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/~3/340908425/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/androids-secret-weapon-china/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/androids-secret-weapon-china/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/china-mobile/" rel="tag">China Mobile</a></p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/07/16/google-android-iphone-tech-wire-cx_ew_0716android.html?feed=rss_technology"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/06/3-28-08-china_mobile.jpg" alt="" /></a>Okay, it's not really a secret weapon, per se -- <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/china-mobile">China Mobile's</a> smack at the top of the Open Handset Alliance's member list, after all -- but In-Stat's predicting that Android has a chance of absolutely dominating the iPhone's sales figures next year if it can get a big ol' helping of love from China's hundreds of millions of wireless subscribers. Diving into the numbers, the analysis firm predicts that Apple will push some 9.5 million iPhones globally next year, compared to 17.1 million Android-equipped pieces, based largely on the assumption that China will end up throwing its weight behind the more open (read: cheaper) Linux-based platform. That being said, China Mobile is also <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/01/china-mobiles-talks-to-nab-iphone-turning-the-corner/">still in discussions</a> (as far as we can tell, anyway) to bring the iPhone to its network, so the battle could ultimately be about pricing and marketing. Google has done a solid job of building name recognition over there lately, and there's little doubt that manufacturers crafting Android sets will be able to undercut the iPhone, so In-Stat's little spat of fortune telling seems downright plausible.<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.forbes.com/technology/2008/07/16/google-android-iphone-tech-wire-cx_ew_0716android.html?feed=rss_technology>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/androids-secret-weapon-china/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1261625/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/androids-secret-weapon-china/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=eDKZx3"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=eDKZx3" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=GkQdtj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=GkQdtj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=zSGWCj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=zSGWCj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/340908425" height="1" width="1"/>androidchinachina mobileChinaMobilegoogleohaopen handset allianceOpenHandsetAllianceSun, 20 Jul 2008 16:22:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F20%2Fandroids-secret-weapon-china%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/androids-secret-weapon-china/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/340810085/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/method-devised-for-pwning-first-gen-iphones-running-2-0-via-wind/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/method-devised-for-pwning-first-gen-iphones-running-2-0-via-wind/#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>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/os-x/" rel="tag">OS X</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.iphonehacks.com/2008/07/pwnage2-win-fix.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/pwnagetool-windows-logo.jpg" /></a><br /></div> Feeling a little left out after yesterday's Mac-based <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/19/iphone-dev-team-unleashes-pwnage-tool-2-0/">Pwnage Tool festivities</a>, Windows users? Fret not, because the ever-vigilant, ever-studious hacking community has managed to come up with a series of steps to get you back on your feet again with a fully pwned first-gen handset. The whole shebang isn't necessarily for the most casual jailbreakers -- let's just say it isn't quite as straightforward as the Mac procedure yet -- but it'll allegedly get you going if you're starting with an iPhone running 1.1.4 (there are additional steps if you jumped the gun on 2.0, you impatient son of a gun, you -- think of it as penance). As always, exercise extreme caution, understand that this could cause your iPhone to spontaneously combust into a useless pile of metal, plastic, and ash, and let us know how it goes in comments.<br /><br />[Thanks, Z-]<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.iphonehacks.com/2008/07/pwnage2-win-fix.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/method-devised-for-pwning-first-gen-iphones-running-2-0-via-wind/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1261568/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/method-devised-for-pwning-first-gen-iphones-running-2-0-via-wind/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=EFxqAv"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=EFxqAv" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=JaqBQj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=JaqBQj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=8HyWGj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=8HyWGj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/340810085" height="1" width="1"/>2.0applebreaking newsBreakingNewsfirmware 2.0Firmware2.0iphonejailbreakpwnpwnagepwnage toolPwnageToolunlockwindowsSun, 20 Jul 2008 13:29:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F20%2Fmethod-devised-for-pwning-first-gen-iphones-running-2-0-via-wind%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/method-devised-for-pwning-first-gen-iphones-running-2-0-via-wind/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/340620972/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/bill-proposes-bill-break-five-year-wireless-tax-freeze-on-the-t/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/bill-proposes-bill-break-five-year-wireless-tax-freeze-on-the-t/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/FREE/625464153/1099/rss01"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/sprint-taxes.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Though it's been proposed and shot down before, a renewed effort to cap federal taxes on wireless service in the US has a fighting chance of making it through Congress this time thanks to bipartisan support and a pretty crappy economy that could use all the breaks it can get right about now. Senators Ron Wyden and Olympia Snowe, representing both sides of the chamber, are trying to push through a five-year ban on tax hikes -- welcome news to pretty much any subscriber who takes even a fleeting look at the buffoonery on page one of their bill. Unsurprisingly, it's also welcome news to carriers who embrace any opportunity to lower their bills without any action on their own part; Verizon for one has come out to say that it "applauds" the legislation. How about a bill to ban <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/01/08/verizon-upping-per-text-rates/">20-cent text messages</a>, hmm, Verizon? Would ya applaud <em>that</em>? Thought not.<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.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/FREE/625464153/1099/rss01>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/bill-proposes-bill-break-five-year-wireless-tax-freeze-on-the-t/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1261368/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/bill-proposes-bill-break-five-year-wireless-tax-freeze-on-the-t/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=jxJq9M"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=jxJq9M" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=lbfptj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=lbfptj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=uME90j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=uME90j" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/340620972" height="1" width="1"/>billtaxtaxesSun, 20 Jul 2008 08:23:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F20%2Fbill-proposes-bill-break-five-year-wireless-tax-freeze-on-the-t%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/20/bill-proposes-bill-break-five-year-wireless-tax-freeze-on-the-t/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/340335595/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/torontos-public-health-department-recommends-kids-limit-mobile/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/torontos-public-health-department-recommends-kids-limit-mobile/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/studies/" rel="tag">Studies</a></p><a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080712/canada/canada_cellphones_kids"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/kid-phone.jpg" /></a>In case it wasn't already obvious that kids under the age of eight should be using cellphones strictly for emergencies, here's another reason: Toronto's public health department says so. In what might be a first in all of Canada, the agency is officially laying down recommendations that tykes be restricted to emergency calls and teens talk on their phones for no more than ten minutes at a time (good luck with that one) due to growing evidence that prolonged use could lead to brain tumors and other health-related unpleasantness later in life. Moving up the governmental food chain, Health Canada still officially recommends no restrictions, so the endless confusion over cellphone safety continues as usual.<br /><br />[Thanks, <a href="http://www.yummymotion.com">Thierry</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://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080712/canada/canada_cellphones_kids>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/torontos-public-health-department-recommends-kids-limit-mobile/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1261200/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/torontos-public-health-department-recommends-kids-limit-mobile/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=lptzDF"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=lptzDF" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=nsmikj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=nsmikj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=D0nLzj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=D0nLzj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/340335595" height="1" width="1"/>brain tumorBrainTumorcanadacancerdangerouskidstorontotumorSat, 19 Jul 2008 22:42:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F19%2Ftorontos-public-health-department-recommends-kids-limit-mobile%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/torontos-public-health-department-recommends-kids-limit-mobile/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/340220345/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/iphone-dev-team-unleashes-pwnage-tool-2-0/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/iphone-dev-team-unleashes-pwnage-tool-2-0/#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>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/os-x/" rel="tag">OS X</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/42858313/thanks-for-waiting"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-17-08-pwn.jpg" /></a><br /></div> Sort of. Pwnage Tool 2.0 <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/17/iphone-dev-team-says-pwnage-tool-wont-unlock-iphone-3g-for-now/">can't handle 3G iPhone SIM unlocks just yet</a>, though jailbreaking should work just fine, and we're also faced with the teensy little problem of the Dev Team's server being totally destroyed by downloads already -- mirror please? -- but the friendly little jailbreak app has finally been unleashed upon the earth. We'd never suggest trying out software like this right out of the gate, but, um, let us know how it goes, yeah?<br /><br />[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> We're seeing mixed results so far in the comments, but no bricked phones to speak of. Always a good thing. Oh, and plenty of mirrors to be found in the comments, thanks guys!<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.iphone-dev.org/post/42858313/thanks-for-waiting>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/iphone-dev-team-unleashes-pwnage-tool-2-0/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1261283/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/iphone-dev-team-unleashes-pwnage-tool-2-0/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=zKTj2H"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=zKTj2H" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=t8DS9j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=t8DS9j" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=QJB7mj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=QJB7mj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/340220345" height="1" width="1"/>breaking newsBreakingNewsdev teamDevTeamiphoneiphone 2.0iphone dev teamIphone2.0IphoneDevTeamjailbreakpwnagepwnage toolPwnageToolSat, 19 Jul 2008 19:16:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F19%2Fiphone-dev-team-unleashes-pwnage-tool-2-0%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/iphone-dev-team-unleashes-pwnage-tool-2-0/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/340175283/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/motorolas-ve75-slider-invades-china/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/motorolas-ve75-slider-invades-china/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/motorola/" rel="tag">Motorola</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/linux/" rel="tag">Linux</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&amp;u=http://www.motorola.com.cn/VE75/&amp;usg=ALkJrhj1kzhsOwnbn3zeqO67MtMxPzyW8A#"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/motorola-ve75.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Nothing says "I love you" like sending <em>every single one</em> of your hot new handset models your way, and that's pretty much the beautiful romance that's going on between Moto and China as of late. The <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/A1600/">A1600</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/A1800/">A1800</a>, and <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/A810/">A810</a> have all induced various levels of lust from outsiders who can't get their paws on 'em (not yet, anyway), and now we've got another little bundle of Linux-powered joy to drool over, the VE75 slider. It'll happily swallow a pair of SIMs (as so many Asian market handsets tend to do) and offers EDGE data, a 2 megapixel camera, WQVGA display, and microSD slot. It'll be available -- and we use the term "available" loosely until a more global announcement is made -- in black and white.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/07/18/dual-sim-motorola-ve75-officially-released-only-in-china/">Unwired View</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&amp;u=http://www.motorola.com.cn/VE75/&amp;usg=ALkJrhj1kzhsOwnbn3zeqO67MtMxPzyW8A#>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/motorolas-ve75-slider-invades-china/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1261128/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/motorolas-ve75-slider-invades-china/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=7EpF8V"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=7EpF8V" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=LIA63j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=LIA63j" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=rhqduj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=rhqduj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/340175283" height="1" width="1"/>chinadual simdual-simDualSimmotomotorolasliderve75Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:02:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F19%2Fmotorolas-ve75-slider-invades-china%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/motorolas-ve75-slider-invades-china/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/340033902/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/nokias-xpressmedia-5800-tube-makes-cameo-in-the-dark-knight/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/nokias-xpressmedia-5800-tube-makes-cameo-in-the-dark-knight/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/nokia/" rel="tag">Nokia</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/symbian/" rel="tag">Symbian</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/19/screen-grabs-nokias-xpressmedia-5800-tube-plays-big-role-in/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-19-08-nokia_tube_batman.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> So apparently a healthy exchange of cash and a captive audience glued to one of the biggest flicks of the year are all it takes to land early dibs on Nokia's elusive <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Tube/">Tube</a>. The Tube -- which will likely be branded either XpressMusic or XpressMedia and carry model number 5800 -- represents Nokia's first serious foray into the wide world of touchscreen smartphones (don't even <em>try</em> to pull the Series 90 card, people), so there's quite a bit of buzz building around it. Just like there's lots of buzz aroudn this new Batman joint. Coincidence? We think not!<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.engadget.com/2008/07/19/screen-grabs-nokias-xpressmedia-5800-tube-plays-big-role-in/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/nokias-xpressmedia-5800-tube-makes-cameo-in-the-dark-knight/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1261142/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/nokias-xpressmedia-5800-tube-makes-cameo-in-the-dark-knight/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=V9uLvz"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=V9uLvz" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=PnykSj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=PnykSj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=mo8i0j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=mo8i0j" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/340033902" height="1" width="1"/>5800batmannokiathe dark knightTheDarkKnighttubexpressmediaxpressmusicSat, 19 Jul 2008 14:09:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F19%2Fnokias-xpressmedia-5800-tube-makes-cameo-in-the-dark-knight%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/nokias-xpressmedia-5800-tube-makes-cameo-in-the-dark-knight/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339978981/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/velocity-mobiles-winmo-powered-103-handset-splashes-down-in-fcc/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/velocity-mobiles-winmo-powered-103-handset-splashes-down-in-fcc/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=630606&amp;fcc_id=%27DGIBC0312AAA000"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-19-08-velocity_fcc.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> If you thought <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/03/23/velocity-mobile-shrouded-in-mystery-preps-for-ctia-reveal/">Velocity Mobile</a> just rolled over and died after <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/hands-on-with-velocity-mobiles-103-and-111/">showing off</a> a few handsets at CTIA earlier this year, you'd be exactly wrong. The outfit's Windows Mobile-powered 103 has just surfaced in the FCC's lair, giving us a smidgen of hope that a US release is but moments / weeks / months away. Unfortunately, this filing doesn't spill the beans on any other specifications, but the 67 page User Manual does dive into great detail on changing the battery, inserting microSD cards and navigating around within the operating system. C'mon Inventec, give us the good stuff.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=630606&amp;fcc_id=%27DGIBC0312AAA000>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/velocity-mobiles-winmo-powered-103-handset-splashes-down-in-fcc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1261098/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/velocity-mobiles-winmo-powered-103-handset-splashes-down-in-fcc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=SJ91uh"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=SJ91uh" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Y6CbFj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Y6CbFj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ndmpxj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ndmpxj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339978981" height="1" width="1"/>103fccinventecVelocity MobileVelocityMobilewindows mobilewindows mobile 6.1WindowsMobileWindowsMobile6.1Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:21:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F19%2Fvelocity-mobiles-winmo-powered-103-handset-splashes-down-in-fcc%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/velocity-mobiles-winmo-powered-103-handset-splashes-down-in-fcc/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339797915/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/sprint-touch-and-mogul-get-windows-mobile-6-1-upgrades-totally/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/sprint-touch-and-mogul-get-windows-mobile-6-1-upgrades-totally/#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/sprint/" rel="tag">Sprint</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a></p><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/01/sprint-mogul-official-sm.jpg" />Though both have had <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/26/sprints-htc-touch-vogue-gets-windows-mobile-6-1-update/">less-than-official upgrades</a> floating around for ages, Sprint and HTC have finally seen fit to bless the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/26/hands-on-with-sprints-htc-touch/">Touch</a> and <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/18/hands-on-with-the-sprint-mogul-by-htc/">Mogul</a> with the real deal. In the case of the Touch, the Windows Mobile 6.1 update includes Sprint Navigation, EV-DO Rev. A, integrated Opera, and a new on-screen QWERTY keyboard, so it seems more than worth the few minutes you'll spend downloading it and getting it all going. The Mogul gets Sprint TV (yay?), but unfortunately, no patch to magically morph it into a <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/TouchPro/">Touch Pro</a>. Seriously, we'd pay good money for that.<br /><br />[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> It looks like they've been pulled for the moment, but keep a keen eye out at HTC's support site -- we're hearing they could show up again next week.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.htc.com/us/FAQ_Detail.aspx?act=faq&amp;p_id=76&amp;cat=66">Read</a> - Touch<br /><a href="http://www.htc.com/us/FAQ_Detail.aspx?p_id=75&amp;act=faq&amp;cat=268">Read</a> - Mogul<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/2008/07/19/sprint-touch-and-mogul-get-windows-mobile-6-1-upgrades-totally/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260974/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/sprint-touch-and-mogul-get-windows-mobile-6-1-upgrades-totally/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=x94hrm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=x94hrm" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=WlHGpj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=WlHGpj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=w96ztj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=w96ztj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339797915" height="1" width="1"/>htcmogulsprinttitantouchvoguewindows mobilewindows mobile 6.1WindowsMobileWindowsMobile6.1winmowm6.1Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:15:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F19%2Fsprint-touch-and-mogul-get-windows-mobile-6-1-upgrades-totally%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/19/sprint-touch-and-mogul-get-windows-mobile-6-1-upgrades-totally/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339576029/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/fcc-fridays/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/fcc-fridays/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2007/05/fcclogo-2.jpg" /></div> We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend <strike>a lot of</strike> way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!<br /><br /><strong>Phones</strong><br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=177056&amp;fcc_id=%27QISV830'">Read</a> - Huawei V830<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=430173&amp;fcc_id=%27QIST202'">Read</a> - Huawei T202<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=231021&amp;fcc_id=%27A3LSGHP250'">Read</a> - Samsung SGH-P250<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=278077&amp;fcc_id=%27A3LSGHE848I'">Read</a> - Samsung SGH-E848i<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=307411&amp;fcc_id=%27Q78-A711PLUS'">Read</a> - ZTE A711+<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=829523&amp;fcc_id=%27Q78-A933PLUS'">Read</a> - ZTE A933+<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=174185&amp;fcc_id=%27BEJCT810'">Read</a> - LG CT810<br /><br /><strong>Peripherals</strong><br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=363823&amp;fcc_id=%27QISEM770'">Read</a> - Huawei EM770<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=965065&amp;fcc_id=%27Q78-ZTE-TES25'">Read</a> - ZTE TES25<br /><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=744215&amp;fcc_id=%27Q78-VDFK2525'">Read</a> - ZTE K2525<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/2008/07/18/fcc-fridays/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260943/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/fcc-fridays/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=DPhQGm"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=DPhQGm" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Yeg2Jj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Yeg2Jj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=oBFCXj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=oBFCXj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339576029" height="1" width="1"/>fccfcc fridayfcc fridaysFccFridayFccFridaysfridayFri, 18 Jul 2008 23:37:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Ffcc-fridays%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/fcc-fridays/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339473772/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/motorola-sues-former-employee-turned-apple-exec-for-ganking-trad/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/motorola-sues-former-employee-turned-apple-exec-for-ganking-trad/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/motorola/" rel="tag">Motorola</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&amp;sid=addkX1GCw6zw"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/iphone-motorola.jpg" /></a><br /></div> It's hard enough for Motorola's handset division to go about its business these days without losing talent, but losing executives to Apple's iPhone team? That's just a straight-up slap in the face, and Moto's not gonna take it lying down. The <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/14/motorola-wants-to-welcome-you-to-the-we-generation/">We Generation</a> has filed suit against Michael Fenger, the dude running its handset business for the EMEA market for six years until March this year, when he quit to take up a posh job as Apple's veep of global iPhone sales. That isn't a problem in itself -- businessfolk switch teams all the time -- but it seems Mr. Fenger had an agreement in place not to work for a competitor inside of two years following his departure. Moto claims he "was privy to the pricing, margins, customer initiatives, allocation of resources, product development, multiyear product, business and talent planning and strategies being used by Motorola" (not to say that data's <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/10/anaylst-says-motorola-would-be-lucky-to-get-500-million/">worth much more than the paper it's written on</a> these days) and wants over a million bucks back plus a court order banning him from working for Cupertino for those promised two years retroactively to March 31; non-compete clauses generally aren't valid in California, but since this one was executed in Illinois and the case is filed in Chicago, they've got a shot here. Note to current execs still out there in Schaumburg: better start righting that ship you're on, because you ain't getting on a more buoyant one without a fight.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-9994887-94.html">CNET</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.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&amp;sid=addkX1GCw6zw>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/motorola-sues-former-employee-turned-apple-exec-for-ganking-trad/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260872/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/motorola-sues-former-employee-turned-apple-exec-for-ganking-trad/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=DirViY"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=DirViY" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Fw8vkj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Fw8vkj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=umik9j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=umik9j" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339473772" height="1" width="1"/>appleiphonelawsuitmichael fengerMichaelFengermotomotorolaFri, 18 Jul 2008 20:36:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fmotorola-sues-former-employee-turned-apple-exec-for-ganking-trad%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/motorola-sues-former-employee-turned-apple-exec-for-ganking-trad/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339415742/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/got-any-suggestions-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/got-any-suggestions-for-the-samsung-instinct/#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/sprint/" rel="tag">Sprint</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/ev-do/" rel="tag">EV-DO</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/cdma/" rel="tag">CDMA</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/how-would-you-change-the-samsung-instinct/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-18-08-instinct-hands-on.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Now that the earliest of adopters have had nearly a full month to test out Samsung's <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/instinct/">self-proclaimed iPhone killer</a>, we're interested to see how it has fared. If you're anxious to toss your two pennies into the bucket, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/how-would-you-change-the-samsung-instinct/">head on over</a> to Engadget Classic and make your deposit.<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.engadget.com/2008/07/18/how-would-you-change-the-samsung-instinct/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/got-any-suggestions-for-the-samsung-instinct/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260583/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/got-any-suggestions-for-the-samsung-instinct/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ZLdb2S"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ZLdb2S" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=E0Txmj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=E0Txmj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=cFfrkj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=cFfrkj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339415742" height="1" width="1"/>cdmahow would you changeHowWouldYouChangehwycinstinctsamsungsprintFri, 18 Jul 2008 18:35:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fgot-any-suggestions-for-the-samsung-instinct%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/got-any-suggestions-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339351509/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/guitar-hero-iii-backstage-pass-simulates-the-crushing-pain-of-h/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/guitar-hero-iii-backstage-pass-simulates-the-crushing-pain-of-h/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/games/" rel="tag">Games</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://bsp.guitarheromobile.com/index.php?performcheck=true"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/guitar-hero-iii-backstage-pass.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> The <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/GuitarHero/">Guitar Hero</a> franchise is synonymous with headbangin', mosh pittin' in-your-face rock 'n roll, but the latest joint released for phones is going in a slightly different direction. Rest assured, rock is still an integral component of the game, but Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass takes a step back from the actual performances to simulate the whole rockstar experience from end to end. Buyers can apparently expect "more than 25 hours of gameplay" through a whole RPG-like storyline of promotion, gigging, and getting screwed over by shady managers. Even better, an online component over the web lets players compare stats and achievements, download new content, and set up challenges for in-game money. Groupies aren't included, as far as we can tell -- you'll still need your <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/09/27/vertu-does-it-again-crafts-second-ferrari-phone-for-25k/">Ferrari-branded Vertu</a> to help out with that.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://bsp.guitarheromobile.com/index.php?performcheck=true>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/guitar-hero-iii-backstage-pass-simulates-the-crushing-pain-of-h/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260735/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/guitar-hero-iii-backstage-pass-simulates-the-crushing-pain-of-h/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=TBozjA"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=TBozjA" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=mJOqtj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=mJOqtj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Ou1oUj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Ou1oUj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339351509" height="1" width="1"/>backstage passBackstagePassgameguitar heroguitar hero iiiguitar hero iii backstage passGuitarHeroGuitarHeroIiiGuitarHeroIiiBackstagePassFri, 18 Jul 2008 17:12:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fguitar-hero-iii-backstage-pass-simulates-the-crushing-pain-of-h%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/guitar-hero-iii-backstage-pass-simulates-the-crushing-pain-of-h/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339284350/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/pantech-c530-pops-up-in-fcc-likely-atandt-bound/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/pantech-c530-pops-up-in-fcc-likely-atandt-bound/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/pantech/" rel="tag">Pantech</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=420586&amp;fcc_id=%27JYCC530%27"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/pantech-c530-fcc-id.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Pantech has an awesome habit of delivering a handful of fairly anonymous devices to AT&amp;T -- <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/C810/">C810</a> WinMo dual slider notably excepted -- and judging from what little we can gather in the test reports, we've got another one on the way. AT&amp;T-bound models from the Korean outfit start with "C" (an homage to Cingular, no doubt) and this one fits the bill with GSM / EDGE on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. Other than that, though, your guess is as good as ours -- it seems pretty wide, though. A QWERTY piece, perhaps?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=420586&amp;fcc_id=%27JYCC530%27>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/pantech-c530-pops-up-in-fcc-likely-atandt-bound/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260635/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/pantech-c530-pops-up-in-fcc-likely-atandt-bound/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=b7bEff"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=b7bEff" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=gNVMtj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=gNVMtj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Azibvj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Azibvj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339284350" height="1" width="1"/>attc530fccpantechFri, 18 Jul 2008 15:34:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fpantech-c530-pops-up-in-fcc-likely-atandt-bound%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/pantech-c530-pops-up-in-fcc-likely-atandt-bound/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339196417/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/sony-ericsson-sees-net-profits-fall-97-looks-to-cut-2-000-jobs/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/sony-ericsson-sees-net-profits-fall-97-looks-to-cut-2-000-jobs/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/sony-ericsson/" rel="tag">Sony Ericsson</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-18-08-sony-ericsson_sign.jpg" /><br /></div> Sony Ericsson <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/sony-ericsson-issues-second-profit-warning-of-the-year-expects/">warned the world</a> just over a fortnight ago that things wouldn't be too rosy when it came time to announce Q2 results, and rosy things are not. Even though the handset maker was hoping and praying to break even at the end of the quarter, net profits ended up falling through the floor to the tune of 97%. As predicted, weak sales of mid-to-high-end mobiles were blamed for the bulk of the bad news, and it did affirm that conditions would remain rough for the rest of the year. Granted, the looming launch of the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/02/handango-newsletter-reveals-mid-september-launch-for-xperia-x1/">Xperia X1</a> should help matters a bit, but without a new stable of low-end cellies to send to emerging markets, it'll be a long road back to the top. Unfortunately, SE's sagging position in the market has left it slashing 2,000 jobs across the globe, though it didn't say exactly where the cuts would be made. It's okay SE, there's only one place to go when you're laying on the bottom... or something like that.<br /><br />[Image courtesy of <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1144/529845670_90e9a363f1.jpg?v=0">Flickr</a>]<br /><br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200807180930DOWJONESDJONLINE000545_FORTUNE5.htm">Read</a> - Sony Ericsson's Q2 earnings<br /><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/07/14/daily45.html?jst=b_ln_hl">Read</a> - Sony Ericsson plans job cuts<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/2008/07/18/sony-ericsson-sees-net-profits-fall-97-looks-to-cut-2-000-jobs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260477/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/sony-ericsson-sees-net-profits-fall-97-looks-to-cut-2-000-jobs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=vhGvmy"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=vhGvmy" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=8ArRxj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=8ArRxj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=daUdgj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=daUdgj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339196417" height="1" width="1"/>Cyber-shotearningseconomyfiredfiringjobsmarketprofitprofitsquarterlysalessony EricssonSonyEricssonFri, 18 Jul 2008 13:32:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fsony-ericsson-sees-net-profits-fall-97-looks-to-cut-2-000-jobs%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/sony-ericsson-sees-net-profits-fall-97-looks-to-cut-2-000-jobs/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339117458/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/iphone-3g-dock-universal-dock-adapters-now-on-sale/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/iphone-3g-dock-universal-dock-adapters-now-on-sale/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/peripherals/" rel="tag">Peripherals</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-18-08-iphone_3g_dock.jpg" /><br /></div> For many, dropping $199 / $299 on an iPhone 3G (provided you actually locate one not hidden behind a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/12/iphone-3g-the-waiting-game-part-ii-redux/">4+ hour line</a>) is enough. For those who fell head over heels with the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/20/apple-iphone-dock-revealed-charges-bluetooth-headset-too/">original iPhone dock</a>, it's not. Here's your chance to send 29 more US bucks Cupertino's way, as the official iPhone 3G Dock is now on sale at Apple's website. Oh, and if you're really a sucker, you'll lay down 9 whole US dollars for a 3-pack of iPhone 3G Universal Dock Adapters to slip your new mobile into a Universal Dock. <br /><br /><strong>Update</strong>: So apparently these have been in Apple stores since day 1. Considering just how long it'll take to get in one, though, this whole "online route" is still probably your best bet.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/iphone-3g-docks.html">Wired</a>]<br /><br /><a href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB484G/A?fnode=home/shop_iphone/iphone_accessories/cables_docks&amp;mco=MTI3Mzc5Mg">Read</a> - Apple iPhone 3G Dock<br /><a href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB546G/A?fnode=home/shop_iphone/iphone_accessories/cables_docks&amp;mco=MTMwMzc1Ng#overview">Read</a> - iPhone 3G Universal Dock Adapter 3-Pack<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/2008/07/18/iphone-3g-dock-universal-dock-adapters-now-on-sale/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260324/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/iphone-3g-dock-universal-dock-adapters-now-on-sale/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=5AjzEx"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=5AjzEx" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=91aZIj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=91aZIj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=4c2Xqj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=4c2Xqj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339117458" height="1" width="1"/>3g iphone3gIphoneaccessoryappledockdock adapterDockAdapteriphone 3giphone 3g dockiphone dockIphone3gIphone3gDockIphoneDockon saleOnSaleFri, 18 Jul 2008 11:42:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fiphone-3g-dock-universal-dock-adapters-now-on-sale%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/iphone-3g-dock-universal-dock-adapters-now-on-sale/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339072506/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/samsung-launches-plain-m150/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/samsung-launches-plain-m150/#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/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=4953"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/samsung-sgh-m150.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Frequent web browsers, email checkers, and game players need not apply for Samsung's latest, the rather simple SGH-M150. The dual-band candybar does manage to pack Bluetooth and an integrated FM radio, but you're certainly not going to find anything approximating 3G here -- and the 160 x 128 display and VGA cam aren't exactly barn-burners, either. It'll be available in German starting next month in a selection of five colors with other markets coming online shortly thereafter.<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.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=4953>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/samsung-launches-plain-m150/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260303/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/samsung-launches-plain-m150/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=wA4byJ"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=wA4byJ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=RUtgOj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=RUtgOj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=6Q5r5j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=6Q5r5j" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339072506" height="1" width="1"/>candybarm150samsungsgh-m150Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:01:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fsamsung-launches-plain-m150%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/samsung-launches-plain-m150/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/339072509/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandts-free-iphone-wifi-is-live-at-last/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandts-free-iphone-wifi-is-live-at-last/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><a href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/att-finally-off.html"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="16" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/05/att-iphone-wifi-sm.jpg" alt="" /></a>Despite AT&amp;T's best attempts at <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/atandts-bringing-free-wifi-to-the-iphone-once-it-finishes-wigg/">completely failing</a> its free WiFi promises eternally, iPhone owners can finally fire up Mobile Safari in their local Starbucks, or, um, that one other place we heard about with AT&amp;T WiFi, and get browsing. Of course, that's not to say the service won't crash horribly in the next 10 minutes, but at least AT&amp;T stuck by its word, and can now move on to <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/17/poll-hows-your-iphone-3g-reception/">more pressing issues</a>.<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> Yeah, turns out this isn't true, and <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-9994170-94.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20">AT&amp;T has pulled the page</a>. Free WiFi? That's just silly.<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.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/att-finally-off.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandts-free-iphone-wifi-is-live-at-last/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1260312/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandts-free-iphone-wifi-is-live-at-last/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=kchtNa"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=kchtNa" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=lxoC6j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=lxoC6j" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=PmpI5j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=PmpI5j" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/339072509" height="1" width="1"/>attstarbuckswifiFri, 18 Jul 2008 10:38:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fatandts-free-iphone-wifi-is-live-at-last%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandts-free-iphone-wifi-is-live-at-last/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338772907/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandt-lands-exclusive-olympics-channel-for-mobile-tv/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandt-lands-exclusive-olympics-channel-for-mobile-tv/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/multimedia/" rel="tag">Multimedia</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a></p><a href="http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-att-grabs-exclusive-24-7-nbc-olympics-channel-for-mediaflo/"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/olympics-beijing.jpg" alt="" /></a>We wouldn't say they're necessarily crying foul, but Verizon is quick to point out that AT&amp;T used its clout as an Olympic sponsor to secure an exclusive on an Olympic coverage channel for its <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/MediaFLO/">MediaFLO</a>-based mobile TV network. It's a big deal for Verizon simply because it and AT&amp;T are the only two US carriers to offer such a feature at this point -- but there's probably no use crying over spilled milk, and sure enough, Verizon's busy setting up a video series on its VCAST content deck that'll offer highlights of the Olympic action out of Beijing. AT&amp;T, meanwhile, picks up an exclusive through NBC Olympics 2Go -- so we hope you <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/12/hands-on-with-the-lg-vu-samsung-access-and-atandt-mobile-tv/">Vu and Access</a> owners are medley swimming fans.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-att-grabs-exclusive-24-7-nbc-olympics-channel-for-mediaflo/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandt-lands-exclusive-olympics-channel-for-mobile-tv/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1259958/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandt-lands-exclusive-olympics-channel-for-mobile-tv/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=l6n9s7"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=l6n9s7" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=YN9i0j"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=YN9i0j" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=oFnXsj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=oFnXsj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338772907" height="1" width="1"/>attmediaflomobile tvMobileTvolympicsFri, 18 Jul 2008 03:24:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F18%2Fatandt-lands-exclusive-olympics-channel-for-mobile-tv%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/18/atandt-lands-exclusive-olympics-channel-for-mobile-tv/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338599703/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-stores-dont-have-the-sidekick-2008-yet-but-craigslist/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-stores-dont-have-the-sidekick-2008-yet-but-craigslist/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/sharp/" rel="tag">Sharp</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/t-mobile/" rel="tag">T-Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/danger/" rel="tag">Danger</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://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/756888911.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/sidekick-2008-craigslist.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Want one o' them fancy new 2008 model Sidekicks before the kid down the street? Of course you do, and if you've got a particularly fat wallet on hand, you might just be able to hook that up. Some mysterious individual has popped up on Craigslist of all places, offering a prototype <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Gekko/">Gekko</a> -- though it's "n0t [sic] f0r [sic] sale unless a Big [sic] Offer [sic] c0mes [sic]." Gotta pay to play, as they say, though you'd better get on this sweet little deal before Danger smokes out the profiteer.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/want-a-sidekick-2008-gekko/">Hiptop 3</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://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/756888911.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-stores-dont-have-the-sidekick-2008-yet-but-craigslist/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1259808/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-stores-dont-have-the-sidekick-2008-yet-but-craigslist/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=muDdms"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=muDdms" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=6NGtdj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=6NGtdj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=3sqNwj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=3sqNwj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338599703" height="1" width="1"/>craigslistdangergekkohiptopsharpsidekicksidekick 2008Sidekick2008Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:18:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Ft-mobile-stores-dont-have-the-sidekick-2008-yet-but-craigslist%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-stores-dont-have-the-sidekick-2008-yet-but-craigslist/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338486554/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/mickey-mouse-phone-probably-doesnt-have-disney-apples-blessi/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/mickey-mouse-phone-probably-doesnt-have-disney-apples-blessi/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/others/" rel="tag">Others</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.janchipchase.com/blog/archives/2008/07/tha_mouse.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/7-16-08-mouse-apple-phone.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> This doesn't mark the first time (nor will it be the last) that we've seen a handset totally disregard the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/28/mouse-phone-totally-disregards-mickey-trademark/">Mickey Mouse</a> and / or <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/05/27/keepin-it-real-fake-clash-of-the-iphone-clones/">Apple</a> trademarks, but it's probably the only instance where both were violated on the same phone. We don't really know much about the mobile you see pictured above -- well, aside from the gratuitous use of big ears and well known fruit -- but it's probably worth hitting the read link for a couple more images alone.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2008/07/020759.htm">textually</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.janchipchase.com/blog/archives/2008/07/tha_mouse.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/mickey-mouse-phone-probably-doesnt-have-disney-apples-blessi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1258073/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/mickey-mouse-phone-probably-doesnt-have-disney-apples-blessi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=zTlQiw"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=zTlQiw" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=gL2VIj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=gL2VIj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=YqLQyj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=YqLQyj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338486554" height="1" width="1"/>chinachinesedisneyknockoffmickey mouseMickeyMousemouseripoffThu, 17 Jul 2008 19:05:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Fmickey-mouse-phone-probably-doesnt-have-disney-apples-blessi%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/mickey-mouse-phone-probably-doesnt-have-disney-apples-blessi/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338388871/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/tony-hawk-sidekick-lx-now-available-to-everyone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/tony-hawk-sidekick-lx-now-available-to-everyone/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/sharp/" rel="tag">Sharp</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/t-mobile/" rel="tag">T-Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/danger/" rel="tag">Danger</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.sidekick.com/"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/t-mobile-sidekick-lx-tony-hawk-retail.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Feeling a little left out, non-T-Mobbers? Keep your chins up, because the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/TonyHawk/">Tony Hawk</a> cut of the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/SidekickLX/">Sidekick LX</a> is now available to each and every one of you after a <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/11/tony-hawk-sidekick-lx-now-available-to-upgraders/">limited release exclusively to current subscribers</a> (not the first time they've engaged that tactic). Expect to shell out $299.99 on contract after rebates for the privilege of being just as cool as your favorite skateboarder -- just don't go trying your luck at the half-pipe now, you hear?<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.sidekick.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/tony-hawk-sidekick-lx-now-available-to-everyone/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1259350/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/tony-hawk-sidekick-lx-now-available-to-everyone/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=sw5pwX"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=sw5pwX" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=EZcARj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=EZcARj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=ERTrIj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=ERTrIj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338388871" height="1" width="1"/>dangerhiptopsharpsidekicksidekick lxSidekickLxt-mobiletony hawkTonyHawkThu, 17 Jul 2008 17:03:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Ftony-hawk-sidekick-lx-now-available-to-everyone%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/tony-hawk-sidekick-lx-now-available-to-everyone/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338322698/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/iphone-dev-team-says-pwnage-tool-wont-unlock-iphone-3g-for-now/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/iphone-dev-team-says-pwnage-tool-wont-unlock-iphone-3g-for-now/#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://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/42583223/safe-code"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-17-08-pwn.jpg" /></a><br /></div> iPhone unlocking is a little more cash-intensive now that Apple and AT&amp;T are all contract-happy with the 3G, but it looks like would-be unlockers will have a little more time to save up those pennies -- the erstwhile hackers on the iPhone Dev Team say that while a forthcoming version of the sadly-named <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/pwnage">Pwnage</a> tool will activate and jailbreak the iPhone 3G, unlocking is taking a little longer than expected, and they don't want to release the code until it's exactly right. The tool still unlocks first-gen iPhones running 2.0 and allows jailbreak apps to co-exist with the App Store, so if you're desperate to unlock right away, we'd say a first-gen unit is your best bet.<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.iphone-dev.org/post/42583223/safe-code>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/iphone-dev-team-says-pwnage-tool-wont-unlock-iphone-3g-for-now/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1259337/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/iphone-dev-team-says-pwnage-tool-wont-unlock-iphone-3g-for-now/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=42lR8x"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=42lR8x" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=WFAhmj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=WFAhmj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=eULPIj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=eULPIj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338322698" height="1" width="1"/>3g iphone3gIphonedev teamDevTeamiphoneiphone 3giphone dev teamIphone3gIphoneDevTeampwnpwnageunlockThu, 17 Jul 2008 15:25:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Fiphone-dev-team-says-pwnage-tool-wont-unlock-iphone-3g-for-now%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/iphone-dev-team-says-pwnage-tool-wont-unlock-iphone-3g-for-now/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338279327/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unofficial-touch-diamond-rom-magically-unlocks-gsm-850/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unofficial-touch-diamond-rom-magically-unlocks-gsm-850/#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/windows-mobile/" rel="tag">Windows Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/gsm/" rel="tag">GSM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/edge/" rel="tag">EDGE</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407956"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/5-30-08-touch-diamond.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> We'd given up any hope of the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/touchdiamond">Touch Diamonds</a> out in the field ever being completely function on North American networks; the lack of 3G sucks enough as it is, but the mysterious absence of GSM 850 was the final slap in the face. xda-developers has taken its usual no-mountain-too-high approach, though, and has somehow managed to uncover and enable GSM 850 capability lying dormant in the Touch Diamond's circuitry. Granted, you'll still be poking along at EDGE speeds at best, but at least you'll be doing so in a wider swath of the colonies.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=428">wmpoweruser.com</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://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407956>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unofficial-touch-diamond-rom-magically-unlocks-gsm-850/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1258682/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unofficial-touch-diamond-rom-magically-unlocks-gsm-850/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=VC51UQ"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=VC51UQ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=5piCcj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=5piCcj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=0IUtfj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=0IUtfj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338279327" height="1" width="1"/>850850 mhz850Mhzdiamondgsm 850Gsm850htctouch diamondTouchDiamondThu, 17 Jul 2008 14:01:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Funofficial-touch-diamond-rom-magically-unlocks-gsm-850%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unofficial-touch-diamond-rom-magically-unlocks-gsm-850/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338208668/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-germany-says-sipgate-makes-jailbreaking-too-attractive/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-germany-says-sipgate-makes-jailbreaking-too-attractive/#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>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/os-x/" rel="tag">OS X</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.sipgate.com/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/sipgate-sm.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Alright, can someone help us out with a little primer on German law here? California-based sipgate offers up a VoIP client for the <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/iPhone/">iPhone</a> that -- for the moment, anyway -- requires a jailbroken handset to run. It goes about its business on WiFi airwaves, so from the carrier's perspective, no harm, no foul, right? Not so much. T-Mobile Germany takes issue with the app, claiming that it's enticing its iPhone users to <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreak</a> -- a violation of its contract terms. Furthermore, the contract disallows VoIP of any kind, WiFI or otherwise, which pretty much makes sipgate public enemy number one in T-Mob's eyes. They've gone ahead and sent out a nasty little cease 'n desist, which sipgate says it plans to fight all the way through the court system if that's how T-Mobile wants to roll; meanwhile, it's still providing service and says that "for the time being [its] users are safe." Fight the good fight, guys.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/16/t-mobile-demands-sipgate-nix-voip-software/">TUAW</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.sipgate.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-germany-says-sipgate-makes-jailbreaking-too-attractive/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1259170/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-germany-says-sipgate-makes-jailbreaking-too-attractive/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=o9yd1G"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=o9yd1G" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=Ciprpj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=Ciprpj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=BB8slj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=BB8slj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338208668" height="1" width="1"/>applegermanyiphonesipgatet-mobilet-mobile germanyT-mobileGermanyvoipThu, 17 Jul 2008 12:55:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Ft-mobile-germany-says-sipgate-makes-jailbreaking-too-attractive%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/t-mobile-germany-says-sipgate-makes-jailbreaking-too-attractive/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338146914/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/htc-victor-gets-de-glitzed-unboxed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/htc-victor-gets-de-glitzed-unboxed/#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></p><div align="center"><a href="http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/pda-king/article?mid=3835&amp;prev=3868&amp;next=3828"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/7-17-08-victor.jpg" /></a><br /> <div align="left">We actually rather like the Tumbler-like stealth <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/08/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on-up-close-and-personal-this-time/">rear surface</a> of the <a href="http://engadgetmobile.com/tag/touchdiamond">HTC Touch Diamond</a>, but if you're trying to roll a little more Wayne, a more straightlaced edition dubbed "Victor" announced back in May with a flat rear end is now shipping. Apart from that it doesn't look like there's anything new going on here, so we'll see if any Stateside carriers offer this version any time soon.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/17/htc-diamond-loses-angled-back-renamed-victor/">Boy Genius Report</a>]<br /> </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://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/pda-king/article?mid=3835&amp;prev=3868&amp;next=3828>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/htc-victor-gets-de-glitzed-unboxed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1259090/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/htc-victor-gets-de-glitzed-unboxed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=2xQsF8"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=2xQsF8" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=4ihVyj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=4ihVyj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=s5cjPj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=s5cjPj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338146914" height="1" width="1"/>rumorrumorstouch diamondTouchDiamondvictorThu, 17 Jul 2008 11:03:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Fhtc-victor-gets-de-glitzed-unboxed%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/htc-victor-gets-de-glitzed-unboxed/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338128571/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/comprehensive-usage-controls-chaperone-2-0-coming-to-verizon-on/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/comprehensive-usage-controls-chaperone-2-0-coming-to-verizon-on/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/verizon-wireless/" rel="tag">Verizon Wireless</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/07/vzw-usage-controls.jpg" /><br /></div> Though it already offers content filtering, Verizon's about to get a whole lot more comprehensive with its tools for helping parents keep their kids' cells on lockdown. Positioned to compete head-to-head with <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/09/10/atandt-gets-smart-limits-details-emerge-on-two-new-firefly-models/">AT&amp;T's Smart Limits</a>, Verizon's Usage Controls with run $4.99 when it goes live on July 23 and will offer billable minute thresholds (which provide text alerts to you and your tyke, but not a hard stop on usage), messaging limits, time restrictions, blocked number lists, and trusted number lists. Launching simultaneously will be <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/06/10/verizons-chaperone-offers-invisible-fence-to-parents/">Chaperone</a> 2.0, a refresh of Verizon's tracking service. BlackBerrys and push-to-talk devices won't be eligible for the new controls, but let's be honest: if your 8 year old's sporting a <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/06/blackberry-curve-now-available-on-verizon/">Curve</a>, there might be more important issues to deal with there.<br /><br />[Thanks, HTCKid]<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/2008/07/17/comprehensive-usage-controls-chaperone-2-0-coming-to-verizon-on/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1258697/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/comprehensive-usage-controls-chaperone-2-0-coming-to-verizon-on/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=R5Di7M"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=R5Di7M" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=I5WvDj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=I5WvDj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=fU2kfj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=fU2kfj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338128571" height="1" width="1"/>usage controlsUsageControlsverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvzwThu, 17 Jul 2008 10:52:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Fcomprehensive-usage-controls-chaperone-2-0-coming-to-verizon-on%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/comprehensive-usage-controls-chaperone-2-0-coming-to-verizon-on/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338064112/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/nokia-firms-up-touchscreen-phone-plans-says-it-will-focus-on-m/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/nokia-firms-up-touchscreen-phone-plans-says-it-will-focus-on-m/#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></p><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/nokia-logo.jpg" alt="" />We've been hearing whispers about Nokia's touchscreen "<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/tube">Tube</a>" phone for what seems like ages, and now it appears that the wait is almost over... with potentially less than inspiring results. In a statement released today from the company's head of devices, Kai Oistamo, the phone-maker says it will be launching a series of touchscreen devices in the second half the year, with the first model -- likely the Tube -- aimed at the "volume market." Oistamo claims that the mid-range market (not the high-end sector that devices like the iPhone 3G occupy) account for 50 percent of the total value of the touchscreen phone game<span></span>. Essentially, it looks like Nokia's strategy will be business as usual, likely flooding the field with unspectacular mid-range phones, rather than taking on pricier competition like recent Apple and Samsung devices head-to-head, at least initially. Of course, who can argue with the company that shipped 122 million units in Q2 2008?<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/2008/07/17/nokia-firms-up-touchscreen-phone-plans-says-it-will-focus-on-m/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1258981/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/nokia-firms-up-touchscreen-phone-plans-says-it-will-focus-on-m/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=hgzdto"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=hgzdto" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=L9AOyj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=L9AOyj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=oeqdEj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=oeqdEj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338064112" height="1" width="1"/>Kai OistamoKaiOistamomid level marketmid rangeMidLevelMarketMidRangenokianokia siemensNokiaSiemenstouchscreentouchscreen phonesTouchscreenPhonestubeThu, 17 Jul 2008 09:18:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Fnokia-firms-up-touchscreen-phone-plans-says-it-will-focus-on-m%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/nokia-firms-up-touchscreen-phone-plans-says-it-will-focus-on-m/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/338019073/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unlocked-iphone-3g-available-for-direct-shipment-from-china-1/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unlocked-iphone-3g-available-for-direct-shipment-from-china-1/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/hsdpa/" rel="tag">HSDPA</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/os-x/" rel="tag">OS X</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/206355018/iPhone_3G_Apple_ORIGINAL.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/iphone_alibaba.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Man, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/iphone-3g-at-one-million-sold-and-counting-app-store-hits-10-mi/">waiting in line</a> for the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/iPhone3G/">iPhone 3G</a> can be a royal pain, right? Wouldn't it be nice if you could just circumvent the whole boring, sheep-like process and have one delivered to your doorstep? Well thanks to Alibaba.com and the weird and wacky copyright laws of Hong Kong, now you can! According to the wholesale goods supply site, you can just order up the "original" Apple device direct from a company called Union Camera and have them sent to whatever poorly lit dock, abandoned warehouse, or suburban safe-house you desire. The best part? They're network unlocked. You know, something seems wrong about this, but we just can't put our finger on it...<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> As some commenters point out, it seems to be $1000 minimum order as opposed to 1000 pieces. Guess we'll just have to start the process and find out.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.pmptoday.com/2008/07/16/iphone-3g-available-at-alibaba-wholesale-and-network-free/">PMP Today</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.alibaba.com/product-gs/206355018/iPhone_3G_Apple_ORIGINAL.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unlocked-iphone-3g-available-for-direct-shipment-from-china-1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1258931/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unlocked-iphone-3g-available-for-direct-shipment-from-china-1/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=bJn2qJ"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=bJn2qJ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=oUfVsj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=oUfVsj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=eZOvfj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=eZOvfj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/338019073" height="1" width="1"/>alibabachinaiphone 3gIphone3gwholesaleThu, 17 Jul 2008 08:32:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Funlocked-iphone-3g-available-for-direct-shipment-from-china-1%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/unlocked-iphone-3g-available-for-direct-shipment-from-china-1/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/337952950/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/opera-mobile-9-5-beta-released-into-the-wilds/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/opera-mobile-9-5-beta-released-into-the-wilds/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/opera-mobile-beta-wilds.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div> We've been waiting for this day ever since Opera first announced its <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/video-opera-mobile-9-5-redesign-is-lickity-quick-slick/">Opera Mobile 9.5</a> web browser back in February. Today, it's out for a beta 1 launch. In other words, it'll be buggy but likely far more useful than the browser already installed on your touchscreen-based (PocketPC) WinMo professional phone. The initial release includes support for double-tap zoom, landscape flip, off-line page save, tab-like browsing, auto-URL complete, and a Google-search bar to name just a few of the 9.5 features. More functionality will be added later including Google Gears and support for Flash video on WinMo and Symbian devices. CNET already has the hands-on video review up for your pickings. Better yet, download and install for yourself and tell us what you think in the comments below.<br /> <br /> <strong>Update</strong>: <a href="http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Hands-on-with-Opera-Mobile-9.5-Beta-article-a_2979.html">PhoneArena</a> has chimed-in with a video hands-on of its own. Check it after the break.<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2008/07/17/">Read</a> -- Opera Mobile 9.5 beta 1 <br /><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-10619_7-6892317.html">Read</a> -- CNET first look<p><a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/opera-mobile-9-5-beta-released-into-the-wilds/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Opera Mobile 9.5 beta released into the wilds</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/2008/07/17/opera-mobile-9-5-beta-released-into-the-wilds/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/forward/1258843/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/opera-mobile-9-5-beta-released-into-the-wilds/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=VA2pvE"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=VA2pvE" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=EuBiIj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=EuBiIj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?a=XHaBlj"><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile?i=XHaBlj" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~4/337952950" height="1" width="1"/>9.5browseropera mobileopera mobile 9.5OperaMobileOperaMobile9.5Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:28:00 ESThttp://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=weblogsinc/engadgetmobile&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadgetmobile.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Fopera-mobile-9-5-beta-released-into-the-wilds%2Fhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/opera-mobile-9-5-beta-released-into-the-wilds/http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadgetmobile/~3/337879303/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/blackberry-bold-gets-priced-on-t-mobile-germany/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/17/blackberry-bold-gets-priced-on-t-mobile-germany/#comments<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">H