Engadget Mobile http://mobile.engadget.com Engadget Mobile http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget Mobile http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Microsoft takes a note from Palm in new Windows Phone 7 Series ad]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/microsoft-takes-a-note-from-palm-in-new-windows-phone-7-series-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/microsoft-takes-a-note-from-palm-in-new-windows-phone-7-series-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/microsoft-takes-a-note-from-palm-in-new-windows-phone-7-series-a/#comments We've held no punches in sharing our thoughts on Palm's recent ad campaigns, but the one spot that was actually not heinous has seemingly served as the basis for one of Microsoft's first-ever WP7S commercials. Debuting here at the tail-end of MIX, the ad spotlights Anna -- a fictitious gal we've certainly heard of before -- using her new smartphone to share photos with her dear lover Miles. It also features Luca, a kid with an undying love for playing Xbox LIVE titles, who seems to be caught somewhere in between the world of nature and nurture. At any rate, it's worth your while to give the new Microsoft commercial and the Palm ad which it has oh-so-much in common with right after the break.

Oh, and Palm -- we guess "Windows Phone 7 Series was your idea," right?

[Thanks, Sean]

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Microsoft takes a note from Palm in new Windows Phone 7 Series ad originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adadvertisementadvertisingannacommercialcopycatmarketingmetromicrosoftmilesmixmix 10mix 2010Mix10Mix2010operating systemOperatingSystemospalmpalm pixipalm prePalmPixiPalmPrepixismartphonesoftwareweboswindowswindows phonewindows phone 7windows phone 7 seriesWindowsPhoneWindowsPhone7WindowsPhone7Serieswp7sThu, 18 Mar 2010 11:36:00 EST<![CDATA[RIM BlackBerry 'T' (Talladega?) slider launching next month?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/rim-blackberry-t-talladega-slider-launching-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/rim-blackberry-t-talladega-slider-launching-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/rim-blackberry-t-talladega-slider-launching-next-month/#comments Hang with us for a sec as we conjure up a speculative device from a sordid collection of rumors. By now we've all seen the leaked BlackBerry slider right? How about the "Mr. T" phone, heard of that? Maybe you've heard of it by its other codename of Talladega? The connection here is that all of these devices are thought to be one and the same although that's definitely not confirmed by any stretch.

Things got a bit more interesting today after a loose-lipped CEO of a RIM parts supplier (Woojeon & Handan) mentioned a brand new BlackBerry "T" phone launching next month during an interview posted on joins.com (a popular Korean news site). According to our translation or the Korean jibba jabba:
"The Canadian company RIM famous for BlackBerry smartphones is releasing a new model next month. Known as the "T," The new model is an ambitious product aimed at competing against iPhone's storm of success. Rim will present it ("T") as its flagship model to compete in global markets such as the U.S. and Europe."
Funny, we thought that the original Storm was RIM's answer to the iPhone. Anywho, Reuters picked up on the Woojeon & Handan interview today but shied away from mentioning the name or the "next month" timing, saying only that W&H would supply parts for a new RIM product to be released later this year. With any luck, we'll get a full reveal of the mythical BB slider next week with the kickoff of the big CTIA show.

[Thanks, Frank]

RIM BlackBerry 'T' (Talladega?) slider launching next month? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AT&T zeroes in on energy waste with Zero cellphone charger originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ac outletAcOutletATTchargechargerchargerschargingeco-friendlyelectricityenergygreenplugUSBvampire powerVampirePowerThu, 18 Mar 2010 05:48:00 EST<![CDATA[Verizon's Incredible new phone may be in stores within 'two weeks']]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/verizons-incredible-new-phone-may-be-in-stores-within-two-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/verizons-incredible-new-phone-may-be-in-stores-within-two-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/verizons-incredible-new-phone-may-be-in-stores-within-two-week/#comments It's a mighty aggressive schedule for a handset that hasn't even been announced yet, but the latest scuttlebutt regarding the HTC Incredible suggests that the phone will make its debut on Verizon's airwaves about two weeks from now. It was already known that the Incredible was destined for a rendezvous with Big Red, but this latest word solidifies and specifies that future nicely -- and it's claimed to come directly from internal sources at Verizon. There's also further mention of 512MB of DRAM allied to a downclocked Snapdragon CPU (capable of 1GHz, running at 768MHz), an 8 megapixel camera, a 1,300 mAh battery, and body dimensions almost indistinguishable from those belonging to the Nexus One. Good thing too, since Verizon is still keeping us waiting on a mysterious Spring release of Google's own-brand phone. We get the feeling Android 2.1 and the new Sense UI will fill that gap nicely, however, and if you really must have that 1GHz speed, there are ways to achieve such things too.

[Thanks, Carson R.]

Verizon's Incredible new phone may be in stores within 'two weeks' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC responds to Apple's patent lawsuit, will 'fully defend itself' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applehtclawsuitlegalpatentThu, 18 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST<![CDATA[Windows Phone 7 Series' cutting room floor is an extravaganza of bright colors and chunky fonts]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-cutting-room-floor-is-an-extravaganza-of/#comments It's hard to argue that Windows Phone 7 Series' Metro UI concept isn't utterly unique in the mobile world, but it was wasn't the only option Microsoft considered -- far from it, in fact. The company has published a bunch a design concepts it churned through on its wild, wacky journey to finalizing Metro as we know it today, and one thing's for certain: they'd clearly planned on simple, square lines, partially-obscured typography, and in-your-face colors pretty much from day one. After careful consideration of everything they've got here, we still think we like the production design best, but that's kind of besides the point -- why, pray tell, couldn't these have just been user-selectable themes?

Windows Phone 7 Series' cutting room floor is an extravaganza of bright colors and chunky fonts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>conceptconceptsdesigndesign conceptdesign conceptsDesignConceptDesignConceptsmicrosoftmockupmockupswindows phonewindows phone 7windows phone 7 seriesWindowsPhoneWindowsPhone7WindowsPhone7Serieswp7sWed, 17 Mar 2010 23:02:00 EST<![CDATA[Microsoft on copy and paste in Windows Phone 7 Series: 'people don't do that']]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/microsoft-on-copy-and-paste-in-windows-phone-7-series-people-d/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/microsoft-on-copy-and-paste-in-windows-phone-7-series-people-d/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/microsoft-on-copy-and-paste-in-windows-phone-7-series-people-d/#comments Microsoft certainly set off a firestorm of controversy yesterday with the revelation that Windows Phone 7 Series won't have copy and paste, since it doesn't necessarily line up with what the company has said in private before -- and the issue seems to have gotten even more clouded as people have started hacking around the emulator. So let's set the record straight on what we were told, since it wasn't ambiguous in any way: Microsoft says leaving clipboard operations out was a conscious design decision based on user research showing that people don't actually use copy and paste very often, and that instead 7 Series features a systemwide data detection service which recognizes things like phone numbers and addresses so you can take action on them. Third-party apps can hook into this service, so that an email address can be routed to the email client of your choice, but there's no copy and paste functionality. We specifically asked about Office and OneNote, and we were told that Microsoft's research shows that people mostly want to view and comment on documents, not move things around. We also specifically asked if copy and paste was coming later and were told no, although we'd guess that it's at least being worked on for a future version. Don't take it from us, though -- listen to Microsoft's Todd Brix for yourself:

Microsoft on copy and paste in Windows Phone 7 Series: 'people don't do that' originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>clipboardcopy and pasteCopyAndPastemicrosoftmixmix 10Mix10todd brixToddBrixWindows Phonewindows phone 7windows phone 7 seriesWindowsPhoneWindowsPhone7WindowsPhone7SeriesWed, 17 Mar 2010 21:56:00 EST<![CDATA[Windows Phone 7 Series multitasking: the real deal]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-multitasking-the-real-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-multitasking-the-real-deal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-7-series-multitasking-the-real-deal/#comments We've definitely learned a ton about Windows Phone 7 Series here at MIX, but getting the full picture on multitasking has been difficult, since the OS isn't ready, no one has final hardware, and the emulator seems to behave differently than actual devices and Microsoft's descriptions. So let's set the record straight on multitasking: it's not going to happen, at least not in the traditional way. Not only have we directly confirmed this with Microsoft executives several times, but the developer sessions here are totally clear on the matter -- you don't tell 1000+ devs that they should expect their apps to be killed whenever the user switches away from them if you don't mean it. Now, that's not to say that the OS can't do multitasking: first-party apps like the Zune player and IE can run in the background, and third-party apps are actually left running in a suspended state (Microsoft calls it "dehydrated") as long as the system doesn't need any additional resources. If the user cycles back to an app, it's resumed ("rehydrated") and life continues merrily along, but if the user opens other apps and the system needs additional resources, the app is killed without any indication or remorse.

If that sounds familiar, it's because it's basically a single-tasking riff on Android and Windows Mobile 6, both of which also purport to intelligently manage multiple running applications like this, and both of which usually find themselves greatly improved with manual task managers. We'll have to see if Windows Phone 7 Series can do a better job once it ships -- we have a feeling it will -- and later down the line we'll see if Microsoft decides to extend multitasking to third-party apps. But for now, just know that you're not going to be running Pandora in the background while you do other tasks on a 7 Series device -- it is a question we have specifically asked, and the answer, unfortunately, is no.

P.S. Still don't believe us? Hear it for yourself directly from Microsoft's Todd Brix:

Windows Phone 7 Series multitasking: the real deal originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Also, sometimes you find yourself in a Vegas hotel the day after the Vegas club, nursing your brutal headache and desperately seeking a second opportunity to film that hot unreleased game with a better camera. Video of that is after the break, too.

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Windows Phone 7 Series gaming, all up in the club (video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's been a year or so since RIM announced that push APIs had become available to its Alliance Program members, and now it looks like the rest of us are finally able to get in on the action (at least those of us who are BlackBerry devs). Starting today, access comes in two packages: either BlackBerry Push Essentials (the free version) or BlackBerry Push Plus with a number of tiers that reflect different options and price points. So, what are you waiting for? If it's good enough to implement in Weather Bug Elite it's good enough for your application, right? Hit the source link to get started.

BlackBerry push framework now available to all developers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>apiblackberryblackberry osBlackberryOspushresearch in motionResearchInMotionrimWed, 17 Mar 2010 15:47:00 EST<![CDATA[Make it four: Google's Nexus One coming to Sprint]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/make-it-four-googles-nexus-one-coming-to-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/make-it-four-googles-nexus-one-coming-to-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/make-it-four-googles-nexus-one-coming-to-sprint/#comments Making the rounds, are we Google? Just over 24 hours after we saw an AT&T-friendly Nexus One go on sale, along come Sprint yelling "me too!" at the top of its lungs. Today marks the day that Google's first-ever smartphone now has at least a holding place on all four of the major US carriers, with T-Mobile nabbing it first and Verizon users still waiting for that vague "spring release." Unfortunately, Sprint's making us wait when it comes to finding out an exact price and release date, but at least we're assured that both are coming "soon."

Make it four: Google's Nexus One coming to Sprint originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Droid's Android 2.1 update going to 'a small number' of users tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Palm might be able to use a bit of good news right about now, but it looks like it may not be able to count on that coming from AT&T. As AllThingsD's John Paczkowski reports, Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek is now saying that Palm's still as yet unconfirmed launch on AT&T has been pushed back from its rumored April debut to June or July. What's more, Misek says that the delay isn't one of the usual variety, with AT&T reportedly citing a "long list of technical issues with the Pre and Pixi," and even going so far as to decrease its initial order size and "sharply reduce" its marketing budget for the launch. Of course, we are still taking about a rumored delay to an unconfirmed launch, but we should be hearing directly from Palm soon enough -- it's scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings after Thursday's closing bell.

Palm's AT&T launch pushed back to summer? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google issues statement on Nexus One sales, touts Android Market's 30,000 apps originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows Phone 7 Series preview, MIX10 edition originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hands-onmicrosoftmixmix10windows phonewindows phone 7windows phone 7 seriesWindowsPhoneWindowsPhone7WindowsPhone7Serieswp7sWed, 17 Mar 2010 13:22:00 EST<![CDATA[Windows Phone Marketplace can remotely revoke app licenses]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-marketplace-can-remotely-revoke-app-licenses/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-marketplace-can-remotely-revoke-app-licenses/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/windows-phone-marketplace-can-remotely-revoke-app-licenses/#commentsSpeaking at a MIX10 session about Windows Phone 7 Series architecture this morning, Microsoft's Istvan Cseri mentioned that the Windows Phone Marketplace -- the one and only clearinghouse for apps in WP7S -- will be able to remotely revoke licenses. Since devices will only run properly-licensed apps, this effectively means the company will be able to shut down apps remotely -- a capability they'd probably invoke if a Marketplace app were to badly misbehave en masse, for example. To put it bluntly, Cseri says that apps simply aren't in control of their own life cycle; the user controls installation and removal while the Marketplace ensures that the license is valid.

On a related note, we know that Microsoft has a series of not-yet-finalized "business, technical, and content" guidelines for accepting and rejecting apps submitted to the Marketplace, and we've got a particularly interesting case: apps are being "discouraged" from using the phone's Back button. They're being so strongly discouraged, in fact, that Todd Brix -- senior director of mobile platform services product management at the company -- told us that apps can and will be straight-up rejected for using Back for anything but dismissing dialog boxes. We won't know the full rulebook until Microsoft releases it in May -- but in the meantime, don't bother making anything too controversial with those free tools, eh?

Windows Phone Marketplace can remotely revoke app licenses originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

WiMAX-enabled HTC Supersonic rumored to debut on Sprint at CTIA originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Navigon chops MobileNavigator into three regions, pick any one for $30 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Miguel]

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HTC Desire shows up in slinky silver (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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P.S. They're just demo SIMs, but we're sure the poor PR folks babysitting the devices would appreciate it if you didn't call the numbers, okay? Be nice.

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Yes, Windows Phone 7 Series can make a phone call originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola CLIQ XT comes to T-Mobile for $129.99 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows Phone 7 Series will have themes... sort of originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google says Android should 'flourish' in China, effectively concedes a point originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows Phone 7 Series device from Samsung is just a hacked i8910 HD originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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T-Mobile goes official with HTC HD2 launch details: March 24th for $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hd2htchtc hd2HtcHd2t mobilet-mobileTMobilewindows mobilewindows mobile 6.5.3windows phone 7WindowsMobileWindowsMobile6.5.3WindowsPhone7Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:00 EST<![CDATA[Verizon posts Android 2.1 upgrade details for Droid]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/verizon-posts-android-2-1-upgrade-details-for-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/verizon-posts-android-2-1-upgrade-details-for-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/verizon-posts-android-2-1-upgrade-details-for-droid/#comments Chatter over the Milestone's impending Android 2.1 update has reached a rolling boil in recent days, but it's actually the Milestone's American cousin that's getting the official coverage today. That's right: Verizon's just posted details on the Droid's upgrade to Google's latest and greatest cut, and you've got the expected host of goodies including the new 3D Gallery app, voice-to-text, news and weather widgets, pinch-to-zoom support, "improved" pattern lock, and -- get this -- live wallpapers, something we'd originally thought Motorola might leave out. It appears to lack the Nexus One's 3D app launcher (which we'd expected), but it's still pure gold for owners. Let us know when you've gotten it, eh?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Update: Leaked documentation indicates we'll see this start to get rolled out in batches of 250,000 at a time starting on Thursday -- not too long of a wait (unless you're in the very last batch, that is).

Verizon posts Android 2.1 upgrade details for Droid originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidandroid 2.1Android2.1droideclairmotomotorolaupdateupgradeverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvzwTue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:00 EST<![CDATA[Windows Phone 7 Series won't have copy and paste]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/windows-phone-7-series-wont-have-copy-and-paste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/windows-phone-7-series-wont-have-copy-and-paste/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/windows-phone-7-series-wont-have-copy-and-paste/#comments Ready for another long, drawn-out copy and paste controversy to overtake your every waking moment for a year or two? Good: Microsoft just mentioned in a Q&A session here at MIX10 in no uncertain terms that clipboard operations won't be supported on Windows Phone 7 Series... so that's that. Kind of ironic considering that the WinMo of old has been enjoying the functionality since time immemorial, isn't it? Of course, anything is possible going forward -- they've said on several occasions in different talks and sessions this week that they're already looking at a number of enhancements that were scoped out of the initial release of the platform -- but for the phones you buy this holiday season, don't expect to be copying anything between apps.

Update: We just super-double-ultra-plus-confirmed this with Microsoft -- Windows Phone 7 Series will not have copy and paste functionality. There is a data-detection service built into the text-handling API that will recognize phone numbers and addresses, but Microsoft says most users, including Office users, don't really need clipboard functionality. We... respectfully disagree? Sure, let's leave it at that.

Windows Phone 7 Series won't have copy and paste originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola already said that its new CLIQ XT Android phone would be available sometime this month when it let us get our hands on the phone last week, but it unfortunately didn't get very specific about an actual date or a price. If this seemingly authentic slide obtained by TmoToday is any indication, however, it looks like the Blur-skinned handset will hit retail on March 17th (tomorrow), and run $99 on a two-year contract (or $199 for a year). That places it right in line with the current pricing of the original CLIQ, which would seem to be prime for a price drop if it's sticking around.

Leaked slide points to March 17th launch, $99 price for Motorola CLIQ XT originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Nexus One hits for AT&T and Rogers 3G bands originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks for the translation, Didier]

Samsung acquires 'Android' trademark for mobile hardware sales in Korea originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidcompetitionintellectual propertyIntellectualPropertyipip lawIpLawkoreakorean lawKoreanLawlawlegallgmobile hardwareMobileHardwaresamsungsouth koreaSouthKoreatrademarkTue, 16 Mar 2010 11:26:00 EST<![CDATA[AirStash brings the WiFi, neglects the storage, for a cent under $100]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/airstash-brings-the-wifi-neglects-the-storage-for-a-cent-under/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/airstash-brings-the-wifi-neglects-the-storage-for-a-cent-under/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/airstash-brings-the-wifi-neglects-the-storage-for-a-cent-under/#comments When we last saw the AirStash, it was keeping its mystique about it and refusing to disclose any salient details beyond the fact that it'll function as a wireless SD/SDHC card reader. Today, the fog of war is lifted with the news that the AirStash is now officially on sale for $99.99, and will come with a battery good for five hours of continuous data streaming. Marketed primarily at iPhone OS devices, it creates a wireless network that allows any WiFi and browser-equipped computer to access the storage cards within it. The UI is built around HTML5 and recharging is done via a USB connection, which also turns the AirStash into a simple SDHC card adapter when plugged in. Check out our hands-on with it from CES over here and look for a full review coming up shortly. We do care so very deeply our portable storage.

AirStash brings the WiFi, neglects the storage, for a cent under $100 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>airstashapplecard readerCardReaderflash driveFlashDrivehtml5iphoneiphone osIphoneOsmemory card readerMemoryCardReadersdsdhcusbusb driveUsbDrivewearable incWearableIncwifiwirelessTue, 16 Mar 2010 10:19:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia: MeeGo "door is not closed" on N900]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/nokia-meego-door-is-not-closed-on-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/nokia-meego-door-is-not-closed-on-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/nokia-meego-door-is-not-closed-on-n900/#comments Now that we have clarity with regard to a Windows Phone 7 update on the HD2 (sorry, folks), let's move on to the next contentious platform: Nokia's N900 and MeeGo. As Nokia's only Cortex-A8 handset, there's plenty of hope that Nokia sees fit to upgrade the N900 to MeeGo once the unified Maemo and Moblin OS is ready for consumers. Hope all but crushed yesterday after CNET reported the following from an unnamed, but apparently official Nokia source:
"Maemo on Nokia N900 is not upgradeable to MeeGo."
We ran this past Ray Haddow, Senior Manager within Nokia Communications who took the quote back to the project team in Finland. According to Ray, the "the door is not closed" with regard to MeeGo on the N900 -- a final decision has not been made. This also echos the words of Valtteri Halla when he announced the MeeGo repository in early March. In response to questions at the time, this one-bodied half of the MeeGo Technical Steering Group had this to day:
"N900 is a natural tool for Nokia to drive MeeGo support for our designs and for the ARM CPU architecture in general. We want to have baseline HW that is powerful, easily available for anyone and form-factor stuff so that one HW works for most platform and application development needs.

That said, please do not take this yet as a commitment to fully productise MeeGo on N900. I am quite confident that we will end up having a really good developer distro for N900 already but committing to stabilise a consumer-grade MeeGo 1.0 (first half this year) for N900 is another story. That is a product business decision beyond my scope. Also, we do not yet know about MeeGo 1 release content. I am not yet sure if I would be personally ready to let my Maemo5 go for the first MeeGo release in my daily N900 use. Let's see."
So, looks like another long game of wait and see, eh?

Nokia: MeeGo "door is not closed" on N900 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>maemomoblinn900ray haddowRayHaddowrumorupdateupgradeValtteri HallaValtteriHallaTue, 16 Mar 2010 07:19:00 EST<![CDATA[Apple vs. Google gets personal: 'Steve Jobs simply hates Eric Schmidt' (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/apple-vs-google-gets-personal-steve-jobs-simply-hates-eric-sc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/apple-vs-google-gets-personal-steve-jobs-simply-hates-eric-sc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/apple-vs-google-gets-personal-steve-jobs-simply-hates-eric-sc/#comments
Image Credit: Daniel Adel, New York Times

Nothing sells papers (or ads) like turning a little corporate competition into something personal. Case in point, a New York Times piece from the weekend titled "Apple's Spat With Google Is Getting Personal," that opened with this rather ominous, one-sentence paragraph:
"It looked like the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Cue the orchestra. The lengthy piece chronicling the relationship between the Silicon Valley titans was formed by two dozen interviews with industry watchers, investors, and current and former employees. It covers a timeline spread that began with Google and Apple working in harmony to prevent Microsoft's domination of online services and mobile devices, and ends with Apple's patent lawsuit against HTC that reeks of a proxy battle against Android and Google. According to the NYT then, the heart of the dispute is betrayal, or Jobs' belief that Schmidt (a former Apple board member) "picked his pocket" by developing cellphones that "physically, technologically and spiritually resembled the iPhone." Here's how one especially feisty encounter is described:
"At one particularly heated meeting in 2008 on Google's campus, Mr. Jobs angrily told Google executives that if they deployed a version of multitouch - the popular iPhone feature that allows users to control their devices with flicks of their fingers - he would sue. Two people briefed on the meeting described it as "fierce" and "heated.""
And that's just the beginning. Read the rest after the break.

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Apple vs. Google gets personal: 'Steve Jobs simply hates Eric Schmidt' (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidappleeric schmidtEricSchmidtfightgooglehateiphonejim goldmanJimGoldmanmultitouchsteve jobsSteveJobstim brayTimBrayxmlTue, 16 Mar 2010 06:21:00 EST<![CDATA[Droid Eris rooted to 2.1, but look before you leap]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/droid-eris-rooted-to-2-1-but-look-before-you-leap/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/droid-eris-rooted-to-2-1-but-look-before-you-leap/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/droid-eris-rooted-to-2-1-but-look-before-you-leap/#commentsTired of waiting for Verizon and dissatisfied with a series of recent buggy leaks, the fine folks at XDA Developers were determined to trade their Cupcake-laden Droid Eris for a more toothsome Eclair on their own terms. Yesterday evening, it seems they finally achieved their goal, though not without a caveat or three. If you're still running the stock Android 1.5, it's a simple matter of dropping a ZIP file onto your SD card and restarting your phone; if not, you're completely out of luck. Rooters warn that the hack won't work on phones that have already been flashed to that aforementioned Eris 2.1 leak, and that they haven't yet figured out a way to restore any non-1.5 phones back to factory default. If hacking isn't your daily bread, proceed with caution -- Sense UI may be fancy and all, but chaining your phone forevermore to an unsupported OS just ain't worth it. See what an Eris Eclair looks like after the break.

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Droid Eris rooted to 2.1, but look before you leap originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1.52.1androidAndroid 1.5Android 2.1Android1.5Android2.1CupcakeDroid ErisDroidErisEclairErishackhackedhacksHTCHTC SenseHtcSenserootrootedSense UISenseUiVerizonVerizon WirelessVerizonWirelessTue, 16 Mar 2010 03:28:00 EST<![CDATA[First Data and Tyfone announce partnership for NFC payments by microSD card]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/first-data-and-tyfone-announce-partnership-for-nfc-payments-by-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/first-data-and-tyfone-announce-partnership-for-nfc-payments-by-m/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/first-data-and-tyfone-announce-partnership-for-nfc-payments-by-m/#comments
We've already seen Visa team up with DeviceFidelity to deliver NFC payments via microSD card, and it looks like they now have some company from First Data and Tyfone, who have just announced a partnership of their own to help bring the technology to the cellphone-toting masses. At the heart of their system is Tyfone's SideTap card made by NXP Semiconductors (pictured after the break), which is not only able to function as an actual memory card in addition to a NFC payment device, but should cost about the same as a regular memory card of the same capacity as well. Using a microSD card instead of a phone with built-in NFC technology also cuts out the need for carriers or phone manufacturers to be involved, which is apparently where First Data comes in, as it will responsible for bringing the cards to consumers (in addition to dealing with retailers, carriers and financial institutions). Complete details on a rollout still seem to be a bit up in the air, but the two companies are promising that it will hit the market in the second half of 2010, with trials slated to begin mid-year.

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First Data and Tyfone announce partnership for NFC payments by microSD card originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>contactless paymentcontactless paymentsContactlessPaymentContactlessPaymentsfirst dataFirstDatamobile paymentsMobilePaymentsnfcnfc paymentnfc paymentsNfcPaymentNfcPaymentsnxpNXP SemiconductorsNxpSemiconductorssidetaptyfoneTue, 16 Mar 2010 01:01:00 EST<![CDATA[Olé, Contoso: Windows Phone Marketplace will integrate carrier-branded stores]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/ole-contoso-windows-phone-marketplace-will-integrate-carrier-b/#comments So we noticed this odd "Contoso" label on Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace press image earlier today, and we finally got to the bottom of it: Microsoft's Todd Biggs says it's a placeholder entry for a carrier-branded section of the store -- instead of having a separate portal and / or store, Verizon or AT&T or whoever can simply sell their content to customers directly through Marketplace. So why Contoso? Todd says it's a random trademark owned by Microsoft used in place of carrier names that doesn't actually mean anything, although we think it suggests adventure, white roadsters, and finely-groomed mustachios. And now you know.

Olé, Contoso: Windows Phone Marketplace will integrate carrier-branded stores originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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