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Those suave Google glasses are now patent-protected May 15th 2012, 10:53 Google has successfully patented the "ornamental design" of its augmented reality eyewear. To you, me and Aunty Dee they might look almost like regular Ray-Bans, but there's a lot of secret technology concealed within those sleek lines and Google evidently wants to prevent others from copying their appearance. After all, if people started faking Project Glass, it'd be impossible to tell if we're being properly scanned or merely checked out. Those suave Google glasses are now patent-protected originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 May 2012 06:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  USPTO (1), USPTO (2), USPTO (3)  | Email this | Comments HTC Desire C gets official 'First Look' video and UK pricing May 15th 2012, 10:43 Just a day after being papped in Portugal, the HTC Desire C has turned up in this official video. There's not much new info to take away, bar a quick glimpse of the Sense interface. T-Mobile UK, however, has also been in touch to let us know its pricing for the phone. Pay monthly users can get the handset for free as long as they are willing to cough up £15.50 a month for two years, or snap it up sans commitment on Pay as you go for £169.99 (about $270). Both options being available early next month. HTC Desire C gets official 'First Look' video and UK pricing originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 May 2012 06:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  HTC (YouTube)  | Email this | Comments Mystery Samsung phone with Snapdragon S4 pops up in benchmarks, may or may not be Verizon's Galaxy S III May 15th 2012, 10:27 While pre-release benchmarks have a very hit or miss record for clues as to what future devices will bring, they almost always raise eyebrows. Nowhere is that more true than in a round of NenaMark2 testing uncovered this weekend: a previously unknown Samsung SCH-i535 for Verizon has tipped up sporting a 1.5GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 instead of one of Samsung's own chips, like the Exynos 4 Quad. Given that the SCH-i515 is the model badge for Verizon's Galaxy Nexus, it's not a great leap in logic to speculate that this is a custom version of the Galaxy S III. It's entirely possible that something else might fit the bill, but knowing that Samsung has used Snapdragons itself to include 4G before and that HTC just recently switched up the One X with an S4 to give it LTE on North American networks, we may be looking at the compromise Samsung needs to make to get its 4.8-inch gigantophone on Big Red. Mystery Samsung phone with Snapdragon S4 pops up in benchmarks, may or may not be Verizon's Galaxy S III originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 May 2012 06:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Blog of Mobile, Droid-Life  |  NenaMark2  | Email this | Comments Samsung Galaxy S III manual goes online, teaches you wax-on, wax-off May 15th 2012, 10:02 As you can imagine, we love nothing more than sitting next to a roaring log fire and diving into a good owners manual. As luck would have it, we'd just finished the last one, and then this lands in our laps. Yes, if you've already decided that you will be treating yourself to Samsung's latest mobile darling, you can start boning up on all those new features, and see the specifications for yourself in black and white. At the very least, you can start getting to grips with those new "use motion" gestures. Our favorite? The "Palm touch" media pause move. Hit the source to find your own fave. Samsung Galaxy S III manual goes online, teaches you wax-on, wax-off originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 May 2012 06:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Sammobile  |  Samsung  | Email this | Comments Samsung Galaxy S II LTE Ice Cream Sandwich update finally arrives, GSII HD LTE keeps waiting May 15th 2012, 09:27 The slow rollout of Android 4.0 to Samsung's recent Galaxy devices continues, and the latest variation to receive Ice Cream Sandwich is the Galaxy S II LTE. We should all be familiar with the ICS feature set by now, as well as Samsung's TouchWiz alterations. The news was spotted on Samsung's Korean site, but we wouldn't be surprised to see the new software popping up on devices elsewhere shortly (AT&T's Skyrocket already saw a leaked update in March). According to a tweet from the company, it's still working on an update for the LTE's 720p-screened HD cousin (although we hear Tizen already works great), but you can hit the source link for more information. Samsung Galaxy S II LTE Ice Cream Sandwich update finally arrives, GSII HD LTE keeps waiting originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 May 2012 05:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink @SamsungTomorrow (Twitter)  |  Samsung Tomorrow (Korean)  | Email this | Comments

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