The 2010 timeline

1. Jan5
   PhonesVerified

   Google unveils the Nexus One

   Google announced its own Android phone, the HTC-built Nexus One, and sold it unlocked from a Google web store for $529, an attempt to bypass carriers that lasted only a few months.

2. Jan12
   PhonesSupported

   Haiti earthquake: text-to-donate raises tens of millions

   After the 12 January earthquake in Haiti, texting HAITI to 90999 gave $10 to the American Red Cross; the campaign raised more than $30 million and showed how mobile phones and social media could mobilise relief.

No events recorded for February in this category.

No events recorded for March in this category.

1. Apr8
   PhonesVerified

   Apple previews iPhone OS 4 with multitasking

   Apple showed iPhone OS 4 (renamed iOS 4 in June) with multitasking, folders and iAd, and changed its developer rules to block apps built with cross-compilers such as Flash CS5's iPhone packager.

2. Apr19
   FeaturedPhonesSupported

   Gizmodo publishes the lost iPhone 4 prototype

   Gizmodo paid $5,000 for an iPhone prototype an Apple engineer left in a bar and published photos and a teardown two months before the launch; police later raided an editor's home.

3. Apr28
   PhonesVerified

   HP agrees to buy Palm for $1.2 billion

   HP acquired the struggling maker of the Pre and webOS, promising tablets and phones; it killed the hardware line 49 days after the TouchPad launched in 2011.

No events recorded for May in this category.

1. Jun2
   PhonesSupported

   AT&T ends unlimited data plans for new smartphone customers

   AT&T replaced its $30 unlimited iPhone data plan with 200 MB for $15 and 2 GB for $25, effective 7 June, the beginning of the end of unlimited mobile data in the US.

2. Jun4
   PhonesVerified

   HTC Evo 4G launches on Sprint

   The first US phone marketed as 4G went on sale with a 4.3-inch screen and Sprint's WiMAX network, months before Verizon's LTE.

3. Jun7
   FeaturedPhonesVerified

   Apple announces the iPhone 4 at WWDC

   Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 with a Retina display, FaceTime and a glass-and-steel design; the Wi-Fi in the packed hall failed during the demo. It went on sale on 24 June and sold 1.7 million in three days.

4. Jun30
   PhonesSupported

   Microsoft kills the Kin after 48 days

   Microsoft discontinued its teen-focused Kin phones less than two months after launch, one of the most abrupt product failures in the industry's history.

1. Jul16
   FeaturedPhonesVerified

   Antennagate: Apple's iPhone 4 press conference

   After weeks of reports that gripping the iPhone 4 dropped its signal, Steve Jobs held a press conference, insisted all phones had weak spots, and offered every buyer a free case.

1. Aug12
   PhonesVerified

   Oracle sues Google over Java in Android

   Oracle filed a patent and copyright lawsuit over Android's use of Java APIs, beginning a case that reached the US Supreme Court in 2021.

No events recorded for September in this category.

1. Oct21
   PhonesVerified

   Windows Phone 7 launches

   Microsoft's rebuilt mobile OS with its Metro live-tile interface reached Europe and Asia on 21 October and the United States on 8 November.

No events recorded for November in this category.

1. Dec5
   PhonesVerified

   Verizon switches on its 4G LTE network

   Verizon launched LTE in 38 US cities for laptop modems, promising 5 to 12 Mbps; LTE phones followed in 2011.

2. Dec16
   PhonesVerified

   The Nexus S launches with Android 2.3 Gingerbread

   Google and Samsung's Nexus S was the first phone with Gingerbread and an NFC chip.