AT&T’s Samsung A927 Flight shows up before its premiere

Author: admin  //  Category: Samsung, Touch Ul

The QWERTY-enabled Samsung A927 Flight II has made its way to both Samsung’s and AT&T’s websites even it hasn’t been properly announced yet. Apparently, its premiere is just around the corner so we will get a chance to see it in flesh pretty soon.

Heavy texters will be glad to see the Samsung A927 Flight II hardware four-row side-slide QWERTY keyboard. In addition, the newbie also packs a 3-inch touchscreen of WQVGA resolution (240 x 400 pixels).

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Samsung A927 Flight II

Also on board there is a 2-megapixel fixed-focus snapper which is capable of taking videos as well and a standard 3.5mm audio jack ready to accommodate your favorite headphones’ plug. Thanks to the microSD card slot you can expand the inbuilt memory (of 512MB) with up to 16GB.

The phone is said to support AT&T’s Mobile TV service and on top of that you get quick access to some of the most popular social networking services (such as Facebook and Twitter).

Samsung A927 Flight II

The unannounced Samsung A927 Flight II was spotted on both Samsung USA’s (overview and specs sheet) AT&T’s websites, however, there is still no word on the QWERTY-fied phone’s official launch date or price.

T-Mobile G2 breaks cover, not nearly exciting as expected

Author: admin  //  Category: Android, HTC

You’ve probably heard that T-Mobile USA are running a teaser site for their mysterious upcoming Android smartphone - the G2. These are the first shots of the device and we gotta say that for something that was supposed to continue the revolution started by its predecessor, it does look quite dull.

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T-Mobile breaks loose

Anyways, it could be the blurry pictures alright, so let’s not pass anymore judgment before we see some better shots.

Update: Some more pictures of the T-Mobile G2 are available. Note that the screen doesn’t tilt, what you see in the picture is a broken sliding mechanism.


More photos of the T-Mobile G2

Obviously the smartphone is simply the US version of the rumored HTC Vision, as was rumored before. We’ll keep our eyes and ears open for new details.

Nokia N8 goes on pre-order, arrives by the end of September

Author: admin  //  Category: Nokia, Touch Ul

The first Symbian^3-powered device, Nokia N8, was first said to start selling in August but it seems that the phone has actually been pushed back a month. But the good news is if you happen to live in Italy and want to be among the first owners of the smartphone, you can pre-order it right away.

To refresh your memory, Nokia N8 isn’t only the first Symbian^3-running smartphone but also the only (so far) Nokia device to come with a (pretty good) 12-megapixel snapper on board. On top of that it also features an anodized aluminum casing, a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen as well as a 680MHz processor, HDMI port and a video player with DivX/XviD support.

Nokia N8 pre-order

The N8 was said to start shipping on 24 August but, apparently, the device needs some extra touches and will arrive by the end of September 2010. If you want to pre-order it, just follow that link. It only takes a few clicks and 469 euro.

The price is a bit higher than the 370 euro Nokia talked about at the announcement event (it adds up to 444 euro when VAT is included). We do believe that this will be fixed a few weeks after the phone actually hits the shelves though.

HTC Vision could be renamed to G1 Blaze, go to T-Mobile

Author: admin  //  Category: Android, HTC, Touch Ul

It’s been a few weeks since we last heard of the QWERTY-packing HTC Vision Android phone, but new rumors have surfaced. The latest gossip says the Vision is heading for T-Mobile and a potential market name.

We first encountered the HTC Vision back in May when it became clear that it will have a 480×800 pixels screen, which we later found out to be 3.7″ big. The other details that came up earlier this month name-dropped Android 2.1 Eclair running on a 1GHz CPU.

Now the new rumors peg the HTC Vision as a T-Mobile device, though they don’t specify which T-Mobile (T-Mobile USA? A European T-Mobile?). A clue is provided by a bit of old gossip - that the HTC Vision will hit the UK in October.

Anyway, the HTC Vision could (rumor has it) change its name to G1 Blaze - an allusion to the first Android phone to hit the market, the T-Mobile G1. For some reason HTC hasn’t produced many phones with Android and QWERTY since the G1.

As with anything you hear from rumor-land, this batch of rumors should be taken with a pinch of salt, there’s nothing official from HTC yet.

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