Skyfire for iPhone hands-on (video)
Although Skyfire for iPhone is almost exactly like its Android counterpart, it's still not available for download in the App Store due to server issues , so we thought you might want to see how it works. We've seen improvements on the Flash-to-HTML5 conversion servers in the past day or so, which makes watching videos a breeze.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, entry, issues, page-embedded, quickly, rough, video, watching-videos
LG’s Windows Phone 7 caught in some early packaging, to be dubbed GW910?
LG hasn't been what you'd call "super secretive" with its first Windows Phone 7 hardware (codenamed LG Panther ), after all, the phone was flashed on the Engadget Show as the first official hardware for the new OS. Still, a prototype of the phone, meant for developers to start testing their apps on, has made its way into the wild and might shed some new light on the handset
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: core, in the wild, inthewild, memories, prototype, rough, super-secretive, windows-phone, windowsphone7
Truphone’s Local Anywhere SIM gives you a local number anywhere, as long as ‘anywhere’ is the US or UK
Truphone -- better known for its VoIP services than anything else -- is getting into the rough-and-tumble world of international roaming with the introduction of its Local Anywhere SIM. At a glance, you might think that it works like countless other global prepaid SIMs that are ready to get shoved into the unlocked quadband phone of your choice, but here's Truphone's secret: on its higher-end packages, you can add local numbers for countries you visit frequently. To borrow the company's example, this means local pizza delivery dudes can buzz you without placing a multi-dollar call
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: africa, australia, engadget-mobile, glance, global, international, introduction, rough, services, truphone, voip