Posted on 31 August 2008 by Brenda Stokes
Mobile phone news was varied this week as Sprint seemed to have their hands in everything and a few cool prototypes caught our eyes. We'll start with Motorola, which has the Z10 that actually bends, even though the design innovation is all it really has going for it. There's also the MOTOACTV W450, which will be making an appearance on ...
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Tags: Android, BlackBerry, BlueAnt, Bluetooth, htc dream, HTC Touch Diamond, htc touch pro, KDDI, Motorola, Nokia, sony, Sprint, T-Mobile-G1, tatung, tmobile, VoIP, week in review, WiMAX
Posted on 30 August 2008 by Chris Davies
The first live photos of a T-Mobile branded HTC Dream handset have shown up online, confirming the speculation that the US carrier is preparing to announce an Android-powered smartphone. Believed to be called the G1, the white handset has the five-row QWERTY keyboard, side-sliding display and broad "chin" section the previously leaked engineering diagrams suggested. Technical details of the handset are ...
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Posted on 25 August 2008 by Brenda Stokes
Drawings have leaked over at AndroidGuys.com that reveal some new information about the T-Mobile G1, also known as the Android-based HTC Dream. And while a bunch of new information was revealed, the most notable part would have to be the measurements. The sizing has been made clear now, and we can expect a G1 that measures in at 16.35mm thick. Toward ...
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Posted on 24 August 2008 by Brenda Stokes
There was lots of news covered this week here on PhoneMag, so let's get right to it. For starters, the brand new line of Sony Walkmans were leaked in New Zealand, plus we saw the announcement of the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte, which is made from carbon fibre and offers a slick yet sustainable mobile device. The LG Invision was ...
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Tags: Android, ATT, BlackBerry Bold, Cox Communications, Helio, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, palm treo, Samsung, Samsung OMNIA, sony, Sony Ericsson, T Mobile, Unboxing Ceremony, Virgin Mobile, xperia
Posted on 24 August 2008 by Brenda Stokes
Is a potential iPhone killer in the works? That's whoever put up the The01Phone.com website would like us to believe. Sporting a slick design and what appears to be a laser projected keyboard, could this really be a phone to hit the market? Â The website, which features a countdown clock, appears to show a phone, presumably called the 01. The countdown ...
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Posted on 18 August 2008 by Brenda Stokes
Android SDK v0.9 has just been released and with that ".9" looking rather close to "1," we'd put our money on all of the latest release date rumors regarding the HTC Dream in October. This updated version presents some significant changes and increasingly points toward finalization. The new version of the beta incorporates many more widgets and has a more pleasing ...
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Posted on 18 August 2008 by Brenda Stokes
If you've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the very first Android-based handset, you're in luck! The HTC Dream phone has just received FCC approval and that brings us one step closer to the rumored October release of the T-Mobile G1. The phone is listed as type "Dream" with a model number of DREA100. And in case you've forgotten already, ...
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Posted on 03 August 2008 by Brenda Stokes
Looks like the Android-based phone we've all been waiting for will finally be shipping during the fourth quarter of this year from HTC. Even though various roadblocks and setbacks have delayed this phone's release, it looks like we're a-go for real this time. Both Google and HTC are excited and it seems very likely that this will be the very first ...
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Posted on 01 June 2008 by Chris Davies
Well it's Sunday again, and that means it is time to take a look back on the events of the week. It has been a big week for a lot of manufacturers, and tons of excitement. Without a doubt though, one event has stolen the week, and that event was Google IO. At Google IO this year, they unveiled the ...
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Tags: 3G, 3G iPhone, Android, Android Platform, Carriers, Cricket, FCC, Google, Google IO, MetroPCS, Nokia, Samsung, Smartphone, Symbian S60, tmobile, touchscreen
Posted on 28 May 2008 by Chris Davies
Google just demoed Android at their IO event this afternoon, and man did they drop some bombs on us. The platform was amazing, we got a full screen demo, and even got to see the features like Google Maps, and the platform's WebKit based web browser. One thing we did not get to know though, is what in the world ...
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