Review
by Alex Dobie
Jan 23, 2012
Taking a look at the GSM Galaxy Nexus extended battery
The international version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus ships with an ample 1750 mAh battery, which provides decent battery life while mainta...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jan 17, 2012
What is GSM? When it comes to Android devices, especially for us here in the U.S., there are two major differentiators that really have nothing to do with Android and everything to do with the carri...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Jan 12, 2012
The newly announced Motorola Droid 4 and LG Spectrum will soon be able to roam overseas on both GSM and CDMA networks, Verizon told Phonescoop. Both devices will be running on Verizon's 4G LTE n...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Jan 09, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is starting to make its full rounds across Canadian carriers now. With Rogers, Fido and TELUS all jumping onboard, next in line is the regional carrier out of Quebec, Videot...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Jan 05, 2012
Out of the blue today, we're seeing reports of two major British online retailers listing a white (GSM, 16GB) Samsung Galaxy Nexus for launch in just over a month. MobileFun and Clove both show ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 04, 2012
Been wanting a Galaxy Nexus for use on T-Mobile or AT&T, but didn't want to shell out a lot of dough? Daily deals style site dailysteals.com has the unlocked i9250 GSM Galaxy Nexus for...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
Want Ice Cream Sandwich on your Samsung Nexus S but down't want to wait on the update to push out over the air? The dowload location has been found, and we've got your update instructions. W...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Dec 16, 2011
The GSM (international) version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has just received its update to Android 4.0.2, hot on the heels of the Verizon version, which got the update on its launch day. Several GS...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Nov 23, 2011
There's been quite the hoopla over the past few days around the Galaxy Nexus volume bug -- that's the nasty little issue which results in the phone's volume levels going crazy when it...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 29, 2011
Motorola has announced that the Milestone 3 will be available for customers in Brazil starting Aug. 29. As we've seen in the past, Motorola Milestone devices are copies of their Verizon counterp...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 07, 2011
If you're the sort who actually reads user manuals (and we know there are a few of you out there), a draft version of the Motorola Droid Bionic user guide has been publicly revealed by the FCC. Flippi...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 01, 2011
It's the first question we get whenever a "world phone" like the Motorola Photon 4G is released. "Can I stick my AT&T or T-Mobile SIM in it?" By all means, go a...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 27, 2011
OK, Europe. It's time to stop glaring at us and our every-so-sexy HTC EVO 3D, as you're about to get one of your very own. (Check out our initial review if you haven't already.) Same 4.3-inch scr...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
May 09, 2011
Why mess with a good thing, right? Verizon struck smartphone gold a year ago with the Droid Incredible, a version of the European HTC Desire tweaked for the U.S. market. And so not a whole lot has ch...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 13, 2011
Can you taste the Droid Incredible 2 just yet? Cause it's getting ever so close. Nick1020 in the Android Central Forums slipped in a few pics of marketing materials that are being unwrapped toda...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 22, 2011
We've always been under the impression that the "Evo" moniker was hung only on phones destined for Sprint, so we were a bit surprised to see the HTC Evo 3D listed at HTC's website with ...
Article
by Chris Kerrigan
Feb 10, 2011
Fresh of the heels of a potential WiFi only Xoom showing it's face in the FCC, the Motorola Xoom has shown it's face once again, this time in a different flavor. Tbreak has a hands-on video wit...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Jan 27, 2011
We've heard this plenty of times before. Heck, even Dave Dobbin, CEO of Mobilicity said it was going to happen at some point but now, we've got more evidence of it actually coming to reality. A...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2010
T-Mobile just fed us a press release in which it affirms that HSPA+ tablets are coming in 2011. Here's the party line: “T-Mobile is working closely with the majority of our OEM partners to del...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Oct 15, 2010
Rogers has announced that it is "working towards" having the Samsung Captivate (read our review of the AT&T version) in stores sometime next week. That isn't quite in line with their pre...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2010
Curious what the Droid 2 world phone (also being referred to as the Droid Pro or "Global" edition) looks like? Droid Life got their hands on the CDMA-GSM device, and it looks like it'...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Sep 16, 2010
HTC announced the Desire HD, Desire Z, and HTCSense.com at their live event in London this week, and while we didn't make it attend, many other sites did. Several did live blogs chock full of pi...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 05, 2010
If there's ever been any doubt that Verizon is the current king of Android, you can put it to rest now. The HTC PD42100 -- a horizontal slider dual CDMA/GSM "world phone" that we'...
Article
by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 01, 2010
This Samsung Galaxy Tab is everywhere. It was on a train in Australia, it has infiltrated Verizon's database, and already has a line of accessories to dress up the seven-incher. The only thing we're m...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Sep 01, 2010
Motoblur is alive an well in Motorola's latest European offering, the Defy. The phone is shipping with Android 2.1 ("Eclair"), which isn't quite yet inexcusable, but we're getting clos...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 01, 2010
Motorola this morning announced the Milestone 2 (which actually first made an appearance last night), also known as the Droid 2 for everybody not on Verizon. No real surprises here. Same 1GHz TI ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 31, 2010
If you've been waiting for the GSM version of the Droid 2, you're in luck -- Motorola has shown off the Milestone 2 in two minutes of video. With the same sliding keyboard, same camera with dual...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Aug 30, 2010
It seems as if Samsung's Galaxy Tab has been leaked more than Motorola's Droid 2. Pictures, videos and information seem to pop up every day about the device that is set to be introduced September 2nd ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 25, 2010
Specifications and an image of the Motorola Quench XT5 have trickled out, and it looks like another low- to mid-range handset that we'll love to hate. Besides what you see in the picture a...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 22, 2010
In the realm of GSM smartphones, there's a phenomenon known as "SIM unlocked," which is the ability to use any SIM card in a phone, meaning you can easily swap from carrier to car...
