| Nokia grows Lumia 900 family: Canada gets LTE, HSPA+ for everyone else Feb 27th 2012, 06:54 Well, that AT&T exclusivity was bound to wear off at some point. Nokia just confirmed that an LTE version of its flagship Lumia 900 will be crossing the border into Canada in April, running on Rogers' network, while a dual-carrier HSPA+ flavor will be hopping the Atlantic sometime in Q2, with a €480 (about $650) price tag in tow. Naturally, it'll include Nokia Drive, but there's another treat in store -- Nokia Reading. The app will be available as a free download, and acts as a digital media hub, aggregating content in a magazine-like format. The new Lumia 900s also add a front-facing camera, in addition to that Carl Zeiss lens-sporting snapper out back. Also, as you can see in the image above, Nokia has confirmed a gorgeous white version of the Windows Phone device, which we saw leaked earlier this month. As for a release date to go along with that previously announced AT&T version? We're still hoping for March 18th, though we have yet to get a firm commitment from the carrier or manufacturer. Nokia grows Lumia 900 family: Canada gets LTE, HSPA+ for everyone else originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Nokia Asha Series 40 lineup expands with 202, 203 and 302 Feb 27th 2012, 06:38 The Nokia Asha Series 40 phones were introduced at Nokia World last fall and today it expands by a few models, with the 202, 203 and 302. The 202 model is designed for "easy swap" SIM changes without powering off the phone, while the 203 is a single SIM model. Both expand the lower end line with access to free games (Bejeweled, Need for Speed, Tetris, Sims Medieval) and Nokia Life. The 302 (pictured above) will be the first to bring Microsoft Exchange support on Series 40, a feature that will also be added to the older 303. It does not have a touchscreen, but does bring a 1GHz CPU and 14.4Mbps data speeds for 95 euros, shipping now. Follow along with our liveblog of Nokia's MWC 2012 press conference for more details. Developing...Nokia Asha Series 40 lineup expands with 202, 203 and 302 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Invoxia unveils the AudiOffice, a $299 speaker dock for iDevices Feb 27th 2012, 06:30  The last time we heard from Invoxia, the company was showing off a desktop VoIP phone with iPad and iPhone docks, allowing you to use the familiar iOS interface to manipulate all the phone's controls -- mute, volume, speakerphone, et cetera. As Mobile World Congress kicks off, the company's back with a product that looks very similar, but does quite the opposite. Designed for business use, the AudiOffice isn't a standalone VoIP phone but rather, a speaker dock for your iDevices. Here, your sweet telephony comes courtesy of your iPhone, while Invoxia's hardware is mainly there to enhance the call quality, with the help of four wide-bandwidth speakers and two digital microphones. And though those docks were built with the iPad and iPhone in mind, you could, if you were so inclined, connect another device using the dock's USB socket or Bluetooth 2.1 radio. In addition to FaceTime, too, you can place calls through more OS-agnostic apps, such as Skype. The AudiOffice will sell for $299 -- quite pricey for what's essentially an iDevice dock -- but that's still far more affordable than the $599 the NVX 610 is fetching. We'll be back with hands-on photos soon enough, but in the meantime we've got pictures of the official sort below. Continue reading Invoxia unveils the AudiOffice, a $299 speaker dock for iDevices Invoxia unveils the AudiOffice, a $299 speaker dock for iDevices originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Samsung announces the Galaxy S (Player) WiFi 4.2 at MWC Feb 27th 2012, 06:00 In all the other MWC bombast, you might have missed that Samsung's added another member to its humble Galaxy S WiFi (Galaxy Player) PMP-lineup. This version packs a 4.2-inch WVGA (480 x 800) screen, runs Gingerbread 2.3 and has dual cameras (2-megapixels 'round back and VGA for video calls). Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 and WiFI 802.11 b/g/n round out your connectivity and you'll also find it toting a 1,500mAh battery. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is bundled bundled as standard, which is great for some illegal street-racing on the go. It'll come in 8 and 16GB variants, with the usual microSD card slot for that extra 32GB of space when required. No word on pricing or availability, but we'd imagine it won't head too far past the $250 mark. Samsung announces the Galaxy S (Player) WiFi 4.2 at MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC (update: hands-on photos!) Feb 27th 2012, 06:00 Samsung's announced another 10.1-inch tablet to join its burgeoning collection of slates. The Galaxy Note 10.1 is an S-Pen toting variant of the similarly sized-and-named Galaxy Tab. It's running Touchwiz-infused ICS on a 1.4GHz dual-core CPU with 1GB of RAM, but here's the answer to the question on everyone's lips: nope, you can't use it as a phone. Sadly you'll only have access to HSPA+, WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0, dashing our hopes of using this as our primary cellphone to annoy people on the train. The 10.1-inch WXGA (1280 x 800) display is nestled opposite a 3-megapixel rear-facing camera and beside a 2-megapixel one for video conferencing. S-Pen specific features include S Note for scrawling text, Shape Match and Formula Match (to digitize images and mathematical formulae) -- but more importantly is the ability to use Adobe's new Photoshop Touch and Ideas, which will both come pre-installed. If you'd rather use the slate as one of the world's largest sat-navs, you'll be relieved to know it's packing both GPS and Glonass. For the businesspersons of you out there, there's Exchange ActiveSync, on-device encryption, Juniper Junos Pulse and Cisco VPNs. It'll come in 16, 32 and 64GB variations, with a microSD slot for you to add up to a further 32GBs into the mix. It's clear that Samsung's bisecting its tablet business: purely touch-driven devices will now be branded as a "Tab" and anything with a stylus S-Pen will be suffixed with "Note." Pricing and availability are currently unspecified, but we'll do our best to shanghai that information out of a passing company rep when we see one. Update: We've added a gallery of hands-on photos just below. Brad Molen contributed to this report.Continue reading Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC (update: hands-on photos!) Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC (update: hands-on photos!) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | |
