T-Mobile has officially launched its 4G LTE network in seven major metropolitan areas, including Las Vegas, Nevada; San Jose, California; Houston, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; Baltimore, Maryland; and Washington D.C. This rollout is only the beginning for the fourth largest wireless carrier in the United States, as the goal is to cover 100 million Americans by mid-year and 200 million by the end of 2013. This will...
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The HTC Desire P and Desire Q were just unveiled as budget-friendly Android smartphones scheduled for release in Asia in the near future. The pair of devices actually appeared in a couple promo images, so some of the launch details are incomplete. That being said, we can tell you they’re both sporting similar mid-range specs at affordable price-points. The Desire P features a 4.3-inch WVGA display, 1GHz dual-core processor,...
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An anonymous tipster claims the image above is of the Motorola X Phone. The unidentified source also claims to know the device’s specs, mentioning a 4.7-inch 1280×768 display fortified with Gorilla Glass 3, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, 4000mAh battery and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. It’s also thought to be IP57 water resistant certified. Of course, there’s little chance anybody actually believes this is the real deal. It’s a...
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The unlocked Sony Xperia ZL Android smartphone is now available to pre-order for consumers in the United States. The handset is offered in two different models at off-contract price-points of $759.99 for the 4G LTE version (C6506) and $719.99 for the HSPA+ variant (C6502). The Xperia ZL, which features a 5-inch 1080p Full HD display, 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM and a 13 megapixel camera, is slated to...
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HTC’s new Chief Marketing Officer, Benjamin Ho, has revealed plans to make significant changes in the way the Taiwanese company promotes its products. The “Quietly Brilliant” tagline, which HTC introduced years ago, will be retired in favor of a new, bolder slogan. “We have a lot of innovations but we haven’t been loud enough,” said Ho. While the new catchphrase has yet to be announced, we’ve already seen a...
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T-Mobile will launch its 4G LTE network in seven markets beginning March 26th, according to a newly leaked internal document. The first cities and regions to see lightning-fast LTE data speeds from the fourth largest carrier in the nation include: Las Vegas, Nevada; San Jose, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; Houston, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; and Washington DC. With Verizon, AT&T and Sprint all having a lengthy head-start of...
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The high-end HTC One Android smartphone will hit the market in the United Kingdom, Germany and Taiwan beginning next week, followed by releases in other parts of Europe and Asia, as well as North America, including the United States and Canada, by the end of April 2013. For those in the U.S., the HTC One has been confirmed to arrive on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. While Verizon has not...
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Verizon Wireless has updated its text and multimedia messaging Android app, called Verizon Messages, to version 4.0. The latest upgrade integrates messages, including SMS and MMS, across devices using the customer’s mobile number. Messages will sync and appear simultaneously on the user’s Android smartphone, Android tablet, iPad and/or PC. This is achieved by storing all messages on Big Red’s cloud for up to 90 days, unless they’re deleted by...
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Whether average consumers know it or not, there will be two significantly different Samsung Galaxy S4 models circulating around the world when it begins shipping to 327 mobile operators across 155 countries in late April 2013. Varying color options and storage configurations are always expected with new phone releases, but what we’re referring to, of course, is the engine that powers the whole rig. Samsung revealed the Galaxy S...
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After briefly taking time out to attack the Samsung Galaxy S4, it looks like HTC is back to focusing solely on its own flagship Android smartphone. The Taiwan-based handset-maker posted a short video advertisement promoting the HTC One and its new BlinkFeed software. BlinkFeed streams all your favorite content, including news, social networks and more, right to your home screen for easy consumption. It essentially brings previously hidden content...
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A refreshed Google Play store should be arriving as an update soon on Android smartphones and likely tablets, as evident by newly leaked screenshots clearly showing version 4.0. Google Play 4.0 integrates more text, larger images, new sectional containers, and it further pushes the holo theme to the user interface. It looks like a nice evolutionary update for an already stellar app store. We’ll be sure to let you...
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Google has released an official Android app for their new note-taking service, called Google Keep. Users can quickly create checklists, enter voice notes or capture photos with annotations, which are then synced across devices through Google Drive. Think of it as a way to create, save and organize post-it or sticky notes in the cloud. There’s even a handy widget for those who favor convenient accessibility. Check out the...
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The Jawbone UP fitness wristband now has a corresponding Android app in the Google Play store. For those unfamiliar with UP, it’s basically a fitness tracker that you wear as a bracelet and interact with through an application. It tracks how you sleep, move and eat in order to help improve your way of life. The app itself is free, but the required band will cost you $129.99 –...
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Verizon Wireless posted the full changelog for the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OTA update that should already be rolling out in phases to the Galaxy Nexus. As expected, the JDQ39 upgrade introduces significant, new features like Photo Sphere, Notification Panel enhancements, LockScreen Widgets and Gesture Typing to Big Red’s LTE variant of the Galaxy Nexus. However, we also found one entry in the changelog that seems out of place....
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