Tonino Lamborghini’s Evoluzione runs Android, shares little with an actual Lamborghini
If you're looking for something a little smarter than Tonino Lamborghini's Spyder series of luxury phones (and we mean "smarter" in the operating system sense, not the wisdom of purchasing such a device), look no further than the Evoluzione. This puppy runs Android 2.1 (Froyo might be available in the future), but falls well short of its automotive namesake by sticking with a middling HVGA display of 3.2 inches and a 600MHz processor.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: engadget-mobile, entry, evoluzione, lamborghini, luxury, luxury-phones, mobile, namesake, primo mobile, primomobile, puppy, spyder, tonino lamborghini, toninolamborghini
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: color, controllable, engadget-mobile, igloledset, led, mobile, party-waiting, result, ride-the-light, ticket, Wave, wifi
HTC Desire HD for Telus in the wild?
Certainly seems like Canadian carriers are a good deal more friendly toward launching European handsets than American carriers are, doesn't it? Motorola's Milestone and HTC's Desire Z are both prime examples -- and now it looks like another hot HTC, the Desire HD , is on its way
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: carriers, cousin, engadget-mobile, entry, gingerbread, indiscretion, milestone, telus
Droid 2 R2-D2 falls to $200 on contract
With the original Droid 2 going for $149.99 and the newer, faster Droid 2 Global going for $50 more, the R2-D2 edition -- despite its awesomeness -- seemed a little out of place for a whopping $249.99, putting it out of reach of all but the most die-hard (and independently wealthy) Star Wars fanatics. Well, we wouldn't exactly call it a fire sale, but Big Red's cutting us a break now by trimming the price down to a more reasonable $199.99 -- in other words, you've got to choose between a speedier processor and international roaming capability..
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: capability, despite-its, droid 2, droid 2 r2-d2, droid2, droid2r2-d2, engadget-mobile, entry, fire, more-reasonable, sale, verizon-wireless, vzw
Samsung Intercept gets official Froyo update on Sprint
There's literally no better way to start your weekend than wish a new firmware build for your phone. Okay, maybe that's not true -- but it's definitely in our top ten list, which is why we're so excited to hear that Sprint has announced an official Android 2.2 upgrade for its version of the Samsung Intercept . Besides the addition of Froyo, you get Sprint Navigation, a fix for dropped calls when you fail to take action on a call waiting alert, and the merciful elimination of a force close when opening the contacts app
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: addition, engadget-mobile, entry, froyo, intercept, phone, samsung, sprint, weekend
Jabra’s EASYGO billed as the headset for ‘Bluetooth beginners’
In a world where $70-plus Bluetooth headsets are common and $100-plus headsets aren't unheard of, it's refreshing to see a cheap model come out from a top-tier manufacturer, isn't it?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bluetooth, cheap-stocking, engadget-mobile, entry, Headsets, mean-the-easygo, nokia, phone
EVO 4G gets new firmware update: lots of app refreshes
No, for goodness' sake, it's not Gingerbread ! Okay, now that we've gotten past that, Sprint just cut loose a new EVO 4G update that bundles updated versions of Telenav, visual voicemail, Sprint Zone, and Sprint TV, along with a sprinkling of crapware in the form of a new game trial. You've also got Blockbuster and Kindle apps on board, a new Scan Now widget that seems to assist with locating a 4G signal, and -- this is pretty awesome -- the addition of Swype , which means you'll no longer need to install the off-ROM Swype beta. Want the goods?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: app-refreshes, beta, engadget-mobile, evo4g, firmware-update, goodness, htc, phone, pretty-awesome, sake, sprinkling, sprint, trial
Nokia cutting another 800 jobs in Finland
On top of the 1,800 job cuts announced back in October, Nokia has announced this week that will be cutting another 800 positions right in Finland, the company's home turf. The good news is that the announcement was made only after negotiations with the affected employees were wrapped up, and they'll be getting anywhere between 5 and 15 months of severance pay -- and at least some of the staffers will be offered different positions elsewhere in the company. Nokia is in the midst of a fairly significant restructuring from top to bottom as it tries to claw its way back into the hearts and minds of consumers: it's got a new CEO , a new operating system , a new relationship with the Symbian Foundation , and some freshly trimmed fat, so let's hope Espoo's got a killer 2011 in the cards.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: consumers, cuts, engadget, engadget-mobile, espoo, layoffs, mobile, nokia, operating, restructuring, result, symbian, turf
Mobile Gmail site adds features, comes to 44 more languages
Previously a US English exclusive, Google has just turned loose a new version of its shockingly-good mobile Gmail site that can be used in some 44 additional languages, including Arabic, Vietnamese, and just about everything in between (though no Esperanto or Klingon yet, we're afraid). Perhaps even better, though, the latest version adds true offline support, label management, smart links for content that can be viewed or used in other Google products, and more -- oh, and if your phone's default language is set to one of the 45 that are supported, the interface will automatically use it. We might recommend you just check it out yourself -- it's available on iOS and Android -- but if you're into cute cartoon representations of email UIs, you could check out Goog's official video after the break
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, arabic, cartoon, engadget-mobile, ios, Label, languages, representations, result, uis
What financial trouble? Modu T goes on sale in UK
Modu might be on life support , but that doesn't mean that its latest effort -- the touch-enabled Modu T -- isn't seeing the light of day. British retailer PurelyGadgets (which also launched the original Modu earlier this year) has just announced that it has the new model in stock, charging
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: capable, conversation, engadget-mobile, entry, financial, lightest, microsd, mobile, modu t, point, pull-it-out, qvga, Supply