White HTC EVO 4G coming exclusively to Best Buy on July 11th, pre-orders start today
Jumpin' Jehosaphat! Just when you thought America's first 4G phone couldn't get any hotter, along comes this: a striking white version of the HTC EVO 4G (so much for that unavailable white iPhone 4 , eh?). We've received confirmation that this here handset will be sold exclusively through Best Buy (as in, don't even bother heading to your local Sprint store), with the official launch date set for July 11th
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bestbuymobile, buy, engadget, entry, existing, htc-sense, htcevo4g, official-launch, result, wimax
The Droid X gets real on Verizon (update: 720p video capture, not display)
Looks like Verizon and Motorola are coming clean with the Droid X a little earlier than planned -- it just appeared on the official Droid page, complete with comfirmation of that 4.3-inch screen size. Interestingly, rolling over the image reveals a box that says it has a "720p screen," which would be crazy -- especially since the Droid X prototype we played with had what looked to be the same 854 x 480 resolution as the original Droid, although we couldn't confirm it at the time. A true 720p screen res would also be far denser than the 800 x 480 panel on the EVO 4G , so we're thinking Verizon actually means 720p out over HDMI, not anything else.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 720p, 720p-out-over, confirm-the-854, droid, image, official-launch, surprises, tease, verizon
Samsung Galaxy Beam: world’s first Android projector phone on sale in July
Ah, here we go, Samsung's other cellphone with an integrated projector just got an official launch date. The Galaxy Beam (codename: Halo ) with its 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display is now slated to hit Singapore in July. That means that the European and broader launch across Asia should be just around the corner if Samsung's claims from Feburary hold true
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 2gb, congress, dlp, official-launch, oled, other-cellphone, projector-phone, samsung
Motorola Backflip comes to Telus
Moto promised the Backflip (among other Android-powered wares) to its Canadian fans back in March, and it's now delivering thanks to an official launch on Telus.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: backflip, entry, Fans, launch-on-telus, mobile, moto, motorola, official-launch, phone, quite-the-same, telusmobility, thing-or-not, wares
Samsung GT-S8500 is first with Bluetooth 3.0
And here we have it: what's likely to be the world's first Bluetooth 3.0 phone courtesy of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). According to the filing's description, the "compact and slim" Samsung GT-S8500 is a touchscreen slate phone with a "high resolution" 3.1-inch OLED sporting a TouchWIZ UI and quad-band GSM/EDGE radios. The advantages of the 3.0 Bluetooth spec approved in April are faster throughput (up to 24Mbps) and more frugal power usage -- both welcome advances in modern media-playing handsets
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: barcelona, bluetooth, bluetooth 3.0, bluetoothsig, frugal-power, launch, mobile, mobile-world, official-launch, oled, resolution, result, samsung, sig, throughput