Continue reading HTC confirms new research and development office in RTP, North Carolina

HTC confirms new research and development office in RTP, North Carolina originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Interestingly, T-Mobile USA is specifically mentioned in Nokia Siemens’ press release as supporting the developments, a testament to the fact that the carrier is firmly committed to wringing everything it can out of legacy 3G standards before moving on — just as they’re already doing with their aggressive 21Mbps HSPA+ rollout. Considering that present-day LTE tops out somewhere in the 300Mbps to 400Mbps range, we can’t say we’re opposed, especially since the new technology will be backward compatible with today’s HSPA networks. Yes, granted: “Long Term HSPA Evolution” is a terrible name considering that LTE already stands for Long Term Evolution (and LTHSPAE isn’t the slickest acronym anyway) — but we’ll worry about naming logistics closer to launch, which is still years off. See the full press release after the break.

Continue reading Long Term HSPA Evolution specs come together, promise speeds of 650Mbps — and T-Mobile USA is on board

Long Term HSPA Evolution specs come together, promise speeds of 650Mbps — and T-Mobile USA is on board originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a long, hard road for Intel in the mobile space, but it looks like things are about to get brighter: speaking at the Barclay’s Capital Global Technology Conference today, CEO Paul Otellini said that some 35 Moorestown tablets running a mix of Windows, Android, and MeeGo would arrive in 2011. (No wonder the company just formed a tablet and netbook division.) What’s more, he provided a handy chart showing the OS breakdown by vendor: Toshiba, Dell, Fujitsu are going Windows-only, while Asus and Lenovo are building both Windows and Android products, and Acer’s going straight MeeGo. (Remember, Acer’s using AMD in its Windows tablet.) That’s pretty much right on schedule, and we’d expect to see several of these at CES, but not all the news is so rosy: Otellini also said that Medfield-based smartphones won’t arrive until “mid-2011,” which is a bit of a delay from the “first half of 2011″ we’d been told in June. Sure, it doesn’t sound like the end of the world, but ARM-based competitors like Qualcomm, TI, and NVIDIA continue to push ever farther ahead with multicore designs, and Intel can’t very well catch up with delayed parts. Then again, if Intel can really deliver the performance and efficiency it’s been promising it might not matter — we’ll see what CES has in store.

Intel’s Otellini says 35 Atom-based tablets coming in 2011, but smartphones get pushed back (again) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like Motorola’s about to fight a legal battle on two fronts — Apple on one hand, and Microsoft on the other. Microsoft fired the first shot last month with a nine-patent ITC complaint and a second salvo alleging that Motorola was charging unfair licensing fees for 802.11 WiFi and H.264 video last week, it’s now Moto’s turn to retaliate with a pair of legal complaints. The cellular company now claims that Redmond’s infringing a total of sixteen patents with everything from Microsoft Exchange to Bing Maps to the Windows operating system itself — as well as the aforementioned video codecs and wireless tech, of course. Moto’s also determined to rub a little salt in the wound, it seems, as the company just pushed out a press release with the following statement: “It is unfortunate that Microsoft has chosen the litigation path rather than entering into comprehensive licensing negotiations, as Motorola has mutually beneficial licensing relationships with the great majority of technology companies industry-wide.” PR after the break.

Continue reading Motorola slaps Microsoft with a pair of patent infringement lawsuits, says it’s such a shame

Motorola slaps Microsoft with a pair of patent infringement lawsuits, says it’s such a shame originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading ARM intros next-gen Mali-T604 embedded GPU, Samsung first to get it

ARM intros next-gen Mali-T604 embedded GPU, Samsung first to get it originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you happen to be enthusiastic about Lenovo, tablets, and your American residency, look away now. Lenovo still plans to ship the Android-based LePad in China some time soonish, but its US roadmap can pretty much be summed up as “wait and see.” The company’s COO Rory Read has been cited as saying there are no plans to release a slate for the US market until at least Android’s Honeycomb version comes out, agreeing with Google on the point that Froyo is not “the right base to have a fully functioning pad.” Lest you think Windows 7 will fill the void until whenever in 2011 that Android tablet does arrive, Lenovo’s director of new technology, Howard Locker, sets you straight: “Windows 7 is based on the same paradigm as 1985 — it’s really an interface that’s optimized for a mouse and keyboard,” and the Thinking machine team doesn’t intend to build a slate around it. And if you were thinking of maybe picking up a LePhone as a consolation prize, tough luck, that won’t be arriving in the US for at least another two years (which in smartphone terms is basically “never”), although it’s good to know that it’s now got 13 percent of the smartphone market in China. You know, in case you own stock in LeCompany.

Lenovo says no Android tablet in US until Honeycomb; no Windows 7 tablet, period originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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“It’s not every day you see a company release a Bluetooth headset” is something we’d like to say, but alas, it was not meant to be. Bose is the latest, launching what it claims is its first single-ear Bluetooth headset. The aural implant carries the family name and touted audio quality / proprietary technology, but functionality-wise, it’s not much different than your run-of-the-mill earpiece. Of course, that branding carries a lot of weight with some folks, and for them, plan on paying just shy of $150 (before tax) when it comes out late November. Your weekly dose of bravado can be found in the press release after the break.

Continue reading Bose enters single-ear Bluetooth headset market with expected swagger and price tag

Bose enters single-ear Bluetooth headset market with expected swagger and price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nah, this trio isn’t nearly as flashy as Motorola’s spate of new smartphones, but those still rockin’ the earpiece (or trying to avoid a ‘talking-while-driving’ ticket) may be interested in the outfit’s newest line of peripherals. Here at Fall CTIA 2010, Moto unveiled the Roadster in-car speakerphone alongside the Finiti and CommandOne Bluetooth headsets. From top to bottom, the Roadster is a clip-on device that goes on your visor, boasting dual-microphone noise cancellation technology and MotoSpeak — a technology that reads your texts allows and accepts voice replies. There’s an integrated battery that can withstand up to 20 hours of yapping (or three weeks of nothingness), and there’s even an FM transmitter thrown in for good measure. The Finiti BT headset was engineered with “extreme conditions” in mind, adding to the Elite series with a trifecta of microphones and the aforesaid MotoSpeak read-back technology. It can supposedly let you carry on a conversion with 40 mile per hour winds whirling around you, but we’re hoping you’d never actually be able to put it to the test. Finally, the CommandOne — for all intents and purposes — is simply a less rugged, differently styled version. The whole lot lands in Q4, but mum’s the word on pricing.

Motorola sneaks out Roadster in-car speakerphone, Finiti and CommandOne BT headsets originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Thought EA had no love for Android or Windows Phone 7? Not quite — it’s just the existing market opportunities that the company doesn’t seem to enjoy. CFO Eric Brown told the Deutche Bank 2010 Technology Conference that the game publisher is actually quite bullish on Google’s rapidly popularizing mobile OS and plans to ‘position its mobile business’ accordingly, but first he said this: “I think the next big positive way to push better growth in mobile will be the deployment of an App Store equivalent for the Android operating system.” Since we’re fairly certain Brown would be aware of a little thing called the Android Market, we figure he’s talking about the same mysterious reason that caused Gameloft (which produces a number of Android titles already) to circumvent the Market in favor of their own online store. One thing’s for certain on the EA Mobile front: the company really needs to update their smartphone games page to support a wee bit more than the “Google Android-Powered T-Mobile G1.”

Electronic Arts ready to embrace Android, but wishes it had an App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Now that Nokia’s gone all-in with NFC and announced that it’ll be blanketing its entire smartphone line with the technology next year, it’s gotta do something cool with it — after all, simply turning a phone into a digital wallet is so 2009! That seems to be where Swipe comes into play, a new software stack Espoo is teasing this week that integrates NFC payments with instant digital receipt uploads to your phone — instead of getting a printed copy — which boosts your treehugger street cred by leaps and bounds. Perhaps even cooler, though, the system reads the receipt once it’s back on your phone and makes a note of the product’s return period so that it can remind you when time’s running out, perfect for getting maximum usage out of that N8 before flipping it back from whence it came. If we had to guess, this might be unveiled in full at Nokia World, which just happens to kick off tomorrow — and we’re on the scene for all the unexpectedly drama-packed action, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, follow the break for the full teaser video.

Continue reading Nokia teases Swipe NFC payment system for digital receipts, warm eco-friendly feeling

Nokia teases Swipe NFC payment system for digital receipts, warm eco-friendly feeling originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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