Well, the rumors are flying this morning that the US will have to wait a little longer than initially told to wait for the Galaxy Nexus. Business Insider has confirmed that the Verizon Galaxy Nexus will not launch until December. That’s not too much of a stretch of the imagination, as it’s already Nov 23rd [...]
Droid 2 Global Available – AT&T 3G Capable
Looks like the much rumored Droid 2 Global has finally been released to the US. You can order it now via the Verzion site. It’ll run $199 after a $100 mail in rebate. What’s so special about the Global version of the Droid 2? It comes packing both a CDMA radio for Verizon’s network and [...]
Droid 2, Droid Pro World Phone
The Droid 2 for Verizon recently hit the market and appears to be selling well. It’s a direct replacement for the original Droid phone, which was heavily marketed by Verizon and one of the first next generation Android phones to hit the market. It came bundled with Android 2.0 and sported a high resolution screen. [...]
Sprint Evo4 Chipset, QSD8650, Supports GSM and HSPA
The QSD8650 that will come inside each Sprint/HTC Evo 4G phone supports a number of networks, including CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO Rel 0/A/B, GSM, GPRS, EDGE and HSPA networks. However, it’s almost guaranteed that you won’t be able to use over half of those networks because the phone will lack the right amplifiers and/or antennas. I’ve [...]
Motorola Preparing Phone for both T-Mobile and AT&T
After reviewing a couple of FCC Filings this morning, it looks like Motorola is preparing a smart phone, most likely with Android on board, for both AT&T and T-Mobile. The devices passed through the FCC about a week ago with the IDs IHDP56KZ1 and IHDP56KZ2. KZ1 comes with quad band GSM and 3G support for [...]
HTC Legend US Bound – Passes FCC with GSM
The HTC Legend passes through the FCC yesterday sporting quad band GSM, but the FCC filing does not list any 3G (WCDMA) frequencies, so at this time, it’s unknown what network it will have full potential with. Maybe neither, that way it makes the playing field level for everyone.
DROID or Nexus One?, What is CDMA or GSM?
Since starting this Android blog, I’ve run across a number of questions from individuals and often times I have to explain a number of different things regarding cell phone network technologies. It usually starts with a question about which Android phone to get, and after I explain that most the time, in the US at [...]
Nexus One Passes Through FCC
Yep, that very same Nexus One – Google Phone (still not sure what to call it yet) has passed through the FCC. There are three FC filings that were made on Dec 4th, 2009. Some of the original paperwork though has dates back to September 30th 2009. This was found by Engadget and they deserve [...]
Google Phone Released – Roaming around Mountain View
Rumors of an honest to goodness Google Phone, have been circulating for a long time now. Well, according to Techcrunch, those rumors have come true finally, as many employees and friends of employees are filling Twitter with tweets about the device. The tweets tell us that the device was given to Google employees at the [...]
GSM Droid to be called Milestone in Europe and have Multitouch
Many people are wondering why there is no “multitouch” on the Verizon Droid. After all, it is in Android 2.0. The support API is there, so why not implement it. One reason: Apple? It seems that perhaps Motorola and Verizon don’t want to get into trouble with Apple over a multitouch patent. So, while there [...]
