Intel’s Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini has announced that an Intel Android phone will be launched in the first half of 2012. In his keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Otellini said that the chip on Intel-based smartphones is named Medfield, and is based on the company’s PC-based architecture. Andy Rubin, Android’s business...

US-based gaming retailer GameStop has recently announced that it is making its own gaming tablet that will use the Android operating system. The new tablet isn’t actually new, but is an existing Android tablet that the company will customize and will pack with pre-loaded games. According to Gamesindustry.biz, GameStop’s Android gaming device is still in the...

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC is considering acquiring Hewlett-Packard’s WebOS or buying another mobile operating system, according to some reports. According to an interview, Cher Wang, chairwoman of HTC, said that the members of the board have been thinking and looking at options whether the company will buy its own operating system, but ni decisions have been...

Samsung might have accidentally confirmed the next smartphone they are making for Google, called the Nexus Prime. The company has uploaded the device’s User Agent Profile file with the name “Nexus Prime” written on it. The page also confirms that the Nexus Prime will be using the GT-I9250 technical device name. Reports say that the Google Nexus Prime...

No one has actually seen nor touched an Amazon Android-powered tablet PC, but it has been creating lots of talks all year long. No one, until M.G. Seigler from TechCrunch did just recently. Seigler managed to get his hands on one of the tablet’s Design Verification Testing versions and according to him, the tablet is going to be “on many people’s holiday...

Toshiba has previously entered the tablet market with its first tablet called Thrive. The biggest problem consumers noted was that the tablet was big and heavy. Now, during the IFA in Berlin, the company has unveiled its latest tablet called the AT200. The Toshiba AT200 is a very thin and very light tablet PC, weighing only 1.2 lbs. and measuring only 0.3 inches thick....

The YouTube channel of Samsung USA, as well as the Galaxy S fan page on Facebook unveiled a new video that gives hints to US customers that the company’s most powerful Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II, will come to the country soon. The said video showed some of the places where the Galaxy S II is already available, like Asia, Brazil, Europe and Africa....

As Google’s Android becomes more and more popular, it also becomes the target of more malware, trojan, and spyware attacks. Trend Micro Labs has reported a new malware that disguises itself as a Google+ app that is capable of answering all incoming calls automatically. The malware, which is only identified as ANDROIDOS_NICKISPY.C, has no confirmed origin. Trend Micro...

There are only a few phones in the market that offer a slide-out keyboard and a touchscreen, especially in the mid-range phone market. Almost a year ago, Sony Ericsson released the X10 Mini Pro, a smartphone that has a slide-out keyboard and a touchscreen, and now, they are releasing its successor, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro. The Xperia Mini Pro retains the compact...

Google announced on Monday that they will be acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings in a move that puts the search giant in the smartphone hardware business. “The combination of Google and Motorola will not only supercharge Android, but will also enhance competition and offer consumers accelerating innovation, greater choice, and wonderful user experiences,”...