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HTC’s making some serious moves in North America at the moment — not to say that’s necessarily anything new — and the Touch Diamond2 and Pro2 are both getting love from every angle. That’s a good thing, we figure — and the parade of high-end Windows Mobile hardware continues with the Whitestone, a presumed Diamond2 variant with a 3.6-inch WVGA display and 5 megapixel cam. Test documents confirm that it’s CDMA / EV-DO, though we’re not seeing any evidence of GSM; that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not there since the FCC doesn’t care to test non-US bands, but we definitely expected to see a full report on EDGE 850 / 1900. Now that the approval’s in, Verizon, it’s your move — let’s get the ball rolling, shall we?

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Verizon’s HTC Whitestone garners FCC approval originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Shenanigans were afoot in Sony’s efforts to throw bloggers (such as yours truly) off the scent of the just-announced PS3 Slim in the FCC, and we’ve got to give them credit — filing the thing as a “Computer Entertainment System” manufactured by “Sand Dollar Enterprise, Inc.” managed to do the trick. Well played, Sony. Anyhow, it turns out that Sand Dollar’s address is registered to Sony Computer Entertainment of America, which in turn leads us to the matter at hand: test documents for this sneaky bugger reveal a second model number, CECH-2001B, listed as a 250GB version of the console. For the math challenged, that’s over two times the storage of the only SKU announced thus far, so if they can get this out for a reasonably modest bump in MSRP (we doubt it) and get it out quickly, it might be worth the wait. Why it’s legal for a company to falsify its name with the feds like this is unclear, but we’ll admit, we respect and admire the effort. In fact, we’d be even more likely to buy a Slim if it came from a company called Sand Dollar, we think.

[Via PlayStation 3 News]

Filed under: Gaming

Sony sneaks PS3 Slim through FCC under pseudonym, 250GB model discovered originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like domestic drivers may soon have the privilege of shelling out extra money every month for TomTom’s “connected” services. According to recently unearthed FCC documents, the mid-range (and until now Euro-centric) XL Live has been manhandled and passed all its tests. This guy operates on the GSM850 and GSM1900 bands, which means it should be available on AT&T or T-Mobile’s 2G network — you know, when it does make it to market. And when it does make it to market, might we recommend you go with the Homer Simpson voice skin? That thing is hilarious.

[Via GPS Tracklog, Thanks Rich]

Filed under: GPS

TomTom XL Live connected GPS passes the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well well, it looks like the mythical Sony Ericsson Satio is soon to go from beautiful fever-dream to actual reality — it’s popped into the FCC database with test results on GSM 850 and 1900, otherwise known as EDGE. Yeah, that sort of sucks, but we’re still holding out hope, since we don’t know the full story — it could be destined for a lame existence on AT&T, it could be sold unlocked, or it could be a Canadian or Latin American model. Seriously, though — it’s the Satio, and the government has one. You know what that means.

Filed under: Cellphones

Sony Ericsson Satio arrives at the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, would you look at that. Microsoft’s Zune HD‘s overexposed — both in quantity of pics and in quality of photography — camera shoot with the FCC has been made public, showing off quite a bit of the device, its internals, and its dock. We’ve got two model numbers listed here, 1395 and 1402 representing the 16GB and 32GB models, respectively, and in case you’re wondering, that’s Windows CE you’re seeing above, the OS on which Zune HD’s UI is built. Hit up the read link to browse yourself, or check out the gallery below for the highlights, including a NVIDIA Tegra chip sighting and an amusing “For our princess” tattoo on the inside of the back cover. Now if we could only get a MSRP or narrower release window…

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Zune HD hits FCC in prolific photo shoot, 16GB and 32GB capacities originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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