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The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 which was released earlier through AT&T now has a new network. T-Mobile is bringing in all the goodness of RIM’s multimedia phone while putting in some of its network goodness including HotSpot @Home Service, which means Wi-Fi calls while on your home network.

With Wi-Fi connectivity for both voice and data, the BlackBerry 8120 hopes to add more functionality into T-Mobile’s phone offerings. Aside from Wi-Fi connectivity, the BlackBerry 8120 will also bring a 2.0-megapixel camera with 5x zoom, stereo Bluetooth support, a microSD/SDHC card slot, support for personal and corporate email, and web browsing at Wi-Fi speeds.

In addition to these features, the BlackBerry 8120 also features RIM’s SureType keyboard system that will enhance users typing experience with word completion, built-in spelling checker and a user-customizable dictionary. Even the blackberry’s web browser gets an improvement with a new page view option. The T-Mobile branded 8120 will be available on April 14.

Read [CNN Money]

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OS News reviews the Sony Ericsson K850i and writes, “The picture and video Cybershot camera application is very good. It has a multitude of features, ranging from flash light on/off/auto, night mode, self-timer, mic on/off, white balance presets, exposure support, effects, scene mode, macro support, autofocus support, red-eye reduction, ISO 100 to 400 and digital image stabilization. The only things missing is some optical zoom, ability to use the videocall camera to record and VGA video recording (it only goes up to QVGA at 30fps, sample 1 and 2). Also, while the camera is protected by glass, this glass acquires sweat pretty easily… A nice touch is the VideoDJ application that lets you add clips, images and music in a mobile video editor that it’s able to export as a new clips — with transitions applied and effects.”

Read more about the Sony Ericsson K850.

Posted Apr 1st 2008 2:17PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: cellphones, Handhelds, Tablet PCs, Wireless
Right on cue, Nokia’s WiMAX-enabled N810 Internet Tablet has surfaced at CTIA 2008, and yep, this critter is destined to go on sale here in the US of A this summer. Beyond that, you’ll notice the familiar 4.13-inch touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard and even a built-in webcam for video calls, Mozilla-powered browser, integrated GPS / media player, 2GB of internal memory and a microSD expansion slot. Heck, Nokia even touts this thing’s ability to “access the Internet over WiFi or via conventional cellular data networks by pairing to a compatible mobile phone via Bluetooth technology.” Also announced today is the freshly updated OS2008, which includes an enhanced e-mail client, support for Chinese character rendering in the browser and RSS feeds and “Seamless Software Update functionality” to boot. Needless to say, said OS will come standard on the currently unpriced Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition — which is scheduled to land wherever WiMAX connectivity is available — but existing N810 / N800 owners will also get the OS upgrade free of charge in Q2.

Gallery: Nokia’s N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition gets official

Nokia has let the WiMAX Edition N810 out of the bag, of course this comes as not much of a surprise, the rumors have been on-going, not to mention the in-the-wild style photo earlier this morning. It is nice however to get all the official details.

Aside from the addition of WiMAX the overall specs remain the same as the standard N810 which features a 4.13-inch touchscreen display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, built-in GPS, built-in webcam, 2 GB of internal memory, microSD card slot for additional storage and a web browser that is powered by Mozilla. The WiMAX Edition N810 will be available to US customers beginning this summer and retail for $449.

Keep reading for a few more pics of the WiMAX Edition N810…

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Palm has hit upon the sweet one-million mark with their Centro smartphone. The affordable handset was initially launched this past September and is now with both Sprint and AT&T here in the US and currently making its way around the rest of the world. The Centro retails for just $99 (with contracts) and is available in a variety of colors, there should be one that will make just about anyone happy.

Read [Business Wire]

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Posted Apr 1st 2008 12:31PM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Meta
After yesterday’s very real and not-at-all-fake story about Deutsche Telekom demanding Engadget discontinue using the color magenta, and today being what it is, we’re putting up some new wallpaper on all the Engadget sites and ever so slightly tweaking Engadget Mobile’s logo. We hope you approve!

P.S. -In a related side note, our old pals at Phone Scoop pinged us earlier this morning to let us know they’ve gone magenta for the day in an act of solidarity! Much love, Phone Scoop! Oh, and now so did Phone Arena!

Posted Apr 1st 2008 10:12AM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Transportation
Your favorite driverless vehicles from the DARPA Urban Challenge are getting set to tackle yet another task — speed racing. Yep, Junior, Boss (pictured) and Ben will all be greasing their gears in an attempt to outrun the others around one lap of the 1.97-mile, 11-turn circuit, all without smashing into walls or hailing a motorist to take over. Unfortunately, all three won’t be on the track at the same time — which ensures that no green / red shell ejections will have an effect on the outcome — but those interested in seeing this in person can head on down to Long Beach on April 20th.

[Via CNET, image courtesy of PaulStamatiou]

Usually, when someone asks me what kind of computer would be a great buy, I’d just tell them to stay away from clunky desktops to make sure that they don’t get something that’s half-baked (a lot of desktop PCs are like that nowadays). Many desktop PCs are simply not worth the second look that they used to command. Plus it’s easier to work with a mobile. But in continuing its tradition of trying to bring back the sex in desktop setups, HP rolls out the Pavilion m9200t. It’s a media-centric desktop PC that’s so full of features, HP didn’t need to include a keyboard and mouse in the sales package… just kidding!

The m9200t can be called an entertainment powerhouse, and that would almost be an understatement. It features a 1TB hard drive, a Blu-ray Disc burner, built-in photo editing software, a digital TV tuner, TV recorder, and an Easy Backup Button that lets users quickly make back ups of their computer files. Right now, you can get it for $799, but you might also want to check out HP’s “recommended configuration” setup, and that one will set you back $1,429. You think the extra $600 goes to HP’s brilliant “configurators?”

Via [Crave]

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The RAIDFrame Backup system has been created by a company named Highly Reliable Systems and works with removable cartridges which can store 3 Terabytes of data. The 1 Bay version carries the 1 cartridge and attaches direct to your server or PC via USB or eSATA. With the device being RAID it means that no special drivers are required to read the data as the server will see the RAID array as 1 drive.

RAIDPacs are made of 3 standard SATA drives which can be replaced as needed. The RAID controller is built in to the device meaning that as soon as the RAID pac is connected up, it just shows as removable storage.

All connections on the RAIDFrame are standard from it’s eSATA connection to it’s molex power connector and as it is all self contained it makes it very easy to use. Without RAIDPacs the system costs $981 and with a RAIDPac it will set you back $2306.

Source - Gizmowatch

Guest Post by Matthew of Gadget Venue.

Posted Apr 1st 2008 4:41AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: cellphones, GPS
Just like we heard, AT&T is now offering Motorola’s MOTO Z9. $150 (after $50 on-line discount and 2-yr contract) nabs the new slider with GPS for AT&T’s rebranded TeleNav service — now called AT&T Navigator. It’s also stuffed with microSD expansion, stereo Bluetooth, and quad-band GSM with WCDMA 850/1900 supporting 3.6Mbps HSDPA data. Surprisingly, the 2 megapixel camera we saw in the early prototype last year has been whittled back to 1.3 megapixels. Come on Moto, what’s 0.7 megapixels between friends?

[Thanks, Mark and Orhan C.]