Engadget Chinese gets hands-on with the Meizu M9
We harbored our doubts as to whether the Meizu M9 would ever be more than unicorn, prancing around the grey matter of CEO Jack Wong, but lo and behold, a honest-to-goodness handset just arrived at our Chinese counterparts' door. Our brothers-from-other-mothers at Engadget Chinese have yet to put that Retina Display-alike through the wringer, but their cameras have been popping nonstop, and if you're curious about the literal shape of things to come -- or just about any facet of Meizu's customized Android 2.2 UI -- you'll find it in pictures below
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: cameras, chinese, doubts, entry, goodness, meizu, result, retina, smartphone
Navigon’s MobileNavigator comes to US Android devices
Germany navigation firm Navigon's turn-by-turn app for Android has been available in some European countries for much of the year, but it's hitting the US for the first time this week. Major features include the so-called "Reality Scanner," Navigon's take on augmented reality, lane-level navigation, a database of speed and red light cameras (seriously, don't go through red lights, okay?), and "MyRoutes," offering you a selection of up to three routes to your destination based on your driving habits.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: cameras, driving, engadget-mobile, european, level, light, major, starting-today, the-so-called
Sprint opens M2M Collaboration Center, we check it out
Yesterday we attended the opening of Cyberdyne Systems Corporation's labs Sprint's M2M Collaboration Center, where we were treated to demos of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology -- in other words, machines talking to one another over Sprint's network, a precursor to self-aware doombots on a mission to reclaim CDMA and WiMAX for their own nefarious purposes. (We kid.) The center is designed for Sprint -- and partners like Ericsson, Intel, Panasonic, and Bug Labs -- to develop and test embedded wireless 3G and 4G devices such as medical equipment, digital billboards and kiosks, remote sensors, utility meters, appliances, evil-looking 3-legged surveillance cameras, and vehicle tracking / monitoring systems. Imagine a wireless future where everything communicates with everything else...
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, cameras, check-it-out, collaboration, engadget-mobile, m2m collaboration center, machine to machine, such-as-medical
Samsung Wave 525, 575, and 533: Bada for Russia and beyond
Don't let the namesake fool you: these aren't high-end phones, nor are most of the devices in Sammy's Bada stable. Instead, the cryptically-named Wave 525, 575, and 533 look intent on keeping things affordable with features like 3.2-inch WQVGA displays and 3.2 megapixel cameras across the board.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: africa-looking, already-on-sale, cameras, debut, high-end-phones, latin-america, russia, samsung, samsung wave, speed, wave525
Samsung Transform, first hands-on!
Worried that the Samsung Transform would be a slatephone? Don't be -- it's more of a miniature Epic 4G .
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: buzzy, cameras, chat, fancy-functions, Hinge, much-the-same, numbers, samsung transform, samsungtransform, smartphone, sprint, streaming, transform, vibrator
Hand-crank flashlight +soldering + Ben Heck = man-powered HTC EVO 4G charger
Batteries die, and when your phone has a WiMAX antenna plus dual cameras and a gigantic screen, well, those batteries tend to meet their maker sooner than later. Enter hacker extraordinaire Ben Heck with a simple and cheap solution: a hand-powered charger
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: antenna-plus, batteries, ben heck, cameras, cellphone charger, entry, Flashlight, harbor freight, phone, Solution, video
Panasonic Lumix Phone eyes-on (video)
Right on schedule, Panasonic's 13.2 megapixel Lumix Phone made its physical debut buried within NTT DoCoMo's CEATEC booth. And by buried, we mean locked behind plexiglass and out of reach of our own hands
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, cameras, ceatec2010, glee, light, Lumix, ntt-docomo, press, product, product-photos, result, slider
Dell Streak gets ripped to shreds by iFixit, Blondie reportedly satisfied at last
Our friends at iFixit have made short work of the Dell Streak , doing what they do best. They've torn apart everyone's favorite giant mobile phone (or is it a tiny tablet?), and found some interesting innards in the process.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: cameras, cellphones, dell streak, dellstreak, extremely-easy, gets-ripped, ifixit, Mobile Phone, phone, reportedly-satisfied, shreds, streak
Verizon’s Samsung Gusto shows a surprising lack of gusto for $20
Every once in a while, carriers need to re-up the very bottom of their product lineups -- the part of the range where features like VGA cameras and tiny displays still reign supreme. Thing is, these are the kinds of phones that frequently aren't bestowed awesome model names, because...
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: cameras, mobile, product, release, result, samsung-gusto, surprising-lack, verizon, verizonwireless, vzw, wireless-coupe, wirelesscoupe
Thanko’s Bluetooth earpiece / wristwatch for the on-the-go, shameless tech professional
Thanko has given us much joy over the years, from e-cigarettes to necktie / spy cameras .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bluetooth, cameras, earpiece, engadget, entry, hours, music, the-on-the-go, wristwatch, years