Here are two awesome videos showing what went into the building and testing of Google’s Nexus One. Watch it get dropped, slammed, bent and poked all as a part of Google’s and HTC’s stress tests. Now I want to go watch stuff from Will it Blend.
Check them out after the break. Read More
The rumor wheel is turning again for Google’s Nexus One. The new report is that it’s headed to Big Red on March 23rd. According to the guys at Neowin.net the Nexus One, originally released on T-Mobile in January, has passed FCC inspection for use on Verizon’s CDMA network.
The word on the street is that Verizon will introduce the Nexus One on the day the International CTIA wireless show begins in the US. It’s not yet clear if Verizon plans to hold a press conference at CTIA regarding the launch and we don’t know anything on pricing but we hear that it will be “competitive.” Pretty much we don’t know anything but aren’t rumors great! Read More
If you’re in the market for an upgrade now might be a good time. Sprint has dropped the price of the original WiFi-less Palm Pixi to $49.99 (after $100 mail-in rebate and a new two-year contract) This is probably because Verizon has the Pixi Plus with WiFi for $79.99. Now I’m not a huge fan of the Pixi, mainly due to the screen size and the buttons but WebOS is pretty sweet. It should be a good deal if you’re tying to jump into the smartphone market. Now we’ll have to watch for a price drop on Sprint’s Palm Pre so that it can compete with the Pre Plus on Verizon.
[via Palm Infocenter]
This is one I’m sorry I missed while I was out last week. You may have already seen it but if not I think you’ll like it. So what’s it? It’s the Motorola Devour, a new Android smartphone that’s going to hit Verizon in March. Like it’s Droid predecessor it’s got a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, aGPS and it comes with an 8GB SD card with support up to 32GB. Now granted, it’s got a smaller screen than the Droid but it’s still pretty sweet. Another nice thing about this phone is that it has MOTOBLUR, the first solution to sync contacts from work and personal e-mail services, including Gmail, with posts, messages, photos and more from popular sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
I’m pretty excited to see more on this phone, Megan Fox seems to like it too… Check out the full press release here.
At CES we heard about the Palm Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus making there way to Verizon. Well now Verizon customers can score the Palm Pre Plus for $149.99 after a $100 mail in rebate and a two year agreement and the Pixi Plus for $99 after a $100 mail in rebate and a two year agreement. Anyone grabbing one of these?
Here’s one of the new phones that was announced at CES. It’s the Motorola Backflip($TBA; Q1 2010) will be the first Android phone released on AT&T. One of the things that sets this apart is it’s sporting a unique reverse flip design and the MOTOBLUR content delivery service. The design lets the screen slide up for access to a hardware keyboard, or flip around to act as a video viewing stand. Features like a 3.1-inch touch screen, 5 megapixel camera, a GPS, and Bluetooth round out the experience.
Did anyone else catch my name on the promo shot? So what if it’s a girls last name….
[via Uncrate]
New plans on the horizon for Verizon. Get it? Man I’m hilarious…
Anyway, there’s been a lot of buzz today about Big Red cutting their plan prices. This is something that would put them a little more in line with other carries and their unlimited plans. Boy Genius Report broke the story/rumor today highlighting a 30% drop in pricing on the unlimited minutes options for some of the plans. Another big change is the data plans where among the changes they now have $29.99 unlimited data. (that’s included in the Sprint plans) I guess there gearing up for more Android phones like the Nexus One.
The pictures after the break highlight the new plans and compare them to other carriers. It still looks like Sprint has the best pricing. How does this effect you? Read More
We heard a little buzz about this last week but Palm made it official today. The Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are hitting Verizon Wireless on January 25th.
The Palm Pre Plus is going to be twice the machine the Pre was. No really, it’s going to have twice the memory of the original (up to 16GB). It’s also going to come standard with the induction cover for Touchstone charging. We also noticed that it doesn’t have the little button on the front anymore. For the Pixi Plus the only change looks like the edition of WiFi but if you ask me that’s what was needed to make the Pixi worth anything anyways.
We still haven’t heard a price point but we’ll let you know once we do. Check out the press release with full specs after the break. Read More
Microsoft and HTC have now finally announced that the HD2 is officially headed to T-Mobile. You can pre-register for this beast with all it’s Windows Mobile 6.5 glory now and it’s expected to arrive in Spring of 2010.
No pricing or specific availability has been mentioned but I’m sure the HD2 won’t be cheap given the high specifications.
It’s been a big week for Android with the release of the new Nexus One and it just got a lot more interesting. AT&T announced that it’s launching five new Android devices in the first half of 2010. They will be devices from Motorola, Dell and HTC. They say the Motorola phone is exclusive to them so that counts out Droid so it could be the new Backflip and Dell announced that the Mini 3 is coming to AT&T so we know that one. So that leaves HTC. Could they be some of the devices we saw in their leaked road map? AT&T says they’ll have an “exclusive” device so I’m curious if it really will be or if it will just be something re-shelled like the Hero on Sprint.
So lets hear it AT&T peeps. What do you think?
Check out the full press release after the break.