TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News
Moto Xoom Xooming to Sprint? A Sprint version of the Motorola Xoom was leaked to the press. Specifications are expected to be the same as the well-reviewed Verizon Motorola Xoom, with many hoping that it will be Wi-Fi compatible. The Wi-Fi-only version of the Motorola Xoom was announced earlier this week.
HTC Incredible S New Flavor Strawberry or Cranberry? - Typically, smartphones usually come in licorice black, but finally high-end Android smartphones are starting to show some diversity. A Danish retailer shows an HTC Incredible S in red, which one blogger thought was strawberry. It looks a bit more cranberry to us but could also be cherry red. The color we would really like to see for any smartphone is our wimonewsberry, the color of the Wireless and Mobile News' website with a hint of fuchsia.
The HTC Incredible S is expected to be called the Droid Incredible 2 in the United States. Specs for it include an 8MP
camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 4-inch touchscreen, 1GHz processor,
4GB storage onboard, and the battery is increased to 1450mAH. The Droid Incredible 2 appears on our list of top Android an' Droid phones now and later.
iPhone Update to iOS 4.3 Drains Battery - Decreases of battery life as much as 20% have been reported by iPhone users who updated to iOS 4.3.
Wireless Watch Japan Still Open for Business - We were pleased to see that our friends at Wireless Watch Japan are still up and running in the face of great challenges. Editors wrote, "We are OK and continue to juggle increased personal and professional demands as result of the current crisis." Wireless Watch Japan is the original, independent English news source on Japan's mobile industry. We send them our good wishes and prayers.
Full news stories today include updates for Samsung Galaxy S (Samsung Epic 4G, Samsung Transform, and Samsung Galaxy Tab). AT&T is stopping unauthorized tethering, and Wirefly has a special deal on the HTC ThunderBolt.