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  • Nexus One, Nokia X6 coming to South Korea in June

    Nexus One, Nokia X6 coming to South Korea in June

    Posted on May 31, 2010 | No Comments
    Like Japan, South Korea has a wireless industry that's typically leaps and bounds ahead of just about everywhere else in the world -- but the country has never been a Symbian or Android stronghold, so it's actually not much of a surprise that two big recent releases are just now heading over there this Summer. From Nokia, the X6 will be hitting KT in June for 595,000 won, which works out to $495; Google, meanwhile, will be contributing the Nexus One by way of rival operator SKT toward the end of June for an undisclosed price. Don't say you weren't warned, MOTOROI.

    Nexus One, Nokia X6 coming to South Korea in June originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 31 May 2010 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Facebook Launches Android SDK

    Facebook Launches Android SDK

    Posted on May 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Today, Facebook is releasing its first official SDK for Android, offering developers on Google's mobile OS an easy way to tie their Android native apps to Facebook Platform. As AllFacebook noted last week, this SDK is actually more advanced than the iPhone SDK because it features Facebook's Graph API, which was unveiled at its f8 developer conference last month. According to the post on Facebook's Developer blog, the SDK also uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and the ability to publish stories to Facebook using Feed forms.

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  • Four new Samsung Bada handsets make a surprise appearance

    Four new Samsung Bada handsets make a surprise appearance

    Posted on April 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Samsung is a strange company. They, like many other companies, fight tooth and nail to keep their products a secret. Then they go and show four unannounced handsets at a developer event — sans any details beyond appearance. Did they just forget these weren’t announced? Are they trying to build up the hype? Either way: [...]

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  • Photos: The birth of an HTC Legend unibody aluminum shell

    Photos: The birth of an HTC Legend unibody aluminum shell

    Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Just last week, HTC announced the Legend. As the epic name implies, it's essentially the "Hero 2"; its got the jutting chin, the rounded corners, and HTC's software signatures all over it. The primary difference, outside of a minor (but still worthwhile) hardware spec bump, is the design of the body; carved from a single block of aluminum, it's ridiculously light weight, super strong, and drop dead gorgeous. While we somehow managed to over look it whilst roaming (almost absurdly) huge halls of Mobile World Congress, our buddies at MobileBurn spotted a display case showing off examples of the unibody shell as it steps through the manufacturing process.

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  • Poles are shocked – shocked! – at Bioshock 2

    Poles are shocked – shocked! – at Bioshock 2

    Posted on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Oh, Ziema Lubuska, today is your lucky day! Apparently a games blogger for Gazeta Lubulska (Circulation: Maybe fifty grandmas out in Zielona Gora, Poland) just rocked the world with his review of Bioshock 2 saying that the game is a "Shock" and asking if "this is the direction video games are heading?" While his arguments are slow-witted and dull, it's definitely giving a small paper in rural Poland a nice boost in pageviews.

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  • Re transforms your iPhone into a universal remote (which seems like a step backwards, to be honest)

    Re transforms your iPhone into a universal remote (which seems like a step backwards, to be honest)

    Posted on December 20, 2009 | No Comments
    OK, so we know a thing or two about the "convenience" of using your iPhone as a remote control. For instance, using it to control Boxee was alright -- until we needed to make a call. Or we received a call. Not to rain on anyone's parade, but the idea of re-purposing your phone to act as a universal remote seems a little silly. But what do we know? Maybe you hold all calls while Jersey Shore is on anyways. In that case, Re could be your next favorite gadget. This bad boy lets your handset communicate with all your AV equipment via infrared, contains an extensive database of devices, and can learn from any IR remote. If that weren't enough, New Kinetix promises regular updates to the app -- and your typical remote can't do that! Compatible with the iPod Touch as well, there's no word yet on a price or release date, but we're expecting that we'll be getting plenty more details come CES time.

    Re transforms your iPhone into a universal remote (which seems like a step backwards, to be honest) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sidekick Outages Could Have Cost Microsoft Over $700,000 Per Day

    Sidekick Outages Could Have Cost Microsoft Over $700,000 Per Day

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Since the Great Sidekick Disaster of 2009, there’s been a nearly endless torrent of tips on the matter barraging our inbox. Some weren’t so much “tips” as they were “mindless rants”, while others were obviously just angry customers looking to make stuff up. Recently, however, a source which has proven itself reliable in the past has [...]

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  • Crooks clear out an Apple store in 31 seconds

    Crooks clear out an Apple store in 31 seconds

    Posted on September 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Crooks broke into a New Jersey Apple store and took 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and nine iPods. By the time the roly-poly security guard saunters back in the crooks have broken the window, taken the haul, and run back out. It clearly looks like these boys have been practicing this run. Also, I’m no Jason [...]

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  • Apple bans App Store’s 3rd-most prolific developer

    Apple bans App Store’s 3rd-most prolific developer

    Posted on August 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Over the past few weeks, Apple has been much-maligned for keeping apps such as Google Voice off the App Store. These weren’t some random garbage apps; there was no farting, or baby shaking. Google Voice apps are utilities which many have come to rely on, and thus many (including TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington) are [...]

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  • What happens when artificial intelligence gets too advanced for its own good?

    What happens when artificial intelligence gets too advanced for its own good?

    Posted on July 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Imagine you're sitting at the dining table reading the latest Wrestling Observer, as you do from time to time. Nothing too crazy, just minding your own business. Then, suddenly—it's always suddenly—the microwave hops off the counter, wielding a knife, and comes charging after you. Oh, dear!

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  • Anime as far as the eye can see on newly launched PSP/PSN store in Japan

    Anime as far as the eye can see on newly launched PSP/PSN store in Japan

    Posted on July 22, 2009 | No Comments
    This machine translation is a little rough, but I think a PSP/PSN Store just launched (or re-launched, depending on your point of view) in Japan. Gamers there can buy, with actual yen (and not “Space Bucks” that you need on Xbox Live), all sorts of videos. I spy music videos and anime.

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  • Oh Lord No. LG Shows 12MP Camera Phone

    Oh Lord No. LG Shows 12MP Camera Phone

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Hey, LG. Didn’t you get the memo? The one that said  ”12 megapixels is enough? In a real camera? We guess not. LG now joins Samsung in the “prestigious” 12 megapixel telephone category with its prototype Louvre, which we presume is named for the Paris museum and not the slatted wooden door. The portable telephone also [...]

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  • Video: Sony’s Vaio W Netbook Unveiled (O.M.G.)

    Video: Sony’s Vaio W Netbook Unveiled (O.M.G.)

    Posted on July 7, 2009 | No Comments
    If today’s photos of Sony’s $500 Vaio W netbook weren’t enough to help you nap through afternoon, check out the Japanese video above demonstrating the device. Be warned: It’ll knock you out faster than washing down a sleeping pill with a bottle of Nyquil. Product Page [Sony] See Also: Sony Announces $500 Netbook, Wins ‘Race to Bottom’ Just Why [...]

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

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

    Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments

    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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    Sample shots and video emerge from Pentax's K-7 DSLR originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 May 2009 13:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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