Pulse Archive

  • Android 2.1 officially hits the T-Mobile Pulse — in Hungary

    Android 2.1 officially hits the T-Mobile Pulse — in Hungary

    Posted on May 29, 2010 | No Comments
    We wouldn't have chalked up the little ol' Pulse from Huawei to be among the first devices to get upgraded from a 1.x build of Android to Eclair, but T-Mobile's Hungarian outpost (of all places) has taken the role of knight in shining armor in delivering the goods in the past few days. Happily, users of the Pulse in other locales will find no shortage of cooked ROMs on places like MoDaCo, so no one should get left behind here -- but still, T-Mobile UK, what gives?

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

    Android 2.1 officially hits the T-Mobile Pulse -- in Hungary originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 29 May 2010 15:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Livescribe’s Pulse smartpen gets an app store

    Livescribe’s Pulse smartpen gets an app store

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    In the end, everything will have an app store. Take the Pulse smartpen from Livescribe, for example. The company, whose pen is quite cool (it records what you write and can “remember” things on page, allowing for paper-based calculators and control panels), has just launched an app store for its 2- and 4GB Pulse pens. The [...]

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  • North American version of T-Mobile Pulse gets FCC approval, but for which carrier?

    North American version of T-Mobile Pulse gets FCC approval, but for which carrier?

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments

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    Android-powered handsets are still rare enough so that the world can't afford to segment them by continent -- when a big model comes out, it's pretty much got to go everywhere. Okay, correction: it doesn't have to go everywhere, but we certainly want it to -- and fortunately, it looks like some lucky carrier in the Americas is signed up for the Huawei U8220. You might know this puppy better as the Pulse over on T-Mobile in Europe, and a new variant of the device -- model number U8220-6 -- has just garnered FCC approval in the past few days with 3G on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. That means Bell, Telus, Rogers, Fido, and AT&T could all be on tap to get this one; we doubt that AT&T would make its inaugural Android plunge with a midrange Huawei, but stranger things have happened.

    [Via androphones.com, thanks Silver]

    North American version of T-Mobile Pulse gets FCC approval, but for which carrier? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Livescribe Plus Smartpen gets smarter

    Livescribe Plus Smartpen gets smarter

    Posted on October 19, 2009 | No Comments
    I've heard so much about the Pulse Smartpen, the little pen that records what you write along with the audio around you at the time of writing, that I've grown curious. Who out there has used this little thinger? Is it good for students? The elderly? Members of the Spanish Inquisition?

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  • T-Mobile Pulse review

    T-Mobile Pulse review

    Posted on October 9, 2009 | No Comments

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    From humble beginnings with the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1, Android is starting to gain traction in the marketplace. A steady growth in the number of devices from HTC together with more and more manufacturers coming on board means Google's entry into the mobile space is really making inroads. The next year is going to be exciting for Android fans, with Motorola launching the CLIQ / DEXT and the Sholes, Samsung following up their i7500 with the i5700 and Behold 2, Acer shifting focus from Windows Mobile to Android not to mention LG and Sony Ericsson shipping their first Android devices.

    In amongst the larger players aiming for the higher end of the market comes Huawei, best known for its mobile broadband dongles, with the Pulse for T-Mobile Europe - a rebrand of the U8220 handset. What makes the Pulse particularly interesting is it's price point. As well as being available free of charge on virtually any contract (as is frequently the case in Europe), the Pulse costs only £176 ($280) on a pre-pay plan. This represents a significant move downmarket for Android with the only other low-end handset being the forthcoming HTC Tattoo, which is expected to ship SIM free for £299 ($475). Interestingly our review unit was even SIM unlocked, although it remains to be seen whether this will remain the case as handsets hit retail.

    We've spent some time with a production specification T-Mobile Pulse to see whether Huawei's first attempt at Android stands up to scrutiny. Read on to find out!

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    T-Mobile Pulse review originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • T-Mobile Netherlands to launch Android-powered Pulse October 12

    T-Mobile Netherlands to launch Android-powered Pulse October 12

    Posted on September 29, 2009 | No Comments
    T-Mobile’s got a bit of a thing for Android, and they’re not afraid to show it to the world. Since the fledgling OS debuted on its G1 almost exactly a year ago (Sept. 23, 2008), T-Mobile has launched more Android handsets than all of the other carriers combined – and they’re about to add one [...]

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  • Rumor: T-Mobile Pulse (Huawei 8220) details revealed?

    Rumor: T-Mobile Pulse (Huawei 8220) details revealed?

    Posted on August 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh, Internet. You give it a little bit of information and a reason to dig, and some super sleuth will uncover all there is to know. Such is the case with the Huawei 8220 Android phone; once it was given a name and a carrier by the Wi-Fi Alliance’s filing for the “T-mobile Pulse”, the [...]

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