Samsung Ch@t 335 looks like a winner, if you’re into QWERTY and slow data
Following the Ch@t 322's lead last month, rumor has it that Samsung is gearing up to add another model to the low-end portrait QWERTY lineup, the S3350 Ch@t 335. PortableGear.nl has this one pegged for an initial launch in Belgium with WiFi, social network integration, a 2 megapixel cam, FM radio, and 3.5mm headphone jack, but it'll be lacking 3G -- a telltale sign that it's gunning for the bottom of the market
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: belgium, chat335, entry, Headphone, headphone jack, jack, launch, network, s3350, social-network, trackpad
Kyocera Rio hits Cricket today for $130
Alright, we know what you're thinking, so let's just clear this up at the outset: it ain't Android . That being said, Kyocera's new Rio for regional carrier Cricket features a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD expansion up to 16GB, a 3.5mm headphone jack, stereo Bluetooth, and an optical trackpad -- a rather unusual touch for this market segment. Of course, Cricket likes to play the no-contract game, and sure enough, the $129.99 that the carrier is asking nets you the Rio without a commitment.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 5mm, bluetooth, Carrier, cricket, engadget-mobile, kyocera, mobile, nov, outset, regional, rio, segment, stereo, trackpad, unusual
BlackBerry Bold 9780 finally official, hitting T-Mobile on November 17th for $130
After what feels like an eternity of leaks , RIM has finally (finally!) come forward with the first BlackBerry Bold to ship with BlackBerry 6 . The Bold 9780 looks exactly as we expected it to (meaning not too far from the 9700 design tree ), boasting an optical trackpad, QWERTY keyboard, a WebKit-based browser and a five megapixel camera. You'll also get inbuilt 3G / WiFi, and at least on the T-Mob version, UMA / WiFi calling.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: 9780, blackberry bold 9780, engadget, Eternity, images, keyboard, leaks, mob, trackpad, wifi calling
T-Mobile myTouch hands-on
That front-facing camera, optical trackpad and Genius button are all in plain sight, but we're afraid we didn't get to give them a try -- the screen on this T-Mobile myTouch is pitch black because it's just a hardware prototype. That didn't keep us from snapping plenty of pictures when we spotted the Froyo-filled HSPA+ handset at the carrier's booth, though -- including a few of the phone side-by-side with its predecessor, the myTouch Slide . First, you'd probably like to hear about the hardware on display, so here's the executive summary: the device feels fairly solid, it's got a neat two-tone design with a fancy metal battery cover, and there's a nice big shutter button
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: design, entry, hspa, landscape-dock, mytouch, mytouch hd, mytouchslide, smartphone, trackpad
Keepin’ it real fake: Nexus One clone spotted running iPhoney OS
Well, here's a bit of an extra special KIRF to start the week on the right note. Not only one of the first Nexus One clones we've seen ( HTC Desire aside), but a Nexus One clone running some sort of reasonably faithful imitation of iPhone OS (or the iPhone OS home screen, at least).
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: clone-running, clone-spotted, Heart, iphone, kirf, nexus, start-the-week, tag, trackpad, yuan
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