It’s no secret that Google and China aren’t exactly BFFs at the moment, but now Motorola has thrown its hat into the foray in a rather large way in order to protect its own interests and presumably make a nice bit of coin while doing so. As of this quarter, all of Motorola’s Android smartphones … Read More

Verizon Wireless is planning to introduce two novel handsets from Microsoft in May or June according to bases acquainted with the substance. The innovative handsets will target youngsters and will offer easy access to social networking sites and keyboards for text messaging. Rumors assertion the handsets will be made by Shrill and will have the Microsoft … Read More

Note to Microsoft, HP, Dell, and whoever else wants to get in the next-gen tablet game: your concepts are nice — even spectacular, in the case of Courier — but Apple’s about to actually ship a product, and investors are taking note. AAPL shares hit a record high of $219.36 this afternoon after the news … Read More

A new version of Foursquare for the iPhone is on the way and it will feature a revamped interface, a brand new user tab, and a new checkin history view. This version of the app – v1.6 – should be heading to the App Store soon. Nick Starr shared screenshots of it with us and … Read More

In Barcelona, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore spoke of getting past “the PC metaphor of icons” on handsets. Microsoft’s novel smartphone software, Windows Phone 7 Series, turns a handset into something similar to an electronic butler that stabs to anticipate the user’s desires. It automatically taps into the carrier’s data network to pick up appointments, photos and … Read More

Here is some good cell phone news to those of you running an Android phone with a outdated version of the operating system. The news was broke by a reporter at AndroidandMe, however all good things most of the time come with a catch. This catch deals with each handsets processor speed, and if they … Read More

Keep your eyes tuned to this post — because at 5:00 PM ET , we’ll be starting The Engadget Show live, with Avner Ronen of Boxee, Aaron Woodman showing off Windows Phone 7 Series, plus much, much , more! You seriously don’t want to miss it! Of course, if you’re in NY we’d love to … Read More

Hammacher Schlemmer, purveyors of expensive, goofy gadgets, are now peddling the Foldaway Massage Chair, a shapeshifting piece of furniture that will keep your muscles relaxed, your apartment uncluttered, and your buyers remorse so potent you can almost taste it. Picture a Transformer. But instead of being a really cool car that turns into an ass-kicking … Read More

Put your skeptic hats on kids ’cause we’ve got a juicy one for you. When Greig Williams, Nokia’s General Manager for South East Europe, was asked by the German language Die Presse whether Ovi Maps would be coming to Android and Windows Mobile he responded very simply, “That will be the next step.” Well then, … Read More

This is has not been confirmed by either party, but we’ve heard from multiple sources that European music startup Spotify has closed a venture investment from Founders Fund . Managing Partner Sean Parker , who was a cofounder of Napster and President of Facebook, led the round for Founders Fund, and we believe he may … Read More

Filed under: Productivity , iPhone TaskPaper, from the developer of WriteRoom , has been around for a while, and we’ve been talking about it since version 1.0. After what seems like a long wait, TaskPaper for iPhone is out. The super-simple to-do list with surprisingly robust capabilities is now mobile, and syncs with the desktop … Read More

If you’re one of the trendy hipsters driving a Smart Fortwo , here’s another way of pimping up your ride: Daimler has announced a Q2 2010 launch for its Smart Drive kit for the iPhone . As pictured above, the kit consists of a cradle for handsfree communication plus charging, and an app that “combines … Read More

If you’re both ready and set, then you’ll be pleased to know that Microsoft has major Windows Mobile goings-on to discuss tomorrow at 9AM ET (3PM here in Spain). What does that really mean? Well based on the torrent of circumstantial (and actual ) evidence we’ve seen, it looks like the big M is set … Read More

We’re not going to lie, it was a major let down when we found out that this glowing V-shaped mouse with faux Microsoft branding is nothing more than a splendiferous concept, but we’re holding back the tears as best we can. The super futuristic-looking eVouse doubles as both a regular mouse and a pen sensor … Read More

If you ever needed a reason to go Linux, here you go. The noise surrounding this patently obscure Windows XP bug / patch fiasco has just reached a fever pitch, and now we’ve got engineers within Redmond scratching their heads, too. As the story goes, Microsoft recently patched a security hole that took care of … Read More