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Our friend Drita at Engadget Spanish was lucky enough to spend some extended moments with HTC’s just announced HD2 — also known as the Leo. It’s got exactly the same specs we just heard about: a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive display, a 1GHz MSM8250 Snapdragon processor, integrated FM radio, a 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. They found this Windows Mobile 6.5 baby to be elegant and light feeling in the hand, the touchscreen to be responsive and quick, and HTC’s Sense UI beautiful. The phone’s also quite snappy, and we have to say we can’t wait to get our hands on one ourselves. As far as availability goes — well, we know it’s going to run €649 and it will be available in November on Vodaphone in Spain (we’ve also heard it’s headed to T-Mobile UK), with additional carriers following after December. Check out the gallery, and head over to Engadget Spanish for a fuller hands-on experience.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

Continue reading HTC’s HD2 gets official, we get our hands-on it (Updated: with video!)

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HTC’s HD2 gets official, we get our hands-on it (Updated: with video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, gScreen is slowly mastering the art of grainy video teasers with its dual-panel portable, but here at its CEATEC booth, Kohjinsha’s got quite a looker of its own, on display in a very clear and well-lit case. We’re looking at two 10.1-inch LCDs each capable of outputting at either 1024 x 600 or 1366 x 768 resolution, and if one is all you need, it’s a sliding mechanism to hide the other monitor. What’s more, the base of it swivels, although we didn’t get to see it twist behind 15 degrees so we’re not sure the extent of its flexibility. Powering the DirectX 10-compatible little guy is an AMD Athlon MV-40, along with a 2.5-inch SATA HDD, up to 4GB DDR2 memory, and Windows 7 Home Premium, all for a hair under four pounds. There is a bit of bulk in its height, about 1.7 inches at its tallest and 0.75 inches at its shortest, but that’s something we’re willing to live with considering the value we’re getting with the screens. The rep we spoke with says it’s still in prototype phase at this point with no price or release date on the books, unfortunately, and the battery life is something of a mystery — we can’t imagine powering two bright displays is doing its energy reserves any favor. Video after the break.

Continue reading Kohjinsha dual-screen swivel netbook prototype hands-on

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Kohjinsha dual-screen swivel netbook prototype hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s widely acknowledged by users, media, and even Steve Ballmer himself that Windows Mobile is in dire need of a ground-up revamp, and it’s happening — but not quite yet. That’s Windows Mobile 7 you’re looking for, and realistically, it’s not going to be in your pocket for at least another year. That leaves Microsoft in a bit of a pickle: how do you facelift version 6.1 — which is already a facelift of 6, which in turn was a facelift of 5 — just enough to eke another year or two of life out of it? Is it even possible?

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Windows Mobile 6.5 review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget Podcast 165 – 10.02.2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A wee bit of the fanfare was taken out of the Squeezebox Radio announcement when the FCC went ahead and told us all about the party before Logitech had a chance to jump out from behind the sofa and yell “Surprise!” Expected or not, we’ve now got ourselves a streaming radio for testing in the house. It has a trendy, piano-black, fingerprint-magnet coating on the outside that looks classy as long as you can keep it clean, separate volume and scroll knobs on the front, and a little handle on the back that could make it a nice portable. However, without the optional battery pack, this thing isn’t going far. We haven’t had a chance to pump any tunes through either its Ethernet or 802.11b/g connections just yet, having barely turned it on and told it our language (Hola!), but we’ll report back in the very near future with a full set of acoustic and functional impressions.

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Logitech Squeezebox Radio unboxing originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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