[Via the::unwired]
Another version of the HTC Neon gets in the mix
Remember that NEON100 we spied via the FCC's loose lips a few weeks back? Turns out there's at least one more version of the Touch variant being prepped -- but this time, the info comes from another famously leaky source, the Bluetooth SIG. Details are extraordinarily slim here since we don't even have the benefit of an RF test report, but we do know that it'll support Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (seeing how this is the Bluetooth SIG's database and all). In a perfect world, this sucker would turn out to be a Touch with triband HSDPA, but odds are, we really won't know until HTC is good'n ready for us to know.
[Via the::unwired]
[Via the::unwired]
LG Voyager gets big honkin' firmware update
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20071219191100im_/http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2007/12/lg-voyager-sm.jpg)
[Via Boy Genius Report]
Vodafone quietly kills Windows Mobile-based 920
We hope you weren't holding out to scoop up one of those Vodafone 920s to slide into the Festivus stocking, because, well, it no longer exists. It seems that Voda has up and pulled a Foleo on the HTC-sourced Windows Mobile slider, silently dropping it from the planned holiday lineup without giving a reason why. Maybe the carrier felt it duplicated some of its other offerings to closely, maybe it couldn't pass the carrier's usual battery of tests -- but whatever the reason, it's time to find another phone to give to that WinMo lover in your life.
T-Mobile, 3 holding hands for 3G
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A teaser shot of Motorola's 5 megapixel multimedia maven?
Remember that Moto lineup for 2008 that was supposedly leaked a couple months back? You know, the one that might just stand a chance at breathing life into Moto's tired range and flagging financial performance if it turns out to be even remotely legit? Well, IT168 has what appears to be shot -- albeit a relatively crappy, likely rendered one -- of the X PIXL / Z12 slider that had been mentioned as a part of that '08 roadmap, showing the 5 megapixel Kodak-branded cam we'd heard about along with the obligatory xenon flash. Now clearly, this shot is utterly trivial to fake, but we tend to give it a little weight here if for no other reason than the fact that Moto pretty much has to get out a 5 megapixel cameraphone with name-brand optics at this point just to keep up with the Joneses.
[Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
[Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
Orange says unlocked iPhones are, in fact, unlocked
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Vodafone Germany rolls out Ericsson's eco-friendly cell equipment
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Samsung intros F218, F338 musicphones in Hong Kong
Samsung pulled out all the stops at a star-studded event last week in Hong Kong to usher in its F218 and F338 phones, spinner and slider members of the company's MusiCall series. The two models seem to be little more than localized versions of the F210 and F300 for Europe, respectively -- but if music's your gig, that might not be a bad thing at all. The F218 features 1GB of integrated storage with microSD expansion, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel cam, and ACCESS' NetFront browser (on that crazy little display, imagine that!). The F338 adds 3G data and microSDHC support -- a good thing, since it lacks the F218's ample in-built memory -- and goes for a slightly more traditional slim slider package.
[Via Mobilewhack]
[Via Mobilewhack]
Vertu Constellation, now in Mixed Metal flavor
Stainless steel, gold -- how is one exceptionally well-to-do individual to decide? Now one doesn't have to, all thanks to Vertu's Mixed Metal edition of the Constellation. While lacking the 3G data of its Ascent Ti cousin, the Constellation at least has the common decency to rock four bands of GSM reception plus EDGE data, giving users at least a fleeting hope of exploiting the phone's customized version of S40 to its fullest. Then again, virtually anyone within Vertu's target demo couldn't care less about the radio or the operating system; in this rarified air, it's all about the preciousness of the metals, and this particular version of the Constellation seems to deliver by mixing in gold accents (real gold, naturally) with the stainless steel theme. Interested parties should tap their Swiss accounts or prepare to sell their souls, firstborns, or some combination therewith.
[Via Sybarites, thanks JW]
[Via Sybarites, thanks JW]
Nokia N82 hands-on
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New earpiece design puts a microphone inside your head
Finally, you no longer have to mess with annoying bone conducting headsets to get your message heard in noisy environments. A Japanese company called NS-ELEX has created a new type of earpiece / microphone called the "e-Mimi-kun" (good ear boy), which utilizes air vibrations in the ear to deliver your voice to the other end of the line. Apparently, the design reduces outside noise by a factor of six, and a Sanyo chip used in the device further reduces sound levels, making things up to ten times quieter. The earpiece can be tethered to a phone, or work wirelessly via Bluetooth. No release date or pricing info available right now, but we're pretty sure stock brokers will snap these up like hot-cakes.
[Via PhysOrg]
[Via PhysOrg]
Sprint Nextel taps Embarq's Dan Hesse as new CEO
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20071219191100im_/http://www.engadget.com/media/2007/12/dan-hesse.jpg)
Watch the 24 most obscure NCAA bowl games on Verizon's V Cast
Are you ready for some football? How about full-length, live coverage of 24 NCAA bowl games. Sounds good, right? Just forget about big screen HDTV though, this is MediaFLO on your itty bitty cellphone display. Fanatics (in every sense of the word) will have access to games provided by ESPN Mobile TV, CBS Mobile and FOX Mobile through Verizon's V CAST Mobile TV. Unfortunately, none of the BCS Championship games will be available on the service. You will however have access to Roady's Humanitarian Bowl, Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, the Meinke Car Care Bowl, and Papa John's.com bowl to name just a few. "Must see" games Verizon -- really?
More on the Portege G920 and Toshiba's 2008 roadmap
Evidence of Toshiba's new Portege G920 QWERTY doesn't get any better than an FCC filing. Still if you need more, you're looking at the G920 held aloft in the wilds of some Tosh briefing. That slide on the left looks to be tattling on Toshiba's 2008 roadmap too -- at least Toshiba's lineup for launch in Russia where this presentation was apparently delivered. From it, we see the G920 scheduled for an early Q1 release followed by a G930 in early Q4. Also spotted is the G800 with stylus input, G710 and G720 with GPS, and G450 classed as a "USB modem phone." Expect to hear more on the Q1 column of devices at CES in a few weeks.
Motorola's Linux-based Ming 2 in Q2
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