AT&T has just announced that its first Android handset, the Motorola Backflip will be available March 7. Just to remind you, the Backflip is a 3.1″-screen, reverse flip qwerty, which has two positions, one which props it open like an easel for watching video on a flat surface, and fully open for typing. They’re officially [...]
Breaking: HTC Desire for Verizon NOT Confirmed, is NOT Verizon’s Nexus One
Sometimes one picture can get taken out of context. Then the whole gadget news world runs with the wrong story. Take this picture for example. It’s dark, it has what looks like an optical trackpad at the bottom, it looks like the HTC Bravo/Desire, therefore it must be the Bravo/Desire for Verizon! One person reports [...]
Compaq Airlife 100: First Android “Smartbook” Announced
Is Dell’s 5-inch Android behemoth too small for you? Do you wish that the iPad had a keyboard? Or Android? Well HP/Compaq may have just the device for you. They’re calling it a “Smartbook”, apparently a portmanteau of “Smartphone” and “Netbook”. The device was shown briefly at CES, but today it was officially announced by [...]
Dell Mini 5 Prototype Hands-On
The Engadget crew has the great privilege of having temporary posession of a Dell Mini 5 (a.k.a M01M a.k.a. Streak), and they’ve posted the best and most extensive picture set to date. It looks beautiful, slim, and only slightly too big to talk on. Not much to say but get over there and check out [...]
HTC Bravo – $100 Cheaper than Nexus One?
The Guardian has it from industry sources that the HTC Bravo–which is expected to be introduced this weekend at MWC–is expected to cost about $100 less than it’s Google-Branded cousin, the Nexus One. As you may remember, the Nexus One had the HTC codename Passion, which we revealed was the same hardware as the Bravo. [...]
Reverse Trackpads: Gimmick or Next Big Thing?
It’s obvious that Motorola thought long and hard about how to make this phone functional, even comofortable for heavy texters. But will the gimmicky nature of the Backflip keep this potential leap forward for input technology from gaining traction?
