Photos have surfaced from FCC tests on a HTC slider condenamed the PD42100, it shows a 4-inch screen, slide out keyboard and the four buttons of an Android operating system.   Click here for full pictures of the HTC PD2100   Most rumours believe this is the HTC 'Vision' or 'Vanguard' that may well get its opening at the 15 September HTC Press announcement. Last spotted a few months ago the 'Vision/Vanguard' is rumoured to have a 1.2GHz processor and either be running Android 2.2 or even Android 3.0.   ------------------------------------------------------------- Related links: - HTC Desire review - Android...Read More »

Apple’s social networking platform launched last week for inclusion in the latest version of iTunes, iTunes 10.0, has reached one million users in the opening 48 hours the Cupertino Company has claimed.   Unveiled during last Wednesday’s ‘Special Event’ in California alongside an update Apple TV and the new range of iPod devices, Ping is a social network for music allowing users to follow their favourite artists and friends, gaining an insight into the music being listened to and downloaded.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Related Links: - iTunes 10 launched with Ping 'social network for music' - Apple iPod Nano gets multitouch screen - Read More »

The latest rendition of BBC’s on-demand catch-up service, BBC iPlayer is set to go live this week as the service’s 5 million weekly users get set to receive a fun-to-use redesign, personalisation options and advanced social networking capabilities.   Hugely successful and a leader in on-demand video content, the BBC iPlayer service is to adopt a social media friendly slant following is update this week. Speaking on the social movement through its blog the Beeb said: “Until now, the focus has been on getting programmes to users packaged in a coherent experience - this next step is about allowing users to interact...Read More »

Solar farms are swell and all, but they aren't exactly fit for laboratories or studio apartments. Thanks to new discoveries by gurus at the University of Birmingham, though, we could be on our way to a far more diminutive method of creating clean energy. As the story goes, we could soon be using microbes to transform wastes in metals into energy. The team managed to pinpoint Hydrogenase enzymes and BioPd in their research, which they believe can be used as catalysts for the treatment of persistent pollutants. The overriding goal, however, is to "develop a one-step technology that...Read More »

For all the benefits of touchscreen keyboards, there are many who maintain a steadfast allegiance to the gods of tactile feedback. So how does this Mini Key case with sliding QWERTY for the iPhone 4 strike you? Unfortunately, the keys were a bit hard to press on the backlit prototype keypad handled by Engadget Spanish, and it links to the iPhone via Bluetooth, not the iPhone's dock connector (there's a cutout at the bottom for a cable to pass through). And no, all that added bulk still doesn't include an extended life battery pack. Perhaps some of this...Read More »

Tapani Kaskinen is Nokia's Senior Comms Manager, so it's fitting that he'd be the first person from the company to communicate a solid release date for its long-awaited N8 handset. The gent in question told Finnish newspaper Kauppalehti that advance orders of the N8 will "begin shipping 30 September." Bear in mind we're chewing through a machine translation here, but that part's pretty unmistakable. It also meshes perfectly with earlier speculation surrounding Nokia purchasing Google AdWords -- that indicated a one-week exclusive starting on September 23rd for Nokia's UK online store, which, if you do the math,...Read More »

Yeah, we thought netbooks were old news too, but if they all start strapping up with the latest in 4G connectivity, we might have to give them another look. The Samsung N350 is just such a machine, with dual-mode LTE and HSPA+ built in. You won't be surprised that almost everything else is par for the affordable laptop market course: a dual-core Atom N550 CPU, that boilerplate 1,024 x 600 resolution on a 10.1-inch matte screen, 250GB of storage, 1GB of DDR3 RAM, a multicard reader, and a trifecta of USB ports. The basic wireless options are...Read More »

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Here we go again. Another FCC filing of an unannounced product, this time in the form of Creative's Sound Blaster Wireless MultiPlay system. We're looking at a trio of new products including the MultiPlay Transmitter with its USB extension dock, a rather clunky looking Touch Controller (that we've seen before) resembling an old Sonos CR100, and Wireless Receiver. The idea here is to attach the transmitter to your PC and install the Creative Music Server software, connect the receiver to a pair of amplified speakers and then control the whole kit with the supplied controller. You can...Read More »

A tech website has managed to get hold of a leaked spreadsheet from network carrier O2 which has pointed towards the incoming release of an HTC HD7. This is the name for what was originally called the HD3, but due to the operating system it'll be carrying this seems more appropriate.   Running Windows Phone 7, the HD7 has presumably jumped the numbers from the previous HD2 to keep it in line with the new mobile operating system. Specs on the device are numerous yet unconfirmed at the moment but with HTC making a supposed product launch in the next few weeks...Read More »