Google recently announced that most smartphones and feature phones in 60 different countries (and 38 different languages) will now see Google search results delivered in a format that is optimized for that particular device. Google says that, when available, …
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BluAnt, maker of many fine Bluetooth accessories launched the S1in the recent past and CNET’s taken some moments to review it. Sure, we’ve seen gazillions of speakerphones that attach to the visor in your car but this one adds a fairly low price — roughly $69 — A2DP support for streaming your tunes, voice answering, and multipoint connectivity to the mix. CNET liked the price, tiny size, and the call quality, but were down on the volume rocker’s stiffness, and the fact that S1 doesn’t announce the incoming caller’s info. We’re all for music streaming and answering a call by speaking to it, but if you drive a convertible, you may want to look for something in the higher end that’ll handle all the wind noise.

BluAnt Wireless’ S1 speakerphone reviewed, is well liked originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PC World - Apple has issued a warning on its support pages regarding iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS overheating, marking the first time the company has officially acknowledged the problem. Reports that the iPhone 3GS is having overheating problems have surfaced last week, merely days after the devices was launched.

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While big in the personal computer space, Acer is a newcomer to the mobile world and is now offering smartphones under its brand, thanks to the acquisition of E-TEN. We take a look at its X960 smartphone in this review.
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ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft has chosen a well-known ad agency to create a campaign for its ‘Pink Project,’ which Foley says is a Microsoft-branded phone.
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Reuters - Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology.

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This is why the Sonim/Land Rover S1 phone is the toughest phone yet: it can stand an elephant stomp, being run over an actual Land Rover and being tossed out of a second floor window. Plus…

…it was dunked in mud, put inside a 300 degree oven, and soaked in beer. What finally did it in is being crushed by a three ton forklift, which is pretty above and beyond the duty of any phone we’d normally use.

As for the specs, it has 1500 hours of battery (standby or talk, we’re not sure) and a 2-megapixel camera. And, most notably, it has an “extra loud” ringtone so you can hear it under elephants. [Telegraph via Slashdot]

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Advertising firm McCann Erickson has won a lucrative advertising contract with Microsoft, beating out CrispiBLAH BLAH BLAH the point is, people—Zune advertising people—are now talking on record about Microsoft’s “Pink” project, and gearing up to promote it.

From Adweek:

The Office shift follows a pitch for a new Microsoft mobile offering won by McCann’s T.A.G. unit, said sources. JWT, McCann and fellow roster shop Crispin, Porter + Bogusky competed for that assignment, for which the client used the code-name Pink.

It’s a nice confirmation of previous rumors that Microsoft was shopping the project around, and that’s about the end of the new information. But a quick trip to the McCann T.A.G. site reveals a portfolio that contains three videos for the Zune, including two ads and a trade reel. Zune? Pink? Zunephone! Pinkphone! Pink Zune! Pink Zune phone! And so on.

Now, these ads are nestled among a fair number of Xbox promotional materials, so it’s clear that this is one of Microsoft’s go-to teams for advertising in general. But hell, since we still haven’t seen any kind of confirmation that the Pink phone’s alleged specs and Windows Mobile 7 rumors are real, that Pink is a hardware device, or that the project even still exists, we’ll take what we can get. [Adweek via Slashgear]

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Just a day after Verizon Wireless said it would launch the BlackBerry Tour, Sprint, too, announced it would release its version of the Tour on the same July 12 day for the same $200 price.

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We get it. Sometimes, not often, but sometimes when you’re staring into the sad abyss of an empty Tennessee fifth, the idea of initiating an impromptu video conference in total darkness seems mighty compelling. That’s where Samsung’s SCH-W760 with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and front-facing infrared camera can help. It’s available now in Korea and could be the difference between making a solo bed-spin performance or 3- to 6-months served at county for violating your restraining order. The choice is yours for KRW580,000 or about 445 of the green stuff.

Samsung’s SCH-W760 with infrared video conferencing is ready for your parole hearing originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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