They said it wouldn’t last. And they — pundits, analysts, bloggers, GSM fanatics — were right. WiMAX, that flavor of 4G found in the 2500MHz band, has proven to be more of a hindrance than help during Sprint’s transition from underdog to reinvigora…
Posts Tagged ‘Gingerbread’
Samsung Galaxy Beam crosses paths with FCC, sports 3G connectivity for AT&T
April 18th, 2012
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The FCC comes across many smartphones in its daily routine, but it’s hardly an everyday occurrence for one of those handsets to rock a miniature projector. That’s the claim to fame of the Samsung Galaxy Beam, which just made its way through the regul…
Sprint and LG launch Optimus Elite: entry-level specifications, planet-saving hopes
April 17th, 2012
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The successor to 2010′s Optimus S, LG’s readied another low-middleweight smartphone. Main features on the Optimus Elite include Android 2,3, a 3.5-inch screen, an 800MHz processor, NFC and a five-megapixel camera. So there’s nothing particularly thri…
Mobile Miscellany: week of April 9th, 2012
April 15th, 2012
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Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, we’ve seen clues to suggest the Galaxy Nexus will arrive at Sprint in a matter of d…
Cowon Plenue Z2: US pricing, availability and hands-on impressions
April 13th, 2012
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Just mention the company’s name, and a pair of things come to mind: world-beating sound quality, and above-average prices. Such is life when you’re Cowon, which has informed us that its Plenue Z2 portable media player will be shipping to the US of A i…
LG Optimus 3D Max wages dual-core war in benchmark tests
April 12th, 2012
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A mere day has passed since we stumbled upon initial benchmarks for the Optimus 4X HD, and now, yet another LG smartphone has tossed its hat into the arena. In the Optimus 3D Max’s arsenal is a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, which is part of the TI OMAP 4430 S…
Refresh Roundup: week of April 2nd, 2012
April 8th, 2012
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Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a…
Lenovo K800′s initial benchmark scores look promising, but not ambitious
April 6th, 2012
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If Lenovo’s sticking to its promise, it should only be another two months maximum before its Intel Medfield-powered K800 smartphone debuts in China. Until then, we won’t know the full potential of the 1.6GHz Atom Z2460 powering Ice Cream Sandwich, but…
Novero Solana convertible netbook gets flipped by the FCC
April 5th, 2012
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If you’re excited about convertible tablets but can’t wait for the IdeaPad Yoga to arrive, then perhaps Novero’s Solana might give you a temporary fix. It’s a dinky netbook (yes, netbook) that runs both Windows 7 and Android, but you can flip the dis…
Huawei Mercury for Cricket gains unlimited Muve Music service, challenges aural appetites
April 5th, 2012
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Consider it a bit of a rebirth. Cricket’s premiere smartphone, the Huawei Mercury — known elsewhere as the Honor — has just taken on a new life as a member of the carrier’s Muve Music lineup. Beginning today, current owners may add the unlimited mus…
Is Samsung’s white Galaxy Note coming to Canada on Telus tomorrow, Bell on April 10?
April 4th, 2012
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It’s been nearly two months since Samsung’s LTE Galaxy Note made its debut in the land of maple syrup Canada, and now Telus and Bell might finally begin stocking the white variant of the Gingerbread-loaded phablet. According to (supposed) internal m…
Sprint LG Viper 4G goes on pre-order April 12 for $100, release date still TBA
April 3rd, 2012
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Sprint’s finally starting to get the ball rolling with its first LTE devices, announcing this morning that it’s ready to begin pre-orders of the LG Viper 4G on April 12, and the next-gen goodness can be yours for $100 (after $50 mail-in rebate). The …
ICS reaches 2.9 percent of active Android devices, 63.7 percent still on Gingerbread
April 3rd, 2012
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As we check back in on Android’s Platform Versions dashboard for the first time since January, we can finally see notable growth in the percentage of devices running some flavor of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, up for 0.6 percent then to 2.9 percent…
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G review
April 2nd, 2012
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Maybe you’ve noticed, maybe you haven’t, but the Galaxy S 4G no longer exists at T-Mobile. Just one year ago, it replaced the Vibrant — the carrier’s first Galaxy S handset — and now the Galaxy S 4G has similarly felt the cold embrace of Father Time…
Virgin Mobile scores the Alcatel OneTouch Venture, can be yours March 15th for $100
March 13th, 2012
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Alcatel OneTouch isn’t a heavy hitter in the States, but that doesn’t stop it from doing its darndest to push devices here with a little help from distributor PCD. The Venture is the latest model and is heading to Virgin Mobile on March 15th with an …
Samsung Galaxy Player 70 Dual Core hands-on (video)
March 13th, 2012
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Everything Samsung seems to be just a touch better in Seoul, and the South Korean giant’s Galaxy Player 70 is no exception. For starters, it ships with a dual-core 1GHz processor — a first for the WiFi-only Galaxy Player series. The 5-inch capacitive…
T-Mobile’s Galaxy S Blaze 4G lands in select stores March 21st, everywhere else March 28th
March 12th, 2012
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A Galaxy S II it is not, but that isn’t a bad thing, as not everyone’s kosher with cramming 4.65-inches worth of superphone into their pocket. Enter T-Mobile’s Galaxy S Blaze 4G — a souped up Galaxy S class device with some new silicon from its faste…
Orange’s Santa Clara Medfield phone gets benchmarked, well, the browser does
March 9th, 2012
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Wondering how those Medfield handsets stack up to their ARM-powered competition? Well, we can’t promise a full suite of benchmarks just yet, but we do have a peek at a pair of browser-centric tests. The German Caschys Blog managed to get a hold of Ora…
ZTE Fury coming to Sprint on March 11th for $20 after rebate
March 9th, 2012
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We’ve previously heard rumblings of the ZTE Fury’s pending arrival on the Now Network, but now you can safely circle your calendars — in pencil, anyway — for a March 11th debut. For those unfamiliar, it’ll be a rather low-end smartphone targeted at …
