Archive for June 2nd, 2008
Jun
02
2008
 
Rumor: Sony Ericsson to purchase HTC. HTC: nope, it’s untrue.Posted by: admin in Mobile TechFiled under: Cellphones, Handsets, HTC, Sony Ericsson  So the backstory goes something like this: Swedish publication Elektroniktidningen were looking forward to a meeting with HTC, but the meeting was delayed due to speaks of some sort of merger with Sony Ericsson. Everyone panicked: Could HTC be purchased by Sony Ericsson? They’ve already worked together on the Xperia X1, so it could be possible, right? Not so much, according to HTC. Word from them is that this whole this is a bunch of hooey. According to HTC’s spokesperson, “This is just a rumor and there is no truth to this statement.” For now we’re moving along. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Via Engadgetmobile Filed under: Handsets, Android  Seasoned tech pundit Gary Krakow has a real puzzler here. He’s claiming that while the Android OS should be ready for launch through a couple manufacturers by the end of the year, an unnamed source has told him that the actual “Gphone” from Google has been delayed into next year. That’s great and all, but we thought the whole Gphone buzz was pretty much killed dead when Android got real. Sure, there was that one-off Samsung rumor about a couple Google-branded handsets supposedly due for September, but there was never much followup there. Google itself has never done much hinting at a Google-branded handset, instead choosing to work with Open Handset Alliance in building an OS for everybody. We’ll be keeping an eye on this rumor, but obviously if it proves true we won’t be seeing anything out of Google until next year — which basically puts us right where we started. Thanks, Gary.
Jun
02
2008
Qualcomm lets the Windows Mobile 7 cat out of the bag along with $299 mini laptoPosted by: admin in Mobile TechFiled under: Laptops, Handsets, HTC, Others, Windows Mobile  As if things weren’t confusing enough in the world of tiny computers, Qualcomm went and blurted off news about a $299 machine that will run Windows Mobile 7 on its Snapdragon mobile chip set. Qualcomm’s senior veep Luis Pineda boasted that the machine will run WinMo7 and is more efficient than its competitors from the likes of Intel, AMD, and Via. When pressed, he wouldn’t give up any additional hardware specs, but he promises a “big presence in Snapdragon-based devices at CES 2009″. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen mention of Windows Mobile 7, but it’s quite possibly the first tie-in with a specific product group. We look forward to the Snapdragon-Intel-AMD-Via mobile computing war in the coming year, indeed. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Via Engadgetmobile Filed under: Handsets, LG, Motorola, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA, US Cellular  Hold tight, Alltel — your US exclusivity on one of your hottest models is just about ready to expire. US Cellular shops are starting to stock up on dummies of the rather lovely LG Glimmer touchscreen slider, and though no official launch date has been announced, we’d imagine it won’t be too much longer. Also in the package are a couple colors of Motorola Q9c dummies (including that crazy green one), so yeah, good times. Don’t spend all that hard-earned cash in one place, now, y’hear? [Thanks, Scott] Permalink | Email this | Comments Via Engadgetmobile Filed under: Handsets, Android Seasoned tech pundit Gary Krakow has a real puzzler here. He’s claiming that while the Android OS should be ready for launch through a couple manufacturers by the end of the year, an unnamed source has told him that the actual “Gphone” from Google has been delayed into next year. That’s great and all, but we thought the whole Gphone buzz was pretty much killed dead when Android got real. Sure, there was that one-off Samsung rumor about a couple Google-branded handsets supposedly due for September, but there was never much followup there. Google itself has never done much hinting at a Google-branded handset, instead choosing to work with Open Handset Alliance in building an OS for everybody. We’ll be keeping an eye on this rumor, but obviously if it proves true we won’t be seeing anything out of Google until next year — which basically puts us right where we started. Thanks, Gary.
Jun
02
2008
CrunchGear Week in Review: Rather Shocking EditionPosted by: admin in Oline Networking NewsScorpion logging machine will eventually kill us all Telekinetic monkeys and revolutionary prehensile prosthetics Trailer released for second Futurama motion picture, The Beast with a Billion Backs Don’t mess with her: The No Contact Jacket has arrived Productivity Week
Scorpion logging machine will eventually kill us all Filed under: Handsets, movistar, Apple  Apple’s relentless quest to spread the iPhone to every corner of the universe has officially nabbed yet another carrier. Movistar has been announced as an official partner for Spain, though no clues have been given about the launch date — a common trend with the iPhone carrier partnership press releases as of late, we’ve noticed — and the best that interested celebrations can do right now is sign up to be notified when more information becomes available. Any suckers out there want to bet us that they’ll be launching the EDGE model? No? [Via Engadget Spanish and AppleWeblog]
Jun
02
2008
Microsoft warns webmasters to update sites for Internet Explorer compatibiPosted by: admin in Mobile TechFiled under: Handsets, LG, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA  Seems that rumored June release window for LG’s VX8610 (Decoy) was right on. phoneArena has it that the peculiar slider will be launching just over a fortnight from now on June 16th, and if you’re looking to get one with a 2-year contract, the pricing isn’t so bad ($179). It also mentions a $249 post-rebate price with a 1-year agreement and a $349 sticker if you aren’t signing any dotted line other than the credit card receipt. Guess it’s wait-and-see from here, yeah?
Jun
02
2008
Microsoft warns webmasters to update sites for World wide web Explorer compatibiPosted by: admin in Oline Networking NewsHere comes IE8, just like every IE before it. Nick MacKechnie, a senior manager on the IE8 project, blogged that webmasters should get ready for IE8 by adding special IE8 tags to their websites. The irony is that the edits to HTML needed to make sites compatible with IE8 are to tell the browser that […]
Here comes IE8, just like every IE before it. Nick MacKechnie, a senior manager on the IE8 project, blogged that webmasters should get ready for IE8 by adding special IE8 tags to their websites. The irony is that the edits to HTML needed to make sites compatible with IE8 are to tell the browser that you’re making an HTML-compliant page. Basically, IE8 defaults to wanting everything the standard way, but you can tell it to handle things the Microsoft way if that’s how you’ve previously coded your site. While we like the idea of Microsoft finally making Internet Explorer default to Web standards, it still sucks that many sites have had to support older versions of IE for a decade, making special changes, that now have to be undone. Microsoft really needs to figure out a better way to do this. The problem was that years ago it decided that it was too powerful to adopt somebody else’s standards for HTML and made up its own. As IE browser share skyrocketed, Web designers had little choice but do things the MS way. Now that Web standard browsers are evening the score, webmasters can do things the right way. This is all a boondoggle that reminds one of Vietnam: it likely never should have happened in the first place, but once a mess is made you have to do what you can to fix it. Yes, I just compared Internet Explorer to the Vietnam War. Sue me. |
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