The retail materials for the Windows Phone 7-based smartphone will be available from AT&T stores, according to a retail signage document belonging to the mobile carrier. The document is for a store overhaul on the 24th of July, which could suggest an early launch of the Windows Phone 7 handset.It has been reported that the “QTY:6” label that appears in the retail signage document under Windows Phone 7 does not point to the launch of six devices running on the software. Instead, only two devices with Windows Phone 7 as the OS would be available during the launch.An earlier

We did talk about the Microsoft novelty, the Arch Touch mouse, a couple of weeks back and at that point in time we were almost sure that this MSFT peripheral will not go public before September this year. Well considering that Microsoft hasn’t outed the Arch Touch mouse officially, our predictions were still doing well, but a German website seemingly spoiled the party for us and more so for Microsoft.German website Notebooksbilliger.com was the one that had the MSFT product listed for a while until someone from Microsoft ofcourse pointed out what a blunder had been made and

A picture of a Nexus One handset running version 3.0 of the Android OS, dubbed Gingerbread, has appeared online and has sparked off rumors of the Android 3.0 update already becoming available on certain Google smartphones. However, the authenticity of the picture is yet to be confirmed and many online reports have already sent out warnings stating that the picture could have been photoshopped.The picture shows a Nexus One’s settings page which reveals the firmware version as 3.0. However, while the same page shows the model number of the phone to be a Nexus One, the top and

Various images of the LTE USB modem manufactured by LG for Verizon Wireless, which offers internet connectivity through the carrier’s 4G network, have been leaked online. The device was earlier reported to have been approved by the FCC and is now being said to be in the testing phase.The modem, which has been codenamed VL600, contains Verizon’s 4G SIM card packed inside it that connects to the carrier’s LTE-based network. The device also offers support for EVDO-based 3G through the 1900 MHz and 800 MHz bands, other than the 700 MHz band for accessing the 4G network.Though

The latest Dashboard update is definitely the best of them all. It’s the prettiest, most organized, and most exciting looking one so far. However, with the scrolling windows and multiple layers to the dashboard, it has created problems with gamers. Some would remember one of  the earlier installments of the dashboard and rather then windows they had “blades” that you could scroll through. It seems that Microsoft could possibly be looking back into something as simple as that once more.There is one thing about this update that lets you know how old it is. For

Various new pictures of the upcoming Droid 2 smartphone from Motorola and Verizon have appeared on the Internet. Verizon has also been rumored to release the BlackBerry Curve 3 and Storm 3 handsets and a 10.1-inch tablet device this year as well.The latest Droid 2 picture leaks are of a confidential handset from the company, which clearly show the slider QWERTY keyboard. The Droid 2 has also been rumored to be launched by Verizon in the month of August this year, though the pricing of the device has not been revealed yet.It is also rumored that Verizon will release two BlackBerry

More than two weeks after Microsoft announced that it was halting production of the Kin One and Kin Two phones, within weeks of its release, Verizon has stopped selling the devices through its online store.  It has also been rumored that the stock of unsold Kin phones will be returned.An internal memo from Verizon, which was recently leaked on to the Internet, showed that the carrier had informed its staff that the Kin One and Kin Two handsets would be removed from the carrier’s handset list on July 18. However, it is also mentioned in the memo that current users of the

Pictures of the Motorola WX445 phone, which is yet to be given a better name, have been leaked on the Internet. The phone will become available through Verizon and has been reported to be a low-end device running on the Android OS.The phone is equipped with a touchscreen of a size between 2.5 inches and 3 inches and it does not feature a physical QWERTY keyboard. Android 2.1 is present in the phone as its operating software though other Motorola devices from Verizon such as the Droid X and Droid 2 may get the Android 2.2 update even before the WX445 is launched.It has been

The user guide for the Droid 2 smartphone from Motorola that is soon expected to arrive via Verizon’s network, has been leaked on to the Internet. The manual points to the presence of version 2.2 of the Android OS in the phone during the time of its launch.The leaked pages of the user guide show the Droid 2 to feature the search bar that is part of the Android 2.2 OS. While this adds fuel to earlier rumors of the device shipping with the latest version of Android preloaded in it, other images in the user guide point to Motorola’s own MotoBlur user interface being partnered

Leaked images of the new Nokia N9 QWERTY Slider is circulating in the web. The phone is believed to be having an entirely metallic construction. Only the keyboard buttons, the USB cover and a few other parts are made of plastic.These fresh photos which emerged in China give us memories of an earlier leak which happened in June. The earlier leaked teaser had revealed what was suspected to be N9, Nokia’s first handset to run the MeeGo operating system (which resulted from the merger of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin platforms).Also, earlier reports that had suggested