The worst name for a knockoff cellphone, ever
And in case you're wondering, they're ripping the Oppo logo.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, entry, est, flip, kirf, oppo, originally-appeared, poop love, poop phone, poopphone, result, worst-name
Sharp Mobiflip channels Sidekick LX’s vibes for Mobilicity
Thought the launch of the Kin ONEm and TWOm was strange? Here's another oddity with a Microsoft tie-in: Canadian startup Mobilicity has just announced the "Mobiflip," a phone that the carrier's own press release calls out as being "similar to the Sidekick LX ." It's unclear whether what's left of Danger will be supporting the device -- the Sidekick line basically pioneered mobile cloud computing, after all -- but what we see of the interface certainly rings true to the Sidekicks of days gone by
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: certainly-rings, doppelganger, heck, interface, microsoft, press, release, result, sidekicklx
Nexus S gets its first update over the air
We don't know what it fixes yet, but we've gotten some tips -- and we're now seeing it on xda-developers -- that Nexus S handsets in the field are getting blessed with their first software update, build GRH78 (up from GRH55) with an official version of 2.3.1. Not everyone has it yet (we don't on ours), so as usual, this would seem to be getting sent out on a rolling basis. Hang tight, owners! [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Nexus S gets its first update over the air originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:53:00 EST.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: developers, field, friend-via, gingerbread, grh78, nexus s, over-the-air, result, software-update, update, upgrade
Meizu M9 ripped apart, out flies a Hummingbird processor
You’ve seen Jack Wong’s baby from every angle and taken a deep dive through the UI — now, feast your eyes on the juicy silicon insides. Forumgoers at gadget portal 163.com and Soomal cracked open the Retina Display-wielding device this week, and there’s a good bit to see. Sure enough, there’s the 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird we were promised, some TriQuint communication chips, and a lot of tiny covers on a fairly stacked little board. Check out our source and more coverage links for the full teardown; you’ll find plenty more pics where this one came from.
Meizu M9 ripped apart, out flies a Hummingbird processor originally appeared on Mobile Phone Street on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:44:00 EST. .
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by Photo Giddy
I have a DVD disc for my business that I would like to burn to my Android phone so I can show clients. I believe on Android devices I have to convert the video to an mp4 (not totally sure). I used VLP player to burn the DVD to my documents and now want to convert and transfer to my phone. Thanks for your help!
I’m looking for a way to get the paid apps for free on an android phone like you can with a jailbroken iphone. Any suggestions?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apart, flies, hummingbird, meizu, processor, ripped
Samsung Epic 4G getting post-Christmas Froyo treat?
We're horrible at getting gifts and cards to their recipients on time, usually showing up in mailboxes at least a day late.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: charging, christmas-froyo, engadget, epic 4g, froyo, handset, happening, milk, morning-cookies, rumor, samsung, samsung-epic, time, update, worst
Pantech Vega Xpress comes with DDR2 memory, extravagant performance claims
Pantech 's bringing a new wrinkle to the mobile hardware space with its newly announced Vega Xpress handset. This 4-inch Android 2.2 beastie will come equipped with an unspecified amount of DDR2 RAM -- yes, the stuff that usually goes into x86 laptop and desktop computers -- which Pantech will have you believe is going to blow the competition out of the proverbial water. The company claims the new phone doubles 3D graphics performance relative to its previous best, while power efficiency is also said to be two to three times better
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 480-resolution, engadget, korea, mobile, msm8255, pantechvegaxpress, power, qualcomm, specs-include
Dell lowers Streak price to $400, but will make you wait until January to get it
Good news: Dell's unlocked Streak has just plunged down the pricing charts with a neat $180 discount taking it to a palatable $400 level. Bad news: you won't get yours shipped until the 10th of January, according to Round Rock's web outlet.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 180-discount, official, outlet, palette, price, price-cut, pricing, streak, until-the-10th
Google adds AT&T billing to Android Market payment options
Having rolled out to T-Mobile just about a year ago, Google’s celebrating the anniversary of its Android Market carrier billing feature in the US by expanding the service to AT&T. Put simply, this means that if you’re using an Android device on an AT&T line, you’ll no longer need to use a credit card — you can just bill your purchases straight to your AT&T bill, which is painless… almost too painless, really, if you’re the compulsive type. And no, we’re not aware of a way to bill a Froyo update for your Captivate to your account — but believe us, we’ll keep on looking.
Google adds AT&T billing to Android Market payment options originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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by Wade Morgen
Just as question asks, what is your favourite application paid or free that you use on a regular basis? It could be on nexus or another android phone.
I’ve been looking into getting an android phone from verzion, but I am a REALLY heavy texter, I text about 30,000 texts per month, and I want a phone that is easy to text on and isn’t difficult to use. Right now I have an env3, and I absolutely love the keyboard layout, but the phone has so many glitches.
Also, I’m not the most careful with my phone. So I want a phone that won’t break if dropped.
Samsung sells 9.3 million Galaxy S devices, within reaching distance of its lofty goal
10 million freaking smartphones. Who thought, when Samsung put that number forward as its 2010 Galaxy S sales goal two months ago, that it was actually going to happen? Well, with just over a week left in the calendar year, the Korean giant has racked up 9.3 million sales of its Android superphone globally and actually expects to sneak past the mythical 10 million mark just before the champagne glasses start clinking. The Galaxy S has also scored a win in its home market of South Korea, where its two million units sold so far leads the iPhone 4′s 1.8 million sales. Hearty congratulations are due to the crew in Seoul, such success doesn’t happen by chance, but let’s keep working on those Froyo (and Gingerbread!) software updates as well, eh chaps?
Samsung sells 9.3 million Galaxy S devices, within reaching distance of its lofty goal originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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by osde8info
Android on T-Mobile website
Image by Todd Barnard
Behind the sign-in, then an URL hack ( my.t-mobile.com/promotions/welcometemplate.aspx – If you are interested ) shows Android phone, in black, clickable, but goes no where.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: devices, Distance, galaxy, goal, lofty, million, reaching, samsung, sells, within
Sony Ericsson LiveView getting much needed January update
Good news for those early adopters burdened by an underperforming Sony Ericsson's LiveView : help is on the way.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: control, entry, ericsson-live, finally-achieve, liveview, official, result, softwareupdate, sony, sony-ericsson, the-wrist-worn, update-service