The Sprint version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone has been given its FCC approval papers and is one step closer to release. Expected to arrive in the first half of this year, the pure Android 4.0 experience device will be one of Sprint’s first handsets designed for the carrier’s LTE network. Bearing the model …

Ask the average mobile user to name a few tablet manufacturers and one name you’re not likely to hear is Archos. Unfortunately for the company, it is not for lack of trying. In fact, Archos has been releasing Android-based “tablets” for a few years, but none of them has really taken off. Yet, that record isn’t dissuading the company from …

What do you if you’re Samsung and you’ve pretty much conquered the Android smartphone landscape? Well, according to a recent Engadget report, the company is now evaluating the Android-based digital camera market. The tech blog recently spent some time touring Samsung Korea’s headquarters where it learned that the manufacturer’s R&D department is considering an “open” camera operating system. Given that …

Google has released the registration details for its annual Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco on June 27 to 29. Not only is the company charging attendees a higher registration fee for the three-day event ($900), but also developers will be required to make payments online using Google Wallet. For many this is a small price to pay for …

Virgin Mobile has begun taking preorders for its next smartphone, the Gingerbread-powered PCD Venture. The Venture is an affordable option for customers looking to scoop up their first Android device; it features a 2.8-inch display, a 600MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and microSD expansion slot (for cards up to a 2GB). Taking a peek at the user manual reveals that …

Of all the announcements from Mobile World Congress last month, one smartphone that really has Android fans talking is the HTC One X. That’s why we got excited this week when details surfaced that a quad-core variant could touch down on U.S. soil in the near future. Documents found on the FCC’s Web site indicate that the bigger, badder edition …

Sprint is just days away from announcing its next Android smartphone, according to details picked up by SprintFeed. According to the blog, the ZTE Fury is set to arrive on March 11 with a wallet-friendly $19.99 price tag and a two-year commitment. If you hear the price and expect low-end hardware then you’d be right; this ain’t no superphone. The …

If the last few releases of Android are any indication, chances are good that we’ll see Jelly Bean unveiled at Google I/O in June. But even if Google makes that deadline, we’ll likely end up waiting a few more months before Jelly Bean is actually released, perhaps with a Nexus device. So with that in mind, I thought it would …

AT&T announced today that it soon will offer an exclusive Monster Beats by Dr. Dre Beatbox to its customers. The $399 device, which will arrive in the carrier’s stores and online on March 11, is a wireless audio system with a built-in dock connector for smartphones. Featuring a pair of easy-carry handles, the speaker system comes with a remote control …

When it comes to the MyTouch series of Android smartphones, T-Mobile has developed a wandering eye. After exclusively dating HTC for a number of years, the carrier briefly flirted a bit with LG for the current models. And now according to new details passed to Pocketnow, T-Mobile is looking to Huawei for the next round of MyTouch handsets. The details …