Archive for the ‘CellPhones’ Category

HTC Dragon Android device surfaces in firmware build, could pack 1GHz processor

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

This one's about as early as it gets, but what you're looking at above is purported to be a screenshot of a firmware build for a hereto unheard of Android device called the HTC Dragon. Now, that's interesting enough in and of itself, but the real kicker is that the ...

Android team member says Donut isn’t 2.0, doesn’t have multitouch

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Google's bakery-themed codename scheme for Android is a source of endless amusement (and hunger pangs) for bloggers, readers, and users alike, but with just a few builds actually blessed as gold, retail versions at this point, it's not entirely clear how those codenames -- Donut, Eclair, Flan, and so on ...

Sony Ericsson lets XPERIA X10 videos and press shots loose

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

If you weren't up all night following Engadget (and why wouldn't you be?), the first place you'll want to visit this morning is our extensive hands-on of Sony Ericsson's inaugural foray into Android territory. There you'll find the full XPERIA X10 announcement details and spec sheet, which is highlighted by ...

More on the DROID: thoughts from the rest of Engadget

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Somewhat unusually, Verizon and Motorola actually gave us four DROID review units to play with -- and while Paul, Nilay, and Chris all contributed to Josh's official Engadget review, there were definitely some different perspectives (and dissenting opinions) amongst the team. Rather than try to squeeze everything together into one ...

Radio Shack rebranding to “The Shack”?

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

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UK T-Mobile customer data sold to cold callers, responsible staff to be prosecuted

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Let's be honest, who here is actually surprised that underpaid and overworked data workers would sell on our details for a few extra quid? Given the number of uninvited calls to our unlisted phone numbers, we know for a fact that somebody has been dishing our personal contacts to those ...

BlackBerry Bold 9700 hands-on and impressions

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

RIM's successor to the original Bold -- the BlackBerry Bold 9700 -- has finally landed on our doorsteps. The 9000 is in many ways a hard act to follow. Hardware-wise, it lived up to its name, going where most phones never went with its retro, leathery, nearly clunky looks in ...

Bell nabs iPhone deal in Canada, ends Rogers’ reign of terror

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

It's official, Bell and Apple have agreed to sell the iPhone 3G and 3GS in Canada starting November. The move ends the Rogers exclusive in while christening Bell's new 3G network with Apple's darling. Hmm, first O2 lost it exclusivity then Rogers, we're sensing a trend. [Thanks, Sean]Filed under: CellphonesBell ...

GSM Palm Pre unlocked with a little Rebel assistance

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

It's not exactly the native unlock we've been waiting for, but those of you in Europe dying for a Pre unshackled from O2 will be happy to know that the Rebel Simcard II is now compatible with Palm's first webOS device. The £10.99 / $17.95 accessory card slots in between ...

TerreStar successfully completes first call on new satellite

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Remember that giant satellite TerreStar launched a few weeks ago, TerreStar-1? It's now up and running, which means we're that much closer to tiny smartphones that blur the boundary between "satellite phone" and "sexy" -- something that we can't really say has ever even come close to happening before. In ...