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- Pantech Breakout Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone Revealed
- Samsung Stratosphere 4G LTE Slider Press Shots Leak
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 up for sale at Vodafone UK
- HTC Flyer Honeycomb Screenshots and Instructions Appear
- HTC Sensation ROM provides 1.56GHz Overclock
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to get Android app
- HTC Jetstream hamstrung by AT&T pricing, but it is now available
- HTC Amaze 4G Pictures Leak, More Specs Confirmed
| Pantech Breakout Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone Revealed Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:21 AM PDT Verizon has a pretty big lineup over the next few weeks and months, but now we are starting to see some 4G LTE phones show up with a more moderate price tag. We all know plenty about the Bionic and other 4G superphones but not everyone needs the best. It appears Verizon is now starting to prep some great mid-range offerings on their 4G LTE network and one of those is the Pantech Breakout.
A few weeks ago details on the Pantech Breakout were leaked showing us almost all the specs as well as revealing it would be a 4G LTE device but now we are seeing actual press images. The Breakout will have a 1 Ghz processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 4.0″ display, 512MB of RAM, a 5MP camera on the rear and a few other decent mid-range specs. This could very well be the Pantech Apache we saw clear the FCC recently, unless that is another LTE phone on the way. Today we also saw the Samsung Stratosphere, another 4G LTE mid-range phone headed to Verizon so this is just one more indication that they are ready to start rolling out phones for the masses with LTE on board. [via PocketNow] )
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| Samsung Stratosphere 4G LTE Slider Press Shots Leak Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:11 AM PDT Well guys, what we have here is Verizon’s first 4G LTE QWERTY Slider smartphone. This is the Samsung Stratosphere we first heard about at the beginning of August and the name being Stratosphere made us all think it would be something big, or tall, but I guess it will be fat and a slider instead. This is basically a Epic 4G turned Verizon with some 4G LTE radios inside.
We still don’t have much regarding details or full specs at the moment but we have seen the Stratosphere on a few leaked Verizon roadmaps in the past. Unless the internals were given a little boost to Galaxy S II type specs we can expect this to be a mid-range single-core processor device just like the original Epic 4G Slider. While we continue to fish for details all signs are pointing to this being the first mid-range (and decently priced) 4G LTE device for Verizon. If we do see a Galaxy S level device rather than Galaxy S II hardware we should be seeing this hit the market with an aggressive $149 or maybe even $99 price tag. As soon as we find out more details we will update as I’m sure there are many users wanting 4G LTE but don’t need a top tier $299 phone. [via PocketNow] )
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 up for sale at Vodafone UK Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:38 AM PDT It appears that one of the only carriers in the entirety of Europe to get their Galaxy Tab 10.1 shipment before the massive Euro ban of the tablet, Vodafone UK, has now got their stock up for sale, thanks to the courts suspension of said ruling outside of Germany. This device of course is also for sale in some other bits of the world including the USA and Australia, but has certainly suffered some losses in potential sales due to the court ruling. Meanwhile the rest of the UK is more than likely awaiting shipment of their Tabs so that sales may resume across the English side of the ocean.
In related news, we’re still reeling over the complete disappearance of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (check out our hands-on video here) from IFA 2011 as another court case appeared like a wild Snorlax. The folks at Samsung are truly going to need to get their Pokeflute out to move this wild beast from their path soon or they’ll take what can only be described as a Charizard-sized hit in sales in Deutschland.
Also meanwhile, you can check out some app reviews we’ve got on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 right here in the USA as well, including Cranky Cat and Cat Dance Club LWP, the racing game Reckless Getaway, everyone’s favorite Google Reader, water intensive Sprinkle, airplanes ahoy with SteamBirds, and of course all your favorite feeds with News360. And of course you could check out our review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE from Verizon as well, complete with TouchWiz UX straight outta the developer halls of Samsung. Device Info
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| HTC Flyer Honeycomb Screenshots and Instructions Appear Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:22 AM PDT In case you were all busy preparing for this holiday weekend, Friday we brought news regarding Honeycomb on the HTC Flyer. What happened is a RUU build of Honeycomb 3.2 with Sense UI for tablets was leaked for the HTC Flyer, a device we still weren’t sure would even get the update to Honeycomb in the first place. MoDaCo’s Paul O’Brien and many others have been working hard and things are developing already.
While the developers are still hard at work getting this safely and easily flashable for users to enjoy we are now starting to at least see some screenshots as well as instructions for those that dare take the early plunge. The developers at xda globatron posted a few screenshots seen above and was nice enough to also provide instructions for flashing Honeycomb on your own Flyer. I wont give details here as the process is very involved and not very stable at the moment but Paul O’Brien and other devs should have things running in no time. So far things looks great and according to globatron, most apps and games work fine but the device would rather be in portrait mode and a few apps are being cut off in landscape. Remember this is a leaked development build and in no way the final product from HTC although things look very similar to the recently released HTC Jetstream. It appears we will have a flashable zip for users to try soon enough, and the update will probably be coming from HTC here in the next month or two, we hope. Stay tuned for more details as this all gets uncovered. [via XDA] )
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| HTC Sensation ROM provides 1.56GHz Overclock Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:31 AM PDT It appears that the developer known as mike1986 has created a lovely new ROM for the HTC Sensation specifically which bumps the device’s processor speed up to 1.56 GHz. While this device’s original dual-core processor speed was clocked at 1.2GHz, this ROM provides the device with the original stock speed of its MSN8660 chipset, that being 1.51GHz by default, here controlled automatically by built-in O/C Daemon. In addition to this speed boost, you’ll find that there’s only speed boosts and power optimizations across the board: that means your device will look and feel exactly the same, it’ll just be BETTER!
This brand new ROM offers such lovely bits as full Arabic and Hebrew languages, an oddity in this generally Romantic-language-heavy Android world, the ability to work with all different HTC Sensation versions including the HTC Sensation 4G (US T-Mobile) with support for Wi-Fi calling and Visual Voice Mail. Battery life has reportedly be increased, improved EXT4 performance with a new mounting method, SD card EXT4 partition support, and built-in easy ability to change your boot animation – neato! Of course once you’re rooted on any Android device this is as simple as replacing one zipped folder of images with another, but easier is easier! There’s improved Andreno200 configuration, RAM optimizations, SD Card speed tweak, battery auto-calibration, auto-removal of bloatware applications (including what they’ve decided were bloatware, of course, that being Amazon MP3, SoundHound trial, and etc), all system apps updated to their latest versions, and somehow or another improved camera performance. And your 3D engine has been overclocked from 266.6MHz to 320MHz. And you’ve got a GPU+ patch for improved graphics performance in 2D and 3D. And you’ve got the latest official HTC RUU 1.45.401.2 and Gingerbread 2.3.4 if you didn’t have them already. That’s – what – everything you could possibly ever want? Go check it out on XDA Developers and let us know how it goes! Makes you wonder if it’ll be worth moving over to the HTC Amaze 4G or not — perhaps the slightly more awesome physical build on the Sensation will continue to win you over? Also note that there’s a perhaps slightly involved 1.7GHz overclock out there as well - as we speak!
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to get Android app Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:01 AM PDT Before you get all excited about MW3 coming to Android devices, I need to tell you that the app is not a smartphone version of the game. That means you can’t play MW3 on the go. The app is designed to allow you to customize your load out while on the go so your character will be ready to fight when you get back to the full game. The load out customization has just about all the things you can customize in the game.
That means you can customize your weapons, perks, and kill streaks. The app will be a free download and will be free to use. If you subscribe to Call of Duty Elite, you will get more features than those that just download the free app. Considering what a new game goes for today all the features should be free in my opinion. The app should support all the platforms so you can use it for the PS3, Xbox, and PC platform the game supports. The app will be offered on both the iPhone and Android devices. I can't wait for the game to come out, but I am not sure about the app. What do you think, is this a useful app or not? [via TechnoBuffalo] )
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| HTC Jetstream hamstrung by AT&T pricing, but it is now available Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:46 AM PDT Last week when the AT&T Jetstream broke cover at IFA I mentioned the pricing of the tablet and ran down the specs. The price was certainly a lot of money, but if you can bring yourself to spend that much loot the Jetstream is now available. I am still surprised at the pricing; this is not the way to get people to buy a new Android tablet instead of the iPad 2 or other offering. It’s really too bad because the Jetstream seems to be a really awesome tablet on paper.
AT&T has listed the price of the Jetstream with no commitment at $849.99. That means you don't have to have the 2-year data plan. If you want that 2-year plan on data for the tablet, the price is $699.99 and then you have to spend at least $35 monthly for data access. By comparison, the 16GB iPad 2 is $629 with no data commitment, the 32GB version is $729.99, and the 64GB version is $829 and the data plans are cheaper with the iPad starting at $14.99. Pay as you go data plans if you choose the no commitment pricing on the Jetstream may be lower and more in line with iPad offerings The Jetstream does give you some nice hardware inside with HSPA+ and 4G support, a 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor with dual-cores, and an 8MP rear camera with 1.3MP front camera. The battery inside the Jetstream is 7,300mAh and the tablet has a 10.1-inch screen. It runs Android 3.1 and will support both touch input and the Scribe digital pen that is bundled with the tablet. )
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| HTC Amaze 4G Pictures Leak, More Specs Confirmed Posted: 04 Sep 2011 03:27 PM PDT New pictures have just leaked of the much rumored HTC Ruby. This will be the newest beast on T-Mobile’s lineup and according to recent leaks they will be calling it the HTC Amaze 4G. While this isn’t the first time we’ve spotted this phone we do see the entire package this time around.
As most leaks like this usually are, we are getting a few good pictures but the rest are what we all love to call “Mr Blurrycam” but they show enough for us to get excited that is for sure. The last time we heard any specs on this device was back in August and these latest leaks seem to confirm what we already knew.
This package from T-Mobile will feature a 4.3″ qHD 960×540 display (no large 4.7″ here) Android 2.3 Gingerbread as well as HTC Sense UI 3.5 although it appears to be running a pretty stock build of Android in the images with only minor Sense changes. We have confirmation of the 1.5 Ghz dual-core CPU (faster than any other phone HTC has released thus far) as well as 1GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage and that 8MP camera on the rear with dual LED flash. We are still looking for more details but things appear pretty clear at the moment. It will also feature a front facing camera like most phones as of late. It looks a bit like a HTC Sensation and the myTouch 4G mixed into one. What do you guys think?    [via thisismynext] )
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