by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

iSuppli did a teardown analysis of the Motorola DROID and discovered that the DROID, from a manufacturing point of view, is one of the most expensive handsets on the market. Total materials and assembly costs…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

Thy complaints have been heard and the great Google has responded. Effective Thursday, Google has revised the pricing structure for the Nexus One, lowering the upgrade price from $379 down to $279 and issuing a…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

Clear’s CEO Bill Morrow re-affirmed his company’s goal of launching a dual mode WiMAX handset in the second half of 2010. Morrow declined to say which platform and manufacturers would be involved in the handset…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

Dell officially unveiled its Android-powered Mini 5 tablet at CES last week and introduced the slate as a 5 inch concept device. Dell released a few renderings for eye candy but was silent on the…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

Not wanting to be left out of the Android craze, Chinese handset manufacturer ZTE confirmed today that it plans to expand its lineup to include Android. Traditionally, ZTE has manufactured low cost Windows Mobile smartphones…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

It was nary a year ago when LG announced that it was adopting Windows Mobile as it primary OS of choice for it smartphones. The Korean handset manufacturer projected that it would launch a whopping…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

According to mobile analytics firm Flurry, the Google Nexus One has not taken the world by storm. The latest Android offering has just passed the one week mark and estimates based upon web traffic data…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

One week after the launch of the Nexus One, Google has released the Android 2.1 SDK to developers. The SDK is considered a minor update to Android and will roll out to existing handsets starting…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

Uh oh, a security flaw that allows unauthorized access to a locked Motorola DROID has been discovered rather haphazardly by desperate folks who were locked out of their phone. After 20 incorrect tries at entering…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

The Motorola XT701 will be making its way to Korea as the XT720. Slated for launch with SK Telecom, the XT720 will be a carbon copy of its Chinese brother with a 3.7 inch WVGA…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

Are you looking to kick it up an notch and move beyond the drab ringtones that ship with your Android handset? If you answered with an enthusiastic “yes”, then you may want to take a…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

It has been rumored and spied and even had its name changed, but the long rumored Motorola  BACKFLIP is now official. As expected, the BACKFILP is a reverse QWERTY flip phone and will feature: UMTS…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

The Inbrics MID-M1 was announced back in November but only a few scarce details were able to be gleaned from the machine translated Korean press release. The MID-M1 was slated for CES 2010 and now…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

In addition to the Nexus One announcement, Goggle also introduced Android 2.1 today at its Android press event. The next iteration of Android features the Facebook integration and Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation found on Android…

by Susan Ellery, 3 years ago

It’s official, Google confirmed the Nexus One at an invite-only press conference on its Mountain View campus today. The Nexus One joins the ranks of HTC’s Android-powered smartphones, bringing the total count to seven. Most…