Xperia X10 will get pinch-to-zoom in Q1 2011, with some limitation (video)
There's been a long back-and-forth from Sony Ericsson and the dev community as to whether or not the Xperia X10 was at all capable of multi-touch -- the company stance has been that the hardware just can't do it , but still whispers to the contrary have lingered. Consider those murmurs validated: Sony Ericsson Product Blog has announced that the X10 will, in fact, get multi-touch in the first quarter of next year -- with some caveats. The large asterisk that's destined to clarify the minutiae will tell you that pinch-to-zoom will be enabled for browser and maps, but as the blog post put it, "situations like when the movement of the two fingers cross each other on the X- or Y-axis that could cause strange behavior." Third-party apps should be able to join some functionality, too, with the similar limitations (including when buttons must be pressed simultaneously -- that won't work)
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: birds, engadget, ericsson, Fingers, get-multi-touch, murmurs, pinch zoom, pinchzoom, result, sonyericsson, video, whether-or-not, xperia-x10, zoom
Altek Leo, the 14 megapixel Android cameraphone, headed for Europe in 2011
Altek's wonderfully outlandish Android-based Leo smartphone, which sports a "real" 14 megapixel CCD with "real" 3x optical zoom and 720p video, was already slated for Q4 of this year in Asia, but Altek has recently announced the phone will also be launching Q1 2011 in Europe. On a slightly disconcerting note, Altek says it's still in search of "channel partners," so if you happen to know any channel / partner combos, push this little monster in their direction before 14 megapixels starts to sound old hat, would you? Continue reading Altek Leo, the 14 megapixel Android cameraphone, headed for Europe in 2011 Altek Leo, the 14 megapixel Android cameraphone, headed for Europe in 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Oct 2010 08:08:00 EST.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: altekleo, ccd, channel, entry, europe, hat, megapixels, partner-combos, partners, smartphone, zoom
Motorola Cliq / Dext gets leaked Android 2.1 update, not pinch-to-zoom (video)
Don't know about you, but our poor Motorola Dext (or Cliq as it's know in the Land of the Free) had been left gathering dust for some time as it got unbearably laggy, even after a few wipes.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: blur, Carrier, dext, dust, engadget, engadget-mobile, gets-leaked, motoblur, rom, update, zoom
RIM shows off BlackBerry 6 multimedia experience, in pictures
While there's still no ( official ) word on when we'll get any BlackBerry OS 6 hardware, much less that 9800 Bold , RIM has seen fit to provide us another glimpse at the software front.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bb os 6, blackberry 6, blackberry os 6.0, blackberry6, camera-controls, detection, face, gallery, photo, result, zoom
Altek’s Leo in the wild: point and shoot, Android phone, or both?
As cameraphone picture quality goes, the story is that it's not really about the sensor resolution, it's about the optics -- and if you want to go by that rule, Altek's beastly Leo should probably have your attention. Just because you've got a huge, telescoping lens doesn't mean it's any good, of course, but we'd argue that it's a good sign in a world dominated by tiny, plastic lenses atop 8 and 12 megapixel sensors of questionable heritage
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: attention, cnet, communicasia, communicasia 2010, communicasia2010, leo, questionable, wild, zoom
Firefox 1.1 beta for Maemo goes live
The N900 already features one of the best pocket browsing experiences we've ever seen, but it looks to be getting a whole lot better today with the beta release of Firefox 1.1. Major new features include portrait browsing (awesome), form auto-complete, a context menu, volume key zoom, and -- this is pretty neat -- the capability to save pages straight to PDF, so it seems like the kind of thing you'll definitely want to download, even if it's not quite solid enough to earn gold build status. Oh, and if you don't have an N810 or N900 handy and you're amped to play around, you can download the little guy for Windows, Mac OS, or Linux, too.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: beta, context, engadget, engadget-mobile, firefox, firefox1.1, firefoxbeta1.1, like-the-kind, nokia, pocket-browsing, release, the-capability, zoom
Confirmed: Droid Incredible’s multitouch support is better than the Nexus One’s
You might recall that fascinating video a while back showing the Nexus One's touch sensor getting all discombobulated when the tester's multitouch fingerwork started to get a little too fancy, and now, Android Central has confirmed that Verizon's Droid Incredible doesn't suffer the same fate -- but why is that, exactly? Android and Me is reporting that the Droid Incredible and EVO 4G both employ an Atmel maXTouch sensor with unlimited touch support -- a relatively new product launched in late '09 -- whereas the Nexus One is using Synaptics' older ClearPad 2000, which was designed to top out with simple two-finger gestures like pinch zoom. The upshot?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: circles, droid incredible, droidincredible, gestures, htc, multi touch, multitouch, nexus, sensor, silver, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless, video, zoom
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, blackberry os 6.0, context, demoed, earthquake, entry, interesting, leaks, rim, told-the-new, torch, webkit, zoom
Verizon posts Android 2.1 upgrade details for Droid
Chatter over the Milestone's impending Android 2.1 update has reached a rolling boil in recent days, but it's actually the Milestone's American cousin that's getting the official coverage today. That's right: Verizon's just posted details on the Droid's upgrade to Google's latest and greatest cut, and you've got the expected host of goodies including the new 3D Gallery app, voice-to-text, news and weather widgets, pinch-to-zoom support, "improved" pattern lock, and -- get this -- live wallpapers, something we'd originally thought Motorola might leave out
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: droid, engadget, entry, expected-host, milestone, pattern-lock, upgrade, verizon, widgets, zoom
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens for Canon DSLR Cameras
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Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens for Canon DSLR Cameras