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Grab the Motorola Triumph a few days early at Best Buy

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The Motorola Triumph is not supposed to be available until July 20th, but if you can’t wait to get your hands on one, there are reports that Best Buy Mobile might sell you one now.

I believe the Triumph is one of those “sleeper” phones. The prepaid arena generally has a lot of low end phones, but the Triumph sports a 1GHz processor, a 4.1-inch (800 x 480) screen, and front and rear cameras for $300 with no contract. The only downside is it comes with Android 2.2 Froyo, but if I was in the market for a prepaid phone, this is the one I would be buying.

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More info on the Samsung Slider headed to Verizon

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A couple of weeks ago we showed you leaked photos of an unannounced Samsung slider headed to Verizon. We have some more pics, and although it still looks like an Epic 4G, there are some differences with the keyboard. The shift and fn buttons have been moved, the Internet shortcut key is new, and the emoticon key has been moved to secondary status on the space bar.

The screen has been described as “awesome” and it just might be Super AMOLED Plus. The rear camera is a 5MP and the front is 1.3MP. You will notice the 4G LTE in the status bar, which would make this the first 4G slider on Verizon. Remember, the Droid 3 is only 3G.

Another nice surprise is that it has Android 2.3.4, while most phones on Gingerbread are only at 2.3.3.

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Sprint Samsung Replenish to get a bug fix update July 18

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According to the above leaked document, it looks like the Samsung Replenish will be getting a small update tomorrow, but it won’t be Gingerbread. This update will, however, take care of some bugs which is more important in my opinion.

Some of the changes include enhancements to the LED, a fix that sounds the roaming alert before roaming is activated, and a fix for the issue of the ##RTN# attribute resetting to all zeros.

This update is Baseband version: S:M580.06 x.EF27 and the Build number is FROYO,EF27.

[via androidcentral]

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro passes through FCC, brings slide out style and pics along

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Oh, Sony Ericsson… when will you learn? In the latest leak from the pages of the FCC, we’ve got the latest Xperia device. It’s a Mini Pro, and it’s bringing a slide out keyboard to the game. THe device appears to be on the books for a Q3 release this year, and is probably the 900 / 2100MHz device we’ve been hearing rumors about for a bit now. Sadly, that means not a whole lot of 3G action here state-side, but that doesn’t mean it can’t function as a great little 2G device. 2G… isn’t that what all the club-going hipster kids are using now?

Be sure to hit the break for a full gallery, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments below!

iRiver Vanilla Android phone and Tab tablet leak, remind us of days gone by (in a bad way)

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A few weeks ago, the world saw a leak of the iRiver MX100, and didn’t quite know what to think. Today, more info leaks, and the confusion is no clearer. Apparently, the tablet will have a little smartphone brother, and we’ve got the scoop. The tablet will be dubbed “Vanilla”, while the smartphone will have the wildly outrageous name “Vanilla”. Having trouble picking up on the sarcasm? That’s okay… we’ll wait.

Both devices will have Android 2.2… that’s right, folks… last year’s latest and greatest. The specs aren’t exactly dressed to impress either, with the tablet sporting a 7-inch LCD and a 1GHz Hummingbird CPU, along with a 5MP camera and up to 32GB of expandable storage. Oh, and Bluetooth, as well. The Vanilla phone, however, takes up the rear in the specs race with a 3.5″ QVGA LCD display, wifi, GPS, bluetooth, and a whopping 4GB of storage. Processor? Yeah, we’d like to know, too.

So, folks, it looks like iRiver won’t be wowing any crowds with these new devices, but I don’t suppose that’s what anyone was expecting in the first place. Be sure to sound off with your opinions in the comments.

[via engadget]

U.S. Cellular Q3/Q4 roadmap includes the Motorola Electrify (aka Photon) plus 10 other Android phones

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Back in June, we reported that U.S. Cellular would be launching 7 new Android phones and 1 tablet by the end of 2011. Well their Q3 and Q4 roadmap leaked, and it features 11 Android phones as well as the HTC Flyer.

The Motorola Electrify arrives in October and it appears to be the Photon which launches July 31 on T-Mobile. It has a 4.3-inch display, dual-core processor, 8MP rear camera, VGA front camera, HDMI output to 1080p, DLNA, Swype, and the ability to use GSM networks overseas.

The LG 855 will launch in September which happens to be the Optimus Black. It has a 4-inch Nova display, a 1GHz processor, 5MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, and Android 2.3.

The rest of the lineup includes the HTC Desire II, HTC Wildfire S (both for October), and the Huawei Ascend II for November

We did not receive marketing slides for two Samsung phones: the Samsung Character for July and the Repp for October. We will let you know when we hear more.

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LG Optimus Pro revealed with QWERTY keyboard

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The LG Optimus Pro has suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It is a Droid Pro style handset with a full QWERTY keyboard. It features a 2.8-inch (320 x 240) screen, Android 2.3, a 3MP camera, quad band with edge, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

There are reports that it is already on sale in Italy for €169. Check out more pictures after the break.

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Samsung Galaxy S II with Tegra 2 passes through FCC

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Back in March, a Samsung Galaxy S II with a model number of I9100 passed through the FCC with AT&T compatible bands. Now we have another Galaxy S II, which also has AT&T bands, but sports a Tegra 2 chip, and has a model number of GT-I9103. The I9100 has the Exynos chip, which is found in all 3 million Galaxy S II’s that have sold to date worldwide.

So the big question is which one ends up on AT&T? It appears the choice of going with a Tegra 2 is not for performance, but more likely for cost or supply issues. Other than AT&T, either of these could also wind up in Canada or Russia. Stay tuned.

[via engadget]


Sony releases 2nd teaser video for the upcoming S1 & S2 tablets, S2 caught on video

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Last month, Sony released a teaser video for their upcoming S1 and S2 tablets. They just released part 2, which shows us a little more, but not a whole lot more. They are supposedly planning 3 more episodes which, I am sure, will progressively show us more. Thankfully a quick hands on video of the S2 surfaced to give us a little more of a taste as we continue to wait.

The S2 is a clamshell design that features dual 5.5-inch screens, and the S1 will be a more traditional 10-inch tablet. We expect to see them released in the fall.

Hit the jump for both parts of the Sony teasers and to see the separate video of the S2 in all its glory for 19 seconds.

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Motorola Droid Bionic landing August 4?

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We already know that the Droid Bionic passed the FCC last week, so we projected the launch date to be somewhere between July 28th – August 18. It looks like we are right on target because the above leaked image shows August 4th, but we are hoping there still might be a chance that direct fill orders will start July 28th. The long drawn out saga of the Droid Bionic will finally be over soon folks. The question is will this phone live up to the hype?

You will also notice that the Droid 3 is confirmed again for the July 14th launch. Expect an official announcement on that any day now since direct fill starts in two days.

[via androidcentral]

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