Feb 16

Sprint Simply Everything plan now includes mobile broadband for laptops

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Sprint’s Simply Everything plan’s always brought a lot of bang for the buck, and it looks like it’s about to include a little more everything — you’ll now be able to add mobile broadband to the package. $149 a month ain’t cheap, but you won’t be short of connectivity with unlimited messaging, data, and voice, GPS navigation, and 5GB of laptop internet access a month. That explains Sprint’s willingness to promote the Pre’s data tethering abilities — anyone going to take the plunge?

Update: Sprint pinged us to clarify that the additional fee only covers the use of a USB stick or laptop card, not tethering. We’d still love to just carry one thing, though.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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Sprint Simply Everything plan now includes mobile broadband for laptops originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 16

Nokia busts out its own 8 megapixel slider: the N86

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Whoa, Nelly! While Samsung is strutting its 8 megapixel Memoir and Sony Ericsson is letting us all in on the forthcoming 12 megapixel Idou, Nokia is getting even with its 8 megapixel N86. Amazingly, we saw that the suits in Espoo had this thing on the brain way back in 2007, but not until today have we seen a real live product. The N-series slider boasts a Carl Zeiss lens, AutoFocus, dual-LED flash and Symbian S60, not to mention a 2.6-inch OLED display, 8GB of internal memory, a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, microUSB connector and Share on Ovi integration. We’re left in the dark when it comes to pricing and availability, but we’re hoping to hear more really, really soon. More shots are waiting in the read link.

Update: The full specs sheets have just leaked, yum!

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Feb 16

Palm joins Adobe’s Open Screen Project, Pre to support Flash

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Pandora's CTO talks about Pre, webOS development, gaming, and small children

Copy and paste, data tethering, and now Flash — it looks like the Pre’s going to fill in a lot of unchecked iPhone feature boxes, doesn’t it? Yep, Palm’s just joined Adobe’s Open Screen Project, and there’s no two bones about what that means: the press release flat out says “the Open Screen Project will help deliver Adobe Flash Player for smartphones on the new Palm webOS platform.” That’s especially interesting since the webOS SDK is so heavily based on web technologies and native player support potentially opens the door for Flash-based apps, which would instantly bring a ton of new devs to the Pre. That’s not a bad thing. We’ll find out more at the end of the year, when the mobile Flash player is due to arrive.

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Feb 16

LG GM730 hands-on (with video!)

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We had opportunity to check out one of LG’s newest smartphones, the LG GM730 at MWC today. We’ve seen all the specs but thought knew you all needed a really good look at the new S-Class UI. This phone is not final, so our hands-on shows a few interface hiccups, but, you’ll get the drift. So what’s the take away here? This appears to be a darn fine overlay on Windows Mobile, access to things from the home screen are simple and quick: mail, messaging, calendar, menus to get at network settings and so forth are a welcome addition. The device feels sturdy (even without a back) and looks just fine in our sleep deprived eyes. Carry on for a video with all the action and a gallery stuffed full of MWC love.

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LG GM730 hands-on (with video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 16

Samsung Beat DJ hands-on

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Touch Wiz in Spanish — you know you love it. The Engadget Spanish crew grabbed a little time with Sammy’s Bang and Olufsen-powered Beat DJ M7600, and sadly, this one looks like it’s better in stills — the interface is a little laggy and unresponsive, and the “scratching” features seem like more of a goofy novelty than anything else. Vid after the break, amigos.

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Samsung Beat DJ hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 16

Too much cellphone news on Engadget?

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You may be surprised to learn this, but we’re currently at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, which is basically the CES of cellphone shows. We’ve seen a handful of emails from confused readers who didn’t understand why the site was stacked from floor to ceiling with cellphone news — and we wanted to clear things up. We’re not just covering the news because there’s a tradeshow going on, of course. There are some huge stories breaking at MWC, and we’d be remiss in our duties if we didn’t cover every single one of them. Now, some of you may ask why we don’t just carry the news on Engadget Mobile; the simple answer is that we are covering the news on Engadget Mobile, but the stuff that we feel has crossover relevance and appeal (which happens to be a lot this year) ends up on Engadget Classic as well. If you can’t handle the insane and awesome torrent of phone-related news, you can subscribe to a special feed we’ve set up with Yahoo! Pipes which axes our MWC stories, but to be frank, you’ll be missing a lot of really cool gadget news. Hey, it’s your call.

Engadget Classic without any MWC news – RSS feed, Pipes page
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Feb 16

Samsung UltraTouch hands-on

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The hits keep coming at MWC 09, and while we’re racing around from liveblog to liveblog, the crew at Engadget Spanish managed to snag some quality time with Samsung’s Ultra Touch S8300 slider. The refined Touch Wiz interface does a good job of transcending its terrible name — it’s not the prettiest thing we’ve ever seen, but it’s fast, reasonably intuitive, and seems to get the job done. Spanish-language video after the break — trust us, you’ll know what’s going on without subtitles.

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Samsung UltraTouch hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 16

LG picks Windows Mobile as its primary smartphone OS, plans to release 50 new phones

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Kind of a big announcement from Microsoft and LG at MWC just now — LG’s going to make Windows Mobile its primary smartphone operating system, and it sounds like there’s going to be some serious cash involved from both sides to make it happen. No specific device plans yet, but that’s going to change big fast — LG’s going to drop 50 (!) WinMo handsets on us through 2012. Yikes. Hope you’re ready for some S-Class WinMo action, guys.

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Feb 16

Casio’s Exilim C721 pictured for Verizon Wireless

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Remember that funky Casio we spotted in the FCC around two months ago? Even if not (we’re guessing you said “no”), we’re betting that real, bona fide images will stick to your memory cells a lot better than some low-rate sketch. Word on the street has it that the cameraphone will arrive with a 5.1 megapixel shooter and a WVGA rotating display, and it seems that all signs are pointing to a near term release of the outfit’s Exilim C721. Your guess is as good as ours on pricing, but you can hit up the read link for a few more looks.

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Feb 16

Live from Microsoft’s MWC press conference!

Posted in: Microsoft, mwc, mwc 2009, mwc09, mwc2009, Today's Chili, Windows Mobile, WindowsMobile

Microsoft’s event is located in the Plaza Catalunya across the street from the expo center proper, and the world’s WinMo faithful (well, okay, the world’s technology press) have started to gather inside in preparation for the 3PM Central European Time extravaganza.

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