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 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[XPERIA X10 hands-on: lukewarm edition (now with video!)]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/18/xperia-x10-hands-on-lukewarm-edition/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/18/xperia-x10-hands-on-lukewarm-edition/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/18/xperia-x10-hands-on-lukewarm-edition/#comments We've seen the new Android-based XPERIA X10 from Sony Ericsson at a fast pace and a snail's pace, but have we ever seen it so stunningly middle of the road? We just got a chance to play with the phone in person for the second time, and from our random sampling of three or four different handsets, it seems that performance is very contingent upon how much content is loaded into the device and what particular thing it's trying to perform. Sometimes we'd fly through the stacks of faces, while other times we'd sit there waiting for the simplest thumbnails to load up. The good news is that we have until next year to see this thing really come together, and the word is that the software is improving and a rapid pace. The big change about this phone is the "Nexus" UX platform, which actually all takes place in two "apps" at the moment, Timescape and Mediascape. Timescape is an integrated view for social networking and messaging, with an "infinite view" to see all types of communications for a particular person, while Mediascape is a more tame media app with a modicum of internet and social integration. It all seems very logically placed, and we like the fact that SE hasn't really sacrificed the Android experience -- you can still do Gmail and the Android Market and so forth, with very familiar UIs -- but it's going to have to be a lot more bulletproof before it hits the market if Sony Ericsson really expects us to use this day to day. Oh, also: the soft keyboard is terrible. We hear they're working on it, but boy does it need work.

Update: We've added the video below, go check it out!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>featureshands-onsony ericssonSonyEricssonx10xperia x10XperiaX10Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:03:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia N900 quick hands-on]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/#comments We've finally had a chance to play around at length with a very late pre-production version of Nokia's N900 (retail units are already shipping, but not to our neck of the woods just yet) and we wanted to scribble out a few notes for you before taking delivery of a final build for a full review hopefully in the next week or two. Here are some highlights we've noticed so far:
  • Processor, processor, processor. Oh, and did we mention the processor? The N900's Cortex A8-based core yields significant improvements in day-to-day usability over the N810's ARM11 unit.
  • Though it's still quite raw and feature-incomplete, Maemo 5 is by far the most user-friendly version of the platform to date, if for no other reason than the fact that it's very pretty. Screen transitions are smooth and look great, the home screen is as attractive and versatile as any widget-based home screen on the market today, and the Expose-style task switcher is a welcome addition.
  • The N900 may very well offer the best browsing experience of any smartphone on the market today (yes, including the iPhone). What little ground it gives up in user friendliness is more than countered by the fact that you have the closest thing you can get to a desktop-class browser in a device of this size and form factor; it's straight-up Mozilla, after all, and everything renders faithfully. Flash doesn't blaze, but at least the Cortex A8 makes it usable.
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Hardware-wise there's really nothing to complain about on this phone. It's heavy, relatively thin (not iPhone-thin, but just fine), with solid materials and wonderfully tactile face buttons. The screen is everything you'd expect out of an AMOLED display, though high-resolution phones like the Droid dampen that enthusiasm somewhat. One wonderful Samsung addition to the traditional Android experience is a "real" camera button on the side, which can even register half-presses for focus. For someone who doesn't want a physical keyboard, but doesn't want their handset to feel like a toy (sorry, myTouch) there's plenty to love. However, we're more concerned about the software side of things. We're not morally opposed to Samsung adding in TouchWiz, but we are afraid of anything that has the potential to slow down the OS, and on first glance we'd say it's notably less responsive than stock Android. We'll of course be going further in-depth to see just how usable this iteration is, but let us just put this out on the table: a virtual 3D cube to launch media apps is no way "intuitive," "helpful" or "cool." OK, maybe it's kind of cool, but seriously Samsung, stop it. Check out our unboxing below.

Update: We added some video after the break. Behold the cube!

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"DRRRROOOOOOOOID." Okay, we spare you from actually playing the "DROID" alert sound at any point during the podcast, but the fact remains: Verizon's powerhouse from Motorola is a major topic of conversation on this week's show. Dig in!

Hosts: Chris Ziegler, Sean Cooper
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Solvent - Devices and Strategies (Ghostly International)

01:38 - Motorola DROID review
22:15 - Verizon's LG Chocolate Touch skips on the BL40 influence
24:33 - Verizon's DROID ERIS by HTC does Android and keeps it cheap
30:25 - BlackBerry Bold 9700 hands-on and impressions
32:36 - HTC HD2 officially coming to US, out in Europe and Asia today!
36:44 - Telus kicks off HSPA+ network with iPhone November 5th, HTC Hero, LG New Chocolate and more to follow
41:16 - Bell confirms HSPA launch on November 4
53:02 - Listener questions

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>featurespodcastpodcastsMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:45:00 ESTEngadget Mobile Podcast 029Chris Ziegler, Sean Cooper01:16:08podcasts<![CDATA[FCC Fridays]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/06/fcc-fridays/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/06/fcc-fridays/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/06/fcc-fridays/#comments We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!

Phones
Read - Huawei U7517
Read - Huawei G6600
Read - Samsung B5310L
Read - Samsung C3510
Read - Samsung SCH-F339
Read - Pantech P7040
Read - LG GS107a
Read - LG 900G
Read - LG UN430
Read - LG GD350
Read - Panasonic 940P

Peripherals
Read - ZTE MF10
Read - ZTE K4505-Z
Read - Haier HC-CE310

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fccfcc fridayfcc fridaysFccFridayFccFridaysfeaturesfridayFri, 06 Nov 2009 23:54:00 EST<![CDATA[HTC Hero / Eris mega faceoff on video]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/06/htc-hero-eris-mega-faceoff-on-video/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/06/htc-hero-eris-mega-faceoff-on-video/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/06/htc-hero-eris-mega-faceoff-on-video/#comments Now that we've got the DROID ERIS in the mix, we're up to our ears in HTC Hero-derivative devices. We decided to sit the whole crew (GSM, Sprint and Verizon editions) down for a little modeling session, and we're finding ourselves reticent to pick a favorite. There are really plusses and minuses to each of them, but any way you lean it's a pretty good handset with some perhaps overly bulky software, a wonderful pricepoint (on Verizon, anyway) and probably a limited time in the sun with upcoming Android 2.0 devices, faster processors and wild new screens rolling on in. Check the video out after the break and you can make up your own mind.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androiddroid erisDroidEriserisfeatureshands-onherohtchtc heroHtcHerosprintverizonverizon wirelessverizonwirelessFri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:00 EST<![CDATA[iPhone vs DROID multitouch keyboard showdown (video)]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/iphone-vs-droid-multitouch-keyboard-showdown-video/#comments I just dashed off this quick video for my Twitter followers to demonstrate that the DROID doesn't have a multitouch soft keyboard, and pretty much instantly realized that I should probably share it with everyone else, since we've been getting a lot of questions about it. Long story short, while Android 2.0 and the DROID's hardware support multitouch, the device itself doesn't do multitouch out-of-the-box, and the soft keyboard suffers mightily for it. Why it's missing is certainly open for debate, but for now just know that no amount of hoping, wishing, or booze is going to make the stock keyboard register more than one press at a time. Don't despair, though -- while I'm not a fan, Chris Ziegler absolutely flies on this same keyboard on his DROID. Videos after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blackberry 8530blackberry curveBlackberry8530BlackberryCurvechocolatechocolate touchChocolateTouchcurvecurve 8530Curve8530featureshands-onlglg chocolatelg chocolate touchLgChocolateLgChocolateTouchverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessThu, 05 Nov 2009 12:41:00 EST<![CDATA[DROID ERIS hands-on and unboxing!]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/droid-eris-hands-on-and-unboxing/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/droid-eris-hands-on-and-unboxing/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/droid-eris-hands-on-and-unboxing/#comments Hey look, it's a Hero! We've got the brand new DROID ERIS for Verizon in hand, and it's not hard to see which particular family of phones it hails from. Still, Verizon has its own twist on the form factor, almost scoring a compromise between the "shiny" Sprint Hero and the more angular, matte GSM Hero. Confusingly, the capacitive touch buttons along the bottom of the ERIS' screen are a haphazard twist on the DROID's arrangement (though it's really Motorola that's the non-standard one here), but the phones don't look completely unrelated. In all the rounded, black matte body of the ERIS sort of "fades away" and you're just left with a nice, bright LCD -- it's not making a statement, which is sort of the statement. There's also an iPhone-style face proximity sensor for turning off the display during calls, and HTC has multitouch pinch-to-zoom on here, something Motorola hasn't seemed to manage. Sure it can't stack up to the DROID for aggressiveness or sheer specs, but it's got it's own sort of budget-friendly charm that's not overshadowed by the DROID's bombastic ways, and two out of three Engadget editors agree that the HTC keyboard beats the pants off the stock Android keyboard.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androiddroiddroid erisDroidErisfeaturesherohtcsensesense uiSenseUiverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:03:00 EST<![CDATA[BlackBerry Bold 9700 hands-on and impressions]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/blackberry-bold-9700-hands-on-and-impressions/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/blackberry-bold-9700-hands-on-and-impressions/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/blackberry-bold-9700-hands-on-and-impressions/#comments RIM's successor to the original Bold -- the BlackBerry Bold 9700 -- has finally landed on our doorsteps. The 9000 is in many ways a hard act to follow. Hardware-wise, it lived up to its name, going where most phones never went with its retro, leathery, nearly clunky looks in an age of rounded edges and shiny curves. Don't get us wrong -- we loved the 9000's aesthetics obsessively -- which is why we couldn't wait to get our hands on its newborn child. A few questions we had in mind: would the 9700 live up to its predecessor's notoriously uncompromising fashion sense? Would the new Bold feel as good to hold and use in the hand as its loving parent? How would it stack up against other, new devices from RIM? If these are the kind of questions you think you might want answers to, read on for our impressions.

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What we have here today isn't just another pair of ordinary headphones: Sony Ericsson's MH907s are button-free, minimalistic headphones that activate upon the magical touch of your skin. Well, your ears to be precise. You must bear in mind that the MH907s are exclusive to Fast port-equipped Sony Ericsson phones thus excluding the forthcoming XPERIA X10 -- so chances are you're already not interested. That said, we shall see if Sony Ericsson is really going to change things forever with these gleaming buds featuring SE's SensMe Control technology, or by just stopping everyone from using their 3.5mm headphone jacks. Read on to find out how these €39 ($57) headphones fared.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3gandroidcapacitivecapacitive touchscreenCapacitiveTouchscreenface recognitionFaceRecognitionfeaturefeaturedfeatureslaunchmediascapemotoblurpicturesqualcommrachaelsnapdragonsony ericssonSonyEricssonsymbiantimescapetouchscreenuser experienceUserExperienceuxwifix10x3xperiaxperia x10xperia x3XperiaX10XperiaX3Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:00:00 EST<![CDATA[FCC Fridays]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/30/fcc-fridays/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/30/fcc-fridays/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/30/fcc-fridays/#comments We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!

Phones
Read - LG GB280
Read - LG LN510
Read - LG MT310
Read - LG GW825
Read - Samsung B5310
Read - Samsung i6330C
Read - Samsung S3600i
Read - Samsung SCH-W259
Read - Samsung SPH-M8400
Read - Samsung SPH-W9700
Read - Sanyo SCP-6760
Read - Huawei U8220-6
Read - Panasonic 840P

Peripherals
Read - Huawei ePico3801
Read - ZTE AC2766
Read - Parrot Grande Specchio

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fccfcc fridayfcc fridaysFccFridayFccFridaysfeaturesfridayFri, 30 Oct 2009 22:29:00 EST<![CDATA[Motorola DROID review on Engadget!]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/30/motorola-droid-review-on-engadget/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/30/motorola-droid-review-on-engadget/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/30/motorola-droid-review-on-engadget/#comments It's finally here: the Motorola DROID, perhaps the most hotly-anticipated Android smartphone yet. We've been poring over every nook and cranny of this svelte QWERTY slider, and our full review is up on Engadget Classic -- so what are you waiting for? Hit the read link and dive right in!

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androiddroidfeaturedfeaturesMotorolareviewVerizonverizon wirelessverizonwirelessFri, 30 Oct 2009 11:23:00 EST<![CDATA[Samsung Moment review]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/26/samsung-moment-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/26/samsung-moment-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/26/samsung-moment-review/#comments In the world of Android, it's not yet clear who's going to come out victorious -- QWERTY sliders or their keyboardless brethren -- but does there really need to be a winner? We say there's room for just about everyone in this open-source party, and Sprint is starting to round out its Android offerings by introducing the keyboard-equipped Samsung Moment to saddle up alongside the HTC Hero that was released a few weeks ago. In the scheme of things, the platform is still extraordinarily young which means that virtually every new handset that's announced brings "firsts" to the table; in the Moment's case, it's both the first Android device with an 800MHz ARM11 core and the first Android QWERTY phone with an AMOLED display (you'd have to go back to another Sammy, the Galaxy, to find the first AMOLED Android phone regardless of input method).

Being able to stuff Android, AMOLED, QWERTY, and 800MHz all into one sentence certainly sounds like a winning combination, but does the Moment deliver? Let's find out.

Gallery: Samsung Moment review

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidcdmaev doevdofeatureshands onhands-onHandsOnmomentqwertyreviewsamsungslidersprintMon, 26 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EST<![CDATA[FCC Fridays]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/fcc-fridays/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/fcc-fridays/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/fcc-fridays/#comments We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!

Phones
Read - Huawei G1157
Read - LG GR700
Read - LG GT550
Read - Kyocera Domino S1310
Read - Samsung SCH-R860
Read - Samsung i5700L
Read - Samsung X01SC
Read - Samsung 940SC
Read - HTC myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition

Peripherals
Read - Motorola CPEi 725
Read - Novatel Ovation MC998D

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fccfcc fridaysFccFridaysfeaturesfridayFri, 23 Oct 2009 23:32:00 EST<![CDATA[iGOG VelAUcity brings velocity-sensitive drums to your humble iPhone]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/igog-velaucity-brings-velocity-sensitive-drums-to-your-humble-ip/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/igog-velaucity-brings-velocity-sensitive-drums-to-your-humble-ip/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/igog-velaucity-brings-velocity-sensitive-drums-to-your-humble-ip/#comments Mom / wife / building superintendent still won't let you get a drum set, huh? Well, you can show them, you can show them all with the new iGOG VelAUcity app, which for a mere $5 lets you do velocity-sensitive drumming on the iPhone. It works pretty great, too... to an extent. The technology appears to be based on the iPhone's built-in mic (VelAUcity doesn't work on an iPod touch), and the app recommends you use it with headphones, but not a headset with its own built-in mic, which would gum things up. In practice the drumming is really great, with multiple hit points on the drum pads and pretty good velocity sensitivity (for an iPhone app), but there are plenty of mic-introduced foibles like the potential for feedback or stray noises messing things up -- you basically would have trouble using this in a live application, though there are plenty of sliders so you can tweak things and give it a shot. Our favorite part perhaps is the mic trigger mode, which lets you do your fake drumming next to the iPhone, adding a whole new level of fake realness. Our least favorite part was the crashiness and the buginess -- part of which might've be blamed on our speed-strapped 3G. Don't say we didn't warn you. Video demonstrations are after the break.

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Once again, our focus turns to Android this week with a number of big announcements and big reviews -- well, big review, anyway, with the CLIQ getting fully detailed. Check it out!

Note: Our apologies for the sound quality this week, Chris was sitting next to a Tesla coil the entire time.

Hosts: Chris Ziegler, Sean Cooper
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Solvent - Devices and Strategies (Ghostly International)

01:38 - Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick customer data
07:00 - Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 review
11:10 - Motorola CLIQ review
14:35 - Walt Mossberg leaks the BlackBerry Storm 2
17:34 - Nokia posts $834 million quarterly loss, smartphone share down to 35%
21:24 - Acer Liquid slips through human fingers, but not before divulging new specs (updated)
22:55 - Verizon's anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: 'Droid Does'
25:30 - Mysterious HTC Android phone spied, might lean the way of the Dragon
28:50 - Listener questions

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>featurespodcastpodcastsTue, 20 Oct 2009 12:30:00 ESTEngadget Mobile Podcast 028Chris Ziegler, Sean Cooper0:53:35podcasts<![CDATA[LG BL40 New Chocolate review]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/19/lg-bl40-new-chocolate-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/19/lg-bl40-new-chocolate-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/19/lg-bl40-new-chocolate-review/#comments You know the deal by now: we grab a slab of fresh new hardware, fiddle, play, and tinker with it until exhaustion or boredom is reached, then wax poetic about the whole experience, with a side serving of pictures and videos thrown in. Today's candidate for a grilling is LG's BL40, which is now available in Europe. You'll be familiar with it already from our hands-on look last month, but do join us past the break where we explore what's under the glossy hood in more detail, and give you a definitive answer on just how useful that elongated screen really is.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3D UI3dUi3G5 megapixel5MegapixelaccelerometerBL40black labelBlackLabelBluetoothcapacitivecapacitive touchscreenCapacitiveTouchscreencellphonefeaturefeaturedfeaturesgsmhsdpaLGLG BL40lg black labelLgBl40LgBlackLabelmicroSDnew chocolateNewChocolateorangepicturesreviewS-ClassS-Class UIS-classUitouchscreenvideoWiFiMon, 19 Oct 2009 11:44:00 EST<![CDATA[FCC Fridays]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/16/fcc-fridays/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/16/fcc-fridays/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/16/fcc-fridays/#comments We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!

Phones
Read - LG 620G
Read - LG 420G
Read - LG GM750H
Read - LG GW620R
Read - Samsung M8910U
Read - Samsung S5233T
Read - Samsung S5560
Read - Samsung S7550B
Read - Sharp SH-01B
Read - Sharp SH-02B
Read - Sharp 941SH
Read - Panasonic P-01B

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fccfcc fridayfcc fridaysFccFridayFccFridaysfeaturesfridayFri, 16 Oct 2009 23:57:00 EST<![CDATA[LG GD910 Watch Phone review]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/16/lg-gd910-watch-phone-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/16/lg-gd910-watch-phone-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/16/lg-gd910-watch-phone-review/#comments You're not how much money you have in the bank, you're not the car you drive, you're not the contents of your wallet, you are not your freaking khakis - oh, who are we kidding, if you're reading a site such as this, you're all about your khakis. To sate that "look good, feel good" need in all of us, LG has brought out the ultimate in techie chic: a watchphone. This is not just any watchphone though, this is a £500 ($808) droplet of Orange-tinted exclusivity that straddles your wrist and demands onlookers' attention. Do the consumer in you a favor and come along to Engadget Classic where we have the full scoop on the GD910.

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For Motorola, it's the wireless equivalent of stepping up to the roulette table, putting what's left of your depleted life savings on red, and letting it ride just as you see security guards off in the distance coming to throw you -- penniless -- off the premises. It's a gamble of the highest order, but it's also a gamble Motorola's painfully aware that it needs to take. North America's only top-five handset manufacturer needs nothing less than magic (and a little luck) to earn its way back into the world's wireless elite -- and that risky play starts right here, today, with the CLIQ / DEXT.

So does the CLIQ pave the way to a New Motorola, or did the RAZR's checkered legacy ultimately dig a hole too deep to escape? Read on.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cliqdextfeaturefeaturedfeaturesmoto blurMotoBlurmotorolamotorola cliqMotorolaCliqreviewreviewst mobilet-mobiletmobileWed, 14 Oct 2009 23:04:00 EST<![CDATA[Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 review]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/13/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/13/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-review/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/13/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-review/#comments Had the device you're peering at above come out just a few months later, it would've taken two full years to go from introduction to on sale. Thankfully, the good folks over at Garmin and ASUS (and Garmin-Asus, as it were) were able to get the nüvifone G60 out to AT&T before the holiday shopping season of 2009, but were they still too late? There's no doubt that this very smartphone had a lot of folks drooling in early 2007, but to say a lot has happened in the mobile realm between then and now would be doing the truth a grave injustice. The iPhone 3G has fallen to $99, a slew of Android handsets have hit the market and dedicated PND (portable navigation devices) have found themselves in the bargain bin. Oh, and some pretty fantastic GPS software has managed to land within Apple's App Store and the Android Market. In other words, competition couldn't possibly be hotter, and considering that the specifications haven't been updated on this $299 device since it was originally announced, you're probably wondering if it even deserves a chance. Read on to find out the answer.

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Phones
Read - Huawei G7007
Read - Huawei U3205
Read - Huawei C2822
Read - Huawei C2823
Read - Huawei U7515
Read - Huawei G5760
Read - Huawei V1240 / Vodafone 1240
Read - Haier HG-M350
Read - Samsung C5130
Read - Samsung C5130S
Read - Samsung SPH-M900
Read - Samsung S7550
Read - Samsung SCH-W900
Read - Samsung B1110
Read - Samsung SGH-T939
Read - Samsung SGH-A897
Read - Samsung i6410
Read - Samsung M8910B
Read - Samsung SCH-R100
Read - Samsung SCH-W940
Read - Samsung B3410
Read - Alcatel Elle GlamPhone
Read - ZTE A661
Read - Sagem VF540 / Vodafone 540
Read - Sharp SH003
Read - Sharp 940SH
Read - LG VX5600
Read - LG 320G

Peripherals
Read - Samsung WEP490
Read - Sierra Wireless U305 / AT&T USBConnect Lightning
Read - Sierra Wireless USB 306
Read - Huawei UMG1691 / T-Mobile webConnect Jet
Read - Huawei EC122
Read - ZTE MF633
Read - ZTE MF633+
Read - Sony Ericsson MH110
Read - Novatel MC996D
Read - Alcatel One Touch X210X
Read - Etymotic etyBLU2

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 From humble beginnings with the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1, Android is starting to gain traction in the marketplace. A steady growth in the number of devices from HTC together with more and more manufacturers coming on board means Google's entry into the mobile space is really making inroads. The next year is going to be exciting for Android fans, with Motorola launching the CLIQ / DEXT and the Sholes, Samsung following up their i7500 with the i5700 and Behold 2, Acer shifting focus from Windows Mobile to Android not to mention LG and Sony Ericsson shipping their first Android devices.

In amongst the larger players aiming for the higher end of the market comes Huawei, best known for its mobile broadband dongles, with the Pulse for T-Mobile Europe - a rebrand of the U8220 handset. What makes the Pulse particularly interesting is it's price point. As well as being available free of charge on virtually any contract (as is frequently the case in Europe), the Pulse costs only £176 ($280) on a pre-pay plan. This represents a significant move downmarket for Android with the only other low-end handset being the forthcoming HTC Tattoo, which is expected to ship SIM free for £299 ($475). Interestingly our review unit was even SIM unlocked, although it remains to be seen whether this will remain the case as handsets hit retail.

We've spent some time with a production specification T-Mobile Pulse to see whether Huawei's first attempt at Android stands up to scrutiny. Read on to find out!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AndroidfeaturesHuaweiothersPulseT-MobileFri, 09 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[AT&T's HTC Tilt 2 handled: it's very much a Touch Pro2]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandt-tilt-2-handled-its-very-much-a-touch-pro2/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandt-tilt-2-handled-its-very-much-a-touch-pro2/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandt-tilt-2-handled-its-very-much-a-touch-pro2/#comments Unlike the Pure's transformation from its Touch Diamond2 roots, AT&T's Tilt 2 is very much a Touch Pro2 for look and feel. Given our past experiences with the device, we'd say that'll suit the phone's business-oriented clientele just fine -- it's not like you'd want to turn it into a "fun" phone by coating it in wacky colors and preloading it with every social networking client this side of Orkut, after all. We didn't have a ton of time to pore over the interface, but we get the impression that TouchFLO is largely intact (though tweaked by AT&T, naturally) and the keyboard's different than what you'll find on the generic European version -- the top row is all symbols with a numeric pad (a little staggered, unfortunately) near the right side. Check out a few more sexily-lit shots in the gallery.

Gallery: AT&T's HTC Tilt 2 handled: it's very much a Touch Pro2

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BlackBerry Messenger: it's the holy grail of the BlackBerry platform, and, for many, the only real reason why they don't make the jump to another smartphone. Well, RIM has finally gone ahead and released the latest and greatest version upon the world (in an official capacity at least), and we're definitely pleased with the added functionality and other updates that they've cooked in to the app to make it even more useful and better. Read on after the break for a full breakdown of what's hot, what's new, and what we think of it all.

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Just a quick show this week live from the floor of CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2009, where we're refreshingly seeing tons of Android gear; what we're not seeing a whole lot of is co-host Sean Cooper who's on vacation this week, so Chris holds it down with a half-hour of rambling to himself. Enjoy!

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Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Solvent - Devices and Strategies (Ghostly International)


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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>featurespodcastpodcastsThu, 08 Oct 2009 16:00:00 ESTEngadget Mobile Podcast 027Chris Ziegler0:24:26podcasts<![CDATA[Samsung Behold II handled with less battery than we'd like]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/samsung-behold-ii-handled-with-less-battery-than-wed-like/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/samsung-behold-ii-handled-with-less-battery-than-wed-like/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/samsung-behold-ii-handled-with-less-battery-than-wed-like/#comments Yesterday we showed you this bad boy behind a thick, hand-stopping sheet of glass, and today, we're taking you just a little closer to the action. The emphasis has to be on "just a little," unfortunately, because neither T-Mobile nor Samsung were willing to slip a battery in the phone and let us play around with it, a surefire indication that the firmware isn't baked to a golden brown yet -- and when you consider that they're promising the Behold II in time for the holidays, the clock's definitely ticking. Would we pick this over a myTouch 3G? Probably, yeah -- especially with the better cam -- but let's be real, the Fender Limited Edition is another story altogether.

Gallery: Samsung Behold II handled with less battery than we'd like

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Gallery: RIM goes pale, shows white Curve 8520 for T-Mobile and Bold for AT&T

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RIM goes pale, shows white Curve 8520 for T-Mobile and Bold for AT&T originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>8520atandtattblackberryboldctiactia 2009Ctia2009curveedgefeaturesgsmhsdparesearch in motionresearchinmotionrimt mobilet-mobiletmobileumtswhiteThu, 08 Oct 2009 11:32:00 EST<![CDATA[Pantech Reveal and Impact revealed with impact]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/pantech-reveal-and-impact-revealed-with-impact/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/pantech-reveal-and-impact-revealed-with-impact/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/pantech-reveal-and-impact-revealed-with-impact/#comments We've just checked out Pantech's new pair of messaging-friendly phones for AT&T, the Reveal and Impact; one of them left an "impact" on us, and we'll let you guess which one (hint: it's the one that would result in a pun occurring). Yeah, the Reveal was a pretty cheap-looking set -- and we're not sure we understand the value of eating of screen real estate with a dedicated numeric pad just so you don't have to slide the phone open to dial -- but the Impact (pictured above) was a genuinely intriguing phone. Up front you've got a glossy black surface that lights up to reveal a basic monochrome display and a numeric pad; pressing buttons on the pad triggers haptics so you can sorta feel your way around. Opening the phone up produces a full QWERTY keyboard with dedicated buttons for key functions (messaging, for example) and a color display with stereo speakers on either side. It's not a huge widescreen like you might find on something like an enV Touch, but it's still pretty big, plenty vibrant, and serviceable for the full HTML browser that AT&T's touting in these new devices. Pantech tells us that the Impact will go for "under $80" when it ships next month, so we'd argue that makes it a heck of a bargain in light of the unusual, slick design and the dual displays.

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Pantech Reveal and Impact revealed with impact originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>atandtattctiaedgefeaturesgsmhands onhands-onHandsOnhsdpaimpactpantechqwertyrevealumtsThu, 08 Oct 2009 08:06:00 EST<![CDATA[Verizon's Razzle does the twist for us]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/verizons-razzle-does-the-twist-for-us/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/verizons-razzle-does-the-twist-for-us/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/verizons-razzle-does-the-twist-for-us/#comments We checked out Verizon's most unusual Razzle sourced from PCD at CTIA this week, and put simply, we're pretty sure there's a reason that this form factor is among the rarest. Twisting the bottom half of the phone to choose between QWERTY and a speaker with music controls just doesn't make a lot of sense unless you're constantly using the phone to play music that you want everyone around you to be able to hear -- and that's assuming you're okay with the sound quality and volume compromises you've got to make with a loudspeaker of this size. What really caught us off guard was the fact that the phone is bent about 15 degrees in the middle only in QWERTY mode; when you switch over to the speaker, it straightens out, though we're not sure what the use case logic behind that is. Anyhow, if you're just looking to own the weirdest phone on the block, the Razzle might just fit the bill -- and at least it won't break the bank.

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Verizon's Razzle does the twist for us originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cdmactiactia 2009Ctia2009featuresotherspcdqwertyrazzleverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvzwWed, 07 Oct 2009 21:52:00 EST<![CDATA[Video: Nokia's product testing labs in 3 minutes, 42 seconds]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/video-nokias-product-testing-labs-in-3-minutes-42-seconds/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/video-nokias-product-testing-labs-in-3-minutes-42-seconds/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/video-nokias-product-testing-labs-in-3-minutes-42-seconds/#comments We had a chance to take a tour of Nokia's research and development facility in San Diego this week -- and while we're afraid to say we didn't see any Maemo 6-powered devices or Symbian^4 emulators lying around, we did see some pretty cool stuff, particularly in the product testing laboratories where engineering samples and final products are put through pure hell. The idea is to simulate years' worth of real-life product use in just a few days -- individual tests last anywhere from a few hours to three weeks or longer -- by pressing buttons, sliding sliders, actuating hinges, heating, cooling, wetting, drying, dropping, whacking, shaking, rubbing, bending, and generally defacing the phones in every way imaginable. Once a phone finally breaks, they look for obvious reasons -- cracked plastic, broken springs, and the like -- but if that initial analysis fails, they've got a well-equipped lab on site complete with a scanning electron microscope and CT scanner for taking microscopic looks at failed components in both two and three dimensions; from here, they can find broken connections on chips, incorrectly-fabricated materials, and the occasional ant eye magnified a couple thousand times (it's posted on the wall in the lab, and yes, it's scary). Follow the break for a cheerful montage of a few Nokia phones getting mercilessly beaten beyond recognition.

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Video: Nokia's product testing labs in 3 minutes, 42 seconds originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ctiactia 2009Ctia2009featuresnokiatest labtesting labTestingLabTestLabvideoWed, 07 Oct 2009 21:07:00 EST<![CDATA[Samsung Behold II caught behind glass]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/samsung-behold-ii-caught-behind-glass/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/samsung-behold-ii-caught-behind-glass/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/samsung-behold-ii-caught-behind-glass/#comments Whoa, Android overload! Moment isn't the only Google-rife device out of Samsung that's on display at the show -- to get the whole picture you've got to turn your attention over to the Behold II, which is more or less a Galaxy done up in T-Mobile-specific clothes and makeup, right down to the all-important AMOLED display. Unfortunately, Sammy's been stingy with access to this one so far -- and it's apparently a non-working model, which might explain it -- but at least we can get a pretty good sense of the size of the device here. It looks plenty thin, and at a glance, it's got a higher-end appeal to it than the Moment; suffice it to say, the myTouch 3G's reign atop T-Mobile's full-touch Android lineup isn't long for this world. Check out a few shots below.

Gallery: Samsung Behold II caught behind glass

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Samsung Behold II caught behind glass originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidbehold iiBeholdIictiactia 2009Ctia2009edgefeaturesgsmhsdpasamsungt mobilet-mobiletmobileumtsWed, 07 Oct 2009 20:36:00 EST<![CDATA[Samsung Omnia II for Verizon in the flesh, Windows Mobile 6.1 on board]]>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/samsung-omnia-ii-for-verizon-in-the-flesh-windows-mobile-6-1-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/samsung-omnia-ii-for-verizon-in-the-flesh-windows-mobile-6-1-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/07/samsung-omnia-ii-for-verizon-in-the-flesh-windows-mobile-6-1-on/#comments We finally got a good, hard look at the Verizon-customized version of Samsung's Omnia II, and we've got good news and bad news: the good news is that the phone's a darker, more reasonable shade in person than it was in that press shot we'd seen before, but the bad news is that we've confirmed it's running 6.1. Anyone daring to release a 6.1 phone at this point is at serious risk of getting laughed out of the room unless they offer an upgrade path mere minutes afterwards, so we're hoping that by the time this is on shelves, it'll either be running 6.5 out of the box or there'll be an update program announced in conjunction with the release. Otherwise, the display's absolutely phenomenal (indoors, anyhow) and TouchWiz seems to work as well as it did on the original model, though scrolling through menus got a bit laggy at times -- isn't it kinda weird that a years-old platform can practically max out a circa-2009 device? Check out a quick gallery below.

Gallery: Samsung Omnia II for Verizon in the flesh, Windows Mobile 6.1 on board

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Samsung Omnia II for Verizon in the flesh, Windows Mobile 6.1 on board originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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