Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian turns to a brilliant shade of gold
Opera has done a pretty commendable job of keeping its latest, greatest wares up to date on most of the major mobile platforms, and here's another checkbox they can tick: Opera Mobile 10.1 has now gone final for Symbian. Of course, this isn't to be confused with the lighter-weight Opera Mini product that went into beta for Symbian last month -- this is the full package that's capable of operating without a proxy. What's new?
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: available-now, Checkbox, commendable, date-on-most, engadget-mobile, entry, mobile, opera, opera-mini, operamini, result, services, symbian, times
Black Friday 2010 deals roundup: ultimate mega edition (updated regularly)
Hey guys, did you hear that the day after Thanksgiving everybody gets up at the crack of dawn to go stand in line at big box retailers so they can get the cheapest deals in town? Yes, it's called Black Friday , and like it or not, it's one of the greatest things about living in the United States of America, where making a competitive sport out of purchasing Christmas gifts for your loved ones is only better in reality than it would be on reality television (producers, you know where to find us).
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: black-friday, cheapest-deals, crack, dawn, friday, gifts, holiday, reality, retailers, roundup, sale, shopping, stampede, television
iPhone gets UberTwitter client, BlackBerrys have one less reason to exist
If the name UberTwitter sounds familiar, that'll be because it's one of the more popular mobile Twitter clients, accounting for 10 million tweets each day from BlackBerry users around the globe. And now it's also available on the iPhone. Citing the "growing dominance" of Apple's one-device-to-rule-them-all mobile platform, the UberTwitter crew has decided to expand its offering with a new open beta, which is available to download now
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: application, beta, black, BlackBerry, entry, iphone, million-tweets, social-networking, twitter-client, twitterclient
AT&T-branded BlackBerry Bold 9780 spotted by way of eBay
T-Mobile's got an American lock on the Bold 9780 at the moment, but you know how it goes with BlackBerrys: they tend to go pretty much everywhere ( Storm and Torch notably excepted) if you give 'em enough time. Sure enough, an AT&T-branded version just popped up... and if you've got $899 lying around and an undying love for unreleased RIM gear, it can be yours.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: 9780, 9780-spotted, berry-bold, black, BlackBerry, bold9780, entry, lock, moment, result, torch, undying-love, white-version
RIM: Kik was pulled from App World over ‘breached contractual obligations’
Looks like RIM has made a final decision on the Kik situation after having pulled the wildly popular upstart instant messaging app from the BlackBerry App World a few days ago -- and for current and hopeful Kik users, the news isn't good (bold added by us): "RIM became aware of a number of issues and customer concerns regarding the Kik app and service. Following discussions with Kik, the app was removed from BlackBerry App World on November 12. Upon further investigation, RIM concluded that Kik had breached contractual obligations.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, Bolds, engadget, entry, kik, messaging, over-the-spat, public-response, response-on-its, result, rim
Acer reveals 4.8-inch Android smartphone with 1024×480 screen resolution
Acer may be calling this "100 percent smartphone. 100 percent tablet," but something just doesn't add up there. That being said, we have to agree that a 1024x480 screen resolution on a 4.8-inch smartphone is downright drool-worthy.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: accelerometer, acer, atypical, axis, breaking-news, breakingnews, dell, drool, engadget, lighting, megapixel, Rear, result, two-megapixel
Jabra Stone2 is out this week — but AT&T and Verizon are carrying different versions
In the off chance that you have your fingers on the pulse of the Bluetooth headset industry, you know darn well that Jabra's curiously-designed Stone2 went on sale this week .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: att, bluetooth, carry-the-units, entry, headset, jabra, result, store-or-vice, verizon-wireless, went-on-sale
Motorola Defy ‘expected’ to get Android 2.2 in Q2 2011, says O2 Germany
Though we loved the Defy , we were quick to admonish Motorola for having the stones to release a phone this late in the game running Eclair ; after all, Froyo's been on retail devices since June, so rocking 2.1 on a new release is just a little insulting.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: been-on-retail, blur, engadget-mobile, entry, famous, froyo, game, main-challenge, mobile, motorola defy, think-the-main, time, upgrade, words
TerreStar Genus now available to anyone who wants one for just $1,150
Just how much is the promise of anywhere, anytime cellphone reception worth to you? If you answered "one thousand, one hundred and fifty dollars," well... your time has finally come.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: business, channels, genus, little-hesitant, north, reception-worth, result, sat phone, satphone, terre, terrestar, video, winmo 6.5, wm6.5
LG Quantum, HTC Surround and Samsung Focus: BOGO from AT&T starting Friday
Here's hoping you didn't choose to adopt early . Not even three weeks after Windows Phone 7 went on sale in the US of A comes this: a buy one, get one free sale christened by Microsoft and AT&T. Starting November 26th (that's Black Friday, we'll have you know), sleepy-eyed consumers can drag themselves into their local AT&T store in order to pick up an LG Quantum, HTC Surround or Samsung Focus in BOGO fashion -- best of all, you can mix and match, enabling users to snag a Quantum and a Surround (or a Focus) for just $199
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: bogo, deals, htc, microsoft, result, went-on-sale, windows, windowsphone7