Who says fashion and technology can’t mix? Sprint, for one. Today the carrier announced a new handset, the thin and superlight LG Marquee, putting it on track for an October 2 release. Powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the smartphone features a 1GHz processor, a 4-inch Nova display, 5-megapixel camera, and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Known …

At an event it is hosting next Tuesday in New York, HTC is expected to announce its first devices tofeature Beats by Dr. Dre technology. The two phones that should take the stage are the HTC Runnymede and the HTC Bliss. Specifications and press-ready images have surfaced for the two handsets over the past few weeks, painting a picture of …

As Google’s Eric Schmidt tells us, we are still weeks, perhaps even months, away from seeing the first devices to run Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Expected to launch as Android 4.0, the next build of the platform will combine features from both the Gingerbread and Honeycomb builds. Though we wait for official announcements, the rumor mill has already churned out …

LG, gearing up for the important preholiday season, has a number of Android-powered smartphones on the horizon. One model in particular, the Univa, has appeared in a pair of real-world outings recently. Carrying a model number of e150 and looking production-ready, the handset may ultimately arrive Stateside as an Optimus One successor. Rumored specifications for the Univa include an 800MHz …

Sprint announced its latest Android handset today, the affordable Android 2.3-powered Kyocera Milano. The phone, which will be available in stores and online tomorrow, features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.5-inch display, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. Other details include 512MB of RAM, 512MB of ROM, a 2GB microSD card, and support for Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi, (802.11 b/g/n). For software, …

Velocity Micro announced a pair of low-cost Android tablets today, unveiling the 8-inch Cruz T408 and 10-inch Cruz T410. Each tablet features identical hardware specifications and software with 1GHz processors, 4GB of internal storage, 512MB of RAM, front-facing cameras, and Wi-Fi. As for applications, each comes with Amazon’s Kindle app, QuickOffice, Twitter, and access to the Amazon Appstore for another …

A pair of unannounced high-powered HTC phones were spied in the wild over the long weekend, tipping the hands of both AT&T and T-Mobile. Featuring cutting-edge hardware specifications, the HTC Holiday and HTC Amaze 4G should find themselves near the top of the smartphone food chain later this year. T-Mobile customers will have their choice of two super phones come …

Hundreds of Android enthusiasts and developers from around the country are watching the calendar, anxiously awaiting the first weekend of October. The reason? It’s not the Nexus Prime and the debut of Ice Cream Sandwich, although that would certainly be welcomed. No, these Android faithful are anticipating the arrival of the second annual Big Android BBQ. Taking place over three …

In what’s becoming a regular occurrence, yet another Verizon MAP (minimum advertised price) list has landed online. Typically, these documents detail pricing and product plans over the next few months and today’s is no exception. According to the leak, the HTC Rhyme will arrive in late September. Though we have the model number (ADR6330), we don’t know much more about …

According to new data out of Nielsen, 40 percent of U.S. mobile consumers now use smartphones, up from 30 percent just one year ago. And of those smartphones, Android takes the biggest share of 40 percent, followed by Apple’s iOS at 28 percent. Nielsen asked participants a number of questions to determine what kind of buyers they were in order …