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The True Google Phone

TechCrunch is hearing some veeeeeery interesting talk about a true Google Phone: Not just an Android device, but a phone designed top-to-bottom by Google to fulfill their dream of exactly what Android can be. It's a resilient rumor. We've heard rumors like this before, but this time there are a few distinct elements that seem credible, maybe even enough to make us rethink our previous position. We're basing this all on Michael Arrington's sources his article is a bit vague, but points to an...

ITG’s xpPhone Gets Options for Larger Screen and Windows 7

It makes sense to release your mostly-theoretical (so far, anyway) desktop OS-based slider handset with the world's newest and best version of Windows, but it when your slider handset is dubbed "xpPhone" things become a bit more muddled. But that's the word from Pocketables, who's been in touch with ITG and learned that the MID / phone will not only ship with a Windows 7 option, but also be available in 4.3-inch, 4.8-inch and 7-inch screen sizes. There's also rumors of price ranging from $500...

Samsung Dropping Symbian

Android is in, Windows Mobile is in (despite rumors to the contrary), and Bada is definitely in for next year, according to Samsung senior vice president Don Joo Lee. Not making the phone manufacturer's cut? Symbian. Digitimes has it from the exec that its new proprietary mobile OS will be taking the place of the Nokia-friendly platform. Hey, all the phones to end a legacy on, the Omnia HD certainly isn't a bad swan...

LG to announce Snapdragon-boasting Android phone

It's looking like LG will be offering an Android phone boasting Qualcomm's hot Snapdragon chip which has recently squeezed its way into handsets such as the Xperia X10 and Acer's Liquid. The new LG mobile phone is expected for the Korean market in the second quarter of 2010. While the device is still unnamed and specs are still a mystery, LG is promising that the device will be "more mature" than the GW620 Eve, an Android device announced earlier this week for Rogers in Canada. There's no...

Huawei M750

MetroPCS is offering the recently unveiled Huawei M750 in a deal that is worth $200, where you get a software QWERTY keyboard for you to type those text messages and compose emails in a flurry, a 1.3-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth connectivity and a microSD memory card slot for expansion purposes. While MetroPCS does point out that the M750 comes with an "intuitive touch user interface", they did not elaborate further on just how intuitive it can get. An included stylus points toward a...