Droid X vs. iPhone 4… hang out!
So, these aren't exactly the most similar phones ever. The Droid X has Android, a high res 4.3-inch screen, Verizon, and a hump in back. The iPhone 4 has iOS, a higher res 3.5-inch screen, and some of the slimmest smartphone dimensions ever.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, droid, engadget, handsets, respective, silicon, stab, verizon
Square mobile payment system goes live on iPhone, iPad, and Android this week (video)
We've been intrigued by the Square Payment System since it first ditched its Squirrel costume back in 2009 , and now it appears we're on the eve (or eve of the eve, or pretty close anyway) to its release for not only the iPhone, but for the iPad and for Android as well. The software is said to be hitting App Stores and Markets this week, working with a sugar cube-sized card reader that pops into the 3.5mm headphone jack, a device that the company is giving away for free to those who sign up. Using it will not be free, with retailers paying fees starting at 2.75 percent plus a 15 cent surcharge, but that's considerably cheaper than many other options out there (which often require costly hardware to boot).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: appleiphone, engadget, iphone, mobile-payment, mobilepaymentsystem, payment, respective, surcharge
Bell, Telus, Rogers trial inter-carrier video calling
Even as American carriers continue to resist it, a variety of Canada's GSM networks support video calling on so-enabled 3G handsets -- but currently, the problem is that you're only able to video call other phones on the same network. Fortunately, Rogers, Bell, and Telus have been hard at work playing nice long enough to ensure that their respective video calling services play nice one another, and they've just announced the successful completion of inter-carrier trials. The companies are quick to point out that this makes them the "first inter-carrier partnership in North America" to support 3GPP-compliant video calling, something that should hopefully make AT&T and T-Mobile feel at least a fleeting moment of shame.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bell, bellmobility, feel-at-least, fleeting-moment, hard-at-work, respective, rogerswireless, successful, the-successful, videocalling
Windows Phone 7 Series Marketplace gets pictured
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore did a really thorough job yesterday of walking us through the key hubs on the shiny new Windows Phone 7 OS , but one area that was conspicuously missed out in the overview was the Marketplace . Well, let us fill in that gap of knowledge right quick with the above image of the interface. As you can see, the first thing visible when you enter the hub is a full-screen feature for individual games or applications -- this could either work as with the music hub, wherein you see the last bit of content you accessed or, less awesomely, could function as a promotional (read: advertising) spot before you get into the market proper
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, applications, entry, hubs, music, mwc, operatingsystem, phone, respective, then-fragmented, windows phone 7 hubs, windows phone 7 series, windowsphone, windowsphone7, work
Lenovo LePhone launching in Le May
As Google and China trade blows on the global stage Lenovo just keeps on truckin' with its plans to launch the Android-powered LePhone in China and overseas. Samsung and Motorola you'll recall, already bent under Google's pressure and agreed to delay the launch of their respective handsets in China last week. Lenovo execs are planning for a hat-trick launch in May on China Unicom, China Mobile, and China Telecom with a rest of world launch expected later in the year.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, china, china-mobile, expected-later, handsets, respective, smartphone, tier, unicom