Mystery Archive

  • Mystery HTC Android phone hits FCC

    Mystery HTC Android phone hits FCC

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Here’s a lovely little tidbit that’s leaked out of the FCC, looks like HTC has a new phone coming out in the AT&T 3G bands. Along with the boring technical details, the FCC also was kind enough to share some pictures! Could this be the new HTC Wildfire? HTC currently calls it the “PC70110″, but [...]

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  • Rumours of a 3D Motorola Handset Rise From Below

    Rumours of a 3D Motorola Handset Rise From Below

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    3D is pretty hot right now. There's the movies, the TVs, the games, the handhelds, and, well, why not the mobile phones? Photos of a rumoured 3D phone by Motorola surfaced today, and while the screen on the device looks 2D on my monitor, there is reason to believe that the screen is, in fact, a 3D thingo.

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  • Sony Dash Internet tablet now available. (Update: No it’s not. Awesome.)

    Sony Dash Internet tablet now available. (Update: No it’s not. Awesome.)

    Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
    People of Earth! The Sony Dash is now totally available. It’s a $200 Internet tablet that also lets you watch Netflix. Cynics call it a “Chumby clone,” but if you’re going to clone something you might as well clone something that’s universally beloved. Yeah, no… I totally blame John for this, but the Dash isn’t available [...]

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  • Rumor: Looks like AT&T might be getting the Samsung Galaxy S, or something just like it

    Rumor: Looks like AT&T might be getting the Samsung Galaxy S, or something just like it

    Posted on April 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Samsung has been teasing the gadget-loving world ever since the announcement of the Galaxy S back at CTIA. "It's Android-powered!" they'd say. "4.0-inch Super AMOLED screen!" they'd say. "Oh, you want to know what carrier its going to? Oh. Well, that's a bummer." they'd say. Unless we're looking too hard into these freshly released Bluetooth Certification papers, it looks like one of the carriers getting the Galaxy S -- or at least a very Galaxy S-esque phone -- will be AT&T.

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  • Smallville can’t be allowed to break Stargate SG-1’s world record

    Smallville can’t be allowed to break Stargate SG-1’s world record

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    We MUST stop this. Somehow Smallville must be canceled before it surpasses Stargate SG-1 and becomes the longest running Sci-fi show in North America's history.

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  • Final Fantasy I and II for iPhone get release dates

    Final Fantasy I and II for iPhone get release dates

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Since we’ve spent two posts covering Street Fighter IV, a game that will presumably be terrible to play on the iPhone, I thought it was only fair to give a bit more love to a game that should be awesome on the iPhone. Actually, two games: Final Fantasy I and II. We knew they were coming [...]

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  • Vinyl Android figurines are the coolest things since sliced ice

    Vinyl Android figurines are the coolest things since sliced ice

    Posted on February 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Okay, look. I wasn’t going to post about these, because every bit of attention these things get will make it that much harder for me to acquire them before they sell out. But then this little nagging voice in my head (which sounds like a freakish cross between CrunchGear editor John Biggs and my mother) [...]

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  • Boo, multi-disc games!

    Boo, multi-disc games!

    Posted on February 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Really, folks? Are you really going to complain about multi-disc games now? Of all the injustices in the world, of all the legitimate issues you can have with technology, you're going to rally around this stupid issue? Good God.

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  • The ITG xpPhone gets officially priced

    The ITG xpPhone gets officially priced

    Posted on January 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Screen shot 2010-01-18 at [ January 18 ] 11.16.25 AM Its only been around 8 months since the xpPhone -- a phone which, as the name implies, runs Windows XP -- made its online debut, but its already caused quite the rift between the mega-geeks. One camp seems to think its the coolest thing since air-conditioned underpants; the other seems to think it's a big pile of nonsense. Throughout all of this dweeby disputing, one important item remained a mystery: the price. Mystery solved after the jump.

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  • This dude made a Zelda game in C++. What did you do this year?

    This dude made a Zelda game in C++. What did you do this year?

    Posted on December 19, 2009 | No Comments
    A French dude named Christopho has created The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus DX, essentially a fan homage to the Zelda world. It comes complete with the requisite durdle-durdle-string-string music of the original series as well as a back story so convoluted that Tingle himself might have something to do with it. However, it [...]

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  • Google files for Nexus One trademark

    Google files for Nexus One trademark

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    The mystery of the Nexus One continues to grow ever deeper, but we can pretty much confirm Google's planning to sell something under that name: the search giant filed an intent-to-use trademark application for "Nexus One" on December 10th, and in order to be granted the trademark registration it'll have to use the mark in commerce at some point in the future. Now, don't get too carried away -- sure, that could mean free unlocked GSM Android sets for all, but it could also just mean Google's planning to sell the Nexus One as its next-gen Android Developer Phone. Considering everything we've heard points to the device being limited to T-Mobile 3G, we'd say the developer phone theory is still the most likely, but it's all up in the air until Google provides a sample of the Nexus One mark being used in commerce to the USPTO -- or, better yet, announces something official.

    Update:     Ruh roh. As we're sure you're aware, the "Nexus" name is a riff on Philip K. Dick's Nexus-6 replicants in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and ultimately in Blade Runner -- and his estate is none too pleased that Google's using it without permission. According to the New York Times, Dick's daughter -- who is in charge of licensing his work -- was never told of Google's plans, and she's contacted the lawyers now that she's found out. We're guessing Google can still make nice though: she says she would have been open to an agreement had contact been made earlier. So... let's get on that, guys.

    [Thanks, Amit]

    Google files for Nexus One trademark originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Stargate Universe gets a second season

    Stargate Universe gets a second season

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Well my day just got better. SGU is currently on a mid-season break but at least the news broke that the show got picked up for another season. Now if I can only wait until April to see how Dr. Rush gets back on board the Destiny.

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  • CrunchDeals: EA Mobile celebrates Turkey day by slashing the prices of their iPhone Games [Update: And Gameloft!]

    CrunchDeals: EA Mobile celebrates Turkey day by slashing the prices of their iPhone Games [Update: And Gameloft!]

    Posted on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
    This week, people are hungry for three things: turkey, stuffing, and holiday sales. It’s a bit unlikely that EA Mobile can deliver either of the first two, but they’ve come through on that last one. From today through 11/29, EA Mobile is dropping the price on around 15 of the iPhone games, with discounts coming [...]

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  • GSM Palm Pre bound for Mexico, coming to Telcel on November 27th

    GSM Palm Pre bound for Mexico, coming to Telcel on November 27th

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments

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    Remember that FCC filing for a GSM-loving North American Palm Pre? Looks like the mystery's been solved, Encyclopedia Brown, and our culprit is just south of the border. As previously rumored, Mexico's Telcel will get the Pre, SIM card slot and all. Launch date is November 27th, just in time for the US to be thankful for an online community ready to unlock and import this stateside.

    [Thanks, Andres]

    GSM Palm Pre bound for Mexico, coming to Telcel on November 27th originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The motherboard as art: The Mona Lisa

    The motherboard as art: The Mona Lisa

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Well, I think we finally know what Asus does when they get a dead motherboard. They take it apart, and turn it into a picture! Behold the loveliness that is the Motherboard Mona Lisa, a model of PCI and AGP slot beauty and mystery.

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