Huawei IDEOS X5 announced for Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and (eventually) the US
Of the manifold riches sure to unloaded by the fine folks at Huawei at this year’s CES, be on the lookout for the IDEOS X5. This Android 2.2 smartphone features a 3.8-inch multitouch screen, SWYPE input, a 5 megapixel camera with 720p video, FM radio, and Flash 10.1 — all in a svelte 11.4mm thick package. Available in Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand beginning this month, with a U.S. carrier to be announced.
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Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: announced, eventually, hong, huawei, ideos, kong, singapore, Zealand
MetroPCS follows Cricket’s lead, launches Huawei’s Ascend budget Android phone
Huawei's really starting to make a splash in the American smartphone market, breaking into the Big Four with the launch of the T-Mobile Comet not long ago -- but it's the budget regionals where these guys might have a chance to dominate. MetroPCS has taken a cue from archrival Cricket in launching Huawei's Ascend today, offering a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, and microSD memory expansion to 16GB atop Android 2.1 . The $179 they're asking seems a bit steep for the specs until you remember that MetroPCS offers its hardware contract-free -- and it'll save you a dime or two over the carrier's name-brand Android offering, the Optimus M from LG
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: ascend, budget, comet, huawei, metropcs, mobile, mobile-comet, optimus
T-Mobile Comet review
In 2010, does a phone need to have a 4.3-inch display, a gigahertz (or greater) processor, and a one-bazillion megapixel camera with xenon flash and continuous autofocus to be relevant? How about important? Or even -- dare we say it -- awesome
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: entry, gigahertz, huawei, huawei-ideos, ideos, mobile, regional, result, review
Droid 2 Global appears in Costco database for $199, T-Mobile Comet at $149
What happens when you punch the phrase "Droid" into a Costco sales terminal? If Boy Genius Report 's sources are right, you see the Motorola Droid 2 Global ring up (in black and white!) for $199.99.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: droid 2, droid 2 global, droid2global, ewoks, handset, huawei, messaging, mobile, motorola, motorola-droid, phone, worldphone
Huawei Ascend is the $150 Android smartphone you might actually want to own
When the Huawei Ascend launches on prepaid carrier Cricket Wireless later this month, it will cost $150. That's not after a rebate or with a two-year agreement, mind you -- for three portraits of Ulysses S. Grant, you actually own the phone
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: ascend, capacitive, cricket, engadget, entry, grant, huawei, motorola, portraits, result, touchscreen
AT&T’s new USB modems include HSPA+, LTE-upgradeable, and prepaid options
It'll be a little while before AT&T's LTE rollout is in full swing -- but if you're the kind of individual that enjoys some margin of future-proofing, you'll want to take a close look at the just-announced USBConnect Adrenaline modem for AT&T, an LG-sourced unit that becomes the carrier's very first device to tout LTE upgradeability in 2011. In the meantime, you get HSPA, a microSD slot with support for up to 32GB, and GPS; it runs $49.99 on contract. Next up, Sierra Wireless' USBConnect Shockwave is AT&T's first HSPA+ modem, meaning it'll work nicely on AT&T's upcoming HSPA+ upgrade -- an upgrade that'll have a more immediate impact in some areas than LTE will; this one goes for a nice, fat zilch on contract
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: Carrier, entry, huawei, lte, modems-include, more-immediate, shockwave, sierra-wireless, sierrawireless, usbconnect, usbconnect 900, usbconnect900, usbconnectadrenaline
Shocker: Huawei Ideos may be headed to T-Mobile
Huawei wants to bring Android to the masses , and it sounds like one cellular carrier may already be on board -- the Wall Street Journal reports that T-Mobile is presently in talks to offfer the 2.8-inch, Android 2.2 smartphone and could begin selling it by Yuletide. Of course, considering China-based Huawei expects the reasonably-attractive device could cost as little as $100 off-contract , it's not terribly surprising that any carrier you'd care to name would be champing at the bit to grab one.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: cellular, china-based, engadget, huawei, huawei-ideos, ideos, masses, mobile, one-cellular, result, shocker, smartphone, spokeswoman, street, yuletide
Vodafone R201 mobile WiFi hotspot review
Mobile broadband has come a long way since the early (and expensive) attempts at integrating 3G modules into laptops; today, cubicle dwellers are liberated by cheaper mobile data, along with the abundance of 3G dongles and the emerging mobile WiFi (ergo " MiFi ") hotspot devices. It's no secret that Huawei's been flirting with both Three and Vodafone for some time, but it was only recently that the manufacturer also made a MiFi -- the R201 -- for Vodafone (the carrier's lesser-known MiFI 2352 in Spain is from Novatel ).
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: Abundance, data, emerging, entry, hotspot, huawei, mifi, mobile hotspot, vodafone, wifi hotspot
T-Mobile UK quietly retracts Pulse’s buggy 2.1 update, Huawei says it was non-final anyway
Remember T-Mobile's money-saving, finger-friendly Pulse ? You know, the Huawei Android handset that received a 2.1 update in Hungary back in May? Earlier this month (on the 6th, to be precise), said phone's British counterpart also received its share of cream-filled pastry , but perhaps one with cream gone sour.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: british, engadget, entry, fri, huawei, mobile, pastry, phone, pull, pulled-the-plug, pulse, retraction, sms, yikes
US Senators uneasy over possible Huawei equipment deal for Sprint
Chinese telecom giant Huawei already has a pretty big (and growing) presence in North America, having previously signed deals with regional carriers like Leap (better known by its Cricket brand) and MetroPCS -- but apparently, a bid to supply one of the Big Four with equipment is hitting a little too close to home for some legislators. A group of eight US Senators has filed a letter with the Treasury Department expressing concern over Huawei's alleged ties with everything from Saddam Hussein's Iraq to present-day Iran to China's own People's Liberation Army, saying that such a company "should not be able to do business" in the country. Of course, similar concerns ended up dooming Huawei's attempted buyout of 3Com not long ago -- and considering the political climate in US-China relations, this is the kind of lukewarm response Huawei and other major Chinese firms might need to keep dealing with as they try to grow their Western presence.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: chinese, department, entry, huawei, legislators, lukewarm, metropcs, senators