The Samsung Vibrant promoting James Cameron’s Avatar says a lot about the quality of its super AMOLED display. For one, if you’re a fan of Avatar or have seen Avatar, you should know that it’s best seen in high quality. Anything less than AMOLED wouldn’t be doing the film justice — if you’re watching it on your phone. According to this new T-Mobile commercial, Avatar comes pre-loaded when you purchase the Samsung Vibrant: More »

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Samsung’s appropriation of its Super-AMOLED screens can be explained by the number of Galaxy S launches worldwide. Now, there might be one more reason for the shortage: in September, the Korean electronics mega corporation is supposedly going to release a BlackBerry challenger with FroYo, a full QWERTY keypad, 3-inch Super-AMOLED display, and the same Hummingbird CPU found in the bigger Galaxy. More »

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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 »

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-The biggest name in Android ROMs, Cyanogen, has released their first FroYo ROM for the HTC EVO, the only FroYo ROM with a working camera.

-An image recently floating around the internet has cleared up a lot of confusion: the DROID 2 will indeed ship with Android 2.2.

-Cell phone insurance, should you get it or should you not?

-Samsung is working on an unbreakable AMOLED display. And by unbreakable I mean you can smash it with a hammer and it won’t break unbreakable.

-Interested in Android’s FloatMath class? Well here’s FastMath, which is FloatMath, revisited. More »

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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 »

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So much for a July 15th launch, impatient Verizon is so excited about its Motorola Droid X that more than a few blessed buyers have received theirs in the mail. On a sad note, new orders for the Droid Incredible will ship on or after August 4th, after months of supply shortages. More »

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From Ziggytek: 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 »

Not long after Virgin Mobile snatched North America’s debut of the HTC Legend, another Canadian GSM carrier has received the coveted aluminum unibody smartphone. Bell Mobility is selling the Legend for $79.95 with a 3-year contract or $399.95 CDN out the door, commitment free. Canada 2, USA zero. More »

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From Ziggytek: That is correct: Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, the P1000 model, looks like it is a smartphone in addition to being a primary multimedia tablet (like the Dell Streak). Can you imagine people making calls on the P1000’s Super-AMOLED 7-inch display? More »

From Ziggytek: Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G launch was among the biggest in the carrier’s history. To add variety, Sprint is adding a QWERTY Android smartphone with WiMAX 4G enabled. More »