Verizon has finally confirmed a release date for its Motorola Droid 4. The sporting a sliding QWERTY keyboard and packed with LTE high-speed Internet connectivity, the Droid 4 is due to hit Verizon’s retail points on February 10 with a $199 price tag.
This smartphone features a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 4-inch qHD display, and Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. Not… Read More » 

While Nokia remains slightly unpopular in North America, the Finnish phonemaker remains a dominant brand according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC). The report says the the top three smartphone manufacturers in the world are Nokia, Samsung, and Apple, in that order.
This is actually Apple’s first time to creep into the coveted Top 3, which may come as a surprise to many casual … Read More » 

Japanese smartphone maker NEC has been successful in its recent offerings, including one model that has become more popular than iPhone 4 in Japan, and it aims to keep the streak with its latest super-thin Android phone.
The MEDIAS ES N-05D, to be distributed by NTT Docomo, comes with a waif 6.7-millimeter side profile. It features a 4.3-inch LCD screen with 720 x 1,280 resoultion, 1.5GHz dual-core MSM8260 CPU, … Read More » 

Smartphones today need to have that interesting feature that will make them worth checking out, given the dozens of new smartphones regularly being introduced in the consumer market. The tight competition between them makes this almost a requirement. For ViewSonic, they are betting on the Dual SIM feature that comes with their new ViewPhone 3 Android Smartphone.
The new ViewSonic ViewPhone 3 Dual SIM Android Smartp… Read More » 

While there are people who like their smartphones sleek and slim, there are also others who want their smartphones tough. People need smartphones that can withstand more of the elements than any traditional smartphone. You can always count on Casio to dream up such a device in its proposed G-Shock smartphone.
The Casio G-Shock Smartphone was first seen at CES 2012. The display was considered just a proof of concept… Read More » 

BlackBerry phones remain your thing? You would be delighted to know that a new model has just been announced for Verizon Wireless. The BlackBerry Curve 9370 is a budget-friendly RIM device, which was recently introduced at CES 2012. It still has the design form expected from any BlackBerry smartphone: the full QWERTY keyboard, the 2.44-inch display, the candybar mold, and a 5-megapixel camera with flash at the … Read More » 

There will never be enough female-friendly smartphones, a category that sells very well in some countries including Japan. Fujitsu has announced two new handset specially designed for young girls.
The F-03D Girls’ (apparently, the apostrophe is included in the name) is an Android smartphone that has been developed in cooperation with Japanese teenage fashion magazine Popteen. It features a 3.7-inch LCD scre… Read More » 

Japan wants more Android smartphones, so companies just keep on giving new models on this very lucrative market. Mobile carrier KDDI au has announced five new Android-powered smartphones, the most eye-catching of which is the INFOBAR C01, a candy bar handset that features a super-customized UI based on Android 2.3.
This new smartphone is a more compact, lighter version of KDDI au’s INFOBAR A01 released in Ma… Read More » 

Sprint is about to unleash its LTE network in selected markets and America’s third largest wireless carrier has introduced a couple of compatible Android smartphones.
The Sprint Galaxy Nexus (right), which was leaked in a recent online ad, is the carrier’s take on the Nexus handset. This one has just 16GB of internal storage (compared to 32GB of the Verizon model), and sports a faster processor than it… Read More » 

Apart from the innovative TV panels, LG will also unveil an Intel-powered smartphone at CES 2012. This is not the first time LG and Intel have collaborated over a smartphone. They introduced an Android-powered smartphone that runs on Intel Moorestown chipset in last year’s CES, but that never got mass-produced due to “lack of marketability.”
The second Intel-powered smartphone is said to run on … Read More » 

Liked the Prada II smartphone released in 2008? The iconic fashion house has once again teamed up with LG and released the Prada 3.0 handset. While it has been said that fashion-branded smartphones are not exactly at par with the likes of iPhone, this newest Prada phone is not being outclassed.
Looking quite similar to Nokia Lumia 800, the new Android-powered Prada smartphone comes with a 4.3-inch WVGA NOVA scree… Read More » 

With the success of the world’s first clamshell Android-powered smartphone, Sharp has recently introduced to Japanese market its Aquos Phone IS14SH. This smartphone features a physical slide-out keypad, as well as standard fare on Japanese Android phones such as 1seg digital TV, e-wallet function, and infrared communication.
The Android 2.3 device also comes with a 3.7-inch LCD touchscreen with 900 x 540 qHD… Read More » 

The smartphone market is quite a competitive place to do business. With quite a number of new models being introduced on a monthly basis, it can be quite difficult to capture a share of the market and maintain it. One of the ways that a smartphone can capture some attention is by making more budget friendly. This is what the Motorola Fire XT smartphone is offering.
The Motorola Fire XT Smartphone is an affordable o… Read More » 

Nokia’s first Windows Phone-powered handset–the Lumia 800–may have impressive specs, but it seems the consumers are not buying.
A recent survey by Exane BNP Paribas shows that the Nokia Lumia 800 has garnered little interest from European consumers, with only two percent of the smartphone-savvy respondents saying they would pick it.
Analysts has said there is little to pick on the Lumia 800, espec… Read More »