As reported here on Cell Phones Etc. and across the Web, here’s your daily brief on what happened in the world of mobile phones this Monday, February 28th 2011.
HTC Desire, Desire HD, Desire Z, and Incredible S will get Android Gingerbread in Q2
The title, I guess, already says it all. No official announcement yet, but an HTC spokesperson confirmed the goods news to SlashGear that all these HTC Android handsets will be getting their appropriate Gingerbread updates by Q2 of this year. When exactly, we still don’t know, but at least we know have a timeframe to work on.
Unwiredview
Bell employees start Motorola Atrix training
Why should we be interested in the training schedule of Bell employees? One reason only: the device launch won’t be far behind. As such, this bit of news should be of particular interest to those eagerly awaiting for Motorola’s newest monster phone, the Atrix, to be released in Canada.
Mobilesyrup
MobileNotifier: iPhone alerts improved (video)
What a better notification system for your iPhone that’s less obtrusive? Then you might want to consider going down the jailbreak route and trying out MobileNotifier. As its name suggests, it’s a notifier app, but unlike what the iPhone has by default, it’s less annoying as the notifications pop-up at the top most part of the screen on top of your apps. Head on over to the source for a video demo of it live in action.
Engadget
Nokia’s MeeGo device will be called N950, will be out this year
Despite the adoption of Windows Phone 7, Nokia is still pushing through with their plans to launch a MeeGo-based handset, and it’ll happen this year. The first MeeGo device will be called the Nokia N950 and will serve as the successor of the N900. No picture yet of the actual device, but it was discussed quite a bit at recently concluded Mobile World Congress. As for the N9 which was previously rumored to be the first MeeGo handset, it appears to have been canceled.
GSMArena
HTC Trophy spotted in the wild, sporting Verizon logo
If there’s still any doubt in your mind as to which WP7 handset will be the first device out Verizon’s doors, this snapshot of the HTC Trophy with Verizon branding on it should lay those apprehensions to rest. One important tide bit here, though, is that, according to the tipster who sent in this photo, this comes with an updated version of Windows Phone 7 complete with copy/paste support. No way yet to tell whether that last part is true or not, but we’ll soon find out as this baby is rumored to be launching next month.
Engadget
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