Posts Tagged ‘cellphone’
Keepin’ it real fake, part CCLIV: HTC Tattoo joins the WinMo gang, or appears to anyway
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on February 22nd, 2010
Keepin' it real fake, part CCLIV: HTC Tattoo joins the WinMo gang, or appears to anyway originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Solomobi | Email this | Comments Mac OS X 10.3 installed on Nokia N900 via PearPC, barely usable for impatient geeks
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on February 1st, 2010
[Thanks, Matija]
Continue reading Mac OS X 10.3 installed on Nokia N900 via PearPC, barely usable for impatient geeks
Mac OS X 10.3 installed on Nokia N900 via PearPC, barely usable for impatient geeks originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |Toni Nikkanen | Email this | Comments Ask Engadget: Best Skype phone for Europe?
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 1st, 2010
There's nothing worse than not being able to communicate with someone when you desperately need to, so we're hoping that our readers across the pond will be able to chime in here with a little advice. If you've got something productive to add, drop it down in comments below!"My sister recently moved to Belgium. She has access to WiFi at home, so I'd like to send her a mobile phone that can run a Skype client. Requirements are WiFi, can work on Belgian / European carriers, runs Skype, and has excellent battery life. Anyone have any suggestions?"
Ask Engadget: Best Skype phone for Europe? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | | Email this | CommentsPicture of Motorola ‘Shadow’ leaked, inverted on Taiwanese forum
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 31st, 2009
Picture of Motorola 'Shadow' leaked, inverted on Taiwanese forum originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Electronista | Mobile01 | Email this | Comments HP files for ‘Zeen’ and ‘Airlife’ trademarks for handheld devices
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 30th, 2009
Having only recently marked its return to the handheld computing space with the iPAQ Glisten, HP seems intent on forging ahead with more hardware in the coming year. The above trademark applications — filed in September and October 2009 — mark out some very broad categories, but we can narrow them down a little with the help of some context. Given all the industry excitement over tablet devices, the Zeen could well be the name of a forthcoming slate-shaped machine and accompanying software, while Airlife seems to be planted firmly in the smartphone arena. The moniker suggests a software ecosystem rather than actual hardware, but that would make little sense with just one handset out there; if we were the betting type (and believe us, we aren’t), we’d probably expect to see more mobiles coming from the computing giant in order to take advantage. Of course, companies don’t always follow through on trademark applications, but it sure seems as if HP is casting a wary eye over the burgeoning handheld market (and / or planning to not get left behind in the months ahead).
HP files for ‘Zeen’ and ‘Airlife’ trademarks for handheld devices originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Acer, Asustek working on custom 3G phones for China?
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 29th, 2009
Acer, Asustek working on custom 3G phones for China? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |Digitimes | Email this | Comments The Algorithm Protecting GSM Calls Has Been Cracked [Security]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 28th, 2009
The A5/1 privacy algorithm, a code which is used to protect the privacy of about 80 percent of all mobile calls worldwide, has been deciphered and made public. It remains to be seen whether it’s time to panic just yet.
The algorithm in question has been used to encrypt GSM calls since 1988, but this past week, at the Chaos Communication Congress, a four-day computer hackers’ conference, an encryption specialist by the name of Karsten Nohl disclosed how he and about 24 other people cracked the code. He also revealed that the resulting two terabyte “code book” which is “a vast log of binary codes that could theoretically be used to decipher GSM phone calls” is available on various BitTorrent websites.
Whether you should begin to worry about this news depends on whom you listen to. The telephone companies are proclaiming that the A5/1 algorithm, a 64-bit binary code, will soon be phased out for its successor, the 128-bit A5/3 algorithm, and that even just a simple modification to the existing code would be enough to thwart any attempts to intercept calls.
Some security experts on the other hand are saying that the “hardware and software needed for digital surveillance were available free as an open-source product” and that this new development could “reduce the time to break a GSM call from weeks to hours.”
Either way, it doesn’t seem like it’s time to shout about yet another breach of privacy just yet, so let’s go back to focusing on crotch pat downs once again. [NY Times]
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Metro Pink Cosmopolitan phone
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 28th, 2009
If you’re the type who love standing out from the crowd and yet don’t want to jump aboard the branded items bandwagon, the Metro Pink Cosmopolitan phone might be just the handset for you – assuming you’re in the market for one, of course. This unique dual SIM swivel screen QWERTY handset is relatively affordable at $100 a pop, where it will come unlocked, while boasting a design that looks totally different from what you’ve seen on the market. It is impossible to classify this as a candybar or a slider, but more of a square-slider. Each handset works across all four bands, where each purchase will come with a free 2GB microSD memory card. Something tells me that the user interface isn’t going to be as sweet as the design though. so caveat emptor applies here.
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Motorola Opus One Specifications Leak [Motorola]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 21st, 2009
When we say we have specifications, boy, do we mean it. One of our connects has sent us the full rundown on Motorla's Opus One (their first iDEN Android handset) that we revealed a little while back.
The features on the device are actually pretty reasonable, and we'd imagine it to sell for a reasonable attractive price-point at release. The Motorola Opus One will run Android 1.5 with iDEN service enhancements, make use of a "Zeus" CPU, and will feature a 3 megapixel autofocus camera.
- 3.1″ hVGA 320×480 capacitative touchscreen display
- 3 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash
- Accelerometer
- Proximity sensor
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth
- microSD card slot
- 2.5mm headset jack
- Home, Menu, Back, Speaker buttons are capacitive buttons with haptic feedback
- iDEN PTT & PTX
- Android LBS which is integrated into the iDEN GPS engine
- "Enterprise email"
- Plastic-molded housing with some rubberized texture finishes
- 58mm in width, 118mm in length
- 100g weight
- 512MB Flash / 256MB of RAM
- 64k and 128k iDEN SIM card support
- A-GPS
- Motorola dual-mic technology noise-canceling for noisy enviroments
- Flash Lite v3.1.x
- Some of the preloaded apps include: corporate email client with ActiveSync support, MOTONAV navigation app, barcode scanner, and document viewer.
That's what we have for you on the Motorola Opus One at this time. Not the most mind-blowing Android device, but with it being an iDEN device and all, we'lll cut it some slack and even say that it could do reasonably well at launch.
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Maine mulling cancer warning labels on cellphones, manufacturers mulling warning label on Maine
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 21st, 2009
Maine mulling cancer warning labels on cellphones, manufacturers mulling warning label on Maine originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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