Verizon launching ’4G’ smack talk campaign against AT&T
Never ends, does it? The top four carriers in the US love slinging mud, but the trash-talking between Verizon and AT&T is always particularly vicious -- and it's showing no signs of ebbing.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: america, fastest, lte, mud, trash, verizon, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless, vzw
Canalys: iPhone becomes most popular smartphone in the US, Android continues as most popular OS
The Canalys numbers are out, and with Android coming off an 886 percent jump reported at the end of the second quarter we were expecting something big. So, here it is: Android is up 1,309 percent worldwide from this time last year, taking over 43.6 percent of the US smartphone market in the third quarter
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: advertising, america, apple, hounds, market, phone, result, rock-the-world
HTC Wildfire coming to some regional US carriers this year
We didn't really see this coming, but HTC has teamed up with "multiple regional North American carriers" to deliver its Wildfire stateside, a low-end Android device that might appeal to folks who aren't looking for Desire HD -class performance but still appreciate HTC's design sensibility (of course, the Desire HD isn't an option in America period , but we digress). The company hasn't named partners, but it'll launch with Android 2.1 beginning this quarter -- hopefully with a Froyo update in the pipeline, though there's no commitment in the press release, which you can find after the break.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: admiration, america, carriers, design, engadget-mobile, mobile, north, pipeline, press, some-regional, wildfire, year
OTI report finds US and Canada have the most expensive cellphone plans, India and Hong Kong the cheapest
It's far from the first study to compare the cost of cellphone plans around the world, but this new report from the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative (which counts Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a board member) does look to be a bit more thorough than most, which might help to dissuade some of the criticism levied at past studies from the likes of the CTIA.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: america, board, cellphone plans, entry, from-the-likes, oti, preset, result, source, study, surprise, united, world
BlackBerry Style 9670 spotted in Sprint’s database, yet another YouTube clip
Any lingering doubts about this thing's existence? Scatter 'em
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: america, blackberry style 9670, engadget, existence, holidays, official, public-release, video
HTC Desire Z is the QWERTY slider your Android’s been waiting for
HTC has just announced the Desire Z, an Android-friendly QWERTY slider. Like the T-Mobile G2 , the Desire Z features a "pop-out" (don't call it a slider) QWERTY keyboard with user assigned keys and system-wide shortcuts that let you quickly launch your favorite apps. Around back you've got a 5 megapixel camera with flash that's HD video capable while an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 processor pumps away efficiently inside with HSPA+ and 802.11n radios providing the data
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: 2010, america, apps, before-hitting, deisre, htc desire z, launch-event, mobile, north-america, pumps, qwerty, qwerty slider, sometime-later
BusinessWeek profiles Foxconn founder (and veritable pitbull) Terry Gou
As you might imagine, becoming the dominant player in electronics component manufacturing in China -- particularly at a time when competition has never been fiercer -- takes a particular personality type, and after reading BusinessWeek 's profile of Foxconn founder Terry Gou, you get a very real sense that the dude meets the criteria.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: america, atari, bonuses, engadget, entry, fascinating, honhai, iphone, manufacturing, pitbull, Player, qualms, terry gou, terrygou
Huawei Ideos hands-on
Chinese telecom giant Huawei -- which has been playing the Android game with major carriers around the world for some time now -- has selected IFA to debut the Ideos, a new entry-level model running Froyo in a variety of colors. Huawei's press release calls the Ideos "the world's first affordable smartphone" -- which seems like a bit of an overstatement (okay, a huge overstatement) to us -- but really underscores the fact that this thing is going to be launching for somewhere between $100 and $200 unsubsidized in Europe, Asia, and both North and Latin America.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: america, debut-the-ideos, engadget, entry, huawei-ideos, price, responsiveness, thing
Samsung: ‘we are prioritizing our Android platform’
Samsung may be one of the big players that Microsoft is pinning its hopes on for Windows Phone 7 , but you wouldn't know that from listening to the company at IFA. Speaking to Reuters at the show, Samsung's head of marketing for its mobile division, YH Lee, said flatly that "we are prioritizing our Android platform," adding that, "Android is very open and flexible, and there is a consumer demand for it." Lee further went on to note that the company will continue to focus on its own Bada platform (at least outside of North America), but seemingly downplayed Windows Phone 7 when asked about it, saying only that " there is still some professional, specialized demand there." Ouch. Oh, and in case you're wondering, Samsung also says it's " not seeing visible demand for Symbian." Samsung: 'we are prioritizing our Android platform' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:51:00 EST.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: america, division, engadget, focus-on-its, ifa, north, phone, reuters, samsung, symbian, windows, windowsphone7series
Motorola Milestone to get Android 2.2 in Europe and Korea in Q4, Dext 2.1 upgrade looking bleak
Until now, Milestone owners could do nothing but to envy Droid users rocking the Froyo upgrade ; however, according to Motorola's recently published timeline, the former device is now slated for the same dessert party in Europe and Korea in Q4 -- specifically, "beginning at the end of this year," which could well mean the majority of users won't get the update until 2011 (!).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: america, asiapacific, concrete, details, dext, droid x, engadget-mobile, europe, facebook, latin, latin-america, motorola, titanium