Lava Mobile’s A10 for India proves IPS displays don’t have to be pricey
We still associate whiz-bang screen technologies like IPS , Super LCD , and Super AMOLED with high-end devices, but an Indian company we'll admit we've never heard of -- Lava Mobile -- is looking to change that. Its Rs
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: amoled, india, mobile, orientation, press, still-associate, superamoled, whiz
Android 2.3 SDK revealed, Gingerbread improvements called out
And finally, here it is! Android 2.3 -- perhaps better known as Gingerbread -- is now official, bringing a host of tweaks that should get the Android faithful pretty stoked. Most notably, the new build is being called out as significantly better for game development, tying in nicely with all these Sony Ericsson rumors we've been hearing as of late. Also on deck is tightly-integrated VoIP support, video calling support via a front camera, better cut-and-paste, NFC integration, gyroscope support for more accurate orientation data, an improved download manager, a redesigned keyboard with multitouch support, and an integrated task manager
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: been-hearing, entry, ericsson, faithful-pretty, front-camera, gingerbread, manager, orientation, result, video
Samsung Zeal leaked by Verizon, exposes dual-hinge design
If the paper trail for this handset wasn't enough for you, here's the first official imagery of the Samsung Zeal. It is, as speculated, a dual-hinge, dual-display affair, equipped with an E Ink keyboard that transitions from a four-row QWERTY arrangement to a dialpad depending on orientation
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: cameo, dialpad, dual hinge, dualhinge, engadget, handset, orientation, paper-trail, samsungzeal, transitions, verizon
iWiz dev does good, becomes Apple App Store director
To be perfectly honest, we can't believe the above image is running on Engadget either. But with all the ongoing hoopla surrounding the App Store approval process , we'd be remiss if we didn't hep you to recently reported news that Phillip Shoemaker, director of applications technology at Apple, seems to have a healthy sideline developing iOS software with names like iWiz and, ahem , Animal Farts. We'll let you hit the store yourself if you want to learn more about these fine products (search for his company, Gray Noodle)
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, applications, appstore, employee, ipod-touch, Job, orientation, phillip shoemaker, pocket-pain, publishing-apps, result, sideline, states, store-yourself
Shocker: Touchscreen smudge may give away your Android password pattern
Fast food connoisseurs should pay special attention here -- according to a recent paper by the University of Pennsylvania, Android users are inadvertently leaving their nine-dot lock patterns in the open, courtesy of their fingers' oily smear on the screen.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: camera, lock pattern, lockpattern, mobilephone, orientation, password pattern, phone, result, shocker, smudge, smudge attack, study, touchscreen, universityofpennsylvania
iPhone OS 4 beta 3 brings iPod widgets to the dock
Apple may have pulled iPhone OS 4 beta 3 soon after it went live, but we're living recklessly -- and hey, is that a set of iPod controls and a screen orientation lock hiding out in the app switcher? The control is accessed by swiping to the far left, and it all does pretty much what you'd expect.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-it-went, apple, beta, iphone, iphone os 4, iphoneos4, iphoneos4beta3, new-stuff, orientation, pretty-much, widgets