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Sci-fi movies often present us with omniscient villains who are able to track the most minute actions of their underlings and foes. Rarely do we get a glimpse into their surveillance systems, but you have to imagine that some of the more rudimentary “employee evaluation” hardware will not be too far off from KDDI ’s latest. The Japanese cellphone giant has unveiled a new system, built around accelerometers, that can detect the difference between a cleaner scrubbing or sweeping a floor and merely walking along it. Based on new analytical software, stored remotely, this should provide not only accurate positional information about workers, but also a detailed breakdown of their activities. The benefits touted include “central monitoring, “salesforce optimisation,” and improvements in employee efficiency. We’re guessing privacy concerns were filed away in a collateral damage folder somewhere. KDDI concocts snooping mobile phones, line managers rub hands with glee originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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You need a Bluetooth enabled cell phone to have a wireless tie between your cell phone and your head set. For a better appreciative of the advancement of technology, Bluetooth is an in-expensive way for different devices to communicate …
Last week saw the launch of Model Closet magazine’s new cell – phone site. Featuring 20 big-name models from Japan’s fashion world, or more specifically, the fashion world that flourishes on the streets of Shibuya, the site will focus be …
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We’ve been able to confirm in a chat with Dell spokesfolks this evening that the lovely Mini 5 won’t ship with the Android 1.6 build (also known as Donut ) that we’ve seen so far — instead, it’ll be running “something newer.” They wouldn’t say what that newer version would be — and to be fair, we’re not sure they even knew since Android is always a moving target on account of Google’s breakneck development pace — but it was specifically mentioned that Flash compatibility was something they had on their radar, suggesting that something really, really fresh might be needed. Then again, they also mentioned that the giant phone / MID / thingamajig is going to be totally upgradeable, something that fellow Android skinners HTC and Motorola have both had to reassure the Android-buying public over. How this all shakes out remains to be seen, but let’s put it this way: Eclair , at minimum, seems to be a lock by the time the Mini 5 is on a shelf near you. Dell Mini 5 will run ’something newer’ than Android 1.6 at launch originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Well here it is, Samsung’s pico projector phone live and in the flesh here at Mobile World Congress. And surprise surprise it’s running Android 2.1 with a TouchWiz 3.0 skin just as we heard. The only difference is the name: Halo is the codename, the official product name announced today is Beam. As a smartphone with integrated pico projector it’s very impressive. However, as you can see from the pictures and video (it’s coming), the 6 lumen brightness struggles even under the semi-controlled lighting demonstration set up here on the show floor in Barcelona. Samsung tells us that the TouchWiz implementation is nearly identical to what you’ll find on Bada with “very small” differences. Unfortunately, the people we spoke with on the show floor weren’t able to articulate exactly what those were. To us, having only used the two devices for a short period of time, they do look identical. Beam features a nice pass through trick that allows it to project the image seen by the 5 megapixel camera through the TI pico. Not sure how we’d use that in real life but it’s a neat trick nonetheless. Now click into the gallery and prepare to be amazed at just how thin a smartphone with integrated projector can be while we wait for the summer launch. Samsung Beam (Halo) Android projector phone hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
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We’re gearing up for Sony Ericsson’s big event here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which is being staged in the rather swank Opium nightclub — and as long as the phones are equally swank, we’ll be pleased. Stay tuned! Continue reading Live from Sony Ericsson’s MWC 2010 press conference Live from Sony Ericsson’s MWC 2010 press conference originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
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In a presumed effort to get its news out before the whirlwind that is Mobile World Congress officially begins, Marvell has just shot out two vital pieces of information that may very well impact the price and performance of your next smartphone. First off, we’ve got the new Pantheon platform, which is designed to “provide breakthrough levels of integration that lower the bill of materials for mobile devices while offering consumers excellent performance, connectivity, and a compelling user experience.” In other words, this is said to be the core ingredient in a future wave of “$99 smartphones” that can handle 3D gaming, HD media and some random thing called “calling.” Next up is the latest member of the Armada family , the 618. Packed with a 1GHz clock speed and the ability to chew through 1080p content, 3D graphics and pretty much anything else you can throw at it, there’s a halfway decent chance we’ll see this under the hood of a few upcoming tablets, e-readers and bodacious smartphones. Hopefully we’ll learn more at MWC next week, and we’ll be sure to share it as soon as we get it. Marvell’s Pantheon platform to bring $99 smartphones, Armada 618 to dominate HD clips originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
Kinetic scrolling, ladies and gentlemen: are you ready for it? We sure hope so — if you happen to be using Samsung’s rather uncommon i8910 HD , that is — because that sweet update promised back in December appears to have finally hit the ground running. Besides the significantly improved scrolling mechanism being rolled out through most of the handset’s interface, firmware version JB1 is said to bring a “next gen” web experience, improvements to the camera and video recording settings, a repaired podcast app, and a smattering of bug fixes everywhere you look. The general release is bound to make the i8910 HD’s most disgruntled customers a little less disgruntled, but there’s one little issue — the upgrade apparently drops free storage on the phone’s C: drive all the way down to a nightmarish 17MB, which means you’re going to want to make sure you’re using secondary storage for absolutely everything you can. If you can live with that — and with kinetic scrolling, we wouldn’t blame you — it looks like you’ll need to cable up to Samsung’s PC Studio to perform the update. Vaunted firmware update for Samsung i8910 HD finally hits originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
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