China Mobile isn’t projected to offer an App Store to its nearly 500  million subscribers until September, but the Mobile App Store website (mmarket.com) was found up and running today. Mostly with broken links, sure - but the implications are humongous.

China Mobile is launching their “OPhone” later this year which is slated to be [...]

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Filed under: Culture

Do you understand your smartphone… really understand it? Know its moods, its wants, its desires? A survey hosted by Best Buy Mobile shows that half of people don’t, with 47 percent saying the things confuse the heck out of them, while 60 percent of those aged 35 - 49 feel that people with smartphones spend too much time working and not enough time playing Wii Sports Bowling. Those feelings of confusion and ire doesn’t stop a “sizable segment” of the rest of the 1,000 people surveyed from wanting a handset with brains, with most desiring access to the sort of apps you can’t get on dumbphones, and 14 percent of women saying that playing games was “very important” — only nine percent of men said the same. Sadly, there was no figure indicating how many people enjoy paying too much for text messages and signing their lives away on lengthy contracts.

Best Buy-sponsored survey shows that Americans want smartphones even though they don’t understand them originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Multimedia, Windows Mobile, Misc

A few days after blocking PlayStation 3 users, Hulu has yet to respond to questions concerning the change which has only helped to fuel rumors it is related to the Microsoft ad campaign currently featured on the site, but that seems less likely now that we’ve confirmed it also began blocking the Flash-enabled Skyfire browser on Windows Mobile devices at the same time. Whatever the cause is, if you prefer a homegrown hack over something like PlayOn or TVersity, Eric over at ypass.net has put together a simple enough walkthrough for creating an “unblockable” workaround by setting up a locally connected PC running Linux or Windows with the freely available Squid proxy server software that will make your PS3 look like appear as a PC running a Firefox (or whatever you prefer) browser to any website that asks. Of course, just like the other solutions your computer will need to stay running to keep you connected, but we figure it’s a small price to pay for enjoying relatively low res Flash video running on an HDTV.

Read - Got a PS3? Want Hulu Back? Easy enough…
Read - Squid-setup for Windows NT /2k /X

Hulu still silent on PS3, Windows Mobile blocking - but there’s a free solution originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Misc

If you want data service on your phone positively, absolutely anywhere you happen to be in the US or Canada, this one’s for you: TerreStar just successfully launched its aptly-named TerreStar-1 satellite, which just happens to be the largest commercial satellite ever deployed. This dovetails perfectly with news that the upstart satphone provider is partnering with AT&T to offer service later this year, presumably with a variant of that sweet little Elektrobit WinMo piece we had a chance to check out a few months back. Cost could be a concern, but it should be cheaper than the problem-plagued Iridium back when it launched — and hybrid HSPA capability is a major win, too.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

TerreStar launches ginormous satellite in preparation for service originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Vodafone, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA

Sprint and Verizon have been enjoying their CDMA femtocells stateside for a while now, but Vodafone becomes the first to do the honors in Europe today by launching the continent’s first commercial 3G femtocell, christened the Vodafone Access Gateway. The device — seemingly sourced from Alcatel-Lucent — requires an in-home broadband internet connection with a minimum speed of 1Mbps. It’s rumored to be capable of full HSPA, enough horsepower to feed even high-end Voda handsets with WiFi-free broadband in places around the home where reception’s normally a little dicey (or absent altogether), and it’ll drive up to four authorized phones with it at the same time. Anyone on a £30 monthly contract or higher can get it at no charge, but otherwise, you can expect to pay £160 (about $263) for the pleasure of building out Voda’s network on its behalf. So, AT&T, what’s going on over there, guys?

[Via Slashdot and eWeekEurope]

Vodafone launches Europe’s first 3G femtocell today originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

Here’s a fact: the world really doesn’t need another mildly tweaked Aura. Sorry, it just doesn’t. That being true and all, we’re still pretty jazzed to see Motorola giving the ultra-luxurious handset another go with the moon-themed Celestial Edition. Word on the street has it that this here handset won’t deviate much from the predecessor, but it will come pre-loaded with multimedia from the original moon landing mission, a laser etched quote honoring the 40th anniversary of the journey and a price tag that’s far, far beyond stratospheric. We’re told that it’s all set to go on sale next month, but good luck finding one.

[Via phoneArena]

Motorola’s Aura Celestial Edition soon taking “giant leaps” for “mankind” originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Windows Mobile, Toshiba

It’s already out in Japan and a few select countries in Europe, now Toshiba’s skinny TG01 is hitting London on Thursday, July 9th. Presumably the invite will be met with an official UK launch of Tosh’s deftly skinned Snapdragon handset with a Windows Mobile 6.1 core. Then again, it could be a lot of tech reporters eating mini triangular sandwiches slathered with pickle spread discussing the HTC Hero for four hours. We’ll let you know next week.

Toshiba’s TG01 stepping out in London on July 9th originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Others, Windows Mobile

Heads up, Meizu fanboys! We just got a sneak peak at the M8’s new UI (said to be dropping in August when the handset gets its firmware update) and you know what? It looks like a UI. Pretty k-rad, right? Check out the other two face-melting pics after the break, if you dare.

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Sneak peek at Meizu M8’s new user interface originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Peripherals, Others

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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The first ever iPhone 3GS jailbreak application has finally been released by long-time Apple hacker, George Hotz. It’s currently Windows-only (7 not supported), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with the 3.0 firmware. The process was amazingly simple.

To get started right now, go to purplera1n.com. Download it. Make sure you have windows (but [...]

Source:First iPhone 3GS jailbreak hits the web

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