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LG GW620 Eve QWERTY Android phone discovered

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 17th 2009 1 Comment

lg gw620 eve android smartphone Some in-depth sleuthing of LG’s website has thrown up details of an unannounced Android device from the company, the LG GW620. Tipped to support UMTS/HSDPA and GPRS (though with no sign of which bands it supports), the GW620 also has a QWERTY keyboard and a half-VGA 320 x 480 display that we presume is a touchscreen.

Interestingly, the handset has also been spotted previously by Cellpassion at the WiFi Alliance [pdf link], where it went by the name of the LG Eve. They had no other details – at the time it was unknown that the Eve was to be an Android device – but its presence on a testing site does indicate that the GW620 may be close to release.

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LG BL42 Chocolate leaks: 5MP UMTS slider

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 16th 2009 No Comments

After the leaked photos of the LG BL40 were spotted this morning, we’ve been wondering what the touchscreen device’s smaller sibling might be. According to AllAboutPhones’ tipster, it’s actually the LG BL42, and the true successor to the original LG Chocolate.

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BlackBerry Storm 2 (aka 9550) detailed; AT&T Storm 2 “relatively soon”

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 13th 2009 No Comments

According to the Boy Genius Report, RIM’s BlackBerry Storm 2 – the touchscreen follow-up to the original Storm launched back in November - will indeed include WiFi b/g along with EVDO Rev.A and 2100MHz UMTS (for roaming). Known as the BlackBerry 9550, it will also be joined by the 9520, a version of the Storm 2 for GSM carriers AT&T and Rogers Wireless.

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LG GD910 Watch Phone to get August Orange UK release

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 7th 2009 No Comments

UK carrier Orange may not have secured the Palm Pre, but from the sound of it they don’t really mind; their next high-end device is far more unusual than a simple slider smartphone. The carrier has revealed that it will be exclusively offering LG’s GD910 Watch Phone in the UK this August, complete with capacitive touchscreen and integrated video calling.

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Video demo after the cut

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Toshiba TG01 official launch on July 9th: SlashGear will be there!

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 1st 2009 No Comments

It’s been almost five months since Toshiba first revealed their TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone, and now the company has invited us back to London on Thursday July 9th for what we’re assuming is the handset’s official release. Set to go on sale in Germany and Japan imminently, the TG01 has a vast 4.1-inch WVGA 800 x 480 touchscreen, 3G UMTS/HSPA, WiFi, A-GPS and Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon chipset running the show.

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AT&T UMTS Femtocell national launch by end of 2009

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jun 24th 2009 No Comments

AT&T’s femtocell system should launch nationally by the end of the year, according to one of the carrier’s senior executives. Gordon Mansfield, AT&T’s executive director for radio access network delivery, has revealed that the UMTS femtocell – which has been in trials with around 200 users for the past few months – will initially take on more test customers before the complete roll-out.

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Verizon BlackBerry Tour coming too: EVDO plus HSPA roaming

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 16th 2009 No Comments

Verizon isn’t letting Sprint have all the BlackBerry Tour fun, and while there’s no official press release as yet the smartphone has shown up on the carrier’s site. Tipped for a Verizon launch back in May, when the smartphone was spotted in the carrier’s inventory system, there’s no sign of a specific release date.

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Sprint BlackBerry Tour confirmed for the Summer

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 16th 2009 No Comments

After months of leaks regarding the handset, Sprint has announced that they will be offering the BlackBerry Tour. Packed with EVDO Rev.A and 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, the Tour also has 2100MHz UMTS/HSPA and quadband GSM for international roaming use; it’s expected to arrive “later this summer” in the US.

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MiFi 2352 HSPA Intelligent Mobile Hotspot video unboxing

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 15th 2009 No Comments

Novatel Wireless’ MiFi 2352 is the third of the company’s “Intelligent Mobile Hotspots” that we’ve unboxed here on SlashGear, but unlike Verizon’s and Sprint’s the 2352 is a GSM/UMTS device rather than EVDO Rev.A. Launching today on Telefonica Espana [pdf link], the MiFi 2352 features 7.2Mbps HSDPA and 5.76Mbps HSUPA, sharing that connection out for up to five WiFi b/g clients. We caught up with Novatel in London today, to find out what else makes the MiFi 2352 special; you can also see the first video unboxing of the portable 3G router after the cut.

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Unboxing video after the cut

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Samsung Bigfoot Android phone for T-Mobile coming “really soon”?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 12th 2009 No Comments

Samsung are, unsurprisingly, saying nothing right now, but according to the latest leaks you’re looking at their upcoming Bigfoot Android smartphone for T-Mobile USA’s network. First tipped on the leaked T-Mobile roadmap as arriving in Q3 2009, the Bigfoot is expected to have a 3-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen together with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard with stereo speakers.

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