Acer launches neoTouch P300 / P400, beTouch E110 / E400 smartphones
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Acer_launches_neoTouch_P300_P400_beTouch_E110_smartphone’; If you thought the (admittedly weak) Liquid e was all Acer had in store for Mobile World Congress, you’d be badly mistaken. We’ve got a foursome of other smartphones on tap, so we won’t waste any time breaking ‘em down. Up first is the neoTouch P300 and neoTouch P400, each of which ship with Windows Mobile 6.5.3. The P300 gets a luscious 3.2-inch WQVGA touch panel, slide-out QWERTY keyboard (backlit, no less!), WiFi and a March ship date, while the May-bound P400 packs a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 600MHz Qualcomm 7227 CPU, WiFi and a 3.2 megapixel camera. Moving on, there’s the beTouch E110 (shipping in March in black and dark blue), complete with a 2.8-inch touch panel, Android, 3 megapixel camera, FM tuner and a 1,500mAh battery. Finally, the beTouch E400 touts Android 2.1, the same 600MHz power plant as on the P400, a 3.2-inch HVGA resistive touchscreen, smart LED lighting (acts as a message indicator) and an April ship date. Pricing remains a mystery on the whole lot, but we’re hoping to learn more as we dig our heels in at the show.
Acer launches neoTouch P300 / P400, beTouch E110 / E400 smartphones originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Acer Liquid e rolls with Android 2.1, underclocked 768MHz Snapdragon
We knew good and well Acer was prepared to ship a few more Android phones in the new decade, and it’s sure starting off on the right foot here in Barcelona. Just a few months after the original Liquid began to ship, along comes a minor upgrade in the Liquid e. The main improvements? For starters, Android 2.1 has supplanted Android 1.6 as the onboard operating system, but much to our displeasure, the Snapdragon in this bad boy is still underclocked to 768MHz. If you still have the will to care, you’ll get to enjoy the 3.5-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera (with AutoFocus), inbuilt GPS, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 256MB of RAM, an accelerometer, 3.5mm headphone jack and support for 7.2Mbps HSDPA. Head on past the break for the full release, but don’t expect to find any pricing or release details.
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Comsys joins GSM and WiMAX into holy matrimony under Android as ComMAX CM1125
It looks like the next generation of little green robots just got a little bit faster, with Comsys Mobile announcing its ComMAX CM1125 reference design at Mobile World Congress 2010 (and beating HTC to the punch). It’ll apparently find life inside Windows Mobile handsets as well, where it will not only offer WiMAX, but bring GSM/Edge, WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth, and even FM radio to the table, all in a design with “exceptionally low power operation.” It’s said to be able to switch from WiMAX to Edge seamlessly, though we image that transition would feel something like being inside KITT on Turbo Boost and hitting the Emergency Braking System. No word on when we’ll see phones at retail based on this design, but we’ll endeavor to bring you more information on this design (as well as more Knight Rider references) as the show progresses.
Comsys joins GSM and WiMAX into holy matrimony under Android as ComMAX CM1125 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Samsung Beam (Halo) Android projector phone hands-on
Well here it is, Samsung’s pico projector phone live and in the flesh here at Mobile World Congress. And surprise surprise it’s running Android 2.1 with a TouchWiz 3.0 skin just as we heard. The only difference is the name: Halo is the codename, the official product name announced today is Beam. As a smartphone with integrated pico projector it’s very impressive. However, as you can see from the pictures and video (it’s coming), the 6 lumen brightness struggles even under the semi-controlled lighting demonstration set up here on the show floor in Barcelona. Samsung tells us that the TouchWiz implementation is nearly identical to what you’ll find on Bada with “very small” differences. Unfortunately, the people we spoke with on the show floor weren’t able to articulate exactly what those were. To us, having only used the two devices for a short period of time, they do look identical. Beam features a nice pass through trick that allows it to project the image seen by the 5 megapixel camera through the TI pico. Not sure how we’d use that in real life but it’s a neat trick nonetheless. Now click into the gallery and prepare to be amazed at just how thin a smartphone with integrated projector can be while we wait for the summer launch.
Update: Video is now after the break.
Gallery: Samsung Beam hands-on
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iPhone 3GS pitted against Nexus One in 3D frame rate test (video)
We’d already seen first hand what kind of GPU improvements Apple made with the iPhone 3GS (in comparison to the iPhone 3G, anyway), but if you’ve ever wondered how Cupertino’s latest stacked up against Google’s Nexus One in the graphical department, your answer is just a click away. The technical gurus over at Distinctive Developments set out to determine which handset was capable of pushing more frames per second when really taxed, and through a series of pinpoint tests, they discovered that the Nexus One (in general) lagged behind. The reason? Reportedly, Google’s phone isn’t using Neon floating-point optimization, but if it did, the scores you’ll see just past the break could be quite different. Hey Mountain View, you getting all this?
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Samsung doing a 10-inch Chrome OS netbook later this year
There’s nothing to look at just yet, but Samsung’s own Phil Newton apparently just confirmed that the company will be debuting a Chrome OS netbook in the near future, according to a report by Australia’s Channel News. The laptop will be similar to the N210 (pictured), with a 10.1-inch screen, 3G, WiFi, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of flash storage and a purported 12 hour battery life. There are also rumors that it’ll be running a 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor, but the amount of straight up information from Phil makes speculation almost feel silly at this point. The netbook is supposed to be introduced later this year.
Samsung doing a 10-inch Chrome OS netbook later this year originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Google exhibits Liquid Galaxy installation at TED, we toss back a Dramamine
You know you’ve wondered what Google Earth would look like across a curved, eight-display installation, and now your most stupendous dreams are a reality thanks to Liquid Galaxy. That’s the moniker that’s been given to Jason Holt’s 20 percent project, which he’s just now getting to showcase to the world at the TED conference in San Francisco. Reportedly, eight Linux machines are tied to the process, and he’s able to fly through the digital skies via voice commands and sheer mental strength. Or maybe it’s just voice commands. Head past the break for a cockpit view, but be sure to close one eye if you’re prone to motion sickness.
[Thanks, Camron]
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Seattle eager for Google fiber, other cities apt to fall in line
Talk about rapid response. Just a day or so after Google blew a few minds by announcing its plans to serve 1Gbps internet to a select group of communities, Seattle mayor Mike McGinn has come forward and confessed that the Emerald City is ready to accept said offer. ‘Course, we shouldn’t be shocked to hear that one of the most educated and wealthy cities in North America — as well as (almost) being home to Microsoft — is up for a little fiber action, but it’s certainly interesting to see just how willing the local government is to share its resources with Gmail’s creator. We’re guessing that other tech-savvy cities throughout the US will be jumping in line as well, so if you’d like to be one of the first, now might be a fantastic time to ping your own mayor and get him / her on the ball.
Seattle eager for Google fiber, other cities apt to fall in line originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Motorola Devour launching somewhere on February 25th, everywhere on March 15th
Eager to get your mitts on the first Motoblur-enabled phone to land on Verizon? Sorry bronco, it ain’t happening today. Or tomorrow. Or next week. According to the leaked flyer above, however, the impatient among us should be able to secure a Devour on the 25th of this month. After it filters out through those “indirect channels,” the phone will make its way into all VZW channels on March 15th, though it’s still anyone’s guess as to a price. Speaking of guesses — got any insight you’d like to share in comments?
Motorola Devour launching somewhere on February 25th, everywhere on March 15th originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nexus One 3G problems persist after update — is it a design problem?
Looks like someone at Google should fast forward those Nexus One design videos to the radio integration portion and figure out what went wrong, because it seems like the 3G coverage problem still hasn’t been fixed, even after that last big OTA update. What’s more, many in Google’s support forums are noting that the phone will drop a weaker 3G signal merely when held by the bottom, as the video below clearly shows. Oops. We’re not at all sure what’s going on here, but we’re hoping this issue can yet be solved with a software patch — things are going to get messy if this is purely a hardware issue.
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Nexus One 3G problems persist after update — is it a design problem? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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