http://www.engadgetmobile.com Engadget Mobile http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/412738094/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/sneak-peek-at-rims-blackberry-application-center/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/sneak-peek-at-rims-blackberry-application-center/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/vodafone/" rel="tag">Vodafone</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://crackberry.com/exclusive-first-look-blackberry-application-center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-6-08-bb-app-center.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> At this point, you're probably wondering what section of the Storm's UI <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/09/25/purported-vodafone-blackberry-storm-screen-shots-emerge/">you haven't seen</a>. Enter a few new sneak peeks, this time showcasing the purported BlackBerry Application Center. Granted, these shots are from the Vodafone edition, but we don't suspect the Verizon version will look much different. Reportedly, the Application Center will be available on v4.7 Storm devices, and carriers themselves will be responsible for hosting the data and sending updates; additionally, the download / installation will be handled by the browser in the first release, meaning that the software cannot restart the app or download intelligently. Give the read link a look for a few more tidbits / pictures.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://crackberry.com/exclusive-first-look-blackberry-application-center>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/sneak-peek-at-rims-blackberry-application-center/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333973/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/sneak-peek-at-rims-blackberry-application-center/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=4EGqhZ"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=4EGqhZ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Uu3cm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Uu3cm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=WyMcm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=WyMcm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/412738094" height="1" width="1"/>95009530app storeapplication centerApplicationCenterapplicationsappsAppStoreblackberryblackberry osblackberry os 4.7blackberry stormBlackberryOsBlackberryOs4.7BlackberryStormRIMstormthunderMon, 06 Oct 2008 07:50:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F06%2Fsneak-peek-at-rims-blackberry-application-center%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/sneak-peek-at-rims-blackberry-application-center/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/412702677/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/incrudo-phantom-mobile-phone-with-a-mans-character/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/incrudo-phantom-mobile-phone-with-a-mans-character/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.incrudo.com/phantom.htm"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/incrudo-marlboro.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Welcome to Incrudo country, gentlemen. Out here, we grow chest hair as bushy as the tumbleweed, and we like our phones built thick. We're not talkin' no ordinary thick, either, no sir -- give us 2 to 3mm of solid titanium casing here. We like our phones heavy, too; a half pound sounds about right. We didn't get these burly muscles wrasslin' cattle just to tote around a <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/">Samsung X820</a>, if you know what we're saying. Make it look like a brick, because it's built like a brick. Just like us, because we're men. Incrudo men.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/10/03/incrudo-phantom-luxury-handset-more-like-a-dinosaur-than-a-phantom/">Unwired View</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.incrudo.com/phantom.htm>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/incrudo-phantom-mobile-phone-with-a-mans-character/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333777/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/incrudo-phantom-mobile-phone-with-a-mans-character/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=SnSrMD"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=SnSrMD" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=N0KYm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=N0KYm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=sXg2m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=sXg2m" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/412702677" height="1" width="1"/>candybarincrudoluxuryphantomMon, 06 Oct 2008 06:37:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F06%2Fincrudo-phantom-mobile-phone-with-a-mans-character%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/incrudo-phantom-mobile-phone-with-a-mans-character/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/412619478/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/samsung-instinct-firmware-changes-confirmed-its-the-browser/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/samsung-instinct-firmware-changes-confirmed-its-the-browser/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/samsung/" rel="tag">Samsung</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/sprint/" rel="tag">Sprint</a></p><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-30-08-instinct.jpg" alt="" />We've been holding off on running this until we got confirmation from Samsung on just what was going on, and now we have it; it's official, folks -- the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/instinct">Instinct's</a> latest firmware update is all about the browser. To quote Sammy, "most of the traits of this upgrade focus on improving the Web browser experience," and the word on the street seems to be in line with that with faster page loading and generally fewer crashes being reported across the board. As best we can tell, it doesn't solve every last issue in the book, but it's awesome to see that Sprint and Samsung seem to be staying on top of this stuff. Have an Instinct? Sound off on comments with your update experiences.<br /><br />[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/samsung-instinct-firmware-changes-confirmed-its-the-browser/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333700/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/samsung-instinct-firmware-changes-confirmed-its-the-browser/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=1UmoSZ"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=1UmoSZ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=UZN6m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=UZN6m" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=DkUum"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=DkUum" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/412619478" height="1" width="1"/>firmwareinstinctsamsungupdateupgradeMon, 06 Oct 2008 04:55:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F06%2Fsamsung-instinct-firmware-changes-confirmed-its-the-browser%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/06/samsung-instinct-firmware-changes-confirmed-its-the-browser/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/412405945/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/samsung-jack-gets-windows-mobile-6-1-boost-in-canada/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/samsung-jack-gets-windows-mobile-6-1-boost-in-canada/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/samsung/" rel="tag">Samsung</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rogers-wireless/" rel="tag">Rogers Wireless</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a></p><a href="http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/search/supportSearchResultView.do?group=&amp;group_cd=&amp;type=&amp;type_cd=&amp;subtype=&amp;subtype_cd=&amp;model_nm=SGH-i616&amp;dType=D&amp;vType=L&amp;mType=&amp;model_cd=&amp;menu=download&amp;prd_ia_cd=&amp;disp_nm=SGH-i616"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/samsung-jack-wm61.jpg" alt="" /></a>Rogers' <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/01/21/rogers-pushes-samsung-blackjack-ii-out-the-door-as-rogers-jack/">Samsung Jack</a>, which is Canada-speak for <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/BlackJackII/">BlackJack II</a>, has been officially blessed with Windows Mobile 6.1. It's a few weeks behind the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/samsungs-blackjack-ii-gets-its-windows-mobile-6-1-treatment/">BlackJack II's own upgrade</a>, true, but... you know, Canada-izing this stuff takes time. Or something. Grab the update from Samsung's site while the gettin's good.<br /><br />[Thanks, Fred]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/search/supportSearchResultView.do?group=&amp;group_cd=&amp;type=&amp;type_cd=&amp;subtype=&amp;subtype_cd=&amp;model_nm=SGH-i616&amp;dType=D&amp;vType=L&amp;mType=&amp;model_cd=&amp;menu=download&amp;prd_ia_cd=&amp;disp_nm=SGH-i616>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/samsung-jack-gets-windows-mobile-6-1-boost-in-canada/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333692/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/samsung-jack-gets-windows-mobile-6-1-boost-in-canada/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=b8TFQy"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=b8TFQy" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=jDXHm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=jDXHm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=BXUAm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=BXUAm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/412405945" height="1" width="1"/>jackrogerssamsungupdateupgradewindows mobile 6.1WindowsMobile6.1winmowm6.1Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:46:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F05%2Fsamsung-jack-gets-windows-mobile-6-1-boost-in-canada%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/samsung-jack-gets-windows-mobile-6-1-boost-in-canada/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/412078298/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/verizon-wireless/" rel="tag">Verizon Wireless</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/ev-do/" rel="tag">EV-DO</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/cdma/" rel="tag">CDMA</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/04/blackberry-storm-9500-and-9530-everything-you-could-ever-want-to-know/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-5-08-bb-thunder-wow-fact.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> RIM's BlackBerry Storm <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/10/blackberry-os-4-6-for-9000-9500-gets-detailed/">9500</a> / <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/blackberry-storm-9530-for-verizon-gets-boxed/">9530</a>, which is more affectionately known 'round these parts as the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/thunder/">Thunder</a>, is definitely within <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/09/29/blackberry-storm-dummy-hits-verizon-store/">striking distance</a>. Still, just because you don't have too much longer to wait doesn't mean you aren't anxious to get your hands on as many details as possible beforehand, right? The Boy Genius has managed to procure a few mundane stacks of PowerPoint slides that just so happen to contain some pretty scrumptious information on the touchscreen-based BlackBerry, and while there aren't any mind-melting surprises in there (like, confirmation that it can indeed read and reply correctly to each e-mail automatically), it's not the kind of data any real RIM fan would want to overlook. Go on and hit the read link, what exactly are you waiting for?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/04/blackberry-storm-9500-and-9530-everything-you-could-ever-want-to-know/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333432/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=bKKn63"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=bKKn63" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=bNTUm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=bNTUm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=q7m1m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=q7m1m" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/412078298" height="1" width="1"/>95009530blackberryblackberry stormBlackberryStormdetailsrimstormthunderSun, 05 Oct 2008 14:01:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F05%2Frims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/rims-blackberry-storm-9500-9530-details-galore/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/411825409/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/blackberry-pearl-8220-launches-on-tim-in-italy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/blackberry-pearl-8220-launches-on-tim-in-italy/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&amp;tt=url&amp;intl=1&amp;fr=bf-home&amp;trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tim.it%2Fconsumer%2Fo73774%2Fprodotto.do&amp;lp=it_en&amp;btnTrUrl=Translate"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/bb-pearl-8220-tim.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> T-Mobile USA's busy with... <em>ahem</em>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/g1">another launch</a> at the moment, but Italians on TIM now have access to RIM's first and only clamshell (TIM, RIM? Coincidence?). The <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/8220">Pearl 8220</a> is ready for shipment to the Mediterranean villa of your choosing for 269 (about $372), though TIM's only offering black at the moment -- so maybe T-Mobile's taking so long because they have to prepare some specially formulated dyes for <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/09/15/blackberry-pearl-8220-goes-live-on-t-mobiles-site/">that red version</a>. Or something.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/03/8220-pearl-available-from-italys-tim/">Boy Genius Report</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&amp;tt=url&amp;intl=1&amp;fr=bf-home&amp;trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tim.it%2Fconsumer%2Fo73774%2Fprodotto.do&amp;lp=it_en&amp;btnTrUrl=Translate>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/blackberry-pearl-8220-launches-on-tim-in-italy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333299/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/blackberry-pearl-8220-launches-on-tim-in-italy/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=AJOSgt"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=AJOSgt" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=0CrCm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=0CrCm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=lzfqm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=lzfqm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/411825409" height="1" width="1"/>8220blackberryclamshellflipitalykickstartpearlrimtimSun, 05 Oct 2008 06:54:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F05%2Fblackberry-pearl-8220-launches-on-tim-in-italy%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/05/blackberry-pearl-8220-launches-on-tim-in-italy/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/411519807/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/motorola-vu204-drops-by-verizon-on-october-14/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/motorola-vu204-drops-by-verizon-on-october-14/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/motorola/" rel="tag">Motorola</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/verizon-wireless/" rel="tag">Verizon Wireless</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/cdma/" rel="tag">CDMA</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/motorola-vu204-pricing.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div> If you've been dying for the full rundown on Motorola's upcoming low-end <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/VU204/">VU204</a> flip for Verizon -- well, first of all, bless your heart. Secondly, here you are. Key features include a VGA cam, Bluetooth, GPS, 220 x 176 primary and 96 x 80 secondary displays, and styling that'll make passers-by think you opted for the pricier <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/VU30/">VU30</a>. After rebate and a signature on the dotted line, it'll run $29.99 ($199.99 commitment-free) when it launches on October 14.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/motorola-vu204-drops-by-verizon-on-october-14/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333170/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/motorola-vu204-drops-by-verizon-on-october-14/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=fgvmIi"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=fgvmIi" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=qEYzm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=qEYzm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ducdm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ducdm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/411519807" height="1" width="1"/>clamshellflipmotomotorolaverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvu204vzwSat, 04 Oct 2008 21:19:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F04%2Fmotorola-vu204-drops-by-verizon-on-october-14%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/motorola-vu204-drops-by-verizon-on-october-14/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/411448490/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/atandt-dataconnect-overage-480-per-gigabyte/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/atandt-dataconnect-overage-480-per-gigabyte/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/data-connect-plans.jsp"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/att-dataconnect-overage.jpg" /></a><br /></div> As much as we hate that true, no-strings-attached unlimited data plans are <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/01/10/atandt-retooling-data-plans-hint-buh-bye-unlimited/">being killed off</a> one by one, we appreciate that carriers have had the common decency (well, sometimes) to impose caps as "soft" ones -- going over repeatedly might irk 'em into throttling your bandwidth or tearing up your contract, but at least you wouldn't be getting a bankruptcy-inducing bill in the mail without any warning. Watch yourself, boys and girls, because that's now changed on AT&amp;T, where the one and only domestic DataConnect plan offered for laptops -- 5GB for $60 -- now features an overage charge of $0.00048 per kilobyte. Running the numbers, that works out to a staggering $480 per extra gigabyte -- and on a laptop, a gig isn't hard to burn through at all. We guess AT&amp;T would probably either cut you off or give you a call if you went <em>way</em> over, but by then, you've dug yourself a pretty deep hole. It's all pretty ridiculous, and we're hoping they're only a few lawsuits away from reconsidering the way they're handling this.<br /><br />[Thanks, Bill]<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> Several tipsters have written in to let us know that AT&amp;T shuts you down after you've racked up $100 in overage, which seems awfully arbitrary. If we're seriously going to keep going with this per-kilobyte model, can we get a configurable hard cap or something? Thanks, everyone!<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/data-connect-plans.jsp>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/atandt-dataconnect-overage-480-per-gigabyte/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333130/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/atandt-dataconnect-overage-480-per-gigabyte/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=k9qHwN"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=k9qHwN" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=LrNcm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=LrNcm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=KLpFm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=KLpFm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/411448490" height="1" width="1"/>attdatadataconnectlaptop connectLaptopConnectoveragepricingSat, 04 Oct 2008 18:55:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F04%2Fatandt-dataconnect-overage-480-per-gigabyte%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/atandt-dataconnect-overage-480-per-gigabyte/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/411318236/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/emulator-gives-you-the-t-mobile-g1-experience-now/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/emulator-gives-you-the-t-mobile-g1-experience-now/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/t-mobile/" rel="tag">T-Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/android/" rel="tag">Android</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://tmobile.modeaondemand.com/htc/g1/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/t-mobile-g1-emulator.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Yeah, the wait for October 22 (<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/t-mobile-still-taking-g1-pre-orders-but-you-wont-get-it-on-oct/">or after</a>) is absolutely excruciating; trust us, we know. We'll take every scrap of information and imagery we can to hold us over until <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/g1">G1s</a> start showing up on doorsteps in a few weeks, but T-Mobile's really gone above and beyond the call of duty here by setting up a surprisingly functional and feature-complete emulator to satisfy our urges to touch icons and click buttons. Obviously, you're not going to get a GPS lock, so don't get your hopes up that you're going to be playing around with Street View or anything wild like that -- in fact, most apps lead you to a "this screen is not fully functional" message -- but it's got more goodies than the Android SDK's emulator, and it's just enough to get you acquainted with the phone's personality by the time it's actually in your paws.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.cellphonesignal.com/do-you-want-to-play-with-the-g1/">Cell Phone Signal</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://tmobile.modeaondemand.com/htc/g1/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/emulator-gives-you-the-t-mobile-g1-experience-now/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1333123/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/emulator-gives-you-the-t-mobile-g1-experience-now/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=RdWPUH"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=RdWPUH" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=PzO5m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=PzO5m" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=E9FVm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=E9FVm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/411318236" height="1" width="1"/>androidemulatorg1t-mobileSat, 04 Oct 2008 15:10:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F04%2Femulator-gives-you-the-t-mobile-g1-experience-now%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/emulator-gives-you-the-t-mobile-g1-experience-now/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410976922/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/fcc-approval-ensures-american-sony-ericsson-x1-users-arent-band/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/fcc-approval-ensures-american-sony-ericsson-x1-users-arent-band/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/sony-ericsson/" rel="tag">Sony Ericsson</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/hsdpa/" rel="tag">HSDPA</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/umts/" rel="tag">UMTS</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/hsupa-1/" rel="tag">HSUPA</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=466895&amp;fcc_id=%27PY7A3880001%27"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/se-x1-fcc.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Now that Sony Ericsson's mighty <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/X1/">X1</a> has earned the FCC's love and affection, you won't be an outlaw for using one in the States -- but unfortunately, you won't be a speed demon everywhere, either. The version that just nabbed approval here is the X1i, and anyone familiar with Sony Ericsson's naming scheme can tell you that an "i" means a phone's not really meant for North American consumption; in this case, we're lucky to squeak by with UMTS Band II support, which means we'll theoretically be able to pick up some of AT&amp;T's 1900MHz signal. On 850, though, you'll be stuck with EDGE. Of course, a true global launch has been in the cards for the X1 from day one, and we're not worried that we won't see a more 3G-rife model getting torn down by the feds -- this just ain't it.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=466895&amp;fcc_id=%27PY7A3880001%27>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/fcc-approval-ensures-american-sony-ericsson-x1-users-arent-band/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1332917/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/fcc-approval-ensures-american-sony-ericsson-x1-users-arent-band/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=sNs5V8"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=sNs5V8" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=AFrTm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=AFrTm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=dPkXm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=dPkXm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410976922" height="1" width="1"/>ericssonfccsonysony ericssonSonyEricssonwindows mobilewindows mobile 6.1WindowsMobileWindowsMobile6.1winmowm6.1x1xperiaSat, 04 Oct 2008 05:07:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F04%2Ffcc-approval-ensures-american-sony-ericsson-x1-users-arent-band%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/04/fcc-approval-ensures-american-sony-ericsson-x1-users-arent-band/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410824165/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/fcc-fridays/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/fcc-fridays/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2007/05/fcclogo-2.jpg" /></div> We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend <strike>a lot of</strike> way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!<br /><br /><strong>Phones</strong><br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=227884&amp;fcc_id=%27A3LSWDE3010'">Read</a> - Samsung E3010<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=533965&amp;fcc_id=%27A3LSGHF266'">Read</a> - Samsung SGH-F266<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=146515&amp;fcc_id=%27QIST156'">Read</a> - Huawei T156<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=202321&amp;fcc_id=%27APYHRO00076'">Read</a> - Sharp W64SH<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=422430&amp;fcc_id=%27WA6I410'">Read</a> - VeryKool i410<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=264958&amp;fcc_id=%27WA6I800'">Read</a> - VeryKool i800<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=964208&amp;fcc_id=%27RV2MEGA4E'">Read</a> - Ezze Mobile MEGA4E<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=147325&amp;fcc_id=%27OVF-K33BI04'">Read</a> - Kyocera S2410<br /><br /><strong>Peripherals</strong><br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=267349&amp;fcc_id=%27A3LWEP850'">Read</a> - Samsung WEP850<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/fcc-fridays/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1332897/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/fcc-fridays/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=X2pR3W"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=X2pR3W" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=zEhTm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=zEhTm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=vS70m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=vS70m" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410824165" height="1" width="1"/>fccfcc fridayfcc fridaysFccFridayFccFridaysfeaturesfridayFri, 03 Oct 2008 23:59:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Ffcc-fridays%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/fcc-fridays/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410758885/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/merger-aside-leap-and-metropcs-put-together-roaming-deal/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/merger-aside-leap-and-metropcs-put-together-roaming-deal/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a></p><a href="http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20080929/WIRELESS/809299997/-1/rss01"><img hspace="4" border="0" align="right" vspace="16" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2007/09/metropcs-leap-sm.jpg" /></a>Just because MetroPCS' unsolicited advances to Leap <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/09/16/leap-says-no-thanks-to-metropcs-buyout-offer/">got rejected</a> doesn't mean it can't check its damaged ego at the door long enough to get some other business put away. The two regionals sat down recently to hammer out a pretty comprehensive package of collaboration, throwing in a new 10-year roaming agreement, a spectrum swap whereby Leap gets coverage in San Diego, Fresno, Seattle, and parts of Washington and Oregon while MetroPCS picks up Dallas / Fort Worth plus some Louisiana and Florida territory, and a mutual agreement to drop any pending litigation against one another. Can't you just feel the love in the air?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20080929/WIRELESS/809299997/-1/rss01>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/merger-aside-leap-and-metropcs-put-together-roaming-deal/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331924/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/merger-aside-leap-and-metropcs-put-together-roaming-deal/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=pACH0U"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=pACH0U" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=UE0fm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=UE0fm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=okRYm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=okRYm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410758885" height="1" width="1"/>agreementcricketleapmetropcsroamroamingspectrumFri, 03 Oct 2008 22:02:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fmerger-aside-leap-and-metropcs-put-together-roaming-deal%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/merger-aside-leap-and-metropcs-put-together-roaming-deal/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410695037/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/t-mobile-still-taking-g1-pre-orders-but-you-wont-get-it-on-oct/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/t-mobile-still-taking-g1-pre-orders-but-you-wont-get-it-on-oct/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/htc/" rel="tag">HTC</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/t-mobile/" rel="tag">T-Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/hsdpa/" rel="tag">HSDPA</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/umts/" rel="tag">UMTS</a></p><a href="http://www.t-mobileg1.com/pre-order-g1.aspx"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="16" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/09/9-23-08g1mail-sm.jpg" alt="" /></a>So the good news is that T-Mobile has decided to keep right on taking pre-orders for the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/G1/">G1</a> through October 21, just one day before the handset's official launch. The bad news, though, is that it doesn't mean you'll be getting your <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/Android/">Android</a> on come October 22. Turns out that the initial allotment of G1s set aside for pre-orders is now sold out completely, and any names taken between now and launch will be allotted phones being shipped "at a later date." It's not clear if a "later date" means a week, a month, or a decade after the 22nd, but for the sake of everyone involved, we hope its the former.<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> T-Mobile's site says that pre-orders taken from here on out will be delivered "as early as November 10," so it looks like you early birds are going to have a nice little period of exclusivity. Thanks, everyone!<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.t-mobileg1.com/pre-order-g1.aspx>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/t-mobile-still-taking-g1-pre-orders-but-you-wont-get-it-on-oct/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1332820/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/t-mobile-still-taking-g1-pre-orders-but-you-wont-get-it-on-oct/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=4tf4aK"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=4tf4aK" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=lypEm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=lypEm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=6028m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=6028m" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410695037" height="1" width="1"/>androidg1htcpre orderpre-orderPreOrdert-mobileFri, 03 Oct 2008 19:59:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Ft-mobile-still-taking-g1-pre-orders-but-you-wont-get-it-on-oct%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/t-mobile-still-taking-g1-pre-orders-but-you-wont-get-it-on-oct/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410665062/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/ztes-u990-does-windows-mobile-for-td-scdma/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/ztes-u990-does-windows-mobile-for-td-scdma/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/main/News%20Events/Whats%20New/2008093062698.shtml"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/zte-u990.jpg" /></a><br /></div> Outside of China, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/TDSCDMA/">TD-SCDMA</a> isn't going to do you very bloody much good -- but <em>inside</em> China, it's just about the best thing going right now for 3G data. That makes devices like this here ZTE U990 particularly useful if you happen to be in the area, offering the People's Republic's oh-so-special flavor of high-speed wireless in an attractive package loaded with Windows Mobile 6, GPS, and EDGE roaming. The U990 also happens to be ZTE's very first Windows Mobile device, a surprising revelation for a manufacturer that currently sits at number six in the world for production volume. Look for it to launch into the retail chain "soon" -- which in corporate doublespeak could mean "tomorrow" or "2010."<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=1178">wmpoweruser.com</a> and <a href="http://www.cellular-news.com/story/33864.php">cellular-news</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/main/News%20Events/Whats%20New/2008093062698.shtml>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/ztes-u990-does-windows-mobile-for-td-scdma/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331936/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/ztes-u990-does-windows-mobile-for-td-scdma/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=qMqPHf"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=qMqPHf" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=rXl9m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=rXl9m" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=xnq9m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=xnq9m" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410665062" height="1" width="1"/>chinatd-scdmau990windows mobileWindowsMobilewinmozteFri, 03 Oct 2008 18:57:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fztes-u990-does-windows-mobile-for-td-scdma%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/ztes-u990-does-windows-mobile-for-td-scdma/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410605433/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/rims-co-ceo-sez-atandt-still-testing-blackberry-bold/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/rims-co-ceo-sez-atandt-still-testing-blackberry-bold/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/hsdpa/" rel="tag">HSDPA</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-main-9-l7&amp;idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20081003%2F1613203353.htm&amp;sc=1700"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-3-08-bold-delayed.jpg" /></a><br /></div> We've long since <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/12/atandt-to-be-first-us-carrier-with-blackberry-bold/">known</a> that RIM's BlackBerry Bold was <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/19/what-does-atandts-blackberry-bold-look-like/">AT&amp;T bound</a>, but in case you haven't noticed, the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/29/blackberry-bold-hitting-atandt-on-october-2/">rumored October 2nd release date</a> has come and went, and there's nary a Bold on any of AT&amp;T's store shelves. According to RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, the handset is still undergoing testing at AT&amp;T, suggesting that it wanted to avoid the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/12/poll-is-firmware-2-1-actually-boosting-your-signal/">complaints</a> that arose when the newest iPhone hit in July. AT&amp;T spokesman Mark Siegel remained mum on the subject when asked, only affirming that the handset would eventually be available this year. Ah well, you've been looking for a reason to <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/04/blackberry-bold-now-available-in-chile2/">vacation in Chile</a>, haven't you?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=3448">phonescoop</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-main-9-l7&amp;idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20081003%2F1613203353.htm&amp;sc=1700>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/rims-co-ceo-sez-atandt-still-testing-blackberry-bold/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1332753/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/rims-co-ceo-sez-atandt-still-testing-blackberry-bold/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=MOLZ1S"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=MOLZ1S" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=JKUPm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=JKUPm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=PXzEm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=PXzEm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410605433" height="1" width="1"/>9000attblackberryblackberry boldBlackberryBoldboldbreaking newsBreakingNewsdelaydelayedrimtestingFri, 03 Oct 2008 17:15:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Frims-co-ceo-sez-atandt-still-testing-blackberry-bold%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/rims-co-ceo-sez-atandt-still-testing-blackberry-bold/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410538719/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/hp/" rel="tag">HP</a></p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122298614491799899.html"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-02-08-hp.jpg" /></a>Details on this one are about as light as can be at the moment, but The Wall Street Journal has it that HP is aiming to expand its <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/ipaq">iPAQ </a>smartphone line into the consumer market with a new model that it'll market to both average consumers and corporate users alike. According to "people briefed on the plan," the phone will have both a touchscreen and a keypad and, naturally, it'll run Windows Mobile 6.1 -- oh, and it'll be able to "send and receive emails, and access the Internet." While there's no indication of a price just yet, word is the device will be available in Europe first within the next two months, with a worldwide release to follow sometime thereafter.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.gearlog.com/2008/10/hps_new_ipaq_to_be_aimed_and_c.php">Gearlog</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122298614491799899.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1332577/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=fnoymd"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=fnoymd" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=hNHIm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=hNHIm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Gmolm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Gmolm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410538719" height="1" width="1"/>hpipaqsmartphonewindows mobileWindowsMobileFri, 03 Oct 2008 15:43:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fhp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/hp-said-to-be-prepping-consumer-minded-ipaq-smartphone/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410473629/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/motorola-zn5-gets-unboxed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/motorola-zn5-gets-unboxed/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/motorola/" rel="tag">Motorola</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/linux/" rel="tag">Linux</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzQvnU1O8TE"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/motorola-zn5-unboxing.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> If you recall, Motorola's 5-megapixel <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/ZN5/">ZN5</a> was slated for release last month, and sure enough, some units are starting to slip out -- enough units, in fact, that we now have ourselves a video unboxing out there somewhere. The packaging seems... dare we say, awfully <span style="font-style: italic;">ordinary</span> for a phone that rests at the top of Moto's featurephone pyramid, especially considering Kodak's much-ballyhooed involvement, TV-out, WiFi, and a ModeShift morphing keypad. S'pose it's just the contents we really care about anyway, though, right? Follow the break for the full video.<br /><br />[Thanks, <a href="http://linuxslate.com/">CrossBow</a>]<p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/motorola-zn5-gets-unboxed/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Motorola ZN5 gets unboxed</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzQvnU1O8TE>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/motorola-zn5-gets-unboxed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1330709/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/motorola-zn5-gets-unboxed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=VTA1T3"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=VTA1T3" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=C9bSm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=C9bSm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=575Lm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=575Lm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410473629" height="1" width="1"/>candybarmotomotorolamotozinezinezn5Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:10:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fmotorola-zn5-gets-unboxed%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/motorola-zn5-gets-unboxed/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410394862/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/samsungs-style-report-flip-phone-you-know-reports-style/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/samsungs-style-report-flip-phone-you-know-reports-style/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/samsung/" rel="tag">Samsung</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/hsdpa/" rel="tag">HSDPA</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/umts/" rel="tag">UMTS</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.aving.net/usa/news/default.asp?mode=read&amp;c_num=102306&amp;C_Code=01&amp;SP_Num=0&amp;mn_name=news"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/samsung-style-report.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> We haven't the foggiest idea where <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/Samsung/">Samsung</a> got the inspiration for the name "Style Report," but if we look past the unusual name for a second, we have a decent little phone on our hands here. The flip is vaguely reminiscent of the RAZR 2, featuring an expansive (2.2 inches, to be exact) secondary touchscreen that can be used to work the phone's media player, photo viewer, and T-DMB tuner. It's also got Bluetooth, a 3-megapixel cam, and global GSM / HSDPA -- but don't count on finding 'er for sale outside South Korea, where she'll run somewhere from 600,000 to 700,000 won ($505 to $589).<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.aving.net/usa/news/default.asp?mode=read&amp;c_num=102306&amp;C_Code=01&amp;SP_Num=0&amp;mn_name=news>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/samsungs-style-report-flip-phone-you-know-reports-style/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1330734/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/samsungs-style-report-flip-phone-you-know-reports-style/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=pbAGAL"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=pbAGAL" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=JxU8m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=JxU8m" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=oVI1m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=oVI1m" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410394862" height="1" width="1"/>clamshellflipsamsungstyle reportStyleReportFri, 03 Oct 2008 12:38:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fsamsungs-style-report-flip-phone-you-know-reports-style%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/samsungs-style-report-flip-phone-you-know-reports-style/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410324535/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-shuttering-london-flagship-store/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-shuttering-london-flagship-store/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/sony-ericsson/" rel="tag">Sony Ericsson</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.cellular-news.com/story/33920.php?source=rss"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/sony-ericsson-london-flagship.jpg" /></a><br /></div> If you blinked at some point over the past two years you may have missed it, but somewhere in there, Sony Ericsson had a flagship retail location in the heart of London. Actually, they still do -- it's not closed quite yet -- but it'll be gone by the end of the year, just one casualty of the manufacturer's <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/09/29/sony-ericsson-laying-off-450-employees-in-research-triangle-park/">cost-cutting measures</a> in an effort to turn its <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/31/sony-ericsson-drags-hard-on-sonys-numbers/">weak financial position</a> around. Worried about the prospects for immersing yourself in the Sony Ericsson lifestyle after the new year? Rest easy -- the company says it has no plans to get rid of its 200-plus stores in Asia.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.slashphone.com/sony-ericsson-to-close-uk-retail-store-012330">Slashphone</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.cellular-news.com/story/33920.php?source=rss>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-shuttering-london-flagship-store/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331960/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-shuttering-london-flagship-store/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=QETQy8"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=QETQy8" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=cJ9am"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=cJ9am" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=xFsFm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=xFsFm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410324535" height="1" width="1"/>carphone warehouseCarphoneWarehouseericssonflagshiplondonsonysony ericssonSonyEricssonstoreFri, 03 Oct 2008 11:02:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fsony-ericsson-shuttering-london-flagship-store%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-shuttering-london-flagship-store/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410255606/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/confirmed-motorola-krave-zn4-comes-to-verizon-october-14/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/confirmed-motorola-krave-zn4-comes-to-verizon-october-14/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/motorola/" rel="tag">Motorola</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/verizon-wireless/" rel="tag">Verizon Wireless</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/ev-do/" rel="tag">EV-DO</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/cdma/" rel="tag">CDMA</a></p><div align="center"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/krave-pricing-date.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div> We're calling it -- the closest thing we yanks have to a <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/MING/">MING</a> is gracing Verizon on October 14 for $149.99 on a two-year contract after $50 rebate. Full retail for the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/zn4">Krave ZN4</a> will run $349.99, for those so inclined. Entertain yourself with a little press photography in the meantime, won't you?<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/confirmed-motorola-krave-comes-to-verizon-october-14/">Confirmed: Motorola Krave comes to Verizon October 14</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/confirmed-motorola-krave-comes-to-verizon-october-14/1074215/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/motorola-krave-equipment-guide-3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/confirmed-motorola-krave-comes-to-verizon-october-14/1074214/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/motorola-krave-equipment-guide-2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/confirmed-motorola-krave-comes-to-verizon-october-14/1074213/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/motorola-krave-equipment-guide-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/confirmed-motorola-krave-comes-to-verizon-october-14/1074212/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/motorola-krave-equipment-guide-4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/confirmed-motorola-krave-zn4-comes-to-verizon-october-14/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331963/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/confirmed-motorola-krave-zn4-comes-to-verizon-october-14/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=gWGrdq"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=gWGrdq" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=jW5Hm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=jW5Hm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=uh2sm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=uh2sm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410255606" height="1" width="1"/>kravemotomotorolaverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvzwzn4Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:34:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fconfirmed-motorola-krave-zn4-comes-to-verizon-october-14%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/confirmed-motorola-krave-zn4-comes-to-verizon-october-14/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410110969/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/acer-reaffirms-handset-plans-launch-targeted-for-q1-09/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/acer-reaffirms-handset-plans-launch-targeted-for-q1-09/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a></p><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/04/4-26-08-acer-logo.jpg" alt="" />Following up on <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/27/acer-aims-to-launch-first-smartphone-around-years-end/">comments made earlier in the year</a>, Acer's senior veep and president of IT products has reaffirmed that it'll be launching its own brand of handsets early in 2009, having ramped up its handset R&amp;D staff to some 500 heads by the end of 2008. What this means for recent acquisition <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/E-TEN/">E-TEN</a> and its <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/glofiish/">glofiish</a> line is unclear, but for what it's worth, Acer says it'll be primarily targeting its existing PC channels in Russia and Western Russia with the new line -- so perhaps there's still room for E-TEN's wares to flourish elsewhere.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/09/23/confirmed-acer-smartphones-coming-in-q1-2009/">Unwired View</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080922PD216.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/acer-reaffirms-handset-plans-launch-targeted-for-q1-09/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1326992/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/acer-reaffirms-handset-plans-launch-targeted-for-q1-09/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Jzb6v1"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Jzb6v1" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=itY0m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=itY0m" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=39PEm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=39PEm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410110969" height="1" width="1"/>acerFri, 03 Oct 2008 05:51:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Facer-reaffirms-handset-plans-launch-targeted-for-q1-09%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/acer-reaffirms-handset-plans-launch-targeted-for-q1-09/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/410005272/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-patent-app-takes-the-tedium-out-of-zooming-your-ca/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-patent-app-takes-the-tedium-out-of-zooming-your-ca/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/sony-ericsson/" rel="tag">Sony Ericsson</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&amp;r=2&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;co1=AND&amp;d=PG01&amp;s1=%22SONY+ERICSSON%22.AS.&amp;OS=AN/%22SONY+ERICSSON%22&amp;RS=AN/%22SONY+ERICSSON%22"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/se-zoom-patent.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> It's a beautiful autumn day, and you're out in the wooded path beyond the railroad tracks just taking it all in and killing some time. Hey, what's that? Why, it's the cutest bunny rabbit you've ever seen! Time to pull out that 8-megapixel <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/C905/">C905</a> and... oh, this sucks, you actually have to press a button to zoom in and out! Screw this noise -- you're a visionary photographer, not a manual laborer. Happily, Sony Ericsson feels your pain, and a new patent application reveals that they're hard at work on a system to control your cameraphone's zoom level simply by moving it back and forth. Just get the phone closer to the subject, and boom, welcome to telephoto city, population one. We're still totally cool with the old-fashioned way of capturing Pulitzer-winning shots, but we're happy that someone's thinking of this type of stuff so we don't have to -- that'd be work.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/10/02/sony-ericsson-is-working-on-automatic-zoom-for-its-cameraphones/">Unwired View</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&amp;r=2&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;co1=AND&amp;d=PG01&amp;s1=%22SONY+ERICSSON%22.AS.&amp;OS=AN/%22SONY+ERICSSON%22&amp;RS=AN/%22SONY+ERICSSON%22>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-patent-app-takes-the-tedium-out-of-zooming-your-ca/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331889/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-patent-app-takes-the-tedium-out-of-zooming-your-ca/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=aLQhho"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=aLQhho" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=c0khm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=c0khm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=76qgm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=76qgm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/410005272" height="1" width="1"/>cameraericssonpatentsonysony ericssonSonyEricssonFri, 03 Oct 2008 02:52:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fsony-ericsson-patent-app-takes-the-tedium-out-of-zooming-your-ca%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/03/sony-ericsson-patent-app-takes-the-tedium-out-of-zooming-your-ca/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/409894011/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/atandt-reorganizes-ralph-de-la-vega-now-in-charge-of-consumer-ser/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/atandt-reorganizes-ralph-de-la-vega-now-in-charge-of-consumer-ser/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a></p><a href="http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-att-reorganizes-business-units-wireless-head-now-oversees-all-consumer-/"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/10-02-08ralph2.jpg" alt="" /></a>The internals of AT&amp;T's org chart aren't really hot news, but the company just reshuffled all its consumer services into a new division headed by Ralph De La Vega, who used to head up AT&amp;T Wireless. Ralph now also oversees internet, TV and landline phones in addition to wireless, so he's got a bunch more on his plate -- the goal is be more aggressive bundling up more quadruple-play packages, which hopefully means lower pricing. We'll see -- we've heard these promises before.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-att-reorganizes-business-units-wireless-head-now-oversees-all-consumer-/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/atandt-reorganizes-ralph-de-la-vega-now-in-charge-of-consumer-ser/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331729/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/atandt-reorganizes-ralph-de-la-vega-now-in-charge-of-consumer-ser/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=mxnDmI"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=mxnDmI" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=TaJ2m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=TaJ2m" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=2NPxm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=2NPxm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/409894011" height="1" width="1"/>attralph de la vegaRalphDeLaVegareorganizationThu, 02 Oct 2008 23:39:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fatandt-reorganizes-ralph-de-la-vega-now-in-charge-of-consumer-ser%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/atandt-reorganizes-ralph-de-la-vega-now-in-charge-of-consumer-ser/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/409746536/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/ballmer-keeps-talking-says-android-looks-like-version-one/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/ballmer-keeps-talking-says-android-looks-like-version-one/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/android/" rel="tag">Android</a></p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7647399.stm"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-02-08ballmer.jpg" alt="" /></a>Steve Ballmer's whirlwind UK media tour ahead of the Professional Developers Conference just keeps giving us sound bite gems: first it was <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/">Windows Cloud</a>, then <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/02/steve-ballmer-confirms-zune-coming-to-windows-mobile/">Zune on Windows Mobile</a>, and now Stevie's taking shots at Android and the G1. Calling Microsoft David to Google's search Goliath, Ballms said that he wasn't worried about Android because it won't be "attractive" to other handset manufacturers because it's "version one... and it looks like version one." Not only that, but he apparently thinks Google's going to sit still, saying "they've got one handset maker, we've got 55. They're available through one operator, we've got 175." True for now, sure, but we <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/motorola-flashes-its-oha-member-card-confirms-its-working-on-a/">know</a> Android isn't going to languish on a single handset on a single carrier for long -- and we're pretty certain Steve knows that HTC and T-Mobile aren't exactly minor players, regardless. Still, it's some masterful bluster from a master of bluster -- now if he'd just back it up with <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/windows+mobile+7">Windows Mobile 7</a>, we'd be way more inclined to believe him.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news4318.html">Cool Smart Phones</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7647399.stm>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/ballmer-keeps-talking-says-android-looks-like-version-one/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331700/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/ballmer-keeps-talking-says-android-looks-like-version-one/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ZTqLm7"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ZTqLm7" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=zREEm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=zREEm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=reDom"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=reDom" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/409746536" height="1" width="1"/>androidg1googlemicrosoftsteve ballmerSteveBallmerwindows mobileWindowsMobileThu, 02 Oct 2008 20:04:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fballmer-keeps-talking-says-android-looks-like-version-one%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/ballmer-keeps-talking-says-android-looks-like-version-one/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/409730359/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokia-hints-at-new-touch-based-communicator/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokia-hints-at-new-touch-based-communicator/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/nokia/" rel="tag">Nokia</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/symbian/" rel="tag">Symbian</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://cellpassion.mobi/2008/10/03/nokia-shows-off-new-communicator-concept-device-adds-touch.aspx?ref=rss"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/nokia-communicator-s60v5-cellpassion.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Every so often, Nokia will pop out a brick-like beast of a clamshell smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard -- a black sheep in Espoo's lineup in every sense of the word. These so-called Communicators even had their own custom Symbian-based operating system, Series 80, until the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/e90">E90</a> came around and brought 'em in line with the rest of the S60 crowd. Of course, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/the-nokia-5800-xpressmusic/">S60 just took a big leap to the world of touch</a> today, and that means the E90's starting to fall a bit behind -- so what's next? Nokia dropped a little teaser during its webcast today in the form of a stylized touch-based concept bearing strong family ties to the E90 and its ancestors, suggesting S60 5th Edition won't spell doom for the form factor. If it materializes, history suggests it won't be a mainstream device -- but if the real thing can look as good as this render, who knows?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://cellpassion.mobi/2008/10/03/nokia-shows-off-new-communicator-concept-device-adds-touch.aspx?ref=rss>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokia-hints-at-new-touch-based-communicator/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331605/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokia-hints-at-new-touch-based-communicator/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=pzXXrs"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=pzXXrs" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Cu7Um"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Cu7Um" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=vzq7m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=vzq7m" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/409730359" height="1" width="1"/>communicatornokias60s60 5th editions60 touchS605thEditionS60TouchThu, 02 Oct 2008 19:31:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fnokia-hints-at-new-touch-based-communicator%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokia-hints-at-new-touch-based-communicator/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/409702600/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/kddi-shows-off-samsung-made-3-1-inch-wvga-oled-display-3d-lcd-p/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/kddi-shows-off-samsung-made-3-1-inch-wvga-oled-display-3d-lcd-p/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/kddi/" rel="tag">KDDI</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081001/158928/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/kddi-oled-wvga.jpg" /></a><br /> <div align="left">It's been almost a full year since Samsung <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/09/samsung-sdi-is-building-first-wvga-oled-panel-for-handhelds/">first announced</a> its plans for a 3-inch WVGA OLED panel, but it's now finally delivered, and found a partner in the form of KDDI, which was showing off the panel at CEATEC. As Tech-On notes, the panel is quite the upgrade over Samsung's current top-end 3-inch QVGA panel and, best of all, KDDI says that it'll be showing up in actual products "shortly," though it's not about to get any more specific than that. As if that wasn't enough, KDDI also had a new "3D LCD" panel built by an unnamed "Japanese panel manufacturer" on hand at the show. It boasts the same WVGA resolution as the OLED and employs a "parallax barrier method" to magically "convert 2D images into 3D in real time -- check that out after the break, and look for the panels to be productized by the end of 2009.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.oled-display.net/kddi-shows-wvga-oled">OLED-DISPLAY.net</a>]<br /></div> </div><p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/kddi-shows-off-samsung-made-3-1-inch-wvga-oled-display-3d-lcd-p/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>KDDI shows off Samsung-made 3.1-inch WVGA OLED display, 3D LCD panel</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081001/158928/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/kddi-shows-off-samsung-made-3-1-inch-wvga-oled-display-3d-lcd-p/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331621/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/kddi-shows-off-samsung-made-3-1-inch-wvga-oled-display-3d-lcd-p/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=VONik9"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=VONik9" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=5Noum"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=5Noum" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=sdVgm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=sdVgm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/409702600" height="1" width="1"/>3d lcd3dLcdceatecceatec 2008Ceatec2008kddilcdoledsamsungwvgaThu, 02 Oct 2008 18:57:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fkddi-shows-off-samsung-made-3-1-inch-wvga-oled-display-3d-lcd-p%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/kddi-shows-off-samsung-made-3-1-inch-wvga-oled-display-3d-lcd-p/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/409685492/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/blackberry-storm-shows-off-in-trippy-vodafone-promo-vid/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/blackberry-storm-shows-off-in-trippy-vodafone-promo-vid/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/vodafone/" rel="tag">Vodafone</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/ev-do/" rel="tag">EV-DO</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/hsdpa/" rel="tag">HSDPA</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/umts/" rel="tag">UMTS</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/cdma/" rel="tag">CDMA</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0i7a39BQpM&amp;eurl=http://crackberry.com/new-blackberry-storm-video"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/10/bb-storm-vodafone-video.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> In what can only be described as the fastest and most exhilarating one minute, twenty-two seconds of our lives, RIM and Vodafone have thrown together a promotional video for the upcoming <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Storm/">Storm</a> that touches on most of the handset's high points: mobile music, GPS, desktop-grade browsing, streaming video, expandable memory, and -- get this -- voice and data ("it can do two things at once," we're triumphantly told). Now, bear in mind this is a Vodafone video, not Verizon, so that "two things at once" claim probably isn't going to hold water when you're hooked up to Big Red's EV-DO Rev. A -- but the remainder of the factoids in the flashy, seizure-inducing commercial should apply. Follow the break for the covertly-shot material, if your sensitive eyes can take the kind of sensory punishment that only this much primary color and enterprise compatibility can deliver.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://crackberry.com/new-blackberry-storm-video">CrackBerry</a>]<br /><p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/blackberry-storm-shows-off-in-trippy-vodafone-promo-vid/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>BlackBerry Storm shows off in trippy Vodafone promo vid</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0i7a39BQpM&amp;eurl=http://crackberry.com/new-blackberry-storm-video>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/blackberry-storm-shows-off-in-trippy-vodafone-promo-vid/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331689/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/blackberry-storm-shows-off-in-trippy-vodafone-promo-vid/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ZvHm3z"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ZvHm3z" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=1o1Qm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=1o1Qm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=hNnhm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=hNnhm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/409685492" height="1" width="1"/>9500blackberryrimstormvodafoneThu, 02 Oct 2008 18:03:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fblackberry-storm-shows-off-in-trippy-vodafone-promo-vid%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/blackberry-storm-shows-off-in-trippy-vodafone-promo-vid/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/409598922/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/steve-ballmer-confirms-zune-coming-to-windows-mobile/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/steve-ballmer-confirms-zune-coming-to-windows-mobile/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/multimedia/" rel="tag">Multimedia</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a></p><a href="http://www.cio.co.uk/concern/infrastructurerefresh/news/index.cfm?articleid=3208&amp;pagtype=allchantopdate"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/10-02-08wmzune.jpg" alt="" /></a>Rumors of a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=zune+phone&amp;invocationType=wl-gadget&amp;searchsubmit=">Zune phone</a> have floated around forever, but we've always thought it would make more sense for Microsoft to start by simply making a Zune player for Windows Mobile -- a plan Steve Ballmer casually confirmed today in an interview with CIO Magazine. Sure, Ballmer's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/25/steve-ballmer-comments-on-potential-zune-phone/">hinted at Zune on WinMo</a> in the past, but those were just hints -- not like today's pronouncement that "the Zune software will also be ported to and be more important not just with the hardware but on the PC, on Windows Mobile devices, etc." That's a pretty solid declaration of things to come, if you ask us -- too bad he didn't give a time frame. Now, about that 360 integration.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=1212">WM Power User</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.cio.co.uk/concern/infrastructurerefresh/news/index.cfm?articleid=3208&amp;pagtype=allchantopdate>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/steve-ballmer-confirms-zune-coming-to-windows-mobile/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331628/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/steve-ballmer-confirms-zune-coming-to-windows-mobile/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=jgvr9G"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=jgvr9G" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=eHuJm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=eHuJm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=sELsm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=sELsm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/409598922" height="1" width="1"/>microsoftsteve ballmerSteveBallmerwindows mobileWindowsMobilezunezune phonezune windows mobileZunePhoneZuneWindowsMobileThu, 02 Oct 2008 16:27:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fsteve-ballmer-confirms-zune-coming-to-windows-mobile%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/steve-ballmer-confirms-zune-coming-to-windows-mobile/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/409528974/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokias-5800-xpressmusic-phone-intimately-detailed-on-video/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokias-5800-xpressmusic-phone-intimately-detailed-on-video/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/nokia/" rel="tag">Nokia</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/symbian/" rel="tag">Symbian</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://share.ovi.com/channel/Conversations.Remixevent"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/5800_vid.jpg" /></a><br /></div> If you've been enjoying those <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/02/nokia-5800-xpressmusic-hands-on/">still pictures</a> of Nokia's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/02/the-nokia-5800-xpressmusic/">5800 XpressMusic</a> touchscreen phone, but feel you're lacking an in-depth experience, we think we can help. A slew of demo and instruction videos have just been slapped up on the Ovi Share site, allowing you to get a better idea of just how the device works, and what it looks like when it's doing it. Luckily for you, we've taken the trouble of including <span style="font-style: italic;">all</span> of the videos after the break for your viewing pleasure, saving you the painful and laborious experience of hitting a read link. Enjoy.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://cellpassion.mobi/2008/10/02/video-nokia-xpressmusic-5800-media-player-demo.aspx?ref=rss">Cellpassion</a>]<p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokias-5800-xpressmusic-phone-intimately-detailed-on-video/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic phone intimately detailed on video</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://share.ovi.com/channel/Conversations.Remixevent>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokias-5800-xpressmusic-phone-intimately-detailed-on-video/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1331498/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokias-5800-xpressmusic-phone-intimately-detailed-on-video/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=VPC4sj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=VPC4sj" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=KpR3m"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=KpR3m" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=IE5Dm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=IE5Dm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/409528974" height="1" width="1"/>58005800 xpressmusic5800Xpressmusicdemonokiaoviovi shareOviSharetubevideoxpress musicXpressMusicThu, 02 Oct 2008 15:02:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fnokias-5800-xpressmusic-phone-intimately-detailed-on-video%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/nokias-5800-xpressmusic-phone-intimately-detailed-on-video/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/409469159/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/android-market-will-offer-free-trials-but-not-free-bandwidth/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/10/02/android-market-will-offer-free-trials-but-not-free-bandwidth/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/t-mobile/" rel="tag">T-Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/android/" rel="tag">Android</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2008/10/googles_andy_ru.html"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/android-market.jpg" alt="Android Market will offer free trials, but not free bandwidth" /></a><br /></div> Apple's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/appstore/">App Store</a>, with its millions of downloads, is clearly a hit with consumers. But with developers? <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/engadget-cares-save-us-from-apples-groundbreaking-developer-s/">Not so much</a>. Like a dashing hero to a scorned mistress, Google's Andy Rubin is pledging a different, more loving and r