BlackBerry Curve 3G (9300) is officially BlackBerry 6 ready
The horse left the gate on Thursday and here comes the cart: the official BlackBery Curve 3G (model 9300) announcement just landed in our inbox. So in addition to sporting HSDPA data, WiFi, and GPS, we now know that if you buy this BlackBerry 5 device today you can upgrade to BlackBerry 6 "in the coming months." Assuming your carrier can get its act together, of course
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, blackbery curve 3g, curve3g, device-today, gate, gps, Inbox, microsd, official, officially-blackberry, the-official, your-carrier
Android App Inventor lets you be the developer (video)
Google is following in Nokia's footsteps today by offering its users a simple-to-use DIY app maker. Employing a design scheme that relies on visual blocks rather than oodles of arcane code, the App Inventor -- still in Beta, of course -- has functions for "just about anything" you can do with an Android handset, including access to GPS and phone functionality. All that's really missing is the raw creative talent, which we're sure you'll be happy to provide
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: break, developer, development, educational, get-involved, google-labs, googlelabs, gps, offering-its, oodles, source, video
GPS 800G watch phone gets the job done (and little else)
Watch phones clearly haven't hit the mainstream yet, though a resurgence of Dick Tracy may very well turn that around. Given that we're probably years, if not centuries, away from that happening, it's up to niche import shops like Alibaba to bring us goods like these
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: chinese, engadget, even-emergency, gps, gpstracking, handle-time, result, shanghai
Garmin-Asus Garminfone review
The holy matrimony between smartphone and personal navigation device just keeps getting stronger, scorning dedicated GPS units like forgotten flings and leaving navigation-free handsets wandering lost and alone. Garmin-Asus has been flirting with the perfect bond with its Nuvifone series for some time now, but rather tragically from a branding perspective its strongest attempt yet comes without the nuvi moniker. It's the T-Mobile Garminfone, and its Android underpinnings go a long way toward making the best mix of PND and smartphone to date.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: asus, engadget, featured, garmin-asus, garminfone, gps, its-strongest, perfect, perspective, pnd, smartphone
Bing turn-by-turn navigation for Windows Mobile gets taken for a test drive
Microsoft certainly added all the right features to its Bing navigation app for Windows Mobile , but does it actually deliver the goods in real world use? It does according to the folks at PocketNow , who have put the app through its paces and kindly provided a quick demo video of it running on an HTC HD2. While there's nothing too shocking or surprising, it looks like the voice input works well, and the turn-by-turn directions seem to be at least up to par with your average navigation device -- it even has a few nice touches like being able to tap on the screen to repeat the instructions.
Categories: Mobile Phone, htc Tags: bing navigation, entry, gps, hd2, htc, instructions, keenan, kindly-provided, like-the-voice, paces, video, windowsmobile6.5, world
Keepin’ it real fake: the Shanshui P72 is the oversized, XP-running iPhone you’ve always secretly wanted
A true iPhone KIRF running Windows XP may still be the stuff of dreams -- crazy, fevered dreams -- but it looks like we now have the next best thing: the iPhone-ish Shanshui P72. Boasting a 7-inch WVGA screen, this MID-sized device packs a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of storage, WiFi and 3G connectivity, built-in GPS, and no less than three USB ports, which will let you attach a keyboard and mouse for an authentic Windows XP experience
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, fevered, gps, source, storage, the-oversized, video, windows
Garmin-Asus A10 brings pedestrian-optimized GPS to European and Asian Android lovers
You ain't nobody if you don't have an Android handset ( or two ) these days, and Garmin-Asus has just added the A10 to its own stable of devices . It's a pretty humble 3.2-inch HVGA communicator, but it has a healthy 1,500mAh battery, a multitouch-friendly WebKit browser, and an autofocusing 5 megapixel camera with automatic geotagging.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, htc Tags: after-the-break, european, from-the-public, garmin asus a10, garminasusa10, geotagging, gps, handset, markets, pedestrian, public, the-pedestrian, voice, web
Sierra Wireless AirCard 890 does 7.2Mbps on AT&T, slides into PC Card or ExpressCard slots
Talk about being flexible. Sierra Wireless ' newest 7.2Mbps-capable AirCard (the 890, if you're curious) obviously isn't content with fitting into just one slot.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: compatibility, entry, gps, mobileinternet, obviously-isn, wireless, wwan
Microsoft Germany’s Facebook page solidifies Kin specs
Nothing here we didn't already know , but it's nice to have some final, official confirmation: Microsoft Germany's just posted the specs for the Kin One and Kin Two on its Facebook page, and they line right up with that original, Google cached leak. As originally foretold, the Kin One will sport a 2.6-inch capacitive TFT LCD screen at 320 x 240 resolution, a 5 megapixel CMOS camera, 4GB of flash memory and a 1240 mAh battery, while the Kin Two ups its game with a 3.4-inch 480 x 320 screen, an 8 megapixel CMOS HDR shooter by Omnivision with a LumiLED flash , 8GB of solid state memory and 1390 mAh of juice
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 240-resolution, facebook, flash-memory, gps, kin, kin one, microsoft, omnivision, screen-at-320, tegra
ComScore: European cell phone navigation on the rise
In Europe, it was a good year for cell phone GPS -- ComScore , an organization that tracks painful sounding concepts like penetration and market share, just reported that an estimated 21 million Europeans stopped to ask their phone for directions last year. That's up 68 percent from the 12.5 million who did so in 2008. With two-thirds of mobile map users saying they accessed their phone GPS in a moving vehicle, ComScore thinks the stats suggest phones might replace standard PNDs as well
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: europe, europeans, gps, map, mobile navigation, phone, pnds, result, study