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Iris browser brings WebKit to Windows Mobile
Filed under: CellphonesThe Windows Mobile browser market is getting awful crowded lately, and the latest entrant brings a little Apple to the mix — the Iris browser, from Torch Mobile, is based on WebKit, the same KHTML-derived rendering engine in Safari. We won’t know how it compares to the iPhone’s Mobile Safari until we get a chance to play with it, of course, but with support for touch, rotation, tabbed browsing and multiple windows, a customizable interface, and Netscape plugins, it’s safe to say that we’ll be keeping an eye on this one. If you’re feeling brave, the preview release is available just beyond the read link. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Mobile World Congress roundup: cellphone mania
Filed under: Cellphones Whew, it was quite a day for cellphones at the Mobile World Congress, and there’s more to come this week — but if you haven’t been watching Engadget Mobile (where the full coverage is being posted) or are just getting up to speed, here’s everything that’s gone down.Sony Ericsson The Sony Ericsson W980 Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA Sony Ericsson’s G700 and G900: “touchscreen organizers” Two for the Cyber-shot crowd: Sony Ericsson intros C702 and C902 The Sony Ericsson Z770: “your life in a clamshell” First live photo of Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 Video: Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 “Panel Interface” No wonder Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 is so good: HTC makes it Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 does a good job looking pretty at launch event Sony Ericsson ties up with Microsoft for Windows Mobile devices HTC HTC P3470 is only EDGE, but has GPS HTC Advantage X7510: now upgraded with 16GB flash memory Nokia The Nokia 6220 classic, all 5 megapixels of it The Nokia N78, in European and North American flavors The Nokia N96 redefines “high-end” The Nokia 6210 Navigator Nokia goes public with Maps 2.0 beta, plans Series 40 version Nokia CEO: No plans for Windows Mobile, S60 touch-screen launch in 2H 2008 Sad, lonely Moto Motorola’s pathetic MWC showing: Z6w, W161, and W181 LG says it has no plans to buy Motorola’s cellphone biz Everybody else Samsung’s F480 Armani (without the Armani), Dual Touch Chic G400 flip and F400 B&O slider NVIDIA shows off APX 2500 cellphone applications processor Hands-on with Sony Ericsson’s world-beating XPERIA X1 Samsung hauls a load into Mobile World Congress First pics of CDMA BlackBerry Curve 8330 surface What’s an iPhone? 14.3m Windows Mobile phones sold in the past six months alone LG gets official with the KF700, KF600, and KF510 Samsung’s HSDPA-equipped G810 slider gets official More after the break.Continue reading Mobile World Congress roundup: cellphone mania Permalink | Email this | Comments
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T-Mobile HotSpot users will get five years of Starbucks WiFi access after AT&T switchover
Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessYesterday’s surprising-but-not-shocking announcement that Starbucks would be switching to AT&T for WiFi services left a lot of T-Mobile customers in the lurch — although Starbucks said that T-Mo and AT&T had an “agreement” that would let HotSpot users stay connected, there weren’t a ton of details given. Well, it looks like you’ve got a few more years of caffeinated surfing ahead of you, guys — T-Mobile issued a press release today saying it was committed to ensuring “minimum customer impact” during the transition, and that it’s signed a five year “roaming agreement” with AT&T that will kick in when the Starbucks WiFi transition begins later this year. Of course, the ideal roaming agreement would let you use either company’s networks wherever you are, not just AT&T bandwidth in Starbucks — we’ll totally spring for the coffee if these two companies want to meet and sort something like that out. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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T-Mobile’s HotSpot @Home Talk Forever: same service, lower price
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless Don’t get us wrong, it’s great that T-Mobile has lowered the price of its unlimited WiFi calling service both at home and at T-Mobile Hotspots everywhere from $19.99 down to $9.99 per month (forgetting for a moment that it was $9.99 per month as an introductory price, anyway), but in changing the name from HotSpot @Home to HotSpot @Home Talk Forever, we’d been hoping for something just a little more compelling. Previous intel had indicated that we’d be seeing the introduction of T-Mobile’s first SIM-sporting routers, allowing the use of traditional landline phones in conjunction with the service — but at this point, it looks like it’s going to be at least a little longer before the hardware launches, and it’s unclear whether there’ll be yet more trademarked service branding introduced when it does. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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T-Mobile CEO hints at summer launch for 3G, Android handset in Q4
Filed under: CellphonesIt’s bordering on preposterous how long we’ve been teased about 3G connectivity from T-Mobile, but apparently, the madness will end this summer. According to CNET, company CEO Hamid Akhavan made mention at Mobile World Congress that T-Mobile would be rolling out 3G sometime during the warmest months of 2008 here in the US of A, but unfortunately, no concrete date was dished out. What he did say, however, was that it would prove to be the “best 3G network” in the nation, so yeah, there’s that. As if that weren’t enough to get T-Mob subscribers in a celebratory mood, the bigwig also hinted that a Google Android device would be unveiled on its network during Q4 of this year, but we’re left to wonder exactly what regions will see it. [Via The Boy Genius Report, image courtesy of Flickr] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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ZiPhone: jailbreak any version iPhone out of the box, including 1.1.3
Filed under: Cellphones var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/ZiPhone_jailbreak_any_version_iPhone_out_of_the_box’; We’re not yet entirely sure how it works, but iPhone hacker Zibri’s just released a new app he’s calling ZiPhone, which claims to jailbreak any version iPhone — including new 1.1.3 phones right out of the box — without messy downgrades and baseband changes. We haven’t tested it ourselves, but prepare for the onslaught of downloaders to take it offline in five… four… three…[Thanks, Tyler and Eugene] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Nokia’s S60 touch UI gets demoed at MWC
Filed under: Cellphones Nokia confirmed yesterday that we’d be seeing touch-enabled S60 devices in the second half of the year, which instantly started speculation over what a form the UI might take, as we’ve seen some pretty wild concepts from the Finns in the past. Sadly, however, it looks like touch S60 is going be exactly what the name implies and not a speck more — check out this demo video posted on the Nokia marketing blog. Sure, it’s being demoed off a PC on a touch tablet and anything could change, but we’d say that Nokia’s goal of keeping S60 essentially the same to avoid confusing consumers is a little misplaced — this seems like a terrific opportunity to roll out a sexy new version of S60 with touch at the forefront and re-capture the interest of all those Symbian users, so simply glomming touch onto the existing UI seems like a cop-out. Let’s hope things get a little swoopier when the first devices show up in a few months, eh? Video after the break.[Via Boy Genius Report]Continue reading Nokia’s S60 touch UI gets demoed at MWC Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Motorola gets snubbed again, Samsung won’t be buying either
Filed under: CellphonesIt looks like Motorola is fast running out of potential suitors for its cellphone business, with Samsung now joining LG and Sony Ericsson is saying that it has no interest in picking up the division that Motorola is supposedly still “committed” to. Specifically, Samsung’s Choi Gee-sung said that Motorola would not make a good “supplement” for the company, and that there are “many overlapping areas and little to gain,” which pretty much echoes the sentiment from the two aforementioned companies. Despite increasingly appearing like the player no one wants to pick for their team, however, some unspecified “analysts” think that the division valued at $9 to 12 billion could eventually find a buyer, and they’re throwing around names like Huawei and even Dell as possibilities. Needless to say, we’ll believe that last one when we see it.[Via mocoNews.net] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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