Sprint and T-Mobile are both expecting to offer a ‘Gelato’ handset from LG. CrackBerry A recently uncovered Sprint product listing indicates that an LG Optimus Slider is headed to the carrier later this fall. Listed under the code name Gelato, there’s still very little known about the device, aside from that it has a sliding …

As CNET’s Nicole Lee reported this morning, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha this week said that 70 percent of customers returning Moto smartphones are doing so because of poorly written apps that strain the CPU or battery. That’s reasonable, but I suggest that there’s a more obvious issue at hand here, and it affects more than just Motorola. The problem …

The HTC Sensation 4G is just one of many Android smartphones launching this summer. HTC It seems not a day goes by where another Android phone or tablet is either announced or arrives on the market. A quick glimpse across the four major U.S. carriers, and I see at least eight handsets on the horizon, with another half dozen rumored …

It appears AT&T’s Motorola Atrix 4G might be next in line to receive Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Tech site BriefMobile has scored an alleged copy of the update, which claims it’s full of new features, including application grouping, downloads management, and a retooled user experience. According to BriefMobile’s information, the revamped user interface feels less like Motoblur and more like the …

Might the third pure Google phone be notable for its lack of buttons? TechHog Over the weekend, tech Web site TechHog posted, and subsequently removed, what might be the first look at the third Nexus handset. The image showed a phone that had no carrier branding or logo, but the speaker at the top resembled recent HTC models. As BGR …

The hacking and modding community scored a small victory this week when HTC announced it would no longer be locking bootloaders on its handsets. In other words, it will be easier to unlock future HTC phones and, hopefully, tablets. Once a phone is unlocked, it is possible for the end users to load any custom ROM or experience they’d like. …

As you may already know, Sprint and Motorola have a luncheon event planned for June 9 where the two companies are expected to make a product announcement. With two weeks to go before CEOs Dan Hesse and Sanjay Jha take the stage, gossip is swirling over what could come. And one of the most probable rumors predicts a dual-core Android …

Gingerbread and a laundry list of enhancements will add to the Droid X experience. Verizon Motorola and Verizon Wireless are expected to deploy Android 2.3 to the Droid X on Friday, May 27. The Gingerbread update is rather sizable at 112MB, but it comes with a host of new features and enhancements including a new download manager app, application grouping, …

Additional details for the Motorola Droid 3 are circulating ahead of the handset’s expected June launch. The Droid and Droid 2 successor will feature a slightly larger 4-inch qHD display, likely running a 960×540-pixel resolution, according to a TechnoBuffalo source. If true, the screen is larger than its predecessors, with a higher resolution as well. Further, the source adds that …

It’s not much of a stretch to say that the Amazon tablet has become one of the worst-kept secrets in the Android universe. These last few months have seen rumors and hints coming from all angles, including a coy statement from CEO Jeff Bezos. As we move into the second half of the year, when the tablets are expected to …