Motorola Defy: Android 2.1 goes rugged with water, dust and scratch resistance
Remeber the Motorola i1 ? Moto has just added its second rugged(ish) Android handset in the 3.7-inch Gorilla Glass -fronted Defy
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 3.7-inch, another-slight, Durability, eclair, engadget, gorilla-glass, mechanism, motoblur enhanced, motorola defy, motoroladefy, scratch, spill-resistant, water
Samsung Galaxy S sporting Gorilla Glass to protect that precious AMOLED
Remember this horribly painful video ? The Gorilla Glass protection on the Dell Streak is undoubtedly a selling point, and now Corning, the maker of said glass, has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S (which includes the Vibrant , Captivate , Fascinate , and Epic 4G in its brood) employs the same alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield. The glass is similar to the "helicopter windshield" stuff Apple uses on the iPhone 4, which was rumored to be Gorilla Glass at one point, and while neither tech is impervious to shattering, they certainly can take a beating -- but just try and do that pen stab torture test while we're not looking, alright?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: beautiful, engadget, entry, fascinate, glass, glass-at-one, gorilla-glass, helicopter, iphone, samsung, samsung-galaxy, torture
iPhone 4 drop test yields results (video)
There's been a lot of fuss about the iPhone 4's Gorilla Glass "custom glass" comparable in strength to sapphire crystal but 30 times harder than plastic . Sounds incredible, right? But make no mistake, that front glass panel will still break if dropped
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, apple, attempts, custom, drop, drop test, entry, glass, gorilla-glass, iphone, iphone 4, iphone4, panel, video
Yes, you can certainly scratch the iPhone 4
Well, this is not encouraging. The photo you're seeing above is our leader Joshua's iPhone 4 review unit, snapped by Ryan Block just moments ago
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, block, gorilla-glass, iphone4, moment, phone, result, scracth, scratches, smartphone, smartphones
iPhone 4 teardown now underway, 512MB RAM confirmed
With nary hours since the reviews went live , the gang at iFixit -- no doubt blessed by the hands of early deliveries -- have procured an iPhone 4 . And as is their modus operandi, they wasted no time tearing that sucker apart screw by screw.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: appleiphone4, cortex, device-at-its, earlier-rumors, gorilla, gorilla-glass, iphone4, more-enduring, peruse-on-over, screw, teardown
Dell Streak review
Streak. It needs no introduction, as this slate's been gaining a lot of attention amongst gadget lovers around the world. Thanks to the UK launch last Friday, we were one of the first on this planet to procure Dell's finalized Android 1.6 phone from O2.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: dell streak, features, friday, gadget-lovers, gorilla-glass, lovers, o2 uk, qualcomm snapdragon, sports, streak, toy
Dell Streak’s Gorilla Glass screen: torture tested for your amusement (video)
So we've been hearing rumors about the Dell Streak being some kind of a rugged bad boy.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: boy, efforts, end, fighting-words, glass, gorilla-glass, indestructible, scratchproof, stabbing
Sonim XP2 Spirit gets hammered with Engadget
At the MWC Pepcom event earlier in the week we bumped into Sonim and its almost indestructible handset, the Sonim XP2 Spirit. The XP2 is a seriously tough set with the display covered in Gorilla Glass from Corning, a magnesium core, and a shell crafted with hardened rubber and fiberglass, all backed by a rather bold unconditional 3-year guarantee: you break it, they replace it. Sonim gave us an opportunity to try to destroy the thing, and..
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, fiberglass, gets-hammered, gorilla-glass, magnesium-core, mobile, mwc, result, sonim, xp2, xp2 spirit, xp2spirit