Verizon outs Mobile Email 4.0: true push and Exchange support for dumbphones
We imagine that the lion's share of people that need Exchange email access are getting it on a BlackBerry or some other manner of smartphone, but Verizon's covering all its bases here today with the release of Mobile Email 4.0, a dumbphone-compatible release that lets even some of the cheapest handsets in Big Red's lineup (the Octane , Cosmos Touch , and Zeal are specifically called out) in on the corporate action. Besides Exchange support, the release includes a "true push experience," an all-new UI, and Outlook calendar synchronization -- the perfect companion to Exchange email compatibility. It's available now for free if you're on a data plan of at least $15 a month, or for $5 a month with a pay-as-you-go data option.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: BlackBerry, compatibility, cosmos touch, entry, exchange, lion, mobile, outlook, release, result, smartphone, verizon, vzw
Adobe Air gets Saltier 2.5.1 release, adding flavor to Android Gingerbread
Adobe Air 2.5 is barely cool yet here we have the company announcing its successor. Release 2.5.1, dubbed "Saltier," is out and available with only one purpose in mind: desiccating some compatibility issues with Gingerbread
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.3, 2.5.1, adding-flavor, adobe, air, compatibility, engadget, entry, force-close, gingerbread, issue-affecting, issues, result, saltier
Fring reveals FringOut for cheap VoIP calls, challenges Skype head-on
When we first caught wind of Fring a while back, Skype compatibility was the draw, but as the years progressed and Fring grew some, the VoIP services didn't exactly get along . Today, the company's taking matters into its own hands with the not-so-subtly named FringOut, which appears to provide even cheaper calls to landlines and mobile phones than its powerful namesake. Starting on Nokia's S60 platform and "coming soon" to Android and iPhone, FringOut's promising as-low-as one-cent-a-minute calls.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: compatibility, engadget, fringout, iphone, Mobile Phone, namesake, nokia, phones, result, skype, sun, symbian, symbian-s60, taking-matters, voip
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
Primo Battery Cube brings extra life to mini or microUSB devices, is not actually a cube
If you, like we, were disappointed by mophie 's unwillingness to support anything lacking an Apple dock port in its new line of juice packs , here's an alternative.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, cell-inside, charges-over, compatibility, externalbattery, juice-packs, phone cube, phonecube, primo phone cube, result, Shape, usb, whiz
iPhone 4 hits FCC, becomes world’s second announced pentaband 3G phone
You really can't fault Apple's timing. While the iPhone 4 may have slipped out in physical form way ahead of its launch today, the FCC docs for it were kept under seal until this very moment.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, apple, becomes-world, compatibility, entry, fcc, japan, nokia, number, phone, result, video
HTC EVO 4G will have a HDMI dock, sold through Best Buy
One of the things we bemoaned in our EVO 4G review was the lack of an included Micro HDMI cable in the box, mostly because they're still somewhat hard to find, but that worry can now be allayed thanks to this newly uncovered HDMI dock from HTC. It will work with the Micro-USB port at the bottom of your EVO for data and power transfers, but the main attraction will obviously be its compatibility with the phone's Type D connector and HDMI 1.4 connectivity
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bestbuy, compatibility, connectivity, engadget, evo4gdock, hdmi dock, phone dock, port, type
Allerta’s inPulse watch for BlackBerry spied at WES, turns on this time
You might recall that we got a quick look at the inPulse back at CES , but it didn't turn on back then, so we were excited to see the Allerta dudes back in action here at WES this week with a more functional prototype.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: allerta, BlackBerry, bluetooth, compatibility, dudes, engadget, meeting, platforms, prototype, readability, target
Sierra Wireless AirCard 890 does 7.2Mbps on AT&T, slides into PC Card or ExpressCard slots
Talk about being flexible. Sierra Wireless ' newest 7.2Mbps-capable AirCard (the 890, if you're curious) obviously isn't content with fitting into just one slot.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: compatibility, entry, gps, mobileinternet, obviously-isn, wireless, wwan
Adobe says no delays to Flash 10.1, CEO was just talking hardware
In a communication with Phone Scoop , Adobe has tidied up the meaning of its CEO's words from a recent interview with Fox Business . In it, Shantanu Narayen repeatedly tells us to expect new Android, WebOS and BlackBerry devices with integrated Flash compatibility during the second half of 2010, but Adobe has now explained that he didn't mean that the Flash delivery schedule will be delayed, not at all. You see, Narayen was talking about hardware coming out in the second half, but Flash 10.1 itself will still be arriving "to first mobile platforms including Android ...
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: adobe, adobe ceo, ceo, compatibility, Delivery, engadget, first-mobile, flash10.1, platforms, schedule, shantanu narayen, shantanunarayen