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ZTE confirms the Score M has a backdoor, hopes to patch up soon

# 2012-05-18 06:29:00, Engadget
Who knew that owning a ZTE Score M would mean living life on the edge? ZTE has confirmed that the MetroPCS phone has a backdoor vulnerability which could let a less-than-scrupulous hacker get root-level control over the Android 2.3 phone -- and because it's a unique app baked into the firmware, th...

Visualized: Android's device diversity cut up into 3,997 little pieces

# 2012-05-16 11:41:00, Engadget
Some call it diversity, some call it fragmentation. However you slice it, there's a lot of Android devices out there. OpenSignalMaps has tracked a staggering 3,997 unique phones, tablets and other Google-powered gadgets, and has put them into a chart weighted by popularity. Not surprisingly, it's ...

Motorola Motosmart Mix XT550 masks its middling specs with a set of nice headphones

# 2012-05-16 08:27:00, Engadget
HTC may be over the idea of including premium earbuds with its smartphones, but Motorola is stepping up to give it the ol' college try with its Motosmart Mix XT550. The phone will sell in China for

Mobile Miscellany: week of May 7th, 2012

# 2012-05-12 14:40:00, Engadget
Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you're like us and really want to know what's going on, then you've come to the right place. This past week, Sprint reassured us with optimism for Windows Phone 8, and T-Mobile's CEO found a new partner to continue the fight against Verizo...

Blue Droid RAZR heading to Verizon on May 17th, Ice Cream Sandwich nowhere to be found

# 2012-05-10 06:51:00, Engadget
Blue your favorite color? Have a thing for 7.1mm thin slabs? Then today's your lucky day. Verizon just announced an azure flavor of its exquisite Droid RAZR is set to hit its physical and virtual shelves next week -- though, it could show up at brick and mortar shops a wee bit earlier than that. A...

Alcatel OneTouch 995 hands-on

# 2012-05-09 10:14:00, Engadget
Alcatel's OneTouch 995 first graced our pages back in November, which promised pumped-up specs and a departure from the company's traditional low-end lineup. We've now managed to lay our hands upon the device, and while it sports only Gingerbread (which contradicts those Ice Cream Sandwich rumors), it's really quite nice -- especially g...

Huawei Ascend Y200 hands-on at CTIA 2012

# 2012-05-08 11:40:00, Engadget
Huawei's at CTIA Wireless 2012 in New Orleans, and we got to spend a little time with one the company's newest devices geared toward the youth and first-time smartphone users: the Ascend Y200. Power users need not apply here, as the Gingerbread handset offers a not-so-tantalizing 3.5-inch HVGA dis...

Did LG's Optimus L5 handset sneak through the FCC?

# 2012-05-07 01:41:00, Engadget
Remember LG's Android L-style series of smartphones from back at Mobile World Conference? While we can't be totally certain this is the case, it appears that the Optimus L5 handset recently passed through the FCC's subterranean lair. Buried within the testing report is the diagram pictured, display...

Refresh Roundup: week of April 30th, 2012

# 2012-05-06 13:47:00, Engadget
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make ...

Ice Cream Sandwich adoption approaches 5% but Gingerbread still growing

# 2012-05-02 09:20:22, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Google updated its Android version tracker on Tuesday, revealing the latest version of its Android operating system is slowly gaining ground. The estimated number of devices running Ice Cream Sandwich has increased by more than two-thirds over the last month, from 2.9% of all Android devices to 4.9...

T-Mobile Prism leaked: entry-level Huawei smartphone to launch in May

# 2012-05-01 06:37:00, Engadget
While the design (and even the briefing slides) scream affordable, we're sure there must be some Big Magenta customers aching for a keenly-priced smartphone fix. So here's the Prism. Huawei's behind that T-Mobile face, cooking up a Android Gingerbread phone with a pretty weedy 600MHz processor and...

Micromax's Superfone A50 Ninja enters India with AISHA voice assistant, forgets its shuriken

# 2012-04-28 02:22:00, Engadget
Hoping to compete with the Siris of the world, Micromax has announced its new Superfone A50 Ninja alongside a novel feature dubbed AISHA -- which is short for Artificial Intelligence Speech Handset Assistant. Similar to Cupertino's personal secretary, AISHA vows to help folks with every-day elemen...

Samsung Galaxy Note for T-Mobile spotted in the wild, pretends it's no big deal

# 2012-04-24 15:13:00, Engadget
Oh, snap. By all appearances, the T-Mobile folks haven't lost sight of the popularity of the Galaxy Note, as a collection of snapshots obtained by TmoNews have revealed Samsung's phablet in none other than Magenta colors. At the very least, this suggests the Bellevue crew is considering bringing t...

Sprint discontinues HTC EVO 3D online, limited quantities remain at retail stores

# 2012-04-21 05:53:00, Engadget
It's not like we're gonna argue with Sprint's rationale, but the EVO 3D has met its end at the Now Network. Visitors to the carrier's online store will notice that the gee-whiz smartphone is no longer available for sale, and Sprint reps have confirmed to us that it's not coming back. Those who ins...