Hasta La Gadget!

We have a hard time believing that the FCC’s documentation system is efficient and well-coordinated enough to actually reveal documents at the exact date and time that filers want them to — so who knows, maybe the feds are in bed with Apple on keeping its most prized launches under lock and key until just the right moment. We kid, we kid — maybe — but at any rate, you can now peruse hundreds of pages of specific absorption rate plots for GSM, UMTS / HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth in both 16 and 32GB flavors of the iPhone 3G S. It’s not likely going to tell you anything you didn’t already know or care about, especially since there aren’t any external photos or user’s manuals accessible yet — but if you get really, amazingly bored this evening, it might be worth a look-see.

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Apple iPhone 3G S gets FCC clearance like clockwork originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know things may not be all hunky-dory in the world of PNDs, but seriously Magellan, you owe us an explanation here. After MiTAC snapped up the outfit’s consumer products division way back in December of last year (yeah, half a year ago), we’ve heard absolutely zilch since. Until today, naturally. If documentation found in the always-telling FCC database is to be believed, it looks as if the long standing Maestro line is about to grow another member. The Maestro 4700 user handbook explains that the unit will boast support for voice commands, a OneTouch user interface, Bluetooth, traffic alerts and a presumed 4.7-inch display. We’d expect the company to come clean with an official price and release date in short order. [Warning: PDF read link]

[Via GPSTracklog, thanks Rich]

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Maestro 4700 slips by FCC, proves Magellan still has a pulse originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 09:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember that Touch Pro2 we saw in Sprint livery yesterday? A leaked roadmap indicated that this would be a global roaming device packing both CDMA and GSM radios — and Telus’ inventory system certainly corroborates the existence of such a device. Further proof now comes to us in the form of an FCC filing for yet another variant of the Rhodium (HTC’s codename for the Touch Pro2), and while only CDMA is being tested here, there’s also some assurance from HTC that the FCC needn’t worry about the locked-down GSM radio lying dormant in there. In other words, it’ll only be used outside US borders — places the FCC doesn’t give two flips about. Even better, there are actually two versions being referred to here — the RHOD400 and RHOD500 — which could very well represent separate bodies for Sprint and Verizon. As if you needed another reason to upgrade from the original Touch Pro, Sprint folks… well, here you go.

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HTC passes CDMA / GSM hybrid Touch Pro2 through the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 May 2009 18:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We don’t have a formal unveiling for Motorola’s Verizon-bound A4500 world phone just yet, but an operation manual and some snapshots of its dress rehearsal from the FCC should suffice in the interim. From what we glean, it supports CDMA for VZW’s network and quad-band GSM for SIM-packing Vodafone customers and other overseas roaming needs. No points for design originality (Q9, anyone?), but it does boast a wealth of good features including two megapixel camera, EV-DO, stereo Bluetooth, 2 megapixel camera, Windows Mobile (presumably 6.1), and a biometric fingerprint reader on the back of the phone. Not that we expected you to be eagerly anticipating this one, but we’d venture to say a cameo in the FCC means it’s on track for release some time in the near future.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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Motorola’s A4500 world phone caught in the FCC covered in Verizon tattoos originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you were looking for a C905 with just a little dash of AWS 3G thrown in, look no further than this little gem. The so-called CS8 breaks from Sony Ericsson’s traditional model naming convention, but they could call this thing the Behold 2 if they wanted to — all we care is that we’re getting access to an 8.1 megapixel slider with myFaves (you can clearly see the myFaves logo plastered on the back of the user manual’s diagrams, and yes, it’s that important). It also sports Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, and our undying love and affection, so we hope to see you soon, dearest Cyber-shot.

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Sony Ericsson CS8 passes FCC, looking T-Mobile bound originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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