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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The MB710 looks strikingly like the MOTOROI and has T-Mobile’s WCDMA 1700MHz AWS. More »

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T-Mobile subscribers should be happy to know that the rest of T-Mobile’s roadmap leaked and on it are more HTC and/or Android phones! Happy day! Read on for a list of what’s on the roadmap: More »

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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 »

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HTC has recently reported sales for Q2, and let me just say — it’s good being HTC right now. Despite earlier financial forecasts, sales grew 58% year-over-year to 60.5 billion New Taiwan dollars (roughly $1.9 billion) and net income grew 33% year-over-year to NT$8.6 billion (USD $268 million). More »

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An evangelist for Adobe would choose the most powerful Android smartphone to use as the hardware for showing off Flash 10.1 running FroYo, but what did you expect, an HTC G1? More »

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For the UK, LG has announced its Optimus (”best”) line of Android smartphones. The Chic and the One are the first 2 (of 10!) entrants under the Optimus name, and both will have Android 2.2 FroYo. More »

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If there’s an app that’ll ensure you’ll never lose your phone again, why not an app that’ll maintain you’ll never lose your car in a parking lot? For people that tend to park their cars only to forget where they parked their car, 3DCoche is a god-send. It’s an augmented reality app that projects the position of your car on top of the camera view of your mobile phone. More »

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The best things in life are free and Android users are aware of that. Stats compiled by mobile app store analytics firm Distimo reveal that 57% of the apps found in the Android market are free, while only 28% of iPhone’s apps are free. What can we say, Android users love free stuff. Stats also reveal that Android apps are cheaper than iPhone apps — the ones that are paid at least: More »

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By Q4, LG will have an updated SU950 that comes loaded with Android 2.2 FroYo. Naturally, the SU950 out now will be upgraded to FroYo simultaneously. More »

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