XOOM and Thunderbolt release dates leaked on Best Buy

By George Wong on 02/04/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

According to the Best Buy – Grand Rapids South profile on Facebook, we now have the release dates for the Motorola XOOM Android tablet and HTC Thunderbolt Android phone! It seems like the XOOM keeps getting pushed back – from 14^th to 17^th and now we have the release date placed on the 24^th. Who knows if it’ll change in the future, but for now it looks to be confirmed. As for the Thunderbolt, it will be released on the 14^th – a full 10 days before its predicted 24^th release date, right smack on Valentine’s day. Sounds like the perfect gift for a loved one. Have you started saving up for the XOOM or Thuderbolt yet, or is the iPhone 4 on your mind?

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

HTC: High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and tablets. The company started as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) that was building devices for others, but went on making HTC-branded smartphones based mostly on Microsoft's Windows operating system (OS) for mobile. In 2009, it began to shift its core focus away from Windows mobile devices to Android-based ones. In 2010 the company went back to the Windows Phone eco-system.

Motorola: Motorola is an American telecommunication company that has been split in two: Motorola Mobility (now a Google company) and Motorola Solutions. Motorola Mobility now focuses on handsets and set top boxes, while Motorola Solutions works on infrastructure and enterprise products. Motorola Mobility's best products are the Motorola RAZR M, RAZR HD, and RAZR Maxx HD. In Europe, Motorola has partnered with Intel to build the Motorola RAZR i.

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