Samsung Epic 4G: A Killer Multimedia Phone
The Samsung Epic 4G ($250 with a two-year contract from Sprint) stands out from its Galaxy S siblings for a few reasons. Unlike the others, it has a physical keyboard, a front-facing camera and is the second phone to run on Sprint’s 4G network. How does it stack up against the other 4G device, the [...]
Motorola Charms T-Mobile With Latest Android Phone
The Charm is the latest MOTOBLUR-equipped handset to launch with T-Mobile. It is a somewhat odd looking monoblock-style phone that has both a 2.8-inch Gorilla Glass touch display and a full QWERTY keyboard for messaging. It sort of resembles a BlackBerry in its basic form factor. As with many of Motorola’s Android phones for T-Mobile, [...]
Motorola i1 Push-to-Talk Android Phone
On the eve of CTIA telecom conference in Las Vegas, Motorola launched the i1, the first push-to-talk Android phone on the market. The i1 will launch this summer on Nextel’s iDEN network. While pricing hasn’t been announced, Sprint told me that it will be “competitive” with other Android smartphones. I had the chance to spend [...]
Google phone would break industry model
With Google’s disclosure over the weekend that it would launch its own cellphone, the online giant is staking claim to a piece of the fast-growing mobile marketplace and making a direct challenge to Apple’s swift rise in the sector. Google said in a corporate blog on Saturday that it has developed a phone based on [...]
