HTC Flyer Android tablet review

The HTC Flyer is HTC's first Android-powered tablet. It runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS built for smartphones, nevertheless offers a tablet-optimized Sense 3.0 user interface that even includes pen support. Russell tests it out for us in this full review.

The HTC Trophy is the first Windows Phone 7 handset to grace the network of Verizon Wireless, and it is based on the HTC 7 Trophy that was released last fall. Dan tests it out for us in this brief review.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY for Verizon is the first PlayStation certified smartphone on the market. It has exclusive access to Sony PlayStation titles, and features a unequalled slide-out gaming pad with controls that mimic a PlayStation controller. Dan goes on a PLAY-date with Sony Ericsson's latest in this review.

The Motorola DROID X2 is the update of the DROID X that Verizon offered last year. During it looks largely the same as the original, the X2 gets an upgraded display and dual-core processor. Read Michael's review to learn whether the X2 is actually twice the phone that the original was.

Today Verizon Wireless announced that it is now offering VideoSurf's mobile app to Verizon smartphone users. The VideoSurf application lets user point their phone's camera at video sources like televisions, movies, and music videos to quickly get identification and search infromation on the video source in question. More

The HTC Trophy is the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone to be carried by Verizon Wireless in the U.S. Hardware-wise, it is near the same as the GSM HTC Trophy that was released to European markets late last year. The Verizon version has both a CDMA and GSM radio in it, making it a global-capable device. More

Sample 720p HD video recorded with the HTC Trophy

A sample 720p HD video recorded with the HTC Trophy, the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone for Verizon Wireless. As per the standard Windows Phone 7 hardware requirements from Microsoft, it is equipped with a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with a flash, and can record video in 720 HD resolution. More

Today Sony Ericsson announced that it is adding over 20 new games to the list of titles available to its Xperia PLAY Android smartphone. 10 of those titles will be exclusives, including Minecraft. More

During his keynote speech at Qualcomm's Uplinq conference in San Diego today, HTC CEO Peter Chou predicted that smartphones will outsell feature phones by the end of 2011. This is not to say that he believes there will have been more smartphones than feature phones sold in the whole of 2011, nevertheless merely that by the end of the year more smartphones will be sold on a day to day basis than feature phones, setting the stage for smartphone dominance in 2012 and beyond. source: HTC

While nothing has been confirmed as of but, reports and rumors that Twitter image upload integration is going to be a core part of Apple's upcoming iOS 5 operating system for the iPhone and iPad have been surfacing recently. More

The Android 2

Sprint has just confirmed that its HTC EVO 4G smartphone users will begin receiving notifications for the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system update starting on Monday, June 6. The notifications will roll out in waves, according to the company. In a blazing burst of insight, even though, Sprint will as well be making the update available immediately to those that just can't wait. The manual update option will become available starting on this Friday, June 3. It will be accessible from the phone's Settings, System Updates, HTC Software Update section. The update will restore the EVO's ability to support multiple Gmail accounts and will fix some battery issues, as then. source: Sprint

Today T-Mobile USA released official information on the company's new Samsung Gravity Smart smartphone. The new Gravity Smart runs the Android 2.2 Froyo smartphone operating system and offers users the benefit of having a full-sized, slide-out QWERTY keyboard for making quick work of messaging tasks. More

It appears that Google has culled but another batch of malicious applications from its Android Market, such as it was forced to do back in March. More