Looking for a post-Labor Day sale on an Android smartphone? T-Mobile is offering the G2x for free during the next two days (today and tomorrow) – with a two year agreement, of course. The G2x features an NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core processor, 4-inch WVGA display, 8GB of internal storage, 512MB of RAM, 8...
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The HTC Ruby/Amaze 4G has been spotted in Thailand flaunting its hardware and software. According to DroidSans, the HTC-branded Android handset is capable of DC-HSPA+ connectivity, which translates to theoretical data speeds of up to 42Mbps. T-Mobile’s leaked back-to-school catalog pegged the device to launch on October 26th, however, there’s always a chance that...
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The HTC Titan, previously known as the Eternity, and the HTC Radar, codenamed Omega, received their proper introductions today at events in London, Paris, Madrid and Berlin. Both handsets will launch with Windows Phone Mango out of the gates starting this October in Europe and Asia. The HTC Titan features an enormous 4.7″ Super...
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An interesting turn of events have occurred over the course of the past 24 hours. The US Government, more specifically the Department of Justice, has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA. If you recall, AT&T agreed to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and assets back in...
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Sprint may be first to get a Galaxy S II device, but T-Mobile will not be far behind. No fancy name for T-Mobile’s version, they will be launching their variant as simply the Samsung Galaxy S II. Like the Sprint Epic 4G Touch, the T-Mobile Galaxy S II sports a 4.52″ Super AMOLED Plus...
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Samsung posted a new video on their YouTube channel that teases the Galaxy S II for US shores. The video caption reads, “It’s big all over the world, and soon, it’ll be big in America.” Notice the Galaxy S II pictured at the end of the clip with a different button layout than what...
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T-Mobile has started rolling out an OTA update for the HTC Sensation 4G Android smartphone. The update to build 1.45.531.1 will conclude over the next few weeks and it includes Android 2.3.4, more stability, better battery life, and other improvements. Now that we’re seeing an update, hopefully the Sensation 4G will get bootloader unlock...
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The TELUS (Canada) version of the Samsung Hercules, a Galaxy S II variant that will also appear on T-Mobile, has been spotted in the wild and benchmarked for good measure. The device pictured above is apparently running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and it’s rumored to be sporting a 4.5-inch display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 8 megapixel...
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According to T-Mobile’s 2011 “Back to School” playbook, which was leaked just now, the Samsung Hercules and HTC Ruby Android smartphones are due to arrive on October 26th. Of course, we have Samsung’s US Galaxy S II event coming up on August 29th, so we’ll likely get confirmation on the Hercules release then. On...
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As promised, HTC has unleashed its bootloader unlocking web tool on HTCdev.com. This will cover 2011 Android smartphones moving forward. HTC has already made the tool available for the HTC Sensation (EU), and they’ll follow-up soon with support for the HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) and HTC EVO 3D (Sprint). HTC is committed to listening...
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Samsung is sending out invitations for an upcoming media event scheduled for August 29th in NYC. Notice the words “major product announcement” along the top and the big “II” placed at the bottom of the invite? It appears Samsung is ready to unleash the details of the US-bound Galaxy S II Android variant(s). It’s...
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HTC announced through Twitter today that they’ll be posting their bootloader unlocking web tool at HTCdev.com in the near future. This will cover Android smartphones like the HTC Sensation (4G) and the HTC EVO 3D. No word yet on whether HTC plans to support any older devices that are still locked down. The site...
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The Samsung Hercules moniker leaked back in May, but we really haven’t had any concrete info on the device since then. Today, a tipster leaked some images showing the Android-powered Hercules (model sgh-t989) smartphone in all its glory. As you can see in the photo above, the Hercules is confirmed to be T-Mobile’s Galaxy...
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HTC updates the world on the process of unlocking the bootloaders on their smartphones. Update from HTC – 8/3/2011 Since our last update, many of you have asked how the bootloader unlocking process will actually work, and in particular why HTC’s most recently released devices still have a locked bootloader. Rest assured we’re making...
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While AT&T (Attain), Verizon (Function) and Sprint (Within) have had their fair share of Galaxy S II rumors/leaks, T-Mobile has been noticeably absent from the party. However, Samsung recently posted a sign-up page for the US Galaxy S II and guess which carrier is listed under “carrier preference?” That’s right, T-Mobile is happily cuddled...
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