07
Sep
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AT&T Announces Mid-Range Huawei Impulse 4G For $30 With A Two-Year Agreement

Posted by in AT&T, News

While Verizon just announced the most powerful device to hit its 4G LTE network to date, AT&T decided to keep the announcements a bit more budget-friendly by dropping the news about the Huawei Impulse 4G, a phone geared towards feature phone users that are looking to jump into the smartphone ring.

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The Impulse is a mid-ranger with a 3.8 inch touchscreen, a 5MP rear shooter, and Android 2.2 all running on AT&T's HSPA+ network -- not a powerhouse by any means, but you can't really expect much more from a $30 device. It is expected to land on Ma Bell's sales floor beginning on September 18th, but keep in mind that it will require a data plan, instantly making that ultra-low pricetag a bit less appealing (unless you already have a smartphone contract).

03
Aug
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Huawei Unveils The Vision - And It Looks Eerily Like The Nexus S

Posted by in Huawei, News, Vision

Huawei is a very interesting company. They're heavily subsidized by the Chinese government. There's been a lot of controversy surrounding their products in terms of intellectual property infringement and military ties.

And then they go and unveil this thing, the Huawei Vision - and, as the title says, it bears a striking resemblance (from the front, at least) to a certain other phone:

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The phone so nice, they made it twice.

Here's a quick spec breakdown:

  • 3.7-inch (probably WVGA SLCD) display
  • 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 processor (same one you'll find in the Thunderbolt and other phones)
  • 512MB RAM / 2GB internal storage
  • Huawei "3D" UI overlay
  • 5MP rear camera / 720p video recording
  • Android 2.3

The Vision doesn't have the Nexus S's trademark "hump" along the bottom of the phone, but otherwise, it's the spitting image of Google's most recent Nexus handset.

22
Jun
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Huawei Glory Coming To Cricket Wireless, Brings 1.4GHz And Gingerbread For Under $300

Posted by in Cricket Wireless, Glory, News

Normally, when we think about prepaid carriers, one thought comes to mind: low-end devices. Most manufacturers reserve their higher-end handsets for the Big Four, so those who don't want to empty their wallet each month on a wireless plan end up with very little to choose from when it comes to decent phones. However, that is all about to change with Huawei's upcoming Glory phone, which is set to land on Cricket Wireless this November.

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For more images, check out PCMag's Photo Gallery

The Glory packs a pretty hard punch, especially compared to its prepaid competitors: a 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8655T processor, 4-inch 480x854 TFT display, 8MP camera, and Android 2.3 - all for under $300.

20
Jun
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Android 3.2: It's Honeycomb The Way It Should Have Been Since Day One - 7" Tablet Support, Bug Fixes, And More

Posted by in Honeycomb 3.0/3.1/3.2, News

When Huawei announced the new 7-inch MediaPad Honeycomb tablet this morning, chaos confusion ensued. The device runs Android 3.2, a new build of Honeycomb that nobody outside Google or Huawei seemed to have seen before. It didn't help that Huawei was quite secretive about what additions the new OS brought (other than support for 7-inch tablets and a new version number).

Well now, thanks to the folks at This is my next, we have a better idea of what's new, though it's important to keep in mind that this information is still very much a rumor, albeit one allegedly confirmed with three separate tipsters.

20
Jun
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Huawei Unveils 7-Inch MediaPad Tablet - Two Cores And Android 3.2

Posted by in Huawei, MediaPad, News

So it's true: the reason we haven't seen any 7-inch Honeycomb tablets thus far is that Android 3.0 just doesn't fit well on screens of that size. This has been our pet theory for some time now, but this morning, Huawei came right out and confirmed it with the announcement of their Android 3.2-running MediaPad.

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We know you'll want to know all about the new flavor of Honeycomb, but at the moment all we know is that, unlike Android 3.1, the version that runs on most Android tablets, 3.2 will support 7-inch displays. We can only hope that devices like the HTC Flyer and the new Galaxy Tab 7 will get a taste.

03
Nov
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T-Mobile Comet, LG Optimus T Now On Sale – Here’s How To Get ‘Em Free

Posted by in Comet, Huawei, LG, Optimus T, T-Mobile

 

Were you one of the many people surprised and delighted when T-Mobile announced that it would be selling the LG Optimus T for just $29.99? If so, you're about to be even more surprised and delighted - both the Optimus T and its Huawei-built brethren are now available for $0.00 on a new two-year contract!

It's not exactly shocking to see Wirefly touting the device free of charge when some of their recent deals are taken into account, but it certainly is a bit surprising to see that T-Mobile's doing the same. While the latter's still charging $29.99 for the colored versions of the phones, Wirefly will hand you both the Burgundy and the Titanium versions free.

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