While we’re still a few weeks away from annual phone festival, MWC, it’s these weeks in the run-up that often draw out blurrycam appetizers of what we’ll see over in Barcelona. This time, it’s no other than the HTC Edge Ville, that rumored divergent mix of quad-core processing bulk and slimline form-factor: something we don’t [...]
Archive for January, 2012
McAfee updates Mobile Security to 2.0, keeps you protected on the go (video)
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Anti Virus, Apps, Blackberry, Caution, Connoisseur, Email, Engadget, Exercise, Handsets, Intel, Mcafee Updates, Mobile Machine, Mobile Security, Nbsp, Pc World, Personal Data, Press Release, Slates, Subscription Fee, Symbian
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If you tend to exercise a bit more caution when using your mobile machine, we imagine you’ll welcome McAfee‘s Mobile Security 2.0 with open arms. The Intel-owned security connoisseur has just introduced its refreshed apps, designed to protect Android handsets and slates, along with BlackBerry and Symbian smartphones. All users can take advantage of features [...]
T-Mobile brings Square to select small businesses, does the mobile payment thing
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Business Offerings, Carrier, Credit Card Readers, Engadget, Handful, Jack Dorsey, Launch, Mobile Email, Mobile Payment, Mobile Smartphones, Nbsp, Palms, Retail Outlets, Small Business, Small Businesses, Source Link, T Mobile
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T-Mobile is throwing some of its weight behind the mobile payment movement this morning, becoming the first carrier to offer Square credit card readers to a handful of retail outlets. Under the company’s new campaign, stores equipped with T-Mobile smartphones will be able to use Jack Dorsey’s readers to finalize transactions from the comfort of [...]
LG Optimus L3 appears in Sweden, packs entry-level style
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Bluetooth, Capacitive Touchscreen, Cdon, Dual Band, E400, Edge Connectivity, Engadget, Fm Radios, Fortune, Gingerbread, Gsmarena, Handset, Hub, L3, Megapixel Camera, Microsd Card Slot, Nbsp, Quadband, Qvga, Smartphone
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It’s not every day that we come across an entry-level Android smartphone from LG, especially one that packs this much style. The LG Optimus L3 (aka E400) recently popped up on Swedish retailer CDON’s website and appears to be slotted right below the Optimus Hub (successor to the highly popular Optimus One). Specs include Android [...]
Samsung faces EU antitrust investigation over mobile patents
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Antitrust Investigation, Dominant Position, Engadget, European Telecommunications, Injunctions, Irrevocable Commitment, Korean Manufacturers, Lawsuits, Legal Woes, Mobile Standards, Nbsp, Obligation, Patent Infringements, Patents, Ramifications, Reuters, Rival Companies, Samsung, Samsung Mobile, Telephony Standards
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Samsung’s European legal woes don’t look to be abating anytime soon, as the EU today formally launched an investigation into the Korean manufacturers’ competitive practices. At issue are, not surprisingly, a collection of patents that Samsung has used to launch a series of lawsuits against rival companies. The manufacturer maintains that these patents are essential [...]
Samsung brings us more to love, offers Galaxy Note engraving in South Korea
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Backside, Circulation, Creative, Engadget, Engraving, Galaxy, Heck, Laser Beams, Love Note, March 31st, Nbsp, Perspective, Phone Calls, Samsung, Slates, South Korea, Tattoo, White Canvas
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Sure, you can draw whatever the heck you want on the front of your Galaxy Note, but what about that blank blue or white canvas ’round back? With north of a million 5.3-inch pocketable slates in circulation around the world, you’ll need to get a bit more creative to truly make it yours — and [...]
T-Mobile to tighten the purse strings, limit data roaming starting April 5th
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Allotment, Amp, April, Billing Cycle, Carrier, Current, Engadget, Full Monty, Hot Heels, Hot On The Heels, Met, Nbsp, One Thing, Pact, Purse Strings, Restrictive Limits, Subscribers, T Mobile
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We’ve just come across an internal T-Mobile memo that will certainly give a few customers a moment of pause: come April 5th, it seems the carrier will impose new, restrictive limits that affect data usage when roaming. Hot on the heels of the network’s roaming pact with AT&T, the change would restrict subscribers to a [...]