So the freshly announced Pre3 is a tad large for your liking? No worries. HP has something else up their sleeve by way of the HP Veer. The display measures in at 2.6″ and packs in 320 x 400 worth of pixels, brain power comes by way of the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 7230 processor ticking along at 800MHz, and storage tips the scales at 8GB. Aiding the raw power is support for WiFi, GPS, 14Mbps HSPA+, and 3G mobile hotspot support. Other notable features include a...
If you were this close to purchasing a new smartphone, you may want to hold off just another month or two to see what turns up. Yeah, you can’t get too deep into the “just wait one more month” syndrom as technology (especially smartphones) evolve entirely too fast. But for now, just hear us out. Phandroid scored a few details regarding potential Android handsets coming Q2/Q3 to Verizon Wireless. They include the Droid Incredible 2, Droid 3, Droid X2, and...
Despite constant denials by the company itself, the Facebook/self-branded smartphone rumor just won’t die. Today, business oriented City AM newspaper posted an article claiming to know inside information of two Facebook smartphones being unveiled at this years MWC. The phones will reportedly be built by HTC and run a customized version of Android. Facebook’s own Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos are said to be the top two minds behind the phones’ launch. ...
Tegra 2 is still barely crawling and already the tech world is beginning to move on to the next bigger and better item — “Tegra 2.5″. While not the official numbering scheme from Nvidia, the reason for the added “0.5″ is 3D support and a 200MHz higher clock speed for each core. Production of this slightly tweaked Tegra 2 chip is slated for Q1 of this year, with release sometime soon thereafter. In our opinion, the 200MHz on two cores is much...
Amidst an ongoing scandal that claims Samsung is charging for Android updates, T-Mobile CEO Cole Brodman, has confirmed that the carrier’s Samsung Vibrant will be the first Galaxy S device to receive Android 2.2 (Froyo) starting tomorrow, January 21st. As is now customary with Android updates, the initial pool of users will be rather small all things considered. Over the coming weeks, groups of users will receive the update until the update is halted (due to some...
