LG Thrill 4G showing 3D content. Nicole Lee/CNET Even though the LG Thrill 4G was announced in March, we’re just now getting confirmation about its price. AT&T has told us that the LG Thrill 4G will be selling for $99.99 after a two-year service agreement. As for availability, well, we still don’t know the exact …
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AT&T is showing its commitment to Android this morning with an announcement that confirms Android 2.3 Gingerbread updates to the following phones: HTC Inspire 4G, LG Phoenix, Motorola Atrix 4G, Pantech Crossover, Samsung Captivate, and Samsung Infuse 4G. Atrix 4G owners will get their update starting today, while Inspire 4G users will receive an update in August. The Atrix 4G …
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The rumored Motorola Dinara has, wait for it, a 13-megapixel camera. What? We roll our eyes over it, discuss Sprint’s latest conundrum, go in-depth with the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide’s camera, scratch our heads over the HTC Status, and more. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 183: Thirteen Megapixels 39:20 Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. Subscribe …
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Welcome to the 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I’m stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at [email protected]. If you …
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The Pantech Breeze III made an appearance on AT&T’s online store today, and it looks to be a slight update over the Pantech Breeze II. Improvements include more-advanced voice recognition, better sound quality thanks to a new background noise suppression technology, a pill reminder feature, and more. The overall design looks to be the same, however, with that same flip-phone …
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HTC Status (photos) +3 more See all photos We’ll admit we snickered a little bit at the idea of a “Facebook phone.” How hard is it to access Facebook on a phone these days? Just get the app and tap a few buttons, and you’re all set. Do you really need a dedicated Facebook button? But the HTC Status changed …
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The LG Cosmos Touch has arrived for U.S. Cellular in the form of the LG Attune. It’s essentially the same phone but with a slightly different button layout and it comes in a red color scheme instead. It has a 2.8-inch touch screen, a four-row QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera, GPS, and microSD support for up to 16GB cards. …
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RIM CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis announced at this week’s annual shareholder meeting that the company plans on releasing seven new OS 7 BlackBerry smartphones in the near future. They didn’t go into specifics, but we assume the handsets would include the phones that have been announced, like the Bold 9900 and the Bold 9930. We also suspect the …
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AT&T announced good news to customers who travel abroad with new international data plans that more than doubles the data allowance of the current plans. It’s still not exactly cheap, but it’s at least more affordable than before. The cheapest $24.99 per month plan now provides 50MB of international data (up from 20MB), the $49.99 plan will let you have …
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LG announced the successor to its Cosmos messaging phone today with the LG Cosmos 2 for Verizon Wireless. Like the original Cosmos, the Cosmos 2 has an external number keypad plus a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Features are relatively basic, and include access to the mobile Web, Verizon’s new Mobile Email app, a document viewer, a music player, a 1.3-megapixel camera, …
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