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LG's upcoming MWC lineup runs into some Italians, gets documented on video

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:51 PM PST

LG's upcoming MWC lineup runs into some Italians, gets documented on video


LG's upcoming MWC lineup runs into some Italians, gets documented on video
You might have already seen LG's upcoming Optimus Vu in video form, but what about the rest of the company's Mobile World Congress debutants? Enter Italian site Telefonino, who's managed to wrangle hands-ons with that phablet and two of its co-stars, the Optimus 3D Max and the delectable Tegra-3 powered Optimus 4X HD....

Everything Everywhere promises 'small-scale LTE launch' in UK by the end of 2012

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:51 PM PST

Everything Everywhere promises 'small-scale LTE launch' in UK by the end of 2012


Everything Everywhere promises 'small-scale LTE launch' in UK by the end of 2012
Everything Everywhere's spilled more details on its 4G hopes and dreams. That £1.5 billion investment is aiming to get a small scale LTE launch by the end of the year -- subject to Ofcom's say-so. The lucky epicenter of for the future of mobile communications in the UK? That'll be Bristol, which will begin its trial on 1800MHz spectrum from April....

Insert Coin: Node helps your smartphone monitor pretty much everything

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:07 PM PST

Insert Coin: Node helps your smartphone monitor pretty much everything


Insert Coin: Node helps your smartphone monitor pretty much everything
In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. Fallen out of love with sensor? Don't worry, Variable Technologies is here to help....

The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:07 PM PST

The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!


The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!
We're back in the studio this week -- well, Brian and Dana are. Tim's still in his undisclosed location upstate. Join us tonight at 5PM, as we gear up for Mobile World Congress and discuss the surprisingly busy week that was. You can join along in the fun with the streaming video and chat after the break.Continue reading The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!The Engadget Podcast is live tonight...

Coda taps ex-GM, Saab executive John Anderson to run aftersales operations

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST

Coda taps ex-GM, Saab executive John Anderson to run aftersales operations


Coda taps ex-GM, Saab executive John Anderson to run aftersales operations
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Coda Automotive Coda Holdings, parent company of Coda Automotive, has tapped former Saab and General Motors executive John Anderson to run aftersales operations for the Los Angeles-based electric-vehicle maker. Anderson's title will be vice president of aftersales and customer quality experience. Anderson's three decades in the automotive industry include stints as Saab's head of aftersales, i.e....

Walkie-Talkie App Voxer Popular With Investors, Too, Raising $15M to $20M At Up...

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST

Walkie-Talkie App Voxer Popular With Investors, Too, Raising $15M to $20M At Up To $300M Valuation


Walkie-Talkie App Voxer Popular With Investors, Too, Raising $15M to $20M At Up To $300M Valuation
There's been a few walkie-talkie mobile apps that have come out on iOS and Android over the last year or two, but it wasn't until last fall that when one of them had a breakout moment. Voxer suddenly hit it big with young black people in Cleveland and a few other big cities last November....

Nissan Recalls 250,000 Cars Globally

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST

Nissan Recalls 250,000 Cars Globally


Nissan Recalls 250,000 Cars Globally
Nissan Juke, two Infiniti models make up US portion of the recall.

ASUS MWC teaser video hints at possible hi-res tablet display?

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST

ASUS MWC teaser video hints at possible hi-res tablet display?


ASUS MWC teaser video hints at possible hi-res tablet display?
What's not to love about a short video insinuating something marvelous may be coming soon -- especially if it means a hi-res screen on a tablet, à la that purported Retina Display we saw a few days back. We have to give ASUS credit for this one, as it's teasing us with a clip titled "Twice the Detail, Twice the Fun." The vid's lead actors are a plethora of colorful marbles...

NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 chips get LTE support, radio makers GCT and Renesas o...

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST

NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 chips get LTE support, radio makers GCT and Renesas on board


NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 chips get LTE support, radio makers GCT and Renesas on board
After yesterday's clarification that Tegra 3's architecture will now be known as 4-PLUS-1, NVIDIA's got something a little meatier to share. The outfit just announced that its quad-core chips are getting LTE support, with modem makers GCT and Renesas pledging support right off the bat. In a way, it's hard to believe Tegra 3 didn't already support 4G officially, given that the chip was detailed a whole five months ago....

Google+ Circles heading to Google Voice, creepers heading straight to voicemail

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST

Google+ Circles heading to Google Voice, creepers heading straight to voicemail


Google+ Circles heading to Google Voice, creepers heading straight to voicemail
If you've spent some quality time with Google+, we're sure you've encountered Circles. You know, the feature that enables you to control who sees your G+ posts and who doesn't. Now, the folks in Mountain View have added the social network management tool to Google Voice. You can organize your contacts into groups who can actually ring your Galaxy Nexus and those who are sent straight to voicemail....

InstaMatch Turns Instagram Into A Game

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST

InstaMatch Turns Instagram Into A Game


InstaMatch Turns Instagram Into A Game
Tiny Hearts, the Toronto-based studio behind Pocket Zoo, a top 50 iOS app (and one of my kid's personal favorites), has just released a new title that turns Instagram into a game. The new app is called InstaMatch, and it's a modernized take on the classic memory matching game. In InstaMatch, instead of using images of duplicate items, the photos users match up come from Instagram. Using real-world photos of animals, trees,...

Korea's largest ISP plans 'network fees' for datahogs like YouTube, internet TV

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST

Korea's largest ISP plans 'network fees' for datahogs like YouTube, internet TV


Korea's largest ISP plans 'network fees' for datahogs like YouTube, internet TV
South Korea's biggest internet provider plans to recoup high traffic network upgrades by charging YouTube and other data-hungry sites. KT will start by blocking access to some TV apps found Samsung's internet TVs, looking to strike up a payment deal where data-heavy services would possibly have to share advertising income or pay fees to the ISP....

Google, Microsoft and Netflix want DRM-like encryption in HTML5

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST

Google, Microsoft and Netflix want DRM-like encryption in HTML5


Google, Microsoft and Netflix want DRM-like encryption in HTML5
HTML5 is supposed to set the web free. Free to deliver and shape online media in any web browser. However, several of the standard's greatest champions want to be able to restrict the use of and tags through encrypted media extensions. A draft proposal has been submitted by Google, Microsoft, and Netflix to the W3C -- the curators of HTML5 -- to add encrypted media extensions to the web standard's spec....

The Tale Of A Wolfram Research Co-founder And His Beloved “Periodic Table Table”...

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:51 AM PST

The Tale Of A Wolfram Research Co-founder And His Beloved "Periodic Table Table" [Video]


The Tale Of A Wolfram Research Co-founder And His Beloved "Periodic Table Table" [Video]
Out of the annals of history comes this doozy. A man known by the name of Theodore Gray is a co-founder of Wolfram Research, best known as the creator of Wolfram Alpha, the two-year-old computational answer engine, which Siri uses for 25 percent of her mobile searches. Along with Stephen Wolfram, Gray helped develop Mathematica, the computational software used in technical computing that makes Wolfram Alpha, among other things, tick....

MetroPCS Q4 results are in: increased revenue, slowing growth

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:51 AM PST

MetroPCS Q4 results are in: increased revenue, slowing growth


MetroPCS Q4 results are in: increased revenue, slowing growth
The nation's fifth largest wireless provider -- MetroPCS -- has checked in with its Q4 2011 financials, and on the whole, the company looks to be doing quite well. Metro reported $1.2 billion in consolidated quarterly revenues and $362 million in earnings, an increase of 16% and 15% when compared to the fourth quarter of 2010....

Veteran Googler Dennis Woodside To Replace Sanjay Jha As Motorola Mobility CEO

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

Veteran Googler Dennis Woodside To Replace Sanjay Jha As Motorola Mobility CEO


Veteran Googler Dennis Woodside To Replace Sanjay Jha As Motorola Mobility CEO
With Google's purchase of Motorola nearing completion, sources from within the search giant have revealed that a management shakeup is in the works too. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha will be replaced by veteran Googler Dennis Woodside when the deal comes to a close. Woodside is no stranger to the Google-Motorola situation — in addition to serving as an SVP and President of Google Americas, Woodside...

Interest in Toyota, GM compacts, hybrids jumps in January

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

Interest in Toyota, GM compacts, hybrids jumps in January


Interest in Toyota, GM compacts, hybrids jumps in January
Filed under: MPG, GM, Toyota Toyota and General Motors were among automakers whose compact cars and hybrids received a jump in shopper interest last month as gas prices approached $3.40 a gallon, according to the New Car Insights Report on AutoTrader.com. Four Toyotas - the Prius and Prius V hybrids and Corolla and Yaris compacts - were among the 20 models that were subject to the largest increase in customer interest between December...

comScore: Japan, An Early Mover In Mobile, Trails The U.S., Others In Smartphones

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

comScore: Japan, An Early Mover In Mobile, Trails The U.S., Others In Smartphones


comScore: Japan, An Early Mover In Mobile, Trails The U.S., Others In Smartphones
Smartphone users are, country by country, starting to gradually outnumber those who are using feature phones, and at the same time, consumers have passed a different kind of penetration: a majority are now using mobile devices to do a lot more than just make phone calls. A lengthy annual report out from comScore today, surveying mobile usage across Canada, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Spain, the U.S....

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 review

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 review


BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 review
BlackBerry PlayBook review RIM shows off new features for PlayBook 2.0 at DevCon BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 now ready for downloadLadies and gentlemen, welcome to the world of email. Yes, email! Sure, many of you have given up on the stuff in favor of more instant means of communication, but don't worry, because that's here too!...

Google 'close' to picking new Motorola Mobility CEO, say the usual gang of sources

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

Google 'close' to picking new Motorola Mobility CEO, say the usual gang of sources


Google 'close' to picking new Motorola Mobility CEO, say the usual gang of sources
Google's first act with Motorola Mobility under its wing? Picking a new head for the company, apparently. According to some anonymous-type sources over at Bloomberg, Mountain View "is close" to picking its own SVP, former ad man Dennis Woodside, to succeed Sanjay Jha. Google, naturally is refusing to comment on the matter, which is still waiting the completion of the $12.5 billion acquisition.Google 'close' to picking new Motorola Mobility CEO, say...

ComScore report finds 42 percent of US mobile users have smartphones, Android at...

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

ComScore report finds 42 percent of US mobile users have smartphones, Android at nearly 50 percent


ComScore report finds 42 percent of US mobile users have smartphones, Android at nearly 50 percent
ComScore released its annual Digital Future in Focus report earlier this month, offering new findings on things like email and web use, and it's now out with its latest Mobile Future in Focus report, which provides a year-end wrap of mobile device use both in the US and around the world....

Gevey Ultra S SIM brings freedom to iPhone 4S, unlockers rejoice (video)

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

Gevey Ultra S SIM brings freedom to iPhone 4S, unlockers rejoice (video)


Gevey Ultra S SIM brings freedom to iPhone 4S, unlockers rejoice (video)
Fancy yourself a world traveler but steadfastly refuse to pay a premium for an unlocked variant of Apple's 4S? Or perhaps it's just not up for grabs on that beloved carrier of yours. Well, a solution to all of your iPhone's freedom problems may be on the way -- and no, it doesn't involve jailbreaking....

Box Updates Android App With New Collaboration Features, Commenting And More

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

Box Updates Android App With New Collaboration Features, Commenting And More


Box Updates Android App With New Collaboration Features, Commenting And More
Cloud storage and collaboration platform Box is debuting a updated Android app today, which has been upgraded with a number of new collaboration features as well as support for several European languages. Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie tells us this is the biggest update to the company's Android app since launch in 2010. Besides a completely new UI, the app has been overhauled to support commenting on individual Box files from...

Lookout Debuts Ad Network Detector For Mobile Apps on Android

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:05 AM PST

Lookout Debuts Ad Network Detector For Mobile Apps on Android


Lookout Debuts Ad Network Detector For Mobile Apps on Android
Ever wonder what ad networks your mobile apps are running? Today, Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is releasing a new, free Android app that aims to provide transparency into ad networks to help you understand what's happening on your phone – from knowing what networks are on your device to understanding their capabilities. As Lookout says, sometimes apps access info for reasons that are...

Lumus' OE-31 optical engine turns motorcycle helmets, other eyewear into wearabl...

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST

Lumus' OE-31 optical engine turns motorcycle helmets, other eyewear into wearable displays


Lumus' OE-31 optical engine turns motorcycle helmets, other eyewear into wearable displays
After showing off a duo of wearable, see-through displays at CES, Lumus is back with a second optical engine -- one that could be used in any style of frames, from prescription glasses to ski goggles. Available in binocular and monocular configurations, the tiny OE-31 sensor weighs just 10 grams (.35 ounces), allowing it to accommodate a variety of form factors besides your run-of-the mill (and quite dorky-looking) 3D glasses....

OMAP 5's dual A15 cores wipe the floor with four A9s in browsing benchmark

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST

OMAP 5's dual A15 cores wipe the floor with four A9s in browsing benchmark


OMAP 5's dual A15 cores wipe the floor with four A9s in browsing benchmark
We've seen Texas Instrument's OMAP 5 in action, but we haven't been able to pit it directly against a competitor. The Dallas company must be growing more and more confident in its product however, as its posted a video demoing its pair of A15 cores alongside an unspecified quad-core A9 part -- presumably the Tegra 3....

Best cocktails for the Academy's Best Picture Nominees

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST

Best cocktails for the Academy's Best Picture Nominees


Best cocktails for the Academy's Best Picture Nominees
We paired up each Best Picture nominee with an appropriate, and tasty, mixed drink to celebrate the Academy Awards.

Tesla bricked battery story may have a short circuit

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST

Tesla bricked battery story may have a short circuit


Tesla bricked battery story may have a short circuit
Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors Yesterday's outrageous attack on electric vehicles didn't come from the GOP (for a change), but from a seemingly disinterested blogger, one Michael Degusta. His charges against Tesla include suggesting that its cars will have "eventual, inevitable, catastrophic battery failure," lambasting the company for poor warranty service, accusing Tesla of tracking its owners without consent, and intimating that the company is not only failing to provide owners...

Here’s What “Post-PC” Looks Like: Over Half Of Info Workers Use 3 Or More Device...

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST

Here's What "Post-PC" Looks Like: Over Half Of Info Workers Use 3 Or More Devices At Work


Here's What "Post-PC" Looks Like: Over Half Of Info Workers Use 3 Or More Devices At Work
We're on post-PC watch here lately, tracking the many warning signs that we've crossed the imaginary line separating PC's heyday from that of a new landscape scattered with multiple mobile devices; it's a place where the traditional desktop and laptop computer is seeing decreasing importance. That's why this new Forrester report on mobile devices in the workplace caught my eye, as it highlights the disruption those devices have caused in the...

The winners of the 2011 Engadget Awards -- Readers' Choice

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST

The winners of the 2011 Engadget Awards -- Readers' Choice


The winners of the 2011 Engadget Awards -- Readers' Choice
The results for the 2011 Engadget Awards are in! With more than 250,000 total votes, the response this year has been tremendous -- and no, that's not just another name for the Galaxy Note, which garnered just 3.5 percent of tallies in the Smartphone category. Instead, the iPhone 4S took top prize for Smartphones, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S II as the runner up....