They say that an apple a day will keep the doctor away. The same analogy cannot be said for the Bold on Orange’s cellular network. The Bold, which has been quite stable on AT&T and other networks, are suffering some quirks on Orange according to IntoMobile.
The Research in Motion’s flagship non-touch device has been suffering high return rates after having been released on the network for six months. Rumors have it that Orange may pull the Bold from its lineup.
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The Shadow II is now rumored to be called the Shadow 2009 on T-Mobile USA according to The Boy Genius Report. The update, sadly, will lack 3G support. It will be available in two fanciful flavors–either red or white.
You can also visit our sister site, AllShadow.com, for continuing coverage of the Shadow 2009 and other Windows Mobile smartphones on T-Mobile USA.
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With capacitive touchscreens, like those found on the T-Mobile G1 and the iPhone, it isn’t possible to use regular gloves and operate the touchscreen as the screen requires electro-connectivity in your fingers. Apple is hoping to remedy the situation a bit by introducing gloves, presumably for use in cold weather environments, that will enable users to operate the touchscreen without directly using their fingertips. According to SlashGear, Apple has filed for a patent for such gloves:
Holes in the ends of the fingertips could be opened to allow contact between this inner layer and the touchscreen itself. They could then be closed up, with the patent describing multiple methods permitting this (including an elastic ring or even removable finger-caps). By not leaving them permanently open, the basic heat-retaining properties of the gloves are not impaired.
There is no indication if the technology will ever make it to the marketplace but the patent was filed in 2007, a day before the launch of the original iPhone.
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They say that an apple a day will keep the doctor away. The same analogy cannot be said for the Bold on Orange’s cellular network. The Bold, which has been quite stable on AT&T and other networks, are suffering some quirks on Orange according to IntoMobile.
The Research in Motion’s flagship non-touch device has been suffering high return rates after having been released on the network for six months. Rumors have it that Orange may pull the Bold from its lineup.
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I’ve been having a problem with Bluetooth on my XPERIA X1 lately, and I’m beginning to think that it may not be limited to my unit (Adam Lein recently go an X1 and is reporting the same issue). Quite simply - the Bluetooth is not staying connected, like when I come within range of a handsfree system. X1 owners: are you having this problem?
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With capacitive touchscreens, like those found on the T-Mobile G1 and the iPhone, it isn’t possible to use regular gloves and operate the touchscreen as the screen requires electro-connectivity in your fingers. Apple is hoping to remedy the situation a bit by introducing gloves, presumably for use in cold weather environments, that will enable users to operate the touchscreen without directly using their fingertips. According to SlashGear, Apple has filed for a patent for such gloves:
Holes in the ends of the fingertips could be opened to allow contact between this inner layer and the touchscreen itself. They could then be closed up, with the patent describing multiple methods permitting this (including an elastic ring or even removable finger-caps). By not leaving them permanently open, the basic heat-retaining properties of the gloves are not impaired.
There is no indication if the technology will ever make it to the marketplace but the patent was filed in 2007, a day before the launch of the original iPhone.
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The tech community is predicting that OQO, the name behind one of the most popular UMPCs, will be launching a refresh called the OQO Model 2+. The update will use an Intel Atom processor, an OLED touchscreen, and 2 GB of RAM according to The Mobile Gadgeteer. No word on pricing yet until the announcement, which may happen at CES in Las Vegas.
UMPCs have traditionally been a bit more expensive than their netbook counterparts. No telling what the market will be for a refreshed ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) given the advancing features of netbooks. While UMPCs have sought to pack more features into a shrinking platform, netbooks are diverging offering more features into a platform with expanded screen real estate and full-sized keyboards.
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2009 is a year that could make or break Windows Mobile. The smartphone world is expecting to see something interesting with WinMo 6.5, and something breakthrough with WinMo 7 (and hopefully a ship date that doesn’t make us cry). By this time next year, we should have access to many 6.5 devices, and have a really good idea what 7 will look like.
What do you think will happen this year? Will HTC release a Touch HD Pro (with a slide-out keyboard) among some other super cool devices, or will the global recession cause them to be less progressive and more conservative? Will 6.5 be a mild refresh, or will it actually be what we’ve seen for 7? Will Sony Ericsson release an XPERIA X2 that also runs Windows Mobile? Will Motorola finally release a compelling touchscreen device? What about market share? Will Microsoft lose or gain market share in the smartphone arena?
What do you think? Let’s try to make some solid predictions!
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We just posted about the limited beta of Flexilis Mobile Security. I’ve had some time to play with it. Once signed up for the beta, you’ll get an SMS with a download link.
So there are two components of the program, the mobile app and the web app. The mobile applications seems to be running pretty well on my XPERIA X1. As you can see in the two screenshots below, you can choose whether the antivirus, data protection, or attack protection is turned on. Then, in the main screen, you get a graph that seems to show CPU usage, with links below to start a backup, look at security events, and run the antivirus.
Then, in the Dashwire-like website (it’s an AJAX-based web app), you get to see a listing of recent system events…such as “you’ve added 26 new pictures” (which happen to be all of the photos that I have on my device, backed up automatically). You can also start a data backup from the website, plus manage how often your backups occur. You can even enable automatic weekly emails of security reports for your device.
First impressions? This may be overkill for the average user, but I need to spend some more time with it before giving it a final verdict. It’s free - so give it a try and let us know what you think!
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Opening a PDF document from within Adobe Reader LE and zooming in for better reading will have your text go outside your screen, needing you to scroll in order to read the entire text. Theres a feature in Adobe Reader LE called Reflow which will wrap your text in order to maintain maximum readability, so that your paragraphs no longer overlap your screen. You can access it from within Adobe Reader LE, going to Tools > View > Reflow.
Some devices, like the HTC Touch HD have this feature disabled by default. XDA Developers tell us what we need to do to re-enable it that is simply editing the registry as follows: go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\AdobeReaderLE.25 and here, change the value of EnableReflow from 0 to 1. After soft reset, you will have that option available.
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We just posted about the limited beta of Flexilis Mobile Security. I’ve had some time to play with it. Once signed up for the beta, you’ll get an SMS with a download link.
So there are two components of the program, the mobile app and the web app. The mobile applications seems to be running pretty well on my XPERIA X1. As you can see in the two screenshots below, you can choose whether the antivirus, data protection, or attack protection is turned on. Then, in the main screen, you get a graph that seems to show CPU usage, with links below to start a backup, look at security events, and run the antivirus.
Then, in the Dashwire-like website (it’s an AJAX-based web app), you get to see a listing of recent system events…such as “you’ve added 26 new pictures” (which happen to be all of the photos that I have on my device, backed up automatically). You can also start a data backup from the website, plus manage how often your backups occur. You can even enable automatic weekly emails of security reports for your device.
First impressions? This may be overkill for the average user, but I need to spend some more time with it before giving it a final verdict. It’s free - so give it a try and let us know what you think!
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A new company called Flexilis is trying to do something that we haven’t yet seen: a comprehensive security solution for our Windows Mobile devices.
I’ve been emailing with the CEO, John Hering, trying to understand their exact offering, and he contends that Flexilis is “the easy way to keep your phone safe.” It differs in backup capability from Dashwire in that Flexilis will backup more data types, and has an Apple-like “time machine” feature. Hum, that could be interesting. Here are the various modules of Flexilis:
Anti-Virus Protection from viruses, malware
Attack Protection Protection from hackers, direct attacks
Data Protection Back-Up
Missing Device Lost/Stolen Device protection (remote locate, wipe, sound)
Anti-Spam protection from SMS spam
I’m still not so sure that Windows Mobile needs such heavy protection, but for those that carry super sensitive and/or important data on their phone, this could be a great thing. They’re allowing 100 people to sign up for the beta. So if this sounds interesting to you, go on and sign up!
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Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Orange, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA
The first time an unruly kid acts up in school, you just throw him in detention. The second time, you tell him to find another institution to be educated at. The same theory apparently holds true in the mobile realm, as Orange has had just about enough of the BlackBerry Bold’s inexplicable hang-ups. A recent writeup over at the Telegraph has it that the carrier could be mulling the outright removal of the RIM handset from its lineup entirely. Why? Because of “ongoing technical issues” even after the phone was pulled once and re-released with an updated firmware. It’s also noted that return rates for the Bold were well above the average, which is a surefire way to get yourself yanked from the lineup. We’d say that Orange loyalists better get their Bolds while they still can, but then again, maybe that’s not the best idea after all.
[Via Boy Genius Report]
Orange could be dropping the BlackBerry Bold… forever originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:13:00 EST.
Filed under: Sprint, WiMAX
We’d kill to understand the politics, technical issues, or combination thereof that are responsible for stopping Sprint from taking its long-completed Chicago WiMAX footprint live. Not only has the launch now missed its 2008 target window — at this point, the company is merely saying that it’s hopeful to launch the network “in the latter half of the year,” where “year” is 2009. Meanwhile, Chicagoans are rife in 4G (or so Sprint and WiMAX’s backers are billing it, anyhow) that they’re unable to use, and if this all boils down to a delay due to a branding transition, that’s a year of wheel-spinning buffoonery that Sprint and Clearwire really can’t afford to waste — especially with LTE pilot markets right around the corner.
[Thanks, David C.]
Sprint hopeful to take WiMAX live in Chicago by end of 2009 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:45:00 EST.
Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, GSM, EDGE
Want to “add a little fun to your social life”? Of course you do, and Nokia thinks that an American rendition of the 7510 Supernova is just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately, AWS 3G apparently has nothing to do with adding said fun — the T-Mobile version of the 7510 is EDGE-only, just like its international cousin — but you’ll get a fashion-forward flip with a hidden secondary display, 2-megapixel cam with LED flash, microSD expansion, FM radio, and a QVGA screen for what we can only guess will be a fairly awesome price. It’ll come in red, aquamarine, and brown, but it hasn’t really been announced just yet; Nokia introduced some T-Mobile stuff at CES last year, so we wouldn’t be surprised to see them do the same this time around.
[Thanks, youngcalihottie]
T-Mobile-branded 7510 Supernova revealed on Nokia’s website originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:19:00 EST.
Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, GSM, EDGE
Want to “add a little fun to your social life”? Of course you do, and Nokia thinks that an American rendition of the 7510 Supernova is just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately, AWS 3G apparently has nothing to do with adding said fun — the T-Mobile version of the 7510 is EDGE-only, just like its international cousin — but you’ll get a fashion-forward flip with a hidden secondary display, 2-megapixel cam with LED flash, microSD expansion, FM radio, and a QVGA screen for what we can only guess will be a fairly awesome price. It’ll come in red, aquamarine, and brown, but it hasn’t really been announced just yet; Nokia introduced some T-Mobile stuff at CES last year, so we wouldn’t be surprised to see them do the same this time around.
[Thanks, youngcalihottie]
T-Mobile-branded 7510 Supernova revealed on Nokia’s website originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:19:00 EST.
Filed under: Sprint, WiMAX
We’d kill to understand the politics, technical issues, or combination thereof that are responsible for stopping Sprint from taking its long-completed Chicago WiMAX footprint live. Not only has the launch now missed its 2008 target window — at this point, the company is merely saying that it’s hopeful to launch the network “in the latter half of the year,” where “year” is 2009. Meanwhile, Chicagoans are rife in 4G (or so Sprint and WiMAX’s backers are billing it, anyhow) that they’re unable to use, and if this all boils down to a delay due to a branding transition, that’s a year of wheel-spinning buffoonery that Sprint and Clearwire really can’t afford to waste — especially with LTE pilot markets right around the corner.
[Thanks, David C.]
Sprint hopeful to take WiMAX live in Chicago by end of 2009 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:45:00 EST.
Filed under: Multimedia, Nokia
It’s a tough time to be selling mobile phones, let alone mobile phone add-ons, and that’s evidenced by a recent report that Nokia’s Comes With Music service is simply doing so-so. A Financial Times piece on Nokia’s ability to survive the current economy briefly mentions the CwM service, quoting an unnamed source as saying that “initial sales had been okay, but not earth shattering.” Not surprisingly, it was presumed that many budget-strapped consumers were shying away given that most of their favorite tunes could be acquired gratis via the intarwebz. Still, we can imagine this gaining way more traction than its foray into handset gaming, but the refusal of the major UK carriers to stock CwM-equipped handset sure isn’t helping matters.
[Via mocoNews]
Nokia’s Comes With Music service said to be selling “okay” originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:54:00 EST.
Filed under: Peripherals, Others, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA
Ready for a little AWS 3G action via USB stick? Oh, yeah? Then have a look at what just landed in the FCC’s database: Huawei’s UMG181. The USB mobile broadband modem should operate just fine on T-Mobile’s US network, pulling down gigabyte after gigabyte onto your laptop and / or desktop. Outside of that, details are remarkably scant, but we reckon it won’t be long before it’s up for sale on the carrier’s own site.
Huawei’s UMG181 USB modem headed for T-Mobile (thanks, FCC!) originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:38:00 EST.
Filed under: Culture, Messaging, O2
If Americans really send twice as many text messages as Europeans, we’d hate to see the figures from the Big 4 here in the States. According to O2 UK, a record 166 million text messages were sent over its network in a 24-hour period that ended at 7:30AM on January 1, 2009. For those not exactly near their abacus, that breaks down to around 1,900 messages per second. Furthermore, over 16 million texts were saved by O2 subscribers using its own Bluebook backup service, though we can’t imagine “HNY09!one1!1″ messages being all that compelling to revisit, say, every day after 01/01/09.
[Image courtesy of Israelity]
O2 sees a record 166 million text messages fly during New Year’s celebration originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:07:00 EST.
