HTC Wildfire coming to some regional US carriers this year
We didn't really see this coming, but HTC has teamed up with "multiple regional North American carriers" to deliver its Wildfire stateside, a low-end Android device that might appeal to folks who aren't looking for Desire HD -class performance but still appreciate HTC's design sensibility (of course, the Desire HD isn't an option in America period , but we digress). The company hasn't named partners, but it'll launch with Android 2.1 beginning this quarter -- hopefully with a Froyo update in the pipeline, though there's no commitment in the press release, which you can find after the break.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: admiration, america, carriers, design, engadget-mobile, mobile, north, pipeline, press, some-regional, wildfire, year
LG E720 with Android leaks: it’s no Galaxy S killer
The great thing about Android is that it does a reasonably good job scaling from the high end of the hardware spectrum all the way down to the lowest of the low -- and it's on that cautionary note that we show you this alleged LG E720 that popped up on a Polish site over the weekend. We're apparently looking at a Froyo-equipped device featuring a 3.2 inch display -- which we're fairly certain will fall short of WVGA resolution -- along with Qualcomm's midrange MSM7227 core and a 5 megapixel camera around back. In other words, Galaxy S owners, rest easy: LG doesn't have your phone in its sights..
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: camera, cautionary, e720, entry, from-the-high, froyo-equipped, Job, midrange, note, phone, pipeline, polish
Dell Thunder spied again, still looking awesome
Looks like the faucet's starting to turn wide open on Thunder leaks, seeing how this would be the second we've seen in a single day -- and we suppose you could even count this one twice since the source appears to have two units at his disposal. AndroidSPIN doesn't have any new details to report with this round of shots, but needless to say, talk of a 4.1-inch AMOLED display looks as real as ever, and it looks like all of these test units are running stock Android 2.1 .
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: day, dell, details, display-looks, disposal, entry, in the wild, launch, like-the-faucet, pipeline, single, source, source-appears, stock, Thunder
Nokia 5250 set to replace the 5230, turn the ugly dial down from 10 to 6?
It wasn't that long ago that T-Mobile USA launched Nokia's venerable 5230 as the Nuron , but you've got to admit -- with a mug only a mother could love, Nokia owed it to itself to get cracking on a prettier replacement. On that note, we've got a shot of an alleged model 5250 today, sporting the same button configuration as the 5230; considering the gargantuan bezel, we're figuring on a smallish screen, which points to the low end of the touchscreen spectrum -- right where a proper 5230 successor would belong.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 5250, configuration, convention, entry, mobile, nokia, pipeline, product, result, rumor, smallish-screen, the-gargantuan, the-touchscreen, unclear-whether, usa
webOS 2.0 coming ‘later this year,’ says HP’s Rubinstein
HP's Jon Rubinstein -- formerly of Palm CEO fame, of course -- just mentioned in an interview with Fortune that webOS 2.0 is on track for "later this year." Considering that 2010 is more than half over, that doesn't leave a whole heck of a lot of time -- but with a mix of presumed kick-ass HP hardware in the pipeline running webOS, we imagine this should all dovetail nicely. On a related note, Rubinstein again drove home the point that they're developing new hardware "aggressively," so let's hope we finally see a Pre 2, a Palmpad , or heck, a frickin' LifeDrive 2 in the next few months
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: breakingnews, coming, developing-new, fame, fortune, frickin, heck, home-the-point, palm, pipeline, the-pipeline, webos2.0, year
Motorola Backflip gets a software update, still flips the wrong way
If you were hoping sort of magical patch that made the Backflip flip normally, replaced Yahoo search with Google, and erased any trace of AT&T crapware, well...
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: att, backflip, better-battery, engadget-mobile, magical-patch, motorola, phone, pipeline, update, upgrade
Inuitive’s smartphone UI concept thinks so you don’t have to
Other than some fancy wallpaper that automatically changes based on the time of day or the music that you're listening to, the UIs of modern smartphones are generally pretty static -- what you see at 8AM is going to be the same thing you see at high noon or bedtime. Israeli firm Intuitive User Interfaces is looking to change all that with its new "one-touch" UI concept that uses situational cues -- presumably time and place, primarily -- to call up functions that you're most likely to use in a 3D mishmash of icons
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: concept-thinks, domestic, interfaces, market, noon-or-bedtime, pipeline, smartphones, systems, user-interface