|  |  |  | | | | | Engadget | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Magenta carrier's pumped out its fair share of myTouch handsets in the past months, and we can't blame you if you're confused by the fact that different OEMs have had their turn making the devices. Now, if a report by PocketNow is to be believed, the next phone maker in line is the same one that brought you that T-Mobile Springboard. And, if we take into consideration Huawei's recent push towards the US market, it wouldn't surprise us to see T-Mo's future myTouch lineup coming from the Chinese outfit. Allegedly, the device(s) will come in two Gingerbread-packing flavors, one of which is said to be sporting physical QWERTY keys -- à la the 4G Slide. While we know some of you are ready to part ways with the ol' timer 3G variant, it may be a while before the purported U8680 and U8730 are the real deal. Good news is MWC isn't exactly giving you a shortage of options. T-Mobile's next myTouch to come from Huawei? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  TmoNews |  PocketNow | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Livebriand who wants the Android equivalent of an iPod Touch. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "What would be the best Android PMP (basically, an Android iPod Touch) to get? I don't want a data plan and I'm normally within WiFi, so I just want to run apps and surf the internet from it. The best thing I've found so far is the Galaxy Player, but that's only got Gingerbread. What suggestions do you guys have?" If we're honest, we're not sure if he'd just be better off with a small tablet, but his wish is our command. A PMP-class device that runs Honeycomb or better, that's a more attractive prospect than the Gingerbread-running Galaxy Player? Does such a device exist, or would it be better just to get the ROMs out and pimp one of Samsung's devices that way? You know the answers dear friends, don't let us down. Ask Engadget: best Android PMP? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  We know that it's become all too easy to assume that the PlayStation Network is getting hacked again whenever it goes down. That said, consider this another heads-up in long line of previous friendly reminders: Since being postponed last Tursday, Sony's announced that the PSN will go down for "significant maintenance" tomorrow, March 4th starting at 2 PM EST until approx 5 AM on Monday, March 5th. Unlike February's fixin', you'll still be booted offline even if you've logged-in with your SEN ID prior to the scheduled maintenance window. This means you won't be able to hop into a game of Domination on MW3, along with being restricted from accessing your account, the PlayStation Store, Home etc., as per usual. You can stay glued to PlayStation on twitter to get the official word on when everything's back up, but may we just suggest a stroll outside? Hey, consider it an excuse to try out Near if you were one of the 1.2 million to snag yourself a PS Vita -- oh wait, that requires being logged into the PSN, too. Sigh. PSA: PlayStation Network goes down for maintenance tomorrow, will last around 15 hours originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | PlayStation.Blog (US) | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mobile World Congress 2012 was a massively exciting show and true to form brought us so much new kit to be excited about in early 2012. From Intel's Medfield launch, a 41-megapixel smartphone, a new generation of personal hotspots and even engineered metals using micro arc oxidation, there was never a dull moment. Highlighting what was best, most innovative, or interesting is a tough nut but we've done our best to point out the highlights using our impressions -- and the occasional arm-wrestling match -- to chose the finalists amongst the products and our Editor's more notable achievements. Fly through to the next page and have a look at our takeaways from this, the most intense mobile tech show of the year. Continue reading Mobile World Congress 2012: best of show Mobile World Congress 2012: best of show originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It remains to be seen if it's a full-on change of policy, but it looks like Amazon is at least shifting it stance when it comes to where some of the ebooks put out by its Amazon Publishing division are sold. As you may recall, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers recently pulled print editions of Amazon Publishing books from their store shelves because the ebook versions were only sold in the Kindle Store, a stance that B&N said "undermined the industry as a whole." Now, Amazon has confirmed that its latest addition to the Amazon Publishing roster, a series of short biographies edited by James Atlas, will indeed be sold outside of the Amazon ecosystem in both print and ebook form. Whether B&N and other bookstores will actually carry them remains to be seen, of course, but an Amazon spokesperson told The New York Times that its "intention is to distribute these books as broadly as possible." That change was further clarified by PaidContent, which was told by Amazon that "the books will be available to be sold everywhere in all formats." Amazon Publishing to sell series of ebooks outside the Kindle Store originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink paidContent | The New York Times | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | As we bask in the afterglow of Mobile World Congress, let's take a few hours to gather all of our thoughts in one semi-lucid, sleep-deprived Engadget Mobile Podcast. We weren't able to coax the Abbey Road-caliber recording from our setup this time around as we crowded around a single microphone in a Catalonian hotel room, and for that we apologize, but we hope you'll take the journey with us anyway, audio warts and all.
Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen, Joseph Volpe, Sean Cooper
Guest: Mat Smith
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Tycho - Coastal Brake (Ghostly International)
00:03:05 - Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC (update: hands-on photos!)
00:06:07 - Samsung unveils new Galaxy Beam smartphone / projector combo with dual core CPU
00:12:53 - LG Optimus Vu officially revealed ahead of MWC with stylus, 1.5GHz CPU (Updated)
00:16:00 - LG Optimus 4X HD hands-on (video)
00:20:54 - Nokia announces 808 PureView: Belle OS, 4-inch display, 41-megapixel camera(!) -- we go hands-on (video)
00:39:33 - Nokia Lumia 900 in white hands-on
00:43:06 - Nokia unveils Lumia 610, arriving Q2
00:46:30 - Hands-on with Nokia Asha 202, 203 and 302 at MWC (video)
00:53:25 - Huawei Ascend D Quad (hands-on)
01:00:28 - Sony's 2012 Xperia series gets together for awkward family portrait
01:09:42 - HTC One X announced at MWC 2012
01:15:30 - HTC unveils One series camera upgrade, gets dedicated chip, f/2.0 lens, 0.7-second startup
01:17:50 - HTC One V: we go hands-on (video)
01:19:08 - HTC updates Beats Audio, makes it work with any third-party app
01:25:00 - HTC unveils One S, arrives with dual-core power, engineered metal finish
01:28:03 - ZTE Era flagship phone brings Tegra 3, 4.3-inch qHD display, 7.8mm chassis
01:31:10 - Option XYFI is 'world's smallest' personal hotspot -- we go hands-on!
01:32:30 - Panasonic Eluga Power: 5-inch 720p display, 9.6mm thin, S4 processor
01:34:40 - Intel's Xolo X900 by Lava hands-on (video)
01:35:40 - More specs of the Acer CloudMobile revealed, we take a second look (video)
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@tnkgrl @phonewisdom @engadgetmobile @jrvolpe Engadget Mobile Podcast 128: MWC 2012 - 03.03.2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We've seen some pretty incredible smartphones and technologies at MWC, but it goes without saying that one of the hottest topics at the show was Android, and speculation over the release and alias of its next-gen operating system. Based on Google's update schedule, it's within reason to expect Android 5.0 to hit within the next year -- but which popular confection will bear the honor or representing the latest OS flavor? There's been little doubt that the jelly bean will fill that role, and now ASUS has confirmed to TechRadar not only that delectable moniker -- Jelly Bean -- but also that the company will likely be among the first to get the new OS. That claim came from VP Benson Lin, who said "Asus is very close to Google, so once they have Android 5.0 I think there will be a high possibility that we will be the first wave to offer the Jelly Bean update." So, there you have it. Now go get to scooping up every variation of the Je!!y 8ean domain. ASUS claims it may be among first to get Android 5.0, confirms Jelly Bean moniker originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Droid Life | TechRadar | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Our master plan is slowly working, and soon every man and woman in our great nation will own a smartphone. Pew Research Center reports that just under half of adult Americans, or 46 percent, own smartphones currently, meaning that smartphone owners now outnumber their feature phone counterparts by five percent. Pew polled multiple demographics to get its numbers, and there was growth across the board over the last nine months. Of particular interest is the rise in ownership in the study's lowest income demographic -- under $30,000 a year -- which spiked 12 percent to 34 percent. Additionally, it showed that Android and Apple are neck and neck, with 20 and 19 percent market share of mobile owners, respectively, and Blackberry ownership declined from ten percent to six percent. The largest growth came from the 18-24 age group, up 18 to 67 percent. (Who do you think is doing all that checking in on Foursquare?). Of course, you know what they say about statistics, so head on down to the source for a full accounting and form your own opinion of what they mean. Smartphones spread out: Pew says 46 percent of US adults now own one originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Ars Technica | Pew Research Center | Email this | Comments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  |
