Mango developers across the globe now have reason to hunker down and bring their apps up to snuff for Windows Phone 7.5. Microsoft has released version 7.1 of its SDK, which means no more coding with beta tools. In addition to the handful of bug fixes and a final spit-shine to the tooling experience, coders [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 goes gold, seven new languages in tow
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Apps, Beta Tools, Bug Fixes, Coders, Developers, Engadget, English French, French German, Fri, Globe, Handful, Hub, Japanese Korean, Nbsp, Programmers, Rain, Spit Shine, Traditional Chinese, Wares, Windows Phone
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Facebookers Are Not In Hawaii
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Blogger, Google, Googler, Hawaii Aloha, Jealousy, Maui, Michael Arrington, Offsite
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Aloha! You know where I wish I were right now? That’s right, Maui! You know who else is in Maui? Some of the Googler Social team. Note: I am really jealous of anyone who is a Googler in Maui right now, because it sure beats being someone who has to write about being a Googler [...]
The Engadget Mobile podcast Sunday edition, live at 2PM ET!
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: 2pm, Bat Channel, Different Day, Engadget Mobile, Fri, Myriam, Nbsp, Podcast, Sunday Afternoon, Weekly News
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Schedules, schedules, schedules… they always seem to get in the way, and this time our favorite Friday activity needs to be put on the back burner. Not wanting to deprive you of the weekly news — and let’s face it, there was a lot that took place this week — we’ll be pushing our mobcast [...]
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II review
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: 4g, Amp, Captivate, Compadres, Design Choice, Design Tweaks, Dotted Line, Engadget, Five Months, Fri, Galaxy, Hearts, International Smash, Right Decision, Saga, Samsung, Scoop, Select Design, Sprint, T Mobile
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Here comes the second episode of a thrilling three-part saga. Not content with simply selling ten million units of the GT-I9100 — its flagship device — in the course of the last five months, Samsung’s ready to flood the good ol’ US of A with a healthy dose of the Galaxy S II, and it [...]
ZTE N860 heading to Sprint, granted FCC and BlueTooth SIG approval
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Bluetooth, Capabilities, Carrier, Email, Emblazoned, Engadget, Fcc, Fri, Google, Handset, Mobile Os, Mystery, Nbsp, Radio, Smartphone, Sports, Sprint Logo, Swings, Test Entries
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It’s not often that a phone swings through the FCC with its carrier branding already in place, but here is the ZTE N860 with a nice big Sprint logo emblazoned across its regulatory label. Interestingly, it doesn’t appear that the N860 (which we hope picks up a catchier name on its way to market) packs [...]
ZTE N860 heading to Sprint, granted FCC and BlueTooth SIG approval
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Bluetooth, Capabilities, Carrier, Email, Emblazoned, Engadget, Fcc, Fri, Google, Handset, Mobile Os, Mystery, Nbsp, Radio, Smartphone, Sports, Sprint Logo, Swings, Test Entries
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It’s not often that a phone swings through the FCC with its carrier branding already in place, but here is the ZTE N860 with a nice big Sprint logo emblazoned across its regulatory label. Interestingly, it doesn’t appear that the N860 (which we hope picks up a catchier name on its way to market) packs [...]
Keepin’ it real fake: Chinese Nokia N9 makes but minor sacrifices
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Apps, Bogie, Dual Sim, Engadget, Fri, Gadget, Handset, Iphone, Merchants, Misgivings, Nbsp, Nokia N9, Pleasure, Rear Camera, Resistive Touchscreen, Sacrifices, Sim Slots, Smartphone, Three Times, Ui
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Chinese rip-off merchants have been crafting N9s since before the handset even existed and by now they’re pretty good at it. This latest bogie comes in at just $64 — way cheaper than a genuine budget smartphone — but it still manages to pack in dual SIM slots, a mock iPhone UI and a resistive [...]
Samsung Galaxy W gets the FCC once over (again), appears ready for AT&T
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: 4ghz, Amp, Bluetooth, British Isles, Engadget, Fcc, Fri, Galaxy, Handset, Handsets, Lcd Display, Megapixel Camera, Mobile Offspring, Nbsp, Samsung, Spectrum, Stable, Storage, Virgin White, Wifi
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In a Samsung Galaxy soon coming your way, are a stable of alphabetically ranked handsets. Among these newly hatched Korean mobile offspring is the ‘W’ line — meant to imply wireless wonder. Well, wonder about its US bow no more because that handset — previously announced for the British Isles — is getting a double [...]
SwiftKey X for Android hits v2.1, fingers party everywhere
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Bug Fixes, Caps, Couple Of Days, Engadget, Fingers, Fri, Improvements, Keyboard Aficionados, Language Enhancements, Localization, Nbsp, New Features, Nexus, Screen Keyboard, Smartphones, Touchtype, Typing Speed, Vip Members, Virtual Keyboard, Visualization
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Rejoice, virtual keyboard aficionados! SwiftKey X 2.1 for Android tablets and smartphones just became available today, and brings a bunch of new features and bug fixes to your favorite touchscreen device. Since our hands-on with v2.0, TouchType has updated its on-screen keyboard using the feedback it gathered from its 25,000+ VIP members. The new version [...]