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Qisda's ultra high-res QCM-330 smartphone and more surface ahead of iF awards

Engadget Mobile  Feb 08 10

The iF Design Awards won't officially be handed out until the big ceremony at CeBIT next month, but some of the winners have now already been announced, and they include a few surprises. One of those is this new Qisda QCM-330 smartphone, which is said to be Android-based, and packs a 4-inch, 1,280 x 1,024 screen (supposedly, although the actual resolution will likely differ given the aspect ratio), WiFi and HSDPA connectivity, a 3 megapixel camera, and an accelerometer, among other, as yet unnamed specs. It's joined by the LG GD880 we previously spotted in the wild, along with a slew of phones headed for Vodafone, including the Compass slider, and the Krystal (pictured after the break), which apparently packs displays on both sides and some augmented reality-type features (like on the fly translation of newspapers). Full story...

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Sygic Mobile Maps for Nokia N900 brings turn-by-turn to Maemo

Engadget Mobile  8 hours ago

Nokia may still not have brought turn-by-turn navigation to Maemo with its own Ovi Maps, but N900 users can now get their fix courtesy of Sygic, which has just released a version of its Mobile Maps app for the device.

BIS 3.0 coming to North American BlackBerry users next weekend?

Engadget Mobile  14 hours ago

It seems almost too good to be true, but it looks like the era of usable Gmail integration on BlackBerry might finally be upon us.

The Engadget Show Live with Nicholas Negroponte, PlayStation Move, and Joystiq's Chris Grant

Engadget Mobile  16 hours ago

Keep your eyes tuned to this post -- because at 5:00 PM ET, we'll be starting The Engadget Show live, with Nicholas Negroponte of the MIT Media Lab and OLPC Project, Dr.

Silverlight beta comes to S60 5th Edition

Engadget Mobile  17 hours ago

Microsoft naturally spent the overwhelming majority of its breath chatting up Windows Phone 7 Series at MIX10 earlier this week, but buried beneath the fanfare was a little morsel for a distinctly different platform.

Sprint to release Android 2.1 update for Hero and Moment 'over the coming weeks'

Engadget Mobile  19 hours ago

If you recall, about a month ago Sprint tweeted that it was working on delivering Android 2.1 upgrade for its HTC Hero and Samsung Moment in early Q2 this year.

Taking the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator for a test drive (video)

Engadget Mobile  21 hours ago

If you've been following the news about Microsoft's reinvention of its mobile presence, Windows Phone 7 Series, chances are you heard about how the company's developer-friendly emulator was.

Dual Electronics iPod touch GPS dock ships at long last

Engadget Mobile  less than a day ago

It took a little longer than expected, but the first major docking solution to transform ones iPod touch into a full fledged navigating machine is now shipping directly from Apple.

How would you change HTC's Sense?

Engadget Mobile  less than a day ago

Microsoft's not going to allow HTC to cover Windows Phone 7 Series with its Sense UI overlay (which is going to be an interesting thing to watch in and of itself), but there's no question that the homegrown user interface has made a-many Windows Mobile phones look and feel a whole lot better than stock.

Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 series 'will not initially offer copy and paste,' case-specific actions integrated into OS

Engadget Mobile  less than a day ago

Here you go, folks, an official statement from Redmond itself on the perennial Windows Phone 7 Series / copy-and-paste discussion.

Sprint's HTC Touch Pro2 gets official Windows Mobile 6.5 update

Engadget Mobile  less than a day ago

Sprint had promised a first-quarter update for its Touch Pro2 way back in January, and sure enough, it's delivered the Windows Mobile 6.



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