Patents recently published by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (via Engadget) show Google successfully patented at least the ornamental design of its “Project Glass” augmented reality glasses unveiled last month. It does not look exactly like the prototypes shown off in the concept videos, nor the pair worn by Sergey Brin, but we [...]
Google patents design for Project Glass(es)
ShopAndroid Daily Giveaway #72: Griffin Stylus, Krusell Gaia Pouch & more
Today's ShopAndroid.com Daily Giveaway will feature the Griffin Stylus, Krusell Gaia Mobile Pouch, Mobi Crystal Case for LG Revolution, and the Case-Mate Barely There Case for Samsung Infuse 4G. Take a moment to check out our brief hands-on videos …
O2 UK rolls out 42Mbps DC-HSPA+ 3G, gives that new iPad fast data in Old Blighty
The UK might be champing at the bit for 4G auctions to finish and give the country a taste of sweet, sweet LTE, but O2 UK is at least offering a panacea with a launch of dual-carrier HSPA+ 3G, or DC-HSPA+ in less wordy form. The British carrier has s…
Google follows an email’s epic journey with ‘The Story of Send’ [Video]
Google released an animated video today that explores what happens to an email once the “send” button is clicked in Gmail. The cartoon visually depicts a digital message’s journey as it travels past servers, cables, hard drives, even underground pathways equipped with vampires, from a user’s inbox to another’s mobile device. The interactive timeline, dubbed [...]
Voyager Mobile endures ‘malicious network attack,’ delays launch to the ‘very near future’
Launch aborted. Wireless newbie Voyager Mobile has opted to delay its unveiling today to a “time and date in the very near future.” A mysterious “malicious network attack” is to blame for the interruption, though that appears to be the extent of the …
LG demonstrates Google TVs with motion controls, 3D tech
LG displayed its Google TVs at Internet Week New York yesterday, and Venture Beat met with the company’s Georg Rasinski, director of home electronics brand management, for a brief demonstration on the G2 Series. As showcased in the video above, the LG sets feature—among many things—a speedy dual-core CPU, motion control technology through the “Magic Remote,” [...]
Deal of the Day: Krusell ColorCover Case for Samsung Galaxy Note
The May 15 ShopAndroid.com Deal of the Day is the Krusell ColorCover Case for Samsung Galaxy Note. This Galaxy Note hard plastic cover in trendy colors brings style and fashion to your device. The cover has precise cutouts for all functions, is extrem…
The Holy Grail of TV: Dish’s automatic commercial skipping angers networks
Dish Network made no friends among the major television broadcasters last week, but it will likely pique the interest of tens of thousands of consumers in the coming weeks as news of its latest feature proliferates. Dubbed “Auto Hop,” Dish began rolling out a new commercial-skipping feature to owners of its multi-room digital video recorder, the Hopper. Currently compatible with recorded shows originally broadcast on ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX, Auto Hop skips commercials automatically when enabled, with no action required by the viewer. Groups of ads are replaced by a single black frame for separation, and then the Hopper will skip directly to the next segment of the program. “Viewers love to skip commercials,” Dish Network VP of Product Management Vivek Khemka
KDDI reveals its Summer 2012 collection: Android smartphones are still hot
It’s that time of the season again, as Japan’s mobile carriers unveil more alternate-universe models that we’ll probably never see elsewhere. Leading the pack is the final version of Fujitsu’s long-time-coming quad-core Android phone, arriving as the…
Sounder launches, we go hands-on (video)
We don’t know about you, but most of us Engadget editors live in a perpetual state of inbox insanity. Keeping on top of voicemails, text messages, emails, IMs, Twitter DMs, Facebook and Google+ messages — to name just a few — is a herculean yet una…
