It looks like the Motorola Droid 4 – the phone that Moto labeled as “the thinnest and lightest LTE QWERTY phone” – could be available next week. According to this report at Droid Life, sources said that Verizon will be launching the Droid 4 on February 9.
The Nokia Lumia 900 is now available for pre-orders from Microsoft’s retail stores. For those looking to be one of the first to rock Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phone-powered flagship, a $25 deposit will let you reserve a black or cyan blue Lumia 900, which you’ll get whenever they decide to ship the phone. Final pricing and release dates haven’t been given out for the Lumia 900, but we might have a clue that we’re in for a good deal though. A previous leak mentioned that AT&T will be aggressively priced, possibly going as low as $100 with a contract when it launches in March.
Samsung will be introducing new products during the Mobile World Congress later this month, except for probably the most-awaited one: the Galaxy S III. The company has confirmed that they won’t be launching their 2012 flagship phone at MWC, and will instead launch it at a separate event “in the first half of the year,” when it’s closer to commercial availability.
Samsung has put out another one of their Apple fan-bashing ads under their growing “Next Big Thing” series of ads. Although much of the teaser video looks very familiar (more on that later), it’s a little different this time. Instead of the usual push of the Galaxy S II’s features — compared to whatever Apple’s “new thing” offers — Samsung will be pushing the Galaxy Note.
We’re all familiar with Siri’s issues by now. While the iPhone 4S – and the Siri personal assistant feature that comes with it – has been selling like crack-laced hotcakes all around the world, Siri is still mostly US-centric. Siri is limited to giving you driving directions for US streets, and will currently only recognize the English language. But it doesn’t end there. Evidently, Siri also has a problem with certain accents, as a lot of Scots have discovered. To demonstrate, someone put out this YouTube clip, illustrating just how frustrating it is to talk to Siri when you have a thick accent. [video after the break]
