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Android 2.2 coming to Droid in ‘late July,’ Droid X in ‘late August?’

Vlad Savov — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:34:00 +0000

Care for some more specificity on when exactly to expect the Droid X to become even awesomer? Well, according to one "very reliable" source over at Droid Forums, we can look forward to a late August landing for Android 2.2 on the X, which will be preceded by a late July delivery on the venerable Droid. Both dates are caveated with an ominous "currently planned" proviso, so don't consider them carved in (Mile)stone, but we're liking the idea of Motorola having both its flagship devices tasting of Froyo by summer's end. There's no mention of the Droid 2, however, which may mean nothing or might suggest that handset's still a fair way away from its release. We shall see.

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Is this a Droid running Android 2.2?

Matt Burns — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:15:39 +0000

Call us skeptical but we're not quite sure this is legit. A regular on myDroidWorld's forums just posted a bunch of screenshots that are supposed to be a Droid running Froyo. There are shots of the app launcher, new Car Home, the camera, and updated search options. Really everything but the About Phone screen which will show the phone's model number, firmware, and kernal version -- you know, everything that would confirm his claims. So yeah, this might be the first look at the Droid running Android 2.2 or, well, it's not.

Verizon LG Ally delayed until May 27th?

Greg Kumparak — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:42:46 +0000

If you trekked down to the local Verizon store for an early morning camp-out in order to pick up an LG Ally yesterday, you might have left a bit upset — and empty handed. While Verizon initially said that they’d have’m in stock by the 20th, they were a no show. If this note purportedly [...]

Anti-CrunchDeal: Refurb Dell XPS M1530 Core 2 Duo notebook for only $4,536

Matt Burns — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:38:07 +0000

Whoa there, Dell. This is one hell of deal you have here in the Dell Outlet. A used XPS M1530 notebook for $4,536? It better come bundled with a used Mercedes-Benz because there is nothing about this notebook that's worth over $800 anyway.

How to make a busted iPhone beautiful

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:00:55 +0000

There’s an excellent how-to over in the MacRumors forums that details how an enterprising individual purchased a scratched up iPhone with a broken screen off of eBay and restored it to its former glory without sinking too much money into the project.

Wii laptop hack is about 2.5 inches thick

Doug Aamoth — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:00:47 +0000

Of all the consoles to stuff into a laptop form factor, the Wii’s minute size makes it as good a candidate as any. And while Wii laptop mods have been done before, this most recent one has the distinction of being relatively thin at just over 2.5 inches.

Why wait for the Nexus One Android OTA update when you can have it now?

Marc Flores — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:00:50 +0000

Patience is a virtue, but as tech fanatics who lap up the latest in hardware and software, we've not enirely familiar with that concept. So when we heard that it could take up to a few days for the Nexus One Android OTA update, it was a little disheartening. We want it now! And thanks to some clever folks over at Android Forums, we can get it right this moment. It just takes some simple tinkering and you should be good to go.

Wi-Fi and OLED touchscreen-equipped Samsung CL80 P&S leaks out before CES

Matt Burns — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:00:09 +0000

It looks like Samsung has at least two CES-bound cameras. We already saw product shots of the NX-10 and now here's pics of the pocketable CL80. Depending on its MSRP it might be a hot cam, too.

Android 2.1 moves down food chain, ROM now ported to G1 (update: hoax)

Ross Miller — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:39:00 +0000

Future, meet your past. The fine lads at xda-developers forums have ported the Android 2.1 ROM -- you know, the updated OS from Nexus One that everyone's been talking about lately -- all the way to the original G1. Right now it's being dubbed version 0.9999 since it's still lacking A2SD, CompCache, and SWAP... and if you're feeling confused by the terminology, it might be best to not try this at home just yet. Creator Teh Dust has also removed a few things for the sake of making it more lightweight, including Car Home, Live Boot, and high resolution wallpapers / apps that don't jive with the G1 anyway. Willing, curious, and wanting to impress your Droid-carrying friends? File's hiding in plain sight, waiting for you.

Update: Quoth the raven, 'twas a hoax and nothing more.

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Nokia N900 glitch leads to useful portrait mode, caught on video

Ross Miller — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:19:00 +0000

File this under "it's not a bug, it's a feature" if true. According to Guyver at the maemo.org forums, some glitch in the OS caused his Nokia N900 to switch into portrait mode for everything, not just dialer and photo apps as previously allowed. We'd love to eliminate the need for two hands to run our favorite chunks of mobile software, but so far we haven't been able to recreate his trick. Try it at home if you'd like by tilting the device to launch the phone app, then sliding up the screen and closing the app. Perhaps the gang at Espoo can turn this into a legit update -- if they're awesome people, of course. Video after the break.

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Palm Pre backups can be easily overwritten by a replacement device: replacers beware!

Paul Miller — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:00 +0000

We've just been alerted to an unsettling trend in Palm Pre land, where strings of replacement devices are a bit too common for comfort: some users have been losing their Palm Profile backup, or a large majority of it, once they pair up their new device. The big issue is that since this problem is rather sporadic, Palm doesn't seem to have a good way to deal with it yet -- the trend in the forums seems to be a complaint sent to Palm, followed up by word of an inability to restore data from Palm a few weeks later. Lucky for these hapless Pre replacers, a particularly repeat offender (working on his seventh Pre) has posted instructions for making sure this sort of data loss doesn't happen to you. His theory is that it has something to do with a refurbished device loaded with an old firmware trying to sync with the newer-firmware-styled backup your dead device made with Palm's servers, and messing stuff up in the process. He recommends walking out of the store before Sprint tries to trip you up, and upgrading and wiping the phone before reactivating it and syncing. Sounds foolproof enough, right? Let's hope.

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HTC HD2 ripped to shreds, probably in the name of science

Ross Miller — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:08:00 +0000

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Hello there, HD2. To be honest, it's a bit soon in our relationship to be seeing all your inner workings -- not that we mind. The folks on the xda-developers forums have done the duty of tearing down HTC's impressively skinned Windows Mobile 6.5 device. Not much to glean from the snapshots, but if you do harbor some strange technologically-inclined curiosity and would never consider ripping up the phone yourself, hit up the read link for more pictures.

[Via Pocketnow]

HTC HD2 ripped to shreds, probably in the name of science originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dear Valve, where is Episode 3?

Dave Freeman — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:30:10 +0000

Sometimes less is more. In the case of a fan comic recently posted to Valve's forums, it definitely raises a valid question. Where on earth is Half-Life: Episode 3?

Nintendo will fix your Wii if the latest system update broke it

Nicholas Deleon — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:30:36 +0000

Have you updated your Wii to version 4.2 yet? Because if you have, and you're now having problems with your system, Nintendo will fix it for free.

The G1 could get Donut, says notorious Android hacker

Peter Ha — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:45:54 +0000

I’m a n00b to the whole Android scene; I make no bones about it. But I have been lurking the XDA forums for the last couple months and I feel comfortable rooting my Android devices (except the Hero) and swapping between “cooked ROMs” from various ~~hackers~~ devs to get the latest and greatest features. So when the Interwebs started freaking out over the G1’s lack of memory, which we all knew from the beginning, but that it would hinder the G1 from getting future updates, I started to worry. Alas, those closer to the realm of Android have shed a bit of light on what G1 owners could/should expect going forward regarding those nasty rumors about not getting Donut or Éclair. Mr Wimberly of Android and Me fame did a bit of digging and it seems as though we may have jumped the gun. Maybe.

G1 will get Donut, says Cyanogen (maybe)

Peter Ha — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:44:08 +0000

Samsung GX-30 DSLR or NX series to launch on July 7th?

Peter Ha — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:20:33 +0000

A rumor coming out of the Pentax Forums indicates that Samsung could be ready to launch the successor to the GX-20 DSLR, the GX-30. Last month similar rumors emerged with a June launch for the GX-30, but we have yet to hear anything official from Samsung. Others are speculating that it could be the vaunted NX series camera that Samsung announced at PMA. One commenter on the forum, Xian, states that Samsung will announce the GX-30, NX3 and two compact cameras.

Sample shots and video emerge from Pentax’s K-7 DSLR

Darren Murph — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:42:00 +0000

As with Panasonic's Lumix DMC-GH1, a few lucky folks who have managed to spend a few moments with Pentax's new 14.6 megapixel K-7 have stopped to host up the results for us to drool over. Early stills are rather impressive, with images being sharp, crisp and generally delightful to stare at. As for video, it's tough to judge the real quality based on a YouTube rendition, but feel free to glean what you can just after the break. So, if you weren't sold already, are you now?

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