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  • Droid Incredible gets rooted at long last

    Droid Incredible gets rooted at long last

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    The Incredible wait is finally at an end -- HTC's finest handset on Verizon had proven quite the tough nut to crack, but at long last it has succumbed to the efforts of some industrious root-hungry coders. You should be mindful that progress is still at a very early stage, and hacking your own Incredible is said to be both "very hard" and "not very repeatable." The important thing though, is that it's happened, and we're now probably only a few days removed from a user-friendly patch that lets us truly do whatever we might want with that handsome device. They say roots are an important part of a balanced diet, and this one should go very nicely with a bit of Froyo, don't you think?

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

    Droid Incredible gets rooted at long last originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nokia-Microsoft partnership bears first fruit: Communicator Mobile comes to E52 and E72

    Nokia-Microsoft partnership bears first fruit: Communicator Mobile comes to E52 and E72

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Last time we used "Nokia" and "Communicator" in the same sentence, we were talking about a giant QWERTY clamshell with roots dating back to the mid '90s -- but yeah, that's most definitely not what looking at here. Instead, we're seeing the first results of Nokia's newfound friendship with Microsoft, a build of Communicator Mobile that's all set up to run on the S60-based E52 and E72. Granted, an enterprise instant messaging utility isn't something we can all use, but that's just as well since it's limited to just two devices in Nokia's range at the moment; eventually, it'll be preinstalled on "select" devices and be available to a broader selection of phones already in the lineup. This is awesome, guys -- now let's get cracking on Office, shall we?

    Nokia-Microsoft partnership bears first fruit: Communicator Mobile comes to E52 and E72 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nintendo controller car mod goes too far

    Nintendo controller car mod goes too far

    Posted on April 3, 2010 | No Comments
    I'm all for letting your geek flag fly, but this is a bit much. Perhaps he wanted to be able to control the car from the front? At least it's something that you can hide under you hood. I dunno. Props for knowing your roots and such.

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  • Archos 2010 lineup leaks (in Europe)

    Archos 2010 lineup leaks (in Europe)

    Posted on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
    So the latest from Archos leaked recently at CeBIT 2010, the European electronics show. The 2010 Vision line showcases Archos returning to their roots with a series of new audio players designed for the lower end of the price range.

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  • JBL resurrects ‘Creature’ speakers

    JBL resurrects ‘Creature’ speakers

    Posted on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember these things from back in the day? The “day” being 2002? JBL is bringing back the “Creature” series of computer speakers for the holidays.

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  • BlackBerry Storm2 hands-on and impressions

    BlackBerry Storm2 hands-on and impressions

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments

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    For a company with the most starched, buttoned-up roots of any major wireless manufacturer, RIM's venture out of its enterprise comfort zone to the consumer space went amazingly smoothly thanks to the introduction of the original Pearl, a phone that's still sold in a variety of colors, configurations, and carriers to this day. At some point, though, it became clear that the industry was moving toward touch -- a space RIM had never dabbled in -- and the trend gave birth to the Storm, a product that had obviously been rushed to market with countless software bugs and a dodgy SurePress concept that caused more problems than it solved. With prototypes floating around in the wild mere months after its predecessor's release, RIM's message was loud and clear earlier this year: "we need to fix the Storm, and we need to do it quickly." Ultimately, it's ended up taking the company just about a year to get the Storm2 to market, a product that attempts to tweak Waterloo's touchscreen strategy just enough to undo a few mistakes and send it down the right path. Mission accomplished? Read on.

    BlackBerry Storm2 hands-on and impressions originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • HTC Tilt2 now available on AT&T

    HTC Tilt2 now available on AT&T

    Posted on October 19, 2009 | No Comments

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    Those looking for a slightly more QWERTY-equipped WinMo 6.5 device for AT&T than the HTC Pure need look no further than its stablemate, the Tilt2, now that it's officially available to all comers. The carrier's second model to use Microsoft's latest and greatest cut of Windows Mobile stays pretty true to its Touch Pro2 roots, offering an industrial-strength full duplex speakerphone, 3.2 megapixel cam, WVGA tilt-up display, and of course, that five-row QWERTY keyboard that makes banging out long emails and extended MMS tirades just a little more tolerable. Interest parties should come bearing gifts and plenty of cash, because it'll run $349.99 on contract before a $50 mail-in rebate.

    [Via PhoneDog]

    HTC Tilt2 now available on AT&T originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • AT&T’s HTC Tilt 2 handled: it’s very much a Touch Pro2

    AT&T’s HTC Tilt 2 handled: it’s very much a Touch Pro2

    Posted on October 8, 2009 | No Comments

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    Unlike the Pure's transformation from its Touch Diamond2 roots, AT&T's Tilt 2 is very much a Touch Pro2 for look and feel. Given our past experiences with the device, we'd say that'll suit the phone's business-oriented clientele just fine -- it's not like you'd want to turn it into a "fun" phone by coating it in wacky colors and preloading it with every social networking client this side of Orkut, after all. We didn't have a ton of time to pore over the interface, but we get the impression that TouchFLO is largely intact (though tweaked by AT&T, naturally) and the keyboard's different than what you'll find on the generic European version -- the top row is all symbols with a numeric pad (a little staggered, unfortunately) near the right side. Check out a few more sexily-lit shots in the gallery.

    Gallery: AT&T's HTC Tilt 2 handled: it's very much a Touch Pro2

    AT&T's HTC Tilt 2 handled: it's very much a Touch Pro2 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Glam Media Goes Mobile

    Glam Media Goes Mobile

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    What do you do when you're sitting on a nearly endless torrent of finely-focused content and a few million bucks in venture capital? You go mobile. That's exactly what Glam Media, the distributed media network behind the womens lifestyle site Glam.com and its male-oriented counterpart Brash.com, is about to do. As one of the fastest growing sites on the web, its taken a bit longer for them to take on the mobile front than we would have guessed - but their quest to conquer portables begins tomorrow.

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  • Want an iPhone case with a country twist?

    Want an iPhone case with a country twist?

    Posted on August 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Ever wanted to get back to your cowboy roots and take your iPhone with you? Well now you can thanks to SouthernBrand and their new cowhide iPhone, iPod Touch and iPod covers. Each case is made by hand with premium tri-color brindle cowhide and is one of a kind! The inside of the case is [...]

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  • USB hub looks like an old cassette tape

    USB hub looks like an old cassette tape

    Posted on August 8, 2009 | No Comments
    tapeIf you feel like you've been dragged kicking and screaming into the wonderful world of technology, now's the time to show everyone that you still haven't forgotten your old school analog roots -- sort of. This is a four-port USB hub that looks like a cassette tape.

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  • eBay: Piece of chicken shaped like Ocarina of Time

    eBay: Piece of chicken shaped like Ocarina of Time

    Posted on July 1, 2009 | No Comments
    zeldaAn eBay user is auctioning off a piece of chicken from McDonald's shaped like the Ocarina of Time. I know!

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  • Chrome Soyuz: hardcore gear for the hardcore nerd

    Chrome Soyuz: hardcore gear for the hardcore nerd

    Posted on May 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Unlike Timbuk2 or Manhattan Portage, San Francisco-based Chrome has managed to stick to their core roots without sacrificing their souls to make diaper bags and yoga mat holders just to make an extra buck. It’s inevitable, though, that after 14 years Chrome would expand their line of bags to include those of us that aren’t as hardcore as the couriers biking around cities like Manhattan.

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