List of alleged Windows Phones reveals Nokia Dogphone, Fluid and P4301, working titles we hope

Designer discovers list of Windows Phones you'll likely never own

It looks like Nokia has been playing the blindfolded dictionary game again. Well, that’s if the image we see above is correct. It’s purportedly a table containing names of upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices, found by a curious wallpaper designer. The names listed for Nokia include “Fluid,” “Dogphone,” and the previously seen “Phi.” One slightly less superlative name — Nokia P4301 — caught the attention of PhoneArena, who mused that P might be for PureView? An interesting, if not optimistic leap. There are two other items in the table that might pique interest: a Samsung SGH-1687 and a Juggernaught Alpha. There’s little else to get excited about specification-wise, bar different versions of Windows Phone, however. That said, no one as yet has mentioned the elephant in the room — what about that “Virtual” model in the works from Microsoft?

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Parrot Minikit Neo helps you focus on driving, making off-handed Matrix references

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Like talking on the phone while driving, but hate all of the crashing it sometimes entails? Parrot’s bringing its Minikit Neo to the states later this year, bringing a free Android / iPhone app along for the ride that helps you locate your car, set parking meter fill-up reminders, schedule driving breaks and set auto-replies like, “I’m driving and will call you later,” for those times when you’re driving and will call people later. The sun-visor-clipping car accessory can connect two Bluetooth-enabled devices simultaneously and features a vibration sensor that’ll turn it on and off as you enter and exit the vehicle. The Neo will arrive stateside in September for $100.

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Rogers details 28-city LTE upgrade for rest of 2012, RIM’s hometown included

Rogers details 28city LTE upgrade for rest of 2012, RIM's hometown included

Rogers’ LTE network is old enough to mark its first birthday. Unless you happened to live in one of the seven largest cities in Canada during that time, however, you’ve largely been left out — that status indicator on the Rogers version of the One X may as well have been a subtle form of mockery. To the delight of our friends up North, the carrier has detailed a much more aggressive LTE rollout for the rest of the year: a total of 28 more cities will get that sweet 4G nectar in the next few months. Most of these expansions will blanket the southern half of Ontario, but major cities in the Prairies, Quebec and the Maritimes will all get their fair share. Arguably, the most important upgrade is coming to RIM’s home base of Waterloo; when the company is virtually betting its future on likely LTE-ready BlackBerry 10 devices, having widescale LTE to test against is a slightly important prerequisite. The full city list is available after the break.

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Noise Free Wireless alleges Apple is tone deaf over sound reduction patent, files lawsuit to match

Noise Free Wireless alleges Apple is tone deaf over noise reduction patent, files lawsuit to match

Apple faces litigation claiming that it’s using patented technology all the time, often from small patent holding companies with dollar signs in their eyes. Noise Free Wireless has just filed a patent lawsuit against Apple whose allegations are considerably, well, louder. The firm maintains that it had been pitching its patented noise cancellation to Apple in periodic meetings between 2007 and 2010, only to watch as 1 Infinite Loop used Audience’s technology for the iPhone 4 instead — and supposedly handed some of Noise Free’s work to a competitor. An Apple patent filed the same year borrows some of that work, Noise Free insists, in addition to the iPhone in question. Neither side is talking about the details to outlets like Macworld, although we’d be cautious about accepting either company’s position at face value. However much Apple may protest its innocence regardless of circumstances, Noise Free certainly has a vested interest in retribution after losing out on such a big contract.

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Noise Free Wireless alleges Apple is tone deaf over sound reduction patent, files lawsuit to match originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 145 – 07.09.2012

A sub-90-minute Engadget Mobile Podcast is a rare breed, and a sub-90-minute Engadget Mobile Podcast with Joseph Volpe is a sighting of albino liger proportions. Take in this breath of fresh air, tinged with the sweet confectionist scents coming down from the Mountain View and the smell of money their distributors and competitors are either making or losing in other areas of the universe.

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Guest: Joseph Volpe
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Music: TychoCoastal Brake (Ghostly International)

00:27:10 – Motorola ICS UI review: this isn’t the Blur we used to know
00:51:49 – Samsung denied: Judge Koh declines to lift injunction against Galaxy Nexus, but Google’s got a workaround
00:58:52 – RIM’s Thorsten Heins denies company’s ‘death spiral,’ predicts successful transition to BlackBerry 10
01:04:38 – Motorola Atrix HD revealed with 4.5-inch Colorboost HD display, ICS and Droid RAZR looks
01:12:13 – HTC reveals Q2 2012 financial results: 57.8 percent net profit drop blamed on customs issues and weak sales
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Pink Nokia Lumia 900 headed for AT&T July 15th, demands a Psychedelic Furs ringtone

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That Nokia Lumia 900 Batman edition not quite your thing? Looks like the Windows Phone handset’s getting yet another version, this time in an eye-catching pink. The new color joins white, black and cyan, heading exclusively to AT&T this Sunday, July 15th. Need some apps to run on that 1.4Ghz processor? Nokia recommends Groupon, Fruit Ninja and the Instagram-esque Apict, for interested parties.

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Verizon support blames Samsung for locked bootloader in Galaxy S III (updated)

Verizon blames Samsung for locked bootloader in Galaxy S III

Verizon cleared up its stance on locking the bootloaders in phones using its network earlier this year. In short: it encourages OEMs to do so, to keep its network humming along as Big Red feels it should. Well, it seems that VZW Support is telling a different story, as it’s laid blame for the Galaxy S III’s closed bootloader squarely at Samsung’s feet, claiming that it’s locked “per the Manufacturer.” Now, that doesn’t explicitly state that VZW had no part to play in denying users access, but it surely seems like this is a game of PR pass the buck to us. Of course, as we reported earlier, there’s a workaround to be had by rooting the GSIII, which revealed a vulnerability allowing non-stock ROMs to be flashed to the device. But it’s only a partial workaround, as the kernel’s signed and implementing a full custom ROM experience is neither for the unskilled nor the faint of heart. We reached out to both Verizon and Samsung for comment on the matter, but have yet to hear back. While you wait for official word, feel free to check out the ongoing conversation at the source link below.

[Thanks, @supercurio]

Update: Seems that Verizon’s still singing the same tune it was back in February, claiming that unauthorized software brought by open bootloaders could harm the overall network user experience:

Verizon Wireless has established a standard of excellence in customer experience with our branded devices and customer service. There is an expectation that if a customer has a question, they can call Verizon Wireless for answers that help them maximize their enjoyment and use of their wireless phone. Depending on the device, an open bootloader could prevent Verizon Wireless from providing the same level of customer experience and support because it would allow users to change the phone or otherwise modify the software and, potentially, negatively impact how the phone connects with the network. The addition of unapproved software could also negatively impact the wireless experience for other customers. It is always a delicate balance for any company to manage the technology choices we make for our branded devices and the requests of a few who may want a different device experience. We always review our technology choices to ensure that we provide the best solution for as many customers as possible.

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Huawei Ascend D1 now up for grabs in China, headed to Russia next month

Huawei Ascend D1 now up for grabs in China, headed to Russia next month

Being related to that considerably powerful Ascend D Quad could spark some sort of a double-edged sword effect on Huawei’s lesser-specced D1, but if all those cores the former has to offer mean nothing to those in China, the latter wouldn’t be such a bad choice. In case you’ve forgotten — unlike its beefier, quad-core-loaded brother — this 4.5-inch (1280 x 720) Ascend D1’s only sporting a dual-core, 1.5GHz TI OMAP CPU, which is paired next to 1GB of RAM and a tasty bite of Google’s 4.0 treat. According to Huawei, the device is set to hit online shelves throughout the Great Wall starting today, with Russia being its next stop come August and “other markets to follow” sometime after. Be sure to pay the source below a visit if you’re planning on grabbing one of these for yourself.

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Nokia: it ‘won’t be long’ before Verizon gets its due, and we’ll have more gear in the fall

Richard Kerris of Nokia in interview

Most talk of a Nokia Lumia for Verizon has been relegated to small-scale rumors and incidental CDMA references. Nokia’s Worldwide Developer Relations head Richard Kerris has rather suddenly brought the elusive subject into focus through an interview: he tells Neowin that it “won’t be long” before the can-you-hear-me-now network gets a taste of an experience that has previously been limited to the GSM side of the US telecom world, like AT&T and T-Mobile. We’re not getting a roadmap for any Verizon devices just yet, to no one’s surprise, but Kerris is more than willing to share when we can expect the next wave of Nokia devices. We should expect a refresh of the line sometime in the fall, and whatever’s arriving in the spring will purportedly be good enough to have people “climbing over themselves” to get it — just in case Nokia’s role as a Windows Phone 8 partner for the fall launch and beyond wasn’t clear enough. The question-and-answer session touches on a handful of other subjects, including a hint that the near-mythical Windows Phone with PureView may be a bit closer to reality, so click on through if you’d like a peek at where the Lumia is headed next.

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Apple reportedly shutting down unauthorized third-party beta sales, restricts iOS 6 to licensed devs

Apple has been arguably more generous when it comes to software sneak peeks than it has been with hardware, but while dues-paying developers are given the go-ahead to download operating systems ahead of their release, consumers have had to sit tight until after each iteration hits GM status. Some internet entrepreneurs have taken it upon themselves to game Apple’s system, however, which until recently appeared to have been loosely guarded, with third parties selling beta access for years without intervention. iOS 6 is shaping up to be the end of the line — Apple has reportedly begun targeting businesses selling early access, citing copyright infringement and contacting hosting providers to shut down sales sites. The operations can be quite profitable, with income approaching six figures for iOS 6 alone, so it’s likely that we’ll see businesses open up shop under different domains in an attempt to continue to collect. Still, if you’re running such an operation of you’re own, it may be worth your while to peruse Apple’s non-disclosure agreement in full — a site shut down could be but the beginning of the company’s actions to control OS releases, and prevent third parties from illegally capitalizing on Cupertino’s creations.

Apple reportedly shutting down unauthorized third-party beta sales, restricts iOS 6 to licensed devs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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