Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Nokia Lumia 900 blushes, new magenta version revealed at Finnish e-tailer]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/25/nokia-lumia-900-magenta/http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/25/nokia-lumia-900-magenta/http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/25/nokia-lumia-900-magenta/#comments Nokia Lumia 900 blushes, new magenta version revealed at Finnish e-tailer

Aside from a very desirable white edition, Nokia's Lumia 900 hasn't quite caught up with the color explosion that characterized the Lumia 800's launch. It looks like it's getting there, with a magenta variant spotted at Finnish retailer, Gigantti. At the moment, availability is posited for the vague area of May -- matching those mid-month dates we've been hearing -- but the site is still taking pre-orders ahead of any concrete launch day. You can volunteer your details at the source below.

Nokia Lumia 900 blushes, new magenta version revealed at Finnish e-tailer originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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T-Mobile is working with LG to deliver a software update to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) for the G2x, which we expect will deliver some performance enhancements. We are currently trialing this update with a pilot group of T-Mobile employees.


As it appears, we're another step closer to one of the most-anticipated software updates of the summer. There's no telling how long this testing phase will last, nor what steps lay between now and "this summer." Regardless, Android 2.3 is still on track to show up "sooner than we'd expect," which is accurate... if you expected it to take four months.

T-Mobile G2x Gingerbread update running through employee trials, "coming soon" just got closer originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>android 2.2android 2.3android updateAndroid2.2Android2.3AndroidUpdatedual coredual-coreDualCorefroyog2xget moreGetMoregingerbread updateGingerbreadUpdatelgLG Optimuslg optimus 2xLgOptimusLgOptimus2xmagentamobilenvidiarefreshsoftware updateSoftwareUpdatet mobilet-mobilet-mobile g2xT-mobileG2xtegra 2Tegra2testingtesting phaseTestingPhasetmoTMobiletrialtrialsupdateThu, 21 Jul 2011 17:22:00 EST<![CDATA[T-Mobile starts up 4G ad campaign by poking a stiletto into AT&T's network (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/03/t-mobile-starts-up-4g-ad-campaign-by-poking-a-stiletto-into-atandt/http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/03/t-mobile-starts-up-4g-ad-campaign-by-poking-a-stiletto-into-atandt/http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/03/t-mobile-starts-up-4g-ad-campaign-by-poking-a-stiletto-into-atandt/#comments We suspected T-Mobile's new advertising campaign would ruffle some feathers, but we weren't ready for quite such brazen trash-talking right off the bat. Of course, it's trash talk dressed up in a pretty white and Magenta dress and delivered in the most angelic of voices, but T-Mobile makes its point to AT&T subscribers loud and clear: we got 4G, you don't. Whether you consider the network's current 21Mbps theoretical max a true representation of 4G or not, we'll leave up to you; just make sure to join us past the break for the Apple-scented commercial, which also teases the myTouch 4G, a HSPA+ handset that T-Mobile happens to be launching today.

Update: AT&T isn't taking this one lying down. It countered with the following statement this afternoon: "T-Mobile's claims about 4G are based on the same HSPA+ technology we have deployed to 180 million people today, more than T-Mobile's reported 140 million, and we'll have it rolled out to 250 million people by the end of this month, substantially more than the 200 million T-Mobile says it will have by year-end."

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T-Mobile starts up 4G ad campaign by poking a stiletto into AT&T's network (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>4g4g network4gNetworkadadvertadvertisingattcarriercommercialhspa+magentamockerymockingmytouch 4gMytouch4gnetworknetwork speedNetworkSpeedoperatorparodypiggybackspeedt mobilet-mobilet-mobile usaT-mobileUsaTMobilevideovideo callingvideo chatVideoCallingVideoChatWed, 03 Nov 2010 05:32:00 EST<![CDATA[Canon EOS 7D firmware kills the magenta phenomenon]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/17/canon-eos-7d-firmware-kills-the-magenta-phenomenon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/17/canon-eos-7d-firmware-kills-the-magenta-phenomenon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/17/canon-eos-7d-firmware-kills-the-magenta-phenomenon/#commentsWe thought the vast majority of our EOS 7D's image problems were over, fixed in November's firmware, but just to nip any final nuances in the bud, Canon's released another update for the DSLR that fixes, among other things, "a phenomenon in which vertical magenta-colored banding appears in still images taken in movie-shooting mode." And here you thought your MGMT concert footage was just naturally that stylish. Download via the source link.

[Thanks, Daniel]

Canon EOS 7D firmware kills the magenta phenomenon originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nikon D90 torn down, rebuilt in pink (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Jerel]

Zune HD getting magenta and purple flavors on December 1st originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>magentamicrosoftpurplezunezune hdZuneHdSat, 28 Nov 2009 18:55:00 EST<![CDATA[New Zune HD colors found in source files: pink, magenta, purple, and atomic]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/new-zune-hd-colors-found-in-source-files-pink-magenta-purple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/new-zune-hd-colors-found-in-source-files-pink-magenta-purple/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/new-zune-hd-colors-found-in-source-files-pink-magenta-purple/#comments Well, here's something interesting. According to tipster Josh S, a perusal through the Zune Software source files will net you pictures of four as of yet unknown Zune HD palettes. From left to right, we've got pink, magenta, purple, and "atomic." We're still looking through the source code ourselves to confirm. It's not like early adopters wanted anything other than platinum and black anyway, right?

Update: We've finally come up from digging through source code and, sure enough, those images are all in there.

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New Zune HD colors found in source files: pink, magenta, purple, and atomic originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sharp is taking some cues from the nearly dearly departed print publishing world for its next line of LCDs, adding two colors to the typical RGB gamut. Cyan and yellow, half of the CMYK spread that makes your Sunday Garfield sketch pop, are going to be added to the company's displays to make up what it's dubbing "Multi-Primary-Color Technology." The tech is said to be able to reproduce 99 percent of all colors able to be perceived by the human eye -- because apparently 1.7 billion colors from a traditional LCD wasn't enough. The displays will be on display at the Society for Information Display Symposium in San Antonio starting next week. So, lucky Texans, prepare to get your cone cells massaged.

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Sharp adds cyan and yellow to its RGB displays, laughs scornfully at magenta originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 May 2009 09:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sharp is taking some cues from the nearly dearly departed print publishing world for its next line of LCDs, adding two colors to the typical RGB gamut. Cyan and yellow, half of the CMYK spread that makes your Sunday Garfield sketch pop, are going to be added to the company's displays to make up what it's dubbing "Multi-Primary-Color Technology." The tech is said to be able to reproduce 99 percent of all colors able to be perceived by the human eye -- because apparently 1.7 billion colors from a traditional LCD wasn't enough. The displays will be on display at the Society for Information Display Symposium in San Antonio starting next week. So, lucky Texans, prepare to get your cone cells massaged.

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Sharp adds cyan and yellow to its RGB displays, laughs scornfully at magenta originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 May 2009 09:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cmykcyanlcdmagentamulti-primary-color technologyMulti-primary-colorTechnologyrgbsharpsharp lcdSharpLcdsidsid 2009Sid2009society for information displaySocietyForInformationDisplaytexasyellowFri, 29 May 2009 09:21:00 EST<![CDATA[T-Mobile loses magenta suit against Telia, we try not to laugh]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/t-mobile-loses-magenta-suit-against-telia-we-try-not-to-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/t-mobile-loses-magenta-suit-against-telia-we-try-not-to-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/t-mobile-loses-magenta-suit-against-telia-we-try-not-to-laugh/#commentsWell, would you look at that -- our good friend Deutsche Telekom seems to have lost a lawsuit it filed against rival European wireless carrier Telia over its use of the color magenta in its logo. The Danish Eastern Regional High Court today ruled that Telia and DT don't compete directly in the Danish market and that Telia isn't using the same magenta shade, leading the court to overturn an injunction DT sought against Telia's use of the color. On top of that, the court further ruled that Deutsche Telekom has to fork over 1.5M kroner ($316,188) in court costs and attorneys' fees to Telia, which probably stings a little more than having to share a color. Of course, now that magenta is the People's Color, maybe DT should look into playing a little nicer, don't you think?

[Thanks, Andreas]

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T-Mobile loses magenta suit against Telia, we try not to laugh originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 May 2008 15:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>deutsche telekomDeutscheTelekomlawsuitlegalmagentamobilet mobilet-mobileteliatmobiletrademarktrademarksWed, 28 May 2008 15:17:00 EST<![CDATA[T-Mobile loses magenta suit against Telia, we try not to laugh]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/t-mobile-loses-magenta-suit-against-telia-we-try-not-to-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/t-mobile-loses-magenta-suit-against-telia-we-try-not-to-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/t-mobile-loses-magenta-suit-against-telia-we-try-not-to-laugh/#commentsWell, would you look at that -- our good friend Deutsche Telekom seems to have lost a lawsuit it filed against rival European wireless carrier Telia over its use of the color magenta in its logo. The Danish Eastern Regional High Court today ruled that Telia and DT don't compete directly in the Danish market and that Telia isn't using the same magenta shade, leading the court to overturn an injunction DT sought against Telia's use of the color. On top of that, the court further ruled that Deutsche Telekom has to fork over 1.5M kroner ($316,188) in court costs and attorneys' fees to Telia, which probably stings a little more than having to share a color. Of course, now that magenta is the People's Color, maybe DT should look into playing a little nicer, don't you think?

[Thanks, Andreas]

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T-Mobile loses magenta suit against Telia, we try not to laugh originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 May 2008 15:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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, Fitch, and GearBits! Also, myself and some other eds are in on the action.

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Painting the town magenta originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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, Fitch, and GearBits! Also, myself and some other eds are in on the action.

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Painting the town magenta originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>breaking newsBreakingNewsdeutsche telekomDeutscheTelekomlegalmagentaTue, 01 Apr 2008 12:31:00 EST<![CDATA[Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile demands Engadget Mobile discontinue using the color magenta]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/deutsche-telekom-t-mobile-demands-engadget-mobile-discontinue/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/deutsche-telekom-t-mobile-demands-engadget-mobile-discontinue/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/deutsche-telekom-t-mobile-demands-engadget-mobile-discontinue/#comments
So last week Deutsche Telekom, owners of the global T-Mobile brand, sent Engadget a late birthday present: a hand-delivered letter direct from their German legal department requesting the prompt discontinuation of the use of the color magenta on Engadget Mobile. Yep, seriously.

Granted, we get nastygrams from angry tech companies practically every day, but rarely regarding anything that's not some piece of news we published that they're livid about having out in the open. And irony of ironies, this whole use-of-magenta thing is precisely the topic we took up last year on behalf of DT.

We spoke with David Beigie, vice president of corporate communications for T-Mobile US, who offered: "As a trademark owner, from time to time Deutsche Telekom looks at usage that could lead to confusion in the marketplace. The letter sent by DT merely outlines these perspectives and is meant to simply open a dialogue. Engadget continues to pioneer forums for discussion of wireless industry developments and innovation. T-Mobile respects the role Engadget and its readers play in advancing dialog on these important topics."

So in the interest of that open dialog we've posted Deutsche Telekom's letter below, as well as a handy guide to allay any confusion should you suddenly find yourself disoriented and trying to buy your next SideKick or MDA from Engadget Mobile.

P.S. -Not an early April Fool's joke.

Update: We went magenta! More here.


 Deutsche Telekom
Engadget Mobile
Cellphone carrier Yep No
Distributor of telecom equipment Yep No
Likely to be mistaken for T-Mobile / Deutsch Telekom We certainly hope so
 No
Former state-owned monopoly Yep No
Has something against US 3G Apparently No
Has more than five friends Might not anymore
 Yep

Gallery: Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile demands Engadget Mobile discontinue using the color magenta

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Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile demands Engadget Mobile discontinue using the color magenta originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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