Andy Rubin’s full D: Dive Into Mobile interview video posted
Android boss Andy Rubin almost always makes for an entertaining interview, and his appearance at AllThingsD 's D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco last week was certainly no exception. The introduction of Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the Nexus S were the official news items of the day, but Rubin took the opportunity to showcase the next version of the platform -- Honeycomb -- running on a prototype Motorola tablet that no one had seen before. He also runs through a breakdown of Android's business model (hint: it's profitable), muses about video calling, and gives us a look at that crazy new 3D-capable Google Maps app
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: allthingsd, business, engadget, francisco, items, nexus, nexus's, official, opportunity, san, tablet
Engadget Mobile Podcast 057: CTIA Edition – 10.06.2010
CTIA -- yeah, that definitely happened this week, and we were on hand in lovely San Francisco for the torrent of news. Chris was out, but that doesn't mean we didn't know how to party... so party, we did
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: aggregator, engadget mobile podcast, engadgetmobilepodcast, francisco, george-linardos, guests, light, nokia-comes, ovi, podcast, result, san
Verizon to debut LTE in 38 cities, ‘half a dozen’ 4G smartphones and tablets in 1H 2011
We're live from CTIA 2010 in San Francisco, where newly-appointed Verizon president and COO Lowell McAdam has taken the stage. He's been on the job just five days now , but he's already got a nice spot of news: Verizon will have LTE connections in 38 markets as soon as they flip the switch -- up from the 30 football cities announced earlier this month. More exciting, a host of LTE devices are on the way, too: "Come CES at January, and we will show half-a-dozen smartphones and tablets from the top OEMs in the world that will be available in the first half of the year," said McAdam.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: cellular, ctia 2010, gallery, lowell mcadam, lowellmcadam, megabits-per, result, san, stage, tablet, taken-the-stage
WSJ says BlackBerry tablet could be announced as soon as next week
The Wall Street Journal is saying that RIM's now very close to being ready to show off this long-rumored tablet they've been cooking up -- and the public unveiling could come as early as next week when the company will be holding its Developer Conference in San Francisco.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: BlackBerry, journal, operating, orange, Poll, qnx, san, tablet, unveiling, wsj
Orange launches OLED-donning San Francisco, doesn’t break the Android piggy bank
Oh snap ! This is exactly what Nokia needs right now -- another cheap Android handset to gobble up its wallet-friendly stronghold. What we're looking at here is Orange's oddly named San Francisco, a
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, engadget-mobile, entry, entrylevel, handset, Mobile Phone, msm7227, pay and go, payandgo, qualcomm msm7227, result, san, tempting-deal
T-Mobile adds Boston, San Diego, Miami, others to HSPA+ live list
T-Mobile USA isn't backing down with its somewhat controversial "4G speeds" rhetoric for its rapidly-growing HSPA+ network -- and when you consider that real-world performance on it can meet or exceed what Clear and Sprint will get you in some markets on WiMAX , we can't say we blame them. Next to enjoy the 4G-esque experience from the nation's number four carrier are a few major markets -- Boston, San Diego, and Miami -- along with Erie, Pennsylvania, Fresno, Palm Springs, Richmond, Spokane, and Topeka. Though the G2 is lining up to be the carrier's first true HSPA+ smartphone, T-Mobile's quick to remind everyone that the upgrades also mean that over 15 current devices in its lineup will see some benefits as well; not "4G speeds," of course, but better than the HSPA they'd had before
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, boston, Carrier, from-the-nation, hspa, miami, mobile, palm, pennsylvania, san, springs, wimax
San Francisco in Verizon’s initial 30-market LTE rollout?
We've already heard how Verizon expects to hit the ground running on LTE, starting this November with a launch in 30 markets -- New York, LA, Philadelphia, and so forth. Now it looks like you can add San Francisco to that aggressive list, if Boy Genius Report's leak proves true. Will it beat WiMAX to the region
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bay, engadget, francisco, frisco, genius, genius-report, philadelphia, result, running-on-lte, san, sanfrancisco, the-region, verizon
San Francisco passes cellphone radiation law to help, confuse consumers
Oh San Francisco, you and your progressive ways. The city just passed a law -- a first in the US -- requiring retailers to post the Specific Absorption Rates (aka SAR, the rate at which at which energy is absorbed by the body) in no less than 11-point font right next to any cellphone being sold. Sounds good as far as consumer education goes, right
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: absorption, cellphone, consumer, dangerous, entry, good-as-far, law, least-the-law, rate-at-which, result, san, specific
Live from Microsoft’s ‘It’s Time To Share’ event!
We've been ushered out to lovely San Francisco today (well, actually, not so lovely -- the weather is uncharacteristically yucky) to learn all about this mysterious "It's Time To Share" thing that Microsoft has been cooking up.
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Artificial Muscle ramps up production — expect touchscreens that push back in 2011
Last we heard from Artificial Muscle, the company was trying to convince hospitals, cell phone manufacturers and more that its technology -- a silicon film that expands and contracts with an applied voltage -- would provide a real sense of touch to their cold, hard touchscreens.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: applied-voltage, contracts, electronic, engadget, entertainment, jose, mercury, product, reports, result, san, screen-stiffens, silicon