Nexus Two does (or doesn’t) exist, is (or isn’t) being released this year
After going most of the year with very little noise on the Nexus One's successor -- a phone Google has never committed to making, by the way -- we've gotten a handful of conflicting rumors about this thing in the past few days. Let's take a swipe at the buzz that's circulating this week: British publication City A.M. says the Nexus Two is a Carphone Warehouse exclusive , will be released in time for the holidays, and probably won't be made by Samsung.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: british, business, eric, move-the-phone, phone, platform, result, rumor, samsung, showcase, sunset, warehouse
Samsung Wave S8500 review
For some of us jaded and cynical gadget bloggers, getting a feature phone to review is somewhat painful. We grumble and roll our eyes, then put the box in a corner of the office for "later." See, feature phones are really just wannabe smartphones -- like a walled garden full of weeds and broken glass, most feature phones are crippled with restrictions and a crappy user experience. But somehow this time, when we finally opened the box, we discovered something different: a smartphone disguised as a feature phone
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: broken, engadget, engadget-mobile, entry, experience, mobile, office, phones, review, samsung, samsung wave, showcase, walled
Android 2.2 will invite you to visit ‘Flash-enabled’ sites, rub Apple’s nose in it
The battle for minds is well and truly on now, and if there was any doubt that Google and Adobe are cozying up together to take on Apple , let it now be extinguished. TechCrunch is reporting that the latest version of Android -- you know, the one with the 450 percent performance improvement and buttery smooth Flash playback -- will, upon updating, guide you to visit a selection of Flash-enabled websites. Countering Apple's list of iPad-ready (aka Flash-free) websites, this is clearly intended as a showcase of the Adobe software's capabilities
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: consternation, desktop, flash-enabled, flash10.1, internet, prominent-promo, rich media, richmedia, showcase, truly-on-now, upon-updating, web
Fonera SIMPL aims to ease 3G overload, give smartphones a better way to upload
If you've never heard of Fon , its mission is pretty simple: to equip the world with Fonera routers, and thus blanket the planet in WiFi that no one is scared to share. Over at Mobile World Congress this week, the company unveiled a new device that exploits the impending bandwidth crisis that operators all over the globe are attempting to deal with.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: congress, engadget, fonera simpl, impending, minute, over-at-mobile, result, showcase, wifi, wlan, world
From the Archive: Bronx Street Art – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com
The man who answered the phone more or less insulted me for five minutes before asking me about my skills. When I told my photo teacher about it the next day, he drily noted: “Imagine how he'll talk to you when he's paying you.” ...
Categories: Other, Phone Street Tags: afghanistan, archive, bronx, david-gonzalez, facebook, iran, new-york-city, opinion, real-estate, showcase, street, summer, technology, video, world
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: apple, business-cards, css, design, flash, friends, inspiration, modern, phone, photography, photoshop, showcase, tech, tutorial, weather