Pantech's blow-controlled Sky Wind not for the faint of breath
added on February 3rd, 2009 |
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Using our powers of huffing and puffing is nothing new when it comes to device interaction -- even our Wii remote has doubled as an ocarina at some point -- but Pantech's looking to take it a step further with the Korea-bound IM-S410K Sky Wind. Powered by Fantalog Interactive's Emotion... |
BenQ has much love for all-in-ones in 2009, none left for handsets
added on February 2nd, 2009 |
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BenQ is one of those manufacturers that produces a lot of different electronics for a lot of different markets, but has apparently decided that 2009 is a good time to get a bit more focused. The camel-case company has no plans to announce or release any new handsets this year,... |
16GB Samsung Omnia shows itself, other Samsung rumors surface
added on February 2nd, 2009 |
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We've already seen some Samsung rumors start to crop up in advance of Mobile World Congress, and it looks like the flood gates have now fully opened up, with a slew of new leaks and rumors of varying veracity now making their way across the internet. The most solid of... |
Samsung to release 12 megapixels of cameraphone foolishness this month?
added on February 2nd, 2009 |
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It's been a few years since Samsung unleashed its 10 megapixel cameraphone onto the world. Now we're hearing that Samsung will push the limits of absurdity to a full 12 megapixels "this month," likely at Mobile World Congress. The phone is expected to hit the production lines in February with... |
Exploding cellphone kills Chinese man
added on February 2nd, 2009 |
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Here's the thing about batteries: they store energy. Lots of it. Channeled correctly, that energy does really awesome things for us -- but channeled chaotically, and... well, you know where this is going, don't you? A man shopping in a Lenovo store in mainland China has been killed after the... |
Crackulous released, promises to bust iPhone app protection scheme
added on February 2nd, 2009 |
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If Apple's sat back and let the iPhone hacking community do its thing in peace (well, relative peace) so far, this little gem just might be what the doctor ordered to stir up the crap. Crackulous -- available now in beta form through Cydia -- claims to be able to... |
Smartphone videogame market explodes in 2008; dumbphone market wounded, but struggling on
added on February 2nd, 2009 |
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With the economy lodged so firmly in the toilet we're always glad to see some sort of good news on that front, so check out the latest numbers from comScore that show the market for downloadable time-wasters on smartphones grew by a massive 291 percent in the period between November... |
Video: Stimulant's XRay mobile app brings SecondLight to any 'ol Surface
added on February 2nd, 2009 |
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When Microsoft demonstrated Surface we were impressed. Then, when they later showed off SecondLight, we were even more impressed -- and then were sorry for anyone who had made the considerable investment in one of the earlier, singularly-lighted tables. We're feeling better now (thanks for asking) after seeing a video... |
Apple teams up with Adobe for iPhone Flash at long last
added on February 1st, 2009 |
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With Android getting all Flash-ey, Apple's "Goldilocks" position on Flash -- the full Flash player is too hefty, Flash Lite is too weak -- seemed pretty untenable. Now Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has revealed that Apple and Adobe are "collaborating" on making Flash a reality on the iPhone, citing the... |
Motorola Krave ZN4's successor named Inferno, now moving to field trials?
added on February 1st, 2009 |
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That Motorola Inferno is looking more real than ever for a couple reasons: first, we've been able to confirm it with a trusted source of ours, and two, Boy Genius Report has it on good authority that it's about to start field trials this coming week. In keeping with the... |
Switched On: With Pre, Palm breaks from the Storm
added on February 1st, 2009 |
| Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
In a recent interview with Elevation Partners' Roger McNamee, the Palm investor explained that Palm knew it had to step up its game after RIM launched the BlackBerry Pearl, which he described as "the first real consumer electronics product in the... |
A frighteningly close look at KDDI au's Spring 2009 phone lineup
added on February 1st, 2009 |
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If you live anywhere but Japan and you're looking to put yourself through that seasonal ritual of torture by getting a good, hard look at everything Japanese carriers have that you can't, look no further. Engadget Mobile has assembled complete galleries and details on every one of KDDI au's new... |
Sidekick LX 2009 running Wind... er, NetBSD?
added on January 31st, 2009 |
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If Danger's going to switch up its Hiptop platform strategy in the era of Microsoft ownership, you think that it might be to... oh, we don't know, something even remotely Microsoft-related. Granted, shoehorning Windows Mobile 6.1 onto a Sidekick LX sounds like a match made in hell, but at the... |
Motorola ZN300 looks possibly okay, sort of
added on January 31st, 2009 |
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We knew the name, but when it comes to phones, it's not really the name we care about, now is it? (Is it?) Looks like we now have the first totally unofficial shot of Motorola's upcoming ZN300 slider, said to feature a QVGA display and 3 megapixel cam around back.... |
Kyocera consolidates handset businesses, cuts 360 jobs in the process
added on January 31st, 2009 |
| It's only been a year since Kyocera snapped up Sanyo's cellphone business in a bid to expand its mobile empire, but it looks like the company is already being forced to reorganize its handset businesses into something leaner and, it hopes, meaner. The biggest shake-up comes in the company's U.S.... |
Verizon Hub hands-on and impressions
added on January 31st, 2009 |
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We had a chance to get our grubby mitts on Verizon's new VOIP / home phone -- the Hub -- and we thought we'd give you a little preview of what's in store if you're planning on busting out the credit card. The device, which we've seen floating around in... |
Another Pre hands-on video with Palm's VP of design
added on January 30th, 2009 |
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Man, we can't get enough Peter Skillman -- check out this 25-minute Pre hands-on demo Palm's VP of design did at CES. Sure, there's some overlap with what we saw Matias Duarte demo during the announcement and the shorter Skillman video we saw yesterday, but there's also some stuff that... |
NTT DoCoMo announces farewell to mova and DoPa 2G services
added on January 30th, 2009 |
| You've had a nice run, 2G, but the time has come to start looking beyond to bigger, better and (most importantly) faster things. With LTE just over the horizon, NTT DoCoMo is proactively announcing the phase out of its mova and DoPa 2G services. The 2G mova services encompass car... |
T-Mobile dude promises more 'G series' phones this year
added on January 30th, 2009 |
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In an interview with FierceWireless, T-Mobile USA's senior VP of engineering and operations (and newly-minted chairman of 3G Americas' board) Neville Ray has slipped a couple juicy morsels in the process of talking up his carrier's ongoing 3G rollout. Besides mentioning that T-Mobile wants to double its 3G footprint in... |
Zumba Phone: the Steorn Orbo of cellphones?
added on January 30th, 2009 |
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Ready for this? The BBC is reporting on a "top-secret phone" developed by a 40-person strong ejector-seat technology company -- IA Technology -- from Hereford England. The Beeb calls it, "the world's first fully accurate voice recognition system for mobile phones." A bold claim (to say the least) from seemingly... |
