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I had a chance to sit down and spend a few minutes playing with the HTC EVO at CTIA. Previously touted as the Supersonic, the phone had rather lofty expectations to live up to. It delivered. Right off the bat, my first impression was that the phone had a substantial...

The "Supersonic" that had been running through the rumor mill was officially announced by Sprint as the HTC EVO 4G. It had everything rumored, and more. WiMax 4.3-inch 480x800 TFT screen 1GHz Snapdragon processor 1GB built-in memory and 512MB RAM 8-megapixel camera with flash 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera 720p video recording...

Just left the keynote from Samsung and spent a few minutes playing with the Galaxy S. Words cannot describe just how sharp and bright the screen is. SuperAMOLED really is that — SUPER. The 4-inch screen is the most crisp image ever seen on a handset. We watched a few...

AT&T officially announced what most had anticipated for months: the Motorola BACKFLIP would land on their network for $99 the following month. It marked the moment all four major US carriers had an Android handset in their lineup. The BACKFLIP featured a 3.1-inch touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera with flash, HSPA...

HTC unveiled the successor to last year's Hero handset at Mobile World Congress. Called the Legend, it delivered on just about everything expected. It carried a similar form factor to the Hero with its slight chin, but got an overall performance boost. If last year's handset stood out with its...

The official HTC announcements came and went at Mobile World Congress 2010, leaving us a few Android handsets in their wake. First up was the new flagship, the Desire. Long touted as the Bravo, it came with a large 3.7-inch AMOLED WVGA display, an optical joystick, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor,...

Chinese handset maker Huawei came to Barcelona not just to observe, but to announce. They pulled the curtain back on four brand new Android handsets: the U8300, U8100, U8110, and U8800. In addition, they also announced an Android-based internet device, the SmaKit S7. Here's a quick look at each. U8300...

The CLIQ's slimmer sibling, the CLIQ XT, was announced by Motorola at Mobile World Congress. The CLIQ XT is a touch-only device, bearing many of the same features as the original CLIQ including screen size, resolution, camera, MOTOBLUR, and Android 1.5. Upgrades include an LED flash, dual microphones for noise...

Sony Ericsson officially announced their Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro handsets at Mobile World Congress. Both are smaller versions of their forthcoming Xperia X10 and run Android 1.5 on a 600MHz processor. Although slower than the Xperia X10, they are still slightly faster than the first generation of...