Category: Android
Super-bright LG Optimus EX phone goes official
LG have officially revealed the LG Optimus EX handset for South Korean markets, and it's looking a fairly bright hope for LG's flailing mobile arm. Running Android Gingerbread, the phone is the first to feature NVIDIA's improved 1.2GHz Tegra 2…
Amazon tablet to be called Kindle Fire, launch tomorrow
Amazon's forthcoming Android tablet will be called the Amazon Kindle Fire, according to the latest round of rumours. And, with the same sources claiming it's going to be revealed to the world this Wednesday, we won't have long to find…
Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE is the first true 720p HD smartphone
Samsung are keeping the mobiles coming today with the launch of the Galaxy S II HD LTE. Unlike the underwhelming Omnia W, this one's a superphone to take note of. That's not least of all because of the crazily impressive…
Motorola Xoom 2 and 8.2 inch Media Edition zoom into view
Second time lucky for Motorola's Xoom tablet? While the original Xoom slate (the first to feature Android Honeycomb) was met with a positive critical response, it never flew off the shelves in the way that Motorola had hoped. Two next…
HTC Explorer: Entry-level smartphone, hopefully with intrepidly cheap price tag
While much of the focus of HTC's autumnal range will be focussed on the "asexual" HTC Rhyme, those with less cash in the coffers should take a gander at the newly-leaked HTC Explorer. Very much an entry level handset, the…
HTC Rhyme officially revealed: It's honestly not "for girls", or so say HTC
The HTC Rhyme Android smartphone that's been doing the rounds online for the past few weeks has been officially revealed. The handset garnered some raised eyebrows for its misjudged, apparently "female focussed" design. HTC have denied that's the intention, instead…
Amazon Android app store finally live in the UK?
Reports are starting to trickle in from around the globe that the Amazon Android App Store has gone live in internation territories other than the USA. Already available across the pond for a few months now, Android users from the…
Samsung Nexus Prime gets fondled, specs revealed
Samsung's Nexus Prime handset has been caught in the wild and put in a compromsing position by a blogger over at TheDroidGuy, who have spilt the beans on all it's deepest, darkest specsheet secrets. Claiming to have nabbed a…
Google boost Android defences by buying 1000+ IBM patents
When it comes to tech, industrial espionage takes a backseat to courtroom patent wrangles. Google claim their Android OS has been the target of a "hostile, organized campaign" from Apple and Microsoft, who are using their sizeable patent library…
HTC Rhyme snaps leak
Another day, another HTC handset leak. Today's escape artist is the HTC Rhyme, AKA the HTC Bliss, the smartphone aimed at ladies which thankfully now sports a less patronising title. Not much to go on here, specs wise other than…