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Jul

Samsung Intercept Now Available For Pre-Order, Launching This Weekend?

Posted by John Thompson in Carriers, Devices By Manufacturer, Intercept, News, Samsung, Sprint

Is Samsung’s Epic 4G (otherwise known as the Galaxy S Pro) too hot for you to handle? Not to worry, because the Samsung Intercept is up for pre-order right now from Sprint’s EVP site for discount customers at just $99.99 after rebate on a 2 year contract.

According to the page, the ‘regular’ price of the Intercept is shown at $349.99, although it’s not been confirmed what the actual price will be for customers buying the phone in store. This may not be huge news for the average consumer wanting to get their hands on the device, but we also know some extra technical specs thanks to the site.

Jul

Motorola Officially Announces CHARM For T-Mobile USA Running Android 2.1, Goes After BlackBerry Users

Posted by David Ruddock in CHARM, News, T-Mobile

While Motorola didn’t do a great job keeping CHARM under wraps, they did manage to hide a few features of the candy bar phone until today’s official press release. Given the amount of MOTOBLUR and social-networking talk going on in the CHARM’s somewhat lengthy introduction, we’ve broken it down and provided you the juicy bits for easy digestion:

2.8” 320x240QVGA TFT LCD touch-capacitive display with Gorilla Glass
Android 2.1 with the newest "enhanced" version of MOTOBLUR
3 Megapixel camera
Physical QWERTY keyboard
2GB Removable MicroSD card included (expandable to 32GB MicroSDHC)
Accelerometer
WiFi B/G and N (Single-band 2.4GHz)
Can capture 24FPS video (we assume that is with VGA 640x480)
Secondary noise-cancellation microphone with CrystalTalk PLUS technology
Compatible with T-Mobile HSDPA 3.6
Support for Adobe Flash Lite
1170mAh Lithium-ion battery
3.5mm headphone jack

Additional MOTOBLUR and social networking features are described in the press release.

Jul

Droid X HDMI-Out Is Crippled To Play Only Videos Or Display Photos Taken On The Device

Posted by David Ruddock in Droid X (Shadow), Motorola, Verizon Wireless

Last Updated: July 24th, 2011

In a blog radio interview with a Motorola developer, when asked about how the Droid X’s HDMI-out could be used, the following answer was given by the Moto dev:

"The only time that we are enabling the HDMI driver on the device is when you are in the gallery mode. [...] The HDMI driver is not active any time outside the gallery"

As Android users are aware, gallery is the native photo and recorded video viewing application on Android devices. The mechanism of controlling the HDMI-out on the Droid X remains unknown, but for the time being it appears that, without root, the Droid X’s HDMI out is extremely limited in its usefulness.

Jul

Rumor: Android 2.2 Headed To Droid July 13

Posted by Nate Kimmey in Droid (Sholes), Froyo 2.2, News, Verizon Wireless

Just like with any rumor, you should take this with a grain of salt… however, unlike some other recent rumors, this one seems fairly plausible. Droid Life is reporting that, according to “reliable sources”, the Android 2.2 update rollout for the Motorola Droid will begin on July 13, just two days before the launch of the Droid X.

When the Droid X was announced, they made it clear that the phone would receive the 2.2 update sometime in late August, while the original Droid would receive the update in late July. The thirteenth may not be late in the month, but it still doesn’t completely discredit the rumor.

Jul

[Updated] Droid X Review Roundup: It’s Pretty Awesome

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Droid X (Shadow), News, Phone Reviews, Reviews, Verizon Wireless

Last Updated: July 24th, 2011

[Updated – July 2, 2010 at 6:30PM EST]

Over the past day or so we’ve seen a flood of Droid X reviews published, so we've decided to round up and summarize the best of them. For any readers who may need a reminder of the details:

Coming to Verizon July 15
$200 on contract
4.3”, 854 x 480 px
720p Video Recording
8 MP Camera
1 GHz Processor
Android 2.1 (Eclair) at launch, with 2.2 (FroYo) coming later
8 GB onboard, 16 GB mSD card (24 GB total)
3 mics – front, back, and bottom
HDMI out
Swype

Pretty impressive stuff, at least on paper.

Jul

Droid Incredible OTA Update Coming, Brings New Features

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in HTC, Incredible, News, Verizon Wireless

Droid-Life has a source, including pictures and a video, showing that the Droid Incredible will be getting an OTA update… sometime. They don’t have an ETA, but it shouldn’t be far off. The key new features it brings are 720p video recording, 3G mobile hotspot, and (most importantly of all), the usual “DROID” red eye bootup.

Pretty awesome that when Android phones get OTA updates, they tend to bring awesome new features. Gotta love the Goog’.

[Source: Droid-Life]

Jul

Radio Shack Sweetens The Deal For T-Mobile's Samsung Vibrant Pre-Orders With A $50 Gift Card

Posted by Nate Kimmey in News, T-Mobile, Vibrant

If you’re already planning to pick up T-Mobile’s first high-end Android offering, the Samsung Vibrant, then you’ll probably want to think about getting your pre-order at RadioShack instead of from T-Mobile directly.

RadioShack is offering the phone at the same $199.99 price as T-Mobile (when opening a new account or upgrading your line), but without the pesky mail-in rebate.

That isn’t enough to sway you? Well, then you’ll want to get your pre-order in before July 18 – in addition to free shipping, everyone who does gets a no-strings-attached $50 RadioShack gift card. For anyone planning to buy some accessories for the phone, RadioShack has basically taken $50 off of your bill.

Jun

Bricked Your EVO 4G During The Last Sprint OTA Fail? Here Is What You Do To Revive It

Posted by Keenan Curtis in EVO 4G (Supersonic), News, Sprint

HTC and Sprint are working together to accommodate EVO 4G owners whose phones were bricked after this week’s initial update. Without adding very much detail, HTC stated that Sprint Corporate stores can be of service. You can find the closest store using this tool.

If you have already updated successfully and your phone boots up fine, you don't have to do anything. If you haven't applied the OTA update yet, you can now safely do so, as the bricking issue has been fixed.

If, however, the initial update made your phone go blank or get stuck in a boot loop, it's time to head over to your local Sprint store.

Jun

Canadians Get In On The Galaxy S Action With Bell's Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant

Posted by Nate Kimmey in Bell, Galaxy S, News, Samsung, Vibrant

Samsung’s plan for ~~world~~ smartphone domination seems to be going smoothly. After the news that their Galaxy S would be launching on all major US carriers (as well as US Cellular), it has just been announced that the phone will also be launching on Bell, Canada’s second-largest cell phone carrier, as the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (just Samsung Vibrant wasn't enough, eh buddies?).

The specs are, of course, similar to the Galaxy S models that have already been announced for US carriers:

4.0” Super AMOLED screen
1 GHz Hummingbird processor
5 megapixel camera
and Android 2.1 with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI.

Jun

Samsung Galaxy S Launch Event Recap, Photos, And Q&A

Our Samsung Galaxy S Launch Event Report, Photos, And Q&A

Posted by Andrew Gould in AT&T, Captivate, Epic 4G, Fascinate, News, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Vibrant

Last Updated: July 23rd, 2010

Last night, Samsung officially announced their Galaxy S smartphone family at a swank New York City party after several weeks of blurrycam shots, spec sheets and rumors. Spanning all four major US carriers - Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile - the Galaxy S flavors stand to be a surging juggernaut in the HTC dominated Android world.

Incidentally, I was at the event and had the pleasure of doing a live blogging session, followed by some hands-on time with all the phones.