Posts Tagged ‘breaking-news’

Nokia adds Skype to Ovi Store, foreshadows death of regular phone calls

Skype for Symbian .

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Apple vs HTC: a patent breakdown

Apple suing HTC over 20-odd patents before both the US District Court and the International Trade Commission has certainly caused some chaos this morning, but we thought we'd take a quick breath now that we have the complaints and tease out exactly what patents are at stake here. Of note, most of the patents were granted in the past year, but overall they span a range from 1995 to February 2. Yes, last month

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Exclusive: LG’s Windows Phone 7 Series early prototype unveiled (with video!)

Microsoft's Aaron Woodman just pulled off a little surprise here at The Engadget Show: he brought out LG's Windows Phone 7 Series pre-production prototype! The QWERTY slider is the first branded Windows Phone 7 Series device the world's ever seen, and while the hardware and software are both obviously early, we can tell you a few things about it: it's just a hair thicker than an iPhone or Nexus One, there are dedicated hardware camera, volume, and power buttons in addition to the back, home, and search buttons dictated by Windows Phone 7 Series, and we noticed a five megapixel camera with a flash on the back, along with a headphone jack.

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Sprint confirms Pre and Pixi webOS 1.4 update coming tomorrow

Just hours after we wrapped our mitts around what looked to be Palm's official webOS 1.4 changelog , along comes this: confirmation from none other than Sprint itself.

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Samsung Caliber coming to MetroPCS, TouchWiz in tow

It's not every day that a carrier exclusively offering contract-free service spits out a full touchscreen device, so the freshly-announced Caliber from Samsung becomes a pretty interesting proposition for MetroPCS customers. Although it lacks EV-DO Rev

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Android-powered Motorola Backflip headed to AT&T on March 7 for $100 on contract

AT&T just got its first Android-powered smartphone (four more coming this year) in the HSPA 7.2-capable Motorola Backflip .

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Commodore PET caught running Windows Phone 7 Series?

We're not sure what to think of this one, but it would be remiss of us not to pass it along to you.

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Dell Mini 5 will run ’something newer’ than Android 1.6 at launch

We've been able to confirm in a chat with Dell spokesfolks this evening that the lovely Mini 5 won't ship with the Android 1.6 build (also known as Donut ) that we've seen so far -- instead, it'll be running "something newer." They wouldn't say what that newer version would be -- and to be fair, we're not sure they even knew since Android is always a moving target on account of Google's breakneck development pace -- but it was specifically mentioned that Flash compatibility was something they had on their radar, suggesting that something really, really fresh might be needed.

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Windows Phone 7 Series is official, and Microsoft is playing to win

Windows Phone 7 Series.

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Samsung i8520 ‘Halo’ Android 2.1 phone with 3.7-inch Super AMOLED and pico projector

While Samsung is desparate for us and the world to focus on its very first Bada device -- the Wave S8500 -- we found something a bit more interesting for Google fans. Tucked away in the depths of a spec sheet is Samsung's unannounced i8520 phone running Android 2.1 . After quizzing a team of perplexed executives of increasing rank, a VP from Samsung's mobile division finally told us that it'll be revealed as the "Halo" tomorrow when the show floor opens

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