Posted on 30 September 2009 by
mSpot has been streaming full-length movies to cellphones for a few years now, but not until this week has the company had a potential customer base of 40 million. As of right now, mobile phone users on Sprint, AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile can surf over to m.mspot.com in order to stream major motion pictures, and being that the service is on-demand, you can also pause and restart ‘em whenever you darn well please. Deals have been inked with Paramount Studios, Universal Pictures and the Weinstein Company, and we’re told that more agreements are in the works. Movie rentals will cost $4.99 per title, and can be viewed from 24 hours to 5 days after they’re rented. Naturally, mSpot recommends paying for an “unlimited” data plan, and if you’re smart, you won’t utilize the service whilst traveling abroad.
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Video
mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Darren Murph
Posted on 30 September 2009 by
Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Android
All we’ve got to go on here are a few screen images, but at a cursory glance, they sure match what we expect the Motorola Sholes (or Tao, as it were) to look like. The biggest news is that Android is alive and well, and while we’re still waiting for an official release date, things are looking up for this to be the outfit’s second-ever Google-powered device. Have a peek in the read link for a few more Google Maps shots as well as a glimpse at the 1,390mAh battery, and yes, it’s completely fine if you bookmark the last page of the thread and refresh it continuously until actual hardware shots slip out. Not saying that’s “normal,” but hey…
[Via phoneArena]
Motorola Tao (Sholes) purportedly seen running Android, traversing America originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Darren Murph
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We’ve already seen Nokia’s Maemo 5-powered N900 pull off some pretty fanciful tricks, but without qualification this is the one most dear to our hearts. Somehow or another, Konttori managed to get his palms around an N900 of his own, and rather than testing out the social networking abilities or battery life, he simply installed an SNES emulator, tweaked it to accept Wiimote controls and even connected it to his TV for a staggeringly authentic gameplay experience. Vicarious living is just a click or two away, so hop on past the break for a video of the action. Oh, and don’t mind the baby — he’s not in the corner or anything.
[Thanks, Sathish]
Continue reading Video: SNES runs beautifully on N900, makes out hearts flutter
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming
Video: SNES runs beautifully on N900, makes out hearts flutter originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Darren Murph
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We’ve already seen Nokia’s Maemo 5-powered N900 pull off some pretty fanciful tricks, but without qualification this is the one most dear to our hearts. Somehow or another, Konttori managed to get his palms around an N900 of his own, and rather than testing out the social networking abilities or battery life, he simply installed an SNES emulator, tweaked it to accept Wiimote controls and even connected it to his TV for a staggeringly authentic gameplay experience. Vicarious living is just a click or two away, so hop on past the break for a video of the action. Oh, and don’t mind the baby — he’s not in the corner or anything.
[Thanks, Sathish]
Continue reading Video: SNES runs beautifully on N900, makes our hearts flutter
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming
Video: SNES runs beautifully on N900, makes our hearts flutter originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Darren Murph
Posted on 30 September 2009 by
If you believed all the fuel cell talk that’s been bandied about in press releases over the years you’d have thrown away your plug-in chargers by now and started squirting alcohol into all your gadgets. Many promises have been broken, so please take this news of a supposed $30 fuel cell charger for cellphones and other mobile devices with a suitably large chunk of salt — or some sodium-free flavor enhancer if your doctor has imposed such dietary restrictions. Scientists at the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan have created a prototype charger that runs on small tubes containing solid-state hydrogen, “plasticized” so that it is only released when mixed with water. The canisters are said to sell for $.30 a pop, leaving one researcher to say: “They could be sold at 7-Eleven.” We want to write a skeptical response analyzing the feasibility of to such pricing but instead got distracted researching information about Taiwanese convenience stores. Did you know there are 4,807 7-Eleven franchise locations around Taiwan? Amazing!
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Researchers propose $30 portable fuel cell charger, we don’t hold our breath originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Tim Stevens
Posted on 30 September 2009 by
We’ve been furnished with the above page from an O2 in-store catalog detailing the HTC HD2 (aka Leo), which was set for a UK release on October 12 (though we’re hearing that may have slipped to the 26th). Is O2 rushing HTC’s new hotness out the door in response to losing its iPhone supremacy? Or did an absent-minded employee just slip out the catalogs ahead of time? We’re getting in touch with O2 to find out for ourselves and will update with more details as we get them. For now, check out the full catalog page after the break.
[Thanks, Peter W.]
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HTC HD2 makes first official appearance in O2 UK catalog originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Vladislav Savov
Posted on 30 September 2009 by
Filed under: Handsets, Pantech
Pantech’s Korea-only SKY brand has launched a new flip that it’s very overtly targeting at a female audience, the IM-S500K Crystal — and as the name implies, it’s a visual feast. The major differentiating “feature” here is a diamond patterned shiny plate up front with concealed lights and icons that seemingly illuminate at random (though are probably configurable enough to make sense to the user, just not those of us looking at a couple pictures from halfway around the globe). It’s available in no fewer than four colors and features a 2.4-inch QVGA display, FM radio reception, a 2 megapixel camera, and a document viewer — not the most Earth-shattering spec sheet we’d ever seen, but then again, can you really put a price on a shiny diamond pattern with LEDs underneath?
Pantech Crystal’s dazzling cover distracts us from its lame specs originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
Posted on 30 September 2009 by
Filed under: Software, HTC, T-Mobile, Android
Android 1.6 was just released to dev phones, and while you may not have a suitably configured handset to run it, YouTuber arsenito84 does. He’s installed the latest version on his T-Mobile myTouch 3G and was kind enough to create this nine minute video showing every tiny little tweak made to the OS. There’s not much in the way of presentation updates, most changes going on behind the scenes, particularly when it comes to performance. Those improvements are definitely noticeable when it comes to scrolling through apps, but the new Android Market is also on display, and the photo and video capturing has been improved. Why, the phone even does a fine job of loading up this very website, though scrolling is less than smooth. Still no firm word on when your average user will be able to get their Donut on, but if earlier reports are to believed it could be within a month.
Continue reading Video: Android 1.6 Donut gets jazzy walkthrough, performance and Market tweaks on display
Video: Android 1.6 Donut gets jazzy walkthrough, performance and Market tweaks on display originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Tim Stevens
