Snapdragon is going to be a name for the high end smartphones for a while.  Another device powered by this chip has just surfaced.  And this time it is from the Korea manufacturer, LG.  And the device is called Arena Max. The device will carry a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor under the hood, a 3.5 inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and a five megapixel camera. We shall see more details being published during the MWC. [via [...]

Looks familiar?  This picture sent in by a tipster of Engadget shows the HTC Legend is pretty closed to be released to market. According to rumours, this phone will carry about the same specs and design as the HTC Hero.  And it is regarded as the successor of HTC Here.  The Legend shown in the picture is spotted to have aluminium case and optical joystick.  This is still a preproduction unit and the final product [...]

This is earlier than expected, Motorola has officially mentioned in its Facebook page that DROID will get the Android 2.1 treatment by this week. Here is the scoop and note that there are some differences compared to the Android 2.1 of Nexus One: It looks like it’ll be based off the Android2.1-update1 build that Google put out last week on the Nexus One. So do expect multitouch in the browser, to go along with the pinch-to-zoom [...]

Before the Microsoft announcement of Windows Mobile 7 at MWC, there are already some in depth details of the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 leaked into the net. According to PPCGeeks, Windows Mobile 7 will feature a Zune like interface and there will be no multitasking support for third party apps on the phone!  Microsoft will control the Windows Mobile 7 about the same way Apple controls the iPhoneOS, except that Microsoft will not make the [...]

Pocketnow has just got some leaked photos of the upcoming Verizon HTC Incredible. According to them, the device is running on Android 2.1 with HTC Sense, with a Snapdragon CPU with 256MB of RAM, and has a 3.5-3.7″ WVGA screen. The tipster describes the device is really fast (because of the Snapdrogan) and the screen as being “very vibrant” and thinks that it may be AMOLED. The Incredible comes with an optical mouse pointer at [...]

Linus Torvald, the father of Linux kernel, one of the most repected man in open source community, has bought a Nexus One and he loves it.  If you are still wondering why this is significant, let me tell you: without him, there will be no Linux and Android and thus Nexus One, because he is the original creator of Linux kernel, which Android is created upon. According to his own blog, he tries to use [...]

Wondering how Google’s Nexus One is performing during its first month in the market?  Well, according to Flurry, Google sold 80,000 units of Nexus One in first month.  That’s a miserably low figure compared to many other smartphones like Apple’s iPhone and Motorola’s DROID.  But if we look at the brighter side, the first month sales figure of Nexus One is 4 times of the first week figure where there rest were just double Was [...]

The concept and design video of Google Nexus One in Youtube channel has shown the upcoming docks for the Nexus One. There are three shown in the video.  One of them is what has been released in the market, the standard dock.  The other two – one is the dock with an extra battery charging space, and the other is the car dock. No price and information from Google at the moment.  However, since they [...]

Google has started to add a series of video showing the born of their first Android phone to the market – the Nexus One. The first video published is about the concept and design and is narrated by Erick Tseng (Android Project Manager), Tomasz Hasinski (HTC Project Manager) and Lloyd Watts (Audience). If you are interested to know about the design concept of the phone, do check out the Google Nexus One channel in Youtube [...]

When Samsung launched the Galaxy last year, the handset was installed with Android 1.5.  However, the recent announcement from Samsung confirms that the Galaxy i5700 Spica is getting an Android 2.1 treatment in the second quarter. The upgrade will be available via Samsung Apps application store.  Users of the Galaxy will be able to upgrade the phone and enjoy all the goodies that Android 2.1 will bring you. [via unwiredview]