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HTC One Mini continues to poke its metal nose into our hearts

By Steve Neill
on 12 Jun, 2013

Well, here's another look at the HTC One Mini. In all its metallic, refreshingly small glory. The small, 4.3 inch handset has been leaked, and manages to still look just as good as its bigger brother. What's in store for it? We can't be sure on everything, but a picture tells a whole lot more than you'd expect.

Boeing prepares Android phones for G-Men

By Michael Crider
on 12 Apr, 2012

Boeing is a company usually associated with gigantic flying people-movers and/or awesome weaponry. But they're also a people company - which is why they're creating phones with a robot theme. The US government has contracted Boeing to create custom Android smartphones for government and military use. National Defense Magazine reports that "The Boeing Phone" will be based off of open-source Android code and is apparently near the end of its development cycle, with a planned release later this year.

Motorola HS1101 Android-powered cordless home phone hits the FCC

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Apr, 2012

Bringing Android further into our homes has been discussed a few times in the past. Archos even has a home phone running on our favorite little green robot but today we have something new. A Motorola Android-powered home phone running on what looks to be Android 2.3 Gingerbread that has just passed through the FCC.

The Yahoo! Phone: Running on Google’s Android

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Aug, 2011

Can you say Winning... Oh wait I must be confusing this with something else. Apparently Yahoo is planning to build a phone running on Google's Android OS. Maybe I should say fail instead but then again Yahoo is the biggest search giant in Japan, not Google. What we have here are a few reports that over in Japan Yahoo is planning to release an Android phone with a nice custom user interface skin and geared at you guessed it -- Yahoooo!

[Deals] Wirefly Offering 20 Android Phones FREE, Including Droid X, EVO 4G, myTouch 4G

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Jun, 2011

I know Wirefly has been known to offer a few good deals in the past and often lowering prices on top tier phones to beat out the competition but this is an entirely new level. Just yesterday they were selling the speedy Droid Charge for $129 but today they have kicked it up a notch and are offering 20 Android Smartphones for FREE. Yes 20 phone all for free, but there is a small catch.

HTC Rider, and Kingdom pictures leaked

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Apr, 2011

Well what do we have here, these could be really fun to see. Next generation devices from HTC possibly? Or they might be the European version of upcoming phones like the EVO 3D or the HTC Sensation. We aren't sure as they look pretty familiar. See for yourself below.

HTC Thunderbolt teardown photos released by the FCC

By James DeRuvo
on 11 Apr, 2011

The FCC Teardown report on the HTC Thunderbolt has appeared online and it shows all the internals of the LTE driven handset. Looking at the various layers of the Thunderbolt, it's really amazing how much can fit into such a thin, by comparison, package.Images show the 1 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, iNAND flash memory and SDRAM from Sandisk and Samsung respectively, and all the antenna including CDMA, EVDO, and LTE. In addition, there's close ups of the Thunderbolt's GPS antenna, Bluetooth, and WLAN Antenna's as well.

Microsoft to pay Nokia $1 billion for Windows Phone 7 handsets

By James DeRuvo
on 7 Mar, 2011

When the news broke that Nokia had entered an alliance with Microsoft to make Windows Phone 7 handsets exclusively, everyone thought it was a headslap moment. Now the word is out as to what Microsoft had to do to sweeten the deal. Microsoft will pay Nokia more than $1 Billion to promote and develop Windows Phone 7 handsets. In return, Nokia will rebate back a fee to Redmond for every copy of Windows used on it's phones. The $1 Billion dollar payment was designed to not only keep Nokia from jumping on the Android bandwagon, but will also help to offset the amount lost by Nokia to focus exclusively on the Windows Phone 7 platform.

Is AT&T capping upload speeds on 4G phones?

By James DeRuvo
on 4 Mar, 2011

There's a movement of angry Atrix fans who think that AT&T is capping upload speeds dramatically on the Atrix 4G. Comparing the new Motorola handset, users can see by using apps like SpeedTest that the Atrix 4G is not only uploading data slower than the iPhone on the same network (to the tune of 4-10 times slower) but is also dropping calls more often (a shock considering the iPhone 4's penchant at reception issues). Users of both phones pay the same cost in data rates, but the Atrix 4G is being clocked by users at uploading no faster than 300 kpbs. Does the evidence show that AT&T is capping upload speeds?

Solar Powered Phone takes a giant leap for Android kind

By James DeRuvo
on 15 Feb, 2011

The Umeox Apollo Solar Powered phone is slick looking, I'll give it that. Running on Android, it takes about 2.5 hours of sunlight to recharge from a day's use, trickling the phone with current throughout the day. But if it's dead, it'll take nearly 17 hours of continuous sunlight to bring it back to life. There are plans for two models: one for the US (MTK6573) with support for 850/1900Mhz bands, and one (MTK6516) that works in Europe and much of Asia.