Wireless carriers openly considering charging per service
That slide above is no joke -- it comes from a marketing webinar put on by two companies that count Verizon, AT&T and Vodafone as clients, and it describes a system that identifies customer internet activity and charges a different rate for using Facebook than watching YouTube, while allowing access to Vodafone services for free. Yes, that's basically the nightmare scenario for net neutrality advocates.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: allot communications, facebook, fcc, internet, joke, marketing, net neutrality, netneutrality, operator, techniques, the-application, two-companies, verizon, webinar
BlackBerry News Feeds hits the beta wires
If you're in the market for a good -- or at the very least, free -- RSS reader for your BlackBerry , a new app from RIM itself might be a good place to start your search. The aptly-named BlackBerry News Feeds looks to be a serviceable app from the screen shots that RIM has sent us, offering the ability to share the gold you dig up in your feeds through countless conduits -- email, text, BBM, Facebook, and so on. It's launching both through BlackBerry Beta Zone and App World's Test Center today, so if you're feeling adventurous -- and you like yourself some newses -- you might want to have a look.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: beta, BlackBerry, blackberry beta zone, engadget, engadget-mobile, facebook, feeds, from-the-screen, gold, mobile, reader, screen
Engadget Mobile Podcast 065 – 12.04.2010
The Engadget Mobile Podcast: if you listen long enough, a special audio Easter Egg happens. It's online. Hosts: Chris Ziegler, Myriam Joire ( tnkgrl ) Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Daestro - Light Powered ( Ghostly International ) 00:01:05 - Verizon LTE plans start at $50/month for 5GB of data (update) 00:16:35 - Motorola split wraps up on January 4th 00:25:47 - Motorola Olympus shows up in the wild, demonstrates unyielding commitment to Motoblur 00:28:00 - Motorola Olympus hitting AT&T in 'December or January,' says now-deleted Facebook post 00:30:00 - Motorola Mobility's mystery gadget streams video to tablets and phones 00:31:15 - Motorola's Milestone XT720 00:43:16 - RIM buys TAT, BlackBerry UI in danger of becoming awesome 00:52:16 - Samsung ships 3M Galaxy S devices in the US, becomes top Android supplier in the country 00:56:20 - Sprint wouldn't mind if T-Mobile bought 4G spectrum from Clearwire 01:11:27 - ThinkGeek TK-421 iPhone keyboard case review 01:12:42 - Sony Ericsson LiveView review 01:17:58 - ChevronWP7 unlocking tool pulled in hopes Microsoft decides to play along 01:19:53 - Dell Venue Pro finally available to order: $99 on contract, shipping December 9th 01:25:48 - AirSync for doubleTwist brings wireless syncing to Android phones Hear the podcast Subscribe to the podcast [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes [ RSS MP3 ] Add the Engadget Mobile Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically [ RSS AAC ] Add the Engadget Mobile Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator [ Zune ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace Download the podcast LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC) Contact the podcast podcast (at) engadgetmobile (dot) com
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: black, country, egg, engadget, engadget mobile podcast, engadget-mobile, engadgetmobile, facebook, myriam-joire, podcast, the-podcast, unyielding, verizon, wolbe, ziegler
Google Reader gets native Android app
We're surprised it took this long, but what good would it do to live in the past? Google Reader is now available to download as a native app for Android , care of Google Inc. itself
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apps, bluetooth, facebook, gets-native, google-android, judge, native, reader, result
Verizon gives Droid 2 Global a Facebook shout-out
We joked that the Droid 2 didn't need a marketing campaign , the leaks were getting so much press, and lo and behold, its Droid 2 Global refresh hit shelves without a single official word from Verizon. We figured the wireless carrier had taken our idea to heart and would rely entirely on word of mouth to sell the 1.2GHz worldphone, but if that's the case, Big Red's bending the rules -- it's given the handset a quick Facebook plug to speed that process along. At 215 characters, the status update is a little bit long to retweet, but you can Like it all you want..
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bending, facebook, global, leaks, marketing, result, single-official, vzw, wordofmouth, world phone, worldphone
Dell Streak Android 2.2 update imminent in UK, other territories on the way
Looks like Japan's not the only one that'll have Froyo on a five-inch tabletphone this year -- Dell's official Facebook account confirms that Android 2.2 will be rolling out to the Dell Streak starting this very month. That date's just for the UK, mind you, as Dell plans to stagger the release from country to country for that winsome Stage UI . That said, if you're a particularly astute diner you may be able to get your sweet spoonful sooner than some, as just last evening Dell directed a number of Streak owners to the website pictured above.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: dell, dell streak, facebook, firmware-update, software-update, softwareupdate, streak, streak-android, update
Palm Pre 2 swims across the English Channel in three days, launches November 12th in the UK
French citizens have been enjoying webOS 2.0 with their morning baguette for over two weeks, but it's one step closer to home today -- Pocket-lint reports that the Palm Pre 2 will launch in the United Kingdom this Friday. What's more, the 1GHz handset won't be chained to a British carrier, but rather released into the wild completely SIM-free, which probably means future Just Typists will need to buy it direct from HP . As for the promised pre-orders for US students , we're sorry to say they've failed to materialize; the Facebook page that once clearly stated "preorders begin 11/8" now simply reads "Palm Pre 2 coming soon." Soon enough for you
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: citizens, english-channel, facebook, pocket, pre2, release-date, releasedate, united, united-kingdom, webos 2.0
Skyfire browser for iPhone hits the App Store, ready to play your Flash videos
It's been over two months since it was first submitted for approval , but the Skyfire 2.0 web browser for iPhone is now finally, officially available for download, complete with the ability to play Flash videos... sort of. To get around the iPhone's Flash restrictions, the browser actually transcodes the video in a way that lets the phone only see HTML5, and it compresses all videos by about 75 percent in the process to ease bandwidth concerns
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: app, app store, engadget, facebook, head-on-past, iphone, ipod-touch, mode, store, video, web-browser
Live from Facebook’s mobile event!
We're in the holding area here at Facebook's "mobile event" in San Francsico, and so far we've seen reps from the GSM Association and LG -- in other words, we could very well see some hardware.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: association, facebook, from-the-gsm, hawaii, listed-below, mountain, paris
New Facebook app for Android available, adds Places, Groups & improved notifications (update: iPhone, too)
Facebook admitted during its mobile event today that the app for Android devices has been lagging behind other clients and has already made a push to correct that with a new version, 1.4, now available on the Android Market. Not much has changed, but the list of fixes indicates it now supports check-ins with Places, Groups and some much needed improvements to notifications
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: facebook, facebook 1.4, facebookapp, fixes-indicates, improvements, iphone, like-the-iphone, places