As expected, Intel’s first smartphone was announced today. The honour goes to India’s Lava XOLO X900. “The first smartphone with Intel inside is now available to Indian consumers,” said Mike Bell, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of the Mobile and Communications Group. “The boundaries of personal computing are expanding. As we enter the India market with our first […]
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Video: ASUS teaser for upcoming Transformer Pad TF300
ASUS has posted a teaser video for the upcoming Transformer Pad TF300. Called “Get the Best of Both Worlds,” it shows the tablet at work and at play: Part entertainment hub, part deadline destroyer, the New ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T is designed to transform the way you work, play and live. Embrace your creative and productive sides. Coming soon. Announced […]
AT&T to launch HTC One X on May 6th
AT&T today announced that the HTC One X, HTC’s latest flagship device, will be available as of May 6th. It will be its first smartphone to run Google Android 4.0. An all-around workhorse with unique customer benefits, the HTC One X is the flagship of HTC’s One line of smartphones. Combined with the nation’s largest 4G network, with 4G LTE […]
Huawei announces Ascend P1 global availability plans
Huawei today announced details about the availability of the Huawei Ascend P1 smartphone. It is now available in China and will be available in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Australia in May. A Latin American launch will start in June 2012 with Europe to follow this summer. Unfortunately, a North American launch was not announced. “The global availability of the Ascend […]
Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE coming soon to Bell
Bell will soon add another LTE smartphone to its portfolio. It now lists the Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE as “coming soon.” It promises download speeds up to 75 Mbps on Bell’s LTE network. “Offering customers the hottest superphones like the Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE supports Bell’s commitment to deliver the best mobile devices across world-leading next-generation […]
ASUS now taking orders for free Transformer Prime GPS Extension kit
As expected, ASUS is now offering a free GPS extension kit to improve GPS capabilities of its Transformer Prime tablet. The move is in response to complaints about GPS connectivity that surfaced quickly after its release. A number of firmware updates followed but the tablet’s aluminium design is believed to limit the functionality. Although the Transformer Prime is not a […]
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processors coming to 2012 Motorola devices?
A new Motorola device, codenamed Qinara, has surfaced on the GLBenchmark website. A number of specifications are revealed and among them a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset (the same one expected in the HTC One X and other upcoming high-end smartphones). Motorola has typically used Texas Instruments OMAP processors (along with the odd NVDIA one). This change could be due […]
ASUS Transformer Pad 300 to begin shipping in U.S. on April 22nd?
ASUS is set to start shipping the Transformer Pad 300 in the U.S. starting on April 22nd. Confirmation came to PC World courtesy of an email sent by an ASUS spokeswoman. Whether Canada benefits from a similar shipping date remains to be seen. ASUS will pitch its quad-core tablet (with optional LTE) as a laptop replacement. Very similar to the […]