Samsung Fascinate shows up in Verizon warehouse manifest, destined for September launch?
While Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile customers have been enjoying their epic , vibrant and captivating Galaxy S variants for weeks, the only thing fascinating about Verizon's take on the Samsung smartphone is how long it's taken to arrive.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: been-enjoying, mtv video music awards, mtv vmas, mtvvmas, music-video, result, samsung, samsung galaxy s, samsung-fascinate, samsungfascinate, samsunggalaxys
Cricket starts offering Android-powered Zio for $230
As we discovered back at its CTIA intro earlier this year, Kyocera's (and Sanyo's) Zio isn't the neatest Android phone you've ever seen -- nor the most technically impressive -- but at $230 without a contract after $20 discount, it's pretty hard to argue that you're not getting what you pay for. Regional carrier Cricket had been promising the Zio for some time, and now it's here, just the latest in the company's newfound push into the smartphone space -- a space it's traditionally avoided in the past -- with the recent launch of the Curve 8530 (for the same price as the Zio, coincidentally). Trackballs are officially pass
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: budget, Carrier, cricket, cricket wireless, curve, launch, leap wireless, leapwireless, mobile, starts-offering, trackballs, zio
HTC Windows Phone 7 device hits FCC, destined for Europe?
You've already gotten one flavor of Windows Phone 7 from HTC via the feds' filing system -- but how about another?
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: boy, europe, exclusive, fashionable, fcc, feds, from-the-filing, htc, phone, the-fashionable, wcdma, windowsphone7
HP’s in-house webOS competition yields about 500 apps, says CTO
A little backstory: HP has an annual in-house event for its employees called TechCon, and this year a challenge was issued to the engineers to make the best webOS app (free phones were offered as incentive).
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: app, apps, catalog, challenge, Clones, engadget, milestone, overall-quality, result, should-expect, webos
Verizon pushing Droid update for Flash 10.1 compatibility
You might recall that Verizon and Motorola's first go-around at pushing Android 2.2 to the original Droid didn't include compatibility with the Flash 10.1 install in the Market -- but don't worry, lovers of Flash-based web ads, because the fix is now upon us.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: adobe, ads, content, engadget, flash, flash-player, internet, stretch-it-over, upgrade, verizonwireless, vzw, wireless
The revolving door: Froyo for Droid Incredible coming tomorrow, Froyo for EVO 4G gets rooted
The rich landscape of Android versioning just got a bit richer, with word of an official Froyo update for the Droid Incredible being launched tomorrow (based on the screencap pictured above), while the EVO 4G's recent Froyo software just got rooted. If you're crazily impatient, an Android 2.2 ROM for the Incredible just leaked out into the wild, and can be installed with a bit of work, but from the official-looking-ness of this leak from Droid Life , a painless official update is not far off
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: droid incredible, droid-life, entry, freedom, froyo, htc-sense, inevitably, landscape, revolving-door, root, sense, sprint
Netflix adds iPhone and iPod touch compatibility in latest app version
We knew this was coming and here it is: the Netflix application, heretofore reserved only for iPad users , has trickled down to iPhone and iPod touch devices. Version 1.1.0 makes the TV show and movie streaming app universal -- so long as your universe is known as iOS -- and looks to massively expand the available audience for Netflix's mobile effort.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: app, application, engadget, friend-via, iphone, ipodtouch, netflix, universe, your-universe
Mili PowerSpring 4 doubles the battery life of your iPhone 4
There's a big difference between the iPhone 4 and Galaxy S. No, not iOS vs
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: battery-life, entire-industry, gadget, iphone 4, mili, mili powerspring 4, Pack, powerspring4
T-Mobile G2 build leaks out, points to potent MSM7x30 chipset?
What's inside the T-Mobile G2, aside from fancy hinges and an HSPA+ capable modem ? We can't say for sure, but this week saw a zip file from China set the Android community astir with visions of vanilla frozen yogurt heaped high atop a stack of powerful silicon. Android Guys discovered an allegedly leaked G2 Android 2.2 build (sans Sense ) at the website of one 911sniper , last seen outing supposed HTC specs left and right , and our old friend Cyanogen took it upon himself to have a peek inside
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: astir, china, frozen, htc, htcg2, leaks, mobile, peek, sense, stack, yogurt-heaped
Mophie and Intuit partner to create Complete Card Solution for iPhone, try to make Square look square
Who knew that credit card processing would be the new hotness for smartphones? The Square mobile payment system has been making waves by letting small businesses receive credit card payment directly on their smartphones. Now, mophie and Intuit are looking to get in on the same action with their Complete Card Solution for iPhone
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: application, card, complete, entry, hotness, Intuit, iphone, iphone 3, iphone 3gs, iphone3g, mophie, Solution