No, it’s not the noise people make when they’ve eaten too much caviar.
Panasonic’s revealed the reasoning behind calling its
long-heralded smartphone
Eluga — apparently it stands for “ELegant, User-orientated GatewAy.” The company’s also revealed a few
more specs and tidbits following on
from yesterday’s rather sketchy announcement. You’ll find an 8-megapixel camera sitting flush to that 7.8mm body, NFC and an “eco mode” that will shut down non-essential features when you’re nursing your nearly-empty battery. That 1.0GHz TI OMAP processor we revealed to you yesterday will be joined by 8GB storage, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR. You’ll buy the phone with Gingerbread 2.3.5 installed, with ICS promised to arrive “
from June,” by which point you’ll have probably learned how to pronounce the name without looking ill.
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It’s been half a dozen years since Apache last released a new version of its venerable HTTP server, but the day has finally come for version 2.4 to be unveiled to the world. Granted, the old Apache was doing fine — it’s been the most prolific web server in the world since the mid nineties — but a bit of freshening up couldn’t hurt, right? Among the many changes are reduced memory usage, improved performance and efficiency, and more finely-tuned caching support for high-traffic sites. If you want to know more, check out the source link below for an overview and full feature list. Well, what are you waiting for, Tanto… jump on it!
Apache outs version 2.4 of its HTTP server six years after last full release originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In T-Mobile USA’s first earnings report since the proposed merger with AT&T fell through in December, it noted a loss of 802,000 customers in Q4, but there is some good news. Thanks to the AWS spectrum it’s receiving due to the termination of said deal, it plans to launch LTE services in 2013. Additionally, its plans to roll out HSPA+3G/4G services on the 1900 MHz band should mean high speed data access for previously unsupported devices like the iPhone 4/4S. Check out the report after the break, we’ll have more details in a moment.
…developing
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If the trio of slabs ZTE announced earlier this week weren’t enough for you, sit tight, the outfit just announced it’s bringing a total of eight new phones to Barcelona next week. The new handsets will reportedly flaunt multi-core processors, LTE radios and the latest versions of the Android and Windows Phone platforms. This announcement both echos and one-ups the recently announced Mimosa X, which gets its dual-core chops from an NVIDIA Tegra 2, but boasts only HSPA+, rather than the promised LTE. ZTE says it hopes the new devices will help it become one of the world’s top three handset providers by the year 2015. Seem far off? Don’t worry, at least the phones will be here by Monday. Read on for ZTE’s official press statement.
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Although the PlayStation Vita’s official US launch brought with it the pleasures of LiveTweeting, WiFi-only Netflix access and Flickr’s photo-based networking, its Facebook and Foursquare apps were curiously absent. Today that’s partially changed, however, as Sony’s announced that the service that Zuckerberg built is now available as a free 12MB download from the PlayStation Store (on the wall of its PlayStation Facebook profile no less). We’ve gained access to the social network without a hitch, so be sure to let us know how it goes on your side of the screen in the comments. Hopefully it’s more pleasing than AR table soccer.
[Thanks, Mauricio]
Facebook PS Vita app hits US PlayStation Store originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Malaysia may not be on the tip of anyone’s tongue when wireless comes to mind, but that’s not stopping local outfit DMD Mobile from attempting to make its mark. Set for an official unveiling at next week’s Mobile World Congress, the M3 Android NFC Communicator is the outfit’s clumsily titled stab at the prepaid market in South Asia and the Middle East. The touchscreen handset, to be available in both 2.6-inch portrait QWERTY and 3.2-inch candybar form factors, comes loaded up with a surprising mix of last- and current-gen specs: 650Mhz single-core CPU running a skinned version of Gingerbread 2.3.5, support for dual-band HSPA+ (850 / 2100MHz) and quadband GSM, VGA front-facing / 3MP rear cameras, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi and NFC. Sure, it’s not the most thrilling of forward-looking devices to surface this year, but priced at RM500 (that’s about US5), it’s certainly more of a great deal than it is bargain bin entry. Hit up the source below for additional info on this low-hanging mobile fruit.
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