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Motorola estimates 10.5 million devices shipped in Q4 2011, over half smartphones

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:43 PM PST

Motorola estimates 10.5 million devices shipped in Q4 2011, over half smartphones


Motorola estimates 10.5 million devices shipped in Q4 2011, over half smartphones
We'll need to wait for the company's earnings later this month for the final numbers, but Motorola has now provided some preliminary results for the fourth quarter of 2011 that indicate smartphones accounted for more than fifty percent of all the mobiles devices it shipped. Specifically, Motorola estimates that it shipped a total of 10.5 million devices in the quarter, 5.3 million of which are smartphones (there's no further breakdown beyond...

Engadget Mobile Podcast 120 - 01.06.2012

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 02:43 PM PST

Engadget Mobile Podcast 120 - 01.06.2012



Engadget Mobile Podcast 120 - 01.06.2012
Can you simply not wait another day for an avalanche / flood / tsunami of mobile news to arrive on your doorstep courtesy of the yearly Gathering of the Juggalos Tech Bloggers and Enthusiasts? It's a good thing the industry didn't shut down this week, and we didn't forget to podcast at you, Engadget Mobile Podcast listener....

U.S. auto execs are the least optimistic about electric-drive adoption

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:54 PM PST

U.S. auto execs are the least optimistic about electric-drive adoption


U.S. auto execs are the least optimistic about electric-drive adoption
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, MPG U.S. automobile executives are less optimistic about consumer adoption of electric-drive vehicles than their colleagues overseas, reflecting what they say is a lack of consensus over which type of electrified powertrain will become predominant over the next few years, consultant KPMG International said in its 13th annual Global Automotive Executive Survey....

PSA: Signed up for a free Spotify account at launch? Time to whip out the credit...

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:54 PM PST

PSA: Signed up for a free Spotify account at launch? Time to whip out the credit card


PSA: Signed up for a free Spotify account at launch? Time to whip out the credit card
Sure there will be plenty of good news for gadget fans at CES next week, but here's a bit of a downer for early software adopters in the US -- that free unlimited Spotify account that you signed up for six months ago will be drawing to an end. Yep, it's time to either break out the old credit card number or learn to start rationing your listening....

BitTorrent harnesses technology for friendly filesharing service, Share

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:54 PM PST

BitTorrent harnesses technology for friendly filesharing service, Share


BitTorrent harnesses technology for friendly filesharing service, Share
Want to send large files, without the whole world catching on? BitTorrent's going the DropBox route, with the launch of the simply -- and friendly -- named Share, a desktop app that allows you to transfer HD movies, photo collections, et al. by dragging and dropping files. The service, which is built on top of BitTorrent's much loved technology, doesn't impose any size limits and stores the content in the cloud,...

Dijit Remote Control App For iPad Finally Goes Live

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:06 PM PST

Dijit Remote Control App For iPad Finally Goes Live


Dijit Remote Control App For iPad Finally Goes Live
Dijit teased us with a preview of their iPad-optimized remote control app back in December, but home theater convergence aficionados will be glad to know that the app is finally available in the App Store. As previously mentioned, the Dijit app has already graced many an Android tablet, but the iPad-friendly version sports a few new tweaks to improve usability....

India Gets Its First Supercar

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST

India Gets Its First Supercar


India Gets Its First Supercar
Bollywood's next star is born.

We're live from CES 2012!

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST

We're live from CES 2012!


We're live from CES 2012!
We've landed in Vegas, just in time to enjoy the proverbial calm before the storm that will be the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Motorized carts zoom around the parking lot as the Las Vegas Convention Center begins to take shape -- as always, getting the million-dollar-booths fully dressed before the curtain comes up next week seems an impossible task, but the crews will come through, making the finished product a far-cry...

Sprint merging consumer and business sales / marketing units, giving four execs...

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST

Sprint merging consumer and business sales / marketing units, giving four execs the boot


Sprint merging consumer and business sales / marketing units, giving four execs the boot
According to a brief report that just went live at Reuters, Sprint is "merging its sales and marketing operations for its business and consumer operations in a streamlining that includes the departure of four top executives." Reportedly, that news was delivered by none other than CEO Dan Hesse himself, who has been in the news a fair amount since 2012 began....

Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T: press shots confirm what you already knew

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST

Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T: press shots confirm what you already knew


Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T: press shots confirm what you already knew
tyAs if you weren't convinced that Samsung's almost-certainly-gigantic Galaxy Note was coming to AT&T, well... good luck refuting this. Just a day after an accessory vendor seemingly outed the truth, PocketNow has stumbled upon what appears to be the first legitimate press images for the Gingerbread-based handset. It's going by SGH-I717 internally, and it'll purportedly boast a 5.3-inch display (1,280 x 800), a 1.4GHz Exynos processor and a promise to get...

Toshiba's 55-inch 4K glasses-free 3DTV ships in the US early this year, can we b...

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST

Toshiba's 55-inch 4K glasses-free 3DTV ships in the US early this year, can we borrow $10k?


Toshiba's 55-inch 4K glasses-free 3DTV ships in the US early this year, can we borrow $10k?
It's not a big surprise after launching in Germany and Japan, but Toshiba PR has confirmed to us and CNET that the company's 3,840x2,160 resolution autostereoscopic 3DTV will make its US debut in the first quarter of 2012, matching the "end of fiscal year" prediction we'd heard previously. There's no details on pricetag or model #, but given its $10,000~ sticker price overseas, we'd start shaking out those couch cushions now....

This electric wire is four atoms thick, and you thought speaker cable was fiddly...

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST

This electric wire is four atoms thick, and you thought speaker cable was fiddly (video)


This electric wire is four atoms thick, and you thought speaker cable was fiddly (video)
This should come as a great relief to anyone planning a quantum computer self-build: wires still conduct electricity and obey key laws of classical physics even when they're built at the nanoscale. Researchers at Purdue and Melbourne universities used chains of phosphorus atoms inside a silicon crystal to create a wire that's just four atoms wide and a single atom high -- 20 times smaller than the previous record-holder and infinitely...

Dijit launches remote control app for iPad, gives you something to do during all...

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST

Dijit launches remote control app for iPad, gives you something to do during all that boring TV watching


Dijit launches remote control app for iPad, gives you something to do during all that boring TV watching
If all those TV shows haven't completely eroded your short term memory, you may recall the time we spent with Dijit's remote control app, way back in early December. The company tells us that it's finally ready for prime time, taking advantage of the extra screen real estate the Apple tablet has to offer....

2012 Detroit Auto Show Preview

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST

2012 Detroit Auto Show Preview


2012 Detroit Auto Show Preview
10 vehicles guaranteed to rev-up this year's Detroit show.

Renault will launch South Korea's first mass-produced EV in 2013

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:29 AM PST

Renault will launch South Korea's first mass-produced EV in 2013


Renault will launch South Korea's first mass-produced EV in 2013
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Asia Renault SA will debut South Korea's first mass-produced battery-electric vehicle when it starts selling an all-electric version of its SM3 to the public in 2013, the Korea Herald reported, citing an interview with Francois Provost, CEO of the company's Renault Samsung division in South Korea. Renault Samsung, which recently said it would start a test-vehicle project with 500 EVs this year, will equip the SM3 with a lithium-ion battery...

Nokia acquires mobile OS outfit Smarterphone: because clearly, Windows Phone jus...

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:29 AM PST

Nokia acquires mobile OS outfit Smarterphone: because clearly, Windows Phone just isn't enough


Nokia acquires mobile OS outfit Smarterphone: because clearly, Windows Phone just isn't enough
Nah, neither MeeGo nor Symbian were robust enough to keep Nokia interested, but for whatever reason, a Norwegian mobile OS outfit by the name of Smarterphone has something that Elop and co. just can't resist. As the story goes, Ferd Capital has sold Smarterphone AS to Espoo's finest, and actually, the deal went down (all too quietly) back in November of last year....

MasterImage 3D touts 720p glasses-free 3D smartphone display, WUXGA tablet panel

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:29 AM PST

MasterImage 3D touts 720p glasses-free 3D smartphone display, WUXGA tablet panel


MasterImage 3D touts 720p glasses-free 3D smartphone display, WUXGA tablet panel
3D had its way with CES 2011, and despite throngs of consumers who could not possibly care less, it looks as if the third dimension will be doing its best to seem important at this year's gala, too. MasterImage 3D has just announced that it'll be showcasing a pair of new panels here in Las Vegas, with both relying on cell-matrix parallax barrier technology to pull off the "glasses-free" effect....

Support For Quad-Core iDevices Found In iOS 5.1 Beta Code

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST

Support For Quad-Core iDevices Found In iOS 5.1 Beta Code


Support For Quad-Core iDevices Found In iOS 5.1 Beta Code
It's no secret that smartphone and tablet OEMs are looking toward quad-core processors to power their next-generation doodads, with Apple's oft-rumored A6 chipset being one of the most anticipated. According to 9to5Mac, snippets of code in the beta version of the iOS 5.1 update tacity confirm that a quad-core A6 will soon grace Apple's new iDevices. 9to5Mac's sources point to two images — the count begins at 0 for the first processing...

iOS 5.1 beta indicates Apple may be testing quad-core mobile CPUs

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST

iOS 5.1 beta indicates Apple may be testing quad-core mobile CPUs


iOS 5.1 beta indicates Apple may be testing quad-core mobile CPUs
Lets get this out of the way up front -- this is not a confirmation that Apple is planning to put a quad-core A6 chip inside its next iPad or iPhone. What it does indicate is that Apple may be testing iOS support for quad-core CPUs. 9to5Mac has dug up images from the latest beta of iOS 5.1 that detail the supported number of cores....

Nikon D4 hands-on and manufacturer sample images (video)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST

Nikon D4 hands-on and manufacturer sample images (video)


Nikon D4 hands-on and manufacturer sample images (video)
With the onslaught of CES launches still several days away, the big news today is the D4, Nikon's brand new full-frame digital SLR camera. The 16.2 megapixel DSLR offers 1080/30p video capture, an extended ISO range of 100 to 204,800, a 91,000-pixel 3D color matrix meter and a top high-speed shooting option of 11 frames-per-second....

Sony's Kaz Hirai to step up as president as early as April

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST

Sony's Kaz Hirai to step up as president as early as April


Sony's Kaz Hirai to step up as president as early as April
Nikkei is reporting that Sony will be promoting current Executive Deputy President Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai to president as soon as April, while Howard Stringer is expected to remain chairman and CEO of the company. As you may recall, Sony started its search for a new president as far back as November 2010, and with Kaz's two promotions last year (to Executive Deputy President in April and to Sony Computer Entertainment Chairman...

ChatON, Samsung’s iMessage Competitor, Arrives In App Store

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST

ChatON, Samsung's iMessage Competitor, Arrives In App Store


ChatON, Samsung's iMessage Competitor, Arrives In App Store
Remember ChatON? The Samsung-built, cross-platform, mobile messaging app which arrived in Google's Android Market this fall? The app, somewhat similar to BlackBerry's BBM or Apple's iMessage, provides users with an alternative to SMS or MMS. At the time, Samsung was promising support for iOS would be coming "soon." Well, "soon" has arrived....

A123 will supply battery packs for Via extended-range plug-in trucks

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST

A123 will supply battery packs for Via extended-range plug-in trucks


A123 will supply battery packs for Via extended-range plug-in trucks
Filed under: EV/Plug-in Lithium-ion battery-pack maker A123 Systems, whose customers include General Motors, Fisker and ALTe, reached an agreement to make battery packs for Via Motors, which next week will unveil what Via says will be the world's first extended-range plug-in pickup truck, SUV and van. A123's 24-kilowatt hour battery pack will help give the Via trucks, called VTRUX, an all-electric driving range of as much as 40 miles before the truck's gas...

Shelby.tv To Launch “Touch Play”: An AirPlay-Based Gesture Remote

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST

Shelby.tv To Launch "Touch Play": An AirPlay-Based Gesture Remote


Shelby.tv To Launch "Touch Play": An AirPlay-Based Gesture Remote
Video-sharing startup (and stars of Bloomberg's TechStars reality show) Shelby.tv is about to launch a pretty nifty feature called "Touch Play." The new addition, a gesture-based remote control that works via Apple's AirPlay, will be shown off at next week's CES, with its launch planned for the week following. For those unfamiliar, Shelby.tv launched in October with a service that automatically pulls in all the videos your friends share on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr into...

Netflix app hits PlayStation 3s in the UK, service still coming 'soon'

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST

Netflix app hits PlayStation 3s in the UK, service still coming 'soon'


Netflix app hits PlayStation 3s in the UK, service still coming 'soon'
Netflix still isn't offering a firm date for its launch in the UK, but it looks like some of the final pieces are starting to fall into place. The company's PlayStation 3 app is now hitting consoles across the pond, displaying the message you see above when it's launched. Unfortunately, that's about all we have to go on at the moment, but it seems at least PS3 users can now rest...

Who should I follow at CES 2012? Engadget editors on Twitter

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST

Who should I follow at CES 2012? Engadget editors on Twitter


Who should I follow at CES 2012? Engadget editors on Twitter
With CES 2012 drawing ever closer to us all, there are still a lot of mysteries yet to be unraveled. But there's one thing you can count on: you'll be able to keep track of all the action on Twitter as it happens. The question is, however, who can you follow to get the latest CES scoop?...

AOC's iPhone dock-packing Aire monitor landing in March for $280

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST

AOC's iPhone dock-packing Aire monitor landing in March for $280


AOC's iPhone dock-packing Aire monitor landing in March for $280
If you were waiting for a few more details about the e2343Fi, AOC's monitor with a built-in iPhone dock, well today is your lucky day. Just in time for CES the company is taking the wraps off its HD monitor with 10-watt SRS Premium Sound speakers. The 23-inch 1080p panel rocks a 50,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a 250 cd/m2 brightness and 5ms response time in a sleek 12.9mm-thick package....

White Galaxy Nexus to strut its stuff in UK on February 6th

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST

White Galaxy Nexus to strut its stuff in UK on February 6th


White Galaxy Nexus to strut its stuff in UK on February 6th
If you're thinking about picking up an unlocked GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus, you now have a choice of pigments. UK retailer Clove Technologies is accepting pre-orders for Google's latest superphone, complete with 16GB of storage and smothered in a milky-white finish. Interested parties living across the pond can part with £498 ($770, VAT included) on February 6th to acquire this vanilla Ice-Cream-Sandwich-running machine....

USB Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer III makes leaving your basement apartment even le...

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:12 AM PST

USB Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer III makes leaving your basement apartment even less appealing


USB Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer III makes leaving your basement apartment even less appealing
"Get up and go" is for the birds, man. But in the off-chance that your PC, home entertainment system and various gaming consoles weren't enough to keep you inside for days at a time, check out the upgraded version of Brando's USB Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer. The third iteration of the temperature gauging device gives you the sort of accuracy you just can't get from TV and internet forecasts....

Samsung launches new wired and wireless headsets for mobile warriors

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:12 AM PST

Samsung launches new wired and wireless headsets for mobile warriors


Samsung launches new wired and wireless headsets for mobile warriors
Samsung isn't letting CES go by without introducing a few new accessories for its mobile devices. A pair of Bluetooth headsets are on tap, the HM1800 and HM6000 (the latter of which boasts a pair of mics for noise cancellation ) but, oddly enough, it the company's "your sound" wired models that are getting the bulk of the attention....