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We’ve heard about Palm’s big plans for webOS 2.0 — heck, we’ve even seen a handful of pictures here or there. And now we’ve been graced with lots, lots more. We’re still not sure the exact origins, as they both came to us unsourced at around the same time. But, be it PreCentral forums or Chinese site Crooked neck (a.k.a. Wibozi ), we’re still graced with two dozen new screenshots that showcase features beyond Stacks and Just Type. Plenty of extra services are on display, including favorites like Dropbox and head-scratchers like MobileMe (we know Palm has something of an Apple complex , but the benefits of MobileMe are pretty minimal beyond iPhone integration). There’s also default app selection for filetypes, which is a welcome addition we’ve enjoyed on our Android sets. Just in case all the screenshots go poof, we’ve got them in a gallery below. Let your imagination run wild, or at least in a bigger fence. [Thanks, kkhanmd] WebOS 2.0 beta screenshot extravaganza originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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British wireless giant Vodafone has stakes in operators around the world — perhaps notably its 45 percent share in Verizon Wireless — but the company has recently made it clear that it plans to aggressively reevaluate all of its holdings, and those words are starting to turn into actions on news that its 3.2 percent piece of China Mobile is no longer. That’s significant if for no other reason than the fact that China Mobile is far and away the largest wireless carrier in the world by subscriber count — a total that exceeds half a billion — which means that Voda’s mere 3.2 percent share, acquired between 2000 and 2002, was valued at roughly $6.6 billion. What this means for Vodafone’s numerous other holdings remains unclear, but needless to say, it’s possible this isn’t the last sizable transaction we’ll see over the next few months. Vodafone flips stake in China Mobile for a cool $6.6B originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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In the early, chaotic, primordial years of the mobile phone era, you had to press real, actual “buttons” to get things done. Almost barbaric to think about now, isn’t it? As society advanced and we gradually became a more civilized species, buttons gave way to touchscreens and voice control, mercifully giving the atrophied sausages we call “arms” and “fingers” a bit of respite every time we needed to surf through cyberspace, place a phone call, or send a text message. Now, it seems the evolution of Homo sapiens is reaching its inevitable final stage with the release of the PLX XWave, headgear that plugs into your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and — after a bit of training — lets you control the device with your mind alone. As you might expect, the headset makes use of the NeuroSky technology that we’ve seen several times through the years and will be made available with a number of apps upon its release next month including a game, dedicated training app, a music controller (which will let you compare brainwaves with other XWave users, interestingly), and an “Om Meditation Timer.” If none of those titles have captured your imagination, you’ll be able to write your own apps with the device’s SDK; needless to say, we’ll be patiently waiting for the levitation app depicted here. Orders are online now for $100 with delivery in October. Continue reading XWave lets you control your iPhone with your noodle, levitate if you’re lucky XWave lets you control your iPhone with your noodle, levitate if you’re lucky originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Swype is still far more difficult to get than we’d like — basically, you either need to be in an invite-only beta or own a device where it ships in ROM — but it’s being opened up to a pretty sizable new set of potential customers this month now that it’s been ported to S60 5th Edition in an open beta. It’s currently tested for use on the 5800 , 5230 , X6 , N97 , N97 Mini , and C6 — and considering that most of those devices use resistive screens, we’re really curious to hear how well it works (for what it’s worth, Samsung’s Omnia II includes Swype in the box and uses a resistive display, so this isn’t a first). Installation looks pretty straightforward and you don’t need to jump through any hoops or be invited to get the binary, so let us know how it goes for you, alright? Follow the break for the official video demo. [Thanks, Lloyd N.] Continue reading Swype beta hits S60 5th Edition Swype beta hits S60 5th Edition originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
If you’re still running a GPRS or EDGE network anywhere in the world, we’ve just about reached a breaking point now where you’re probably better off moving straight to LTE rather than investing billions of dollars and years of work bringing HSPA or HSPA+ online. Indeed, that seems to be the call that Polish operator Mobyland (our proposed logo pictured left) has made, deploying and flipping the switch on a new LTE network — the first in the world to go live in the 1800MHz band. Of course, the many proposed LTE frequencies around the globe are going to make it more of a nightmare than ever to release roaming-capable 4G devices in the future, but for now, we imagine the data card or two that these guys have on store shelves should be enough to get the job done — and we’d love to see the look on customers’ faces the first time they give it a shot after upgrading from their ancient 2G modem. Polish operator Mobyland jumps straight from 2G to LTE originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We already knew about Samsung’s grand plans for expanding its display production in 2011, but now we also have a number to give us a sense of scale: 30 million. That’s how many screens the new Mobile Display fab (set to go live in July) will be able to churn out in a month, a vastly superior rate than the current 3 million maximum. Lee Woo-Jong, the display business’ marketing VP, tells us its estimates for AMOLED market demand have been revised upwards to 700 million units in 2015, with the new facility obviously being the key cog in making that growth happen. Intriguingly, he also notes that Super AMOLED — one of the big attractions of the Galaxy S line of Samsung phones — is not exclusive to Samsung’s electronics arm, everyone can apparently use it. That directly contradicts what we heard from Sammy’s mobile reps, but then this is hardly the first time that one part of Samsung doesn’t know what the other is doing. Still, it’s nice to at least dream of a S-AMOLED HTC HD7 , no? Samsung Mobile Display promises 10x increase in production next year, end to AMOLED shortages originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We still consider Samsung’s Hummingbird application processor to be among the very best for mobile computers, but this morning Sammy itself is stepping up the charge to make it look real old real fast. The freshly announced dual-core Orion promises to whip us all into a frenzy of geek lust with “5 times the 3D graphics performance over the previous processor generation from Samsung,” 1080p video encoding and decoding at 30fps, embedded GPS, a native triple display controller, and on-chip HDMI 1.3a interface. Those last two bits mean you can drive two displays on your mobile device while feeding a third, such as a HDTV, all thanks to the one all-powerful chip inside. Availability for “select customers” is coming late this year, with mass production set for the first half of 2011. To say we’re looking forward to it would be a massive understatement. Continue reading Samsung’s Orion is the 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 we’ve all been waiting for Samsung’s Orion is the 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 we’ve all been waiting for originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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