Nexus S for T-Mobile gets brief Best Buy Mobile nod: there and gone again
Well, this was rather unexpected. Earlier today, Best Buy Mobile published a humble (if not incomplete) ad for the "Nexus S for T-Mobile ," touting both its "pure Google" experience (i.e. vanilla Android) and holiday availability exclusively from Best Buy.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: actually-coming, anonymous, Best Buy, engadget, entry, from-the-online, later-described, nexus, nexus's, nexusone, online, placeholder, puregoogle, result
RadioShack to sell T-Mobile G2 ‘first’ starting on October 3rd
If you were proactive enough to pre-order a T-Mobile G2 , there's a better-than-average chance that your shiny new smartphone is already en route to your abode. For those who slept in, it looks as if RadioShack will be the go-to place if you're looking to snag one early from the retail universe. According to the badly formatted flyer pictured above, The Shack will be the first B&M location to stock the US version of the HTC Desire Z , and it'll be hawking 'em for $149.99 on a two-year postpaid contract starting October 3rd.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: anonymous, entry, htc, leak, leaked, little-black, radio, radioshack
Microsoft prepping Windows Phone 7 for an October 21st launch? (update: US on Nov. 8?)
We'd heard October .
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: anonymous, entry, france, microsoft, paul thurrott, release, source, windows phone 7, windowsphone, windowsphone7
Teen archer launches cellphone-laced arrows into Brazilian jail
Sometimes we sit around at Engadget HQ and do informal, anonymous surveys of our favorite gadgets of all time. Cell phones are unsurprisingly always at the top of the list.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: always-comes, anonymous, archer, inmates, mashup, paulo, phones, prisoners
Droid Incredible getting a spoonful of Froyo on August 18th?
The Droid's slated for a second helping of Froyo, the Droid 2 came with one, the Droid X will see Android 2.2 by early September -- when's Droid number four getting its due? According to Mashable 's anonymous sources, August 18th will be the day Verizon begins the Droid Incredible's OTA rollout -- which lines up pretty well with what we heard a couple weeks back , not to mention the fact that HTC just released the handset's Android 2.2 source code . As always, dates slip and Verizon often dishes out small batches at a time, but now you've got a ballpark estimate to assuage your troubled mind.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: 720p, anonymous, code, incredible, Ota, shoot-something, softwareupdate, troubled, verizon
Saudi Arabia pleased by RIM’s concession, says BlackBerry messaging can stay for now
The forty-eight hour deadline came and went, but Saudi Arabia didn't pull the plug -- citing a "positive development" in RIM's efforts to appease Saudi regulators, the country has allowed BlackBerry messaging services to continue for the time being.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: anonymous, communications, deadline, entry, reuters, security concerns, services, sources, time, united, united-arab
myTouch Slide leaks from Radio Shack Direct2U system
What do we have here, then? According to an anonymous tipster, this is the first appearance of the rumored myTouch Slide -- the alleged and presumed successor to the G1 on T-Mobile -- in Radio Shack's (um, "The Shack's") Direct2U system. These things are always to be taken with a grain of salt, but really -- who would fake this?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: anonymous, direct2u, entry, mytouch slide, salt, slider, tipster, touch-slide
Verizon puts a bandage on the Motorola Droid's battery door …
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More details on the Nexus One | Android Central
If Google has it their way, they want it to be unlocked so people can adopt Android on more carriers, even smaller regional ones that don't have any android devices in their lineup. It would make sense, the simple (no HW keyboard) ...
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A kinder, gentler Droid? Squee! | Android Central
Motorola Android round. One of the more common complaints about the Motorola Droid is that its design may be a little too industrial.
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