Facebook is apparently working on implementing QR (Quick Response) codes, potentially allowing you to view a profile, initiate a friend request, add someone to your address book, or view their latest status simply by scanning a 2D code with your smartphone’s camera. Scattered reports have seen links like the one above pop up and disappear,…
Shootin’ the ‘LG Breeze’ With TELUS
Can you feel the breeze? I can, and it’s not what you think. TELUS has designs on bringing the LG Breeze to market, as it was spied in some recent promotional material. Tagged as ‘coming soon’ for now, I’d expect to feel the ‘Breeze’ sometime this month or next. Also known as the LG GW520,…
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kalasvuo dodges questions about Qualcomm based phone; the answer is maybe
A little over a month today, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs told Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat that by the end of this year there will be a Nokia product out on the market using the company’s well known Snapdragon processor, and that it would run Symbian. When Business Week asked Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kalasvuo about the…
HTC Desire going Silver for AT&T?
If you’re not quite feeling the graphite-colored HTC Desire that has been making the rounds for the past few months, we’ve got some potentially good news for you. The folks at xda-developers have posted up a pic of an HTC Desire with a Silver color scheme. It’s not yet known if this color will be…
Apple bans screen protector films for iPhones, iPods, Macs (oh my!)
Say you’re a world-renowned consumer electronics maker and you’ve got more gadgets running around the world than the US has citizens. You’d probably welcome the glut of protective cases and screen protecting films that accessory makers are selling to protect the “shininess” of your devices. Well, Apple doesn’t follow traditional lines business practices. To prove…
Sliding LG Windows Phone Makes Appearance, Related to Panther?
If you remember that Windows Phone 7 Series device that made an appearance on the Engadget Show, you’ll already know WP7 is on LG’s radar, but this picture shows what is potentially to follow. The first device, since dubbed the Panther, had few details surrounding it outside of having a 5 megapixel camera, and the…
BlackBerry Messenger Getting “Some Exciting Things” Soon
RIM’s Facebook has mentioned that BlackBerry Messenger will be getting “some exciting things… in the days (and weeks!) ahead”. Take that as you will – new features? Maybe, but at very least we can expect a maintenance release to tweak the UI and optimize performance, but between the visibility on Facebook and the gigantic new…
Samsung S3370 is yet another low-end all-touchscreen device
Samsung keeps pumping all-touchscreen devices like all the time. Latest model we spotted “in the wild” is S3370, and it honestly looks like a “yet another member of the Corby family.” However, it won’t share the same blood line, but will most likely be known by some other name. Features include 3G connectivity, 2.8-inch QVGA…
Samsung to unveil “S Life” devices/services at the CTIA Wireless 2010 is Las Vegas?
Samsung is preparing to unveil something cool at this year’s CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas. The company has been sending out press invites to journalists and bloggers, teasing us with “S Life.” Here’s what it [invite] says: Enrichment through technology, simplicity through innovation. “S Life” is much a feeling as it is an incredible achievement.…
Verizon luring feature-phone users to smartphones with early upgrade offer
Verizon is looking to court feature-phone users in an effort to bring them over to the smartphone side of life. At least that’s the latest word on the mean streets of the mobile blogosphere. A newly leaked Verizon memo outlines Big Red’s plans to offer current Verizon feature-phone users a chance to get early upgrade…