4/27/2010 01:18:00 PM
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Motorola Ming MT820
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It looks like Moto ain’t done churning out handsets with that eye-catching transparent outer flip yet, as evidenced by these recently leaked live pics of the still unannounced Motorola Ming MT820, a clamshell phone that’s coming to China with TD-SCDMA 3G network support.
Its design is nothing unusual for Motorola, which has produced similar-looking phones in the past. There’s a large touchscreen display and a front-facing camera sitting right above it, and the entire case itself doesn’t look that bad.
4/27/2010 01:16:00 PM
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Ahead of their 1st minialbum release on 4th May, teaser concept photos for f(x) are revealed.
After debuting with the song ‘LA chA tA’ in September 2009, f(x) is not only known in the Kpop zone but also in the fashion and advertising zone. They released another single ‘Chu~♡’ and after that, they have been preparing for this new minialbum and a showcase with MIDEM. They also did some overseas activities like taking part in the Thailand Pattaya Music Festival and doing photoshoot in Africa.
More teaser concept photos will be revealed through f(x)’s official homepage.
4/27/2010 01:16:00 PM
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Though "Neofonie" is the most apt name for a vaporware company we've heard since "Phantom," it's looking like that very firm's 11.6-inch WePad tablet is actually the real deal. Fed up with all the skepticism it has received of late, the German firm just held a press conference in Berlin to show off a pair of working devices and allay our fears. Netbooknews.de was on the scene, and they took a pair of high-res videos that prove the tablets do, in fact, have a working (though somewhat laggy) touchscreen, and that fancy-pants vertical UI is quite functional. Full screen YouTube videos were choppy, but they played, and the Atom N450 CPU loaded OpenOffice and flipped through browser windows without a hitch. But don't take our word for it -- watch the whole 25-minute demonstration after the break, plus a bonus video from AndroidPIT. Then, if you'd be so kind, tell us what the nice company reps are saying.
You might recall that fascinating video a while back showing the Nexus One's touch sensor getting all discombobulated when the tester's multitouch fingerwork started to get a little too fancy, and now, Android Central has confirmed that Verizon's Droid Incredible doesn't suffer the same fate -- but why is that, exactly? Android and Me is reporting that the Droid Incredible and EVO 4G both employ an Atmel maXTouch sensor with unlimited touch support -- a relatively new product launched in late '09 -- whereas the Nexus One is using Synaptics' older ClearPad 2000, which was designed to top out with simple two-finger gestures like pinch zoom. The upshot? Complicated multitouch games might end up being less playable (or downright unusable) on the Nexus One, but the silver lining is that HTC's gone ahead and rolled out better components for its latest round of devices that should prevent this from being a problem going forward. Follow the break for Android Central's video of the Droid Incredible multitouching circles around the Nexus One -- figuratively speaking, of course.
4/27/2010 01:11:00 AM
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After teasing us for the first and second time over the past week, LG has finally released the music video of SNSD endorsing their new LG Cooky phone.
Instead of singing to Hey Mickey which is used as the CF music, the girls go Hey Cooky for this cute Cooking Mama inspired concept.
4/27/2010 01:08:00 AM
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We just wrapped up a quick play with RIM's just-announced BlackBerry Pearl 3G, and our initial impression is a positive one -- if you've currently got a Pearl 8100 series (or even an 8200 series flip, for that matter), this looks like a must-have upgrade. The phone's UI is lightning fast, the optical pad is plenty responsive (as RIM's optical pads tend to be), and 802.11n and HSDPA are obviously both welcome additions. The keyboards are a little funny, but that's nothing new -- Pearls have always had polarizing keyboards, dating back to the early days -- but we think we prefer the 14-key just a smidge over the traditional 20-key. For whatever reason, RIM has chosen to give the 14-key version more rounded, curved keys, whereas the buttons on the 20-key version have angled tops that put a little more pressure on the fingertips (we're sure you could handily get used to either version, of course). The company is quick to note that the numeric keypad is not using T9 -- it's using a flavor of SurePress -- so... you know, don't get it twisted.
4/27/2010 01:03:00 AM
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The first European carrier for the Nexus One is all set to start offering Google's superphone for free on two-year contracts costing £35 ($54) or more per month. Pre-orders are being taken today and full retail availability is slated for April 30. It's kind of an anticlimax now that the Incredible has started stalking the American prairies, but we're sure there'll be plenty of Brits who've been waiting with bated breath for this. There'll be 18- and 24-month contract options, with prices starting at £25 per month, and a 1GB 3G data allowance is included together with a 1GB WiFi allowance via BT Openzone hotspots. Not exactly the most generous price plans we've ever heard of, but then the handset's looking eminently affordable with its zero cash up front requirement.