And with that, the tradition continues. Every year or so, it seems that an iPhone prototype of some description manages to find its way onto eBay, and just over a year after the first iPhone 4 prototype made its way into public view , the precious item you see above is now available on a public auction site. To our knowledge, this is the first iPhone 4 prototype to be offered for sale on eBay — at least from someone who actually appears to be legitimate and in possession of the device he / she claims to own — boasting an etched ‘DF1692′ label in the lower right, omitted volume button markers and a mysterious ‘XXGB’ label around back. Unfortunately, we’re told that it can’t be activated through iTunes, and popping in an AT&T SIM did the seller little good. ‘Course, at $810 and rising, we highly doubt such trivial matters will deter collectors from ponying up. Hit the source link to get your bid in — you know, before Apple’s henchmen convince Mr. Donahoe to pull the plug. iPhone 4 prototype surfaces on eBay: A+++ condition, would buy again originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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iPhone 4 prototype surfaces on eBay: A+++ condition, would buy again
July 4th, 2011 
jedwan 
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No Comments »KDDI haptic smartphone prototype promises up to seven layers of touch, only shows off two
May 26th, 2011 jedwan Ah, another possibly vaporous, yet intriguing addition to a long line of haptic patents and prototypes . Today’s offering: a KDDI smartphone mockup (utilizing Kyocera display technology) promising to render sensation through multiple layers of applied touchscreen pressure. Imagine depressing a camera shutter on a touchscreen, and you’ve got the idea. KDDI only had a screen sporting two haptic layers on hand when they demoed the prototype at Wireless Japan this week, but Kyocera reportedly told Akihabara News that the technology is capable of up to seven layers of tantalizing touch. Neat. Maybe we’ll get a few authentic haptic touchscreens on the market and do away with all the vibrational fakery we’ve been seeing. KDDI haptic smartphone prototype promises up to seven layers of touch, only shows off two originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 07:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: display, haptics, haptictouchscreen, kyocera, neat-maybe, prototype, screen, screen-sporting, screens, shows-off-two, smartphone, technology, wireless-japan, yet-intriguing No Comments »Invisible iPhone prototype puts the ‘hand’ back in ‘handset’ (video)
May 23rd, 2011 jedwan Not too long ago, the invisible iPhone was nothing more than satirical fodder for the Onion . Now, Patrick Baudisch and his team of researchers at the Hasso-Plattner Institute have moved closer to making it a reality, with a new interface that can essentially transfer an iPhone touchscreen to the palm of your hand. The device involves an Xbox-like depth camera, mounted on a tripod, that can register the movements of a person’s finger across his or her palm. Special software then determines the actions these gestures would execute on a user’s iPhone, before transmitting the commands to a physical phone, via WiFi radio. Unlike MIT’s motion-based ” sixth sense ” interface, Baudisch’s imaginary phone doesn’t require users to learn a new dictionary of gestures, but relies solely on the muscle memory that so many smartphone users have developed. During their research, Baudisch and his colleagues found that iPhone owners could accurately determine the position of two-thirds of their apps on their palms, without even looking at their device. At the moment, the prototype still involves plenty of bulky equipment, but Baudisch hopes to eventually incorporate a smaller camera that users could wear more comfortably — allowing them to answer their imaginary phones while doing the dishes and to spend hours chatting with their imaginary friends. Head past the break to see the prototype in action. Continue reading Invisible iPhone prototype puts the ‘hand’ back in ‘handset’ (video) Invisible iPhone prototype puts the ‘hand’ back in ‘handset’ (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 May 2011 09:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Android 0-click NFC sharing demonstrated in Ice Cream Sandwich (video)
May 11th, 2011 admin Ready to get your bump on? You’d better be because Google’s planning to bring peer-to-peer NFC sharing to the Ice Cream Sandwich release of Android. Imagine it: 0-click contact, web page, and YouTube video sharing between your NFC-equipped Android smartphones and tablets. Just bring the devices together and voila, data shared without launching an application or navigating through the UI. Google plans to build this functionality into as many systems apps as it can while providing the API to developers to 0-click enable their third-party applications. Watch it go down phone-to-phone and phone-to-tablet (prototype) after the break. It’s the future, get used to it. Continue reading Android 0-click NFC sharing demonstrated in Ice Cream Sandwich (video) Android 0-click NFC sharing demonstrated in Ice Cream Sandwich (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 May 2011 01:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: cream, future, google io, googleio2011, icecreamsandwich, nfc sharing, peertopeer, prototype, video-sharing No Comments »HTC’s flagship Android spotted again with 2.2.1 OS and unibody design
February 6th, 2011 admin Oh boy, looks like HTC’s having some real trouble with leaks in its home town lately. Spotted again in Taiwan is this Android device that looks awfully familiar , and for the first time, we get to see a clear shot of its somewhat homely backside. The lucky phonespotter claims that this unibody phone — codenamed Saga and running 2.2.1 — belongs to a “client” of his, and from his brief hands-on he reckons it’s about as thick as the 7 Mozart and the Legend . Well, that’s pretty much all we’ve been told — stay tuned in case we hear more in this remaining week before MWC . [Thanks, Sam] HTC’s flagship Android spotted again with 2.2.1 OS and unibody design originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget, htc Tags: engadget, entry, froyo, homely-backside, its-somewhat, leak, prototype, saga, smartphone, taiwan, unibody No Comments »GameBoy Advance Phone caught in the wild (by the guy who built it)
January 15th, 2011 jedwan Perhaps if there was some sort of Brundlefly-style gadget mix-up five years ago, the outcome would look like this: an HTC Hermes jammed inside a GameBoy Advance housing. This prototype, presented by Windows Phone Hacker, features some fun changes that make it feel more like your beloved handheld gaming console, and less like your dated Windows Mobile Pocket PC, including a startup GIF animation of the original GameBoy Advance boot screen, custom software that keeps the OS in landscape mode, and custom notifications and ringtones from the Mario games. Also included is PocketGBA emulator for playing GameBoy Advance ROMs on the phone itself. Of course, this is just the beginning of the project: we look forward to seeing a version where the buttons work! In the meantime, check out the thing in action after the break. [Thanks, Juan] Continue reading GameBoy Advance Phone caught in the wild (by the guy who built it) GameBoy Advance Phone caught in the wild (by the guy who built it) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget, htc Tags: advance, after-the-break, engadget, entry, from-the-mario, gameboy advance, htc, make-it-feel, mario, phone, project, prototype, windows, windows mobile, windows-phone No Comments »Samsung shows flexible and transparent displays at CES 2011 (video)
January 10th, 2011 jedwan We spent a few minutes at the show this week ogling the prototype displays that Samsung’s Mobile Display unit has produced over the last few months, headlined by some particularly awesome 4.5-inch flexible and 19-inch transparent AMOLEDs. Let’s start with the flexible unit: Sammy seems to be particularly excited about this one, demonstrating on video that it’s shatter-proof by bashing it repeatedly with a sledgehammer — compare that to the inevitably disastrous consequences of dropping an iPhone onto concrete, and they’ve already won us over. Although the company still has some manufacturing challenges to overcome, commercial interest seems to be strong and they’ll eventually be on the market (though not in 2011, sadly). The picture for the transparent displays is a little murkier — both physically and from a business perspective. Though they’re not as clear as regular glass or as crisp and bright as a traditional AMOLED display, you’ve got to marvel at what they’re doing here: full see-through color at effectively small television sizes. Interestingly, Samsung tells us that they’re really close to being production-ready with these — possibly even close than the flexible screens — but they’re still looking for business cases that’d make mass-producing them a worthwhile venture. Follow the break for some video of these bad boys, along with a 7-inch Super AMOLED that’s looking Galaxy Tab -ready (and some other goodies)! Continue reading Samsung shows flexible and transparent displays at CES 2011 (video) Samsung shows flexible and transparent displays at CES 2011 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget Tags: amoled, displays-at-ces, entry, flexible amoled, flexibleamoled, inevitably, prototype, samsungmobiledisplay, shows-flexible, transparentdisplay No Comments »LG 3D smartphone display eyes-on (video)
January 8th, 2011 admin You can’t have all this 3D stuff happening on the home entertainment front without it trickling down to smartphones, right? Sharp’s already planning to bring its autostereoscopic wares to US shores at some point during 2011 and today LG’s busy showing off a prototype of its own, right here at CES. It’s a 4.3-inch panel, pumping out glasses-free 3D (using the parallax barrier method) and is presently embedded in an enormous demo box, but the ultimate goal is to have it in media-centric handsets. To be honest, yes, there’s some glasses-free 3D effect going on, but for the most part we just noticed the two frames splitting and didn’t find the video before us enhanced in any major way. The best parts might even have been the ones that didn’t have any 3D-ification applied to them — the display on show is certainly a lucid and bright one. Skip past the break to see what we’re talking about. Continue reading LG 3D smartphone display eyes-on (video) LG 3D smartphone display eyes-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget, LG Tags: ces2011, concept, engadget, entry, find-the-video, glasses-free3d, glassesless, parallax, parallax barrier, prototype, stuff-happening No Comments »CEATEC: DoCoMo shows off wireless charging of cell phones …
October 10th, 2010 admin NTT DoCoMo has developed the prototype based on a new wireless power standard called Qi. The Qi system transfers power by induction.
Posted in Cell Wireless Tags: developed-the-prototype, ntt, power-standard, prototype, system-transfers, the-prototype No Comments »
