LG Optimus Z now available in South Korea
Announced back in April , LG has now launched its so-called Optimus Z Android handset on a pair of South Korea carriers -- SK Telecom and KT -- bearing model numbers SU950 and KU9500, respectively. You've got the usual range of features like a 3.5-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel cam, DivX compatibility, and support for LG's neat Air Sync service, but what really sets these bad boys apart is something LG is aptly calling "On Screen Phone": using Bluetooth, you'll be able to see and interact with the Optimus Z's screen from your PC, which is awesome when you're too lazy to extract the thing from your pocket.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: between-devices, boys, entry, megapixel, mobile, model, optimusz, south, south-korea, su950, transfer-files
LG VL600 LTE / CDMA modem for Verizon in the wild?
You might remember that an LTE modem for Verizon passed FCC muster not long ago -- now, it seems we're getting our first glimpse of it. As is usually the case with these early devices on next-gen networks, this USB stick doesn't look quite as svelte as we'd probably like it to be, but we have little doubt that they'll get progressively thinner and sexier over the course of a year or three. And hey, in the meantime, far be it from us to steer clear of faster download speeds just because the modem's a little chubby, you know?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, faster-download, first-glimpse, glimpse, inthewild, lte, over-the-course, result, usb modem, verizon, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless, year-or-three
Citi discloses security flaw in iPhone app, is probably sending you a(nother) new card right now
Call us jaded, bitter or just downright unlucky, but we've received more new Citi card digits in the past two years than we know what to do with. Every other month or so, some prankster is breaking into some database and compromising some quantity information over at Citi (or at least that's how it seems), and now the frustrations have spilled over into the mobile realm.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, entry, frustrations, mobile, personal data, recently-fessed, sanity, security
Bell’s Galaxy S gets front-facing camera, rumored August 6 launch date
It's a crying shame that the American flavors of Samsung's otherwise stunning Galaxy S lack a front facing camera, but even those camped out in the Great White North should know that the European versions ( i9000 ) do have such a feature. Lucky for them, Bell's Galaxy S Vibrant will also have a camera mounted on the front, enabling video chats with a lot less hassle.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 6th, camera-mounted, enabling-video, engadget-mobile, european, Fingers, front-facing, galaxy, mobile, north, Versions
Motorola Bali and Rambler flip phones hitting Boost Mobile on August 11
Boost Mobile does a fine enough job advertising its $50 monthly unlimited plan, but how's about the phone selection? If you're a fan of flips, Motorola has a new duo headed to the aforesaid operator next month
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bali, boost-mobile, capability, engadget-mobile, external-touch, flips, motorola, motorola rambler, qwerty, Rocks
T-Mobile’s apparent myTouch 3G HD gets spied from the rear
So, how do you feel about the look of this myTouch 3G HD we've been seeing this week? Haven't formed a complete opinion yet? Well, maybe this new shot -- seemingly of said phone's backside -- will help.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: credibility, models, mytouch, mytouch-3g, mytouch3g, mytouch3ghd, picture, qwerty, render, result, segment, words
Droid 2 manual leaks, teaches you everything you need to know about a phone you don’t have
You know the drill: blurry shots of phone get leaked... user's manual gets leaked... excited would-be buyers voraciously consume manual's contents..
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: consume-manual, documentation, droid, droid-life, keyboard, know-the-drill, motorola, trodden, usersmanual, vzw
Samsung Intensity II descends on Verizon
Though Samsung has developed a near-legendary reputation for giving its phones silly names , it turns out that "Intensity II" is surprisingly appropriate in a way: this thing's got an infrared camera. Or at least the 1.3 megapixel shooter has an infrared mode, which should make it unusually adept at taking pictures of things that people never intended to be captured for posterity. Like its predecessor , the Intensity II has a slide-out landscape QWERTY keyboard paired with a numeric keypad in front; you've got a 2.2-inch QVGA screen and microSD expansion up to 32GB, perfect for those thousands of night shots you'll undoubtedly be taking
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: adept-at-taking, engadget, keyboard-paired, legendary, mobile, names, night, numeric, posterity, result, verizonwireless
EVO 4G’s Android 2.2 update starts trickling out tomorrow, loads of new features and fixes in store?
We're not certain that this date is going to hold -- things like this have an uncanny tendency to slip at the last possible moment -- but we're at least hopeful to see some internal Sprint communication that they're trying to get the EVO 4G updated to Froyo as soon as tomorrow, July 30. It'd be the perfect way to kick off the weekend, wouldn't it?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bunch, capture, entry, evo, exclusive, flashlight-mode, sprint, video, widgets
Motorola’s EX112, EX115, and EX245 exposed enroute to Brazil
If you think this dynamic duo is running Android, well...
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: capability, market, mobile, models, motorola, motos, north, over-the-same, smartphone, touchscreen, turns-out-moto, variants