Cingular bans the word “engadget” from its customer forums (Unlocking Mobile)
Cingular bans the word “engadget” from its customer forums
Filed under: CellphonesOh, Cingular. We know you’re pissed at us — you stopped returning our phone calls a while ago after we posted that product roadmap we got our hands on — but banning all mention of our name, as well as our URL, from your user forums is a little cheap and heavy-handed, don’t you think? Guess you don’t want your users making informed decisions about your service. Anyway, we must be doing something right, because here’s the message users get when trying to post anything to Cingular’s customer forums with the word “engadget” in it:The message body contains the following prohibited content: ‘Engadget’ You must remove this content before submitting your post.When writing your message, remember to keep the language clean.Then again, from what we understand “engadget” is now a swear word in Albanian, so maybe we’re being unreasonable.[Thanks, David K.]Update: There is one Engadget mention in an old forum post, but as of Thursday, September 14th, the word “engadget” is still banned! Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsSPONSORED BY: BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time.
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UTStarcom reveals HTC 6800; Wizard followup will be Herald
Filed under: Cellphones, Features Let’s face it, the Apache (aka PPC-6700 / XV6700) and Wizard (aka MDA / 8125) are getting a little long in the tooth. We all know HTC’s working on a followup for these devices, but it was seriously on the DL that we discovered the UTStarcom 6800, pictured above (and after the break). Ok, so it wasn’t totally hidden or whatever, they actually had this thing right on a big banner on the booth, but UTStarcom refused to comment on the device, its launch, or any other details. They were just satisfied putting it up for thousands of industry people to see, and nothing else. For reference, it seems to look like an Artemis up in the face, but slides open like you know what, but now also features caps and function lock LEDs. Oh, we also learned — not from UTStarcom, mind you — that HTC’s got a Wizard followup in the wings called the Herald (a name we’ve heard before), which gave us the warm n’ fuzzies. Oh, and click on for another shot of the 6800. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsSPONSORED BY: BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time.
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BlackBerry Pearl won’t ring in your pocket
Filed under: CellphonesAnyone who’s had the good fortune of seeing a Pearl in the flesh knows that it’s one extraordinarily good looking phone, particularly by BlackBerry standards. Unfortunately, where we come from, phones that don’t ring are called “paperweights” — which is exactly what the Pearl becomes when the trackball gets nudged. You know, like if it’s in your pocket, or your purse, or pretty much anywhere besides a stationary counter top. As it turns out, when the phone rings, the handset immediately silences the ringer with even the slightest movement of the trackball, regardless of whether keylock is enabled. While we do appreciate the Pearl taking the initiative for us and ignoring phone calls so we don’t have to, there is an occasional situation where we like to make the decision ourselves, and until RIM issues a fix users simply don’t have that option. Strangely, two Engadget editors patiently attempted to explain the issue to a RIM representative this week at CTIA for several minutes without success; we think the first step to RIM issuing a fix would be for the company to understand the problem, so we could be in for a bit of a wait. Maybe the words we were using were too big? Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsSPONSORED BY: BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time.
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More deets on O2′s Xda Stealth
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Perhaps we failed to adequately emphasize one key feature of the Gigabyte-sourced Xda Stealth when we outed its FCC filing yesterday: its diminutive size. At 110 x 53 x 22.5mm, it bests the HTC Wizard in all but length (where it clocks in just 2 millimeters longer), putting it nearly in dumbphone territory. Granted, the Stealth lacks a full keyboard, but everything’s put into better perspective when remembering that it manages to stuff Pocket PC Phone Edition power (and specs to match) into a package on par with some Smartphones on the market. Though there’s no 3G radio aboard the handset, we take solace in its 802.11g support; in fact, the only thing raining on our parade is the triband GSM support, which leaves parts of the world unhappy pretty much any way you slice it — let this be a lesson to Gigabyte that they’ve got some American sales waiting in the wings as soon as they want to tack GSM 850 onto this thing.Update: MTekk reports that the Stealth will be finding its way to Australia post haste, officially launching before the end of the month for around $940 Australian ($707 US). Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsSPONSORED BY: BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time.
Source: cellphones.engadget.com