Yahoo! Messenger and ooVoo Mobile do video chat on Android, but only for a lucky few
Two video chats enter the ring, only one comes out. In this corner it's ooVoo Mobile, a portable version of the (somewhat) popular desktop video chat application that will let up to six users simultaneously swap bitrate over 3G, 4G, or WiFi -- but only if you have an HTC Evo or Samsung Epic
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: chat, evo, messenger, mytouch, mytouch4g, nod, oovoo, oovoo mobile, oovoomobile, time, video, videochat
T-Mobile myTouch 4G ROM leak includes teaser video, speed-enhanced moniker
We always thought it was peculiar that T-Mobile's third myTouch phone would be simply called "myTouch," especially when earlier leaks tacked on "HD" for good measure. Aspects of the device's ROM leak suggests that isn't necessarily the case -- or, at least, it wasn't always
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: chat, earlier-leaks, genius-button, measure, moniker, mytouch, mytouchhd, screen-sharing, teaser-video, video, wading-through
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
Skype app arrives in Android Market, WiFi-only in the US
Finally, at long last, after so much waiting , Skype has made its debut as a full-fledged Android app. There are no Verizon-related limitations anymore, but Android Police reports that calling through the app is only available via WiFi, you can't use your mobile's data connection -- not yet, anyway.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: application, breaking-news, calls, chat, entry, incompatibilities, Job, press, press-release, reports, result, skype
Fring matches Skype, intros FringOut for low-rate Android calls
We didn't think competition in the cheapo calls market was quite so intense, but here we are, with Fring and Skype gunning for each other with near-simultaneous launches.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: addition, calls-market, chat, fring, fringout, iphone, latest, life-on-symbian, little-as-one, rollout, Transition
Rumored T-Mobile doc pegs myTouch HD with front-facing camera, screen sharing, and ‘dual processor’
Now that T-Mobile's got its G2 slider out in the open, the cosmic universe reckons it's time to look towards the next HSPA+ device -- and the next iteration of the Android-laden myTouch series. We've seen alleged pics of the myTouch HD before, and now TmoNews has what it claims is an internal document from the carrier boasting some of the key features of the device
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: camera, Carrier, chat, document, dual, dual-core, dual-processor, hspa, leak, naught, result, video, yahoo
Qik happy to work with FaceTime APIs; anticipates 75 million copies preloaded next year
What's new with Qik , the cross-platform video chat and sharing service that made a splash on Sprint's EVO 4G ? Oh, not much -- just some plans to make sure the app is the most popular client around
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: api, apple, chat, comes-preloaded, compatibility, deals, mobile, nokia, platform, popular-client, result, soon-as-apple, video chat, videochat
3G video call on Fring for Android: bringing HTC EVO 4G and Dell Streak together (hands-on)
Consider this: you may have an Android phone with a front-facing camera, and so do your distant loved ones (yes, friends count too). Now slap that free IM app Fring onto your phone, and the once-dormant chat camera shall finally come to life -- right now only the Streak and EVO 4G are confirmed to be supported, whereas the others (like the X10 ) will have to rely on their main cameras
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: call-on-fring, camera, chat, fring, htc, Mobile Phone, phone, unlimited-data, video, x10
Engadget Podcast #200, live (with video!) on the TWiT network right now!
Funny how years of irregular recording schedules and unscheduled delays have resulted in Engadget Podcast #200 and the iPhone 4 launch happening during the same week, but sometimes things just work out, don't they?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: below-or-head, catch-it-live, chat, engadget, engadgetpodcast, entry, friends, funny, iphone, live, podcast, regular, regular-podcast, result, super-excited
Nokia N8 hands-on
Good old London, full of little wonders and flagship devices for you to discover. We were at Nokia's local HQ this morning to talk to the company's Head of Design Marko Ahtisaari, and the good gent happened to bring with him a prototype N8 for us to play around with.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: ahtisaari, chat, london, mockup, retail, sacrifices, smartphone, symbian 3, user, wonders, writeup