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So T-Mobile’s HSPA+ rollout has begun. Well, it will, March 14th according to sources at TMoNews. The new HSPA+ network supports theoretical speeds of up to 21Mbps and is somewhat backwards compatible with older 3G devices (in other words your HSDPA T-Mobile G1 will not be getting the super high speeds HSPA+ offers BUT it will see a speed increase nonetheless). The only device to support the full HSPA+ network will be launching the same day and happens to be a data stick; the webConnect Rocket. But that won’t stop people in the new select markets from running out to […]

According to Engadget, they have gotten word that the Microsoft Pink phones; the Turtle and the Pure, are headed to Verizon and should become available around April 20th. These phones have always been viewed as the replacements for the Sidekick line up that has previously always been on T-Mobile USA. Microsoft bought Danger (the makers of the Sidekick software) a while back and we haven’t heard of much from Danger since (besides the good ol’ Sidekick Data Outage, yikes). Since these are considered replacements for the Sidekick lineup, it seems odd that they are headed to Verizon, but we have

According to a tweet from Quim Gil at Nokia, the MeeGo repository will be up and running near the end of this month. Here’s the whole tweet(s): Nokia and Intel have set the target to open the MeeGo repository by the end of this month. I guess this is something that finally will signify the real “Day One” of MeeGo project, a genuine merger of moblin and maemo. What is scheduled to be available then is the first and very raw baseline to a source and binary repository to build MeeGo trunk on Intel ATOM boards and Nokia N900. What

So if you haven’t heard of the lawsuit Apple has started against HTC (and by proxy Google’s Android OS), here’s a nice summary of the patents Apple has stated HTC is infringing on. Now, if you were curious as to why Apple started these lawsuits all of a sudden, I have a feeling it might be because Steve Jobs had a copy of the iPhone and Android’s marketshare report from Quantcast. Now as you can see by this graph, the iPhone is well ahead of it’s closest competition, Android, in marketshare (as determined by web consumption). But what this graph

The guys over at BGR seem to have gotten their hands on some pricing info from an insider at T-Mobile. Take a look 🙂 So a breakdown: HTC HD2 – $199 on a 2 year contract and $449 without a contract Motorola CLIQ XT – $129 on a 2 year contract and $329 without a contract Anyone getting either device? Source

So just in case you haven’t noticed, in the Android world, there are a lot of phones running very different versions of the Android OS. Phones like the CLIQ and Hero running version 1.5, the Magic and G1 running 1.6, the Droid running 2.0.1, the Nexus running 2.1, etc. Google is getting concerned that there are developers out there using the older OS’s and developing apps on them that end up not being compatible with newer versions like 2.0 and up. So what are they going to do about it you ask? How about a phone giveaway? Sounds good to

So still think there is only money to be made for developers of apps for the iPhone? Well, developer, Edward Kim, would have to say otherwise. Edward Kim developed a pretty basic app that helps users find their car. It uses the GPS to pinpoint the location, can then tell you things like when your meter is running out and needs some coins, the distance to your car, the direction, etc. The app has been selling in the Android Market for about 5 months and is now bringing in some serious cash; $13,000/month now, according to Ed. There is a

…and it weeps profusely. So Microsoft, in an interview with APC Magazine, says that the HTC HD2 does not have the criteria to be a Windows Phone 7 Series device. When questioned as to what that means, Natasha Kwan (General Manager for Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business in the Asia-Pacific region) replied, “It doesn’t have the three buttons.” The three buttons she is referring to are the Home, Back, and Search keys that are now mandatory on all Windows Phone 7 devices. The thing is, though, that the phone has Call, Home, Start, Back and End buttons, so couldn’t we just

So anyone remember Adobe saying that Flash 10.1 for Android was on it’s way? Well, they forgot to mention one tiny detail. According to an Adobe employee on Adobe’s official forums, Flash 10.1 will require your Android phone to have an ARMv7 processor (aka a Snapdragon or OMAP3). So that means that the only phones that will get Flash 10.1 on Android at the moment are the Nexus One, Motorola Droid/Sholes/Milestone,  Acer Liquid, and the Sony Xperia X10. Now granted the majority of Android users at the moment in the world are using the Verizon Droid (according to AdMob) so

The Telegraph newspaper in the UK and Neowin have each released separate reports about the Nexus One, one referring to Vodafone and one to Verizon. According to the Telegraph, sources say that the Nexus One will be available on Vodafone in the UK in April (happens to also be the same time the HTC Desire is expected to be released there as well). Then at the same time, sources over at Neowin, say “Verizon will release Google’s Nexus One Android device on March 23 according to sources familiar with the matter.” This also coincides well with the FCC documentation that

So according to some sources at AndroidandMe, all US Android devices will be getting an upgrade to Android 2.1 this year. This is in contrast to what was previously thought about how older phones couldn’t handle Android 2.1 (which we’ve seen to not be true already because of custom Android 2.1 ROMs being loaded onto G1s etc.). There is something about this though that I find odd. Android 2.1 can’t just be loaded on all of these devices as it is. The carriers have to add their own proprietary apps into the OS, manufacturers have to load their custom user

So Windows Phone 7’s release date was set by Microsoft for beginning of 2011, but as it turns out, LG apparently didn’t get that memo. LG has announced that they plan to release the first Windows Phone 7 phone as early as September. This coincides with a rumor that came out before Windows Phone 7 was officially announced that LG would release a Windows Phone 7 phone in September. So the fact that we are hearing this rumor twice, lends a bit more credibility to the idea (a bit, this is still a rumor and dates always change). Anyone excited

Nokia has announced the top three finalists of their PUSH N900 in the USA competition. The competition is the USA version of the worldwide competition called PUSH N900, and has the same concept (but only for USA competitors). The idea behind it is to take an N900 and “push” it to become something else. Whether through hacks, mods, or whatever. The global competition brought us some interesting concepts like the N900 Speak and Spell (a Speak and Spell with the N900 controlling it instead of it’s original parts), the Rolodex (a program that synced the N900 to a old fashion

So according to a connect for BGR, the new HTC Desire is reportedly going to make it’s way to the States by way of AT&T. Also, the HTC Desire will keep it’s name AND Sense UI which is kinda a big deal. The connect says it should be landing on AT&T sometime in May or June. Another interesting note is that the connect also says that the Nexus One will have an AT&T 3G version coming out around the same time as well. This is interesting because of how similar the two devices are (minus a few details, the biggest

So if you aren’t familiar, the T-Mobile Pulse was a phone T-Mobile UK launched not too long ago as a mid-range Android device for their subscribers. It had a 3.5 inch screen, 3.15MP camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, HSDPA 7.2, and Android 1.5. Well Huawei and T-Mobile UK decided that those specs could be bumped down even more to try to get an Android device in everyone’s hand. T-Mobile UK Pulse Mini Specs: 2.8 Inch Screen (instead of 3.5) 3.15MP Camera Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS HSPDA 3.2 (instead of 7.2) Android 2.1 (instead of 1.5) So you gain Android 2.1 and lose screen