WebOS 1.3.5 coming to CES: better performance and more app storage, says Palm CEO
Here's something to glean from Palm's recent quarterly call, besides the still less-than-profitable fiscal number, of course.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 18th-2009, ces, ces10, ces2010, engadget, jon-rubinstein, michael-scrip, mobile, pixi, return-false
T-Mobile bringing HTC HD2 to the States? All .nbh files point to ‘yes’
You know those times when you're sifting through an undercooked ROM, dumping .nbh files right and left, asking yourself: "is this even worth it?" Well, the folks at WMExperts can answer with a resounding fist pump after digging up references to T-Mobile US in an HTC HD2 prerelease ROM that was recently leaked their way. At this point we're looking at a new 2.01 version of the HD2 software in the T-Mobile version, a big jump from the 1.61 seen in previous leaks, which maybe will smooth over some of those performance woes we experienced with the device. WMExperts also claims a March 2010 release date, which seems a while to wait, but somebody told us once about "good things" coming to "waiters" or something like that, so we're cautiously optimistic.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 18th-2009, aol, BlackBerry, climate-change, engadget, htc, htc-hd2, leak, mobile, report, return-false, rumor
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 catches FCC on a good day
Oh, to live the life of an FCC certification lab employee: setting up test benches, writing reports, playing with devices that won't be released for months or years. Instead, we're stuck enjoying their fun vicariously at an arm's length through a little portal we know as the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, where gems like the X10 occasionally pop up complete with pretty in-the-wild pictures, teardowns, and user manuals.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, nintendo, Other Tags: engadget, ericsson, iphone, mobile, nintendo, podcasts, rachael, report, return-false, sonyericsson, x10, xperia, xperia-x10, xperiax10
HTC Incredible is coming to Verizon, better live up to its name
We've just been able to confirm with a trusted source that the Incredible -- one of the codenames found in HTC's leaked Android 2.1 ROM -- is destined for Verizon. We don't know what the Incredible is, but given its... well, incredible name, we can only assume it's going to be a beast -- possibly yet another name for the Dragon / Passion
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: engadget, fcc-fridays, htc, incredible, neutral, replies, return-false, rumor, verizon
Ford to give Sync some App Store flavor, opening API to devs in 2010
Ford has already shown it can tie the controls of Sync-enabled vehicles to the music and contacts databases of drivers phones and PMPs and though it may take time before our emotions can be detected , the next step is extending that connectivity to downloadable apps on those devices. Since Sync first debuted, the explosion of the App Store concept has meant nearly every smartphone owner is packing plenty of ways to access and use information from the internet, but without an easy way to interact with it while driving.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: aol, apple, BlackBerry, development, engadget, iphone, mobile, report, return-false, Sync
RIM’s optical trackpads: they weren’t joking about the ‘optical’ part
Thinking about how your phone's touchscreen operates, you might assume that the so-called optical pads that have been making appearances on recent BlackBerrys ( among other devices ) operate in a similar fashion -- but you'd be wrong. RIM's official BlackBerry blog is chiming in today to drop some knowledge on us dullards, and it turns out that "optical" isn't just a cute nickname -- the pads do actually operate in much the same way as modern desktop mice, using a low-res infrared camera to capture movement across the surface and translate it into movement. In practical terms, what this means is that you don't need a conductive surface to operate the pad -- you can use pretty much anything that the sensor can see, so a gloved hand (for instance) is theoretically good to go
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 18th-2009, black, BlackBerry, chris-ziegler, droid, engadget, mobile, neutral, optical, opticaltrackpad, report, return-false, rim, trackpad
iPhone nabs 46 percent of Japanese smartphone market, the tiny Japanese smartphone market
So you read a headline like "iPhone grabs 46 percent of the Japanese smartphone market" and the first thing you're likely to think is, "wow, Apple is really doing well for itself." Well, it is and it isn't. While it has made some considerable gains in the smartphone market at the expense of phones like Sharp's W-ZERO3 and the Willcom 03 , it still hasn't gained nearly the same total mindshare or market share that it has over here. That's because "smartphones" as we know them are still a relatively small market in Japan, where carriers' lineups consist of a whole range of offerings including everything from mobile TV-equipped phones to true camera phones to perfume holders
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, appleiphone, BlackBerry, cellphonesales, engadget, iphone 3g, iphone3gs, japan, japanese, neutral, report, return-false, steve-jobs
BlackBerry Curve 8530 now available on Sprint
What's this we see here? Looks like the Curve 8530 has made it to Sprint after all. When all is said and done, she'll cost you $50 with a new contract (after mail in rebate).
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 8530, berry-curve, BlackBerry, blackberrycurve, blackberrycurve8530aries, curve, curve8530, engadget, mobile, neutral, on sale, report, return-false, sprint
Google’s Nexus One lacks multitouch
Our buddy Tnkgrl just had a sit down with Google and HTC's lovedroid, the Nexus One. She "wasn't allowed" to take pictures or video but she came away with plenty of detail. The biggest point of clarification might not be what's included in the handset, but what's missing : multitouch.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 18th-2009, droid, engadget, google-phone, googlephone, htc, iphone, neutral, nexus, nexus one, passion, phone, report, return-false
Sprint's HTC Hero and Samsung Moment on track to get Android 2.1 …
So Sprint's backtracking on its promise to deliver Android 2.0 to its Hero and Moment in the first half of next year, but it's backtracking.