We just got home from this little massive US mobile industry event you may have heard about called CTIA Wireless . It took place in Orlando this year (instead of Las Vegas as usual) and we can definitely say that Sprint was the star of the show with its HTC EVO 3D , HTC EVO View 4G , and Google Voice integration. Samsung also delivered some goodies with the Galaxy Tab 8.9 , a redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1 , the Google Nexus S 4G for Sprint, and the Android-powered Sidekick 4G for T-Mobile. LG re-badged the Optimus 2x as the G2x on T-Mobile, and the Optimus 3D as the Thrill on AT&T. The HTC HD7 made a comeback as the Super LCD-equipped HD7S on AT&T, and Nokia gave us the Astound , nee C7, for T-Mobile. Of course, that’s just the tip of the iceberg — so if you missed the action this past week, we’ve got you covered with all the nitty gritty in the links below. Major news / product releases: AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion Google Nexus S 4G with WiMAX announced for Sprint: coming this spring for $200 Sprint, Google Voice getting tight integration, will let you use your number without porting it AT&T launches HTC HD7S with WP7 and LG’s 3D-enabled Thrill 4G Android phone Sprint’s BlackBerry 4G PlayBook portal goes live, still on track for a summer release LG’s T-Mobile G2x announced, available ‘later this spring’ (update: preloaded with Tegra Zone) T-Mobile’s LG G-Slate priced at $529.99 with a two-year contract HTC EVO 3D officially announced for Sprint Sprint makes EVO View 4G tablet official: 1.5GHz, WiMAX, 7-inch screen, and a stylus to boot LG gets official with WCP-700 Wireless Charging Pad, fails to provide pricing Samsung’s CTIA press conference posted online, skinny new Galaxy Tabs shown off (video) Hands-on / previews: Nokia Astound for T-Mobile coming April 6th for $80 (hands-on with video) Sony Ericsson Xperia Play for Verizon hands-on (video) T-Mobile Sidekick 4G by Samsung priced at $99.99 with a two-year contract, we go hands-on Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and new Galaxy Tab 10.1 hands-on: thinner than the iPad 2, dual-core power, TouchWiz 4.0 T-Mobile G2x from LG hands-on (video) HTC EVO 3D vs. EVO 4G… fight! HTC EVO 3D first hands-on! (video) Sprint’s HTC EVO View 4G hands-on (video) HTC HD7S hands-on AT&T’s LG Thrill 4G hands-on (video) T-Mobile G-Slate bundled apps tour (video) Cricket teases CDMA-only Samsung Indulge, Huawei Ascend 2 at CTIA (hands-on) T-Mobile 4G Mobile Hotspot hands-on Wysips wants to turn your phone’s display into a solar cell (hands-on with video) ZTE’s Style S and LTE tablet coming to the US during the second half of the year Kyocera pictures a world of deeply understanding phones Google Nexus S 4G for Sprint hands-on (video) Google Voice for Sprint hands-on (video) Samsung’s original Galaxy Tab 10.1 renamed the Tab 10.1V, thicker Galaxy Tab 8.9 no more than a trade show dummy Everything else: LG’s T-Mobile G2x spied at CTIA Cobra Tag Bluetooth key tagging system to ship in July, iRadar and PhoneLynx coming to Android Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 specs and Honeycomb UI tweaks leak out before its official launch EVO 3D specs confirmed: 1080p 2D video, 720p 3D, dual cameras, 1.2GHz dual-core CPU HTC EVO 3D and EVO View 4G tablet spotted — on Sprint’s website, where else? Live from CTIA’s day one keynote with FCC chairman Julius Genachowski Live from Samsung’s CTIA event! Live from Sprint’s CTIA event! Verizon says 4G LTE network will cover ‘at least’ 147 US cities by the end of 2011 HTC’s WiFi-only Flyer launching exclusively with Best Buy ‘this spring’ Kyocera launches developer program for dual-screen Echo smartphone Best Buy signs up for LightSquared’s wholesale LTE service Femto Forum publishes API specification for femtocell apps, places focus on ‘awareness information’ Blio e-reading software still alive, will come preloaded on T-Mobile Android devices Samsung’s original Galaxy Tab 10.1 renamed the Tab 10.1V, thicker Galaxy Tab 8.9 no more than a trade show dummy And if that’s still not enough, be sure to listen to our CTIA 2011 podcast and take a look at our CTIA 2011 page right here . CTIA 2011 wrap-up: EVO 3D, G2x, skinny new Galaxy Tabs, and more originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Android Gingerbread style tweaks revealed by way of new Maps version?
November 5th, 2010 
admin Seems that reaching into the innards of the latest version of Google Maps for Android and changing the API level from 8 ( Froyo ) to 9 ( Gingerbread ) changes the UI a bit, as you can see above. What we know today is on the left, and the right side represents the tweaks that we presume will match up with the changes Google has made systemwide in Gingerbread, a build that we now believe will likely be Android 2.3 at retail. Nothing mind-blowing here, it seems — obviously you can’t make much of a single dialog, but given that we’re only getting a 0.1 increment in the version number instead of the 0.8 increment we’d expected before, we can imagine that the changelog would be more about refinement than turning the whole world upside down (that’s Matias Duarte’s job, we’re guessing). Android Gingerbread style tweaks revealed by way of new Maps version? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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No Comments »RIM announces WebWorks development kit, in-app payments, ad platform, and BBM API
September 29th, 2010 admin RIM’s BlackBerry Developer Conference is going down this week in San Francisco, and as you might expect from a developer-focused event, there are a handful of newsy items that’ll affect the development community first and consumers down the road. Here’s a roundup of what’s what: WebWorks development platform. From what we’ve heard of this so far, it’s basically a quick way for web devs to get into the BlackBerry app game by offering a tightly-integrated platform for HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript code with hooks to native BlackBerry OS functions and a packager for turning them into “real” BlackBerry apps. BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform. RIM’s historically held BBM very, very close to the chest, but it’s starting to open up a tad with this particular announce. Don’t look for BBM on other platforms (yes, we know that’s what some of you were hoping to hear), but third-party app developers will now be able to tap into the system for sending and receiving messages, files, user profiles, and invitations. Interestingly, the company is pitching it as a platform for multiplayer gaming, using BBM as a conduit to move information between devices in real time. BlackBerry Advertising Service. Google bought AdMob and Apple bought Quattro , but RIM’s taking a more democratic approach to its advertising platform, allowing both “simple” and “rich media” ads to be served from a handful of providers “with only three lines of code.” It’ll be a 60 / 40 revenue split between devs and RIM. BlackBerry Payment Service SDK. This one’s launching in beta this week, bringing third-party in-app payments over credit card, PayPal, and carrier billing (available on AT&T right now, more carriers by the end of the year). It’ll be out of beta before 2010′s out. Nothing on the so-called BlackPad so far, but at any rate, seems like this roundup is great news for anyone looking to slide some content into App World over the next few months. RIM announces WebWorks development kit, in-app payments, ad platform, and BBM API originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget Tags: ads, advertising, api, att, bbm social platform, bbmsocialplatform, blackberry, blackberry devcon, blackberrypaymentservice, css, developer-conference, in-app-payments, platforms, rim, webworks No Comments »MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks and N900 now available to download
May 27th, 2010 admin You’ve seen it teased , and now it’s time to shelve whatever you had planned for this evening (or morning, depending on your current coordinates) and slap the first bona fide 1.x MeeGo release onto whatever device you’ve got handy. As of right now, MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks and v1.0 for Nokia N900 are available for download, with the former supporting Atom-based machines and the latter supporting… well, we’ll let you take a stab there. The API that’s being released includes Qt 4.6, and while the current SDK is tailored for netbooks, the next version — slated to hit devs in June — will support “touch-based devices, such as handsets and tablets.” We’re also told that v1.1 will be outed in October, with the development tree already being open. We’re certainly digging the layout shown here at a glance, but why not give that source link a visit and find out how it suits you in real life? We heard Snooki totally digs it, too. [Thanks, Ernst] MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks and N900 now available to download originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget Tags: api, att, current, maemo, meego1.0, mobile-os, netbook, nokia, nokia-n900, sdk, seen-it-teased No Comments »iPhone OS 4.0 paving way for Apple-branded car kit?
April 14th, 2010 admin Apple dropped iPhone OS 4.0 on us last week in a big way , and we spent plenty of time breaking down and exploring the details. But, there are apparently a few gems left to be discovered, like dedicated support for in-car use — possibly even with an Apple-branded mount of some sort. When put into this mode the iPhone generates a simple menu that’s fed over video output (demonstrated after the break) while the handset becomes a remote control… which may or may not be a good idea as more and more states ban cellphone use of any kind while driving. The developer hooks for such functionality appear to be in the iPhone API and, while it’s all rumorsville at this point, Apple would be blind to not try and cash in on the auto integration market — even if it is a little late to the party . Continue reading iPhone OS 4.0 paving way for Apple-branded car kit? iPhone OS 4.0 paving way for Apple-branded car kit? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: after-the-break, api, app, apple, apple iphone os 4.0, apple-branded, car, developer-hooks, iphone, iphone-os, iphoneos4.0 No Comments »Bestc.am I saw this jerk on his cell phone and I just – Twitter …
February 6th, 2010 jedwan Bestc.am I saw this jerk on his cell phone and I just had to stop him. I think it is that @arrington guy – Scobleizer (Robert Scoble) Twitter conversation.
Posted in Cell Phone Tags: api, cell, Cell Phone, computers, hours-ago, http-bestc-am-nkr, jerk, just-had, saw-this, scobleizer, scobleizer-twitter, the-best-photos, twitoaster, twitter, twitter-united-states No Comments »Motorola Backflip hands-on
January 6th, 2010 jedwan We’re not quite sure what to make of the Backflip just yet — closed, it looks almost exactly like a CLIQ, but the keyboard (which rests on the outside of the device) is allegedly rugged enough to withstand a beating. Rugged or not, we’re worried about feel — believe it or not, it has even less tactile response to it than the Droid, putting it a distant third in Moto’s QWERTY Android efforts so far. Obviously we’ll need a good deal more time to gel our opinion, but out of the gate, we’re not encouraged. The touchpad on the back of the screen is… well, interesting, but that’s about all we can really say about it at this point — as Sanjay said during the keynote, it’ll be up to devs utilizing Moto’s API to do the really awesome stuff with it. In the meantime, it acts exactly as you’d expect a trackball or optical pad to work on Android — just upside down. In terms of the screen and the Blur experience, it’s a dead ringer for the CLIQ, for better or worse — the big difference, of course, is the fact that the screen can be tilted. The phone’s got a sensor so it can detect when the screen’s at a 45-degree angle, putting it in a media mode and making it particularly useful as an alarm clock. Would we buy one? We’re not sure — it’s no Droid, certainly — but maybe it doesn’t have to be. Check some raw video after the break! Continue reading Motorola Backflip hands-on Motorola Backflip hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
Posted in engadget Tags: after-the-break, api, backflip, blur, ces, ces2010, droid, engadget, moto, motoblur, motorola, opinion, screen, that-the-screen, work-on-android No Comments »Ford to give Sync some App Store flavor, opening API to devs in 2010
December 18th, 2009 admin Ford has already shown it can tie the controls of Sync-enabled vehicles to the music and contacts databases of drivers phones and PMPs and though it may take time before our emotions can be detected , the next step is extending that connectivity to downloadable apps on those devices. Since Sync first debuted, the explosion of the App Store concept has meant nearly every smartphone owner is packing plenty of ways to access and use information from the internet, but without an easy way to interact with it while driving. Extending access to vehicle controls could lead to programs like Pandora or Google’s turn by turn navigation letting users change stations with their existing stereo knobs, or listen to directions via the in-car system by simply updating their existing software. The first ones to get a crack at it? A few university students, check after the break to see what they came up with given just a few weeks to test system out. Continue reading Ford to give Sync some App Store flavor, opening API to devs in 2010 Ford to give Sync some App Store flavor, opening API to devs in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
