Microsoft Germany’s Facebook page solidifies Kin specs
Nothing here we didn’t already know, but it’s nice to have some final, official confirmation: Microsoft Germany’s just posted the specs for the Kin One and Kin Two on its Facebook page, and they line right up with that original, Google cached leak. As originally foretold, the Kin One will sport a 2.6-inch capacitive TFT LCD screen at 320 x 240 resolution, a 5 megapixel CMOS camera, 4GB of flash memory and a 1240 mAh battery, while the Kin Two ups its game with a 3.4-inch 480 x 320 screen, an 8 megapixel CMOS HDR shooter by Omnivision with a LumiLED flash, 8GB of solid state memory and 1390 mAh of juice. Both get 256MB of DDR, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11 b/g WiFi, GPS, FM radio and an accelerometer; neither will own up to the Tegra they hide inside their svelte plastic frames. Not a fan of specs? Find out what Kin’s really all about in our full guide.
Microsoft Germany’s Facebook page solidifies Kin specs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BlackBerry OS 6.0 with WebKit browser details leaked?
Details on RIM’s new BlackBerry OS 6.0 may have been leaked through a few screenshots. The images show a WebKit browser, a new homescreen, and more. Rumor has it the OS could be available as soon as June or July
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iPhone OS 4 Beta 2 released to developers, packs a few new tricks
After Apple formally announces a new version of iPhone OS and gotten it into the hands of developers, they tend to follow up with minor releases every 2 weeks or so. With iPhone OS 4 having been announced 12 days ago, it seemed like a new Beta couldn’t be far off — and sure enough, iPhone OS 4 Beta 2 just shipped.
So what’s new?
We haven’t gotten wind of any exciting new user-facing features yet, but we’re hearing about a few new tricks it’s packing for all the developer folks to fiddle with.
Amongst these is EventKit, an API which lets applications plug events into your Calendars (like Facebook automatically throwing in all of your friend’s birthdays), and Quick Look, which seems to provide apps with a means to allow for users to preview certain file types (iWork, Office docs, RTF, PDF, images, and CSV files) without launching into another app. The latter has to be plugged into apps manually, so don’t expect it to work universally right off the bat.
We’ll let you know if we hear about anything else.
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Lenovo talks up LePhone, shows off app store ahead of May launch
Lenovo’s Android-based LePhone (not LePhono, sadly) may not be officially launching in China until next month, but the company did just hold a launch event of sorts in the country, in which it revealed a few new details and did a fair bit of boasting. According to The Wall Street Journal, Lenovo says that it’s aiming to sell “millions” of the phones in the next five years, and “tens of millions” after that — although not just involving this particular phone, obviously. Lenovo COO Rory Read also reportedly further added that the company is ready for a “tough fight” against Apple’s iPhone, and that Lenovo will have a “better brand position” that RIM, which hasn’t yet gained a significant foothold in China. That’s certainly plenty ambitious for a company new to the cellphone space, and should no doubt only further fuel those rumors of a certain acquisition. In other le news, Lenovo also apparently further demonstrated the tweaked version of Android that the handset will use (first seen at CES), and it has shown off its own app store for the first time, which can already be browsed at the site linked below.
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AT&T announces Sierra Wireless AirCard 890 LaptopConnect card
Today AT&T announced its latest LaptopConnect solution, the Sierra Wireless AirCard 890, a device that will work in both PC Card and ExpressCard ports, and one that also offers GPS and 7.2Mbps HSPA connectivity.
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