Posts Tagged ‘engadget-mobile’
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, BlackBerry OS
The last video we posted of the Storm 2 doing its SurePress thing has been unceremoniously pulled from YouTube, but this new video really makes up for it. It turns out the screen uses piezo electronics to detect pressure at any point on the screen, instead of the all-or-nothing click button on the Storm 1, and our video host was kind enough to explain this in painstaking detail in the video embedded after the break. The screen actually stiffens when it’s off or locked, and has a sort of spongy give to it when alive. He also confirmed in no uncertain terms the GSM and CDMA versions of the device will be packing WiFi. According to his Twitter account, we should be expecting a video about the OS soon as well.
[Thanks, Kristjan]
Continue reading Video: Storm 2’s new touchscreen tech explained with mindblowing clarity, WiFi confirmed
Video: Storm 2’s new touchscreen tech explained with mindblowing clarity, WiFi confirmed originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: berry-storm, BlackBerry, blackberry os, blackberry storm 2, engadget-mobile, messaging, storm2, surepress, touchscreen, video
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, Apple
Not to knock cellophane tape as a method for in-car iPhone navigation, but if you want to use the new TomTom app in a more proper setting, you’ll want the official TomTom car kit. In addition to enhancing the GPS signal and charging your iPhone, it’s also got hands-free dialing and a speaker that’s (presumably) better than the phone solo for giving directions. At a rumored price of just under $200 with software, it’s not a bad deal if you were planning to shell out $100 for the US maps, anyway. We’re still on the fence, but the hypnotic soundtrack of the promotion video is admittedly alluring. See for yourself after the break.
[Thanks, Arthur]
Continue reading TomTom’s iPhone car kit promo video is enticing, but still no mention of price or release date
TomTom’s iPhone car kit promo video is enticing, but still no mention of price or release date originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: accessories, Apple, carkit, dock, engadget, engadget-mobile, iphoneapp, iphonedock, messaging, mobile, turn-by-turn, turnbyturn
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, Software, Apple
We’re always a little hesitant to get too optimistic about changes to the
App Store approval process, but it looks like there’s been a few
hopeful changes to the way things are done in the past few days, which could well lead to some previously rejected apps becoming available. Perhaps the most encouraging sign is that Apple seems to actually be going back through rejected apps and contacting develops to resubmit their app (without any changes, mind you) for an “expedited review.” One such app is the Start Mobile Wallpaper Gallery, which was rejected for using Shepard Fairey’s famous “HOPE” image of Barack Obama on the grounds that it “ridicules public figures.” In other App Store news, the developer of the officially-licensed C64 emulator also says that it was contacted by a senior director at Apple, who reportedly said that there was “BIG news coming,” but didn’t elaborate any further. But, really, is there any news
bigger than a C64 emulator?
Read – TechCrunch, “Apple Continues To Right App Store Wrongs. Obama “Hope” App Is Go.”
Read – MacNN, “Apple reconsidering C64 Emulator for iPhone?”
Apple reconsiders rejected iPhone apps, C64 emulator on the way? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: App Store, c64 emulator, c64emulator, culture, engadget, engadget-mobile, iPhone, podcasts, rejected apps, rejectedapps
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Filed under: Announcements
It’s coming originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: accessories, Apple, browser, culture, engadget-mobile, fcc fridays, games, messaging, News
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, Others, China Mobile, Android
The O1 isn’t even out yet, but a new filing with China’s regulatory folks suggests that Lenovo’s already hard at work at a lower-cost version that would swap out metal bits for plastic ones and kick the camera down from 5 megapixels to 3. On the plus side, buyers still make out with 8GB of internal storage and quite possibly China Mobile’s homegrown Android skin, so it can’t be all bad, right? Then again, this remix could be for a different carrier altogether, in which case we might be spared Open Mobile System’s uncomfortably iPhone-esque home screen — and really, that’d be just fine with us.
Lenovo’s O1e takes the O1 down a notch or three originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: china, china-mobile, chinamobile, culture, engadget, engadget-mobile, fcc fridays, games, handsets, Lenovo, mobile, o1e, oms, openmobilesystem
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Android
In its brief three-model run so far, HTC’s already built a storied history of odd color options for its Android phones: brown on the G1, “merlot” on the myTouch 3G, and now, a sublime pink for the Hero that we’re finally seeing in the wild. Love it or hate it, Android fans, be real with yourselves: if it was somehow the only Hero you had access to, you’d take it in a heartbeat.
[Via MobileTechWorld, thanks WHOIS]
HTC beats Microsoft to the punch, rolls out a different kind of ‘project pink’ to the Hero originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: accessories, culture, engadget-mobile, handsets, hero, HTC, mobile, rogers-wireless, softbank-mobile
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, GSM, Android
Looks like Vietnam is the new place to be for early device leaks. A place where gadget-nerds are rapidly evolving extra digits to master their surplus of hi-tech gear — lucky bastages. As followup to its GSM-flavored Palm Pre scoop, site Tinh Te is once again showing off the HTC Click only this time, it’s a full-on video. The device sports some interesting graphics (likely customized by the owner) on the back, a microSD slot, 1100mAh battery, standard 3.5-mm headphone jack up top, camera (no flash), and of course, Android, “Donut” build 1.50.999.0 according to the device’s about page. Clearly, it lacks that swank SenseUI and the LCD is much smaller than the HTC Magic — indicators that the Click is very much HTC’s cheapo Android phone as previously rumored. See it in action just past the break.
Continue reading Video: HTC Click gets a 6-finger ‘Donut’ salute
Video: HTC Click gets a 6-finger ‘Donut’ salute originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: culture, engadget-mobile, GSM, HTC, in the wild, inthewild, network, Nokia, softbank-mobile, video, vietnam
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE
We’d figured the 5530 was destined for markets around the globe where 2G still dominates, so imagine our pleasant surprise to see that good ol’ Nokia USA is as amped as anyone to start selling the company’s new low-cost S60 5th Edition device. This leaves potential buyers in a doozy of a dilemma, though: most retailers are now selling the 5530’s big brother, the 5800, for under $300, which makes the $290 sticker for a 3G-less version pretty hard to swallow. On the flipside, the 5530’s unquestionably the more attractive phone and the updated home screen is going to leave 5800 owners insanely envious. It’s a tough call, and it’s not a call we’d want to have to make — one of each, perhaps? There’s no shipping date listed on the preorder, but for your patience Nokia’s awarding you with an MD-8 stereo Bluetooth speaker if you order online — just pony up your $289.99, pick the white or black version of the phone, twiddle your thumbs, and don’t be shocked when the New York and Chicago flagships get stock before you do.
[Thanks, Oscar M.]
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic up for $290 preorder on US site originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: 5530, 5530xpressmusic, accessories, engadget-mobile, fcc fridays, games, handsets, network, Nokia, podcasts, preorder, Symbian
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Apple
Far from being creepy this time around, the latest Palm Pre ad — this one specifically for Bell’s Canadian customer base — is familiar. Very familiar. Plain white backdrop? Check. Peppy male narrator? Check. Hip, upbeat music? Check. Mysterious hands showing off mobile apps and other smartphone capabilities? Check. Side-by-side comparison videos after the break. Hey, at least this one isn’t gonna creep you out.
[Via Pre Thinking]
Continue reading Bell’s Palm Pre commercial couldn’t be more Apple if it had an Orba Squara soundtrack
Bell’s Palm Pre commercial couldn’t be more Apple if it had an Orba Squara soundtrack originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: advertising, advetisements, Apple, browser, canada, engadget-mobile, games, iPhone, messaging, network, News, palm pre, palmpre, podcasts
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Apple, iPhone OS
That sweet little update to SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone that Sling submitted for Apple’s perusal about a week and a half ago is now approved and available — version 1.1, as it were — bringing native DISH Network navigation, improved widescreen support, and improved response times throughout the app. Separately, Sling has updated us on the 3G-compatible flavor of the app that they’ve submitted for consideration outside of the US, but so far, no dice — the company hasn’t heard back from Apple, which means it’s all WiFi-only for the moment. Wouldn’t want to saturate those pricey little 3G cells, now, would we?
[Thanks, James C.]
SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 for iPhone picks up App Store approval originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: accessories, App Store, appstore, engadget-mobile, iPhone, sling, sling media, slingplayer, slingplayer mobile, slingplayer mobile 1.1
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