The NFC Forum just released the latest update to the growing close-range standard and it includes a nice little treat called SNEP, which stands for Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol. (Side note: the NDEF in SNEP, stands for NFC Data Exchange Format — it’s like a matryoshka doll of abbreviations.) What makes SNEP exciting is that [...]
Archive for September, 2011
New NFC spec enables two-way communication, potentially makes Bump obsolete
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Abbreviations, Close Range, Communication, Data Exchange Format, Engadget, Exchange Protocol, Fri, Matryoshka Doll, Movie Posters, Nbsp, Nfc, Snep, Technical Details, Trailers, Tv At Home
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Googler Builds Site That Shows You What Top Tech Companies Pay
Posted: 30th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Analogy, Angel Investors, Cards, Crazy Shit, Gamblers, Hunter S Thomson, Las Vegas, People, Silicon Valley, Sorts, Startups, Vcs
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Last night at an informal gathering of tech people, someone likened Silicon Valley to a “Las Vegas for people who want to make crazy shit” equating VCs and angel investors to gamblers of sorts. Well if investors are gamblers, and startups are hands of cards, what does that make engineers? I don’t know (in the [...]
HTC Holiday spotted sunning itself on Australian shores
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Amp, Australia, Australian Shores, Carrier, Cnet Reports, Colossus, Dual Core, Engadget, Handsets, Htc, Iteration, Korea, Launch, Lte, Moniker, Nbsp, Rhyme, Rival, Telstra, Titanic
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Australian carrier Telstra has revealed this 4.5-inch colossus from HTC, and the above picture from CNET shows it’s likely to arrive under its Holiday moniker. This is the first LTE smartphone announced for Australia, while something similarly tall, dark and Android recently arrived in Korea as the HTC Raider 4G. CNET reports specs that tally [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S available now on Vodafone UK
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: 4ghz Processor, Arc, Engadget, Exmor, Gradient, High Speed, Nbsp, Orderly Queue, Panorama Mode, Shooter, Smartphone, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Uk Email, Vodafone, Vodafone Uk, Xperia
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Can’t wait for your high-speed Xperia Arc upgrade? Well, you’ll be glad to hear that Vodafone’s Xperia Arc S page has now gone live, and we’ve confirmed with the UK phone network that the curvy smartphone will also be available in-store from tomorrow. Signing up for a two year plan at £31 per month nets [...]
HTC Holiday hits the FCC, ready to deliver AT&T’s LTE to 3-percent of Americans
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Advantage, Amp, Beast, Email, Engadget, Exposure Reports, Fcc, Imagine, Label Placement, Nbsp, Photos, Radio, Rf Exposure, Source Link, Tiny Fraction
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We’re not sure how much longer it’ll be before the tiny fraction of Americans that can take advantage of AT&T’s LTE network will actually be able to put the HTC Holiday in their hands, but we imagine it won’t be too much longer. It looks like the dual-core super-phone just stopped by the FCC to [...]
Softbank takes Dell Streak Pro 101DL by the hand, plans January 2012 coming out party (video)
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Alterations, Amoled, Array, Dessert, Dual Core, Engadget, Gadget, Gander, Gps, Handset, Japanese Carrier, Mobile Media, Mobile Os, New Year, Quad Band, Qualcomm, Radios, Techcrunch, Toes, Wcdma
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Dell Streak Pro 101DL. Just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? Clumsy naming aside, this power-laden handset’s just been officially outed by Japanese carrier Softbank, where’ll it bow sometime next January. So, what sort of mobile media tour de force can you look forward to early next year? Try a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED Plus [...]
iPhone 5 to have 21Mbps HSPA+ data? China Unicom says so
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Ahead, Apple, Asia, China Unicom, Deputy Director, Electronista, Engadget, Fingers, Handset, Iphone, Iphone 5, Macworld, Nbsp, Predecessor, Superphone, Sure Thing, Tasty Tidbit, Tim Cook
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We know that Apple won’t be unveiling its next superphone for a few more days, but we may have a tasty tidbit about the iPhone 5 ahead of schedule. So the story goes, China Unicom’s Deputy Director Huang Wenlian was making a presentation at Macworld Asia, and stated that the new iPhone would utilize the [...]
Sharp’s Aquos Phone 102SH brings 3D qHD display, 12 megapixel CMOS sensor to Japan
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: 3d Display, Beastly, Bluetooth, Capabilities, Cmos Sensor, Engadget, Few Days, Free 3d, Functionality, Glasses, Handset, Infrared Connections, Japan, Japanese Carrier, Megapixel, Nbsp, Sharp Aquos, Ti Omap, Wallet
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Just a few days after unveiling the waterproof IS13SH, Sharp has come out with yet another beastly submersible, known as the Aquos Phone 102SH. Juiced by a 1GHz TI OMAP 4430 CPU, this Gingerbread-coated handset boasts a 4.5-inch glasses-free 3D display with 720 x 1280 resolution, along with 1GB of RAM and a 32GB microSDHC [...]
Sprint set to end Bill to Account program on October 5th, all equipment must be purchased outright
Posted: 29th September 2011 by Paul in GoogleTags: Engadget, Equipment Purchases, Expenditures, Farewell, How Much Money, Launch, Lte, National Carriers, Nbsp, Screenshot, Shave, Sprint
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Sprint’s the last of the big four national carriers to offer a Bill to Account program, which allows equipment purchases to be billed directly to the customer’s account (provided they’re in good standing). Unfortunately, it’s likely going to be the next consumer-friendly policy to get the boot out the door, never to be seen again. [...]