Category: News

PhoneCan Forums Launches!
Aug 2nd
PhoneCan is proud to announce that it has launched its own forum pages!
OK, so really, it's been there for a long time and we forgot to link to it. But it's there. And unlike some other forums, this one will be MODERATED, or in the least, someone wil… more »
Motorola Atrix: Is this what the future looks like?
Jan 11th
CES is finally winding down, and while tech sites are falling over themselves to bring you the latest rumors about a certain phone showing up at Verizon, the real story here is a little phone known as the Atrix. more »
Honeycomb (Android 3.0) announced
Jan 5th
The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing in Las Vegas and while PhoneCan doesn't have anyone there this year, we're doing our best to try and keep up with the flood of new devices and technology. It's a bit overwhelming, and since we can't give yo… more »

Verizon to Launch Lemon... er, Citrus
Nov 10th
To follow up on our October 6, 2010, post about the launch of the Motorola Citrus, a starting-point (read: sub par) Android device with minimal specs that still manages to put the Motorola Devour to shame, today Verizon Wireless announced that the phone… more »

Verizon Launches Samsung Continuum, Q Is Not Amused
Nov 8th
Today, Verizon Wireless announced that they would soon be launching the Samsung Continuum, a Galaxy S smartphone sporting Android 2.1 software. The phone launches at stores and online on November 11, 2010. In related news, Q of the Q Continuum stated… more »

[Update] Verizon to Launch Droid Pro Tomorrow for Online and 'Select Stores'
Nov 8th
This is an update to our overview of the Droid Pro on October 6th.
Verizon announced today that they would be launching the Droid Pro on November 9th, 2010 (tomorrow), as a pre-sale for online customers, and through specific "select Verizon Wireless Co… more »

The Lessons of Wireless: New Series Coming to PhoneCan
Nov 1st
These past few years have seen a lot of change in the wireless market. But possibly the biggest changes have come to the smartphone segment of the business. In 2006, if you were looking for a smartphone - often referred to as "PDA phones" at that time… more »

[Breaking] Android Market hits 100,000 Apps
Oct 25th
Google hasn't released any official press releases on this. In fact, I wouldn't expect to see one. It will probably be dropped into a casual conversation by some Google higher-up in the next few days. But the Android development team has dropped a sem… more »

Angry Birds App Available For Android - FREE!
Oct 17th
@Rhymo worked out great too (once servers recovered) 1M+ downloads first day - RovioMobile, via Twitter And with that, Rovio Mobile announced it had over one million downloads of Angry Birds for Android in it's first day. If you're not familiar w… more »
Skype for Android now available on all Carriers
Oct 5th
Skype, the popular VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) calling app is finally available for download on all phones running either Android OS versions 2.1 (Éclair) or 2.2 (Froyo) Skype offers free calling and chatting between its users and cheap internati… more »