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  • T-Mobile USA’s Samsung Galaxy S to be called ‘Vibrant’

    T-Mobile USA’s Samsung Galaxy S to be called ‘Vibrant’

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    So, we know AT&T's version of the Galaxy S is called the Captivate -- but what about T-Mobile? Earlier rumors that it'd be called "Vibrant" are all but confirmed today thanks to a carrier-run site that's slowly revealing a rebus puzzle... and so far, we can clearly see Sam + Sun + G and Viking - King + [unknown] + Ant. So yeah, that pretty much locks it up -- and with a Super AMOLED display on board, we'd say the name fits perfectly (and TmoNews claims to have the original image anyway, where the unknown portion is Bee + R). We're expecting some sort of US-focused Galaxy S announcement out of Sammy next Tuesday, so we imagine this'll be it.

    T-Mobile USA's Samsung Galaxy S to be called 'Vibrant' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • PSA: iPhone 4’s FaceTime won’t use your voice minutes

    PSA: iPhone 4’s FaceTime won’t use your voice minutes

    Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
    We can't even imagine the uproar that AT&T and Apple would be dealing with if FaceTime calls -- which travel over WiFi alone -- siphoned minutes out of your cell plan's voice bucket, but fortunately, that's a doomsday scenario we'll never need to worry about because it's now been confirmed that they're totally minute-free. What's more, when you start by initiating a voice call, it ends as soon as you switch from voice to FaceTime -- so you won't be charged for the portion of the call that's conducted over FaceTime in that case, either. Of course, as long as FaceTime is an iPhone 4 exclusive, it's going to be pretty limited in scope -- but once other vendors start getting in on the open standard (if "standard" is an appropriate term here) it'll get a lot juicier, we suspect.

    PSA: iPhone 4's FaceTime won't use your voice minutes originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Bremont U-2 watch review

    Bremont U-2 watch review

    Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
    ABlogToRead has another in-depth review of one of our favorite watches, the Bremont U2. The watch is styled after the instrumentation of the U-2 spy plane and includes a specially protected movement inside a special material that allows the watch to survive - get this - a freaking cockpit ejection at full Gs. There is even another little treat for those in the know:
    Like the MB1 watches, the seconds hand has an emergency eject handle as the counterweight. This handle would rest between your legs in a Martin Baker ejection seat - ready to be pulled in the case of an emergency. It has no such function in the watch! Imagine an ejection lever that would eject the movement from the case. That would reach new heights of pointless complications.

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  • Adobe AIR getting native Android app compilation

    Adobe AIR getting native Android app compilation

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Sound familiar? That's right: Adobe's looking to move some of the same technologies it developed for Flash-to-iPhone app compilation over to Android, where we imagine the company will be meeting a much more receptive audience. AIR -- part of the Flash portfolio of products -- now has a native Android app feature in beta, letting you pump out .apk files from code written in ActionScript 3. Adobe's targeting a release "by the second half" of the year, so this shouldn't take too long to go gold... not to say there aren't perfectly good ways of pumping out Android apps in the meantime, but this should make it a little less painful for seasoned Flash guys to port their stuff.

    [Thanks, bono]

    Adobe AIR getting native Android app compilation originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • EVO 4G manual goes online, should hold you over for the next few hours

    EVO 4G manual goes online, should hold you over for the next few hours

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you activated your new EVO 4G in the store tomorrow morning and you didn't immediately know how to fire up a Qik video call? You'd be the butt of the joke -- just imagine the hearty laughter and pointing you'd receive from Sprint reps and fellow line-waiters! Don't let this happen to you, friends; come prepared. Read the manual now.

    [Thanks, Carl]

    EVO 4G manual goes online, should hold you over for the next few hours originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The BlackBerry 9800 Slider gets caught on video yet again, this time with AT&T branding

    The BlackBerry 9800 Slider gets caught on video yet again, this time with AT&T branding

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    The BlackBerry 9800 Slider.. leaked? Preposterous! I can’t imagine such a thing happening. Except for that one time. Or that other time. Or any of those other times. And now, the leak to end all 9800 slider leaks: a video walk through of the handset, including BlackBerry OS 6.0. Along with showing off a bunch of the [...]

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  • A concept ambidextrous mouse, for your perusal

    A concept ambidextrous mouse, for your perusal

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Do you like computer mice? Do you like ambidexterity? Do you like looking at renderings of concept products that are not yet real? Today, my friend, is your lucky day. Gaze upon the Nink wireless optical mouse. Imagine the feel of that corrugated shell under either your right or your left palm. Visualize the sensation of using either index finger to tenderly scroll that wheel up and down, up and down. You can almost feel the mild resistance as the Nink lovingly caresses your desk, gliding back and forth at your slightest bidding...

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  • Nokia’s New York flagship store closes today

    Nokia’s New York flagship store closes today

    Posted on May 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Imagine our luck: we just happened to stroll into Nokia's New York flagship store today on 57th between 5th and Madison Avenue, only to discover that it was practically torn down and set to close permanently today, a move that Nokia announced late last year. A representative approached us as soon as we entered and said, "the only phones we have are from this point forward; there's nothing else in the store." Interestingly, a call over to Nokia's other North American flagship in Chicago confirmed that it isn't closing today and no date has been set (at least, not a date that anyone is talking about) -- so there's one more outpost in the States if you want to get your Nokia on one last time. Needless to say, the overwhelming majority of Americans won't be shedding any tears over the closure, but it's always disappointing to see a neat and beautifully-designed place to geek out go belly-up. And where are we going to play with an N8 before we buy now, anyway?

    Nokia's New York flagship store closes today originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 May 2010 18:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Old Man Laser: Officially over the hill

    Old Man Laser: Officially over the hill

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Amazingly, the laser is 50 years old today. When it was originally discovered, many scientists felt that the shiny red light didn't have any practical use. Of course now days, lasers are almost everywhere.

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  • Do do doot dodo doot! The NES Harmonica!

    Do do doot dodo doot! The NES Harmonica!

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    I don’t know if this is a waste of a good harmonica or a waste of a good NES cartridge but what you see before you is a harmonica hidden inside an honest-to-goodness NES game. The best part? They cost less than the $80 copy of Adventures of Link that the rental place around the [...]

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  • Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro lands FCC approval

    Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro lands FCC approval

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    We can imagine the conversation going something like this:

    "Hello, FCC speaking. How can I help you?"
    "Hey, Sony Ericsson here. So basically, we took this phone you guys already approved, and just... you know, slapped a keyboard on it. We cool?"
    "Well, no, we aren't 'cool.' Go ahead and submit another set of test results and we'll get back to you."
    "But..."
    "...no 'buts.' Just do it." (click)

    And that, you see, brings us to this filing for the Vivaz pro. It's not a North America-bound version -- there's no 850 / 1900MHz or AWS 3G -- but at least it'll get you some high-speed data if you're in 900 or 2100MHz markets (read: Europe). And heck, it might even make an original Vivaz owner or two jealous in the process.

    Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro lands FCC approval originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 06 May 2010 11:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nokia: Trust us, the N8 has a really nice camera

    Nokia: Trust us, the N8 has a really nice camera

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Nokia N8 first HD video sample from Nokia Conversations on Vimeo. After a heady excoriation of the N8 based on pre-release hardware surfaced this week, it looks like Nokia is trying hard to convince us that the N8 is still the phone to beat. Look: I love Nokia. I would even marry it if that were legal [...]

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  • HTC tells Palm “It’s not me, it’s you”, backs away from acquisition

    HTC tells Palm “It’s not me, it’s you”, backs away from acquisition

    Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
    NOOOOOOOOOOO. There I was, letting myself get excited about possibility of HTC acquiring Palm. I mean, can you imagine webOS on HTC-made hardware? I'd buy one for each hand. Alas, those hopes and dreams have been dashed.

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  • The VIA ARTiGO A1100 is so small you might lose it

    The VIA ARTiGO A1100 is so small you might lose it

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Look at the palm of your hand. Imagine if you will a future that includes computers that size. Brother! Good news! The future is here with the Via ARTiGO A1100!

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  • SHOCK: Samsung is prepping a ’slate’ PC

    SHOCK: Samsung is prepping a ’slate’ PC

    Posted on March 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Are you sitting down? Don't read this standing up. You need to be sitting down. It's a real shocker. You're not going to believe it. Ready? Samsung is going to release a so-called 'slate' PC. That means it's just basically a screen! Can you imagine? How novel!

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