Nokia puts E7 up for pre-order in Finland, still planning on delivering in February
January 19, 2011 No Comment
One of the most delicious phones the consumer world hasn’t had a chance to taste yet is firming up plans to finally make its way out to retail. Nokia’s Finnish store has put the E7 up for a €599 pre-order plus an €8 shipping charge, which is expected to get the all-business device to your door some time in February. That matches the last word from Nokia on the subject of the E7′s release and should reassure anyone who’s made use of Amazon’s early pre-orders for this handset that the wait won’t last much longer. [Thanks, Esko] Nokia puts E7 up for pre-order in Finland, still planning on delivering in February originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Well, what do you know: Notion Ink just announced that it will begin shipping its FCC and CE certified Adam tablet starting tomorrow today. If you pre-ordered, then you should see your delivery status update soon to the last week of January. That’s a lot better than February and much, much better than never which is always the risk when David takes on the Goliaths . Now we’ll see how it holds up to real-world usage — here’s hoping for some of that good JooJoo . P.S. For what it’s worth, we’re still not seeing the shipping version of Adam — product NI3421A01 with guarantee code Y2G — in the FCC database. Anyone else? [Thanks, Anthony] Notion Ink Adam ships today originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Visualized: the fate of the most ambitious Soviet-era space exploration project
January 19, 2011 No Comment
Project Buran was the USSR’s answer to NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia. Unlike its highly decorated American counterpart, however, this child of the 1970s produced only one unmanned space flight during its operation and was ignominiously shut down by Russian authorities in 1993. The remains of this most ambitious (and expensive) effort are still around, however, and have now taken on a layer of rust, weeds and general decay that would make any post-apocalyptic set designer swoon with admiration. It’s as beautiful as it is sad, this gallery of failed human endeavor, and you can see it in full at the link below. Continue reading Visualized: the fate of the most ambitious Soviet-era space exploration project Visualized: the fate of the most ambitious Soviet-era space exploration project originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Playboy Magazine coming to iPad in its uncensored form in March, including full back catalog
January 19, 2011 No Comment
From its very first issue in 1953 to its latest incarnation, the full catalog of Playboy Magazine is coming to the iPad this March. And not only that, it’ll be faithful to its original form by arriving to your Apple slate uncensored . Such is the word direct from the man responsible for that first copy, one Mr. Hugh Hefner. Anyone who’s followed Apple’s App Store rulings and Steve Jobs’ forthright comments on the subject of keeping adult material off mobile devices will surely find this a bemusing, if not entirely inconsistent, decision. The details of how this slice of software will be delivered to the iPad (and what restrictions it may come with) will be most intriguing indeed. Playboy Magazine coming to iPad in its uncensored form in March, including full back catalog originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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At CES, Verizon had mentioned that “some… but not all” of its first LTE handsets would support the simultaneous use of voice and data. That’s not news for 3G customers on T-Mobile and AT&T, nor WiMAX customers on Sprint — but for Verizon subscribers, this is a very novel concept, indeed. Well, we can chalk up the mighty ThunderBolt from HTC as one of the models that’ll support it, if leaked training materials for the phone over on Android Central are to be believed. On a related note, the very existence of these materials gives us hope that we’ll be seeing it on store shelves before too long; don’t get us wrong, the two USB modems Big Red’s launched for LTE service so far are all well and good, but we could really use some handsets on these airwaves. HTC ThunderBolt will support simultaneous voice and data in LTE areas originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s nothing that runs counter to the ongoing whispers we’ve heard so far, but according to Bloomberg and its pair of sources, Sony Computer Entertainment’s Tokyo event on January 27th is indeed the platform from which it’ll unveil the next PSP, and next month at Mobile World Congress will be where we finally meet — officially, that is — the PlayStation Phone . Next week’s press conference will also reportedly “outline a strategy to use its networked entertainment services to share games, movies and music among handheld products, TVs and other devices.” Not much else to say at this point, so just sit back, relax, and wait for the other guys to do their presentation, first. Bloomberg: Sony PSP2 to debut next week, PlayStation Phone at MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A new Sammy christened SGH-T959V just passed through the FCC, and we’ve got a good feeling this is the Vibrant 4G that we know is on its way to Big Magenta before too long. Why’s that? Well, most notably, SGH-T959 is the model number for the original Vibrant — and like the Vibrant, this device has support for AWS, which any T-Mobile 3G / 4G device would need. Furthermore, take one look at that outline up there — certainly looks like a Galaxy S of some sort, doesn’t it? More on this soon, we suspect. Samsung Vibrant 4G for T-Mobile gets FCC clearance? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Samsung says it isn’t charging carriers for Android updates, promises Galaxy S status report
January 19, 2011 No Comment
Buying a Samsung Galaxy S sounded like a fantastic decision when Android 2.1 was hot stuff, but now that Gingerbread ‘s out of the oven, Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant and Epic 4G owners are starting to get a little tired of being stuck behind the curve. And while we can think of at least one fairly nasty reason why Samsung might be delaying, we’ve been hearing all sorts of conspiracy theories, ranging from holding back Froyo to sell more dedicated Gingerbread phones to making the cellular carriers foot the bill for Android updates for every handset sold or else not get the update at all. Well, it seems that last rumor’s gained a little traction, because Samsung’s taken it upon itself to squash the story flat. The company gave Phone Scoop the following statement: “No. Samsung is not charging carriers for Froyo updates to Galaxy S. We hope to have more detail on status shortly. Promise!” At this rate, we’re wondering if Samsung should just skip Froyo and just start rolling out some Gingerbread men instead. Samsung says it isn’t charging carriers for Android updates, promises Galaxy S status report originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Well, here’s something of a surprise — Microsoft has just brought its OneNote app to the iPhone, and it’s made it available as a free download “for a limited time” to boot. As with the Windows Phone 7 app (previously the only mobile version), the iPhone app will let you manage notes and shopping lists (and even add pictures taken with the iPhone’s camera), and then sync those with Windows Live SkyDrive so you can access them in either the Windows desktop application or its web-based counterpart. As ZDNet ‘s Mary Jo Foley notes, however, perhaps just as interesting as the app itself is the question of what else might follow — a native OneNote app for iPad, perhaps, or even iOS versions of other Office applications? Microsoft unsurprisingly isn’t commenting on those possibilities, but it did note that the OneNote app is the culmination of some 18 to 24 months of development from a team of Microsoft Mac Office and OneNote engineers, which is either a sign of some serious slacking or a fairly significant commitment on Microsoft’s part. No word on when the “limited” free period will run out (so you’ll probably want to grab it while you can), nor is there any world on a worldwide release — it’s currently only available to US users, unfortunately. [Thanks, Pradeep] Microsoft releases OneNote app for iPhone, free for a ‘limited time’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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