Gadget Venue

AT&T [T] today pushed out a press release detailing new wireless data plans which they say aim to make mobile broadband/internet access cheaper.

Plans start with a $15/month entry plan or a $25/month plan with 10 times more data ie, 200MB vs 2GB. The plans will not be forced on users unless they want or need to sign a new contract, ie when getting a new phone for example.
out a contract extension.

“AT&T helps mobilize everything on the Internet – your favourite web sites, TV shows, music, games and social networks. Virtually everything previously done while sitting at a computer can now be done on the go,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “To give more people the opportunity to experience these benefits, we’re breaking free from the traditional ‘one-size-fits-all’ pricing model and making the mobile Internet more affordable to a greater number of people.”

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Motorola is attempting to update all of it’s Android smartphones to Android 2.1 as quickly as possible. The Motorola DROID has finished this cycle and all devices (other than rooted) should be running the latest version of the Android OS (latest if you don’t count Android 2.2 which isn’t officially out just yet).

The new roadmap shows a few more specific dates for a few of the Android handsets. Currently on the top of the list is the Motorola MILESTONE which is the DROID out of the US. These updates are still in progress with Europe, Asia-Pacific and Canada all in progress and Latin America beginning any time this month. [Read more…]

BGR is reporting that AT&T [T] is sending out engineers to corporate store locations to plan and set up new kinds of display in preparation for the next generation Apple iPhone that we are expecting to hear details about next week.

Not much is known about the new displays other than they are a “new kind of display” which we suspect is for the launch of the new handset. [Read more…]

The Samsung Galaxy S is set to launch in 110 countries around the globe on the same day. The exact date isn’t known but is believed to be sometime this month (ie, June).

We already have seen Vodafone in the UK put up a page about the Samsung Galaxy S heading to it’s network. We also saw Amazon in Germany recently setup a pre-order page for the smartphone.

The Samsung Galaxy S is an impressive device. It has a super crisp display known as the Samsung Super AMOLED that uses a new technique to work. The Galaxy S is also fast, perhaps three times faster at rendering triangles than the Google Nexus One. This is thanks to the Hummingbird Chip that it uses inside. [Read more…]

Android Guys managed to get hold of some pictures of what is believed to be the HTC Aria smartphone.

The HTC Aria runs the Android 2.1 operating system and also has the usual HTC Sense UI coded in to the Android OS. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera. The tipster who contacted Android Guys with the images also commented saying it’s the smallest Android device they have seen yet.

It appears that the HTC Aria has either a 2.5 inch or 2.8 inch LCD screen, we assume capacitive as this is an Android device. [Read more…]

We literally just mentioned that the HTC EVO 4G was available off-contract for $549 direct from the HTC online store. We then come across iFixit who have done a complete teardown of the HTC EVO 4G to see exactly what’s inside and what makes it function the way it does.

iFixit are well known in the Gadget world for taking apart high end gadgets, often Apple [AAPL] products, but anything with a high price tag. The latest teardown was made possible because of Google [GOOG] handing out free HTC EVO 4G’s at the Google I/O event that was held recently. The iFixit team managed to get one of the EVO’s and take it home to carve it apart.

iFixit say that the EVO 4G was an easy phone to take apart. All that was required was removing the back cover and then unfastening 6 Torx screws to reveal the insides. [Read more…]

HTC is selling the HTC EVO 4G direct from their website with a price tag of $549.99. The handset has no contract allowing you to get a cheaper plan due to not having a subsidised device to support.

As well as being able to buy the handset off contract, there is also an option to buy the phone with a Sprint contract which brings the price down to $199.99 although you’ll be locked in for two years on that contract.

The HTC EVO 4G is a high-end smartphone that has a lot of advanced features. The device has a large 4.3 inch TFT display that can display 480 x 800 pixels. The device is powered by a 1GHz snapdragon processor provided by Qualcomm. For storage it has 1GB of memory built in along with 512MB of RAM. [Read more…]

The LG Town GT530 has been designed for those who like to keep in contact either via text messages or via social networks. The device has a slide out QWERTY keyboard and includes social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook to let users easily keep in touch.

The LG Town uses a live social network feed that brings the contents of Facebook and Twitter together in to a single stream that can be easily viewed and interacted with when needed.

The LG Town has a 3 inch wide touchscreen display that allows for a single tap on the screens refresh button to update the social feed. [Read more…]

After several leaks regarding the next generation iPhone 4G, we again see another leak has surfaced. This time it’s for a spare part which we haven’t seen before. The spare part is a sub-frame assembly that is basically the centre part of the iPhone 4G that holds the thing together.

The site, iPhone Portugal, managed to purchase the sub-frame from China and have the part(s) delivered to them. Confirmation of them being genuine will be hard to achieve. ZDNet point out that no Apple [AAPL] logo can be found on the subframe and that it potentially could be just a knock off although the quality does look to be of a premium product standard. [Read more…]