Our friends at TechnoBuffalo have received some information regarding the launch of five new devices – three from HTC and two from Sony – on their way next month. We’ve got confirmed dates for the HTC One phones. O2 UK already confirmed the One X would be here April 5th, and, as expected, they’re launching [...]

HTC has changed its strategy this year. The refreshed idea is that the Taiwanese manufacturer will have fewer, better devices. And Mobile World Congress was the take off point, with HTC announcing the HTC One X, One S and One V. Said smartphones were among the most important highlights in Barcelona, and UK customers are [...]

Carrier O2 UK confirmed to a customer on Twitter that the HTC One X will be headed to them April 5th. After originally promising an April launch date, I’m sure people will be pleased to hear that it’ll arrive so early in the month. It’s unclear whether or not they’ll be actually selling the phone [...]

It looks like a few South Korean carriers and OEMs have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble with the South Korean government. Samsung, LG, Pantech, SK Telecom, KT and LG Upius have all been fined for price fixing, an illegal scheme which helps drive up the price of products for profit. The carriers and [...]

O2 UK won’t take too long to bring Ice Cream Sandwich to their Galaxy S II users as they have promised to bring the update in mid-April. Samsung started rolling the update out to unlocked users this past week, with another wave of OTA updates going out Friday to those in the UK, Germany and [...]

If you have always dreamed of piloting your very own Evangelion mech…well, you’ll just have to keep dreaming. But NTT DoCoMo and Sharp may have just the thing to make it easier to suspend yourself in such a fantasy world. Set for a June release, the NERV edition Sharp SH-06D is designed to resemble something [...]

Telstra customers who own the HTC Velocity, which would be known as the HTC Vivid here in America, are reporting that they are being notified of an incoming software update for their phones. The upgrade has stepped them up to Android 4.0, apparently – a relatively fast turn-around time and something we’re not used to [...]

If a since-deleted tweet is any indication, Korea’s SK Telecom will be pushing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Samsung Galaxy S II starting tomorrow, March 13th. The carrier went so far as to name the specific time the update will go live (10AM local time). All indications are that the rollout is still [...]

It is rare to see Samsung products being announced in the US before its homeland. But the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE has just been announced for the South Korean market, and will be available from SK Telecom. For 800,000 won (about $716 US dollars), the world’s thinnest tablet will be in our fellow Koreans’ [...]

Carrier O2 UK will soon be launching several new devices that were announced at Mobile World Congress. Their coming soon page has been filled with not only all of the HTC One phones, but Sony’s Xperia P and U, as well. The Xperia S has already launched on the carrier. We’re even given a launch [...]

LG was fast at work to get their devices launched following their Mobile World Congress announcements. One of those devices is the LG Optimus Vu and it’s now available in South Korea carriers SK Telecom and LG U+. The 5 inch 4:3 aspect ratio device was unveiled last week with a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, digitized [...]

Orange is reportedly conducting a bit of market research on their latest phone to bare a city-based name. Following devices such as the San Francisco and Monte Carlo, the Orange London is said to get a major boost in the specs department courtesy of Intel. Aside from being one of the first devices to utilize [...]

Aussies will soon be able to carry Samsung’s 5.3-inch phoneblet, the Samsung Galaxy Note, as carrier Vodafone has announced that they will be offering the device to consumers in that region. The Galaxy Note features one of the best processors around in Samsung dual-core Exynos, as well as one of the biggest screens we’ve ever [...]

At a time when truly unlimited data plans seem like a thing of the past, T-Mobile UK’s announcement to offer it as part of their Full Monty option had people looking for possible loopholes. The most common suggestion was that the speed would be limited to 1 Mbps. But fear not, our British readers, for [...]

One of Google’s latest projects is “Solve For X,” a project that allows people to propose ideas that would solve world problems through technology. We did not think great projects would start spawning so quick, though. The latest Solve for X proposition includes a spray-on antenna, which may revolutionize the way mobile communications work. Chamtech [...]

Another NEC phone with a weird name is headed our way, folks. NTT DoCoMo is gearing up to launch the NEC Medias LTE N-04D. As its name implies, it’ll be a 4G LTE device aimed toward the high-end market. It has a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, a 4.3 inch 720p HD display and a TV tuner [...]

Germany is about to be treated to a taste of 4G LTE courtesy of Vodafone and HTC. The carrier has confirmed plans to carry the HTC Velocity, the phone known as the HTC Vivid in the US and HTC Raider in other parts of the world. The Velocity features a 4.5-inch qHD capacitive display, a [...]

The Android 4.0.4 update for the Galaxy Nexus was just sniffed out over the weekend, but French mobile provider SFR is already suggesting a fresher update for March. The carrier’s device update timeline lists an Android 4.0.5 version of Ice Cream Sandwich due for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S that month, a software [...]

Sony unveiled the first members of their 2012 handset lineup back at CES, emphasizing the Xperia Ion for AT&T and its international brother the Xperia S. In The phone will be released with a set of features catering to the needs of Japanese mobile users as the Xperia NX, which has been announced for a [...]

The Galaxy Nexus, like its predecessors, is headed to just about every carrier imaginable outside the United States and the PAYG  Canadian alternative WIND Mobile is next in line. They’re set to release the device this Friday, February 3rd, for $250 for WINDTab+ customers (cost of the rest of the device is figured into your [...]