It look like those Feb. 10th DROID 4 launch rumors were true. Verizon has finally announced the DROID 4 and it will be hitting shelves this Friday for the reasonable price of $199 with a two-year agreement. The DROID 4 caters to those who still prefer a physical keyboard and features a a five-row QWERTY keyboard with edge-lit keys. It’s by far the most powerful QWERTY keyboard and runs on Verizon’s fast 4G network.
The DROID RAZR and the DROID RAZR MAXX are looking to get an update soon and unfortunately it’s not the one that brings Ice Cream Sandwich. However, it does bring quite a few improvements as you can see from the above image. If you can’t make out what’s new, here’s a nice list for you:
Sprint is hoping to get in on the budget tablet market with its latest announcement of the ZTE Optik, a 7″ Honeycomb tablet that they will be offering for $99 with a 2-year agreement. Contracts aren’t for everybody, but if you don’t mind them, you can get a pretty decent tablet for under $100. The ZTE Optik will be available February 5th and will feature:
It’s really a shame that it took this long for the Samsung Infuse 4G to get an update to Gingerbread. At this point, I’m not sure whether customers will feel relieved, or like they’re the brunt of a cruel joke. No one likes to get updated to a year old software version when a newer one is already out and this has been the thorn in Samsung’s side for quite some time. To make matters worse, AT&T is making users download the latest version of Samsung’s Kies Mini to sideload (which is ironic, since AT&T was once against side-loading) Android 2.3.6 onto their device rather than push the update out OTA. Well, at least Gingerbread is now available, and here’s what you’ll get with the update:
