The Gillmor Gang — Danny Sullivan, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — covered the gamut between Google+ and well, Google+. The new social platform continues to delight and confound the early adopters in record numbers. @scobleizer remains optimistic that the search giant will roll out filtering features to cut down on the noise [...]
Archive for July, 2011
T-Mobile retail stickers show off possible 4G Windows Phone future
Posted: 30th July 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Anticipation, Bosom Buddies, Confirmation, Engadget Mobile, Handset, Hspa, Iteration, Mobile Stuff, Nbsp, Sat, Stickers, T Mobile, Tongues, Vanilla, Windows Phone
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A Windows Phone 7 handset on T-Mobile is the stuff of last year’s news. Add a dash of AWS bands to that Redmond-made OS, however, and you’ve got our tongues wagging in anticipation. Thanks to a pair of leaked shots over on TmoNews, we have some sticker-based confirmation that WP7 and HSPA+ are soon to [...]
Android’s Matias Duarte: Ice Cream Sandwich Will Help Devs Cope With Myriad Form Factors
Posted: 30th July 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Android, Applications, Developers, Form Factors, Ice Cream, Iphone, Matias Duarte, Mechanics, Mike Isaac, Mobile Design, Multitude, Roundtable, Sandwich, Speakers
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As we closed out today’s Mobile First CrunchUp, all of our speakers took the stage for an extended roundtable discussing a variety of topics affecting mobile: design, gaming mechanics, and, of course, iPhone vs Android. One of the last questions posed during the roundtable came from Wired’s Mike Isaac, who asked how the next version [...]
FCC Fridays: July 29, 2011
Posted: 30th July 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: C3, Engadget Mobile, Fcc, Fcc Filings, Federal Communications Commission, Fri, Fridays, Motorola, Movistar, Nbsp, Nokia, Raw Info, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Xperia, Zte
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We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of 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 [...]
IDC: Nokia, LG see significant Q2 shipping decline, Apple continues to grow
Posted: 29th July 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: 1 Million, 5 Million, 6 Million, Apple, Decline, Engadget, Feature Phone, Fri, Handset, Idc, Iphone, Last Quarter, Lg Electronics, Market Share, Mobile Market, Nbsp, Nokia, Q3, Rim, S Market
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Well, the numbers are in and Q2′s proved to be a mixed bag for the mobile market. According to IDC, cellphone makers shipped a total of 365.4 million units last quarter, a year-over-year increase of 11.3 percent. Nokia, while still the world’s largest handset maker, suffered a significant blow, with shipments dropping from 111.1 million [...]
Engadget’s next reader meetup happens in NYC on August 25th!
Posted: 29th July 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Dot Com, Editors, Engadget, Exhibitor, Fri, Gig, Guastavino, Hosting, Insanity, Mail, Meetup, Nbsp, New York City, Prizes, Rim, Top Shelf, Venue, Windows Phone
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Oh, hi! How are you? It’s been so long! We know, we’ve been busy, but we’re going to be in town soon. Very soon! In less than a month we’ll be having a get-together for lots and lots (and lots) of our closest friends — and yes, you’re totally invited. We’ll be hosting the event [...]
Matias Duarte On iOS Vs. Android Looks: “Why Are Sicilians More Handsome Than Other Gentleman?”
Posted: 29th July 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Android, Applications, Gentleman, Google, Guy Jason, Ios, Iphone, Jang, Jason Kincaid, Matias Duarte, Mintz, Mobile Experience, Mobile World, Palo Alto Ca, Sicilians, User Experience
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Today during our Mobile First CrunchUp in Palo Alto, CA, our own Jason Kincaid led a panel focused on designing the mobile experience. On the panel were Bump’s Jake Mintz, Soundtracking’s Steve Jang, and Google’s Matias Duarte (the Director of User Experience for Android). Not surprisingly, much of the talk was iOS versus Android. Such [...]
AT&T announces throttling plans, gently reminds us why the T-Mobile acquisition is so great
Posted: 29th July 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Amp, Billing Cycle, Break, Carrier, Crunch, Engadget, Fri, Merger, Mobile Acquisition, Nbsp, Simple Solution, Spectrum Capacity, T Mobile, Term Challenges, Wireless Spectrum
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AT&T today officially confirmed what so many had expected for some time now: the carrier will be throttling select users’ unlimited data plans. The move, which takes effect on October 1st, is a response to a “serious wireless spectrum crunch,” according to a message issued today. The changes will not affect most customers, according to [...]