How would you change Apple’s iPhone 4?
We know, half of you aren't even going to read past the headline before you start angrily banging away about Apple's admitted antenna gaff and the still-not-totally-fixed proximity sensor , but we're urging you to look deeper .
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, apple-iphone, att, colors, fri, hwyc, proximity, receptionissue, seriousness, smartphone
New ARM architecture (likely Eagle) better suited for OS virtualization
Looks like that fake Pre with the iOS / BlackBerry OS split personality is a little ahead of its time, but ARM -- supplier of the architecture that underpins most of the world's smartphones -- likes the idea. In a recent talk at Stanford, ARM program manager David Brash talked up some of the highlights of new "extensions" to the existing ARMv7-A platform, and though he apparently never mentioned Eagle by name, it seems safe to assume that he was referring to the capabilities that Eagle would bring to the table when it launches in the next couple years. Notably, the extensions will break through ARM's current 4GB RAM limit by mapping 4GB windows of memory to each virtualized operating system, which dovetails nicely -- suspiciously nicely, in fact -- with VMware's recent talk of wanting virtualized phones capable of seamlessly switching between multiple platforms without any hacky bootloader solutions
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: arm, black, Capabilities, Eagle, ios, operating, operating-system, personality, smartphones, the-extensions
Samsung Bada SDK hits version 1.0; in other news, a tree falls and no one’s around to hear it
Is anyone developing for Bada ? Hello, anyone
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: brim, code, engadget, entry, hand-at-busting, mobile, platforms, result, sdk
Verizon confirms Android 2.2 update for Droid Incredible hits today
Just as we thought , HTC's Droid Incredible for Verizon is getting boosted from Android 2.1 to 2.2 today, which should make plenty of owners (and plenty of non-owners who've been unable to find any stock for the past couple months) happy as a clam. Major features include pre-installed Flash 10.1, 720p video recording, mobile hotspot support as first introduced for Verizon on the Droid X , and naturally, all the other standard greatness you've come to expect with Froyo . We imagine this update will take a couple weeks to roll out to everyone, so show some patience, Droid Incredible owners -- or, you know, do like we do and search frantically for an update.zip to get posted somewhere.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, htc Tags: breakingnews, couple, droid, features, flash, incredible, mobile hotspot, result, update
Dell dropping Windows Phone 7 devices from its roadmap? (update: Dell responds, is definitely still in the game)
Now we don't have much more to go on here than some analyst chatter and a lengthy article from TechCrunch , but if you believe what you read, a major player has just dropped Windows Phone 7 devices from its roadmap. And that player is Dell . According to Jonathan Goldberg, an telecom analyst at Deutsche Bank, the only remaining partners currently working on Windows Phone 7 handsets are HTC, Samsung, and LG.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, htc Tags: collaboration, congress, deutsche, entry, makers, result, samsung, telecom, windows mobile 7, wp7
Samsung: MetroPCS launching LTE service next month
What now, Verizon? We kid, we kid -- regional player MetroPCS' bid to become the first American carrier to launch a commercial LTE network won't likely have much bearing on the competitive landscape, but that doesn't make it any less impressive
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Fully-functional Android port for N900 threatens to beat N9 to market
The NITDroid project has been slogging along this year in an effort to get Android fully ported to Nokia's N900 , and the progress has been promising so far -- but wouldn't it be nice if you could, you know, make calls ? Looks like these guys are making some solid progress there with a new video showing both incoming and outgoing calls doing... well, something or another on the N900 side
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, data, entry, fri, nitdroid, nokia, outgoing, prime, solid-progress
BlackBerry Curve 9330’s marriage with Sprint seemingly leaked by RIM
When RIM crafts a CDMA BlackBerry, you can bet -- well, usually bet -- that it's destined for both Sprint and Verizon, since there aren't many other carrier partners anywhere in the world where Waterloo can recoup the R&D costs. We've already heard plenty of rumors that Verizon's signed up to get it in the coming months, and now we've got information from none other than RIM itself that Sprint has its eyes on the 8530 successor, too. A knowledge base article on RIM's site (which has now been pulled, of course) referred to a "Sprint BlackBerry Curve 9330 smartphone," which pretty much says it all -- we suppose it's possible that the article's author was just preparing for the possibility that Sprint would be getting it, but we think the more likely scenario is that it was official info that went up a tad early
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 9330, 9330-smartphone, berry-curve, black, BlackBerry, curve, curve 9330, curve9330, likely-scenario, mobile, partners, possibility, result, sprint-black
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: Mobile Phone, Other, htc Tags: boy, europe, exclusive, fashionable, fcc, feds, from-the-filing, htc, phone, the-fashionable, wcdma, windowsphone7
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