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Although not expected until 2012 in the US and Europe, the Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-I9220) passed through the FCC on Tuesday sporting North American 3G/4G bands that just so happen to be compatible with AT&T’s network. Judging by the fact that Canada received the Galaxy S II and Galaxy S II X before the US, [...]

Even though we have no word of when the Samsung Galaxy S II might hit North American shores, a recent FCC filing is as good an indication as ever of the inevitable launch of the Android 2.3 smartphone. The filing shows the handset with support for the 850MHz and 1900MHz North American 3G bands, making [...]

Traveling buffs who go beyond the US borders but stay within the continent will love to hear that CoPilot Live North America has just gone on sale for $9.99 in the Android market: a 50% price reduction as it’ll normally run you $19.99. Getting maps for the USA for merely $5 was already a good [...]

Motorola’s looking to get their feet wet with web applications for Android-based phones (or phones with webkit-based browsers, more accurately) by purchasing 280 North – the team behind the easy-to-learn web framework Cappuccino. The sale went down for $20-million and it said to help put Motorola in a better position to create better Android experiences [...]

The HTC Desire ripped Europe a new one, and has since been pegged as a phone coming to several carriers around North America. The biggest launch was expected to occur on Telus in Canada, but a rumored June 8th release date passed with no HTC Desire. Now a new HTC phone has just received the [...]

Looks like options just continue to open up here in the states. If the USA-bound HTC Desire is too much phone for you, then you may want to opt for one of its smaller cousins – the HTC Legend – which is now being sold with AT&T’s 3G bands here in North America. This is [...]