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Noit Joystick makes an appearance at CES, promises more face time at CTIA

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We get pitched plenty at our CES stage, but not everyone is as capable of stopping us in our tracks as Noit founder Lael Alexander, who busted out a dummy version of the Joystick (or Joistick, depending on which part of the company’s catalog you read). It’s a phone / controller, with calling capabilities, Bluetooth, WiFi and NFC jammed into a uniquely holdable design. Flip it open to reveal the screen and a QWERTY keyboard, a la messaging phones of the past.

There are mouse buttons and a gyroscope built in, so you can also use the Android device as a controller, if you’re so inclined. It’s also got NFC, an HDMI port, Bluetooth, 64GB of storage and “the best sound design,” according to Alexander, who promised his company would have something more concrete to show at CTIA.

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We get pitched plenty at our CES stage, but not everyone is as capable of stopping us in our tracks as Noit founder Lael Alexander, who busted out a dummy version of the Joystick (or Joistick, depending on which part of the company’s catalog you read). It’s a phone / controller, with calling capabilities, Bluetooth, WiFi and NFC jammed into a uniquely holdable design. Flip it open to reveal the screen and a QWERTY keyboard, a la messaging phones of the past.

There are mouse buttons and a gyroscope built in, so you can also use the Android device as a controller, if you’re so inclined. It’s also got NFC, an HDMI port, Bluetooth, 64GB of storage and “the best sound design,” according to Alexander, who promised his company would have something more concrete to show at CTIA.

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Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with Node’s George Yu

CES 2013 has been a big week for crowdfunded success stories. Node is amongst those whose Kickstarter campaign has resulted in a real, salable product. We’ll be discussing the modular iPhone sensor and what it’s like to be a small company in a place like CES with founder George Yu.

January 11, 2013 7:30 PM EST

Check out our full CES 2013 stage schedule here!

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CES 2013 has been a big week for crowdfunded success stories. Node is amongst those whose Kickstarter campaign has resulted in a real, salable product. We’ll be discussing the modular iPhone sensor and what it’s like to be a small company in a place like CES with founder George Yu.

January 11, 2013 7:30 PM EST

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Verizon dominates ‘Fastest Mobile Networks’ testing, considers calling AT&T to brag

Not all wireless carriers are created equal, nor for that matter is all 4G — anyone who’s ever swapped networks or done any sort of traveling across the country can tell you that. And while it seems like we have fewer and fewer choices as the days go by, our increasing reliance on mobile devices makes the efficiency of our data delivery all the more important. PCMag invested some serious man / woman-hours for its annual “Fastest Mobile Networks” story, gathering mobile data in 21 cities — running more than 140,000 tests in all. According to the results, Verizon’s LTE rules supreme in pretty much every area tested, save for those “in-between” rural locations, where AT&T nabbed the top spot. Perhaps it’s time to take old “Test Man” out of retirement for celebratory victory lap?

Verizon dominates ‘Fastest Mobile Networks’ testing, considers calling AT&T to brag originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not all wireless carriers are created equal, nor for that matter is all 4G — anyone who’s ever swapped networks or done any sort of traveling across the country can tell you that. And while it seems like we have fewer and fewer choices as the days go by, our increasing reliance on mobile devices makes the efficiency of our data delivery all the more important. PCMag invested some serious man / woman-hours for its annual “Fastest Mobile Networks” story, gathering mobile data in 21 cities — running more than 140,000 tests in all. According to the results, Verizon’s LTE rules supreme in pretty much every area tested, save for those “in-between” rural locations, where AT&T nabbed the top spot. Perhaps it’s time to take old “Test Man” out of retirement for celebratory victory lap?

Verizon dominates ‘Fastest Mobile Networks’ testing, considers calling AT&T to brag originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    Android beats out iPhone in Japan, celebrates with buffet of alphabetical desserts

    Google’s steady march toward global smartphone dominance scored another major victory, this time in the Land of the Rising Sun. According to new numbers from Tokyo-based analyst group MM Research, Android shot to the top of the mobile OS market share heap, nabbing 57 percent of that country’s smartphone market for the last fiscal year. That number is up from 11 percent the year prior, increasing from 250,000 to 4.91 million devices shipped — it’s also a good deal higher than the 37.4 and 38.5 percent that Google commands in the US and internationally, according to recent studies. Apple, meanwhile grabbed second place in Japan at 3.23 million iPhones, according to MM — or 38 percent of the market — with Windows Mobile and BlackBerry rounding out the top five. Dessert enthusiasts who don’t believe numbers until they see them in pie chart form can check out the graphic after the jump.

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    Android beats out iPhone in Japan, celebrates with buffet of alphabetical desserts originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 13 May 2011 22:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    Google’s steady march toward global smartphone dominance scored another major victory, this time in the Land of the Rising Sun. According to new numbers from Tokyo-based analyst group MM Research, Android shot to the top of the mobile OS market share heap, nabbing 57 percent of that country’s smartphone market for the last fiscal year. That number is up from 11 percent the year prior, increasing from 250,000 to 4.91 million devices shipped — it’s also a good deal higher than the 37.4 and 38.5 percent that Google commands in the US and internationally, according to recent studies. Apple, meanwhile grabbed second place in Japan at 3.23 million iPhones, according to MM — or 38 percent of the market — with Windows Mobile and BlackBerry rounding out the top five. Dessert enthusiasts who don’t believe numbers until they see them in pie chart form can check out the graphic after the jump.

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    Android beats out iPhone in Japan, celebrates with buffet of alphabetical desserts originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 13 May 2011 22:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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      Latest WP7 Mango leak hints at added Windows Messenger support

      The upcoming Windows Phone update is looking better with each subsequent leak. What initially appeared to be primarily targeted toward programmers has since begun bearing fruit on the user’s end, a trend continued with this latest unauthorized glimpse. We’re certainly taking it with a few tablespoons of salt — the Mango screens appeared on and were subsequently pulled from Chinese site Cnblogs — but we like what we see. Perhaps most significant among the newly glimpsed features here is integration between WP7’s People hub and Windows Live Messenger, making it possible to IM people directly from the contacts list. Also present, Bing Image Search, support for East Asian languages, and added SkyDrive functionality, which we’ve already seen previewed. No doubt we’ll be hearing more on this very subject in the near future. More info as the story ripens.

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      Latest WP7 Mango leak hints at added Windows Messenger support originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 09 May 2011 20:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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      The upcoming Windows Phone update is looking better with each subsequent leak. What initially appeared to be primarily targeted toward programmers has since begun bearing fruit on the user’s end, a trend continued with this latest unauthorized glimpse. We’re certainly taking it with a few tablespoons of salt — the Mango screens appeared on and were subsequently pulled from Chinese site Cnblogs — but we like what we see. Perhaps most significant among the newly glimpsed features here is integration between WP7’s People hub and Windows Live Messenger, making it possible to IM people directly from the contacts list. Also present, Bing Image Search, support for East Asian languages, and added SkyDrive functionality, which we’ve already seen previewed. No doubt we’ll be hearing more on this very subject in the near future. More info as the story ripens.

      [Thanks, All]

      Latest WP7 Mango leak hints at added Windows Messenger support originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 09 May 2011 20:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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