Hearsay Archive

  • Sprint: Android 2.1 for Hero and Moment “to be available in Q2″ (Read: Not Today.)

    Sprint: Android 2.1 for Hero and Moment “to be available in Q2″ (Read: Not Today.)

    Hurray! The Sprint Hero is getting Android 2.1 on May 7th! Wait, no it’s not! Sprint has never named a specific date on which their Hero and Moment handsets would be getting Android 2.1, beyond a tweet promising them sometime in the second quarter. A few signs were pointing to a launch today — but [...]

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  • Hands-On with the Kin 1 and Kin 2 [Update: Video]

    Hands-On with the Kin 1 and Kin 2 [Update: Video]

    After years of rumors, hearsay, and leaks, we’ve finally gotten the opportunity to play with the final product of Project Pink. These are the first real products of Microsoft’s 2008 acquisition of Danger, creators of the sidekick. So how are they? Read on for our impressions Update: Now with video of the Kin 2 in action [...]

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  • Samsung already working on a Galaxy S Pro, complete with physical keyboard?

    Samsung already working on a Galaxy S Pro, complete with physical keyboard?

    Sometime yesterday afternoon, some new information started floating around the Kingdom of Ol’ Rumorton. “The Samsung Galaxy S… another version is coming,” whispered the trees of Rumorton, “and it’s called the Galaxy S Pro! And it has a physical keyboard!” The rumors were in a bit too shaky of a state yesterday for us to cover [...]

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  • Android-fueled Motorola Motus specs get spec’d

    Android-fueled Motorola Motus specs get spec’d

    (Get it? Specs, spec’d, spectacles? Anyone? Come on – maybe it’s not funny, but at least it shows I know.. uh.. words.) I’m not too sure what to think of the Motorola Motus yet, but one thing is for sure: that form factor is crazy. The photo that leaked just a few hours ago already seemed [...]

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  • Video: Sony Ericsson Rachel tantalizingly teased

    Video: Sony Ericsson Rachel tantalizingly teased

    With the Sony Ericsson Rachel (otherwise known as the XPERIA X3 or, more recently, the X10) having already made numerous unofficial appearances across the Interwebs, it seems like Sony Ericsson's down to show their cards a bit early - or at least the back and sides of them.

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  • Rumor: No Palm Eos in 2009?

    Rumor: No Palm Eos in 2009?

    Shortly after we broke the news that Palm was had at work on device to follow the Pre, the details came pouring in: first we got the codename (Pixie), then we got the tentative marketing name (Eos). A few days later, we had a launch window: according to a leaked AT&T slide, the Eos would [...]

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  • Android Handset Rumor Roundup

    Android Handset Rumor Roundup

    The Android world was a simple place for quite some time. You had the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), the T-Mobile myTouch (HTC Magic).. and that’s about it. But in the span of just a few weeks, everything has managed to go all crazy. AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon have all (purportedly) jumped up alongside T-Mobile on [...]

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