Samsung pulls Froyo update for Bell’s Vibrant after reports of fried internal storage
We have no idea why Samsung's having such a hard time delivering its overdue promised Froyo upgrades worldwide for the Galaxy S series, but it's not looking any easier for them this weekend: the only Canadian Galaxy S to get upgraded so far, Bell's Vibrant, has just had its update pulled. Seems a healthy number of users attempting the upgrade using Sammy's Kies desktop software ended up with inaccessible internal storage, which sucks for a variety of obvious reasons -- and that would be the apparent reason for the removal of the update.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bell, firmware-update, fried-internal, internal, official, point, Reason, result, samsung, time, update, vibrant
Parrot Minikit Smart windshield mount cradles your phone, caresses its Bluetooth, charges its battery
Smartphones make great navigation devices (where still allowed by law), but trying to read the things while they slide about on the dash or peek out of a cupholder is hardly ideal.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 70mm, bluetooth, calls, caresses-its, charges-its, cradles, engadget, fri, handsfree kit, internal, make-hands-free, paltry-internal, windshield mount
T-Mobile launching data tethering / wireless hotspot plan on Nov. 3rd for $14.99?
T-Mobile said it was "working to deliver" hotspot support to T-Mobile G2 users, and now we might know the reason for the delay -- an allegedly leaked document details Magenta's scheme to offer a comprehensive data tethering plan for a $14.99 monthly fee.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 3ghotspot, cable, document, entry, feature, hspa+hotspot, internal, memo, mytouch 4g, tethering, tmobile
LG Optimus 7 review
If last night's cameo showing off the official Twitter client for Windows Phone 7 wasn't enough of a hint, yes, we've gotten our hands on LG's Optimus 7 . This 3.8-inch machine will serve as LG's international WP7 ambassador while Americans get to grips with its QWERTY keyboard-equipped Quantum brother. As you'll no doubt be aware by now, the internal equipment is standardized around Microsoft's chassis spec, meaning a WVGA screen resolution, a 1GHz Snapdragon inside, and a 5 megapixel camera shooting 720p video at 24fps
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: cameo, check, doubt, internal, lg optimus 7, official, optimus 7, phone, samsung, windowsphone7
Panasonic MW-20 is a digital photo frame, iPhone / iPod touch stereo, and money burner all in one
If you're the sort who fancies a digital picture frame and a stereo dock for your iPhone, Panasonic 's new MW-20 might just be the thing to converge and satiate those needs. The 9-inch frame can display pictures via SD card, 2GB internal memory, or an iPhone / iPod touch via the bundled dock -- and if you've got the device connected, you can also play music video via the frame's internal stereo speakers (there's no indication of any audio out for using your own speaker system, however)
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: camera, christmas, Frame, internal, iphone, panasonic, panasonic mw 20, panasonicmw-20, panasonicmw20, picture, shopping, Speaker
HTC Mozart Windows Phone 7 specifications leak, ‘late October’ UK launch confirmed
We're getting close, very very close to the official launch of the Windows Phone 7 OS.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: htc, internal, leak, mozart-windows, phones, screengrab, sensors, surroundsound, windows phone 7, windows phone 7 os, windows phone 7 series, windowsphone7, windowsphone7os, wp7
BleckBarry raises the bar for KIRFs, casually crawls under it
BleckBarry! This is the handset that puts the "phone" in smartphone but, sadly, leaves out the "smart." Featuring a 2-inch display, Bluetooth, a whopping 506KB internal memory, FM and TV (with antenna!), and all the dual SIM action your heart can take, this $62 wonder does one thing well: it makes the BlockBerry look great in comparison. BleckBarry raises the bar for KIRFs, casually crawls under it originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, bleckbarry, casually-crawls, china, handset, internal, internal-memory, knock off, knockoff, leaves-out, memory, result, Sim, the-handset
Pantech’s Vega IM-A650S launched in Korea, packs Android 2.1 and a bit of kimchi
Pan-who? You know, the guys behind the long-forgotten Helio devices? Doesn't matter, because the Korean firm's back with a follow-up model to its Sirius Android handset.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: entry, firm, follow-up-model, im-a650s, internal, mobile, Mobile Phone, pantech, phone, samsung, sky
Samsung i8330 ‘H2′ for Vodafone leaked?
At the time of its release late last year, Samsung's H1 for Vodafone's then-new 360 service represented some of the sweetest featurephone hardware that money could buy, thanks to a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, WiFi, 5 megapixel autofocus cam, and 16GB of onboard storage. Those are still killer specs, but it's always onward and upward with these guys -- so we're not surprised to see rumors of an H2 model surface. Like the H1, this new handset (apparently with internal model number i8330) is said to run LiMo (release 3 this time) and packs an 8 megapixel camera with LED flash and HD video capture, 1GHz Cortex-A8 processor, and a WVGA Super AMOLED display
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: always-onward, amoled, camera, deal, internal, limo, not-surprised, rumor, soccer, soccer-starts, sweetest
Android support for memory card app storage is finally "coming soon"
One of the biggest complaints with Android since the dawn of civilization is that the expansive plains of storage available on microSD cards have been left under-utilized; coldly ignored by the OS while it did everything it could to stuff the measly couple-hundred megs of internal storage with apps. Soon that problem will finally be rectified, with a Google representative closing the long-running Issue 1151. The issue, which covers external installation of apps, was opened in October of 2008 and since then was voted on by 2561 people, all of whom want Google to set their memory cards free
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: app, apps, card, coldly-ignored, coming-soon, functionality, internal, megs, result, since-the-dawn