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Huawei Honor To AT&T

February 2nd, 2012

Way back last June PC Mag’s Sascha Segan got the exclusive on what was at the time a top notch super smartphone. The manufacturer was Huawei, the phone, the Huawei Glory/Honor/Mercury.

The Android powered phone witha 1.4ghz single core processor, 4-inch FWGA (854×860) display, 8mp rear facing camera and front facing camera, arrived in the states via Cricket Wireless just a couple of months ago.

While the phone may not be that big on spec right now, it’s an awesome Android device. We’ve been using the Cricket version since January which is known on the prepaid network as the “Huawei Mercury”

It looks like that same device will head over to AT&T as it’s passed through the FCC with AT&T bands in tow.

The international (GSM) version of the device already has Ice Cream Sandwich in Asia. Hopefully that means that the AT&T version will see an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich sometime soon after release. As for the release date, that’s still a mystery, as is the pricing. If it comes in at the right price though it will be a great mid-range device.

source: Unwired

 

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Huawei To Release Jaw Dropping Diamond Line At MWC

January 23rd, 2012

Huawei announced the super Ascend P1 S at CES Says to be topping it with diamond line at MWC

With Mobile World Congress now just about 5 weeks away the rumors of expected product launches are abundant. This is the way it is before every big mobile show. This year though, CES seemed to be lacking major phone announcements, yes there were a few but the device we weren’t expecting that really made our jaws drop was the Huawei Ascend P1 S.

Now it looks like that wasn’t enough for the Chinese based manufacturer. There are reports coming from different sites that Huawei is going to release their diamond series Android phones at Mobile World Congress next month.

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CES: Huawei Relases Beautifully Thin Delicious Ice Cream Sandwich Phone

January 9th, 2012

We are currently at the Huawei press conference at CES in Las Vegas. Today is press day and while the rest of the team is at the LG event down the hall I was shown a sneak of the Huawei Ascend P1 S and had to be here as Huawei announced the world’s slimmest smartphone.

This high performance phone comes in at 6.68mm thin. Its 4.3 Inch superAMOLED screen has a touch screen with 960×540 resolution. Not only that it’s surrounded by the greatness that is Corning’s Gorilla Glass.

The Huwaei Ascend P1 S packs a powerful punch with a  dual core TI OMAP 4460 Cortex A9 Processor. It also has an SGX 540 graphic processor  All this is running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at launch.

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T-Mobile Springboard To Get Ice Cream Sandwich?

December 27th, 2011

Leaked photos are coming out of China tonight that show the Huawei MediaPad tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich. The MediaPad was released worldwide by Huawei and of course had a different name here stateside. It’s known as the T-Mobile Springboard here in the states.

If the photo above is any indication we may see Android 4.0 on the 7″ tablet that was originally released with Android 3.2. The T-Mobile Springboard is the most affordable, Android tablet on the market with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a great display and the Android market and Gapps intact.

Huawei isn’t a stranger to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. They released an Android 4.0 build to the Huawei Honor overseas.

source: Phandroid

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Cricket Officially Unveils Huawei Mercury

December 19th, 2011

Leap Wireless International/Cricket Wireless has officially announced that the Huawei Mercury is coming to their network.

Although this phone wasn’t much of a secret (we discussed it at CTIA in San Diego). It’s the most anticipated phone to ever hit the national prepaid carrier.  The Huawei Mercury brings a solid “superphone” running Gingerbread to Cricket at an affordable price.

The Huawei Mercury features a 1.4ghz processor, 4″ FWVGA screen and rear and front facing cameras.

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Huawei Honor Shown Running Ice Cream Sandwich

December 10th, 2011

Androidpolice.com is reporting by way of the folks at XDA that a phone by Huawei is prepping Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Now we’ve seen a demo of the Transformer Prime by Asus running Ice Cream Sandwich and we’ve also seen a fair number of Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs in ALPHA release so this may not be a big deal.

 

 

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Question Answered: How Do They Get Those Phone Names

December 6th, 2011

If you’ve ever wondered about how Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, Huawei, ZTE and Sony Ericsson come up with names for our beloved Android phones, the link and the answer lay here.

Not only that but you can even generate your own name by simply clicking the link above. I got “Sony Ericsson Magic Slide 2 G1 S” now that sounds like a powerful name. I just wish it would unleash specs for my new Android phone as well.

Have fun with this! Try it here or click the icon to the right.

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Huawei & ZTE Under U.S. Intelligence Probe

November 17th, 2011

Two years ago if you said Huawei and ZTE in a room with a bunch of Android enthusiasts they may not bat an eye.  Both companies, which come from China are major players in the world wide mobile phone market but until recently weren’t big names in the United States.

Both companies also made their smartphone debut in the U.S. with Cricket Wireless. In 2010 Huawei introduced the Huawei Ascend Android phone on Cricket Wireless. This year, ZTE’s first Android phone in the U.S. also came by way of Cricket called the ZTE score.  ZTE has since launched phones with Boost Mobile and AT&T as well.

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Details On T-Mobile Tablets Revealed, Neither November 19th

October 25th, 2011

T-Mobile has posted the release dates for the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 along with the T-Mobile SpringBoard by Huawei.

T-Mobile has slated the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with HSPA+ for a November 2nd launch. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with wi-fi was originally released in June and then followed with a 4G/LTE version for Verizon Wireless.  It’s one of the most popular and best performing Android tablets available. Couple that with America’s largest 4G network and it’s a win-win for T-Mobile customers looking for a rock solid tablet.

If you’re looking for a tablet a little better for the wallet and for the pocket, the T-Mobile SpringBoard, made by Huawei, could be the tablet you’re looking for.  The tablet (see video below) is 7″ and features Honeycomb as well.  The SpringBoard will be available on November 9th.

With two more devices revealed for launch before November 19th we’re still curious about what T-Mobile has up their sleeves for that day.  T-Mobile sent word to their corporate store managers that they should plan to bulk up staffing for extra foot traffic in stores on November 19th.  Hmmmmmm

So which tablet is for you?

 

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Q3 Mobile Mix Report Shows Android With A Steady Lead

October 25th, 2011

Month over month Millennial Media’s Mobile Mix report has shown that Android is steadily growing across their mobile ad platform. Millennial Media has the largest independent mobile ad platform in the world.

Millennial Media gets their data from actual devices that touch their network rather than a small survey sample. The Mobile Mix report often times gives a more accurate snapshot than some of the other data available.  This month the Mobile Mix report covers the entire third quarter rather than just last month.

In the third quarter smartphones grew 7% month over month and 37% year over year. Smartphones overall showed an increase to 72% of the mix of devices with feature phones holding 14% each, respectively.

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T-Mobile Springboard Passes Through The FCC

October 17th, 2011

We saw the T-Mobile Springboard in action last week at CTIA and even had the chance to do a walk through video. It seems now that the Springboard is passing through the FCC now as the Huawei Media Pad.

It’s unclear what, if any, other carriers will have the Huawei Media Pad or if it’s a T-Mobile exclusive in the United States. It’s a 7″ tablet sporting a 1.2ghz dual core processor. It features a 1280x 800 pixel IPS display.

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Hands On With The Toki Doki Huawei M835 On Metro PCS

October 14th, 2011

The Huawei M835 is a mid-range Android device with a great price on Metro PCS. We’re talking $79 bucks and thats without a subsidized contract.

Well today Huawei and MetroPCS announced a limited edition version of a great Android device, the M835. The new version is the Toki Doki version. This limited edition version has been designed by the cult apparel and accessory brand Tokidoki.   The device has two covers a male version and female version and also has it’s own app.

The special edition app called TokiDoki Snap allows users to take photos with their M835 and then add TokiDoki elements to the photos before posting them to social networks, sharing them or putting them on a special TokiDoki Snap microsite.

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Quick Look At The T-Mobille SpringBoard With Google, Honeycomb Tablet

October 11th, 2011

Tonight at CTIA we were able to get some hands on time with the forthcoming T-Mobile SpringBoard, with Google, Android Honeycomb tablet.

The tablet was manufactured by Chinese company, Huawei, specifically for T-Mobile. It’s a 7inch tablet with Android 3.2 Honeycomb. The 7″ tablet features an HD multi-touch display which offers a great picture when playing games, looking at photos or watching movies.  It’s loaded with pre-installed entertainment apps like T-Mobile TV, Blockbuster on demand and Netflix.

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CTIA: Breaking Huawei Honor To Debut On Cricket Wireless As Huawei Mercury Before The Holidays

October 11th, 2011

We’ve just finished our ritual meeting with the great folks at Cricket Wireless here at CTIA.  Cricket recently announced that with the addition of Best Buy as a nationwide retailer, they are available in 47 states excluding Wyoming, Montana and Alaska.  That’s a pretty big feat for a carrier that just last year was designated “Wireless”.

During our meeting I spent nearly an hour talking with Sergio Garcia, Cricket’s Sr. Director of Business and Product Management along with Greg Lund and Kevin Foth. Together we talked about the innovation that’s going on with Cricket Wireless. Cricket tends to bring their own devices to market rather than the hand me downs from tier 1 carriers.  A perfect example of that is the Samsung Transfix, Samsung Vitality and the forthcoming Huawei Mercury.

Garcia has been with Cricket for 11 years, coming from LG at that time so he’s seen both sides of the Wireless industry.  While he acknowledges the fact that there is a need for buying OEM presented phones, he also likes being able to collaborate with OEM’s to address the needs of Cricket’s customers as well as taking ideas from scratch and telling OEM’s to build it.

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