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Apr

LG Announces The Optimus 3D Max For Europe

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News, Optimus 3D MAX

We first heard about the Optimus 3D Max just before Mobile World Congress this year, and LG's newest offering is now beginning its journey to 3D greatness (so LG would hope, anyway). LG made the device official today starting in Europe, with availability in other parts of the world coming soon.

Specs:

4.3-inch WVGA 3D display with Gorilla Glass
1.2GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4430 processor
1GB RAM
8GB built-in storage, microSD card slot
2x 5MP rear shooters capable of 3D video and image capture
VGA front-facing camera
1,520mAh battery
microHDMI port
NFC
Android 2.3

The phone is said to be both thinner and lighter than its predecessor, while still improving on the glasses-less 3D display of yesteryear.

Apr

Reminder: AT&T's HTC One X Pre-Orders Begin Today For $199 With A Two-Year Agreement

Posted by Cameron Summerson in AT&T, News, One X (Endeavor)

Not that we assume you've forgotten, but here's a quick reminder for anyone who has been waiting for the HTC One X on AT&T: pre-orders begin today. You'll have to wait until May 6th to get your device, but with that date still two weeks away, you can at least guarantee to have one in-hand on launch day.

Specs:

4.7-Inch SuperLCD 2 1280x720 display with Gorilla Glass 2
1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon Krait processor
1GB RAM
LTE
8MP f/2.0 rear shooter with zero shutter lag
1.3MP front camera
NFC
Android 4.0.x with Sense 4

The device will set you back $199 with a two-year agreement - a rather reasonable price for what could be one of the biggest flagships we've seen this year.

Apr

AT&T Officially Announces The HTC One X - Available On May 6th For $199, Pre-Orders Begin on April 22

Posted by Cameron Summerson in AT&T, News, One X (Endeavor)

I'm convinced that April 22, 2012 will forever be recognized as one of the most Android-packed day of all time. Why, you ask? Because that's the day that the day that Sprint's Galaxy Nexus, LG Viper, and LG Optimus Elite will be available, as well as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7 and ASUS Transformer Pad 300. Looks like AT&T didn't want to be left out, so it announced this morning that its version of the HTC One X would be available for pre-order on that very day for $199, with a release date set for May 6th (which lines up with previous rumors - good job, Best Buy!).

Apr

Toshiba Announces New Excite Line For The U.S.: Say Hello To The 7.7, 10.1, and 13.3-inch Slates

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Excite 10 (AT300 / AT305), Excite 13, Excite 7.7 (AT270 / AT275), News

Go big or go home. That must be Toshiba's new mantra where tablets are concerned, as it just announced a trio of Ice Cream Sandwich-packin', Tegra 3-powered additions to its Excite tablet line: a 7.7-inch, 10.1-inch, and 13.3-inch model.

The 7.7-inch model, appropriately named the Excite 7.7, sports a 1280x800 AMOLED display, the quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM, and Ice Cream Sandwich. At just 0.3-inches thick and 13.4 ounces, the Excite 7.7 is a powerhouse in a tiny package.

Stepping it up a notch (in terms of size, anyway), comes Toshiba's 10.1-inch offering, the Excite 10. This one is the more "traditional" tablet (if there is such a thing), sporting a 1280x800 display resolution, 10-finger multi-touch support, the Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM, and ICS.

Apr

[Updated] Sprint And HTC Announce The $199 EVO 4G LTE: 4.7-Inch Display, 1.5GHz Dual-Core Processor, And Android 4.0 With Sense 4

Posted by Cameron Summerson in EVO 4G LTE (Jewel), News, Sprint, Videos

We've been hearing rumors about Sprint's version of the HTC One X for a few weeks now, and the pair just took the wraps off the device. Simply known as the HTC EVO 4G LTE (okay, so I was off by one letter and a number on the name speculation, whatever), this will likely be Sprint's flagship device at the time of launch, and will be one of the premier devices on its LTE network.

4.7-inch 1280x720 display with Gorilla Glass
1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 processor
1GB RAM
16GB built-in storage, microSD card slot
8MP f/2.0 28mm wide angle lens rear shooter, ImageSense, and a dedicated camera button (!)
1.3 MP front camera
HD Voice with dual microphones (dual-core, dual mics, dual cameras, dual )
25GB of free cloud storage on Dropbox
Beats Audio
Unibody design with an aluminum spaceframe with anodized black finish and machined edge
NFC with Google Wallet support
Android 4.0 with Sense 4
Kickstand, which supports the phone in landscape (90 and 270 degrees) and portrait orientations (the original EVO 4G could only do one of the four)
2000mAh battery (compared to 1800mAh on the One X - nice)
LTE

The device will be available for pre-order on May 7th for $199 with a two-year agreement, making this the upgrade option for owners of the original EVO 4G.

Apr

[Deal Alert] LG Lucid Free With Two-Year Agreement (New And Upgrade) From AmazonWireless

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Deals, Lucid, News

While the LG Lucid may have hit Verizon stores with an incredibly low price-to-hardware ratio, the good folks over at AmazonWireless took that to a whole new level: free. Okay, well, one cent (close enough). Normally, we tell users to avoid budget devices like the plague, but the Lucid is the exception to the rule. Why? Because while its price (or lack thereof in this case) may be budget, its hardware is anything but:

4-inch IPS display with Gorilla Glass
1.2GHz dual-core processor
1GB RAM
8GB built-in storage, microSD card slot
5MP rear shooter, VGA front facing camera
Android 2.3 (will get Ice Cream Sandwich)

See?

Apr

LG Viper On Sprint Available For Pre-Order On April 12th For $99 With Two-Year Agreement

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News, Sprint, Viper

Looks like Sprint's first LTE handset, the LG Viper, will be available for pre-order from Sprint beginning on April 12th for a reasonable $99 after $50 mail-in-rebate, and will be available in all channels "later this month."

The Viper was originally announced alongside the Galaxy Nexus earlier this year at CES as one of Sprint's premier LTE devices and is packing some reasonable specs for the price:

4-Inch 480x800 display
1.2Ghz dual-core processor
1GB RAM
5MP rear shooter, VGA front-facing camera
4GB built-in storage, microSD card slot
NFC and Google Wallet
Android 2.3 (will likely be updated to Android 4.0)

Last we heard, the Viper was said to be released on April 15th, but that seems unlikely with pre-orders beginning on April 12th.

Apr

Motorola Announces RAZR MAXX Hitting Europe And Middle East In May

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Motorola, News, RAZR / RAZR MAXX

By most accounts, the Motorola DROID RAZR is an excellent phone, though battery life is questionable. Which is exactly what makes the RAZR MAXX such a great phone: at 9mm, it's still thin, but packs a battery with 85% more capacity (1780 vs 3300mAh). At the moment, the RAZR MAXX isn't sold in Europe and Middle East, but the company has just announced that will change sometime in May.

A quick refresher of the specs:

Android 2.3.6 (Android 4.0 update reportedly coming tomorrow)
1.2GHz dual-core TI OMAP4430 CPU
1GB RAM
16GB built-in storage, 16GB microSD card in the box (32GB of storage total)
4.3" Super AMOLED qHD display
8MP rear shooter, 1.3MP front
8.99mm thin, 4.5oz

No word on what specific day it will go on sale, but we're sure the company will release some details closer to then.

Mar

Verizon Unveils The LG Lucid, A Budget LTE Handset Without The Budget Specs

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Lucid, News, Verizon Wireless

We've been hearing about an upcoming LG device for Verizon's LTE network called the Cayman for a few weeks now; that device is now officially official, and it's bearing the moniker Lucid.

At $80 with a two-year agreement, the Lucid will hit a sweet spot in many users' wallets; just because it's affordable, however, doesn't mean it's lacking in the feature department:

4-inch display with Gorilla Glass
1.2GHz dual-core processor
1GB RAM
5MP rear shooter
Front facing camera
Android 2.3, upgradable to Android 4.0

As you can see, it's packing specs comparable to top-of-the-line phones from just a couple of months ago, but at less than half the introductory price.

Mar

HTC One X For Sprint Details Surface, Rumored To Be Codenamed 'Jet' And Possibly Arriving In June

Posted by Cameron Summerson in EVO 4G LTE (Jewel), News, One X (Endeavor), Rumors, Sprint

Last Updated: April 4th, 2012

In late February, we reported on a rumored HTC device very similar to the ONE X potentially heading to Sprint called the Jewel. New information about this device has now surfaced thanks to the crew over at S4GRU, but it turns out that it may not be codenamed Jewel after all - internally, it's being called the Jet.

The Jet is said to be identical to the One X in every way, except it's packing CDMA1X/EV-DO/LTE radios instead of the GSM/LTE radios of its AT&T counterpart. The Jet is rumored to be Sprint's third LTE device (behind the Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper) and the successor to the groundbreaking EVO 4G.