS that folks are having are hard time finding the HD, in HD. How much would you pay? Well, if you want one, you’re going to pay $250 after a $100 rebate and a two-year subscription. Me thinks that’s way, way to much for this device. Not sure why Sprint is pricing devices so far out of reach of folks working through a tough recession. The carrier has enough problems as is, why compound it by pricing phones way too high.

But, if you don’t mind spending that kind of money on a strictly carrier based OS simply because it says HD, you’ll get your chance on September 27th.

Press Release
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Sidekick hardware designer Sharp will be the company behind the device that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer lied about on more than one occasion. After stating emphatically that there will be no Microsoft phone, the uber secret “Pink” phone leaks online. The two devices are the “Turtle and the “Pure.” One looks like a stubby overweight Palm Pre while the other a stretched out Palm Pre. Both are said to run Zune services and will have their own MS App Store.

This leak is still fresh and obviously a very big deal. Gizmodo got the deets, but can only tell us what has been stated here. When we hear more, you’ll hear more.

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Leaks, leaks and more leaks seem to be the order when it comes to the Samsung Instinct HD. We know it plays HD video. We know it has a 5-megapixel camera. We know that it has a 3.2-inch display (head scratcher), and we know that the browsing experience is said to be night and day from the days of the OG Instinct. Now that we have this Sprint Premier Connection newsletter from the horses mouth, all those leaks are now confirmed. But, we still don’t know when or how much. “Coming Soon” could mean summer 2010, or it could mean next Friday. And since Sprint priced the HTC Touch Pro2 out of reach, the cost of this high def bad boy could be a scary reveal.

Yeah, the great thing about leaks is it keeps the conversation going, even though it’s really supposed to end the chatter.

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