Official Froyo update for Samsung Intercept going awry, Sprint investigating; unofficial fix available for now
Samsung's really struggling to release solid Android firmware updates, as evidenced by the Bell Vibrant situation -- and now, this little mess. Sounds like some Intercepts on Sprint are dying after applying the official update to Android 2.2 released a few days ago, prompting Sprint to put out an official statement today: " It has been brought to our attention that some customers may be experiencing issues with the Android 2.2 (Froyo) software upgrade for the Samsung Intercept. Some users have reported their device to be unresponsive after the upgrade is completed.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: attention, days, entry, froyo, incremental, intercept, mobile, official-froyo, official-update, samsung, sprint, sprint-customer, waves
Nokia C2-01 and X2-01 break cover: cheap to the max, launching soon
Symbian and MeeGo might be getting all the attention, but for Nokia, Series 40 is still very much a meat-and-potatoes part of the operation -- and to that end, they've announced a pair of new models today that go exceptionally easy on the pocketbook. First up, the C2-01 (pictured left) is claimed to be the cheapest 3G handset in Espoo's lineup, featuring a 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, and memory expansion up to 16GB atop a 2-inch display; it'll be available in the first quarter of 2011 for around €70 ($95). Next up, the X2-01 certainly looks like a Symbian device from a distance -- but don't be fooled, it's still straight-up Series 40 with a full QWERTY portrait keyboard.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: attention, c2-01, dedicated-music, launching-soon, meat, nokia, nokia-c2-01, operation, qwerty, radio, result, symbian, wifi, x2-01
Motorola Bravo and Flipside both go live on AT&T today
Windows Phone 7 might be getting the lion's share of the attention on AT&T this week, but the Samsung Focus and HTC Surround aren't the only big launches: the carrier's also hauling in Motorola's Bravo and Flipside today, beefing up its Android lineup just a tad. The full-touch, wide VGA Bravo goes for $129.99 on contract after all the rebates and discounts have been applied, while the landscape QWERTY Flipside comes in at $99.99 with a two-year signup -- not bad if you're in the market for a 3.1-inch HVGA display and a gloriously large trackpad up top.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: att, attention, bravo, engadget-mobile, flipside, landscape, lion, mobile, moto, motorola, phone, two-year-signup, windowsphone7
White Samsung Fascinate and Sony Ericsson X10 joining Dell Streak in Best Buy this month
Let's be real: almost every phone looks better in white . Okay, so that's strictly a matter of personal opinion -- but if you're a white phone kind of person, turn your attention away from the forever-delayed iPhone 4 and toward a couple that are launching shortly thanks to some new details from Best Buy
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: already-knew, attention, dell, entry, ericsson, fascinate, iphone, result, samsung, sony-ericsson, windows phone 7, wp7, x10, xperia-x10
HTC Sense’s new map pre-caching demoed on video
If you were paying attention during HTC's keynote earlier this morning, you'll have noted Peter Chou dropped a big old promise on us all: no more waiting for maps to load when zooming or scrolling.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: aggravating, attention, demo, demoed, digital, digital-compass, digitalcompass, entry, htcdesirez, responsiveness, roadmap, rotate-the-map, sense, services, video
Gresso’s Las Vegas Jackpot phone costs a million dollars, seriously
When you make it your business to deliver outlandish new looks for mobile telephony, it can sometimes be a challenge to just outdo your last effort. So Gresso 's decided the only way forward is to collect all the fine materials it had lying around -- black diamonds, pure gold, diamond-cut sapphire crystals, and 200-year old African blackwood -- sprinkle them atop an otherwise nondescript featurephone, and slap on the spectacular price tag of $1,000,000.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: attention, black-diamonds, blackdiamonds, blackwood, diamond, diamonds, gold, jackpot, laser engraving, lasvegas, luxury, mundanely-rich, result, vegas
EFO rolls out credit card-sized iPazzPort mini Bluetooth keyboard
EFO may not have quite reached Brando levels low-cost gadget fame, but it did manage to catch our attention recently with its HTPC-friendly iPazzPort keyboard , and it's now back with another interesting little device: the iPazzPort mini Bluetooth keyboard.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: attention, BlackBerry, bluetooth, bluetooth keyboard, bluetoothkeyboard, fame, ipazzport mini, ipazzportmini, keyboard, little-device, minded, starting, tailor
ZTE Racer review
In a battlefield now abundant with Android handsets, there's only one easy way for a young smartphone brand to grab our attention: make a seriously dirt cheap handset. And we're not just talking about a free phone chained to a pricey 18-month contract (like the Vodafone 845 ); we're looking for a Pay & Go smartphone tagged with a standalone dumbphone price, so even the
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: attention, battlefield, budgetphone, cellphone, cheap phone, entry, free-on-various, mobilephone, pricey-18-month, qualcomm, racer, video, vodafone, zteracer
iPhone 4 carrier unlock teased, not released just yet
While we wait for a full, no-strings-attached jailbreak for the iPhone 4 , let's turn our attention to the other important matter of unlocking, shall we? iPhone Dev Team member planetbeing is teasing the world with a picture of an unlocked AT&T iPhone 4 being used way up north on Canada's Bell -- and while we don't have a timeline for a release just yet, this should be particularly exciting news for Canadians who don't have much interest in waiting any longer for their version of the phone to officially arrive.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, attention, carrier unlock, entry, exciting-news, iphone, iphone 4, iphone4, iphonedevteam, member, not-released, result, their-version, unlock
Altek’s Leo in the wild: point and shoot, Android phone, or both?
As cameraphone picture quality goes, the story is that it's not really about the sensor resolution, it's about the optics -- and if you want to go by that rule, Altek's beastly Leo should probably have your attention. Just because you've got a huge, telescoping lens doesn't mean it's any good, of course, but we'd argue that it's a good sign in a world dominated by tiny, plastic lenses atop 8 and 12 megapixel sensors of questionable heritage
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: attention, cnet, communicasia, communicasia 2010, communicasia2010, leo, questionable, wild, zoom