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  • Samsung Acclaim arrives in US Cellular stores July 9, we’re sure somebody will care

    Samsung Acclaim arrives in US Cellular stores July 9, we’re sure somebody will care

    Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Looks like we have a small band of US Cellular fans among our numbers, as we've received a slew of tips letting us know that the national carrier has dropped an official release date for the Samsung Acclaim. This most mundane of Android sliders will arrive on July 9, and... well, that's it really. US Cellular hasn't seen fit to entice us with any actual specs or even an Android version, though information floating about the interwebs suggests it has a 3.2-inch HVGA screen and a stock Eclair installation. We'll just have to wait until somebody at Samsung swallows the shame of being associated with the Acclaim and finally gives us some official details.

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

    Samsung Acclaim arrives in US Cellular stores July 9, we're sure somebody will care originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony Ericsson rearing a ‘Julie’ Windows Phone 7 slider in the lab?

    Sony Ericsson rearing a ‘Julie’ Windows Phone 7 slider in the lab?

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Our latest Windows Phone 7 gossip stems from the juicy Chinese grapevine. Rumor has it that Sony Ericsson's now testing a WP7 device -- possibly a first for the company -- codenamed "Julie," which sports a sliding QWERTY keyboard and a capacitive multitouch screen about the size of the X10's. Ah, this sure brings back touching memories of the first two WinMo Xperia sliders. Apart from the processor being clocked at 1GHz or above, little else is known about this unborn baby -- no dates, no photos ('tis our mockup on the right), but we won't question this tipster who also brought us SE's "Shakira" and the peculiar 5.5-inch Android device. Anyway, given SE's track record, it'll probably take six more months of gestation before Julie pops out.

    Sony Ericsson rearing a 'Julie' Windows Phone 7 slider in the lab? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Motorola and RIM settle patent dispute with a good old cross-licensing deal

    Motorola and RIM settle patent dispute with a good old cross-licensing deal

    Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
    We always like to hear of companies burying the hatchet (and the lawyers with it, if at all possible), and our latest source of good vibes are two North American phone makers that have been at each other's throats over patents since early 2008. Motorola and RIM had a previous intellectual property-sharing deal that expired at the end of '07 and with the companies unable to come to a suitable extension agreement, it all spiraled out into a big and silly legal discord. That has at long last been settled now, with RIM paying a one-off fee and regular royalties, as well as licensing some of its own patent catalog out to Moto, in exchange for using the Americans' knowhow in WiFi and other areas. All in all, an inevitable conclusion to an unnecessarily legalized negotiation. Now how about both you guys get back to building us those QWERTY sliders and 2GHz Androids?

    Motorola and RIM settle patent dispute with a good old cross-licensing deal originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Cliff Bleszinski will debut new game on Jimmy Fallon next week

    Cliff Bleszinski will debut new game on Jimmy Fallon next week

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Exciting gaming news, ladies and germs! (That's the extent of my April Fooling.) Cliff Bleszinski will debut Epic Games' new game on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon next Thursday. There are zero details beyond that, I'm afraid.

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  • Saygus VPhone V1 hits the FCC, headed for Verizon next?

    Saygus VPhone V1 hits the FCC, headed for Verizon next?

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments

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    We had some indication that Verizon would have a third Android device ready by early 2010 in addition to the DROID and ERIS -- one that may be boosted by the carrier's Open Development program -- and it looks like the FCC may have now given us our first real look at it. While it's obviously still unconfirmed as of yet, this Saygus VPhone V1 phone that recently sailed through the agency certainly seems to fit the bill, and the company has even gone so far as to not so subtly feature an article about a Verizon's mysterious third Android device on its own website. As you can see, however, the phone itself doesn't exactly do too much to stand out from the current crop of Android sliders, but it should hold its own when it comes to specs. That includes a 3.5-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, a 624MHz Marvell PXA310 processor, a 5-megapixel camera, a second, front-facing camera for video calls, built-in GPS, WiFi, a microSD card slot and even an FM radio, among other standard fare. Still no indication of that rumored WiFi tethering out of the box, unfortunately, but we're guessing this one could win quite a few fans if that pans out -- and, of course, if it's actually the real thing.

    [Via SlashGear]

    Saygus VPhone V1 hits the FCC, headed for Verizon next? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Samsung Moment review

    Samsung Moment review

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments

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    In the world of Android, it's not yet clear who's going to come out victorious -- QWERTY sliders or their keyboardless brethren -- but does there really need to be a winner? We say there's room for just about everyone in this open-source party, and Sprint is starting to round out its Android offerings by introducing the keyboard-equipped Samsung Moment to saddle up alongside the the HTC Hero that was released a few weeks ago. In the scheme of things, the platform is still extraordinarily young which means that virtually every new handset that's announced brings "firsts" to the table; in the Moment's case, it's both the first Android device with an 800MHz ARM11 core and the first Android QWERTY phone with an AMOLED display (you'd have to go back to another Sammy, the Galaxy, to find the first AMOLED Android phone regardless of input method).

    Being able to stuff Android, AMOLED, QWERTY, and 800MHz all into one sentence certainly sounds like a winning combination, but does the Moment deliver? Let's find out.

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    Samsung Moment review originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iGOG VelAUcity brings velocity-sensitive drums to your humble iPhone

    iGOG VelAUcity brings velocity-sensitive drums to your humble iPhone

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments

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    Mom / wife / building superintendent still won't let you get a drum set, huh? Well, you can show them, you can show them all with the new iGOG VelAUcity app, which for a mere $5 lets you do velocity-sensitive drumming on the iPhone. It works pretty great, too... to an extent. The technology appears to be based on the iPhone's built-in mic (VelAUcity doesn't work on an iPod touch), and the app recommends you use it with headphones, but not a headset with its own built-in mic, which would gum things up. In practice the drumming is really great, with multiple hit points on the drum pads and pretty good velocity sensitivity (for an iPhone app), but there are plenty of mic-introduced foibles like the potential for feedback or stray noises messing things up -- you basically would have trouble using this in a live application, though there are plenty of sliders so you can tweak things and give it a shot. Our favorite part perhaps is the mic trigger mode, which lets you do your fake drumming next to the iPhone, adding a whole new level of fake realness. Our least favorite part was the crashiness and the buginess -- part of which might've be blamed on our speed-strapped 3G. Don't say we didn't warn you. Video demonstrations are after the break.

    [Via Create Digital Music]

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    iGOG VelAUcity brings velocity-sensitive drums to your humble iPhone originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony Ericsson unveils the XPERIA Pureness, should have been called the Weirdness

    Sony Ericsson unveils the XPERIA Pureness, should have been called the Weirdness

    Posted on September 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Yesterday morning, Sony Ericsson announced the XPERIA X2, the latest in their lineup of high-end QWERTY sliders. But maybe that wasn’t exactly your cup of tea; maybe you want something a little more.. a little more ridiculous? How about a candybar phone with hidden keys and - get this - a transparent LCD? That’s what they’re [...]

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  • Defense Department developing portable hacking device for soldiers

    Defense Department developing portable hacking device for soldiers

    Posted on May 26, 2009 | No Comments

    It's not exactly news that the Department of Defense is looking at ways to make hacking a more practical weapon, but it looks to really be stepping up its game with its latest project, which promises to make complicated attacks as simple as a few button presses. That would apparently be possible thanks to a slightly mysterious device that'd be small enough to carry around in a backpack, but powerful enough to do everything from breaking into a wireless network to hacking into SCADA (or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems (used at power plants, nuclear facilities, and the like). While complete details are obviously a bit light, the system would apparently be able to, for instance, map out the nodes in a wireless network, cause them to disconnect, and watch them come back online to identify weak spots. It would then present the "hacker" with various attack attributes that could simply be adjusted using sliders on a touchscreen. No word if the soldiers will also be rewarded with Achievements.

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    Defense Department developing portable hacking device for soldiers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 May 2009 14:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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