Hasta La Gadget!

Looks like that plan to bring NFL content Verizon tablets is on hold, at least for now — we just got Big Red’s employee training materials for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and they explicitly say that Skype Mobile, NFL Mobile, and V Cast Video won’t be available on the seven-inch tablet at launch. That’s disappointing for a variety of reasons — particularly the loss of Skype, which would have made up for the lack of voice calling ability — but we’re hoping the holdup is mostly due to app-compatibility issues and not corporate politics. We’ll find out, we suppose. Hit the gallery for the rest of the training docs.

Verizon’s Galaxy Tab won’t have Skype, NFL Mobile, or V Cast video apps at launch originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Whoever said being on hold was a bad thing? Verizon customers who call in and get stuck in limbo right now are being treated to a minor device scoop: an ad for the mythical Droid 2 Global, which has leaked out here and there but hasn’t yet been officially announced. The ad doesn’t reveal much apart from the existence of the CDMA / GSM slider and the fact that it’ll work in 221 countries, but that’s all we needed to hear — listen for yourself after the break.

Update: Ha, as commenter Spider-Man points out below, that 221 number is mighty suspect, as there are only between 191-195 countries in the world today, depending on how you count them. Sounds like Verizon needs to take this one back to the studio. Thanks, Spidey!

[Thanks, Anonymous]

Continue reading Droid 2 Global ads now running on Verizon’s 800 number

Droid 2 Global ads now running on Verizon’s 800 number originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It seems like we’re getting closer and closer to the arrival of the Palm Pre 2 and webOS 2.0, and it looks like Verizon will be in the mix — we were just sent this image of Big Red’s internal VZLearn portal showing Pre 2 device training. We still don’t know when it’ll actually hit or what pricing will be like, and we don’t know if it’ll hit Sprint and AT&T as well like the OG Pre, but we’re guessing we’ll find out soon enough — keep a sharp eye, we’ll let you know.

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Palm Pre 2 coming to Verizon? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve seen O2 Germany’s HTC Schubert and a Chinese HD3, but here’s a giant Windows Phone 7 device with “T-Mobile” clearly painted on the upper right-hand corner of the screen. TmoNews got these alleged images of the HTC HD7 from their usual anonymous source along with a partial spec sheet, which actually claims slightly different dimensions for the phone and double the amount of flash memory (16GB in all) than we heard before. Different strokes for different folks, or is one of these two rumors totally off? You’ll probably want to keep both possibilities in mind before considering this last tidbit from the very same source: the phone will reportedly cost $199 on a two-year contract. Or you could just wait for us to blow out all the Windows Phone 7 details tomorrow, of course.

Update: Enjoying the look of this phone from your vantage point in Great Britain, are you? You might be able to pick one up as well — 911sniper apparently found a O2 UK version of the HTC Schubert’s ROM, as reported by Pocketnow below.

HTC HD7 (aka Schubert) pictured in glorious monochrome, headed to T-Mobile for $200? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While its controller may have a button layout that only an Atari Jaguar apologist could love (…), Sony’s Google TV set itself is still something intriguing, if only because of the missing pieces of the puzzle set to be revealed October 12th. Or now, perhaps, if this Sony Insider leak proves true. According to the site, four models will initially be introduced: NSX-24GT1, NSX-32GT1, NSX-40GT1, and NSX-46GT1 — which, as you may have surmised, correspond to 24-, 32-, 40-, and 46-inch sets. While no price is known for the littlest of the quartet, the others are reportedly equipped with respective $1299.99, $1499.99, and $1899.99 price tags. The lowest of those three is about $300 more than BRAVIA EX710, the most expensive Sony 32-incher right now. Three Benjamins could also net you the Logitech Revue and the freedom to hook it up to any TV you wanted, so if these prices are true, let’s hope there’s some wiggle room for the retailer.

Sony’s Google TV screen sizes and prices leak? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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