Taking screenshots on Android has always been an ordeal akin to an emergency visit to the dentist — you know you have to do it but you just don’t want to. The convoluted process involves either installing the Android SDK on a computer, enabling USB debugging on the target device, and running ddms, or rooting the specimen and firing up one of the many existing (and potentially shady) screenshot apps. In contrast, taking screenshots on other platforms is often simply a matter of pressing the right key combination in the right order, like holding the sleep / wake button and then clicking the home button in iOS 4. Well it looks like the folks at LG have decided to grace both the T-Mobile G2x and its Optimus 2X sibling with a rather simple yet nifty bit of code that lets you take screenshots by simultaneously pressing both the power / lock and home buttons… Huzzah! Now let’s just hope Google borrows this idea and makes it a standard feature in all future Android versions. Take a look at our demo video after the break. [Thanks, redman12] Continue reading PSA: T-Mobile G2x and LG Optimus 2X include two-button screencap function (video) PSA: T-Mobile G2x and LG Optimus 2X include two-button screencap function (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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PSA: T-Mobile G2x and LG Optimus 2X include two-button screencap function (video)
April 24th, 2011 
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No Comments »More music videos now playing on Android YouTube app, more pre-roll commercials, too
January 15th, 2011 admin Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: pre-roll ads are coming to YouTube on Android in a big way. Big G is adding the digital speed bumps to “tens of thousands of YouTube partner videos” starting now, but it’s for a sort of good reason: Katy Perry. Well, her and a bunch of other music videos, all appearing in the YouTube 2.0 app on Android, with the initial batch provided by VEVO. Music videos will be identified by a note icon and, while you’re watching one, you can get artist info and quickly view other tracks that are available. Right now this is a feature only available on Android but, with Google happily extolling that it drove a 300 percent growth in mobile video viewership in 2010, we’re guessing it’ll be coming to other platforms soon enough. More music videos now playing on Android YouTube app, more pre-roll commercials, too originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: digital, digital-speed, engadget, entry, initial-batch, more-pre-roll, music, Music Videos, other-platforms, partner-videos, platforms, youtube 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 »HP: opportunities for webOS ‘smartphones, slates, and potentially netbooks’
May 1st, 2010 admin Color us excited. HP’s Todd Bradley just made an interesting proposition on the conference call about its Palm acquisition . Specifically, Bradley said, “Between smartphones, slates , and potentially netbooks, there are a lot of opportunities here.” You read that right: slates and potentially netbooks. The tablet route is pretty obvious, but having the netbook / smartbook form factor is quite a twist. Think about it, a Foleo descendant you can be proud of — whodathunkit ? If you’re worried HP has forgotten about other platforms, we need only point in the direction of the Android-fueled Airlife . Obviously nothing to announce at this point, but doesn’t that just get us hopeful — roadmap announcements are said to be forthcoming closer to the merger being finalized. The call is still ongoing , so stay tuned! HP: opportunities for webOS ‘smartphones, slates, and potentially netbooks’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: bradley, direction, entry, net book, netbook, netbooks, platforms, potentially-netbooks, slate, slates, still-ongoing, the-direction No Comments »Allerta’s inPulse watch for BlackBerry spied at WES, turns on this time
April 28th, 2010 admin You might recall that we got a quick look at the inPulse back at CES , but it didn’t turn on back then, so we were excited to see the Allerta dudes back in action here at WES this week with a more functional prototype. This time, we were able to see the Bluetooth-connected watch flash its AMOLED display and it was plenty readable in harsh meeting room lighting; outdoor readability is another matter altogether, but we won’t be able to answer that until we’ve got a review unit secured. What we saw was just a demo unit without a functional connection to a phone, but it was pre-loaded with enough content so that we got the basic idea of how it’s going to work. From the quick run-through of the UI, it seemed clear to us that Allerta understands its target demographic — they’re not trying to do anything with the inPulse other than present enough message, calendar, and caller ID content to get you by during that meeting when you’d feel uncomfortable pulling your phone out of your pocket. We’re told that the hardware we’re seeing here represents final ID — paying customers will get exactly what you see here — but they still don’t have a firm shipping date, simply saying that they’ll send them off to customers as soon as they have them in their hands. We’re told the company has compatibility for other platforms in the works, but there’s no date on that; for now, it’s all BlackBerry, all the time. Oh, and the neatest trick? Firmware updates happen over the Bluetooth connection from your phone. Check it out in the gallery below. Allerta’s inPulse watch for BlackBerry spied at WES, turns on this time originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget Tags: allerta, att, black, bluetooth, engadget, entry, from-the-quick, inpulse, more-functional, phone, platforms, spied-at-wes, time No Comments »Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 review
March 23rd, 2010 admin Of the world’s largest phone manufacturers, perhaps none has taken a more twisted road to smartphone ubiquity than Sony Ericsson. It began its journey back in the pre-joint venture Ericsson days by throwing its weight behind Symbian , a smartphone platform that would ultimately become the world’s most popular — but it made a fatal error in supporting the doomed UIQ flavor that never saw even a fraction of the support its S60 cousin did. UIQ’s untimely (but predicted) collapse last year left the company nearly rudderless and ill-equipped to deal with competitors like Nokia, HTC, and Apple, all of whom had long since embraced other platforms — all with fighting chances of market dominance. Left without a platform to champion, Sony Ericsson would ultimately continue supporting Symbian through its involvement with the Symbian Foundation and phones like the Satio and Vivaz … and it would ramp up support for Windows Mobile with the Xperia X1 and X2 … and it would bring Android into the fold with the X10 , all within a few months of each other. All told, Sony Ericsson enters 2010 actively supporting three unrelated smartphone platforms, and comments by CEO Bert Norberg at MWC in February lead us to believe that they’d be happy to take on a fourth (or more) if the opportunity presented itself. It’s an odd strategy to be sure, particularly for a company that’s struggling mightily and shrinking its workforce more than any other top-five manufacturer. How it intends to effectively compete on three different fronts without spreading itself hopelessly thin, well… that remains a huge question mark. That said, the Xperia X10 is perhaps the most promising of Sony Ericsson’s confusing crop of modern smartphones, combining attractive hardware with killer specs, Android, and an intriguing custom skin. Does it hold its own against modern competitors like HTC’s Nexus One and Desire? And more importantly, can it keep Sony Ericsson from going over the brink? Read on to find out. Continue reading Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 review Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget, htc Tags: ericsson-xperia, htc, nokia, opportunity, platforms, sony, timescape, windows, windows mobile, x10, xperia, xperiax10 No Comments »Cell Phone Cash: Cell Phone Take Assort plans
September 16th, 2009 jedwan Mack Michaels shares with you origins where you could observe wares to trade to cell phone users. One of these origins is Clickbank, some of the broadest affiliate electronic networks easy on-line. Clickbank is a great source to observe …
Verizon Wireless' 'enhanced multimedia phones' to require new data …
August 28th, 2009 admin If there’s one thing Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless likes more than getting accidental revenue from feature- phone users cluelessly firing up their web browsers,
Posted in att, Cell Phone, htc, LG, Wireless Phone Tags: att, black, htc, phone, platforms, rumors, samsung, samsung-galaxy, verizon-wireless No Comments »Video: New report about mobile phones causing brain tumors …
August 26th, 2009 jedwan A new study called Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone (what the fuck is an Interphone?!) was.
Posted in att, Cell Phone, htc, LG Tags: att, bio, black, carriers, Cell Phone, htc, iphone, mobile, photo-galleries, platforms, sections, study, twitter, videos, windows mobile No Comments »T-Mobile Ranks Tops in Wireless Customer Care by J.D. Power and …
August 13th, 2009 admin 13, 2009—T-Mobile USA, Inc. has once again achieved the highest ranking in a tie for the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Customer Care Performance StudySM – Volume 2. Since 2004, T-Mobile has received the highest ranking, …
Posted in att, Cell Phone, Cell Wireless, htc, LG Tags: associates, att, bio, Cell Phone, htc, platforms, sections, Wireless Customer No Comments »
