When Apple employee Gray was field-testing the prototype iPhone 4, he had the unit inside of a case, which kept his skin from making direct contact with the twin antennae around the iPhone’s steel rim. More »

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From Htcyou: Blog Android and Me is the first to be graced with a preview of Motorola’s Droid 2, which looks like its predecessor (except for the re-worked keypad) but internally is housing a beastly 1GHz TI OMAP3630 processor (Droid has 550MHz TI OMAP343) with integrated PowerVR SGX530 graphics and 512Mb RAM (over 256Mb in the Droid). Benchmarks conducted show that the Droid 2 is substantially faster than the original, which is still one of the more powerful smartphones out there. More »

This demonstration of the iPhone 4’s photo and video shooting qualities is not courtesy of Apple but yet another unofficial leak, this time from Prague. Unlike the other illegal Vietnamese and stolen iPhone leaks, the informant “Swenak” has the unit in full working order. Also, he verifies that the new iPhone has 512Mb RAM, double the amount of the iPad. More »

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From Htcyou: The 1Ghz chip inside the Motorola Droid 2 may not be the Snapdragon but could be something even faster. These leaked commercial slides that could become real advertisements for Verizon indicate that the Droid X (Droid Xtreme) sports a 4.3″ 720p display! More »

From Htcyou: Visual leaks are pleasing to the senses, but informational leaks can be even more tantalizing. Would you believe a BGR report that puts the Motorola Droid X (formerly Droid Xtreme, Shadow) on Verizon’s roster by July and the Droid 2 in August? I believe the one and doubt the other. More »

From Htcyou: Gadget leaks have more cachet when they are photographed beside other similar products for size comparison. It seems like the Motorola Droid Xtreme, aka the Droid X, has been shown off by everyone except the company that actually manufactures the device. Despite having a half-inch smaller screen than the gigantic 4.3″ HTC Evo 4G, the Droid X is longer… More »

From Htcyou: These pictures are taken without flash (thank goodness), and the glossy front Droid Xtreme is looking finer than ever. More »

From Htcyou: Motorola has experienced tremendous success and buzz about its Droid/Milestone, whose fantastic, high-resolution LCD, full QWERTY keypad, and fast processor are well beloved. The company’s sequel looks to out-do the progenitor by bumping up the speed with an OMAP 750MHz processor and 8Gb internal storage. More »

Every week, there are thousands of tech news and gadget stories. We will spare you the dross and apprise you of the most important information. Here is the filtered version of this week’s happenings. More »

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RIM’s major touchscreen entrant into the smartphone wars gets another round of photographs, this time from a Chinese blog that was silly not to include its URL allover the images! More »

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Today’s white back cover iPhone 4G/HD prototype leak completes the Hong Kong white front cover leak in May. Renowned independent Apple repair center PowerBook Medic was sent the photographs from an undisclosed source. More »

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In a live interview at D8 with Walt Mossberg, Steve Jobs had some juicy things to say about the whole Gizmodo/Brian J Hogan/Jason Chen iPhone 4G/HD prototype scandal. Initially, Jobs said that the affair was an “ongoing investigation,” but he went on to tell his side of the story, which he called “amazing.” More »

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Excitement is growing for RIM’s soon to be released premium touchscreen BlackBerry Bold 9800, which takes BlackBerrys where they have never gone before. AT&T is one of potentially many GSM carriers (sorry, Verizon and Sprint improbable) in the States that will be handling the smartphone. More »

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These iPhone 4G/HD prototype leaks are becoming comical. A company that was once so adept at maintaining secrecy of its top products cannot keep its biggest star under wraps. A Hong Kong website has photographs of both a black and a white iPhone 4G, which looks fake. More »

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Caught on video and today photographed running RIM’s new Webkit Browser, the touchscreen Bold 9800 might be what RIM needs to stem the Android and iPhone invasion. More »

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