If you’re a U.S. Cellular customer in the market for a new Android smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard, your options are about to double. First up is the HTC Merge , which is launching today for $149.99 with a two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate. The Merge sports a 3.8-inch 480×800 touchscreen, 800MHz processor, 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p video capture, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, global capabilities, a preinstalled 8GB microSD card, and Android 2.2. A… Read the rest of this entry »

Hot on the heels of the news that the Motorola DROID 3 has made its way in Verizon’s system, it seems that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has joined the D3 and reappeared in Big Red’s computers. If you’ll remember, a 4G tablet going by the name SCH-I905 actually showed up in Verizon’s systems earlier this month, but back then it wasn’t confirmed exactly which device the I905 would turn out to be. Now we know that it is indeed the Tab 10.1 and the listing still shows that the slate will feature 4G… Read the rest of this entry »

Interested in seeing exactly what NVIDIA’s quad-core Kal-El processor, which the company originally introduced back in February, is really capable of? Look no further than the clip embedded below. The video is a demo called Glowball, which shows off true dynamic lighting and some physics thrown in for good measure, all powered by NVIDIA’s quad-core CPU. As you can see in the clip, everything runs buttery smooth, at least until around the 2:09 mark when two of the processors four cores were… Read the rest of this entry »

Late Friday night, we learned that ASUS is planning to unveil an Android phone/tablet docking combo called the Padfone next week at Computex. As is often the case with unreleased devices, though, the images of the Padfone have leaked out ahead of ASUS’s big event. The images show that the handset will actually dock inside of the tablet, and a hole in the back of the slate will allow the phone’s camera to be used while docked. There’s no word on what kind of specs either device is packing, but… Read the rest of this entry »

Apple and Samsung have been trading blows in court for a little over a month now, with the most recent move coming from Apple last week when the company demanded access to some of Samsung’s unreleased products in order to determine whether or not a early injunction needed to be filed. Last night Samsung made quite possibly the biggest move yet, filing a motion asking to see both the iPhone 5 and the iPad 3. Samsung feels that it should be able to see the next iPhone and iPad because they’ll… Read the rest of this entry »

Current customers or those looking to switch to Verizon Wireless were graced with a “Super” phone launch this past Thursday, as four new handsets came to Verizon Wireless.  Best of all, there’s a phone for everyone.  You have the LG Revolution with its 4G connectivity; the Motorola DROID X2 with its dual-core goodness; the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play with a built-in PSP; and the HTC Trophy with Windows Phone 7 and global roaming capabilities. So I ask you - out of this week’s new… Read the rest of this entry »

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in a little over a week and, since it’s looking likely that it’ll be strictly a software show, there is going to be even more of a focus on iOS 5, which is expected to make its grand debut at the event. So what exactly can we expect to see in the latest and greatest version of Apple’s mobile operating system? According to a report from TechCrunch, iOS 5 will include “completely revamped notifications and widgets.” What it may not include,… Read the rest of this entry »

Good news for those of you that love to tinker with your Android phones: HTC just announced that, due to “overwhelming customer feedback,” it will no longer be using locked bootloaders on its devices. HTC CEO Peter Chou announced the decision on his company’s Facebook page, following a statement from HTC earlier this week saying that it would be reviewing its policy on bootloaders. The full statement from Mr. Chou: “‎There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want… Read the rest of this entry »

Aaron gets his hands on Verizon’s Motorola DROID X2 , the successor to the popular DROID X Android phone. Sporting a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, it offers a 4.3-inch qHD display, 8-megapixel shooter, and Android 2.2 with a revamped version of MOTOBLUR. When it comes to raw speed, it’s the most powerful smartphone on Verizon, but it lacks 4G LTE connectivity and a front-facing camera.  Will those two missing features push people to the HTC ThunderBolt, Samsung DROID… Read the rest of this entry »

Are you a T-Mobile G2x owner that’s encountered issues with your device like random reboots or light leakage? You’re not alone. In fact, according to sources speaking with our buddies at TmoNews, T-Mobile has yanked the G2x from its online store due to persistant reports of customers having issues with the device. Navigating directly to the G2x’s page on T-Mo’s site shows that the device is “Out of stock” and, as TmoNews points out, the G2x was originally slated to be a part of a T-Mobile… Read the rest of this entry »