Latest smartphone displays pitted in no-holds-barred deathmatch
If you're a numbers geek, you're trying to be scientific about your next smartphone purchase, or you just like pretty colors, you might appreciate DisplayMate's latest report rounding up examples of all (well, most) of the latest and greatest display technologies out there: IPS LCD, Super AMOLED , AMOLED, and TFT, represented by the iPhone 4 and Droid , the Galaxy S , the Nexus One , and the iPhone 3GS , respectively. Noticeably missing is SLCD , the technology HTC has been using to make up for lost ground on its AMOLED shortage from component supplier Samsung, but we've got a hunch DisplayMate's hard at work at adding that into the mix. Anyhow, considering the sheer number of variables the firm takes into consideration -- everything from color depth, to brightness, to reflectance, to color gamut -- there's no clear-cut winner, but the Droid and iPhone 4 are obviously a cut above the rest with generally higher scores and better performance across the board
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: decent, displaymate, engadget, galaxy, ground-on-its, nexus, nexusone, performance, reflectance, result, super amoled, superamoled, tft, variables
Google Instant on a Motorola Droid 2, hands-on
Google's new hotness is likely invading your desktop web search right now, but what's Instant search like on a smartphone? We got a good look at a Verizon-based Droid 2 running a prototype version of the auto-complete engine on both WiFi and 3G, and we're happy to say it's just about the same -- assuming you've got a decent connection and a reasonable amount of screen real estate.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: ajax, decent, droid2, google-instant, googleinstantsearch, instant, iphone, mobile, motorola, motorola droid 2, motorola-droid, result
LG’s C300 Town spotted in the wild, textin’ on the cheap
It appears we missed an opportunity at IFA to spend some quality time with LG's recently-outed C300 Town, a dumbphone in every sense of the word whose main mission in life seems to be making your texting an easier task thanks to a full portrait QWERTY keyboard.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: c300 town, c300town, clarity, decent, ifa, inthewild, mobile, namely-support, quality, qwerty, texting, town, tricks
Introducing review scorecards!
As you may have noticed, here at Engadget we've stepped down hard on the gas pedal when it comes to reviews.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: breaking-news, breakingnews, cards, decent, droid, engadget, result, scorecards
Toshiba TG02 hands-on
We were all over Toshiba's drop dead thin and gorgeous TG01 last year, so naturally a chance to peek at the rumored TG02 first hand was something we couldn't pass up. Very little is new here, the touchscreen technology has seen resistive swapped with capacitive, the device has become a wee bit smaller while retaining the monster 4.1-inch display, and some 3D touches have been added to the SPB Mobile Shell-skinned Windows Mobile 6.5 OS.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bit, decent, engadget, handset, mobile, peek, resistive, snapdragon, the-touchscreen, thing
Marvell’s Pantheon platform to bring $99 smartphones, Armada 618 to dominate HD clips
In a presumed effort to get its news out before the whirlwind that is Mobile World Congress officially begins, Marvell has just shot out two vital pieces of information that may very well impact the price and performance of your next smartphone. First off, we've got the new Pantheon platform, which is designed to "provide breakthrough levels of integration that lower the bill of materials for mobile devices while offering consumers excellent performance, connectivity, and a compelling user experience." In other words, this is said to be the core ingredient in a future wave of "$99 smartphones" that can handle 3D gaming, HD media and some random thing called "calling." Next up is the latest member of the Armada family , the 618.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: armada 600, breakthrough, compelling-user, connectivity, decent, engadget, mobile, news-out-before, presumed-effort, price, processor, smartphone, under-the-hood, whirlwind
Archos 5 Android tablet unboxed! | Electricpig
The Archos 5 Android tablet just dropped itself through our letterbox, so we thought we'd do the decent thing and give one of the world's first Google PMPs.
Categories: Android Tags: archos, decent, dropped-itself, give-one, letterbox, tablet-just, the-decent, the-world, world