Le’s face it, it’s a question the world’s been dying to know the answer to: which of the T-Mobile G2, HTC Surround and iPhone 4 will withstand a (literal) grilling the longest? Well, just in time for a mildly singed breakfast today, we have the answer. As you might have surmised from the title, HTC’s WP7-equipped Surround showed the most endurance, though in the end it too cashed out its Earthly credits and moved on to that great scrapyard in the sky. Video of its final moments awaits after the break.

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Windows Phone 7 beats iPhone 4 and Android … in a grilling contest (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Vlad Savov

Okay, Microsoft, we get it. Fictional characters just love Windows Phone 7. They can’t string three scenes together without pulling up Maps or trying to force the phrase “Bing it” into our vernacular. This time it’s Bones star Emily Deschanel, aka Dr. Temperance Brennan, whipping out an LG Quantum mid-interrogation to engage in a little textual activity — much to the mock ire of hunky co-star David Boreanaz. But don’t listen to him, he’s probably just jealous they didn’t have such gratuitous product placement back when he was still pretending to be a vampire. You know, back before vampires went all mainstream.

[Thanks, Afzal N]

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Screen Grabs: it’s WP7 product placement overload, make no Bones about it (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Tim Stevens

Android comes with a pretty great set of live wallpapers built in — and some manufacturers add their own, too — but if you’re ready for a change of pace, the UI nerds (we mean that in the best way possible) over at TAT have just dropped three of ‘em for free. Called Artemia, Blue Range, and Retro Pixels, the trio run the gamut from dreamy aquascape to eBoy-esque 3D environment to 8-bit gaming, and they’re all interactive in one way or another — poking and shaking both seem to have interesting effects. They’re in the Market now, so you may as well grab if you’ve got a compatible phone. Follow the break for TAT’s movie trailer teaser video.

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TAT releases trio of awesome live wallpapers for Android originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

Spotted at a Sprint kiosk in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin’s Mayfair Mall — because, really, what other way can they tell the customer base? Verizon? No thanks. (Also, in case you were wondering, there’s apparently a statewide outage.)

[Thanks, Kyle K]

Visualized: Sprint’s Wisconsin outage prompts primitive warning system originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Ross Miller

We’re still waiting on official Froyo builds for the American Galaxy S variants, but they seem to be getting close. How close? Well, close enough so that you can taste a leak for the Epic 4G if you like to live dangerously. The binary comes conveniently pre-rooted by the source and has a handful of known issues — most notably some sluggish / buggy web browsing — but we guess that’s the price you pay for stepping out on the bleeding edge. Let’s hope an official release isn’t too far behind.

Android 2.2 update for Samsung Epic 4G leaks out originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

Although the Palm Pre 2 — the first device to sport WebOS 2.0 — is set to go on sale in the United Kingdom sans SIM for £399 (that’s roughly $645) on November 12th, it looks like a lot of the major carriers will not be carrying the device. Pocket-Lint personally contacted Orange, Vodaphone, Three and O2 (a company which carried the Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi and Pixi Plus) and all had the essentially the same thing to say: there are no plans to carry the device at this time. This isn’t great news for Palm lovers across the way, and it’s certainly not making anyone at the newly merged HP / Palm happy. Of course, none of the statements save O2′s are definitive, so we’ll keep our eyes peeled for any changes. We can always hope.

UK carriers say ‘thanks but no thanks’ to the Palm Pre 2 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Laura June

Some scheduling conflicts are once again keeping us from a proper Friday podcast, so we’re holding off on it today — but we’ll be back tomorrow. And hey, considering how crazy of a week it’s been for news, you’re not going to want to miss it.

See you then!

The Engadget Mobile Podcast is live tomorrow! originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

We’d put forth the theory that Microsoft and Samsung would eventually certify microSD cards specifically for use with Windows Phone 7 devices after they finally came to terms with the fact that the microSD drama surronding the Focus was going to lead directly to broken devices and broken hearts — and sure enough, that’s exactly what’s happening. We just received this statement from AT&T, pointing out that the platform is extremely finicky when it comes to microSD selection — so finicky, in fact, that only “Certified for Windows Phone 7″ cards should be used. No such cards are currently available. Here’s the full statement:

“Windows Phone 7 requires a certified high-speed microSD card for optimal performance. Because the Samsung Focus is expandable via a microSD card, only microSD memory cards certified for Windows Phone 7 should be used. This information is not currently marked on any microSD packaging in market today. As a result, we are advising customers to delay purchasing an external microSD card until the cards identified as “Certified for Windows Phone 7″ are available commercially or in AT&T stores.”

Coincidentally, we appear to have fried a card after moving it in and out of our own Focus today to the point that no PC, phone, or camera can read it anymore, so this is definitely a real problem that needs a real solution. It’s odd that Microsoft appears to have been fully aware of this situation prior to release and yet AT&T’s only now drawing the line, but we can’t even imagine the kinds of bureaucratic head-butting that happens between corporations the size of AT&T, Microsoft, and Samsung. In the meantime, be careful out there, folks.

AT&T tells Samsung Focus customers not to buy microSD cards yet, wait for ‘certified’ ones originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler