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Cricket launches Groove Smartphone for its holiday lineup

By Dave LeClair
on 20 Nov, 2012

Cricket has just announced a new Android smartphone hitting the market just in time for the holiday season. The device is the carrier's newest Muve Music capable Android smartphone too. Cricket intends to launch the phone November 21 on its prepaid network for $129.99.

Blu Products debuts Dash 3.5, a $99 unlocked smartphone

By Dave LeClair
on 17 Oct, 2012

Typically, a smartphone that suports dual SIM cards without a contract from a carrier is quite expensive. Usually, the price for such phones is in the hundreds. However, the new Blu Dash 3.5 breaks the trend and comes in at just under one hundred dollars, which is quite impressive for a fully unlocked Android smartphone.

2.3 Gingerbread now on almost 40% of Android devices

By Michael Crider
on 4 Oct, 2011

Google announced the latest software breakdown for Android today (what, you didn't think there was only one announcement going on, did you?) and the numbers are promising. 38.7% of devices running Android are using version 2.3, "Gingerbread", the latest smartphone version officially supported by Google. For what's probably the first time this year, less than half of the Android userbase is running on Froyo.

Huawei Honor Poses for Blurry Cam, Actually Looks Nice

By Cory Gunther
on 30 Aug, 2011

In a new effort by Huawei we have been seeing some nice products headed to the market and today's leak is no different. The Huawei Honor has been leaked thanks to a sneaky ninja and his blurrycam. Recently we saw the Huawei Vision and now with the Honor it appears as if Huawei is aiming to up their game.

HTC Status Available for Pre-Order Starting Today

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Jul, 2011

It's officially time for all of you Facebook fans to get excited. The long awaited and plenty talked about HTC Status aka the Facebook Phone is available starting today, July 11th on AT&T and will be in stores starting July 17th. HTC and AT&T announced the Status back at the end of June and now they have opened pre-orders. I bet you all can't wait.

DROID Incredible 2 Gingerbread Update IMMINENT

By Chris Burns
on 8 Jul, 2011

There's a brand new update out there right this very moment, officially, for those of you with the sweetest little HTC DROID on the market today, the Incredible 2. This update will, as Verizon says, provide several improvements for your device as well as upgrading to the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. Joy upon all joys! This adds to the ever-increasing stack of non-Froyo devices on the market today, growing quick!

Nexus S Auto Photo Delete Error Investigated by Samsung and Google

By Chris Burns
on 10 Jun, 2011

Ruh roh, one of those mysterious gremlin errors is happening in everyone's favorite smartphone with the coolest most nude version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the Nexus S. This particular error is reportedly happening specifically on the Nexus S 4G (aka the Sprint version of the device) and includes connectivity and random photo deletion errors. Before we continue, have a look at our review of said Nexus S 4G device and come back with full knowledge. Then hear this, as spoken by a spokesperson from big Yellow to ComputerWorld late yesterday: "We are aware of the connectivity reports being brought forward by a small number of Nexus S 4G customers. Google, Sprint and Samsung are examining these reports and though we have not yet been able to identify any specific causes, we are working to determine exactly what our customers are experiencing." Bad news bears!

Motorola XT882 headed to China as Dual-Core, Dual-Sim, Dual-Mode Superphone

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Jun, 2011

Lately we have seen a few devices that were headed to China and they weren't what I'd call up to par in the specs department, but this looks to bring that to a new level. Folks in China should be ready to rejoice with this new phone from Motorola. It is strikingly similar to the Motorola Atrix in terms of design and a few specs but the real treat is that dual-sim and dual-mode under the hood.

KDDI INFOBAR A01 Presents Impressive Android Interpretation

By Chris Burns
on 17 May, 2011

Behold an excellent vision for the very capable Android 2.3 Gingerbread Google mobile OS. This is a vision as constructed by Japanese industrial designer / user interface specialist Naoto Fukasawa who takes the very popular INFOBAR design from KDDI and upgrades it to face off against the iPhone. While you may say "wait, why would he make this phone's UI look like Windows Phone 7 to compete with iPhone", you've got to appreciate the excellence of the layout.

Droid X Gingerbread update approved

By James DeRuvo
on 9 May, 2011

Last week, we reported a rumor that a Droid X Gingerbread update could be coming May 13th after being submitted to Verizon several times for approval. The update had originally been slated for an April release, but that slipped since Verizon wanted a few changes before signing off. The word now is that Gingerbread for the Droid X has been approved and will be coming out as an OTA update as early as Friday, May 13th. So while still a rumor, it takes the next giant step out of the shadows.