Pantech Vega Xpress comes with DDR2 memory, extravagant performance claims
Pantech 's bringing a new wrinkle to the mobile hardware space with its newly announced Vega Xpress handset. This 4-inch Android 2.2 beastie will come equipped with an unspecified amount of DDR2 RAM -- yes, the stuff that usually goes into x86 laptop and desktop computers -- which Pantech will have you believe is going to blow the competition out of the proverbial water. The company claims the new phone doubles 3D graphics performance relative to its previous best, while power efficiency is also said to be two to three times better
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 480-resolution, engadget, korea, mobile, msm8255, pantechvegaxpress, power, qualcomm, specs-include
LG Star preview
The LG Star. The dual-core beast from the east that was once a mere twinkle in our eye has managed to find its way to the Engadget mansions, having been lent to us by a very generous (and very anonymous) tipster. It's clearly a test device, as evidenced by its diagnostics menus and lack of a lockscreen, but there's no disguising the power that lies within it
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: benchmarks, current-phone, engadget, entry, fps2d, handset, its-diagnostics, leak, lent, nvidia, power, powerhouse, pre-release, result, upcoming
TimeCommand dock turns your iPad into a very pricey dimmer switch
XtremeMac has been crankin' out iPod docks for years, and now former CEO Gary Bart has launched Stem Innovation, a company dedicated exclusively to iOS accessories. For its first trick, Bart and company have introduced TimeCommand which (as its name implies) goes beyond the whole dock thing and comes across as a control station for the bedroom. Among its many charms are iPhone / iPod / iPad compatibility, the ability to control your mood lighting (including a dimmer and a "wake by light" feature), battery backup (don't miss work, even if the power goes out), an app with Internet Radio playback, and something called Stem:Sonic iQ digital signal processing
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, bedroom, control-station, entry, feature, gary bart, internet, internet-radio, iphone, ipod, ipod-touch, power, stem innovation
Motorola Droid Pro official on Verizon: $179.99 after rebate, pre-sales begin November 9th
Exactly as suspected , the Droid Pro will start its Verizon retail adventure tomorrow, with pre-sales at selected VZW stores and the carrier's online outlet, to be followed by its proper shelf debut on November 18th. Price is set at $179.99 on a two-year contract, provided you're happy to take care of a $100 mail-in rebate. Moto will be hoping business types lap this offer up, as it has equipped the Droid Pro with an unusual (outside of RIM's realm) portrait QWERTY keyboard as well as a dual-mode CDMA/GSM wireless chip.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: breakingnews, Chip, debut, droid, droidpro, hoping-business, moto, motorola-droid, online-outlet, power, pre-sale, sales, Sheet, verizon, wireless
Power mad modder rips the keys out of his Epic 4G, calls it a gamepad (video)
Sometimes a mod is more than just a mod: it's a manifesto.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, cosmetic, epic 4g, epic4g, factory-keypad, gamepad, hack, keys, power, reading, rips-the-keys, slider, touchscreen
Symbian boss steps down effective immediately
Citing "personal reasons," the Symbian Foundation has just announced that executive director Lee Williams has left the company -- yes, "left," as in he's not going to stick around for a while to manage a transition. Williams has been steeped in Symbian for some time, having previously led Nokia's S60 business -- but the dude's been floating around the upper ranks of the entire mobile industry for ages, doing time with Motorola (through its Symbol acquisition) and Palm / PalmSource by way of Be. He's been replaced by the organization's reigning CFO, Tim Holbrow, and it appears that the appointment is permanent; what this means for Symbian's roadmap (if anything) is unclear, but we'd love to hear the backstory on what led to this power shift
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: appointment, backstory, engadget, entry, industry, leewilliams, mobile, motorola, organization, personal, power, result, roadmap, sony-ericsson, upper
Sprint lays out strategy for iDEN sunset, refreshed CDMA network
CDMA2000 isn't getting any younger -- but it's a spring chicken compared to iDEN , a network that has remained the de facto standard for push-to-talk fanatics against all odds, surviving occasional challenges to the throne and Boost Mobile's desire to dip its toes in the CDMA waters from time to time over the past couple years.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 1xadvanced, cdma, engadget-mobile, power, sprint, strategy, survive-on-its, toes, wimax
Samsung Galaxy S Power Pack: when internal batteries are just too convenient
Somebody at Samsung apparently forgot that its very popular Galaxy S handset (in all its varieties ) has -- are you ready for this -- a user-replaceable battery .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: batteries, external battery pack, gps, like-the-galaxy, power, power-pack, result, samsung, screws, very-popular
HTC EVO 4G suffering new calendar bug, cracked shells, broken dreams?
It wouldn't be the first time the EVO's been dinged for a manufacturing defect , but it seems that at least a few owners are reporting cracks near the power button. Fortunately, these cracks seem to be purely cosmetic without any effect on feel or any real danger of the case falling apart -- and seeing how other high-profile devices have suffered similar fates , we can certainly buy that there are high-stress points in the phone's case where this is prone to happen. We'll wait a moment to continue the story while you pull your EVO out of your pocket and check yours
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: button, crack, entry, near-the-power, phone, power, shells, stress
Nokia Kinetic concept revealed in prototype form
Impressed by Jeremy Innes-Hopkins' Nokia Kinetic concept the other day? Then take a good look at the image above. That's the actual prototype of the device, which unfortunately doesn't power on (or have anything to power on), but does look remarkably like the previous renders we've seen, and gives us a far better idea of the scale of the device.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: college, cue, designer-silas, electromagnet, entry, london, martins, nokia, nokia kinetic, power, project, prototype, result