Archive for April 18th, 2010

Keepin’ it real fake redux: Nexus One clone is ‘Teg W3000,’ has WiFi, dual cameras, TV tuner and Skype

Earlier this month, an unknown manufacturer had the dubious distinction of making our KIRF list, for building what appeared to be a Nexus One running iPhone OS. Mr. Blurrycam couldn’t tell for sure… but today the KIRFtastic handset has been unveiled in all its infringing glory. Dubbed the “TEG W3000,” the device is billed as a quad-band GSM worldphone with an accelerometer, WiFi and Bluetooth, front and back-facing 2 megapixel cameras, FM and analog TV tuners and Java support. While the iPhoney OS doesn’t seem to have a App Store hackjob, the phone certainly has apps; in an interface pic, we spotted eBuddy, Facebook and Skype alongside Maps and the Opera web browser. Hands-down the most exciting ripoff in recent memory. Now cautiously whistle a happy tune, and move along.

Keepin’ it real fake redux: Nexus One clone is ‘Teg W3000,’ has WiFi, dual cameras, TV tuner and Skype originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony Ericsson releases Zylo with Walkman feature phone with FLAC support

Today Sony Ericsson launched two new feature phones, one of which is the Zylo with Walkman. The Zylo slider phone is one of the first devices on the market to support the FLAC audio codec.

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Feel-goodroid: Nexus One is in the black, 60K Android devices activated per day

We’d heard a couple times that the Nexus One was selling at a mere trickle, but what we haven’t heard is whether the phones that have sold are enough to generate a profit for Google — and on its earnings call today, the company claimed for the first time that its superphone is indeed in the black. Speaking both of the Nexus One specifically and of the platform as a whole, the company said that “it is a profitable business for us… we are driving the business to be a profitable business,” some of the strongest language we’ve heard that Google intends to fully convert Android from a hobby into an integral part of its financials going forward. On a related note, the company also boasted on the call that it’s “seeing more than 60 thousand devices sold and activations daily,” which — by our rough math, anyhow — would work out to close to 22 million Android activations annually, and they’re now up to some 38,000 apps in the Market. Certainly seem like these guys have cemented their position as a mobile powerhouse, doesn’t it?

Feel-goodroid: Nexus One is in the black, 60K Android devices activated per day originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony Ericsson debuts Spiro with Walkman feature phone

Today Sony Ericsson announced the Spiro with Walkman feature phone, one of two new models in Sony Ericsson’s Walkman family of devices. The Spiro offers a relatively basic feature set with a focus on music playback.

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iPhone 4G: proof

Well what do you know about this? With all those rumors flying around that the iPhone 4G we’d spotted was no more than a Japanese knock-off of an Apple product, it was starting to look like this thing was too good to be true. That is until one of the Engadget editors spotted what seems to be solid proof that this is — in fact — the next iPhone. If you’ll recall, the night before the iPad was revealed, we had leaked shots of the device from what appeared to be an Apple test lab. Upon further inspection of these pictures today, the aforementioned editor discovered that the new iPhone 4G we’ve just gotten photos of is actually sitting on the table beside the iPad prototype! Imagine how blown our minds were when we realized we have had a photo of the next iPhone for months! As you can see in the pic above, the left side of the new device is clearly visible on this table in the upper right hand corner, and since we believe that these photos come directly from an Apple testbed, it’s hard to deny that the phone you’ve just seen is in fact the real deal. Not only that, but we suspect that the device on the tablet itself is also a version of the new phone (you can see what looks like aluminum along the bottom) which seems to be housed in some type of iPhone 3G-like case.

Additionally, a source — who confirms this is the next Apple iPhone — also tells us that the device apparently does have a higher res screen on-board, a front-facing camera, a higher resolution camera with flash, and takes MicroSIM cards (that’s the little “button” around the side you see in the TwitPic which is floating around the internet). We’re working on uncovering more info, but right now you can take a look at the proof above for yourself, and in the gallery below.

iPhone 4G: proof originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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