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Filed under: Handsets var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_2_2_firmware_update_available_now'; It's here. Google Street View and over the air Podcast downloads from iTunes. Yup, public transit and walking directions too and the ability to share your location via email. Bug fixes, Safari enhancements, the ability to toggle auto-text correction, and plenty more... just like we heard in the pre-rumor run-up . Now get outta here, your iTunes update awaits. Update : Added some screenshots of the most notable new features after the break. The Street View implementation seems solid though we miss the compass feature found on T-Mobile's G1. Also, the real-estate saved by moving the Google search field next to the URL field in Mobile Safari is a welcome and obvious change. As to auto-correction, well, that's personal taste. Tipster Vizcaya also noticed that Apple added a new option to rate an App when you delete it from your phone. You can also view multiple screenshots of applications available in the App Store. Update 2 : The other big update, Podcast downloads, works just as you'd hope and should further promote the spontaneous isolation we all crave. A few shots of that added after the break. [Thanks Gustavo and badburro] Continue reading iPhone 2.2 firmware update available now, Google Street View and plenty more iPhone 2.2 firmware update available now, Google Street View and plenty more originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets , Nokia var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Nokia_N96_Bruce_Lee_Edition_is_tougher_than_Chuck_Norris'; OMG OMG OMG... sorry, but our inner japanese school-girl was just unleashed with the arrival of the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition. If Nokia had any sense, they'd expand the action-doll bundle to the world beyond Hong Kong. Even for 8,788 Chinese Yuan (about $1,286) we're seriously tempted. Watch Bruce clean up at ping pong in the Nokia video posted after the break -- no, really. [Via Unwired View , Thanks Robin oL] Continue reading Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition: the only thing tougher than Chuck Norris Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition: the only thing tougher than Chuck Norris originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: LTE Realistically, the death knell tolled long ago for Qualcomm's stillborn Ultra Mobile Broadband initiative, its own special flavor of 4G and the logical next step in the CDMA2000 family of technologies. To make things nice and official, though, they went ahead and officially announced that they've halted development on the spec during an analysts' meeting earlier today, throwing support behind the competing LTE standard -- one of the two remaining techs vying for the hearts and minds of the world's 4G-wanting public. So where's one of the world's great patent enforcers going to collect cash now? Oh, don't worry about little ol' Qualcomm; the company claims it has plenty of 4G-relevant intellectual property that'll keep its bankrolls full for years to come. [Via dailywireless.org ] Qualcomm throws in the towel on UMB, 4G race down to LTE and WiMAX originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Windows Mobile , GSM , EDGE Hey Sprint, you listening? Granted, GSM doesn't do Sprint a whole lot of good in the States, but swapping a CDMA radio into HTC's first WiMAX effort here would make for a downright mighty response to the Touch HD . The previously-seen T8920 has turned out to be the MAX 4G, an 800 x 480 monster with 8GB of Flash on board, two cameras, an FM radio, GPS, WiFi, triband EDGE, and -- most importantly -- WiMAX support, making it the first GSM / WiMAX handset anywhere in the world. It'll be launching on Scartel's Yota network in Russia, and if you have friends cool enough to have a MAX 4G of their own, calls between the two of y'all will automatically be routed over the WiMAX airwaves using VoIP. A launch date hasn't been announced, but unless you're in Russia, there's probably not much point in even bothering to lust after this one. Gallery: HTC MAX 4G officially announced, world's first GSM / WiMAX phone HTC MAX 4G officially announced, world's first GSM / WiMAX phone originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets , Nokia , Symbian , GSM , EDGE , UMTS The E63 just broke the shackles of the rumor monger to become Nokia's latest messaging device. With a pre-tax, pre-subsidy price of just €199, Nokia hopes to see the Symbian S60 device generate some mass-market appeal. So let's see: WiFi, physical QWERTY, choice of ruby red or aquamarine blue, standard 3.5-mm audio jack, camera with video recording, and the ability to switch from an E-series business mode (corporate email, appointments, intranet) to personal mode (pictures, personal email, and browser shortcuts) with a single key press -- sounds like a winning combination to us. Nokia's even tossing in 1GB of Ovi file storage for free when the E63 begins shipping in the coming weeks -- where, is Nokia's little secret for now. We'll update you with the hard details just as soon as Nokia releases them. Until then, check the blue version after the break. Update : We were able to hack forth the following detail from the bowels of Nokia's website: 113 x 59 x 13-mm / 126g, 320 x 240 pixel display, quad-band GSM / EDGE with 660 minute talk / 432 hours standby, microSD memory slot with 110MB internal memory, 2 megapixel camera capable of QVGA video @ 15fps, and of course, Bluetooth. Sorry, no HSDPA data or infrared like that found on the E71. Continue reading Nokia's E63 breaks free for mass market consumption Nokia's E63 breaks free for mass market consumption originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets After teasing us with a touchscreen phone way back at CES this January, iriver has been decidedly mum on the subject ever since, calling what we saw more of a "proof of concept" than a ready-for-market product. Well, that veil has been lifted and we're finally staring at the iriver wave, a touchphone that iriver plans to start shipping in Korea on March 9th of next year with KT, and with other major carriers to follow. Other than a touchscreen, the phone packs WiFi and the traditional kitchen sink approach of Korean PMPs, with multimedia playback, FM radio, e-books and an electronic dictionary. There's miniSD expansion, access to the Bugs Music Service for online music and we're sure a few other perks hidden under layers of Korean spec sheets. Overall the physical design hasn't really changed much from what we saw at the start of the year (looks like that 3-inch, 480 x 272 touchscreen is quite intact), but the software has certainly been refined, and is devoid of many of its original, erm, iPhone-inspired touches. [Via Hallyu Tech ] iriver's wave touchphone hits Korea on March 9th originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments