February 28, 2010

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HTC Desire's Sense UI ported to Droid; HTC, Motorola cringe

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 02:25 PM PST

If you work for Motorola, cover your ears and say "Blur Blur Blur Blur" at the top of your lungs over and over again for the duration of this post, because what we're about to present is an unholy marriage the likes of which neither Sanjay Jha nor Peter Chou ever intended. It's not the first time we've heard of a version of Sense finding its way onto Motorola hardware, but developer "thegeektern" over on AllDroid has posted a bunch of video and stills claiming to have ported an HTC Desire's (née Bravo's) Sense-enabled firmware to Moto's beast -- and what's more, he's got some footage of it running Flash. Bear in mind that the speed at which Flash is running here looks downright painful -- and we fully expect official Flash support on the Droid later this year anyhow -- but anyone conflicted between the Droid's muscular lines and HTC's lovely skin might want to keep an eye on this project. It's still very early in development, but the most important part of the port has already been finished: it shows the proper Droid logo on startup. Follow the break for video.

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Sprint offering instant credits for phone trade-ins

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 12:15 PM PST

Saying that it hopes to boost the practice of phone recycling (with customer conquests a welcome side effect, we're sure), Sprint is now expanding its Buyback Program to cover over 900 devices with an instant credit when you trade them in to any of over 1,000 participating corporate-owned retail locations. Naturally, Sprint isn't about to hand you a wad of cash for these things, but the credits -- ranging from $5 to over $300 depending on the model, apparently -- help cut the bottom line on your account balance, and you can take advantage of the service up to three times per active line every 12 months. Unfortunately, it might not be that great of a deal: in the press release, they specifically call out the Bold 9700 as having a $161.05 -- and considering you can flip a used, locked Bold 9700 on eBay for well over $300, this looks more like a new revenue stream for Sprint than anything else. And who's recycling a Bold 9700 already, anyway?

Sprint offering instant credits for phone trade-ins originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Palm webOS 1.4 update hits Verizon's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:26 PM PST

According to a little late night tweet from Palm -- and the update screen on our device -- the stacked new webOS 1.4 update is making its way out into the world for the company's Verizon-flavored devices. That's right, Plussers -- video recording (and editing) is just a small download away. So why are you still reading this?

Palm webOS 1.4 update hits Verizon's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New Cell Phones

New Cell Phones

Samsung Corby Folder – New Samsung cell phones

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 03:31 AM PST

The Samsung Corby Folder cell phone has a 2.6-inch QVGA screen as the main display while the exterior will display LED icons. I think this phone is great for people ages 10 + , great for a high school student. New Samsung Cell Phones – Samsung Corby Folder will be available in Candy Pink, Blue Black and Lime Green colors. Alos features a 3MP camera, front-facing video camera, Bluetooth, DMB, SOS, Subway Maps and microSD slot up to 16GB. What a cool phone and fun to use….LED display works really well…Nice phone…

New Cell Phones 2010 - New Samsung Cell Phones
- Samsung Corby Folder cell phone photos

Samsung Corby Folder cell phone

Samsung Corby Folder cell phone

Samsung Corby Folder cell phone

via Samsung Hub

Verzion Nexus One launching on March 23rd

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 08:17 PM PST

The Google Nexus One for Verizon will only be sold on the Google Website, Not in Verizon stores. That is how the Google sales model works. Neowin said FCC’d Nexus One CDMA device is launching on Verizon’s network March 23rd, hope they offer a 1 year contract. If it’s like T-Mobile and it’s only full price or 2 year contract, I will have to wait for the Incredible.

New Cell Phones – New Android Phones – New Verizon Phones
- Google Nexus One cell phone photos

Google Nexus One cell phone photos

via Neowin


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