HTC 'Touch.B' is an Android-powered Touch2?

If you glance at this thing for just a fleeting instant, you might actually mistake it for a Touch2 — but it’s not. A closer look at the button layout shows a decided lack of keys required by WinMo 6.5, which leads us to the logical conclusion that the so-called Touch.B here — previously known under the codename “Rome” — runs Android. MobiFrance doesn’t have any additional details on the phone, its specs, or where it might launch, but if it does in fact run on the Google juice, it’s looking like a possible successor (or kissing cousin, perhaps) of the Tattoo. Now that we look at it, we’re not actually seeing the buttons that’d be required of an Android device, either — and we have heard rumors for ages now that HTC would be releasing devices running a homegrown dumbphone platform — but we’ll hold off on the conclusion-jumping until we get just a little more detail.

[Thanks, clo75]

HTC ‘Touch.B’ is an Android-powered Touch2? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Droid’s publicity stunt via Apple’s AppStore failed

Motorola Droid, the closest competitor to the iPhone, tried to gain some publicity through the iPhone platform. The handset, which is the first one to be powered by Android 2.0, introduced an application for the iPhone. The app obviously didn’t make it through the AppStore censors.

The iDroid application developed by Sawvv App did nothing but advertise the Motorola Droid through the AppStore. It showed the glowing red droid eye on the home screen. A click on the droid eye would show the different features of the Motorola Droid in bullet points. The features mostly included the ones that were the shortcomings of the iPhone, such as the slide-out QWERTY keypad, the ability to run multiple applications, and the Android OS. Apple had rejected the app on the grounds that it promotes a competitor’s product.

One thing is surely clear here that even after developing a feature-packed iPhone competitor like the Motorola Droid, the huge customer base of the iPhone ends up being the real competing factor. This attempt to cash in on free publicity through iPhone coverage is proof of this fact.

[via iPhoneHelp]
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Nintendo Wii Remote to Add More Fun to Uninterrupted Games

Nintendo has made its mark in the gaming world with the introduction of the Wii console. The best quality of the company is it constantly tries to do something new for the people and takes care of them in all aspects. The Wii remote is an excellent example of this quality of Nintendo Wii.

The Wii remote makes gaming easy and a pleasant experience. It is sure to clear all the confusion faced while using a small remote to perform the various functions needed to make gaming more interesting. The remote is a fusion of the normal TV remote with the motion sensing technology.

Wearing the look and the features of the normal remote the Wii remote is handy and easy to hold. The remote can effortlessly perform the various functions of the game. It acts as the main controller of the game like for tennis game it will be your racket, for a racing game it will be your car steering.

A really enhancing feature of the Wii remote is that it is wireless and works using Bluetooth technology. It can be operated from as far as 30 feet and for games where you have to point a particular thing it operates at a distance of 15 feet.

20,00,000 cellphones go dead over bad IMEI in India (includes our Spice Mobile)

It is estimated that 20 million phones cellphones will go dead in India after the Department of Telecom’s move to ban GSM phones carrying an illegal IMEI number. We had alerted you yesterday on how to safeguard yourself and verify your cellphone’s IMEI, but we never imagined that the number of handsets going dead would be as high as 2 crore. 20 million is roughly 10% of India’s mobile market, that’s huge! On the flip side, this gets me to wonder about the scale of business these illegal Chinese handsets did in India…

And to add some ’spice’ to the whole issue, our own Spice Mobile D88n – which is a dual-sim phone – from a supposedly reputed manufacturer, has gone kaput over this IMEI issue. The handset now refuses to work on GSM

One reason I had bought this for my cousin was the pretty ladies advertising for Spice Mobile. Girls, you always leave me heartbroken …

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iriver Story unsheathed, still looks remarkably like a Kindle

If you’re pro-ebook readers but anti-Amazon censorship, here’s a decent alternative for your cashola. The Story reader from iriver has been undressed for our entertainment and rightfully praised for its trendy eco-friendly packaging. It’s not an altogether unique device, but with an 800 x 600 E Ink display, support for ePUB, PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and even Ogg / WMA file formats, it’s at least versatile enough. Hit the read link to try and spot the other differences between this and Amazon’s record-breaking piece of authoritarian hardware. Go on — it’s a real rush, we promise.

iriver Story unsheathed, still looks remarkably like a Kindle originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Burn a Mac – Picture of the month!

Note: This is a piece of art! Source
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Samsung's 'glamorous' Diva Collection 2010 officially announced

There’s nothing like a faux quilted battery cover to get the blood pumping, so if you’ve been unable to sleep since laying eyes on those magnificent Diva phones from Samsung last week as you’ve desperately sought high and low for more information, trust us, we feel you. Fortunately, Sammy’s now seen fit to drop some knowledge on the pair of handsets targeted squarely at the fairer sex; first up, the S5150 clamshell features a “glittering LED” (their verbiage, not ours) on the outer cover that lights up in interesting ways when calls and other events occur. Meanwhile, the S7070 goes full-touch with Samsung’s usual TouchWiz UI but adds special features like “Beauty Effect” to make shots snapped with the 3.2 megapixel camera “flawlessly beautiful.” Interestingly, Samsung says that it’ll be re-upping the Diva Collection every year with new phones aimed squarely at girly buyers, but don’t rush down to the shady wireless shop yet — these first Divas won’t be hitting until January when they launch in Russia, Ukraine, the Netherlands, and other parts of Europe with Asian availability coming at a later date.

[Image via Samsung Hub]

Samsung’s ‘glamorous’ Diva Collection 2010 officially announced originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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