Spain, Portugal vow to kill off roaming fees
The European Union has been trying to put a tight lid on roaming charges between its member nations for some time (just imagine if you paid roaming fees on interstate travel, Americans!), but it's been slow going -- though there are new per-minute caps in place this year, the fact that the concept of roaming exists at all, particularly when only a handful of companies control all of Europe's wireless landscape, is a little crazy.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: charges-as-part, europe, european, friends, hope-the-love, interstate, neighbors, per-minute-caps, portugal, result, travel
Gigabyte’s ‘Codfish’ Android phone comes to Portugal as the ‘Boston’
We doubt Bostonians appreciate being cast as obsolete, cheap, or chock-full of plastic -- but for whatever reason, Portuguese carrier Optimus has recently started offering Gigabyte's so-called Codfish as the Boston (not to say the name "Codfish" is any more accurate). The phone's actually not a bad way to get into Android cheaply, we suppose, featuring a 3.2-inch display, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 5 megapixel camera for €160 (about $201) -- but the problem we see is that Android 1.6 is looking awfully long in the tooth at this point, particularly for a newly-released device. With any luck, Optimus can swiftly deliver an update, lest Boston's good name be sullied any longer than it needs to be.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bluetooth, bostonians, codfish, engadget-mobile, megapixel, optimus, portugal, result, whatever-reason
The iPhone 4′s outer case makes it on camera… in Portugal
iPhone 4 parts just keep on dribbling out of China and turning up around the world -- this time it's the next-gen phone's outer case on a video from iPhone Portgual. The site actually has two cases, which it says were purchased by a reader in China, and while they look genuine enough, we obviously can't tell for certain whether they're real.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: damn, days, engadget, iphone, iphone 4, iphone 4g, portugal, Steve, thing, video, wwdc
Portuguese carrier TMN pairs Samsung Blue Earth with world’s first paper SIM card
Tiny SIM cards seems like the last thing worth worrying about in our bid to save the environment one tree at a time -- but let's not forget that you end up throwing away about 80 percent of the card as soon as you pop the actual chip out and stick it in your phone. Portuguese carrier TMN has rolled out what it claims to be the world's first recycled paper SIMs in combination with the release of the Samsung solar-charging Blue Earth handset, delivering a powerful one-two combo of feel-good environmental responsibility that should boost your karma for a solid day or two (if not more).
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: devices, karma, other-devices, portugal, recycled-paper, release, tmn