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Casio recently held a focus group to gauge interest in a number of new phone models and technologies, and as things normally go the information discussed behind closed doors isn’t staying a secret. The most interesting development is an interest from Casio to produce an Android 4.0 handset with all the bells and whistles of [...]

Members of the UK press have received further details regarding the October 6th event HTC informed everyone about. The invitation clearly shows Beats headphones so we expect them to announce at least one of the rumored handsets shipping with this technology. Considering the HTC Vigor is headed to Verizon and this event is being held [...]

With HTC’s recent acquisition of Beats by Dre, it makes sense that the company would want to make a statement by getting a handset featuring the audio technology to market quickly. Most expect the HTC Vigor on Verizon to be the first handset sporting improved audio, but a new report claims that a refreshed version [...]

A new render has shown up depicting an unnamed Samsung handset destined for AT&T. The most notable feature of the phone is the inclusion of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Aside from that hard-to-miss bit of hardware, the phone also looks to feature a front-facing camera and forgoes Samsung’s three-button layout for four capacitive Android buttons. [...]

You have to feel a bit sorry for the LG Revolution Unlike it’s name implies, it didn’t quite revolutionize Verizon’s 4G LTE lineup, coming in after the the HTC Thunderbolt and Droid Charge and with the Droid Bionic looming over the horizon. It hasn’t been helped much by so-so specs and LG’s clunky custom user [...]

A mid-range handset running Android 2.3 is headed to MetroPCS courtesy of Samsung. The phone is known by model number SCH-R720, but should launch under the Samsung Admire name. The handset is said to house an 800MHz processor and 3.2MP camera, though it won’t be in the good graces of MetroPCS’ 4G LTE network. This [...]

What took the original Samsung Galaxy S 85 days to achieve has taken the Galaxy S II a mere 55: Samsung has sold 3 million of their new dual-core flagship. While big sales in the manufacturer’s native Korea play a large part in the figure, Sammy also pointed to increased sales across Europe as key [...]

DroidLife is showing off some pics they were sent of an apparent multiple core, 12MP, qHD display, 1900mAh battery packin,’ unannounced Motorola handset. When it comes to Motorola and Nvidia, we’ve received our fair share of leaked roadmaps and shadowy handsets but this? I can’t barely tell if I’m looking at the pics upside down [...]

Just as we caught word that the LG Revolution would be Verizon’s first 4G device to feature Voice over LTE calling, news comes that MetroPCS wants to join the party, too. And who will be bringing the functionality to the smaller-scale US network? HTC. Neither the manufacturer or carrier had anything to say on the [...]

If rumors are to be believed then India could see launch of first HSPA+ handset running on Android mobile OS. The handset is slated to be launched by Olive Telecom on February 9 and according to Olive Telecom’s CEO Arun Khanna, the company is planning to launch smartphones running on Android 2.2 Froyo by the [...]