Exclusive: HTC F8181 is AT&T’s Brew MP-equipped dumbphone
We'll admit, we'd kinda figured that HTC's venture into the seedy underworld of dumbphones with the introduction of the Smart earlier this year was a non-starter and that it'd quietly fade into the night before 2010 was out, but apparently not -- at least, not if you ask AT&T. We've been slid a couple shots of a new handset from HTC for Ma Bell going by the model number F8181 (it'll have a fancy name like "Bacon," "Double Rainbow," or "Nilay Patel" by the time it launches, obviously) that runs the Brew MP platform Qualcomm has been pushing this year for the sub-smartphone category; of course, it seems to us that smartphone hardware is getting cheap enough to push through nearly every price segment, but if we can expect this to be free on contract, we suppose there might be a market here. No word on dollars or dates just yet, but naturally, we'll keep you in the loop
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: att, double-rainbow, entry, f8181, introduction, night, nilay-patel, result, underworld, word-on-dollars
Engadget Mobile Podcast 038 – 03.05.2010
Nurons, Sliders, Backflips, Partners, Experiences...it's all a blur to us by now. One thing we do remember is that we play our own little version of Judge Judy as Nilay Patel assumes his permanent role as the Bruce Willis of Analyzing the HTC-Apple Suit
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, bruce, experiences, experiences-it, first-windows, hosts, nilay-patel, nuron, podcast, podcasts, special-guest, wolbe, zune
Archos5 Android PMP now on sale at Amazon
Considering the tablet rumors swirling lately, we find it rather funny that Archos calls the new Android -based Archos5 an "Internet Tablet," but they've been doing it for so long we suppose they're allowed to cash in on the hype a ...
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, nintendo, Other Tags: 8th-2009, amazon, aol, archos, archos5, BlackBerry, device, facebook, htc, neutral, nilay-patel, portable-audio, portable-video
Dell bringing Mini 3i Android set to AT&T?
Dell, Android , and AT&T have been mentioned in an awful lot of whispered sentences over the past few months, so today's Wall Street Journal report on a Round Rock-sourced Android set for Ma Bell isn't exactly a huge surprise. ...
Categories: Android, htc, nintendo, Other Tags: aol, cellphones, chinese, engadget, htc, japanese, networking, nilay-patel, nintendo, podcasts