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/~3/377305555/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/e-tens-glofiish-x610-and-v900-just-about-ready-for-release/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/e-tens-glofiish-x610-and-v900-just-about-ready-for-release/#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/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/e-ten/" rel="tag">E-TEN</a></p><a href="http://www.theunwired.net/?item=availability-e-ten-to-release-the-glofiish-x610-and-v900-smartphones-soon"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/02/glofiish-v900-and-m810.jpg" alt="" /></a>Announced all the way back at MWC in February, the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/03/e-ten-busts-out-three-new-winmo-6-1-smartphones/">glofiish X610 and V900</a> are finally nearing release -- or so E-TEN claims, anyway. Though the X610's spec sheet isn't going to get any motors running, it's a pretty sharp-looking entry level WinMo 6.1 Professional device that should find its way into a few pockets where 3G isn't needed. More interesting of the pair is the V900 (pictured), a multitalented mobile boob tube that can handle DVB-H, DVB-T, T-DMB, and DAB broadcasts in one convenient package -- and a VGA display certainly doesn't hurt its case, either. So far, the launches on these two are pegged simply as "soon," so keep an eye on the shop of your choice.<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.theunwired.net/?item=availability-e-ten-to-release-the-glofiish-x610-and-v900-smartphones-soon>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/e-tens-glofiish-x610-and-v900-just-about-ready-for-release/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1297544/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/e-tens-glofiish-x610-and-v900-just-about-ready-for-release/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=LPBg95"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=LPBg95" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=xGg6Ok"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=xGg6Ok" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=wccdNk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=wccdNk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/377305555" height="1" width="1"/>e-tenglofiishv900windows mobilewindows mobile 6.1WindowsMobileWindowsMobile6.1winmowm6.1x610Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:14:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Fe-tens-glofiish-x610-and-v900-just-about-ready-for-release%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/e-tens-glofiish-x610-and-v900-just-about-ready-for-release/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/377224641/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/omg-us-txtng-brks-rcrd/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/omg-us-txtng-brks-rcrd/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/messaging/" rel="tag">Messaging</a></p><a href="http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20080827/WIRELESS/808279989/-1/rss01"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="16" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/omg-record.jpg" /></a>Ready for some truly staggering figures? VeriSign has reported that it delivered some 95.4 <em>billion</em> text messages between US carriers in the first six months of the year, setting a new record. Single-day and single-hour records were also set in the same period -- 648 million and 42 million, respectively -- proving that Americans are finally warming up en masse to text messaging as a totally valid means of communicating, probably thanks in no small part to the proliferation of devices like the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/enV2/">enV2</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/10/11/sprint-announces-affordable-lg-rumor/">Rumor</a>, and <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Blitz/">Blitz</a>. If you can call the complete bastardization of the English language used during texting "communicating," that is.<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/20080827/WIRELESS/808279989/-1/rss01>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/omg-us-txtng-brks-rcrd/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1297950/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/omg-us-txtng-brks-rcrd/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=aYrDKs"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=aYrDKs" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=KAZnDk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=KAZnDk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=pwRNKk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=pwRNKk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/377224641" height="1" width="1"/>recordsmstexttextingususaThu, 28 Aug 2008 11:40:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Fomg-us-txtng-brks-rcrd%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/omg-us-txtng-brks-rcrd/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/377154124/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/palm-cooking-up-a-cdma-treo-pro/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/palm-cooking-up-a-cdma-treo-pro/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/palm/" rel="tag">Palm</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</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><a href="http://news.cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_24450.html"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/palm-treo-pro-sm.jpg" alt="" /></a>The hardened news hawks over at China Economic News Service would like to hit us up with some knowledge: Palm allegedly plans on outing a CDMA version of its <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/TreoPro/">Treo Pro</a> "in the future" for carriers like "Verizon, Wireless [sic] and Sprint." While we wouldn't typically pay an unsubstantiated report like this much mind, Palm does see a lot of love from its CDMA partners -- and we have to believe that both Verizon and Sprint are putting the full-court press on 'em to pony up the goods after seeing how much more attractive the Treo Pro is than Palm kit they're currently able to offer. And don't give us any weak sauce <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/800w">800w</a> arguments, alright?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=14330">Brighthand</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.cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_24450.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/palm-cooking-up-a-cdma-treo-pro/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1297550/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/palm-cooking-up-a-cdma-treo-pro/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=0fblJV"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=0fblJV" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=fp6oCk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=fp6oCk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=0dU4ck"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=0dU4ck" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/377154124" height="1" width="1"/>cdmapalmrumortreotreo proTreoProThu, 28 Aug 2008 10:02:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Fpalm-cooking-up-a-cdma-treo-pro%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/palm-cooking-up-a-cdma-treo-pro/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/377074945/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/orange-says-polish-iphone-3g-customers-werent-paid-actors/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/orange-says-polish-iphone-3g-customers-werent-paid-actors/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/orange/" rel="tag">Orange</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://adage.com/article?article_id=130563"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/08/8-27-08-poland-iphone-3g-launch.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Folks, be honest with us here -- did you really expect Orange and / or Apple to say anything <em>other</em> than this? Amidst reports that iPhone 3G line sitters at Polish Orange stores were <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/21/orange-paying-actors-to-line-up-for-the-iphone-3g-in-poland/">actually paid to be there</a>, the carrier has shot back in order to defend its dignity. In an e-mail reply to an <em>Ad Age</em> inquiry on the matter, a spokeswoman proclaimed that as "part of the excitement around the launch of the iPhone, some of [Orange's] team has been joining customers outside [of the] shops." She also noted that "sales were strong" and that Orange "was happy," though actual numbers were not revealed. So there you have it, now make of it what you will.<br /><br />[Image courtesy of <a href="http://appleblog.pl/nietypowe-formy-reklamy-iphone-3g-wpolsce">AppleBlog]</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://adage.com/article?article_id=130563>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/orange-says-polish-iphone-3g-customers-werent-paid-actors/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1297589/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/orange-says-polish-iphone-3g-customers-werent-paid-actors/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=cPEsY2"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=cPEsY2" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=2yvHWk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=2yvHWk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=RMq5Tk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=RMq5Tk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/377074945" height="1" width="1"/>3g iphone3gIphoneappleiphoneiphone 3gIphone3gorangepolandpolishprstuntThu, 28 Aug 2008 08:05:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Forange-says-polish-iphone-3g-customers-werent-paid-actors%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/orange-says-polish-iphone-3g-customers-werent-paid-actors/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376890000/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/brando-unites-external-iphone-battery-with-speaker-at-long-last/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/brando-unites-external-iphone-battery-with-speaker-at-long-last/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/accessories/" rel="tag">Accessories</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://shop.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=02802"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/brando-ipower.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Nothing says "I'm mad as hell about my <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/iphone3g">iPhone 3G's</a> battery life and I'm not going to take it anymore" better than blasting it out of a loudspeaker. Bonus points for that loudspeaker being integrated with a battery pack, which in turn connects to your -- you guess it -- iPhone 3G (or original iPhone, if that's how you roll). Well, $44 to the folks at Brando will buy you that very opportunity, it turns out. Who knew?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://shop.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=02802>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/brando-unites-external-iphone-battery-with-speaker-at-long-last/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1297508/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/brando-unites-external-iphone-battery-with-speaker-at-long-last/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ka94RD"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ka94RD" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=nEpUpk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=nEpUpk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Zd1XIk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Zd1XIk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376890000" height="1" width="1"/>applebrandoiphoneipowerThu, 28 Aug 2008 03:05:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Fbrando-unites-external-iphone-battery-with-speaker-at-long-last%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/brando-unites-external-iphone-battery-with-speaker-at-long-last/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376815692/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/vertu-finally-prepping-3g-signature/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/vertu-finally-prepping-3g-signature/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/vertu/" rel="tag">Vertu</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/umts/" rel="tag">UMTS</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/vertu-signature-3g-friedblogs.jpg" /><br /></div> It seems that Nokia's luxury brand Vertu has finally decided to take a bold leap into the 21st century with its top-of-the-line Signature series, blessing it with a refreshed design, 3G for the very first time (<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/09/10/vertus-3g-ascent-ti-hits-the-shops/">though not the first time for a Vertu</a>), and -- get this -- WiFi. That should all make for a candybar that even the peasant technophiles among us can appreciate, especially when you factor in the extra little tidbit that it's apparently sporting an OLED QVGA display (not unlike the just-introduced Nokia <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/nokias-n79-and-us-specd-n85-now-mucho-official/">N85</a>). We haven't seen anything super official on this yet, but everything jibes: the Signature is long, long overdue for a thorough overhaul, and both WiFi and IECEE certifications exist for a recently-approved RM-266V (historically, Vertus have rocked Nokia model codes with "V" tacked on the end). Of course, unless you wear a monocle, odds are you can't afford this -- but if you <em>do</em> happen to wear a monocle, we'd really like to see.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://friedbrains-friedblogs.blogspot.com/2008/08/vertu-signature-3g.html">friedblogs</a>]<br /><br /><a href="http://certifications.wi-fi.org/pdf_certificate.php?cid=WFA6358">Read</a> - WiFi interoperability certificate<br /><a href="http://certificates.iecee.org/cbtestcert/cbtestcert.nsf/476c88daa9b602fbc12570990038ef4b/af8de651b3f60538c1257444003793b0?OpenDocument">Read</a> - IECEE certification<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/2008/08/28/vertu-finally-prepping-3g-signature/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1297500/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/vertu-finally-prepping-3g-signature/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=hKqMQu"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=hKqMQu" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=j8Ttlk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=j8Ttlk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Aifrek"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Aifrek" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376815692" height="1" width="1"/>3gsignaturevertuThu, 28 Aug 2008 00:50:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Fvertu-finally-prepping-3g-signature%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/28/vertu-finally-prepping-3g-signature/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376710300/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/blackberry-storm-9530-for-verizon-gets-boxed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/blackberry-storm-9530-for-verizon-gets-boxed/#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/vodafone/" rel="tag">Vodafone</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rogers-wireless/" rel="tag">Rogers Wireless</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"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/blackberry-storm-verizon-box-sm.jpg" /><br /></div> So we might not have a physical device here, but these packaging renderings are pretty solid evidence of exactly what BlackBerry fans on Verizon -- particularly those jealous of the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Bold/">Bold</a> -- can expect in a few weeks' time. It looks like RIM's first foray into the scary world of touchscreens will be officially branded the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/storm">9530 Storm</a>, will be global (it includes a SIM card, after all), and will feature an 8GB SanDisk microSD card preinstalled. Wondering what happened to the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Thunder/">Thunder</a> name? Turns out that'll apparently be reserved for the version of the phone launching on Rogers up in Canada and on Vodafone across the pond. Those Storm users on the screen there sure look happy, don't they?<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/blackberry-storm-9350-for-verizon-gets-boxed/">BlackBerry Storm 9350 for Verizon gets boxed</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/blackberry-storm-9350-for-verizon-gets-boxed/1003011/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/blackberry-storm-verizon-box_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/2008/08/27/blackberry-storm-9530-for-verizon-gets-boxed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1297370/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/blackberry-storm-9530-for-verizon-gets-boxed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=eBe5tC"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=eBe5tC" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=TRlwTk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=TRlwTk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=iO3i7k"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=iO3i7k" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376710300" height="1" width="1"/>93509500blackberryrimrogersrogers wirelessRogersWirelessstormthunderverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvodafonevzwWed, 27 Aug 2008 21:59:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fblackberry-storm-9530-for-verizon-gets-boxed%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/blackberry-storm-9530-for-verizon-gets-boxed/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376645996/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/motorola-bringing-crazy-yellow-motoactv-w450-to-t-mobile/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/motorola-bringing-crazy-yellow-motoactv-w450-to-t-mobile/#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/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></p><div align="center"><a href="http://tmonews.com/2008/08/forget-android-heeeeeres-moto/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/motorola-motoactv-t-mobile-tmonews.jpg" /></a><br /></div> Remember that wild, sporty <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/motorola-busts-out-slew-of-w-series-sleepers/">W6</a> that Moto unveiled a few weeks back? TmoNews is claiming that T-Mobile will be picking up a suspiciously similar handset known as the MOTOACTV <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/w450">W450</a> in early September. There's really not terribly much going on here other than water resistance, apparently, with a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, media support with microSD slot (the phone's designed to be jogged with, after all), and that's pretty much it. Fortunately, the pleasure of shrieking at your own yellow keypad should only run you $30-50, so they say, when it launches.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://tmonews.com/2008/08/forget-android-heeeeeres-moto/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/motorola-bringing-crazy-yellow-motoactv-w450-to-t-mobile/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1297344/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/motorola-bringing-crazy-yellow-motoactv-w450-to-t-mobile/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=sVtHJQ"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=sVtHJQ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=AVcLNk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=AVcLNk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Jtf2Bk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Jtf2Bk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376645996" height="1" width="1"/>clamshellflipmotoactvrumort-mobilew6Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:31:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fmotorola-bringing-crazy-yellow-motoactv-w450-to-t-mobile%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/motorola-bringing-crazy-yellow-motoactv-w450-to-t-mobile/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376551844/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-a837-coming-to-atandt-to-do-rugged-battle-with-verizons-b/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-a837-coming-to-atandt-to-do-rugged-battle-with-verizons-b/#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/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/26/samsung-a837-makes-it-way-to-at-military-spec-check/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/att-samsung-a837-bgr.jpg" /></a><br /></div> The lowly Moto V365 really can't soldier on forever as AT&amp;T's only "rugged" (and we use that term loosely) clamshell; we'd thought the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/01/29/meet-the-w760r-motorolas-v365-replacement-for-atandt/">W760r</a> was coming in to save the day, but sadly, it's yet to materialize. So what's a butterfingered AT&amp;T subscriber to do? With any luck, the answer is to wait just a few more weeks, because Boy Genius Report claims that the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/23/fcc-fridays/">Samsung a837</a> will launch in the mid-September timeframe with HSDPA, Video Share, Bluetooth, GPS, push-to-talk (naturally), and a 1.3-megapixel cam, making it AT&amp;T's first and only beefed-up 3G set. Yes, it could be prettier, but something tells us that's not really the market AT&amp;T's going for here -- then again, with <em>de facto</em> competitor Casio trotting out the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Boulder/">Boulder</a> in orange, maybe we're off base on that one.<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/2008/08/26/samsung-a837-makes-it-way-to-at-military-spec-check/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-a837-coming-to-atandt-to-do-rugged-battle-with-verizons-b/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296267/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-a837-coming-to-atandt-to-do-rugged-battle-with-verizons-b/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=9zcADT"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=9zcADT" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=h5ACxk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=h5ACxk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Yx98Ck"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Yx98Ck" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376551844" height="1" width="1"/>a837attclamshellflipruggedsgh-a837Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:04:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fsamsung-a837-coming-to-atandt-to-do-rugged-battle-with-verizons-b%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-a837-coming-to-atandt-to-do-rugged-battle-with-verizons-b/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376484332/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/#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/sprint/" rel="tag">Sprint</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</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/2008/08/touch-diamond-promo-3-sm.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div> It's still anybody's guess when the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/TouchDiamond/">Touch Diamond</a> will actually <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/19/htc-touch-diamond-launching-on-sprint-in-september-for-299-99/">launch</a> on Sprint, though the latest rumors suggest that it has once again been moved up to September 2 after initially being pushed back to October. The fact that promo materials are starting to show up would certainly support that theory, too, now wouldn't it?<br /><br />[Thanks, anonymous tipster]<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/">HTC Touch Diamond stuff showing up in Sprint stores</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/1002273/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/touch-diamond-promo-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/1002272/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/touch-diamond-promo-2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/1002271/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/touch-diamond-promo-3_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/2008/08/27/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296888/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=2gaaah"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=2gaaah" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=8Uk9Rk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=8Uk9Rk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=7AS1gk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=7AS1gk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376484332" height="1" width="1"/>6950htcppc6950sprinttouch diamondTouchDiamondtouchflotouchflo 3dTouchflo3dwindows mobilewindows mobile 6.1WindowsMobileWindowsMobile6.1winmowm6.1Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:25:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fhtc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/htc-touch-diamond-stuff-showing-up-in-sprint-stores/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376424418/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/08/nuvifone-1-top.jpg" /><br /></div> Oh, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Nuvifone/">Nuvifone</a>, how you disappoint us. Over here at IFA we just managed to get a Garmin rep to whip out his Nuvifone prototype for a quick look, but sadly, almost a year after the device <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/garmin-announces-the-nuviphone/">was first announced</a>, there really wasn't anything new to see. We still aren't allowed to take video of the interface, or really see much of the phone other than the home screen, and when the rep tried to show us how the Nuvifone kicks the iPhone's ass in navigation, the Nuvi promptly crashed -- so at least those two have <em>that</em> in common. Not that we should be surprised, Garmin mentioned last month that the phone had been <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/garmins-nuvifone-delayed-until-early-2009/">delayed into 2009</a>, but we're quickly running out of patience, as well as any scrap of remaining hope for this thing to actually matter when it does arrive. Peep the gallery for a little bit of iPhone 3G versus action.<br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show-1/">Garmin's Nuvifone teases its way through another trade show</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show-1/1002269/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/nuvifone-1-003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show-1/1002268/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/nuvifone-1-002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show-1/1002267/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/nuvifone-1-004_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/2008/08/27/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296982/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=I2PA7d"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=I2PA7d" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=M6Q96k"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=M6Q96k" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=t1XLck"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=t1XLck" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376424418" height="1" width="1"/>featuresgarminifaifa 2008Ifa2008nuvifoneWed, 27 Aug 2008 14:50:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fgarmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/garmins-nuvifone-teases-its-way-through-another-trade-show/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376364571/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/iphone-security-flaw-bypasses-passcode-lock/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/iphone-security-flaw-bypasses-passcode-lock/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=551617"><img hspace="4" border="0" align="right" vspace="16" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/08/8-19-08-iphone_3g.jpg" /></a>Let's be real: a four-digit code isn't very much separating a determined bandit from your data, which is all that the iPhone affords. Granted, the phone locks up after a few attempts to slow your arch-nemeses down a notch or two, but if your code is your birthday or the last four digits of your phone number -- and you know it is, so just admit it -- they'll eventually figure it out anyway. On second thought, though, never mind, because it turns out there's a pretty effective way around these formalities -- 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 have both been confirmed to let you around the passcode lock simply by hitting Emergency Call and double-clicking the home button. At this point, the user will have access to your Favorites list, which is pretty bad as-is, but from here, they'll be able to click on an arrow and use links within your contacts to get out to the SMS, Maps, or Safari apps. If you change the home button functionality from the default (Favorites) to Home, then nothing will happen at the Emergency Call screen -- your phone is safe from prying eyes, we guess. The iPod option will kick the user into the iPod app, though, which we think is almost as bad as the Favorites exploit, because we'd <em>really</em> rather not our thieves know that we listen to Hannah Montana. MacRumors is <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/27/iphone-passcode-flaw-already-addressed-for-future-firmware-update/">reporting</a> that it may have already been fixed for a future firmware release, so yeah, any minute now would be just great, Apple.<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://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=551617>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/iphone-security-flaw-bypasses-passcode-lock/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296237/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/iphone-security-flaw-bypasses-passcode-lock/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=LuvV07"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=LuvV07" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=iTgSDk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=iTgSDk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=UN9byk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=UN9byk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376364571" height="1" width="1"/>appleflawiphonesecurityWed, 27 Aug 2008 13:28:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fiphone-security-flaw-bypasses-passcode-lock%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/iphone-security-flaw-bypasses-passcode-lock/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376291001/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/uks-advertising-standards-authority-yanks-iphone-ad-for-being-m/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/uks-advertising-standards-authority-yanks-iphone-ad-for-being-m/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><a href="http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudications/Public/TF_ADJ_44891.htm"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/08/8-19-08-iphone_3g.jpg" /></a>Apple's iPhone 3G ads paint a pretty cheery picture of the device in action, but just as many of you have noted, the omission of Flash and Java means there's a big difference between what the "the real internet" and what's on the iPhone -- enough so that the UK's Advertising Standards Authority has pulled one of Apple's latest ads from the airwaves because it claims "all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone." At least two people complained to the ASA that the ad was misleading because sites that use Flash and Java don't work on the iPhone, and the board agreed, saying that "We concluded that the ad gave a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone" because "viewers were likely to expect to be able to see all the content on a web site normally accessible through a PC rather than just having the ability to reach the website." If we had to guess, we'd say this decision is more likely to prompt Apple to be more careful with its ads in the future rather than ever bring Flash or Java to the iPhone, but you know Adobe is feeling <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/adobe-flash-for-iphone-might-be-a-little-harder-than-we-thought/">pretty smug</a> right about now. Check the ad after the break.<br /><br />[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]<p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/uks-advertising-standards-authority-yanks-iphone-ad-for-being-m/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>UK's Advertising Standards Authority yanks iPhone ad for being misleading</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.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudications/Public/TF_ADJ_44891.htm>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/uks-advertising-standards-authority-yanks-iphone-ad-for-being-m/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296758/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/uks-advertising-standards-authority-yanks-iphone-ad-for-being-m/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=wkkH6j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=wkkH6j" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=dnhQxk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=dnhQxk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=F7x1Kk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=F7x1Kk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376291001" height="1" width="1"/>3g iphone3gIphoneAdvertising Standards AuthorityAdvertisingStandardsAuthorityappleasaiphoneiphone 3gIphone3gukWed, 27 Aug 2008 11:53:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fuks-advertising-standards-authority-yanks-iphone-ad-for-being-m%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/uks-advertising-standards-authority-yanks-iphone-ad-for-being-m/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376245476/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-i770-u810-pictured-for-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-i770-u810-pictured-for-verizon/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/samsung/" rel="tag">Samsung</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/verizon-wireless/" rel="tag">Verizon Wireless</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/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="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/vzw-q3-global-devices.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div> Don't worry, you throng of dual-band Samsung smartphone fanboys and girls out there -- Verizon hasn't forgotten about you. It's been a little while since we've heard anything about the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/i770">i770</a>, but a new slide shows that Big Red's positioning it (or trying to, anyway) for Q3 availability, which just happens to be the very quarter that we're currently in. It features GPS, quadband GSM (which is strange -- typically Verizon's dual-band devices only do GSM on non-North American bands), WiFi, a 2-megapixel camera, EV-DO, and possibly biometric security, though that particular feature is currently marked down as "tbd." Next up in the global stable is the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/01/fcc-fridays/">u810</a>, a stylish clamshell with a microSD slot, 2-megapixel cam, and not bloody much else -- not really a great choice for the globetrotting businessperson, so Verizon might have the frequent pleasure traveler in mind here.<br /><br />[Thanks, HTC Kid]<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/2008/08/27/samsung-i770-u810-pictured-for-verizon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296628/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-i770-u810-pictured-for-verizon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=MJ29XP"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=MJ29XP" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=eHxGHk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=eHxGHk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=QiXTrk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=QiXTrk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376245476" height="1" width="1"/>featuresi770samsungu810verizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvzwwindows mobileWindowsMobileWed, 27 Aug 2008 10:49:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fsamsung-i770-u810-pictured-for-verizon%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/samsung-i770-u810-pictured-for-verizon/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376179169/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/when-it-rains-it-pours-verizon-xv6800-gets-hooked-up-with-winm/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/when-it-rains-it-pours-verizon-xv6800-gets-hooked-up-with-winm/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/htc/" rel="tag">HTC</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/utstarcom/" rel="tag">UTStarcom</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/verizon-wireless/" rel="tag">Verizon Wireless</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a></p><a href="http://handsets.utstar.com/view_phone_details.aspx?mcode=XV6800&amp;bID=89&amp;sAct=0"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/vzw-xv6800-sm.jpg" alt="" /></a>We're not sure if it's coincidence or if there's some concerted effort to push out overdue Windows Mobile 6.1 updates all of a sudden, but for whatever reason, Verizon's <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/XV6800/">XV6800</a> is joining the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-tilt-imbued-with-official-windows-mobile-6-1-update/">AT&amp;T Tilt</a> this week in offering an official upgrade package for the first time. Could've come a little quicker, honestly -- Sprint <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/sprint-touch-and-mogul-get-windows-mobile-6-1-upgrades-totally/">beat 'em out the door</a> by a country mile -- but let's just thank our lucky stars that it finally happened, shall we?<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://handsets.utstar.com/view_phone_details.aspx?mcode=XV6800&amp;bID=89&amp;sAct=0>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/when-it-rains-it-pours-verizon-xv6800-gets-hooked-up-with-winm/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296203/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/when-it-rains-it-pours-verizon-xv6800-gets-hooked-up-with-winm/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=g7tlas"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=g7tlas" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ccJ3Dk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ccJ3Dk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=1PLoTk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=1PLoTk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376179169" height="1" width="1"/>htcupdateupgradeutstarcomverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvzwwindows mobile 6.1WindowsMobile6.1winmowm6.1xv6800Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:13:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fwhen-it-rains-it-pours-verizon-xv6800-gets-hooked-up-with-winm%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/when-it-rains-it-pours-verizon-xv6800-gets-hooked-up-with-winm/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/376049359/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/s60-gets-a-better-calculator-thanks-to-series-40/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/s60-gets-a-better-calculator-thanks-to-series-40/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</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://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/08/19/new-application-enhanced-calculator-for-s60/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/nokia-s60-calculator-beta.jpg" /></a><br /></div> Hey, S60 owners, have you had this nagging sense over the past year or two that you're somehow getting slighted by Nokia, but you haven't been able to put your finger on why? No worries, we've figured it out: it's the calculator. Nokia's mainstream dumbphone platform has featured a far better and more capable built-in calculator app than S60 for a while now, which really doesn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense; granted, you can get better ones from third-party developers, but the point is you shouldn't <em>have</em> to. Thankfully, Nokia agrees, and they've started to toy around with the idea of replacing the S60 calc with its little brother's -- a relatively easy process, since the latter is written in Java. On one hand, it'd be a shame to see a core S60 app move from native code to Java, but on the other hand, if it's a better app and the JVM is transparent, who really cares? Anyway, the ported app is chilling in Nokia's <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/BetaLabs/">Beta Labs</a> as we speak, just waiting for customer feedback before the higher-ups make a judgment call on whether to integrate it into future S60 releases. The power's in your hands, people, so you may as well take advantage.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/08/19/new-application-enhanced-calculator-for-s60/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/s60-gets-a-better-calculator-thanks-to-series-40/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1293856/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/s60-gets-a-better-calculator-thanks-to-series-40/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ZDrceI"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ZDrceI" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=HCgrUk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=HCgrUk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=uwEJxk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=uwEJxk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/376049359" height="1" width="1"/>beta labsBetaLabscalccalculatorjavanokias60series 40Series40Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:56:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F27%2Fs60-gets-a-better-calculator-thanks-to-series-40%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/27/s60-gets-a-better-calculator-thanks-to-series-40/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375825119/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/nokia-6650-flip-coming-to-atandt-to-redeem-the-n75/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/nokia-6650-flip-coming-to-atandt-to-redeem-the-n75/#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/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/symbian/" rel="tag">Symbian</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><div align="center"><a href="http://www.nokiausa.com/link?cid=PLAIN_TEXT_1088029"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/nokia-6650-att-web.jpg" /></a><br /></div> Well, here's one we didn't see coming: it seems that AT&amp;T has wised up to the fact that Americans like their Symbian (well, at least a few of 'em do, anyway) and wants to keep S60-equipped options on the table. Yes, granted, AT&amp;T is a <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/24/nokia-buys-symbian/">founding member of the Symbian Foundation</a>, but the proof is in the pudding, and the last Nokia smartphone to land there was the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/05/04/nokia-n75-and-lg-cu500v-now-on-sale-seriously/">N75</a> in May of last year -- an eternity by mobile standards. More recently, the N75 grew up, got sexy, picked up some brushed metal, and emerged in Europe as the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/03/04/nokia-6550-hands-on/">6550</a>; now, it's surprisingly and unexpectedly been retooled as the 6650 for North American 3G spectrum. It's got a 2.2-inch QVGA primary display, 160 x 128 secondary, 2-megapixel cam, AT&amp;T Navigator (which means GPS), push-to-talk support, and HSDPA 850 / 1900 to compliment quadband EDGE. We don't know exactly when it's coming, but for S60 fans who cringe at the thought of having to blow several hundred on an unlocked set every time they want some fresh hardware, this should be welcome news.<br /><br />[Thanks, Al and Oscar M.]<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.nokiausa.com/link?cid=PLAIN_TEXT_1088029>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/nokia-6650-flip-coming-to-atandt-to-redeem-the-n75/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296172/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/nokia-6650-flip-coming-to-atandt-to-redeem-the-n75/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ejbEKD"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ejbEKD" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=J5Zwtk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=J5Zwtk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=9Mcbck"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=9Mcbck" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375825119" height="1" width="1"/>6650attbreaking newsBreakingNewsclamshellflipfoldnokias60symbianTue, 26 Aug 2008 23:44:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fnokia-6650-flip-coming-to-atandt-to-redeem-the-n75%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/nokia-6650-flip-coming-to-atandt-to-redeem-the-n75/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375802855/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/cigarette-pack-handsfree-headset-is-bizarre-remarkably-addictiv/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/cigarette-pack-handsfree-headset-is-bizarre-remarkably-addictiv/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/peripherals/" rel="tag">Peripherals</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14724"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/8-24-08-cigpack-headset.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Maybe it's just because we had a rough weekend, but we've yet to piece together what the purpose of this device is. Officially, it's a novelty <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/21/finally-the-cigarette-pack-phone/">cigarette pack</a>-shaped earphone headset for Nokia / Samsung / Sony Ericsson mobiles. That's to say it enables you to just talk <em>into the pack</em> rather than into your phone. At just $6.79, we'd love to say this would at least make a good gag gift, but honestly, we can't figure out what's to "get." Hmmph.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.gearfuse.com/cough-into-this-headset/">Gearfuse</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.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14724>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/cigarette-pack-handsfree-headset-is-bizarre-remarkably-addictiv/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1293791/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/cigarette-pack-handsfree-headset-is-bizarre-remarkably-addictiv/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=6NZQ7Z"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=6NZQ7Z" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=RdEVxk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=RdEVxk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=3hGH0k"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=3hGH0k" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375802855" height="1" width="1"/>cigarettecigarette packCigarettePackhandsfreeheadsetsmokingweirdTue, 26 Aug 2008 23:09:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fcigarette-pack-handsfree-headset-is-bizarre-remarkably-addictiv%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/cigarette-pack-handsfree-headset-is-bizarre-remarkably-addictiv/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375720189/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/freak-peek-sneak-peek-leaks-piques-curiosity/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/freak-peek-sneak-peek-leaks-piques-curiosity/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/messaging/" rel="tag">Messaging</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/a-sneak-peek-at-the-e-mail-only-peek"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/peek-laptopmag.jpg" /></a><br /></div> For many of us, the mere thought of toting yet another device in our pocket, purse, or belt holster is truly disgusting, particularly when said device resembles a primitive BlackBerry hewn from solid stone and does literally nothing but send and receive email for twenty bucks a month. For others, though, the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/20/peek-the-handheld-that-does-e-mail-and-only-e-mail/">Peek</a> <em>might</em> be just what the doctor ordered. Laptop Magazine took a quick look at the $100 email-only brick, declaring it "dead simple" to use -- a good thing, considering its target demo -- and finding its expansive soft-touch keyboard easy on the fingers. As ugly as it might be, it'll be easy enough to hide; Laptop says users will have no issues tucking it into a pocket, owing in no small part to the fact that it's a full 30 percent thinner than the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/iPhone3G/">iPhone 3G</a>. Still, we're going to like 'em ten times better when they're hacked to run <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/Android/">Android</a>, Doom, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/maemo/">Maemo</a>, or pretty much anything else that ends in "ux."<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> Gadling's <a href="http://www.gadling.com/2008/08/26/product-review-peek-personal-email-device-part-1/">got a hands-on</a> with the Peek as well and expects to post a full review in the next few days. Have a... peek, why don't you?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://blog.laptopmag.com/a-sneak-peek-at-the-e-mail-only-peek>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/freak-peek-sneak-peek-leaks-piques-curiosity/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296019/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/freak-peek-sneak-peek-leaks-piques-curiosity/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=nK07jd"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=nK07jd" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=4TM8Ik"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=4TM8Ik" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=wSafdk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=wSafdk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375720189" height="1" width="1"/>emailpeekTue, 26 Aug 2008 20:57:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Ffreak-peek-sneak-peek-leaks-piques-curiosity%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/freak-peek-sneak-peek-leaks-piques-curiosity/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375690456/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/klausner-says-not-so-fast-sues-verizon-and-lg-over-visual-voi/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/klausner-says-not-so-fast-sues-verizon-and-lg-over-visual-voi/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/lg/" rel="tag">LG</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/verizon-wireless/" rel="tag">Verizon Wireless</a></p><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20080826006465&amp;newsLang=en"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="16" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/vzw-visual-voicemail-1.jpg" alt="" /></a>So patent holding firm Klausner Technologies figures it has this whole litigation thing down to a T at this point, having <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/klausner">already sued a who's-who of companies having anything to do with visual voicemail</a> in the past and ultimately coming away with a whole bunch of lucrative license agreements for its efforts (eleven, to be exact). Needless to say, any new company that tries to break into the game at this point is probably going to get treated with the same warm, fuzzy love, and Verizon and LG are experiencing that firsthand. Klausner has announced that it has filed suit against both companies in Texas federal court, presumably in response to Big Red's recent launch of the refreshed <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Voyager/">Voyager</a> featuring <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/11/verizon-gets-official-with-visual-voicemail-service/">visual voicemail software</a> on board. Given the track record Klausner has, guys, you might just want to cut to the chase here and pay up.<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.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20080826006465&amp;newsLang=en>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/klausner-says-not-so-fast-sues-verizon-and-lg-over-visual-voi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1296065/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/klausner-says-not-so-fast-sues-verizon-and-lg-over-visual-voi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=B0p40D"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=B0p40D" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=VC5Hgk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=VC5Hgk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=XDunFk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=XDunFk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375690456" height="1" width="1"/>klausnerklausner technologiesKlausnerTechnologieslawsuitlgpatentverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvisual voicemailVisualVoicemailvzwTue, 26 Aug 2008 20:15:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fklausner-says-not-so-fast-sues-verizon-and-lg-over-visual-voi%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/klausner-says-not-so-fast-sues-verizon-and-lg-over-visual-voi/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375656148/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/new-google-api-lets-mobile-sites-track-you-down/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/new-google-api-lets-mobile-sites-track-you-down/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-gears-geolocation-api-powers-mobile.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/rummble.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Pretty much everyone's saying that location-based services for phones are the Next Big Thing -- thing is, they've been saying that for three or four Things back now. Integrated GPS, AGPS, and comprehensive, highly accurate cell databases are finally making trackdowns a reality these days, but finding decent software to take advantage of the capability can still be a challenge thanks to some of the same issues that have been plaguing mobile platforms for years: platform dependence, slow uptake on downloads, bugginess, the list goes on. Wouldn't it be great if you could just hit up your favorite mobile-optimized site and get a location lock, no app required? That's what Google's hoping to do with its new Gears Geolocation API, which third parties can plug into their sites and automatically take advantage of both tower and GPS-based positioning. It only works on Internet Explorer on WinMo pieces at the moment, but naturally, they're looking to spread it far and wide over time.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=3300">Phone Scoop</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://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-gears-geolocation-api-powers-mobile.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/new-google-api-lets-mobile-sites-track-you-down/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1293780/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/new-google-api-lets-mobile-sites-track-you-down/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=wmsemY"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=wmsemY" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=owydzk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=owydzk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=aVJ0Qk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=aVJ0Qk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375656148" height="1" width="1"/>apigooglegoogle gearsGoogleGearslbslocationlocation basedLocationBasedTue, 26 Aug 2008 19:31:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fnew-google-api-lets-mobile-sites-track-you-down%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/new-google-api-lets-mobile-sites-track-you-down/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375593451/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/rogers-wireless/" rel="tag">Rogers Wireless</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"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/rogersbbboldmain2.jpg" /><br /><span style="float: right; margin-left: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><script>digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/BlackBerry_Bold_unboxing_and_hands_on_at_Engadget_Mobile';</script><script src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js"></script></span> <div style="text-align: left;">We've been waiting to get our smudgy digits on <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tags/RIM">RIM</a>'s <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tags/bold">BlackBerry Bold</a> seemingly since before the Earth's crust finished cooling, and finally, Canada's Rogers Wireless lent us a hand. In a few words, the screen is striking, size is actually pretty comfy to hang on to, the keys are fairly easy to use, and we're kinda digging it. As a quick refresher, the Bold has tri-band HSDPA, quad-band EDGE, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 1GB of onboard memory, and a 2-megapixel cam that can take advantage of the GPS for a bit of geotagging tomfoolery. The integrated media player seems to get the job done with a pile of supported formats -- including DivX, some support for XviD, H.264, MP3, WMA, and a bunch more -- the OS 4.6 looks slick, and have we mentioned the frickin' screen? We'll be back right quick with a deeper dive into the Bold's capabilities, but for now, enjoy the pics.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on-1/">BlackBerry Bold unboxing and hands-on</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on-1/1000478/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/rogersbbbold90_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on-1/1000461/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/rogersbbbold94_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on-1/1000467/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/rogersbbbold96_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on-1/1000462/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/rogersbbbold97_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on-1/1000453/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/rogersbbbold00_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div></div> </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/2008/08/26/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1295820/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=amS1xJ"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=amS1xJ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=hwVyGk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=hwVyGk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=XQ49zk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=XQ49zk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375593451" height="1" width="1"/>BlackBerryBlackBerry BoldBlackberryBoldboldfeatureshands onhands-onHandsOnRIMrogersrogers wirelessRogersWirelessTue, 26 Aug 2008 17:47:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fblackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/blackberry-bold-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375567576/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/diamond-clad-iphone-3g-arrives-no-one-at-all-surprised/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/diamond-clad-iphone-3g-arrives-no-one-at-all-surprised/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.athem.ch/collections/apple-iphone-3g.php"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/8-24-08-iphone-3g-diamonds.jpg" /></a><br /></div> Given that just about every high-end handset on the market has a diamond-encrusted <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/10/05/amosus-diamond-encrusted-nokia-n95-tempts-the-affluent/">cousin</a> out there <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/19/peter-aloisson-gives-nokia-8800-a-131-000-diamond-studded-makeo/">somewhere</a>, it was only a matter of time before Apple's latest got its own stupidly expensive sibling. Knalihs Anthem is offering up 50 iPhone 3Gs with over 475 diamonds weighing 3.75 carats in total. Each mobile will be bundled with all the appropriate paperwork certifying the gems, and while the first ten units will go for a cool $10,000 apiece, the other 40 will be priced in due time. So, any guesses as to whether pricing shoots up or down?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.luxurylaunches.com/gadgets/diamond_encrusted_iphone_3g_designed_by_knalihs_athem.php">Luxury Launches</a>, thanks Yogesh]<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.athem.ch/collections/apple-iphone-3g.php>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/diamond-clad-iphone-3g-arrives-no-one-at-all-surprised/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1293728/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/diamond-clad-iphone-3g-arrives-no-one-at-all-surprised/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=DHPBzS"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=DHPBzS" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=xfXYok"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=xfXYok" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=tw2Hvk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=tw2Hvk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375567576" height="1" width="1"/>3g iphone3gIphoneanhemapplediamonddiamond-cladexpensiveiphoneiphone 3gIphone3gknalihsluxuryTue, 26 Aug 2008 17:07:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fdiamond-clad-iphone-3g-arrives-no-one-at-all-surprised%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/diamond-clad-iphone-3g-arrives-no-one-at-all-surprised/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375503135/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-tilt-imbued-with-official-windows-mobile-6-1-update/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-tilt-imbued-with-official-windows-mobile-6-1-update/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/htc/" rel="tag">HTC</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.htc.com/us/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=67&amp;cat=all"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/att-tilt-wm61-update-wmexperts.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> It <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/21/official-windows-mobile-6-1-update-for-kaiser-leaks-out/">leaked</a> ages ago, but the Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for your beloved Tilt is now ever so slightly more legit now that it's made an official appearance on HTC's support site. The big draws here are <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/VideoShare/">Video Share</a> support, reconfigurability for the push-to-talk button, and all the other spoils that come with the WinMo 6.1 we know and love, tolerate, or hate, depending on your disposition.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=5171">MobileBurn</a> and <a href="http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/att_tilt_rom_update_go_get_it.html">WMExperts</a>, 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.htc.com/us/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=67&amp;cat=all>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-tilt-imbued-with-official-windows-mobile-6-1-update/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1295745/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-tilt-imbued-with-official-windows-mobile-6-1-update/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Ib1LOV"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Ib1LOV" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Af04Tk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Af04Tk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=6CXmjk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=6CXmjk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375503135" height="1" width="1"/>attbreaking newsBreakingNewshtctiltupdateupgradewindows mobilewindows mobile 6.1WindowsMobileWindowsMobile6.1winmowm6.1Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:44:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fatandt-tilt-imbued-with-official-windows-mobile-6-1-update%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-tilt-imbued-with-official-windows-mobile-6-1-update/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375433452/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/a-stroll-through-the-mvno-graveyard/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/a-stroll-through-the-mvno-graveyard/#comments<div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/fail-trash-3.jpg" /><br /></div> <span style="float: right; margin-left: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><script>digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/A_stroll_through_the_MVNO_graveyard';</script><script src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js"></script></span> Back in the early days of Engadget, everyone -- including us -- thought mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) were totally poised to be the next big thing. And why not? You get to be a wireless carrier without having to operate your own infrastructure (which is by far the most expensive, difficult part). Just what the doctor ordered for the big, stodgy wireless carriers, each struggling to balance differentiating themselves while trapping their customers in their walled content and services gardens.<br /><br />Little did we all know that the differentiation most of these MVNOs had in mind was slapping their lame brand on some existing phone that people could get sooner, cheaper, and often with a better plan on one of the major carriers. Even Helio, the one MVNO that managed to keep gadget nerds' attention for more than 30 seconds, couldn't ride the Ocean to the land of success, writing off its half-billion dollar 2.5 year run for $39m in Virgin Mobile USA stock.<br /><br />Let's take a look at the last five years in dead American MVNOs. For a graveyard of well over billion dollars, you'd sure think it wasn't so damned shabby.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/ampd/">Amp'd Mobile</a></strong><br /> <strong>Began service:</strong> December, 2005<br /> <strong>Ended service:</strong> July, 2007<br /> <strong>Network:</strong> Verizon<br /> <strong>Amount invested:</strong> reportedly $350 - 400m+<br /> <strong>Backgrounder:</strong> Despite backing by MTV and Universal Music Group (and a ton of VCs), CEO Peter Adderton managed to run this MVNO straight into the ground in little more than a year. It didn't help that the people running Amp'd couldn't get thousands of their "customers" to make good on their bills, strangling what little income the company did have. Way to go. Amp'd's mobile content still lives on, though -- ever catch Little Bush on Comedy Central?<p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/a-stroll-through-the-mvno-graveyard/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>A stroll through the MVNO graveyard</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.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/a-stroll-through-the-mvno-graveyard/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1232190/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/a-stroll-through-the-mvno-graveyard/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=KK37AV"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=KK37AV" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=SULFPk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=SULFPk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=U1WRsk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=U1WRsk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375433452" height="1" width="1"/>featuresmvnosTue, 26 Aug 2008 14:10:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fa-stroll-through-the-mvno-graveyard%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/a-stroll-through-the-mvno-graveyard/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375386703/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/google-chimes-in-on-gtalk-bluetooth-removals-from-android-sdk/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/google-chimes-in-on-gtalk-bluetooth-removals-from-android-sdk/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/android/" rel="tag">Android</a></p><a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-information-on-apis-removed-in.html"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/08/i-cant-google-talk.jpg" /></a>So we can rest easy for another night -- and the so can the Bluetooth headsets of would-be <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Dream/">Dream</a> owners, knowing they've dodged a bullet and won't be unceremoniously tossed into the compactor in a couple months' time. The removal of Bluetooth APIs for developers in the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/18/video-android-sdk-v0-9-hits-the-internet-looking-almost-ready-f/">latest build</a> of the Android SDK stoked fears that the nearly ubiquitous standard would somehow get dropped from the first round of devices, but Google has stepped in with the straight dope to clarify why exactly the references disappeared: Android's developers plumb ran out of time to make it available and fully functional to third parties. Engineer Nick Pelly makes it clear on no uncertain terms that the first devices will support headsets and the like out of the box, but to meet the gold deadline, they had to nix it from the publicly accessible APIs. The good news is that they want to add usable APIs back in with a future, post-1.0 release, but that won't be doing the first round of devs (and buyers) much good.<br /><br />The story with another yanked API, meanwhile, is a little different. As the name implies, GTalkService was intended to open up Google Talk's XMPP-based framework to applications in such a way that they could be handled like any other message on the device. Cool, yes, but the company's security gurus realized that the functionality opened up a potential can of security worms, noting for instance that a multiplayer game could repurpose a user's Google Talk account for in-game contact, at which point a bunch of random n00bs could suddenly appear on your buddy list. <em>Not</em> cool. Google's verbiage leads us to believe that GTalkService won't be reintroduced any time soon, either, so we're just going to have to get over that one.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://androidcommunity.com/google-explains-advanced-bluetooth-gtalk-api-omissions-20080825/">Android Community</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://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-information-on-apis-removed-in.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/google-chimes-in-on-gtalk-bluetooth-removals-from-android-sdk/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1294969/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/google-chimes-in-on-gtalk-bluetooth-removals-from-android-sdk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=CS99R4"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=CS99R4" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=EidD6k"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=EidD6k" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=aM1tpk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=aM1tpk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375386703" height="1" width="1"/>androidbluetoothgoogle talkGoogleTalkgtalkgtalkservicesdkTue, 26 Aug 2008 13:03:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fgoogle-chimes-in-on-gtalk-bluetooth-removals-from-android-sdk%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/google-chimes-in-on-gtalk-bluetooth-removals-from-android-sdk/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375348664/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/peripherals/" rel="tag">Peripherals</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/news/tech/10001619/charge-your-iphone-with-motion-power-in-2009.htm"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/08/m2e-motion-charger-08-26-08.jpg" /></a><br /> <div align="left">We haven't heard a whole lot from M2E Power since it burst onto the scene <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/m2e-turns-movement-into-electricity/">last year</a> with promises of powering your gadgets with movement, but the company now says that it's made some real progress with its wonder device, and it's claiming that it'll actually be available sometime next year. According to the company, the charger will let you get about 30 to 60 minutes of talk time on your cellphone after six hours of cumulative motion, and you'll of course be able to use it with other gadgets as well. As you can see above, the charger unit can also simply be plugged into an outlet to be topped off if you need a slightly quicker fix. What's more, M2E also says that it has had discussions with some unspecified cellphone makers to build the generator directly into a phone, although it says it'll take "at least two years" before something like that is commercially available.</div> </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.smartplanet.com/news/tech/10001619/charge-your-iphone-with-motion-power-in-2009.htm>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1295491/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=MbYkCM"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=MbYkCM" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=49cmNk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=49cmNk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=AM5kkk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=AM5kkk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375348664" height="1" width="1"/>chargerm2em2e powerM2ePowermotion powerMotionPowerTue, 26 Aug 2008 12:21:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fm2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375323813/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-adds-two-international-data-plans-for-iphone-still-pricey/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-adds-two-international-data-plans-for-iphone-still-pricey/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><a href="http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&amp;cdvn=news&amp;newsarticleid=26032"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="16" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2007/06/6-8-07-att_globe.jpg" alt="" /></a>Following new plans geared to the decidedly less fruity phones in AT&amp;T's lineup <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/04/verizon-atandt-retool-international-data-plans-still-heart-stopp/">earlier this month</a>, the carrier has announced a pair of international data packages geared specifically toward the iPhone and iPhone 3G. The bad news is that they still cost more than the average subscriber's entire monthly bill; the good news, though, is that they should still manage to save globetrotters a buck or two (or a thousand) who insist on keeping data roaming enabled while out in the field. 100MB of global data is going to set you back $119.99 on top of your regular package, while 200MB runs $199.99 -- certainly not enough to go crazy in the App Store, but probably enough of a meager allowance to take care of email and stay on the grid. The new plans are available starting tomorrow.<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.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&amp;cdvn=news&amp;newsarticleid=26032>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-adds-two-international-data-plans-for-iphone-still-pricey/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1295377/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-adds-two-international-data-plans-for-iphone-still-pricey/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=SwViIi"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=SwViIi" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=kVNcrk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=kVNcrk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=icZqbk"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=icZqbk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/375323813" height="1" width="1"/>appleattdatadata planDataPlaninternationaliphoneplanTue, 26 Aug 2008 11:52:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fatandt-adds-two-international-data-plans-for-iphone-still-pricey%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/atandt-adds-two-international-data-plans-for-iphone-still-pricey/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/375297437/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/nokia-makes-voip-a-little-harder-in-s60-3-2/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/26/nokia-makes-voip-a-little-harder-in-s60-3-2/#comments<p>Filed under: <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><a href="http://gigaom.com/2008/08/23/no-voip-in-new-nokia-n-series-devices-is-nokia-turning-its-back-on-voip/"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/06/nokia-n78-sm.j