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Alternative Wii U controller design makes brief appearance on Twitter, goes into hiding

# 2012-05-19 20:25:00, Engadget
Excited for Nintendo's new tablet-esque controller? So are the kids in TT Games' QA department. An over-excited tester tweeted out an image of a slightly different Wii U slab than the one we laid hands on at E3 2011, teasing "look we what we have at work!" Answering the call does indeed reveal som...

Samsung Galaxy S III S Voice APK leaked online

# 2012-05-19 15:52:00, Engadget
If you find yourself with nothing better to do this weekend, then you might have a bit of fun playing around with Samsung's soon-to-be-released S Voice application on your rooted Android 4.0 smartphone. The APK has now made its way into the wild, and we couldn't help but take it for a spin on our ...

LG LS970 'superphone' shows up again, flaunts its removable battery and NFC chip

# 2012-05-17 23:32:00, Engadget
It's only been a few days since we first heard the rumors about an upcoming, Sprint-bound LG quad-core slab, and now that same LS970 "superphone" is back for more action. Thanks to yet another snap acquired by the folks over at BriefMobile, we can now spot a couple extra details on the device, inc...

Motorola Droid 4 gets leaked ICS build, official Android 4.0.4 may soon follow

# 2012-05-16 08:51:00, Engadget
We've known for quite some time that Motorola intended to push Ice Cream Sandwich to the Droid 4, but until now the waiting game continued, with no end in sight. It now appears that the smartphone maker is making serious progress on its own Motoblur-infused flavor of ICS, with a stock version of t...

Sprint reportedly cancelling its early upgrade program June 1st

# 2012-05-16 05:28:00, Engadget
Like dominoes, Sprint's consumer-friendly policies continue to fall one at a time. Citing "high costs," the Now Network will begin discontinuing its practice of allowing customers to upgrade their phone 10-14 days prior to the official date of eligibility. According to the memo leaked by TechnoBuf...

Is the HTC Ville C a cheaper One S?

# 2012-05-16 01:09:00, Engadget
The Desire C has barely revealed itself as HTC's latest pocket-friendly Android phone, but another device following the same naming convention might also be on the cards. According to BriefMobile, a lower-priced One S variant, currently under the Ville C moniker, will shed the dual-core 1.5GHz Sna...

Unreleased MacBook Pro, iMac revealed by benchmarks

# 2012-05-14 12:45:17, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Unreleased versions of Apple’s MacBook Pro and iMac computers have appeared in a Geekbench database maintained by benchmark testing software provider Primate Labs. Designated as “MacBookPro9,1″ and “iMac13,2,” a number of preliminary specifications for each model have been revealed in th...

Lenovo LePhone S899t with ICS reportedly in the works for China Mobile

# 2012-05-14 11:09:00, Engadget
According to a recent leak on Chinese site PConline, Lenovo's reportedly working on an Ice Cream Sandwich slab with China Mobile said to be on the receiving end of the delivery. Currently known as the LePhone S899t, this handset's allegedly friendly with the carrier's TD-SDCMA 3G network, while it...

MacBook Pro and iMac with next-gen Ivy Bridge processors crop up on benchmarks (update)

# 2012-05-14 02:49:00, Engadget
Yup, Apples are bound to flow beneath the Ivy Bridge at some point, but how much of a performance boost will they deliver? If you're happy to hold onto a little skepticism, then two unexpected appearances on the Geekbench site could offer some early answers. The first purports to be an unknown 'Ma...

HTC Desire C spotted enjoying the Portuguese sun

# 2012-05-14 00:12:00, Engadget
Vodafone Portugal was so excited to hear about HTC's Desire C that it added it to the company's summer brochure -- despite it not being officially announced. The catalog reveals that the low-end handset will arrive with a 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 display, a 600MHz processor and a 5-megapixel camera. It...

Refresh Roundup: week of May 7th, 2012

# 2012-05-13 14:34:00, 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 ...

Samsung definitely didn’t copy Apple with the design of this phone

# 2012-05-10 03:55:53, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
As Samsung and Apple continue to sue each other all over the world, Apple has repeatedly asserted that the South Korea-based vendor builds “copycat” devices that make unlawful use of Apple’s patents and steal elements of Apple’s designs. Only one court has wholeheartedly agreed with Apple’...

Samsung's big-chinned SPH-L300 gets papped by Mr Blurrycam

# 2012-05-10 03:46:00, Engadget
Keep it under your hat, but Samsung's reportedly got a Sprint-exclusive handset in the works. If the images are to be believed, the SPH-L300 draws design cues from the chinny HTC Legend and packs NFC. According to BriefMobile's sources, there's a 800 x 480 display in the front, a Snapdragon S4 MSM...

Gmail advert ruins AT&T's big surprise, Sony's Xperia Ion arrives stateside in June

# 2012-05-09 04:19:00, Engadget
Someone at Google's advertising department has probably received the hairdryer treatment this morning after a Gmail advert prematurely revealed that Sony's Xperia Ion would arrive in June. The banner ad popped up atop Droidmatters' inbox and revealed that the Stateside version of the Xperia S will...

Unannounced BlackBerry 10 devices revealed by developer phone

# 2012-05-07 06:50:45, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
A number of unannounced devices currently being developed by Research In Motion have been revealed by the alpha software included on the developer preview phone the vendor distributed last week. BlackBerry watcher N4BB discovered a number of code-names referencing unannounced BlackBerry devices in ...

Apple ‘iTV’ details emerge from source claiming to have seen a prototype

# 2012-05-07 05:35:22, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Apple’s upcoming high-definition television is real, and it will reportedly feature an aluminum construction, Siri, FaceTime video calling and more. An anonymous source speaking with Cult of Mac claims to have seen a prototype of Apple’s upcoming “iTV” in action, and a number of details have...

BlackBerry 10 to get video editor, screen sharing according to forum leak

# 2012-05-06 17:25:00, Engadget
The Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha we wrapped our mitts around last week didn't tell us much about RIM's big QNX-based OS update (being loaded with PlayBook OS 2.0 and all), but Crackberry forum user Biggulpseh seemingly has the deets that the folks in Waterloo weren't ready to reveal. So-called internal...

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 ...

Samsung's SGH-i667 "Mandel" Windows Phone surfaces, still shrouded in mystery

# 2012-05-03 23:57:00, Engadget
Sure, today's gadget news is saturated with Samsung's new Galaxy S III, but lest we forget that it's been a hot minute since its released a Windows Phone device. The last we saw were the Focus S and Flash, and that was right around when the Nokia Lumia 800 and Galaxy Nexus were still fresh in our m...

Facebook seeks $85 billion to $95 billion valuation for IPO [updated]

# 2012-05-03 09:05:32, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Facebook will set its share price range between the high-$20s and mid-$30s when it makes its initial public offering later this month, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. According to the paper’s unnamed sources, the company is seeking a valuation of between $85 billion and $95 billion...

Facebook's iPhone Messenger to get video chat, enlarged variant for iPad?

# 2012-05-02 09:39:00, Engadget
Been itching for Facebook's iPhone-dedicated Messenger app to make its way over to the iPad? ? Maybe for the iPhone variant to finally reap the benefits of Skype video chat integration as well? Well, according to 9to5Mac, Camp Zuckerberg is testing both in-house, with the latter planned to hit iPh...

Target pulls Kindle from virtual shelves, physical ones may follow

# 2012-05-02 05:50:00, Engadget
Since 2010, Target has happily hawked Amazon's e-reading wares. The retailer even carved out a branded corner of its online shop just for the Kindle. Now though, that store within a store is empty and conspicuously missing from Target's virtual shelves is Amazon's entire Kindle line. Sure, a few a...

Leaked next-gen iPhone part casts doubt on Liquidmetal case

# 2012-05-02 04:25:46, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
A leaked part said to be destined for Apple’s next-generation iPhone may quell rumors that the Cupertino, California-based company is working on a teardrop-shaped Liquidmetal case for the next iPhone. Listed as “Replacement Sim Card Tray Holder Slot For Apple iPhone 5,” parts vendor sw-box.c...

NVIDIA GTX 670 spotted at Malaysian retailer: either it's fake or MSI has a small problem

# 2012-05-01 23:47:00, Engadget
This surprise package has apparently escaped not only MSI's proof-readers, but also NVIDIA's strictly-controlled release schedule. If it's legit, it hints at more affordable Kepler cards just around the corner -- potentially around $150 less than a GTX 680, if previous GeForce generations are anyt...

Ivy Bridge-packing Inspiron 15R hiding in plain sight on Dell's Singapore site

# 2012-05-01 22:24:00, Engadget
It may not be as wavy as the alloyed 15R from a couple of years back, but this new "special edition" Inspiron is packing a few goodies that are far more interesting than a set of sinuous patterns. Thanks to a product page on Dell's Singapore website, we were able to spot one of the company's first...

Alleged Galaxy S III pops up again, with rounded glass and GT-I9300 branding

# 2012-05-01 07:28:00, Engadget
Well, the leaks and rumors just won't stop coming and, while we were initially pretty dismissive of the rounded glass design it just keeps cropping back up. We're still note entirely convinced this is, in fact, the Galaxy S III (or the Next Galaxy) but the consistency of the leaks is making us sli...

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...

New photos again said to show Galaxy S3

# 2012-05-01 06:00:10, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
We have seen a number of leaked images showing a variety of handsets said to be the Galaxy S3 trickle out over the past few weeks. According to reports, this is by design — Samsung reportedly housed test versions of its next-generation Galaxy smartphone in a number of decoy cases in order to preve...

Refresh Roundup: week of April 23rd, 2012

# 2012-04-29 15:15:00, 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 ...

Is this RIM's BlackBerry 10 development device?

# 2012-04-28 15:46:00, Engadget
You know the drill -- grab yourself a spoonful of Morton's and get ready for another supposed leak of a gadget. This time around, you're looking at what's claimed as being one of Research In Motion's BlackBerry 10 "Development Alpha" devices that'll be handed out during next week's BlackBerry Jam ...