LG C900 due to bring Windows Phone 7 to market near September 28th, according to Bluetooth SIG
The Bluetooth SIG has a long history of promoting its members' "special interests" by leaking valuable tidbits about their handsets before they're announced. The recently unearthed LG C900 is the latest of these, being pegged for a launch date "around" September 28th by the SIG's detail page on the phone. The QWERTY slider, which is referred to in C900N, C900k, and C900B versions, will be available in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: being-the-first, bluetooth sig, handsets, microsoft, north-america, slider, windows, windows-phone
Bluetooth 4.0 devices to make the scene later this year
We were glad to see Bluetooth low energy actually added to the Bluetooth 4.0 spec, but of course the question remained: when are we going to get our hands on it? By Q4 this year, apparently -- at least according to the Bluetooth SIG.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: battery, bluetooth, bluetooth low energy, bluetooth sig, gadgets, lowenergy, orchestra, proprietary, russian, smaller-devices, spec-introduces, technology, trans, year
ZTE’s F350 has a Verizon logo on it, you do the math
The Bluetooth SIG's device database isn't typically the most helpful when it comes to tracking down specs and gorgeous, high-res photos -- but often, it's first way we hear of a new device, so we'll take what we can get. Take this F350 from ZTE for example; from the single picture the SIG's given us, we can't even make out whether it's a landscape or slider, a pivot, or a full touchscreen (doubtful) phone, but we can make out a shiny little Verizon swoosh three-quarters of the way down. It'll apparently have a camera, voice command capability, Bluetooth (of course), and a 1X radio, but we're not clear on whether that means it won't have EV-DO
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bluetooth sig, device, device-database, entry, f350, math, mobile, radio, result
Bluetooth 4.0 finally rolls low energy tech into a shipping standard
Bluetooth low energy and its predecessors (think Wibree ) have been in the pipe for ages now, but we might actually see this tech take off en masse for the first time now that the Bluetooth SIG has officially added it into a release: 4.0. While Bluetooth 3.0 was all about high energy with the introduction of WiFi transfer, 4.0 takes things down a notch by certifying single-mode low energy devices in addition to dual-mode devices that incorporate both the low energy side of the spec plus either 2.1+EDR or 3.0.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bluetooth, bluetooth sig, bluetoothsig, engadget, Eternity, htc, mobile, neutral, report, technology, wibree
Mystery Nokia flip for AT&T turns out to be 6350
Filed under: Handsets , Nokia , ATT , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS Remember that nameless midrange flip from Nokia that the FCC outed complete with AT&T branding not long ago? Well, we've now got a name to put with the face: 6350.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, nintendo, Other Tags: BlackBerry, bluetooth sig, china-mobile, clamshell, culture, engadget, engadget-mobile, fcc-fridays, flip, games, handsets, nokia, podcasts, rogers-wireless, softbank-mobile
Nokia 6750 Mural for AT&T still exists, because the Bluetooth SIG says so
Filed under: Handsets , Nokia , ATT , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS We haven't heard a peep about the so-called Nokia Mural flip since May -- basically an eternity (as opposed to an Eternity ) by mobile standards. Was it canceled
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: accessories, apple, bluetooth sig, handsets, hsdpa, messaging, mural, network