Sony Ericsson CEO suggests February reveal, perhaps the PlayStation Phone?
Plausible deniability seems to be Sony's strategy when it comes to the PlayStation Phone , and that apparently goes for Sony Ericsson as well -- once again, without actually confirming the existence of the Android-based gaming handset, its manufacturer is hinting strongly at an impending reveal. "There's a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere," CEO Bert Nordberg told the Wall Street Journal , adding that some sort of new Sony Ericsson product will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress this Februrary. While that particular item could easily be the 4.3-inch Anzu slate rather than a PlayStation slider phone, the chief executive didn't seem to shy away from video games in a series of additional quotes.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bert nordberg, chief, congress, entry, existence, februrary, offerings, phone, playstation, slate, smartphone, sony
ITU lays down law: WiMAX 2, LTE-Advanced are 4G, everyone else is a buster
Fleshing out what constitutes a 3G versus a 4G wireless technology is like trying to objectively quantify whether Coke or Pepsi is the superior beverage -- but for what it's worth, the UN's ITU is widely recognized as the closest thing we have to a final word (on the Gs, that is, not the colas). They've just issued a press release stating that of six technologies nominated for IMT-Advanced (the formal name for 4G) certification, just two have emerged victorious: 802.16m WiMAX 2 -- also known as WirelessMAN-Advanced -- and LTE-Advanced .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: closest, coke, engadget, existence, itu, lte-advanced, lteadvanced, press, release, superior, verizon
Droid 2 Global ads now running on Verizon’s 800 number
Whoever said being on hold was a bad thing? Verizon customers who call in and get stuck in limbo right now are being treated to a minor device scoop: an ad for the mythical Droid 2 Global , which has leaked out here and there but hasn't yet been officially announced.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: between-191-195, droid 2, droid 2 global, droid2global, existence, global, leak, limbo, mighty-suspect, mythical, verizon
HTC Mozart slips out on official Orange UK website, shows us how to replace its SIM and battery
This is so bad, it's hilarious. As if the HTC Mozart needed any further confirmation of its existence and imminent arrival to British shores , Orange's official web portal has decided to instruct us on how to replace the internal bits of this unannounced Windows Phone 7 handset.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: Arrival, existence, freaking, htc mozart, replace-its, support, unannounced, windowsphone
BlackBerry Style 9670 spotted in Sprint’s database, yet another YouTube clip
Any lingering doubts about this thing's existence? Scatter 'em
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: america, blackberry style 9670, engadget, existence, holidays, official, public-release, video
Nokia said to be launching E7 smartphone next week
Well, it looks like the mystery of Nokia's Symbian^3 slider may soon be solved -- Reuters is reporting that the company will introduce its new "flagship" E7 smartphone at its Nokia World event in London next week, and it says that the device will pack both a "large" touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard. That's further backed up by the existence of an XML file on Nokia's own site, which seemingly confirms that the E7 does indeed run Symbian^3, and that it boasts a 640 x 360 display along with that QWERTY keyboard. Not much more than that at the moment, but those previous leaks suggest that we're basically looking at a slider version of the Nokia N8 .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: existence, file-on-nokia, keyboard, london, nokia, nokia world, nokia world 2010, nokiae7, nokiaworld, qwerty, slider, slider-version, will-introduce, world
Samsung Gem for Verizon shows up in Best Buy buyer’s guide
We've heard talk of the Gem before, and a new listing for the phone in Best Buy's September buyer's guide confirms the existence of Verizon's new low-end Android piece that'll likely slot in below the Fascinate in Sammy's lineup for the carrier. Looks like it's slated to launch with Android 2.1, not 2.2, and will include both TouchWiz 3.0 and Swype -- both Samsung staples at this point -- along with a 3.2 megapixel cam and 16GB of microSD expansion (though it's not clear whether they're going to do you the favor of throwing a card in the box).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: existence, launch, result, staples, the-high-end, verizon, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless
Android 2.2 build FRF72 for Nexus One finally leaks
Its existence has been an on-again, off-again rumor for over a week now, but it looks like a new build of Android 2.2 Froyo for the Nexus One -- FRF72 -- is very real. It finally leaked in the past few hours, we've tested it on a Nexus One of our own, and as far as we can tell, it's straight-up legit. Get it if you dare -- it's up on Google's official servers right now, but if it's pulled, we've no doubt it'll be floating around on a bunch of mirrors ad nauseam.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: doubt, entry, existence, finally-leaks, friend-via, froyo, leaks, nexus, nexusone, past, result, servers
BlackBerry 9670 caught trying to justify its existence on video
Look, we'll admit that we may have gone a little hard on the BlackBerry 9670 the first time we saw it -- but seriously, could you blame us? Thanks to the 8200 series , RIM's developed a reputation for making gargantuan clamshells, and the 9670 certainly doesn't seem to buck that trend -- in fact, it's very likely even wider on account of its full QWERTY keyboard, and you can tell from this new video that it doesn't make any apologies about its thick waistline, either.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: 9670, apologies, BlackBerry, blackberry9670, entry, existence, keyboard, reputation, rim, smidge-sexier, video
StyleTap finally brings Palm OS to your iPhone
Well it's been a long time coming, but now you can finally run your favorite Palm OS apps on your (jailbroken) iPhone. The good folks at StyleTap have taken that exciting demo we saw way back in May of 2008 and turned it into a Cydia -downloadable reality
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apps, demo, discontinued, emulators, existence, jailbroken, official-number, palm os emulator, palmosemulator, result, totally-badical, virtual