The worst name for a knockoff cellphone, ever
And in case you're wondering, they're ripping the Oppo logo.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, entry, est, flip, kirf, oppo, originally-appeared, poop love, poop phone, poopphone, result, worst-name
BlackBerry Style first hands-on!
Yes, folks, it's true: Engadget's capable of scooping itself at its own reader meetup , as evidenced by the BlackBerry Style we just checked out at RIM's booth here. The phone is pretty much what you'd expect from what you've seen in the shots so far, essentially a clamshell riff on the Curve line; to that end, we'd argue that it feels a little cheaper than your average Bold, but it still seems to be a marked improvement from the Pearl flips of days gone by -- and at $99 on contract, we think that's exactly the market they were likely going for.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: berry-style, BlackBerry, charge, clamshell, clamshell-riff, entry, flip, itself-at-its, keyboard, qwerty, result, sprint
Fujitsu dual-touchscreen concept phone hands-on
Back at Mobile World Congress in February, the mobile UI gurus at TAT showed off their interpretation of a dual-screen phone interface using TI's powerhouse OMAP4 testbed. Seemed a little pie-in-the-sky at the time, but frankly, the concept device being shown off by Fujtisu at CEATEC this week -- created with TAT's involvement, it turns out -- seems virtually ready for production. Or the hardware did, anyway; the software was spartan by comparison, obviously designed to call out a few key use cases where having two giant, glorious 960 x 480 displays right next to each other might come in handy.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: back-at-mobile, dualscreen, engadget, entry, flip, hands, interface, japanese, photos, result, rotated-between, tat, testbed, theastonishingtribe
TK-421 abandons his post, brings us this flip-out QWERTY case for iPhone
Nuu Mini Key didn't satisfy your desire for a physical keyboard on your iPhone? Try this TK-421 QWERTY case instead, which sexes up the formula with a swiveling package that hearkens back to the T-Mobile Sidekick . There's still no extra battery life to be had here, and yes, the keypad connects via Bluetooth, but we're willing to sacrifice a good bit for a totally awesome hinge and a dedicated number row.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, bluetooth keyboard, desire, flip, formula, gadget-stocking, keyboard case, sidekick
Casio G’zOne Ravine coming soon on Verizon, it seems
Fact: the QWERTY clamshell Brigade is the only Casio G'zOne that Verizon currently sells. Fact: not everyone that wants a G'zOne wants a QWERTY clamshell (well, okay, that's more of a suspicion of ours than a fact, really).
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: capability, casio, continue-being, flip, launch, mobile, not-everyone, phone, vzw
BlackBerry Bold R020 and 9670 Oxford flip outed?
It's felt almost as if the BlackBerry smartphone rumor mill has been a little too quiet -- dare we say burnt out -- since the Torch hit the scene ( BlackPad notwithstanding, of course). That's all changed with a pair of interesting leaks care of Boy Genius Report . Behold a successor to the Bold 9700 , the R020
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, bold 9700, bold r020, boldr020, external, flip, genius, keyboard, leaks, magnitude, oxford, report, the-purported, torch, usual-amenities
Motorola XT806 Android flip phone strikes a pose on Chinese website
You'd think Motorola would be done for the summer after pushing out the much anticipated Droid 2 , but no -- apparently it has yet more Android handsets to deliver before it could head to the beach.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-pushing, cdma, chinatelecom, deliver-before, flip, newbie, radio, selling-point, telecom
LG dLite lands today on T-Mobile for $50
By almost all accounts, LG's dLite for T-Mobile is an unremarkable midrange clamshell that barely warrants mention, with two notable exceptions.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: boy, clamshell, dot, engadget-mobile, entry, exceptions, flip, light, little-victory, matrix, result, south-korean, usa
Samsung’s Rugby II ready to put the smack down on AT&T for $130 on June 6
Another in AT&T's parade of June 6 launches , the Rugby II follows up -- yes, you guessed it -- the original Rugby , a rugged clamshell from Sammy that's been in the carrier's lineup for well over a year now. It's got push-to-talk compatibility, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, a 2 megapixel camera, Video Share support, voice processing tech from Audience (the same company that handled the Nexus One's noise reduction circuitry), Bluetooth, and microSD expansion -- standard fare to be sure, but probably just right for the outdoorsy-type workers that'll undoubtedly be carrying it. It'll be available the first Sunday in June for $129.99 after $50 mail-in rebate.
Categories: Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: att, Carrier, clamshell, engadget-mobile, flip, mobile, noise-reduction, outdoorsy, smack-down, the-original
Palm Pre Plus, Pantech Breeze 2 dummies showing up in AT&T stores
It's pretty wild that neither Palm nor AT&T have fessed up to a release date for the GSM-ified versions of the Pre Plus or Pixi Plus yet -- especially considering that there are already unboxings going on -- but we've now got confirmation that dummy units (of the Pre Plus, anyhow) are filtering into retail stores, so it definitely shouldn't be much longer now. Dummies of an updated version of the ultra-simple Pantech Breeze (uncreatively named Breeze 2 ) is also coming in, so between these two, you should pretty much be able to outfit every member of the family from grandpa to the newborn.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: breeze 2, clamshell, dummy, family, flip, newborn, outfit-every, palm, pantech, pantech-breeze, pixiplus, pre plus, result, webos