HTC Desire HD first hands-on!
Alright, Europeans, say it with us: "finally!" Yes, having played extensively with the EVO 4G over the last few months, we can definitely say that the Desire HD is an authentic recreation of the American blockbuster, though it lacks the kickstand around back -- likely in an effort to reduce thickness, we suppose.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: blockbuster, entry, europeans, htc, over-the-last, recreation, though-it-lacks
Samsung Galaxy Apollo coming to Telus ‘soon’
Don't get your hopes up for a Galaxy S -style blockbuster, but Telus is looking to add one of Sammy's lower-end Android sets from recent memory -- and as long as the price is right, we're sure they'll manage to sell a couple. The Galaxy Apollo features a 3.2-inch HVGA display -- TFT LCD, not Super AMOLED -- paired up with a 3 megapixel cam, HSPA, and 150MB of onboard storage bundled with a 2GB microSD card. So yeah, like we said, not exactly a Desire HD killer..
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: apollo, blockbuster, galaxyapollo, memory, recent-memory, samsung-galaxy, sun, superamoled, telus
Orange, T-Mobile UK start sharing networks on October 5
The first customer-facing fruit of the blockbuster Orange / T-Mobile merger over in Old Blighty becomes available next month, allowing customers of both carriers to roam on whichever network offers the best signal in their location. That's just the first change, though -- the combined venture, Everything Everywhere, is already touting mid-call automatic network switching and "enhanced data and internet coverage" that'll be coming next year. Together, Everything Everywhere accounts for around 30 million subscribers, which means there should be plenty of people enjoying the improved coverage -- at the cost of some amount of competition, of course.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: blockbuster, both-carriers, engadget-mobile, enhanced-data, improved, internet, mobile, orange, people-enjoying, the-blockbuster
Microsoft Kin is dead
We're learning this afternoon that Microsoft's Kin line, for all practical purposes, is riding off into the sunset just a few short weeks after its release. Sources close to Microsoft tell us that Andy Lees has rolled Kin into the Windows Phone 7 team and has canceled the existing product's launch later this year in Europe on news that sales weren't as strong as expected. Speaking of sales, Verizon's already-launched Kin One and Kin Two are soldiering on for the time being, but for how long is anyone's guess
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: blockbuster, breaking-news, europe-on-news, from-the-tweens, launch, Love, microsoft, nvidia, soldiering, verizon, windows
Samsung Seek a dirt-cheap touchphone for Sprint?
Regardless of market segment, touch is all the rage these days, which means it's difficult for carriers to ignore it -- even in the cheapest corners of its product range. Word on the street is that Sprint will be shoring up its ultra-cheap touch offerings next month with the introduction of the Samsung Seek, a 2.6-inch QVGA piece with a meager 1.3 megapixel cam, microSD memory expansion, and not bloody much else. Color choices will be "Scarlet," "Cool Blue," and -- later on, if you want to hold out for the special edition -- "Fantasy Pink." This is all hearsay at this point, but the phone seems real enough with the FCC passage of a phone bearing the same model number a few months back, and we're hearing talk of a blockbuster $30 contract price -- not bad for a phone that almost looks mid- to high-end if you squint and forget the spec sheet for a moment.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: blockbuster, Choices, contract, Contract Price, engadget, hearsay, mobile, offerings, phone, samsung, samsung-seek, special-edition, sph-m350, touchscreen
T-Mobile launching 21Mbps webConnect Rocket, HTC HD2 next month
During Deutsche Telekom's press conference this morning at MWC, Cole Brodman -- T-Mobile USA's CTO -- went on record with the news that it'll be launching its first 21Mbps HSPA+ USB modem next month across the country, the webConnect Rocket. Of course, there isn't a lot of live 21Mbps footprint in T-Mobile's network right now -- in fact, only Philly is fully operational -- but there should be plenty more cities from coast to coast where you can enjoy DSL-shaming wireless speeds later this year .
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: barnes and noble, barnesandnoble, blockbuster, entry, ereader, hd2, hspa, htc, portal, webconnect, webconnect rocket, went-on-record
Nokia Nuron for T-Mobile looking more official than ever in press shots
We've got enough rumor momentum going now so that we don't really doubt the existence of the Nokia Nuron for T-Mobile -- but if you're the particularly skeptical type, you might like to take a glance at Cell Phone Signal's new press shots of the handset. As you can clearly see, this is a dead ringer for the 5230 it's been wrought from, the only difference being that it'll undoubtedly swap out the Euro 3G for some AWS bands that T-Mobile USA knows how to use. We'll admit, we're concerned from the outset that T-Mobile's going to make the grave error of trying to price this thing at $99 or higher -- but if the marketing wizards go for broke and price it down between, say, $30 and $50, we could see this being a serious low-end blockbuster
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 5230, blockbuster, Dead, engadget-mobile, existence, from-the-outset, glance, intel, mobile, momentum, nokia, nuron, plausible, s605thedition
Vodafone facing more pressure to shed Verizon, other key assets
Among European wireless conglomerates, it's not just Deutsche Telekom that's under the gun to make magic happen for investors these days. Shareholders of the UK's Vodafone are banging on the doors, too, asking why the company's stock is trading an estimated 30 percent lower than the sum of its parts -- and they want something done about it. Part of the problem appears to be the fact that Voda hasn't seen a dime from its 45 percent ownership of Verizon Wireless since 2005 (the joint venture simply hasn't paid any dividends) and it doesn't expect to for at least another couple years -- but there are apparently a variety of assets in its portfoilo around the world that have investors worked up, including its part ownership of France's SFR .
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: assets, blockbuster, dividends, engadget, engadget-mobile, entry, mobile, percent, stake, telekom, verizon, verizonwireless, vittoriocolao, vzw
Bluray movie wont play
How can you tell if a bluray movie disc is bad? I'm having trouble getting a bluray movie i purchaced months ago from blockbuster to load and play.
Categories: PS2 Tags: all-night, blockbuster, bluray-movie, drive-isn, even-play, flicker, games, games-or-watch, having-trouble, lines-going, night-or-even, play-games, result, Watch Movies
Blockbuster to offer movies on some Motorola cell phones
August 14th, 2009 Blockbuster 2Q loss narrows but misses Street viewSAN FRANCISCO — Blockbuster Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter loss narrowed as the struggling video rental chain cut costs amid declines in revenue. ...
Categories: Other, Phone Street Tags: blockbuster, breaking-news, dallas, distribution, entertainment, film-distribution, internet, michael, michael-jackson, mobile, movies, north-america, sports, texas, united-states