Review of Samsung’s affordable Sunburst for AT&T
The Samsung SCH-A697 Sunburst is an entry level feature phone with a large 3-inch touchscreen display and Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface. Lauren tests it out for us, and comes away with mixed feelings about it.
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Dragon for Email hits BlackBerry, turns your voice into a QWERTY keyboard
Okay, your voice isn’t literally turning into a keyboard, but you know what we mean — Dragon for Email is exactly what it sounds like, an app that brings Nuance’s well-known speech-to-text technology to the BlackBerry platform with a special emphasis on composing emails. That’s a perfect fit considering that email has remained BlackBerry’s main raison d’être over the years, and it sounds delightfully unobtrusive considering that you merely need to press and hold your phone’s side key while composing an email to kick off the dictation. Even better, it’s free from App World for a limited time, so you might want to get in on that while the getting’s good.
Dragon for Email hits BlackBerry, turns your voice into a QWERTY keyboard originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple rumor roundup: Intrinsity behind the A4, ARM being eyed
Mama always said that downpours followed Spring showers, and sure enough, the Apple news has been flowing hot and heavy overnight. For starters, an IEEE Spectrum report has people talking once more about Intrinsity; if you’ll recall, rumors flared up earlier in the month about Apple nabbing said company, similar to the way it acquired P.A. Semi way back in the naughties. Now, it seems that round two of those whispers are gaining steam, with some analysts suggesting that without Intrinsity’s expertise, there was simply no way the silicon within the iPad could’ve been pushed to 1GHz in time for launch. In related news, we’re also hearing that Cupertino is interested in acquiring ARM Holdings, and considering just how much business Apple pushes ARM’s way, it’s not illogical to imagine Apple wanting to just bring ARM in-house. If the deal went down, Apple would obviously hold a huge amount of control over whether or not ARM chips ended up in rival products, and if it yanked those Cortex slabs out from the market place, you can bet there would be a mad scramble to create a competitive portfolio to serve those suddenly chip-less product makers. Finally, a new iPhone OS 4 (beta 2) video has surfaced, giving the world a solid look at a new circular side-swapped animation that occurs when switching apps — head on past the break to check it out, and give those links below a visit for more of that succulent nitty-gritty.
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Apple rumor roundup: Intrinsity behind the A4, ARM being eyed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sirius XM app for Android ‘coming soon’
iPhone and iPod touch users may have had a Sirius XM app for close to a year now, but it looks like Android users will soon finally be able to get in on some mobile streaming as well. While there’s still no specific launch date, the app is apparently “coming soon,” and looks to be mostly identical to its iPhone OS counterpart, complete with support for streaming over both WiFi and 3G. Somewhat curiously, however, Sirius XM seems to be saying that the app will only be available for the Droid and Nexus One, although that’s a bit puzzling considering they’re not the only Android 2.1-ready phones with fast processors (if those are indeed the only requirements). Full press release is after the break, and you can sign up to be notified of the app at the link below.
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Sirius XM app for Android ‘coming soon’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia delays Symbian^3, investors not impressed
As in any business, in the world of the smartphone there are winners and there are losers. Earlier this week Apple blew away market expectations and posted a $3 billion profit thanks largely to increased popularity of the iPhone. For the competition news is not so good, and while Nokia did manage to boost earnings per share 40 percent this year, it missed analyst expectations and, more importantly, is having to delay the release of Symbian^3 until sometime in the third quarter. The release was initially due in the first half of the year, then became a little more specific as a Q2 release. These factors have sent share prices dropping 12 percent and leaves Nokia fans waiting another few months for a taste of something fresh — not good when there are so many other delectable options up for the taking.
Nokia delays Symbian^3, investors not impressed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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