Pipes Output http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=ol9TQIYf3BGDDwgtdrq02Q Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:39 -0800 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/sciphones-android-loving-n21-gets-some-time-on-video/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYQH0z66qKQ&amp;feature=player_embedded"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/sciphone-n-21-unboxed-1259092572.jpg"/></a></div> There's just something about <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Sciphone/">Sciphone</a>'s Android-based handset, the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/sciphones-android-toting-n21-unboxed-dual-sim-slots-caught-roc/">N21</a>, that we can't get enough of. This KIRF-tastic little dude has attitude in droves, to go with its clunky exterior. The 3-inch touchscreener boasts a 5 megapixel cam, WiFi, and an onscreen keyboard -- not to mention what looks like a killer stylus experience. In the video (which is after the break), you can check out the many and varied features of this looker of a device.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/sciphones-android-loving-n21-gets-some-time-on-video/">Continue reading <em>Sciphone's Android-loving N21 gets some time on video</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/sciphones-android-loving-n21-gets-some-time-on-video/">Sciphone's Android-loving N21 gets some time on video</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/sciphones-android-loving-n21-gets-some-time-on-video/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252915/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/sciphones-android-loving-n21-gets-some-time-on-video/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/sciphones-android-loving-n21-gets-some-time-on-video/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:04:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/judge-sides-with-telus-says-rogers-most-reliable-claim-reeks/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN2431411320091124"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/rogers-ad-disclaimer.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/verizon-goes-after-sprints-most-dependable-3g-network-ad-clai/">Wireless networks in the States</a> have a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/26/sprint-nextel-and-cingular-go-crying-to-mommy-about-network-qual/">storied history</a> of throwing fits over each others' "most" and "best" claims -- and now they're really getting into it up north, too, seeing how Telus just lit up a shiny new 21Mbps HSPA network that seems to be matching or besting Rogers' existing infrastructure in many ways. As is all too often the case, the spat has ended up down in the court system where Telus is bellyaching that Rogers' claims of running "Canada's most reliable" and "fastest" airwaves have been invalid as of November 5, when its competing hardware went live (funny -- and telling -- that it didn't bother levying any complaints back in the CDMA days). Anyhow, a judge has just ruled -- apparently after analyzing paperwork filed by both sides -- that "the present network technology is at least equivalent between Rogers and Telus," invalidating Rogers' reliability claim. Rogers isn't too happy about this (though they've tiptoed away from speed claims in their latest advertising, smartly) and intends to appeal with new courtroom drama getting ready to roll on Friday. So, we turn it over to our Canadian readers: who's really offering the best service right now in the trenches?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/judge-sides-with-telus-says-rogers-most-reliable-claim-reeks/">Judge sides with Telus, says Rogers' 'most reliable' claim reeks of half-truths</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:54:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/judge-sides-with-telus-says-rogers-most-reliable-claim-reeks/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19253297/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/judge-sides-with-telus-says-rogers-most-reliable-claim-reeks/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/judge-sides-with-telus-says-rogers-most-reliable-claim-reeks/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:54:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lg-bl40-christmas-edition-sports-8-megapixel-camera-no-egg-nog/ <div style="text-align:center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/091124-chocolatex-01.jpg"/></div> <div style="text-align:left;">If you're reading this in South Korea, or are planning a trip there this holiday season, do us a solid, will ya? Apparently LG is releasing a Christmas Edition of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/bl40">BL40</a>, with the tantalizing name: "New Chocolate: Black Label Series." We were sort of hoping that you could maybe get some hands-on pics for us. Unlike the standard BL40, this new candy bar boasts an 8MP autofocus camera, a swanky case with gold accents, and a chance to win up to 5 million Korean Won (over $4,000) in prizes. Yes, that's right -- you can win stuff by buying this phone! No word yet on availability in countries besides the ROK, but we do have a pretty sweet gallery for you below. PR after the break.<br /> </div><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lg-bl40-christmas-edition-sports-8-megapixel-camera-no-egg-nog/">Continue reading <em>LG BL40 Christmas Edition sports 8 megapixel camera, no egg nog</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lg-bl40-christmas-edition-sports-8-megapixel-camera-no-egg-nog/">LG BL40 Christmas Edition sports 8 megapixel camera, no egg nog</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lg-bl40-christmas-edition-sports-8-megapixel-camera-no-egg-nog/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252931/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lg-bl40-christmas-edition-sports-8-megapixel-camera-no-egg-nog/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lg-bl40-christmas-edition-sports-8-megapixel-camera-no-egg-nog/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:56:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c/ <div style="text-align:center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/else-main-11242009.jpg"/></div> <span style="float:right;margin-bottom:16px;margin-left:4px;"></span> Folks, today might be the day when you start to notice how ancient our smartphones have become, even if they only came out in last few months. Blame Else (formerly <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/emblaze">Emblaze Mobile</a>) for its confusingly-named First Else, a phone "built from scratch" over the last two years and now powered by Access Linux Platform <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/alp">(ALP)</a> 3.0 -- a mobile OS thought to have quietly died out since <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/access-linux-platform-3-0-live-in-person-and-oh-so-full-of-wid/">our last sighting in February</a>. Until today's London launch event, the last we heard of this Israeli company was from October's Access Day in Japan where it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/23/access-and-emblaze-mobile-unveil-else-intuition-the-linux-based/">previewed the Else Intuition OS</a>, which we like to think of as inspired by <em>Minority Report</em>. While it's still too early to tell whether the First Else -- launching in Q2 next year -- will dodge the path of doom, we were already overwhelmed by the excellence of the device's user experience, both from its presentation and from our exclusive hands-on opportunity. Do read on to find out how Else is doing it right.<br /> <div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/emblaze-else-unveiled-in-london-we-go-hands-on/">Emblaze ELSE unveiled in London, we go hands-on</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/emblaze-else-unveiled-in-london-we-go-hands-on/2477690/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/emblaze-else-2009-11-24-2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/emblaze-else-unveiled-in-london-we-go-hands-on/2477696/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/emblaze-else-2009-11-24-4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/emblaze-else-unveiled-in-london-we-go-hands-on/2477715/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/emblaze-else-2009-11-24-13_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/emblaze-else-unveiled-in-london-we-go-hands-on/2477727/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/emblaze-else-2009-11-24-19_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/emblaze-else-unveiled-in-london-we-go-hands-on/2477729/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/emblaze-else-2009-11-24-20_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c/">Continue reading <em>Emblaze's First Else unveiled in London, promises to be a game-changer</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c/">Emblaze's First Else unveiled in London, promises to be a game-changer</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:34:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251630/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:34:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-coming-to-finland-and-the-uk-this-friday-other-countri/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://conversations.nokia.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-on-sale-this-week/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20NokiaConversations-Posts%20%28Nokia%20Conversations%20-%20Posts%29&amp;utm_content=Google%20Reader"><img vspace="14" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/nokia-s6-nokia-x6-hands-on-engadgetsnov09.jpg"/></a></div> Nokia's just confirmed on its official blog that the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/X6/">X6</a> will hit shelves in Finland and the UK starting next week, with other countries to follow soon after. After <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/nokias-x6-to-ship-next-week-maybe-sooner-if-youre-lucky/">hearing a while back</a> that the touchscreen, Comes With Music-lover would be shipping around November 12th -- well, we didn't want to falsely get anyone's hopes up again. But now that the word is official, we can all sit back and behold the beauty that is the X6 -- with its 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, and 32GB of onboard memory. The S60 (that's the 5th edition) device will be available in Nokia stores this Friday, retailing for &pound;449 (about $742) free of contract.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-coming-to-finland-and-the-uk-this-friday-other-countri/">Nokia X6 coming to Finland and the UK this Friday, other countries soon</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:50:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-coming-to-finland-and-the-uk-this-friday-other-countri/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252829/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-coming-to-finland-and-the-uk-this-friday-other-countri/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-coming-to-finland-and-the-uk-this-friday-other-countri/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:50:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/verizon-goes-after-sprints-most-dependable-3g-network-ad-clai/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_sprint_nextel_ads"><img border="1" vspace="4" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/11-24-09nownetwork.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> Looks like Verizon's addicted to the sweet taste of success: following its <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/atandt-loses-request-for-injunction-against-verizons-map-for-that/">victory over AT&amp;T regarding the Map For That ads</a>, Big Red's complaining to the The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus about Sprint's "America's most dependable 3G network" tagline. Verizon says that a recent Nielsen survey shows its network drops fewer calls than Sprint's, and for now the bureaucrats agree -- the board's asked Sprint to stop airing the ads. For its part, Sprint says one study doesn't tell the whole tale, and it's going to keep showing the ads while it appeals to the National Advertising Review Board. In other news, Verizon's lawyers were seen heading to the local BMW dealership late last night, following a run-in with Sprint's attorneys at the Mercedes-Benz showroom.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/verizon-goes-after-sprints-most-dependable-3g-network-ad-clai/">Continue reading <em>Verizon goes after Sprint's 'most dependable 3G network' ad claim</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/verizon-goes-after-sprints-most-dependable-3g-network-ad-clai/">Verizon goes after Sprint's 'most dependable 3G network' ad claim</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:21:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/verizon-goes-after-sprints-most-dependable-3g-network-ad-clai/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19253303/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/verizon-goes-after-sprints-most-dependable-3g-network-ad-clai/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/verizon-goes-after-sprints-most-dependable-3g-network-ad-clai/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:21:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/survey-droid-advertising-scaring-men-right-into-dutiful-brand-l/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.brandindex.com/content/default.asp"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/yougov-brandindex-moto-sm.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> Glowing red cyborg eyes, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/second-verizon-droid-commercial-stealth-attacks-america/">bombs dropped from stealth fighters</a>, emotionless calls of "DRRROOOIIID" every time you get a text message -- it's enough to scare yesterday's lunch out of anyone. Verizon's no-holds-barred advertising campaign for the Motorola <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Droid/">Droid</a> has been so <strike>hellishly frightening</strike> overwhelmingly successful, in fact, that it appears to be paying dividends either directly or indirectly against Moto's biggest rivals. YouGov's BrandIndex -- an ongoing survey measuring brand loyalty through some secret-sauce methodology that only analysts would fully comprehend -- shows a marked spike in Moto's score in the critical adult male category, while Apple and RIM have taken hits over the same period. These numbers look terribly volatile over a relative short span, so we're not going to be rushing to any conclusions -- but by any measure, it's pretty wild to see Moto go from a has-been to besting the bulletproof cult of iPhone in just a few short weeks. In the long term, it'll be interesting to see just how deeply Moto's and Apple's carrier relationships are factoring into public sentiment; after all, momentum's certainly on Verizon's side right now.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/survey-droid-advertising-scaring-men-right-into-dutiful-brand-l/">Survey: Droid advertising scaring men right into dutiful brand loyalty</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:23:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/survey-droid-advertising-scaring-men-right-into-dutiful-brand-l/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252939/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/survey-droid-advertising-scaring-men-right-into-dutiful-brand-l/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/survey-droid-advertising-scaring-men-right-into-dutiful-brand-l/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:23:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lgs-monaco-iq-spotted-in-telus-garb-rocking-winmo-6-5-and-sn/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://themobileninjas.com/2009/11/24/telus-lg-iq-in-the-wild/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/lg-monaco-iq-in-the-wild.jpg"/></a></div> It's been a hot minute since we've heard anything about LG's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/09/21/leaked-atandt-presentation-confirms-remaining-winmo-releases-for-2/">Monaco</a>, but now it seems as if the wait for this to transition from presentation slide to reality is almost over. Unfortunately, Windows Mobile 7 won't be onboard as <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/26/lg-monaco-atandts-getting-a-wvga-winmo7-qwerty-slider/">previously rumored</a>, but prospective Telus customers can look forward to LG's S-Class interface sprucing things up somewhat. Other specs purportedly include a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Snapdragon/">Snapdragon</a> processor, WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, though nitty-gritty details beyond that are nil. Peep that read link if you're lusting for a few more angles, and don't kid yourself -- you are.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lgs-monaco-iq-spotted-in-telus-garb-rocking-winmo-6-5-and-sn/">LG's Monaco (IQ) spotted in Telus garb, rocking WinMo 6.5 and Snapdragon</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:50:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lgs-monaco-iq-spotted-in-telus-garb-rocking-winmo-6-5-and-sn/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252875/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lgs-monaco-iq-spotted-in-telus-garb-rocking-winmo-6-5-and-sn/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/lgs-monaco-iq-spotted-in-telus-garb-rocking-winmo-6-5-and-sn/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/hps-obsidian-becomes-ipaq-glisten-officially-comes-to-atandt/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&amp;cdvn=news&amp;newsarticleid=27587"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/hp-ipaq-glisten-small.jpg"/></a></div> Wow, talk about digging deep in the memory bank. The same phone that we spotted way back in July (known then as the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/07/24/hp-ipaq-k3-obsidian-lives-it-up-in-the-wild-sneaks-in-a-stylus/">iPAQ K3 Obsidian</a>) has finally emerged in official fashion on AT&amp;T. Dubbed the iPAQ Glisten, this all-business smartphone boasts a vanilla coat of Windows Mobile 6.5, a 2.5-inch AMOLED display, 3.1 megapixel camera, 256MB of SDRAM, a microSD expansion slot, A-GPS, 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, a QWERTY keyboard, 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. 'Course, you'll still be dealing with a resistive screen and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/ballmer-windows-mobile-7-should-have-been-out-like-yesterday">a dated OS</a>, but if you're turned on in some weird way, it'll be "available in the coming weeks" for $179.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and 2-year agreement.<br /> <p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/hps-obsidian-becomes-ipaq-glisten-officially-comes-to-atandt/">HP's Obsidian becomes iPAQ Glisten, officially comes to AT&amp;T</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:39:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/hps-obsidian-becomes-ipaq-glisten-officially-comes-to-atandt/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252733/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/hps-obsidian-becomes-ipaq-glisten-officially-comes-to-atandt/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/hps-obsidian-becomes-ipaq-glisten-officially-comes-to-atandt/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:39:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/fring-adds-skype-video-support-on-s60-threatens-to-make-front-c/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fring.com/newsroom/video_calls_symbian.asp"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/fring-video-calling.jpg"/></a></div> Considering the proliferation of 3G, WiFi, in-home broadband, and front-facing cameras on phones, you'd think that there'd be far more obvious ways to bridge video calls between phones and PCs -- but alas, it's virtually impossible, particularly in the States where carriers have a complete aversion to the topic. Enter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/fring">Fring</a> -- one of the mobile industry's VoIP pioneers that has spread its love from Symbian to almost every smartphone platform worth mentioning over the years -- which is stepping out today with a new build for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/S60/">S60</a> handsets that offers video support through Skype. The way we see it, this is great news for a couple of reasons: one, Skype is one of the few videoconferencing systems with widespread traction, and two, this suddenly makes front-facing cams useful to a whole swath of Nokia users on networks (ahem, AT&amp;T and T-Mobile) that don't offer video calling themselves. Whether we actually use it is another story altogether, but hey, it's cool to have it if we absolutely must see your beautiful face<span style="font-style:italic;"> </span><em>right now</em> in stunning low fidelity. Follow the break for a video demo.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/fring-adds-skype-video-support-on-s60-threatens-to-make-front-c/">Continue reading <em>Fring adds Skype video support on S60, threatens to make front cams useful</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/fring-adds-skype-video-support-on-s60-threatens-to-make-front-c/">Fring adds Skype video support on S60, threatens to make front cams useful</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:06:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/fring-adds-skype-video-support-on-s60-threatens-to-make-front-c/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252613/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/fring-adds-skype-video-support-on-s60-threatens-to-make-front-c/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/fring-adds-skype-video-support-on-s60-threatens-to-make-front-c/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:06:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6700-slide-and-7230-make-up-in-price-what-they-lack-in-e/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1356825"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/nokia-6700-7230-ofc.jpg"/></a></div> No one's going to accuse <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/Nokia/">Nokia</a> of going after the high end, the fanboys and girls, or the fashionistas with its latest pair, but they've got at least two things going for 'em: 3G and blowout pricing. Starting on the left, the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/S60/">S60</a>-powered 6700 slide marks a distinct break for the company, shedding its tradition of Xpress-on cover compatibility for permanent shells available in six loud shades; it's supposedly pretty tiny (Nokia touts that it'll fit "in even the smallest pocket or bag") and still manages to offer up a 5 megapixel cam with Carl Zeiss optics. Next, the 7230 (pictured right) kicks up the style a notch (okay, really, they just rounded the edges and chromed them up) and offers a 3.2 megapixel camera to go along with its 2.4-inch display. Look for them both to hit retail in the first quarter of next year for around &euro;160 and &euro;100 ($240 and $150) respectively.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6700-slide-and-7230-make-up-in-price-what-they-lack-in-e/">Nokia's 6700 slide and 7230 make up in price what they lack in excitement</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:18:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6700-slide-and-7230-make-up-in-price-what-they-lack-in-e/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19252388/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6700-slide-and-7230-make-up-in-price-what-they-lack-in-e/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6700-slide-and-7230-make-up-in-price-what-they-lack-in-e/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:18:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-already-working-on-second-version-of-xperia-purene/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-pureness-2-in-the-works/"><img vspace="14" hspace="4" border="0" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/pureness2s2nov09s.jpg"/> </a></div> <div style="text-align:left;"><em>Electric Pig</em> is reporting that <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/SonyEricsson/">Sony Ericsson</a>'s already working on a followup to the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/XperiaPureness/">Xperia Pureness</a>. The designer of the original handset, Daniel Mauritzson, says that the second version of the Pureness will pack even fewer "features" than its predecessor, to hone in even further on the contrast between the handset and available smartphones. There's also been some murmuring of removing the buttons, apparently -- which makes us wonder if the next Pureness might not just be a four-inch long piece of black plastic we'll only be able to pretend to make calls on. Regardless, it sounds like the next Pureness is only in the very earliest stages of design, so don't get too excited yet -- it'll be a while.</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-already-working-on-second-version-of-xperia-purene/">Sony Ericsson already working on second version of Xperia Pureness, possibly Xperia Pureness 2?</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:32:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-already-working-on-second-version-of-xperia-purene/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252243/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-already-working-on-second-version-of-xperia-purene/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-already-working-on-second-version-of-xperia-purene/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:32:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/blackberry-media-sync-hits-version-3-0-with-2-way-photo-sync/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/media/mediasync.jsp"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/bb-media-sync-banner.jpg"/></a></div> Even after years of consumer-facing products and marketing, it's still tough to use words like "media" and "BlackBerry" in the same sentence -- but the fact of the matter is that RIM got out ahead of the 3.5mm headphone jack trend long before many other manufacturers did and currently offers cameras (not awesome cameras, but cameras nonetheless) on every modern model it sells. To that end, its Media Sync software has been helping suits get loose after the 9-to-5 with music management for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/07/24/get-your-itunes-on-blackberry-media-sync-now-available/">well over a year now</a>, and the latest version -- available later today -- adds some comprehensive photo capability to match. Media Sync 3.0 for Windows now includes automatic downsizing for pictures transferred from PCs to devices (wouldn't want to chew through your microSD card <em>too</em> fast, after all) and can automatically prompt users to pull in new photos snapped with the onboard camera after connecting. Makes you wish one of these things had a 5 megapixel sensor with decent optics, doesn't it? Look for the download to go live on RIM's site around noon today.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/blackberry-media-sync-hits-version-3-0-with-2-way-photo-sync/">BlackBerry Media Sync hits version 3.0 with 2-way photo management</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/blackberry-media-sync-hits-version-3-0-with-2-way-photo-sync/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19251927/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/blackberry-media-sync-hits-version-3-0-with-2-way-photo-sync/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/blackberry-media-sync-hits-version-3-0-with-2-way-photo-sync/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/pantech-impact-now-available-on-atandt-for-100/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-details/?device=Pantech+Impact%28TM%29+-+Blue&amp;q_sku=sku4160291"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/pantech-impact-ctia-1.jpg"/></a></div> That trick Impact -- the better half of Pantech's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/08/pantech-reveal-and-impact-revealed-with-impact/">two-phone combo</a> for AT&amp;T this fall -- has finally hit AT&amp;T in the past couple days after we had a chance to play with it way back at CTIA at the beginning of October. Though it's not much of a monster on paper, the Impact has one of the more unique looks of anything currently in AT&amp;T's lineup thanks to a touch-sensitive "hidden" external keypad paired with an internal color display and full QWERTY keyboard. That all matches up nicely with 3G capability and a 2 megapixel camera -- and buyers of all genders, tastes, and moods are welcome to this party thanks to availability in blue and pink. Grab it for $99.99 on contract after rebate, if you're so inclined.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/pantech-impact-now-available-on-atandt-for-100/">Pantech Impact now available on AT&amp;T for $100</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:17:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/pantech-impact-now-available-on-atandt-for-100/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19251907/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/pantech-impact-now-available-on-atandt-for-100/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/pantech-impact-now-available-on-atandt-for-100/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:17:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6788-for-china-mobile-hops-across-the-pacific-for-fcc-me/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=999319&amp;fcc_id=%27QTLRM-567%27"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/nokia-6788-fcc.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/6788/">6788</a> looks just different enough from any other Nokia in the lineup that you might find yourself with an irresistible, inexplicably urge to own one (or destroy one, depending on your disposition), but unless you happen to be within earshot of a China Mobile outlet, you're probably going to be out of luck. Of course, that leads to the obvious questions of why a China-only Nokia -- the company's first to support <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/TDSCDMA/">TD-SCDMA</a>, in fact -- would've found its way into an FCC lab. The answer's far less sensational than you might've liked: China Mobile's TD-SCDMA footprint is still a drop in the bucket of its much larger GSM coverage area, which means the 6788's gotta support it, and part of that is a US-usable 1900MHz radio. Without 850MHz coverage, you'd have to have an almost committable obsession with this trick one-off to justify using it in the States, but hey, good news -- if you do, you'll be legal.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6788-for-china-mobile-hops-across-the-pacific-for-fcc-me/">Nokia's 6788 for China Mobile hops across the Pacific for FCC meeting</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:12:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6788-for-china-mobile-hops-across-the-pacific-for-fcc-me/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19251877/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6788-for-china-mobile-hops-across-the-pacific-for-fcc-me/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokias-6788-for-china-mobile-hops-across-the-pacific-for-fcc-me/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:12:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-satio-sales-suspended-after-bugs-discovered/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6928737.ece"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/satio-bugs-halt-sales-600-2.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> Adding insult to Sony Ericsson's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/">injurious bottom line</a>, Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U shops (the UK's largest mobile phone retailers) have halted sales of the SE's Symbian-powered <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/satio">Satio</a> handset after a high number of customer returns and complaints. A "software glitch" reportedly causes Sony Ericsson's flagship device to power down when users try to access certain applications -- unfortunately, the issue can't be patched via an over-the-air update. A little digging into CPW discussion forums reveals multiple complaints of freezes, crashes, under-performing batteries, and bizarre interface behavior. Both the Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U will offer "new phones" to customers fed up with their Satio. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/richard%20dorman">Richard Dorman</a>, senior marketing manager at Sony Ericsson, concedes the issue and assures us that it should be sorted by Christmas. Until then, you can still purchase the handset directly from Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile... but really, why would you? The Satio's not the only dubiously-spec'd <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/12megapixel">12 megapixel cameraphone</a> on the market.<br /> <br /> [Thanks, ugotamesij]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-satio-sales-suspended-after-bugs-discovered/">Sony Ericsson Satio sales suspended after bugs discovered</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-satio-sales-suspended-after-bugs-discovered/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19252025/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-satio-sales-suspended-after-bugs-discovered/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-ericsson-satio-sales-suspended-after-bugs-discovered/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:02:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638"><img border="1" vspace="4" hspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/hd2-teardown-wifi.jpg"/></a></div> Even though <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/12/09/new-broadcom-chip-for-phones-does-802-11n-lots-of-other-stuff/">Broadcom</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/atheros-brings-802-11n-to-cellphones-with-ar6003-is-one-antenna/">Atheros</a>, and Qualcomm have all been sampling phone-ready draft 802.11n chipsets for some time now, you're still not seeing the tech swiftly overtake 802.11g in the mobile arena -- in fact, we dare you to find a single phone in your carrier's store that can do it. Odds are you can't, but HTC <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/HD2/">HD2</a> owners <em>can</em> win a few quid off their skeptical (non-Engadget-reading) friends by enabling support after the fact. Looks like draft-n support got buried in the company's WinMo monster -- a fitting device to add such a rare display of raw, savage wireless power, if we do say so ourselves -- but it got turned off in the shipping firmware for some reason, possibly concerns over increased battery draw, flakiness, or a stark realization that the benefits of 802.11n might not be fully appreciated in a device hamstrung more by a crappy browser than by slow WiFi. If you want to live on the edge anyway and flip the switch, xda-developers has the registry hack you need -- and if you're using an HD2 in the States without 3G right now, let's be honest: you kinda need all the speed-boosting wireless hacks you can dig up.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/">HTC HD2 can be coaxed into doing 802.11n, if you know how to sweet-talk it</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:51:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251821/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/htc-hd2-can-be-coaxed-into-doing-802-11n-if-you-know-how-to-swe/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/palm-precorder-brings-video-recording-homebrew-to-the-pre/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/palm-precorder-brings-video-recording-homebrew-to-the-pre/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/precorder-brings-easy-video-recording-to-pre.jpg" style="width:508px;height:378px;"/></a></div> If you like your software homebrewed with just a hint of alpha then boy do we have an app for you. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/palm%2Chomebrew">WebOS homebrew</a> community just released Precorder; an app that lets your Palm Pre record audio and 30fps 480x320 pixel video in H.264/AVC format -- you can even control the built-in LED for recording in low-light situations. Unfortunately, there's no video preview presented while recording but hey, it's alpha software bro... and it's free. Check a video sample after the break.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/palm-precorder-brings-video-recording-homebrew-to-the-pre/">Continue reading <em>Palm Precorder brings video recording homebrew to the Pre</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/palm-precorder-brings-video-recording-homebrew-to-the-pre/">Palm Precorder brings video recording homebrew to the Pre</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:35:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/palm-precorder-brings-video-recording-homebrew-to-the-pre/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251942/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/palm-precorder-brings-video-recording-homebrew-to-the-pre/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/palm-precorder-brings-video-recording-homebrew-to-the-pre/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:35:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sprint-finalizes-virgin-mobile-usa-acquisition-rushes-out-to-sn/ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&amp;p=irol-newsArticle_newsroom&amp;ID=1359020&amp;highlight="><img hspace="4" border="0" align="right" vspace="16" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/yellow-vm-usa-logo.jpg"/></a>It's hard to say if these guys were just looking to get <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/07/28/sprint-acquires-virgin-mobile-usa-for-a-cool-483m/">this whole thing</a> finalized before the holiday break, but either way, all the requisite i's have been dotted and t's crossed. As of today, Sprint Nextel has acquired Virgin Mobile USA -- a process that began back in late July -- and frankly, there's nothing you can do about it. The move will obviously position Sprint as a bigger player in the prepaid space, but outside of that presumably true assumption, it's tough to say what else the newfound lovers will do together. So, will the Facebook statuses be updated soon as well? Hello?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sprint-finalizes-virgin-mobile-usa-acquisition-rushes-out-to-sn/">Sprint finalizes Virgin Mobile USA acquisition, rushes out to snag some cranberry sauce</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:43:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sprint-finalizes-virgin-mobile-usa-acquisition-rushes-out-to-sn/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19253034/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sprint-finalizes-virgin-mobile-usa-acquisition-rushes-out-to-sn/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sprint-finalizes-virgin-mobile-usa-acquisition-rushes-out-to-sn/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:43:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/blinking-leds-to-give-qr-codes-a-run-for-their-ad-money/ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/tnks/Nni20091121DA7JX271.htm"><img hspace="4" vspace="16" align="left" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/japanese-ad-subway.jpg"/></a>We're still waiting for this so-called <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/QRcode/">QR code</a> revolution to hit North America, but our contemporaries across the Pacific are already looking to develop the next big thing. Reportedly, a smattering of mega-corps (including the likes of Toshiba and NEC) are joining hands in order to concoct a rivaling technology that requires even less effort to get content from billboards, books and posters to one's mobile. The heretofore unnamed system utilizes blinking LEDs to send data to phones, and so long as an ad has enough room for a minuscule light, consumers can come within five meters of it and receive the associated information by simply pointing their handset in the direction of the light. If all goes well, the technology will be ready for commercialization by 2013, or just after phase one of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/RobotApocalypse/">Robot Apocalypse</a>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/blinking-leds-to-give-qr-codes-a-run-for-their-ad-money/">Blinking LEDs to give QR codes a run for their (ad) money</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:59:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/blinking-leds-to-give-qr-codes-a-run-for-their-ad-money/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251562/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/blinking-leds-to-give-qr-codes-a-run-for-their-ad-money/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/blinking-leds-to-give-qr-codes-a-run-for-their-ad-money/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:59:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/klausner-takes-aim-at-rim-motorola-over-visual-voicemail-patent/ <img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-25-08-visual-voice-mail.jpg"/>It's been quite a few months since we've heard anything from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/Klausner">Klausner Technologies</a>, but it looks like the company has finally decided on its next set of targets that are allegedly infringing on its now infamous visual voicemail patents. As announced in a pair of expectedly terse press releases, Klausner says that both RIM and Motorola have now crossed into lawsuit territory with the Blackberry Bold 9700 and Motorola CLIQ, although it isn't specifying what sort of result it's looking for, or exactly how the two devices are infringing on its patents (at least some other RIM and Motorola devices are apparently covered under licenses granted to mobile operators). If the company's past track record with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/17/apple-settles-visual-voicemail-lawsuit-licenses-klausners-pate/">Apple</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/10/25/verizon-caves-settles-klausner-visual-voicemail-suit-by-signing/">Verizon</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/03/11/google-lg-settle-visual-voicemail-patent-suits-with-klausner/">LG, and Google</a> is any indication, however, we wouldn't bet against a settlement.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/klausner-takes-aim-at-rim-motorola-over-visual-voicemail-patent/">Klausner takes aim at RIM, Motorola over visual voicemail patents</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/klausner-takes-aim-at-rim-motorola-over-visual-voicemail-patent/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251485/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/klausner-takes-aim-at-rim-motorola-over-visual-voicemail-patent/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/klausner-takes-aim-at-rim-motorola-over-visual-voicemail-patent/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:56:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-camera-mod-for-magnification-because-you-can/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.instructables.com/id/iPhone-Magnifying-Camera-Mod/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/screen-shot-2009-11-23-at-4.57.17-pm.png" alt=""/></a></div> We've thought before how nice it might be to have some powers of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/magnification/">magnification</a> on the iPhone's cam... but are we going to go out and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/mod/">mod</a> our unit? Probably not, but that doesn't mean we can't admire someone else's work. Taking various <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/lenses/">lenses</a> and attaching them to the lid of a jar, the modder quite carefully built a contraption that looks a little "hobo Steampunk" to us, but we're still fairly impressed with this little gadget. Hit the read link for full, detailed instructions and more photos if you'd like to make one of your own.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-camera-mod-for-magnification-because-you-can/">iPhone camera mod for magnification: because you can</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:37:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-camera-mod-for-magnification-because-you-can/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251405/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-camera-mod-for-magnification-because-you-can/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-camera-mod-for-magnification-because-you-can/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:37:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/stats-show-motorola-droid-is-the-new-elephant-in-the-android-roo/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://metrics.admob.com/2009/11/october-2009-mobile-metrics-report/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/admob-nov-09-android.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> Remember back in the day when the West was still wild, the gold rush was still in full effect, you owned whatever land you could manage to fence off, and tycoons were being made and broken on a daily basis? No? Well, some of you whippersnappers might be too young to recall it, but trust us, it happened -- and it seems like that's the kind of frontier mentality we're getting again today in the nascent Android landscape. Just a couple weeks after launching, mobile ad clearinghouse AdMob reports that the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://engadget.com/tag/droid">Motorola Droid</a> is already accounting for a whopping 24 percent of all its Android-based traffic -- no small feat, considering that the then-unreleased device didn't even move the needle in their October report (pictured in the left graph). The HTC Dream -- the world's first retail Android device, you might remember -- still reigns supreme at 36 percent, but it's amazing that the entire Android space is still volatile enough to register nearly a 25 percent shift with the launch of a single new device on a single carrier. For comparison, the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/CLIQ/">CLIQ</a> clocks in with a lowly 6 percent -- proof that Verizon's aggressive advertising has been working some magic. Question is, what'll be the next device to completely screw up this pie chart again?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/stats-show-motorola-droid-is-the-new-elephant-in-the-android-roo/">Stats show Motorola Droid is the new elephant in the Android room</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/stats-show-motorola-droid-is-the-new-elephant-in-the-android-roo/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251422/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/stats-show-motorola-droid-is-the-new-elephant-in-the-android-roo/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/stats-show-motorola-droid-is-the-new-elephant-in-the-android-roo/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:01:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/the-engadget-show-003-drew-bamford-joystiqs-chris-grant-ad/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/the-engadget-show-003-drew-bamford-joystiqs-chris-grant-ad/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/show_front_sm.jpg"/></a></div> This is a big one, folks. The new installment of The Engadget Show is jam-packed with goodness. First up, Josh sits down with HTC's director of user experience Drew Bamford to discuss Android, Sense, Windows Mobile and a whole lot more. Then we've got a charming little segment where Paul and Josh go hunting around NYC for KIRFs, and Chris Grant joins the gang on stage for a dissection of the holiday gaming situation... and some demos where the gang gets to show off their totally radical moves. Seriously, Josh and Nilay have a <em>DJ Hero</em> battle, and Paul Miller skates (but doesn't die) in <em>Tony Hawk: Ride</em>. Don't miss this one -- it might just be the best yet! Full video is after the break.<br /> <br /> <strong>Hosts:</strong> Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Special guests:</span> Drew Bamford, Chris Grant<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Produced and Directed by:</span> Chad Mumm<br /> <strong>Executive Producer:</strong> Josh Fruhlinger<br /> <strong>Edited</strong> <strong>by:</strong> Michael Slavens<br /> <strong>Music by:</strong> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.glomag.com/">Glomag</a><br /> <strong>Visuals by:</strong> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://danwinckler.com/">Dan Winckler</a><br /> <strong>Opening titles by:</strong> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://jnantiec.com/">Julien Nantiec</a><br /> <br /> <em>Special thanks to VIZIO for providing the 55 TruLED LCD HDTV!</em><br /> <br /> <strong>Download the Show: </strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://podcasts.aolcdn.com/engadget/videos/show/engadget_show_003_hd.m4v">The Engadget Show - 003</a> (HD) / <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://podcasts.aolcdn.com/engadget/videos/show/engadget_show_003_640.m4v">The Engadget Show - 003</a> (iPod / iPhone / Zune formatted)<br /> <br /> <strong>Subscribe to the Show:</strong><br /> <br /> [<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=333047486">iTunes</a>] Subscribe to the Show directly in iTunes (M4V).<br /> [<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://social.zune.net/my/ContentRedirect.ashx?mid=72550ef0-14eb-47f5-8a2f-90eb5e08caa0&amp;mtype=Podcast&amp;CampaignID=1&amp;affiliateID=">Zune</a>] Subscribe to the Show directly in the Zune Marketplace (M4V).<br /> [<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/engadgetshow.xml">RSS M4V</a>] Add the Engadget Show feed (M4V) to your RSS aggregator and have it delivered automatically.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/the-engadget-show-003-drew-bamford-joystiqs-chris-grant-ad/">Continue reading <em>The Engadget Show - 003: Drew Bamford, Joystiq's Chris Grant, Adamo XPS, and lots of game demos</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/the-engadget-show-003-drew-bamford-joystiqs-chris-grant-ad/">The Engadget Show - 003: Drew Bamford, Joystiq's Chris Grant, Adamo XPS, and lots of game demos</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/the-engadget-show-003-drew-bamford-joystiqs-chris-grant-ad/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251395/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/the-engadget-show-003-drew-bamford-joystiqs-chris-grant-ad/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/the-engadget-show-003-drew-bamford-joystiqs-chris-grant-ad/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:32:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/zte-f870e-does-mtv-wacky-sense-of-style-for-vodafone/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=212628&amp;fcc_id=%27Q78-F870E"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/zte-f870e-fcc.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> See that little MTV logo down there on this poorly-facsimiled diagram in the FCC-issued user's manual for ZTE's F870E? Yeah, sure enough, there's some Music Tee Vee functionality in here -- but it's not for everyone. From the manual, it looks like this sucker is destined for use with Vodafone's MTV tie-ins, which would make sense considering that Voda is developing a healthy reputation for farming self-branded designs out to ZTE and Huawei. Historically, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/mtv,modelabs">MTV's worked with France's SFR and Modelabs</a> -- but who's to say they can't spread the love around? Other than the branding, you've got a landscape QWERTY slide, some sort of forgettable dumbphone UI, and a 3 megapixel cam, so if this thing is cheap -- and we suspect it will be -- it should be an option worth checking out for fans of manufactured teen reality series around the world.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/zte-f870e-does-mtv-wacky-sense-of-style-for-vodafone/">ZTE F870E does MTV, wacky sense of style for Vodafone</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:51:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/zte-f870e-does-mtv-wacky-sense-of-style-for-vodafone/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19251379/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/zte-f870e-does-mtv-wacky-sense-of-style-for-vodafone/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/zte-f870e-does-mtv-wacky-sense-of-style-for-vodafone/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-officially-comes-to-android-1-6/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-travels-google-maps.html"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/google-maps-navigation-2.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> <span style="float:right;margin-bottom:16px;margin-left:4px;"></span> You might've thought that Google was positioning its industry-changing <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/GoogleMapsNavigation/">Google Maps Navigation</a> as a value proposition for Android 2.0 and beyond, but yeah, not so much -- instead, they've gone ahead and backported it to 1.6 (alias "Donut") which means that T-Mobile's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/myTouch3G/">myTouch 3G</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/G1/">G1</a> plus other 1.6-equipped devices across the land can get in on the action. In the case of the memory-starved G1, that's especially surprising, and a heartening sign that the world's first retail Android device still has some fight left in it. It's available from the Android Market now, so go ahead -- try to get yourself lost. We dare you.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-officially-comes-to-android-1-6/">Google Maps Navigation officially comes to Android 1.6</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:23:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-officially-comes-to-android-1-6/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251153/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-officially-comes-to-android-1-6/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-officially-comes-to-android-1-6/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/atandts-new-dataconnect-pass-plans-serve-up-data-a-la-carte/ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://buyasession.att.com/sbd/unauth/InitiateSBD.action"><img hspace="4" border="0" align="left" vspace="16" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/att-lightning-sm.jpg"/></a>AT&amp;T is following <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/05/verizon-broadband-data-goes-prepaid">Verizon's lead</a> today with the introduction of new prepaid broadband plans targeted directly at netbook and laptop users who find themselves out of WiFi range (and in desperate need of email) every once in a while. The so-called DataConnect Pass plans exactly mirror Verizon's pricing, which means you can get 75MB as a "day pass" for $15, 250MB as a weekly deal for $30, or a half gig per month for $50. Like Verizon, you're far better off getting the 5GB postpaid plan if you're a heavy user here -- but if you find yourself needing wireless once in a blue moon, this may very well be the way to go. The packages are available now; follow the break for the full press release.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/atandts-new-dataconnect-pass-plans-serve-up-data-a-la-carte/">Continue reading <em>AT&amp;T's new DataConnect Pass plans serve up data a la carte</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/atandts-new-dataconnect-pass-plans-serve-up-data-a-la-carte/">AT&amp;T's new DataConnect Pass plans serve up data a la carte</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:50:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/atandts-new-dataconnect-pass-plans-serve-up-data-a-la-carte/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/atandts-new-dataconnect-pass-plans-serve-up-data-a-la-carte/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/atandts-new-dataconnect-pass-plans-serve-up-data-a-la-carte/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:50:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/apple-hits-back-at-verizon-in-new-iphone-ads-video/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2009/11/apple_launching.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/apple_ad_voice_data.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> <span style="float:right;margin-bottom:16px;margin-left:4px;"></span> Now look, we're not saying we know for <em>sure</em> that Apple thinks Verizon's latest round of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/verizon-removes-gloves-begins-theres-a-map-for-that-anti-atand/">merciless</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/verizon-takes-another-swing-at-atandt-puts-iphone-on-the-island-o/">attack</a> ads on its device and US carrier are worth responding to, but these latest iPhone spots would certainly suggest it. A new campaign launching tonight focuses on the iPhone's ability to carry voice and data simultaneously on AT&amp;T's network, and each of the two new TV spots ends with the line "Can your phone and your network do that?" From where we're sitting, it looks like between this new round and AT&amp;T's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/atandt-hits-back-at-verizons-map-for-that-campaign-with-an-ad/">Luke Wilson-manned</a> comparison spots, both the phonemaker and carrier are fully stepping into the ring. Way to get their attention, guys. See the full clips after the break.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/apple-hits-back-at-verizon-in-new-iphone-ads-video/">Continue reading <em>Apple hits back at Verizon in new iPhone ads (video)</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/apple-hits-back-at-verizon-in-new-iphone-ads-video/">Apple hits back at Verizon in new iPhone ads (video)</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:19:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/apple-hits-back-at-verizon-in-new-iphone-ads-video/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19251032/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/apple-hits-back-at-verizon-in-new-iphone-ads-video/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/apple-hits-back-at-verizon-in-new-iphone-ads-video/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:19:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/motorola-i410-comes-to-boost-catchy-name-doesnt/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=12160&amp;NewsAreaID=22"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/i410_black_l3qtr_boost.jpg"/></a></div> You know how you can tell Moto's new i410 for iDEN isn't really supposed to be hip, stylish, or ultra-functional? Neither Moto nor launch partner Boost bothered to give it a fresh, funky name, bucking the trend set by the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/Clutch/">Clutch</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/Debut/">Debut</a>. Of course, with an utterly basic black rectangular shell, tiny monochrome secondary display, and lack of even a VGA cam, it's clear that they're going for the bottom-most reaches of the market here -- which means that customers should be able to scoop it up for a song on any of Boost's prepaid plans, happily. It's not up on the carrier's site just yet, but it'll be available before the year's up -- and Motorola says that this officially "completes Boost Mobile's 2009 device roadmap," so we hope you weren't holding out for some mythical Android device in the next couple weeks.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/motorola-i410-comes-to-boost-catchy-name-doesnt/">Motorola i410 comes to Boost, catchy name doesn't</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:39:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/motorola-i410-comes-to-boost-catchy-name-doesnt/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19250925/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/motorola-i410-comes-to-boost-catchy-name-doesnt/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/motorola-i410-comes-to-boost-catchy-name-doesnt/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:39:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/telstra-brings-blackberry-bold-9700-into-the-fold/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media/announcements_article.cfm?ObjectID=46043"><img border="0" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/telstra-9700.jpg"/></a></div> Waterloo's latest weapon of choice is continuing its ruthless quest to eradicate the original <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/Bold/">Bold</a> around the world this week with an official announcement of availability on Australia's Telstra, where it'll be hitting shops on Tuesday the 24th. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/Bold9700/">Bold 9700</a> that you're getting here is the same you'll find elsewhere -- 3.2 megapixel camera, BlackBerry OS 5.0, and a 480 x 360 display -- and will be made available to non-business customers at a whopping AUD $999 (about $917), though that financial blow is softened a good deal by Telstra's Mobile Repayment Option which spreads the outlay over two years. You'd better really be pining for that optical pad, eh?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/telstra-brings-blackberry-bold-9700-into-the-fold/">Telstra brings BlackBerry Bold 9700 into the fold</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:41:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/telstra-brings-blackberry-bold-9700-into-the-fold/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19250167/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/telstra-brings-blackberry-bold-9700-into-the-fold/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/telstra-brings-blackberry-bold-9700-into-the-fold/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:41:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-hacked-for-extra-american-use/ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583123"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/23nov09goo038tgb.jpg" alt=""/></a>Guess what, prospective <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/motorola-milestone-does-what-droidont/">Milestone</a> owners, the Droid's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/28/google-navigation-video-hands-on-you-want-this/">one major advantage</a> over its Euro cousin has just been coded out of existence by those proactive, un-American <em>XDA Developers</em>. The free <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/28/google-adds-free-turn-by-turn-navigation-car-dock-ui-to-android/">Google Maps Navigation</a> service, whose US announcement was so shocking as to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/28/the-game-has-changed/">decimate the stock prices</a> of satnav purveyors Garmin and TomTom, has now been ported to work outside the land of the free as well. Not only that, but you can use the app on other Android devices, meaning your old G1 can get a breath of fresh air for absolutely free. That is if you don't count the time it takes you to learn how to insert all the code properly and the risk of bricking your device in the process. But we know our readers eat iron nails for breakfast and fashion elegantly optimized code before lunch, so we expect all of you to be using this by day's end, you hear?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-hacked-for-extra-american-use/">Google Maps Navigation hacked for extra-American use</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-hacked-for-extra-american-use/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19250420/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-hacked-for-extra-american-use/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/google-maps-navigation-hacked-for-extra-american-use/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:19:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/verizon-announces-samsung-omnia-ii-december-2-for-200/ <div style="text-align:center;"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/vzw-samsung-omnia-ii-ofc.jpg" alt=""/></div> As expected, Verizon has chosen December 2 as the Samsung <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/omniaii">Omnia II's</a> date with destiny, bringing an interesting full-touch WinMo alternative to the HTC <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Imagio/">Imagio</a> that launched back in October alongside <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/WindowsMobile65/">Windows Mobile 6.5</a>. Speaking of 6.5, there were some early concerns that Verizon's version of the Omnia II would launch on stale 6.1 code, but fear not -- it's now confirmed that you'll be looking at Microsoft's latest and greatest stuff when you gaze upon that 3.7-inch AMOLED WVGA display. It's also got a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, WiFi, and 8GB of internal storage along with microSD expansion -- good news for anyone who plans on making much use of that cam, especially in video mode. Verizon's site and retail locations both take delivery of the device on the same 12/2 date, pushing it for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. Considering the pricing, we've gotta ask: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Droid/">Droid</a> or Omnia II?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/verizon-announces-samsung-omnia-ii-december-2-for-200/">Verizon announces Samsung Omnia II: December 2 for $200</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/verizon-announces-samsung-omnia-ii-december-2-for-200/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19250109/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/verizon-announces-samsung-omnia-ii-december-2-for-200/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/verizon-announces-samsung-omnia-ii-december-2-for-200/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sergey-brin-android-and-chrome-os-will-likely-converge-over-ti/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sergey-brin-android-and-chrome-os-will-likely-converge-over-ti/"><img border="1" vspace="4" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/richd-android-chromeos-merge.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> When it comes to nerd obsessions, the only thing that can trump a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/apple,tablet">fictional tablet</a> developed by battling <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/courier">left-coast legends</a> is the promise of a revolutionary OS from Google that relies upon nothing but a browser and the dreams of a young Larry Ellison. Don't even start with your <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/27/international-marketing-101-dells-inspiron-us-vs-korean-launch/">Korean product waifs</a> as we're trying to keep the discussion in the realm of possibilities. Now, with the weekend over, you've probably experienced the same sense of ennui we've all felt at having downloaded and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/how-to-run-chrome-os-as-a-virtual-machine/">tested a copy of Chrome OS</a>. To be fair, that meh-ness is kind of what you'd expect from a browser-based OS that's meant to get out of your way. Still, it's hard not to wonder where Android and its growing application base fits into Google's long-term OS strategy especially after seeing several ARM-based <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/smartbook%2Candroid">smartbook prototypes</a> running Google's smartphone OS. Fortunately, Google co-founder Sergey Brin shed some light on this topic in a candid statement following the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/live-from-googles-chrome-os-project-announcement/">Chrome OS event</a>. According to <em>CNET</em>, Brin said that Android and the Chrome OS "will likely converge over time," noting the common Webkit and Linux foundation of both operating systems. It's unclear when this might occur however. In fact, listening to Google CEO Eric Schmidt attempt to explain the difference between Google's operating systems in a recent <em>CNET</em> interview leaves us wondering if Google has a clear idea of its target markets as smartphone and laptop functionality continues to converge across devices. Schmidt concedes that it's too early to tell how the OSes will be used and prefers not to "prejudge the success" of each. "The future will unfold as it does," he says, and the open-source community will determine the natural fit. Check the interview after the break -- the Android vs. Chrome OS waffling begins at the 16:30 remaining mark of the 19 minute and 11 second interview.<br /> <br /> [Original image courtesy of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://richd.com/2007/11/android-logo.html">Rich Dellinger</a>]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sergey-brin-android-and-chrome-os-will-likely-converge-over-ti/">Continue reading <em>Sergey Brin: Android and Chrome OS 'will likely converge over time'</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sergey-brin-android-and-chrome-os-will-likely-converge-over-ti/">Sergey Brin: Android and Chrome OS 'will likely converge over time'</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:59:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sergey-brin-android-and-chrome-os-will-likely-converge-over-ti/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19250375/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sergey-brin-android-and-chrome-os-will-likely-converge-over-ti/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sergey-brin-android-and-chrome-os-will-likely-converge-over-ti/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:59:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/jailbroken-iphones-exposed-to-second-worm-this-time-malicious/ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8373739.stm"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/23nov09obdjlfa.jpg" alt=""/></a>As inevitable as the sun rising in the East and setting in the West, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/08/first-iphone-worm-rickrolls-jailbroken-phones/">an innocuous iPhone worm</a> has been transformed into a malicious bank details-stealing virus. The second recorded iPhone infection operates on exactly the same principles as the first, as it targets jailbroken handsets with SSH installed, but this time adds the ability for the hacker to remotely control and access the phone. By throwing up a purported ING Direct login page, he (or she, or they) can collect your online banking credentials and, presumably, all the cash they are supposed to protect. Presently isolated within the Netherlands, this outbreak may spread further still, as it is capable of infecting other jailbroken iPhones on the same WiFi network.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/jailbroken-iphones-exposed-to-second-worm-this-time-malicious/">Jailbroken iPhones exposed to second worm, this time malicious</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:40:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/jailbroken-iphones-exposed-to-second-worm-this-time-malicious/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19250316/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/jailbroken-iphones-exposed-to-second-worm-this-time-malicious/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/jailbroken-iphones-exposed-to-second-worm-this-time-malicious/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:40:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/spotify-gets-symbian-app-nokia-owners-rejoice/ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spotify.com/en/mobile/symbian/#"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/23nov09noki7gb3r.jpg"/></a>As the official Spotify site says, "Symbian is the world's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/gartner-posts-worldwide-mobile-os-numbers-for-2008/">most popular</a> smartphone platform," so it's only proper that it too gets to sip the elixir of on-demand music streaming and offline playlists. Nothing is particularly different from the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/spotify-app-launches-on-itunes-and-android-market-to-premium-mem/">iPhone or Android offering</a>, you still require a Spotify Premium account in order to access the service on your mobile, but we're sure all those N- and E-series device owners didn't want <em>better</em>, they just wanted <em>in</em>. Lest we forget, the Samsung i8910 HD and Sony Ericsson Satio are also on that freshly minted Symbian support list. If you must know what the app looks like before pulling the trigger, slide past the break for a video demonstration.<br /> <br /> [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/spotify-gets-symbian-app-nokia-owners-rejoice/">Continue reading <em>Spotify gets Symbian app, Nokia owners rejoice</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/spotify-gets-symbian-app-nokia-owners-rejoice/">Spotify gets Symbian app, Nokia owners rejoice</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:34:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/spotify-gets-symbian-app-nokia-owners-rejoice/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19250254/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/spotify-gets-symbian-app-nokia-owners-rejoice/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/spotify-gets-symbian-app-nokia-owners-rejoice/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:34:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-slated-for-south-korean-debut-on-november-28/ <img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="left" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/ever1-iphone.jpg"/>Look, South Korea, we know it's been about four decades since a handset without an integrated DMB tuner or two launched in your neck of the woods -- and no, there <em>isn't</em> an app for that -- but just how badly do you want in on this Apple mojo? Following <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/09/23/south-korea-clears-iphone-for-sale/">government clearance</a> a couple months back, South Korean operator KT says that it's now ready to offer the iPhone to customers next Saturday, November 28 for prices ranging from 396,000 won ($343) on a 45,000 won plan ($39) for a 32GB 3GS all the way down to absolutely free for an 8GB 3G on a 95,000 won plan ($82). Given that KT and its competitors typically rival Japanese carriers for sheer technological insanity, it'll be interesting to see how the average Korean consumer responds to the late launch.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-slated-for-south-korean-debut-on-november-28/">iPhone slated for South Korean debut on November 28</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:21:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-slated-for-south-korean-debut-on-november-28/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19250138/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-slated-for-south-korean-debut-on-november-28/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/iphone-slated-for-south-korean-debut-on-november-28/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:21:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sony-ericsson-kurara-previewed-way-ahead-of-release/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fmobile-review.com%2Freview%2Fsonyericsson-kurara.shtml&amp;sl=ru&amp;tl=en"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/23nov09kuraf79g3.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> We <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/sony-ericsson-kurara-has-speedy-cortex-a8-powervr-purring-insid/">were promised</a> a preview of Sony Ericsson's Symbian-sporting Satio sibling, and indeed here we are, looking at the machine-translated Kurara analysis courtesy of Eldar from <em>Mobile Review</em>. He pulls no punches in his introduction by noting that the new handset will offer little in terms of specs to trump the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/02/samsung-omnia-hd-i8910-reviewed-in-the-glow-of-the-amoled-screen/">Samsung i8910 HD</a>, and sketching out the tough market it'll have to compete in once the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/nokias-x6-to-ship-next-week-maybe-sooner-if-youre-lucky/">Nokia X6</a> comes out and starts grabbing market and mindshare alike. As to the phone itself, he describes the 8.1 megapixel camera as an "inexpensive" unit and lets the sample photos and 720p sample video shot with it speak for themselves. Battery life was found to be "lacking," though we congratulate SE on electing to use a 3.5mm headphone jack and MicroSD memory expansion over its own proprietary formats. Overall, the Kurara was "pleasant to use," but lacked the necessary wow factor and its fate, says Eldar, will depend on just how keenly Sony Ericsson wants to price it.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sony-ericsson-kurara-previewed-way-ahead-of-release/">Sony Ericsson Kurara previewed way ahead of release</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:51:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sony-ericsson-kurara-previewed-way-ahead-of-release/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19250168/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sony-ericsson-kurara-previewed-way-ahead-of-release/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sony-ericsson-kurara-previewed-way-ahead-of-release/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:51:00 -0800 http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/webos-1-3-1-coming-to-european-pres-soon/ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blog.palm.com/palm/2009/11/version-131-of-webos-en-route-to-europe.html"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2009/11/webos-131-sm.jpg" alt=""/></a>A Europe with a Yahoo-free <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/webOS/">webOS</a> isn't a Europe we'd ever want to live in -- it's just not right -- and happily we won't have to, because that shiny new version 1.3.1 that <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/14/palm-pre-webos-1-3-1-update-available-now-a-day-early/">dropped</a> in concert with the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/Pixi/">Pixi</a> launch a few days ago is on the way to the Old World. Palm's official blog reports that customers on the Pre's official carriers in Ireland, Germany, Spain, and the UK can expect 1.3.1 "soon," and thanks to the magic of over-the-air firmware delivery, users should have little more to do than sit on their rears and wait for the goodness to come to them on a wireless silver platter. In fact, we've heard from one German tipster that the update is already available. Let us know how it treats you, won't you?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/webos-1-3-1-coming-to-european-pres-soon/">webOS 1.3.1 trickles out to European Pres</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:17:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/webos-1-3-1-coming-to-european-pres-soon/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/forward/19250134/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/webos-1-3-1-coming-to-european-pres-soon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/webos-1-3-1-coming-to-european-pres-soon/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:17:00 -0800 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/china-telecom-to-launch-palm-and-blackberry-handsets-this-year/ <div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSSHA29484920091123"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2009/08/palm-beijing.jpg"/></a></div> Although we like to think of the US and European markets as the center of the cellphone universe, there are big (Big!) sales to be had elsewhere behind the unstoppable force of globalization. And when it comes to absolute numbers, markets just don't get any bigger than China with its estimated 700 million subscribers. Rumors of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/06/26/china-telecom-mulling-blackberry-offering/">BlackBerry</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/china-telecom-talking-to-palm-for-the-pre/">Palm</a> twist-ups with Chinese carriers are nothing new. In fact, RIM has already been a player in the Chinese market <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/rim-cleared-to-sell-blackberrys-in-china/">for years</a>. Today, however, we've got a rumored timeline for bringing their handsets to China Telecom: end of 2009 or early 2010, according to a <em>Reuters</em> source. The move would give Telecom its first trendy western mobiles in hopes of improving its third place position behind <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/china-unicom-readies-october-1st-iphone-launch/">Unicom</a> and market dominating <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/china%20mobile">China Mobile</a> in a battle for the hearts <s>and minds</s> and treasure of China's burgeoning population. And while RIM would certainly be pleased by the additional revenue source, Palm, with its modest marketshare by comparison, would be downright ecstatic at the prospect of tapping into China with its new smartphones.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/china-telecom-to-launch-palm-and-blackberry-handsets-this-year/">China Telecom to launch Palm and BlackBerry handsets this year?</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:54:00 EST. 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It seems that a whole bunch of HD2s in the field are having issues with pink auras around the center of the image, which can simply appear to the casual observer as weird white balance in a busy scene; there are intermittent reports that newer devices have squashed the problem, while older units may need to be swapped out to get it fixed. We'll keep an eye on this to see if firmware can magically make this go away, but in the meantime, is anyone out there noticing this on their unit?<br /> <br /> [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/11/23/htc-hd2s-exhibiting-camera-weirdness/">HTC HD2s exhibiting camera weirdness?</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mobile.engadget.com">Engadget Mobile</a> on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:03:00 EST. 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