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Sony has just confirmed Kazuo Hirai as its new CEO and President, validating rumors that have been swirling for a few weeks now. Outgoing CEO Howard Stringer, meanwhile, has been appointed Chairman of Sony's Board of Directors. The Hirai era officially begins April 1st, while Stringer will assume his new role sometime in June (until then, he'll remain executive chairman). Today's announcement, coming a day before Sony's earnings call, brings an end to more than a year's worth of speculation, though Hirai's selection hardly comes as a surprise, considering his recent string of promotions. In April, he was named Executive Deputy President; five months later, he was promoted to Sony Computer Entertainment Chairman. According to Stringer, in fact, Sony has been grooming Hirai since as early as 2009, when the Board began designing its succession plans. Kaz, he says, stood out from the crowd:

Kaz is a globally focused executive for whom technology and the cloud are familiar territory, content is highly valued, and digital transformation is second nature. I believe his tough-mindedness and leadership skills will be of great benefit to the company and its customers in the months and years ahead. I look forward to helping Kaz in every way I can so that succession leads inevitably to success. It was my honor to recommend him to the Board for the positions of President and CEO, because he is ready to lead, and the time to make this change is now.

Kaz, for his part, acknowledges that Sony is going through some "challenging" times at this juncture, but credits Stringer with steadying the ship, and seems clear-minded about the future. "The path we must take is clear: to drive the growth of our core electronics businesses - primarily digital imaging, smart mobile and game; to turn around the television business; and to accelerate the innovation that enables us to create new business domains," the 51-year-old PSN architect explained. "The foundations are now firmly in place for the new management team and me to fully leverage Sony's diverse electronics product portfolio, in conjunction with our rich entertainment assets and growing array of networked services, to engage with our customers around the world in new and exciting ways."

Click past the break for Sony's full press release.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appointmentbreaking newsbusinessCEOchairman of the boardChairmanOfTheBoardcorporatehiraihoward stringerHowardStringerindustryjapanKaz HiraiKazHiraikazuo hiraiKazuoHiraimoneyplaystationplaystation networkPlaystationNetworkPresidentPSNsir howard stringerSirHowardStringerSONYWed, 01 Feb 2012 03:26:00 EST<![CDATA[Sky will launch an internet based TV service in the UK in the first half of 2012]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/31/sky-will-launch-an-internet-based-tv-service-in-the-uk-in-the-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/31/sky-will-launch-an-internet-based-tv-service-in-the-uk-in-the-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/31/sky-will-launch-an-internet-based-tv-service-in-the-uk-in-the-fi/#comments UK pay TV service Sky has just announced its quarterly results, and despite adding 100,000 subscribers as well as notching its "highest ever first-half adjusted operating profit" it will launch a new internet TV service, available to anyone in the country with a broadband connection. Sky describes the new over the top (OTT) service as being aimed at the 13 million UK households who don't currently subscribe to pay TV, with access available via "PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone, games console or connected TV." Initially, it will offer Sky Movies on demand joined by sports and entertainment options later, with access based on either monthly unlimited subscription or "pay-as-you-go" pricing. As far as the company's basic services, it will continue to develop its existing Sky Go product for standard pay-TV subscribers and zeebox iPad companion app, although this seems to initially be a worth competitor for things like Lovefilm and recent UK entrant Netflix. We have plenty of questions about what it will offer cord-cutters and cord-nevers in the UK when it launches in the first half of this year, we should find out more on the earnings call shortly. Until then, hit the PDF link for more detailed financial breakdowns, or check out the IPTV service press release after the break.

Update: Still waiting for Sky Go on Android? The company mentioned during its presentation that the app will finally arrive on Google's platform in February, starting with Samsung Galaxy and HTC handsets. It will also have new channels, including Sky 1, Sky Living and Sky Arts, plus, of course, the new Sky Sports F1 HD channel. The company is also expanding its broadband reach, with plans to cover a million more homes by June 2013, and add a Sky Broadband Unlimited Fibre option. For 20 a month, it offers 40 megabit download speed with no usage caps based on BT Fibre.

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Sky will launch an internet based TV service in the UK in the first half of 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Former Palm chief Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, having completed the 24-month commitment period he agreed to when HP acquired Palm. An HP spokesperson has confirmed the story, first reported by AllThingsD, in a brief statement: "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well."

Rubinstein rose to fame as a hardware guru at NeXT, ultimately joining Apple after the company acquired NeXT in 1996. He was instrumental in developing the iMac and PowerMac desktops before spearheading the iPod project that would herald the company's business dominance. After retiring in 2006, he joined Palm to revitalize the flagging device maker's fortunes, developing the Palm Pre and WebOS software before being crowned as its CEO in 2009. A year later, Hewlett-Packard purchased the company for $1.2 billion: but just a year later, pulled the shutters down as Rubinstein was shifted (or "dumped") to a "product innovation role" within HP, where he saw out the last of his retention period before departing. In a terse comment to The Verge, the man himself has said that he's "going to take some well deserved time off," and after the last twelve months, we wouldn't blame him.

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Nokia released its latest quarterly earnings report today, following up on a somewhat disappointing Q3 with a similarly bleak Q4. The Finnish manufacturer finished 2011 with a little more than €10 billion ($13.1 billion) in net sales -- 11 percent higher than Q3, but 21 percent lower than 2010, when Nokia raked in about €12.7 billion (approximately $16.7 billion). Operating profit, meanwhile, rose by 90 percent over Q3, but is still down on the year by a whopping 56 percent; this quarter, in fact, saw an operating loss of €954 million (about $1.3 billion). Its net cash and liquid assets also dropped by €1.4 billion over the year, marking a 20 percent decline. The general takeaway, then, is that things are looking better than they were last quarter, but worse than they were last year.

To date, the company has sold "well over" one million Lumia devices, but this Windows Phone surge has apparently come at Symbian's expense. "In certain markets, there has been an acceleration of the anticipated trend towards lower-priced smartphones with specifications that are different from Symbian's traditional strengths," CEO Stephen Elop said in a statement. "As a result of the changing market conditions, combined with our increased focus on Lumia, we now believe that we will sell fewer Symbian devices than we previously anticipated." Looking forward, Nokia expects to break even during the first quarter of 2012, due in part to lower than expected seasonal sales and what it calls "competitive industry dynamics." For the full report, check out the source link below.

Nokia releases Q4 2011 earnings report: operating profits drop, Lumia sales break one million originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Regarding the new 56-day delay for DVDs and Blu-ray discs from Warner Bros., it "didn't like" the new terms, but decided it was more efficient to keep a direct relationship for discs than to try buying discs from retail again, and expects more "differentiated dates" from studios going forward. With its Starz deal coming to an end soon, Netflix plans to plug the content hole by licensing some of the movies from Encore directly from the studios, and the kid-friendly Disney fare with flicks like The Adventures of Tin Tin and Rango from Paramount (via Epix) until its new Dreamworks deal takes effect in 2013. Interestingly, it also comments that "content is a differentiator", and that it's "increasingly" licensing content exclusively to fight its true competition, TV Everywhere services like HBO Go. We'll be back with any interesting remarks from the earnings call (scheduled for 6PM ET), until then check out the press release itself linked below.

Update: The earnings call (just finished) was predictably boring, but CEO Reed Hastings confirmed the company has "no plans" to offer videogames for rental, which had been announced as part of the later-retracted Qwikster spinoff. As far as offering current season episodes of TV shows for cord-cutters, it won't be bidding on those either. When it comes to 3D, Blu-ray 3D discs are already in the mix, while the company is "looking into" streaming 3D.

Netflix Q4 results: 220k new streaming-only customers, beats earnings estimates (Update: no game rentals coming) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"Security is our top most priority, we're investigating this at the moment & will come back with more info as soon as we can."

The Next Web confirmed that Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone numbers are unaffected by the issue, but GiffGaff and Tesco Mobile (both MVNOs that operate on the same network) do. TNW's sources say it's most likely an internal testing setup, while Mr. Peckover suggests it's because the network transparently proxies HTTP traffic, using the number as a UID.

Update: We received confirmation from O2, who said that it was "investigating with internal teams and it's our top priority." Slashgear and Think Broadband were unable to replicate the problem, but in our tests (pictured) it was sharing our data with the site.

Update 2: Consumer magazine Which? contacted UK privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office which offered the following:

"Keeping people's personal information secure is a fundamental principle that sits at the heart of the Data Protection Act and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. When people visit a website via their mobile phone they would not expect their number to be made available to that website.

We will now speak to O2 to remind them of their data breach notification obligations, and to better understand what has happened, before we decide how to proceed."

We'll let you draw your own conclusions from that one, but it's not shaping up to be a good day for the company (or its users).

Update 3: Our tests have stopped working now, as it looks like the network is hurriedly trying to close the hole, but we've had no official word that it's over just yet.

Update 4: O2 has issued a full statement and Q&A which we've embedded after the jump. Long story short, it's fixed the issue -- caused by accidental routine maintenance. 3G / WAP users will have shared your number with any site you visited since January 10th. The network has promised it will co-operate fully with the ICO and has reported itself to Ofcom.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>breachbreaking newsDevelopingLewis PeckoverLewisPeckovermobilemobilepostmininetworkO2phone numberPhoneNumberprivacySecurityUKWed, 25 Jan 2012 10:50:00 EST<![CDATA[Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/24/apple-announces-q1-earnings/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/24/apple-announces-q1-earnings/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/24/apple-announces-q1-earnings/#comments Apple Store Grand CentralIt's that time folks: time for the quarterly running of the spreadsheets. Today Apple, one the most anticipated of all, is revealing its earnings for the past three months and let's just say things are lookin' pretty good for the Cupertino crew. The company set a new record for quarterly revenue and profit in Q1 of 2012, netting $46.33 billion in total with $13.06 billion earnings -- the latter number representing about half of the company's annual profit. That's nearly twice what Apple announced for the same (at the time record-setting) period last year -- $26.74 billion and $6 billion, respectively. In total the company shipped 15.4 million iPads, 15.4 million iPods and 5.2 million Macs this quarter. That last number is particularly surprising since it represents a growth of 26 percent over last year, bucking trends that indicated PC growth would remain flat. Even the Apple TV enjoyed a record quarter, selling 1.4 million units.

Perhaps more importantly, though, the company sold just over 37 million iPhones -- a 128 percent increase over the same quarter last year and greatly exceeding industry estimates. This also moves Apple back into the number one slot, ahead of Samsung which sold a stunning 35 million units this last quarter. Sales of iPhones and accessories accounted for 24.4 billion of the quarter's revenue. Apple also anticipates to have a strong Q2, though maybe not a record-breaking one, thanks to "some amazing new products in the pipeline." But even if Q2 turns out to be a slow one, Cupertino should be perfectly fine thanks to its $97 billion in cash on hand. Check out the complete PR after the break.

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Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2012applebreaking newscupertinoearningsipadiphoneipodmobilepostcrossNumbersq1Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:32:00 EST<![CDATA[RIM's Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO Thorsten Heins may license BlackBerry 10]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/22/rim-ceo-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/22/rim-ceo-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/22/rim-ceo-quits/#comments After months upon months of investor backlash, RIM's making some significant changes. And by "significant," we mean the co-chief executives (and founders) are out. As of tomorrow, both Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis will be stepping away from the top posts, enabling "a little-known company insider" to take over, according to The Wall Street Journal. Purportedly, this is all part of "a board and management shuffle," with COO Thorsten Heins (seen above) to step into what many expect to be an impossible role to thrive in. The Globe and Mail asserts that he'll be immediately seeking a Chief Marketing Officer to polish up the company's severely damaged brand, and he "will not rule out licensing RIM's new BlackBerry 10 operating system to other handset manufacturers." In an interview with the outlet, he stated that he'll be executing "flawlessly" and with vigor -- not unexpected, but still, bold words.

Startlingly, Heins also asserted that he's "confident" in the existing lineup of BlackBerry handsets and the software update recently made available for the PlayBook; call us crazy, but he'd be wise to just spout out reality and make clear that RIM's existing lineup is nowhere near competitive in the grand scheme of things. As for Mike and Jim? The former will become "vice-chair of the board with special duties to examine innovation," with the latter becoming a traditional director. In an interesting move, outgoing co-CEO Lazaridis stated the following: "I think it's that unwillingness to sacrifice our long-term value for short-term gain. That's why we didn't choose Android. That's why we decided to build the future on QNX." So wait, RIM had the chance to choose Android... and didn't? No time like the present to reach back and shake things up, Mr. Heins.

Update: Catch an introduction video to the new CEO just after the break!

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RIM's Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO Thorsten Heins may license BlackBerry 10 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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That's not to say Google is struggling. The outfit actually logged a sharp increase in clicks on its search ads, but said the fee it receives from those ads was down eight percent from both the previous quarter as well as the fourth quarter of 2010. Plus, by all metrics, Android is still on quite the tear. In a conference call with investors, the company said there are now 250 million Android devices, up 50 million from the last quarter. Some more tidbits: 7000,000 devices are being activated per day and more than 11 billion items have been downloaded from Android Market (it hit the 10-billion mark last month). Finally, Google+ now has 90 million worldwide users, more than double the figure from three months earlier. Need a deeper dive on the numbers? We've got the full financial results at the source link, with the summary earnings release below.

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Kodak files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, expects to complete restructuring by 2013 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Bill VeghteBillVeghtebreaking newsbusinesscloudexecutivehirehiringhpindustryinnovationpalmsoftwarewebosTue, 17 Jan 2012 16:48:00 EST<![CDATA[Google's Matias Duarte reveals design standards for Android 4.0 at CES 2012]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/12/google-design-standards-android-4-ice-cream-sandwich/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/12/google-design-standards-android-4-ice-cream-sandwich/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/12/google-design-standards-android-4-ice-cream-sandwich/#comments Looking for a little more consistent UI experience with your Android devices? Google is looking to make that happen as the folks in Mountain View has revealed that the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich OS will be the first Android software to institute design standards for developers. Android Design is a online repository for the UI guidelines and blueprints for version 4.0, which we learned would unify smartphones and tablets back at Google I/O. This set of information should make things all neat and tidy for ICS devices, keeping user interface characteristics a bit more cohesive from app to app. Here, devs will find all the basic info and elements that are native to platform in order to make the best applications possible for the OS. Mr. Duarte warns that if you choose to not follow the style guide, your software will stand out -- and not in a good way. He also quipped that these are indeed guidelines, not mandates. And that they will gain value as more folks adopt them. Yeah, we know... the competition from Cupertino has been doing this for a while now, but a bit more structure in the Android universe certainly won't draw any complaints from us.

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Google's Matias Duarte reveals design standards for Android 4.0 at CES 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidandroid 4.0Android Ice Cream SandwichAndroid4.0AndroidIceCreamSandwichappapplicationsAppStoreApprovalProcessbreaking newscesces 2012Ces2012designdesign guidelinesdesign standardsDesignGuidelinesDesignStandardsgoogleguidelinesIce Cream SandwichIceCreamSandwichmathias duarteMathiasDuartemobilepostcrosssmartphonessoftbankstandardstabletsUIThu, 12 Jan 2012 16:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/lenovo-k800-intel-medfield-smartphone-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/lenovo-k800-intel-medfield-smartphone-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/lenovo-k800-intel-medfield-smartphone-hands-on/#comments Well it looks like we have a surprise guest at Showstoppers tonight. Lenovo just dropped by with its just-announced K800 -- the first Intel-powered smartphone to see the light of day. The beastly 4.5-inch 720p device sample that the company had on-hand is running a highly modified version of Android, and while the interface may not look familiar, the overall app experience shouldn't be much different from what you're used to. The official spec list includes a 1.6GHz Intel Medfield processor, Android 2.3, a TFT display and an 8 megapixel camera with a maximum sensitivity of ISO 3200. For now, the K800 is compatible with WCDMA HSPA+ and was running on AT&T's 3G network -- there's no word of LTE on this version, which seems logical considering that the 4G network is a bit hard to come by in Lenovo's native China, where the device is expected to launch first. Naturally, there's also 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS connectivity. We'll be bringing you more on what's undoubtedly the hottest gadget of the evening in the days to come, but jump past the break for an early look at the world's first Medfield smartphone.

Gallery: Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on



Update: With no access to Android Market, our benchmarking abilities were somewhat limited. We did manage to run SunSpider on the K800 though, which yielded a score of 1,971 -- just a hair faster than the 1,985 that we saw on the Galaxy Nexus.

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Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: We've learned that product shipments from the partnership will start in the second half of this year.

Follow along at our Intel liveblog here!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidatomatom Z2460AtomZ2460breaking newscesces 2012Ces2012googleintelmedfieldmobilepostcrossmotomotorolaosplatformsmartphoneZ2460Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:04:00 EST<![CDATA[Intel's first Medfield smartphone is Lenovo's K800, coming first to China Unicom in Q2 with Android 4.0]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/intel-first-smartphone-lenovo-k800-launch-china-ces-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/intel-first-smartphone-lenovo-k800-launch-china-ces-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/intel-first-smartphone-lenovo-k800-launch-china-ces-2012/#comments Intel's been promising a smartphone of its own for about as long as men have been walking the ground of Earth, but it looks as if its May 2011 claims of "early next year" are finally getting close to being "accurate." Here at the company's CES 2012 keynote, the Medfield-based Lenovo K800 was revealed as the first Intel-powered smartphone (boasting Android 4.0, no less), with Lenovo's home turf being pegged as getting first dibs. There's a 4.5-inch 720p display and rear camera with dual-LED flash but outside of a tip that it'll be shipping to China Unicom in Q2 of this year, everything else surrounding it remains a mystery.

First off, it's downright amazing to hear Intel finally give us a date to mark down, but it remains to be seen how many phone manufacturers will drop their existing adoration for Qualcomm and NVIDIA in order to given Intel's (historically power-sucking) mobile chips a go.

Follow along at our Intel liveblog here!

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Everything else, including the sumptuous five-inch capacitive display and dual-analog controls are all in attendance. There were also plenty of new games looking likely to launch alongside the US device, including Little Big Planet and WipeOut. We also got demoed a cross-platform race between two PS Vitas and PlayStation. Both our hands-on and a dash of cross-PlayStation gaming awaits after the break. You've saved enough cash for February 22nd, right?

Sean Cooper contributed to this post.

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Alongside the wireless goodness, and new Snapdragons, Qualcomm's pulled out a new Mirasol e-reader. Manufactured by Hanvon, we're promised that 90 percent of content will be in color, and perhaps more notably, it'll be able to juggle both text and video. The e-reader is destined for China, with 150,000 titles and over 100 newspapers to keep our Sino friends in wordage for a while. No word just yet on pricing and launch dates.

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Qualcomm has just taken the stage here at CES, where they've announced a new Snapdragon processor for smart TVs and set-top boxes. The company's Snapdragon S4 MPQ8064 features a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU, and will be featured in Lenovo's forthcoming Ice Cream Sandwich-laced K91 Smart TV. The processors also feature Adreno 320 graphics and WiFi connectivity, promising to bring "seamless" streaming to K91 owners. There's still no word yet on when the K91 and its MPQ8064 chipset will hit the market, but we'll let you know as soon we hear more. Full press release after the break.

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Update: It's up for pre-order now! The $249.99 price tag ain't pretty (consider this -- the standard Kinect, with games, is but $120), but it'll probably be a premium that many hackers are willing to pay. Thanks, Mary Jo Foley!

Microsoft Kinect coming to Windows on February 1st, up for pre-order now! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony's PS Vita won't hit the US market until February, but when it does, it should support Netflix. The confirmation has just come through this evening from Sony's CES press conference, where the company confirmed that Netflix is "working toward" prepping an app for the device in time for its launch. No other specifics were immediately offered, though it certainly gives us another reason to look forward to next month. As always, we'll be sure to let you know as soon as we hear more.

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Gallery: Sony announces another in the Xperia line: the Xperia S

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Gallery: Nokia Lumia 900

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Dish Network just made a slew of big announcements at its CES press conference today, introducing the Hopper HD DVR system, the corollary Joey set-top box, and a new, TV Everywhere-based Test Drive service. Let's start with the hardware: the Hopper unit is comprised of three satellite TV tuners, a 2TB hard drive that promises up to 2,000 hours of entertainment, including up to 250 hours of HD viewing and 1,000 hours of SD recording. The device can record up to six TV shows at once, and allows users to watch as many as four recorded shows in four different rooms. When combined with the Joey, users can take advantage of a 750MHz Broadcom processor that, according to Dish, is the fastest satellite receiver on the market.

Also announced today is something known as Test Drive -- a new "try before they buy" service that allows customers to get a free taste of TV Everywhere for 24 hours. As of February 1st, users will be able to sign up for Test Drive and stream select TV shows to their PCs, tablets or smartphones at no charge (for a limited time, of course). Also in February, the company will launch a new satellite broadband package, as part of a new service launched with ViaSat. These new packages will offer download speeds of up to 12Mbps, and upload rates of up to 3Mbps. Installation prices will start at $99, with bundles starting at around $80 per month. For more details, hit up the troika of PRs, after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>attbreaking newscesces 2012Ces2012developer summitDeveloperSummithandsetlumia 900Lumia900mobilepostcrossnokianokia lumia 900NokiaLumia900stephen elopStephenElopwindows phoneWindowsPhoneMon, 09 Jan 2012 14:22:00 EST<![CDATA[HTC Titan II coming to AT&T, finally delivers LTE to Mango lovers]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/htc-titan-2-coming-to-atandt/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/htc-titan-2-coming-to-atandt/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/htc-titan-2-coming-to-atandt/#comments Titan 2 The HTC Radiant has gone official, except it's now called the Titan II, and it does in fact come packing Mango and LTE. Around back is a 16-megapixel camera capable of capturing 720p video and a 1.3-megapixel shooter up front for video chats. We can tell that it's packing the dual-flashes from the leak but, we're not sure about not much else -- including processor, pricing or availability. So, there it is folks -- LTE on a Windows phone, and it's appears to be quite a beast of a device.

Update: Official PR has finally hit the wires and we now know it's packing a 1.5GHz Snapdragon (single-core, of course) and a 1,730mAh battery pack. The latter necessary to keep that huge 4.7-inch display and power-sucking 4G radio humming as long as possible. One more photo after the break.

Update: Check out our hands-on here

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>4GATTbreaking newscesces 2012Ces2012HTCHTC RadiantHTC Titan IIHtcRadiantHtcTitanIiLTEMon, 09 Jan 2012 14:14:00 EST<![CDATA[Ballmer announces LTE Windows Phones coming to AT&T]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/ballmer-announces-lte-windows-phones-coming-to-atandt/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/ballmer-announces-lte-windows-phones-coming-to-atandt/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/ballmer-announces-lte-windows-phones-coming-to-atandt/#comments LTE Windows Phone Well, it's been a long time coming, but Windows Phone has finally been granted LTE compatibility -- officially. AT&T trotted out Steve Ballmer who talked up the "blindingly fast" 4G service that'll be coming to Mango. Hopefully there will be more information coming at the live blog tonight.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>4GATTballmerbreaking newsltemangomobilepostcrossSteve BallmerSteveBallmerwindows phonewindows phone 7windows phone 7.5WindowsPhoneWindowsPhone7WindowsPhone7.5Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:04:00 EST<![CDATA[Shocker! ASUS to launch Padfone at Mobile World Congress, we'll be there! (Update: hands-on video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/shocker-asus-to-launch-padfone-at-mobile-world-congress-well/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/shocker-asus-to-launch-padfone-at-mobile-world-congress-well/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/shocker-asus-to-launch-padfone-at-mobile-world-congress-well/#comments Strictly speaking, CES doesn't even start until tomorrow, but ASUS has just handed us an invitation to its Padfone event at Mobile World Congress next month. If all goes well, this will fit nicely within the expected early-2012 window that Jonney personally promised. Obviously we'll be in Barcelona to cover the launch, so stay tuned, dear tablet freaks.

Update: We just got our hands on a working engineering unit of the Padfone. Eagle-eyed reader might notice the odd tweaks here and there on the outside, and we also spotted three new mysterious contact pins along the USB and HDMI side of the phone. The product manager was away so we couldn't get an answer for what the pins are for, but we'd imagine they're for an external antenna. After the break you'll see a demo video of the Padfone switching screens as it slides into the tablet -- we've been told the final product will be able to switch even faster, so here's hoping ASUS can keep its promise.

Gallery: ASUS Padfone hands-on at CES 2012

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Shocker! ASUS to launch Padfone at Mobile World Congress, we'll be there! (Update: hands-on video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD coming to AT&T: 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, LTE, 'razor-thin' originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The 3G PlayStation Vita is finally coming to the US in February, courtesy of AT&T. Sony's latest handheld gaming platform is being billed by the carrier as a product that is "going to change the gaming industry. Period." Those are mighty bold words but, as we already learned, it's a mighty bold device. You'll be able to sign up for one of two data plans directly from the device -- $15 for 250MB or $25 for 2GB. Of course, that's not terribly surprising since those are the standard contract-free data plans available from Ma-Bell. You'll be able get your 3G Vita fix starting February 22nd. PR is after the break.

Update: In an interesting twist Ralph de la Vega said it'll be even better when it "gets LTE." Though, we've heard nothing official about a 4G vita -- so this is either an unintentional leak or a simple slip.

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PS Vita coming to AT&T next month originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>attbreaking newscesces 2012Ces2012playstationplaystation vitaPlaystationVitaps vitaPsVitasonysony playstation vitaSonyPlaystationVitaMon, 09 Jan 2012 13:26:00 EST<![CDATA[AT&T Cloud Architect: lets devs build their own clouds]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/atandt-cloud-developer-coming-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/atandt-cloud-developer-coming-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/atandt-cloud-developer-coming-soon/#comments We're here at the AT&T Developers keynote and CTO John Donovan just revealed that the network is building AT&T Cloud Architect. It's a developer-centric cloud that will help devs build cloud apps. There's a full API coming soon with a flexible pricing structure: you can pay monthly or hourly depending on your needs. It's also joining the OpenStack architecture, which Ma Bell's gonna rely upon to support the platform -- reportedly the first US telecom provider to do so. The company's planning to optimize APIs to the extent that 10 billion API calls will be made before the end of 2012.

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AT&T Cloud Architect: lets devs build their own clouds originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ATT Cloud ArchitectAttCloudArchitectbreaking newsCloudCloud AppsCloud ArchitectCloudAppsCloudArchitectDevelopersDevelopmentDevsmobilepostcrossOpenStackMon, 09 Jan 2012 12:50:00 EST<![CDATA[AT&T announces API Catalog: U-Verse, payments, wireless and more]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/atandt-announces-api-catalog-supports-u-verse-payments-wireless/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/atandt-announces-api-catalog-supports-u-verse-payments-wireless/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/atandt-announces-api-catalog-supports-u-verse-payments-wireless/#comments We're live at AT&T's Developer Summit keynote here at CES, where the carrier has just announced a revamped U-Verse API catalog. According to the company, the new U-Verse catalog features APIs that support payments, MMS/SMS, location, device capabilities and AT&T's mHealth app. The payment API utilizes HTML5, with revenue split 70 / 30 between developers and AT&T. The entire collection will be available through cloud services like Windows Azure, and developers will have to pay a $99 registration fee to get started, giving them unlimited access to the catalog through the end of 2012. The APIs will also allow devs to build apps that let you check out what's playing on TV, and use them as a remote control. There's also support for the Twonky Beam Browser app, which allows users to beam content directly from their tablets to a U-Verse equipped TV.

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AT&T announces API Catalog: U-Verse, payments, wireless and more originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, this was probably inevitable, wasn't it? We're here at Intel's Ultrabook CES keynote, where PC client head honcho Mooly Eden just showed off Ultrabooks with touchscreen displays. No convertible form factors, just yet, but clamshells with multitouch screens -- you know, the kind of thing we marveled over when the TouchSmart tm2 came out two CES' ago. Sounds predictable enough, right? Well, get this: after he was done swiping the display, using pinch to zoom to magnify webpages, he launched a game, and used the accelerometer in the laptop to fly a plane into the horizon. That's right: you'll soon be able to game with your sub-three-pound laptop as you would with a smartphone or tablet. Let's just hope those Ultrabooks eventually stop ballooning back into straight-up notebook territory, eh?

Billy Steele contributed to this report.

Intel demos Ultrabooks with multitouch displays, games using an accelerometer originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, looky here. We're reporting live from a keynote on Ultrabooks starring Intel's Mooly Eden, where the star exec just revealed that the company's forthcoming Ivy Bridge chips will support NFC, demoing a transaction involving a laptop and PayPass-enabled MasterCard. Suffice to say, we haven't really seen this technology incorporated into laptops, though it is reminiscent of the older TransferJet standard (not that that ever took off). Unfortunately, Chipzilla's otherwise being mum on details: it's too early to know which credit card companies, software developers and laptop makers are on board, but hopefully Intel's backing is enough to spur some innovation here.

Billy Steele contributed to this report.

Confirmed: Intel's Ivy Bridge chips will support NFC originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fusion Garage sinks into liquidation, owes creditors some $40 million originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>breaking newsdeadfusion garageFusionGaragegrid 10grid 4grid osGrid10Grid4GridOsjoojookillkilledripMon, 09 Jan 2012 11:33:00 EST<![CDATA[Acer's next-gen, quad-core Iconia Tab introduced at CES 2012 with a 1080p display]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/acer-iconia-tab-1080p-tablet-ces-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/acer-iconia-tab-1080p-tablet-ces-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/acer-iconia-tab-1080p-tablet-ces-2012/#comments Acer's finishing up its CES 2012 presser with a teaser to end all teasers: there's a next-generation, quad-core Iconia Tab on the way. The Android-based slate will be powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 3 and will boast a native 1080p (!) display, leaving us to believe that it'll be a 10.1-inch panel that you're staring at. Sadly, the company didn't give any extra details (no price, no release date), but we'll be digging for more as the day continues.

Update: Turns out it'll be dubbed the Iconia Tab A700, and it'll ship with a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3, 1GB of RAM, a 10.1-inch "IPS-quality" 1080p display (!) and a customized version of Ice Cream Sandwich. HDMI and micro-USB ports are also included, as is a microSD card slot. Check out our hands-on with the device here!

Gallery: Acer next generation Android tablet

Acer's next-gen, quad-core Iconia Tab introduced at CES 2012 with a 1080p display originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra line announced

Gallery: Acer Timeline Ultra series

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Acer reveals Timeline Ultra at CES: eight hours of life, shipping Q1 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: Acer Aspire S5 announced

Gallery: Acer Aspire S5

Continue reading Acer announces 'world's thinnest' 13.3-inch Aspire S5 Ultrabook at CES 2012 (update: pictures)

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