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We’ve heard that it’s been showing up on doorsteps and in stores for a few days now, but T-Mobile has just officially given the word that the G1 is now available in white to complement bronze and the especially personality-free black (not to say there’s anything wrong with that, black G1 owners). The price, hardware, and software are all the same, so if you thought this release might somehow magically bring a soft keyboard with it, think again. Any guesses what — if any — future colors we might see on this puppy?

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

T-Mobile G1 now available in frosty white originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, any talk that consistency in Apple’s approval process for the App Store has improved definitely has to be put on hold at this point; first we had that BdEmailer situation that duplicates functionality (albeit shoddily) of the iPhone’s own email capabilities, and now we have official confirmation that Google did a no-no when it slipped its voice-powered search through the checkpoint. The problem is that enabling the automatic voice detection requires use of an undocumented API call for the proximity sensor that Apple neither guarantees nor approves use of, meaning firmware updates can break it at will. In and of itself, that’s not a huge indiscretion on Google’s part since they’re probably committed to keeping it up-to-date, but the real issue is that this violates an explicit rule of the App Store that bans the use of undocumented calls. Apple, guys, seriously: if you want to be jerks about what gets through and what doesn’t, fine — but at least do it consistently so it doesn’t look like you’re favoring companies run by members of your own executive board (or in the case of BdEmailer, companies that are doing a bang-up job of making your own products look better).

[Via mocoNews]

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Confirmed: Google was naughty, broke App Store rules with iPhone app originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Eee PC 901 has always been the sweet spot model in ASUS’s alphabet soup of a netbook line, and the 901GO launched today in France makes it even more desirable with a larger 8700mAh battery and a faster 16GB SSD capable of 50MB/s writes and 87MB/s reads. Of course, you can get the same 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and 8.9-inch screen in the 900A for $280, so the new 901GO’s €399 ($505) pricetag seems perhaps a bit much, but the cutting edge ain’t a cheap place to live, kids.

[Via Electronista]

Eee PC 901GO with faster SSD and a bigger battery surfaces in France originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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(Credit: Yubz)

The Yubz telephone makes the argument that even iPhones can’t escape irony’s tacky, far-reaching arm. For $50 and the cost of shipping from France, you can own this ridiculous handset that plugs into your iPhone and lets you pretend you’re Donald Trump in the early …

T-Mobile's Nokia 5610 may have a problem.

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This is a bit troubling, particularly since it affects one of the better (or so we thought) T-Mobile phones that we’ve seen this year. On Thursday, the carrier suspended sales of the Nokia 5610 Xpress Music.

According to T-Mobile, a “very small” percentage of devices suffer from a defective component that causes the display to go blank. We didn’t see such a problem on our review device, but if you’re stuck with one of the faulty phones you can contact T-Mobile to “discuss available options” (whatever that means). Nokia has otherwise done a decent job with its Xpress Music phones, so we hope the problem stops here. The full text of the T-Mobile statement is after the jump.

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In a nod to the tough economic environment, mega-retailer Wal-Mart is offering a selection of one-day in-store specials, a few of which caught our eye, including a sub-$300 laptop.

A Wal-Mart press release says the company will be offering a “$298 Compaq CQ-139WM 15.4″ laptop with 2GB RAM …

You can’t buy this PC for another few weeks, but following our review of Intel’s new Core i7 CPU, we also got to inspect a fully loaded gaming desktop from Falcon Northwest. The latest edition of Falcon’s Mach V includes an overclocked Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition …

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Just a year after it got an update, the Mercury Mariner Hybrid gets yet another update for 2009, but this one counts for a lot. Ford fits it with the best cabin tech available, which includes the excellent Sync system for integrating MP3 players and …

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

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As you might have noticed, there’s already plenty of Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1s out in the wild by this point, but there’s apparently not quite as many as SE would like, and it’s laying the blame on some slightly mysterious manufacturing delays. According to IDG News, Sweden, Germany and the U.K. have been hardest hit by the delays, but Sony Ericsson isn’t about to get much more specific than that about the matter, saying simply that a lack of “certain materials” is causing the shortages. The company has said, however, that more phones should be shipping into Sweden in the next few days, with the U.K. and Germany set to get additional shipments in the next few weeks. It also says that planned launches in other countries like Switzerland, France, and Singapore, to name a few, won’t be affected by the delays, and that the phone is still on track to be released in the US sometime in November.

[Via the::unwired]

Manufacturing delays said to be slowing XPERIA X1 sales originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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