T-Mobile’s Passes prepaid data plans leak out
We've been saying prepaid data plans are going to be the next big wave in mobile, and it looks like T-Mobile's getting on board -- we were just sent this employee training sheet detailing the upcoming Passes plans. All of T-Mobile's mobile broadband products are eligible, which is nice, but the plans themselves are a bit lame -- $10 gets you 100MB of data or a weeks' access, whichever comes first, $30 gets you 300MB or a a month's worth of access, while $50 nets you 1GB or 30 days
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: blend, data, dataplan, employee, leaks, odd, prepaid, prepaiddata, upcoming
Epic 4G: problems so far — and a few solutions
Since the Epic 4G launched on Sprint August 31, we've been receiving notes from owners on various issues they've experienced with the phone. We've heard about and experienced problems with the supposedly-fixed GPS , to surprisingly slow 3G uploads (fix on the way), to odd issues with battery drain and glitchy market install problems
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: buyers-hanging, engadget, facing-the-end, galaxy s, galaxy s pro, galaxys, galaxyspro, issues, odd, period, speed, sprint, sprintepic4g, various-issues
Keepin’ it real fake: N-KIA E68 shows what an innovative Nokia handset might look like (video)
Yo Nokia, you can keep your E5 and its HD Voice fanciness, we want ourselves an N-KIA E68. Why, we hear the enraged Nokia acolyte ask, why would we defile Nokia's good name in such a manner
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: acolyte, acolyte-ask, after-the-break, break, engadget, kirf, mechanisms, nokia, odd, real-fake, shanzhai, slider, want-ourselves
Nokia N9, E7, C7, or whatever it’s called gets caught on video
The mechanism that opens and closes the articulated display is pretty neat -- but otherwise, there isn't much from Negri Electronics ' video of its mysteriously-obtained Nokia prototype that is likely to raise many eyebrows. The phone -- labeled "C0" but more likely a member of the Nseries or Eseries -- gets poked and prodded over the course of four-odd minutes, revealing a number of ports protected with plastic flaps (micro HDMI included, it seems) along with a good, close look at that expansive QWERTY keyboard. Performance looks reasonable but not mind-blowing -- and we don't want to pass judgment on a software build that's likely got months of work left before retail -- so this could be a reasonable option for N97 and N97 Mini owners looking for an upgrade with a capacitive display and some ultra-mild UI rework.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: entry, hdmi, judgment, odd, owners, owners-looking, pass-judgment, performance, prototype, result, software-build, symbian3
The Fingerist finds fame, retail opportunities in Japan (video)
Japan tends to be on the weird side of any coin, and The Fingerist does nothing to undermine that reputation. This accessory for the iPhone and iPod touch was conceived at a "mutton BBQ restaurant" when one dude said to another that he needed an amp for his guitar app. Lo and behold, after an apparently successful CES appearance, the axe-imitating speaker thingie -- replete with a guitar strap and line-out to jack into real amplifiers -- is now on sale for
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: accessory, air guitar, controller, fingerist, guitar amp, iphone, japan, odd, touchscreens