Sprint has made their $99 ZTE Optik tablet official, announcing that the device will go on sale on February 5th. The details match those that were leaked last week with the 7-inch slate featuring Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of onboard storage. The Optik is immediately appealing [...]

It was a few months ago we told you guys about the mysterious ZTE V66 tablet that passed through the FCC, on its way to Verizon. Now, that same tablet has popped again, this time, on a trip to the Bluetooth SIG. We now have a little more info on the device but don’t get [...]

If you’re living here in the states and have never heard of Android OEM, ZTE — I wouldn’t hold it against you. Despite being the #4 handset maker in the world, ZTE has largely been absent in the US market but it looks like could soon change. In an interview with Reuters, ZTE’s head of [...]

At NVIDIA’s Press Conference yesterday, they announced two tablets running Android 4.0 with Quad-Core Tegra 3 Processors. We hit up the NVIDIA booth at CES hoping to get the full run down of specs and details, but quickly realized that we knew as much as anyone: for the most part, both devices were pre-production units [...]

Digitimes is reporting that Chinese OEM’s could be quietly banding together to fight off the ever looming threat of patent lawsuits from Android arch nemeses like Apple, Microsoft and Nokia. The Chinese coalition would be formed by ZTE, Lenovo, TCL, Coolpad and Konka who, it’s assumed, would pool their patent resources and share information on how [...]

Sprint will have the V55 and now it looks like ZTE will be bringing another version of their tablet to Big Red. The V66 has just made it past an FCC filing not revealing too much except for that all too familiar Verizon 4G LTE tramp stamp on its lower back. The ZTE V66 could [...]

Though ZTE has only recently entered the US smartphone market, the company has a much longer history producing budget-level devices for other areas of the world. But now that a claim has been staked in American soil, ZTE America President Lixin Cheng has sights set on bigger and better things. With sales of ZTE devices [...]

Cricket is continuing their lineup of Muve Music-enable Android smartphones with the ZTE Chorus. Most notable for it;s low cost of $40 after rebates and inexpensive month-to-month service options, the Chorus won’t turn any heads with what it packs within its plastic shell. A meager 600MHz CPU, 3.2-inch resistive touch display, and 2MP camera all [...]

We still don’t know a whole lot about the little fella you see above. It’s being dubbed the T-Mobile Vivacity and is said to be headed to the European sect of Deutsche Telekom’s popular mobile provider brand. It’s a Gingerbread device made by ZTE and looks to be headed straight for the low-mid range market. [...]

Orange’s San Francisco (otherwise known as the ZTE Blade) will soon get a sequel. After sales surpassing 2 million units, the the Blade/San Francisco will give way to the ZTE Crescent . The handset will be known as the Orange San Francisco II when it launches on the namesake network, but little other info is [...]

Boost Mobile’s announced upcoming availability of their latest smartphone offering, the ZTE Warp. It’s a 4.3 inch Gingerbread device that sports a 1GHz single-core processor and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. Interface customization seems minimal, too, with the SprintID icon on the dock looking to be the extent of their changes (at first [...]

ZTE’s new Android tablet looks like it’s being primed for launch as it has made its final stop to the FCC. While ZTE may not be known as a quality brand, they look to impress with this device just as any other Honeycomb tablet manufacturer has. It’ll have a 10.1 inch display, a 1.2GHz processor [...]

Better known for their feature phones and low-end Android handsets, ZTE is stepping up their game as they dive headfirst into the tablet market. Already showing off the first quad-core Tegra 3 device, the 7-inch T98, ZTE isn’t stopping there. The 10.1-inch ZTE US has been spotted, and while little is known about the new [...]

Another new Sprint-bound device from ZTE has found its way to the halls of the FCC. This time it is the V55 tablet, an Android Honeycomb slate first shown off at CTIA last spring. The tablet features a 10.1-inch display, 1.2GHZ CPU, and will run on Sprint’s 3G network along with WiFi and Bluetooth support, [...]

It’s been a long time coming but it looks as if ZTE is gearing up for their first North American debut on a major carrier thanks to their upcoming N860 handset. The ZTE N860 recently passed through both, the Bluetooth SIG and FCC, with the latter revealing the label (seen below) outing Sprint as the [...]

Cricket owners, be on the lookout for another cheap Android by the soon-to-be-national (but still considered regional) carrier. They’re bringing a device called the ZTE Score that doesn’t do much to move us. We’re looking at a 3.5 inch display, a 600MHz processor, Android 2.3 with their custom UI, a 3.2 megapixel camera and Muve [...]

Who is suing who in the mobile industry? Perhaps the above chart courtesy of Reuters will help make sense of the whole mess. Or maybe not. Just looking at all those crisscrossing lines gives me a headache. [via Reuters]

I know what some of you are thinking, “Who is ZTE?” Well, it’s brand recognition that the company is looking to change and one of the reasons why the company recently signed a deal with Brightpoint to sell directly to customers starting with the UK. ZTE, is commonly overseas for providing mid-end, budget priced Android [...]

ZTE is the latest to jump in on the QWERTY bar craze that has Android manufacturers smitten with the introduction of the ZTE Tureis. The Tureis is an entry-level budget smartphone that will sell for £144 SIM-free and carrier unlocked in the UK. It features a 2.6-inch QVGA display, launches with Android 2.2, and is given [...]

The ZTE Blade might not be a device you’re all-too familiar with but it’s quietly making a strong impression. Some of you may know the ZTE Blade as another name: Orange sells the device as the Orange San Francisco. Worldwide, ZTE has sold 2 million units of the handset- not a bad number AT ALL. [...]