Here’s a blast from the past: Winamp , that mainstay media player of college dorms and LAN parties since time immemorial (er, 1997 or so) has made the leap from PC to handset with the release of Winamp for Android. This bad boy is available for Android 2.1 and up, and features a playback widget for the Android desktop and Last.fm integration. But that ain’t all! If you install Winamp 5.59 beta on your PC, you can sync and manage your libraries via USB or WiFI. Pretty sweet! We only have one questions, really: will it still whip the llama’s ass? Check out the QR code after the break (or search the Android Market) for the mobile app. Winamp 5.59 beta is available in the Winamp forums (More Coverage link, below). [Thanks, Samat] Continue reading Winamp comes to Android, one of our childhood dreams is realized Winamp comes to Android, one of our childhood dreams is realized originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …AT&T clocks up 2.6 million net new wireless subscribers, bigger profits in Q3
October 21, 2010 No Comment
AT&T’s balance sheet just keeps looking happier and happier every quarter . In spite of the company’s somewhat questionable hardware choices — such as picking the ugly option from both Samsung ‘s and LG ‘s Windows Phone 7 platters — it now proudly boasts a total of 92.8 million active wireless service lines. This comes off the back of a 2.6 million net subscriber gain over the third quarter of 2010, a record for this period of the year. Churn, or the rate at which people left AT&T, was also at at its best ever for the quarter, coming in at a lowly 1.32 percent, while postpaid integrated device (read: smartphone on a contract) activations reached above the eight million mark. Total net profit was $12.3 billion, thanks to the sale of Sterling Commerce and a one-off tax adjustment, but in cashflow terms the company made $4.0b in the quarter. That’s a lot of dinero, no doubt aided by Q3 being the first full reporting period after the iPhone 4′s launch, we just wish some of AT&T’s other phones weren’t quite so unappealing. Continue reading AT&T clocks up 2.6 million net new wireless subscribers, bigger profits in Q3 AT&T clocks up 2.6 million net new wireless subscribers, bigger profits in Q3 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Nintendo Wii Remote Plus is just $39, gets included in shiny new red bundle
October 21, 2010 No Comment
We’ve been waiting for it to get more official in more places, and Nintendo’s finally spilling the beans on the American release for its Wii Remote Plus . As you’ll surely know, the controller takes that unsightly MotionPlus attachment and bundles it right into an otherwise stock looking Wiimote, and will do so at a very fair price of $39.99. That new model will also be included in a new Wii bundle, in which the little console is so charmed by its new controller that it’s blushed into a bright crimson ( again ). Or maybe it’s the included copy of New Super Mario Bros. Regardless, that’ll be $199, and that new, 25th Anniversary red DSi XL bundle Nintendo announced last month is official too, costing $179. All three launch in just a couple weeks, on November 7, so get ready to ditch those dongles. Gallery: Nintendo new releases Continue reading Nintendo Wii Remote Plus is just $39, gets included in shiny new red bundle Nintendo Wii Remote Plus is just $39, gets included in shiny new red bundle originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …No more wondering or speculation , Nokia’s CEO just announced on the Q3 earnings call that its first MeeGo device won’t be coming this year. In no uncertain terms, Stephen Elop said that Nokia’s, “First MeeGo device will be a 2011 event.” A device rumored to be the N9 , pictured above. In general communications about new Nokia products will be made far closer to product availability. Elop added that his first impressions of Nokia’s MeeGo work “inspires both confidence and excitement.” Stephen Elop: Nokia’s first MeeGo device ‘will be a 2011 event’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …TomTom maps get loaded onto HTC Locations, promise ‘zero-wait navigation experience’
October 21, 2010 No Comment
Look out, Google Maps Navigation — here comes a little friendly competition from across the pond. While we’d heard the term HTC Locations bandied about a bit during the company’s London launch of the Desire HD , now it looks as if both HTC and TomTom are ready to make their newfound friendship official. TomTom will be partnering with HTC in order to provide maps for phones loaded with HTC Locations, which is hailed as a new mapping system that results in a “zero-wait navigation experience.” Initially, at least, it’ll only be available on the new HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z smartphones in Europe and Asia, but the outfit promises to extend that to a wide variety of future phones and geographies. It should be noted, however, that while map and location content come preloaded on HTC Locations, turn-by-turn by guidance has to be purchased separately. Continue reading TomTom maps get loaded onto HTC Locations, promise ‘zero-wait navigation experience’ TomTom maps get loaded onto HTC Locations, promise ‘zero-wait navigation experience’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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T-Mobile USA’s tweet pretty much says it all — the Defy is nigh — and you’ll be able to pick Motorola’s ruggedized handset come November 3rd for a penny under $100 on-contract. It’s not the fastest handset on the block , saddled as it is with both Blur and Android 2.1, but there’s nothing quite like a handset that you can stab with a pen or dunk in the drink while it’s still turned on. Motorola Defy makes a splash on T-Mobile this November 3rd for $99 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Things are turning upside down in Espoo today. Besides, earnings and reported job cuts of some 1,800 employees, Nokia also announced that it’ll be streamlining its development strategy to unify environments for Symbian and MeeGo. Nokia’s new approach calls for the adoption of Qt, and only Qt , as its application development framework from today onward. Here’s what that means for new N8 owners: You can buy a Nokia smartphone confident that any improvements introduced later to the Symbian platform, such as the user interface, can be made available to download on your device as well. No need to wait for Symbian^4 – the improvements we were planning for Symbian^4 will be introduced as and when they become available. In fact, we will no longer be talking about Symbian^3 or Symbian^4 at all – it will be one constantly evolving and constantly improving platform. Sounds like a smart move to us. After all, it’s Symbian’s UI, and not the OS, that we have the most trouble with — an issue that Nokia readily concedes . So the faster they can improve it — even pieces of it — the better. Nokia also announced support for HTML5 web content and applications for the Symbian and MeeGo platforms in both Qt and the browser. Click through for the press release and to hear Rich Green, Nokia CTO, discuss the new strategy. Continue reading Nokia ends talk of Symbian^4, adopts HTML5 in Qt framework Nokia ends talk of Symbian^4, adopts HTML5 in Qt framework originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job
October 21, 2010 No Comment
Nokia’s quarterly results have just been made public and the company’s devices plus services sector has actually improved its income relative to last year: €7.2b of revenue was collected over the past three months versus €6.9b in the same period a year ago. Operating profit has also pepped up, going from the previous €785m to €807m. You’d think this would augur well for Stephen Elop ‘s beginning at the helm , but the new man in charge is also presiding over a fundamental restructuring of operations at Nokia, which is expected to result in the redundancy of up to 1,800 employees globally. There are no specifics to tell us who’ll be losing out, but the aims are the boilerplate tasks of increasing efficiency, simplifying operations, and reducing time to market. Anyway, we doubt the great people of Finland will be pleased. Continue reading Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve already seen what the Eigenharp (and smaller Eigenharp Pico) can do on its own but, as the folks from Studio Imaginaire have now shown, that’s only just the beginning of what’s possible. With a little help from the oh-so-versatile Arduino , they’ve paired the instrument with a WiFi-enabled RGB lamp that — you guessed it — changes colors when you play the Eigenharp. Ready for an audio-visual feast? Turn down the lights and head on past the break. Continue reading Eigenharp controls WiFi lamp with a little Arduino assistance (video) Eigenharp controls WiFi lamp with a little Arduino assistance (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …That WP7 third party apposphere just got a nice boost from SlingPlayer , which has announced its intention to soon be present and accounted for on Microsoft’s new platform . What we’ve got today is a quick teaser video showing off the live TV streaming capabilities under Windows Phone 7, along with the remote set-top box controls and a switch for turning the stream’s quality up. Sling Media promises up to four times the resolution available on previous Windows Mobile versions and draws a launch window around the woolly concept of “soon.” See the moving pictures after the break. Continue reading SlingPlayer for Windows Phone 7 demoed, coming soon (video) SlingPlayer for Windows Phone 7 demoed, coming soon (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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