From Htcyou: Produced by Samsung, just like the phone, AT&T;’s Captivate commercial depicts a Hollywood action movie in the palm of one’s hand. Samsung highlights the Super AMOLED screen on the Captivate but does not mention the prized Hummingbird CPU. More »

From Htcyou: With VAT, Acer’s premiere Stream is listed at around $607 after conversion. The Stream is an enhancement over the excellent Liquid E and includes Bluetooth 3.0, 720p video capture (but no flashlight), 2Gb onboard memory, a customized UI, and a 3.7″ AMOLED display with the same WVGA resolution as the Liquid E. More »

Once upon a time, cell phones were simple radios that allowed two people to speak to each other. Today, smartphones include voice calling almost as an afterthought, and manufacturers load their top models with so many features that the phones could conceivably replace their owners’ cameras, music players, and netbooks. Motorola’s Droid X is off to a rousing start, as it excites gadget geeks and smartphone lovers across America. Find out why Verizon’s latest Droid might be the greatest of them all. More »

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From Htcyou: New shipments for the Droid X will go out by July 23rd through Verizon. Nationwide, customers lined up in droves to purchase Motorola’s new supercharged Android 2.1 smartphone. More »

From Htcyou: ZTE and UK carrier Three have lowered the bar for smartphone pricing with the Racer, which is £99 outright or free with contract. More »

From Htcyou: This is one sick ROM for the sexy HTC HD2 –in addition to Android 2.2 FroYo, it has 2.1 Eclair with Sense UI as well, so users can pick whichever they fancy. Aside from a few inevitable bugs, the ROM is stable and fast. More »

Telus has long be tipped to be the Canadian carrier for the HTC Desire, but it will not be called the “Triumph.” The Desire has HSPA 850/1900 bands and interestingly, will sport a Sony Super LCD instead of AMOLED. More »

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From Htcyou: AT&T;’s oft criticized network and having a very different design than the other Galaxy versions, the Captivate can be looked at as somewhat of the black sheep within the Samsung Galaxy S family. Well, under a week before the Captivate’s public release, it receives a video unboxing. More »

From Htcyou: It appears that, at the moment, Amazon has inventory of the elusive HTC Droid Incredible for Verizon, and it is on sale for only $149.99 with contract. More »

Rogers and Acer have teamed up to break from a painful (to the consumer) tradition, which stipulates that all powerful smartphones must sell for over $500. The Acer Liquid E is a Snapdragon CPU, Android 2.1 Eclair powered unit that has a delicious high-resolution (800×480) 3.5″ LCD and sells for only $424.99 outright or $49.99 with a standard 3-year Canadian contract. More »

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From Htcyou: T-Mobile’s iteration of the Samsung Galaxy S is launching on the same day as Verizon’s Droid X, but viewers can have a look at the Vibrant’s packaging right now. More »

From Htcyou: Rogers and Acer have teamed up to break from a painful (to the consumer) tradition, which stipulates that all powerful smartphones must sell for over $500. The Acer Liquid E is a Snapdragon CPU, Android 2.1 Eclair powered unit that has a delicious high-resolution (800×480) 3.5″ LCD and sells for only $424.99 outright or $49.99 with a standard 3-year Canadian contract. More »

From Htcyou: Motorola hardly tried to keep its social networking smartphone, the Charm, a secret, so today’s announcement that it is coming to T-Mobile surprises no one. Built on Android 2.1 with an “enhanced” version of Motoblur, the Charm is noted as Adobe Flash enabled. More »

From Htcyou: T-Mobile specialist TMO News has the first real look at what I consider to be an interesting smartphone because of its free with contract pricing and unconventional layout, having a 4-row QWERTY keypad that is not a slider. Apparently, based on the limited page hits to Motorola Charm/Basil posts, I gather that few people are as intrigued as I am. More »

Tied to SKY, Pantech’s SMP301 is an Android 2.1 portable media player that has a 3.7″ AMOLED display. Key multimedia features like HDMI output and a T-DMB tuner are included. More »

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