Xbox One crosses million sold mark in under 24 hours, ‘biggest launch in Xbox history’
Microsoft’s Xbox One launch has seen some bumps in the road but the company has announced it’s already sold more than a million consoles worldwide. Last week, Sony announced the PS4 sold more than one million units in the US and Canada in less tha…
Engadget’s 2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Smartphones
Welcome to Engadget’s holiday gift guide! Head back to our hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the month.
Who doesn’t want a new smartphone? Even if you love the handset in your pocket, there’s bound to be a newe…
PlayStation 4 or Xbox One: Which game console to buy this holiday
Today is the day: Xbox One is available in at least 13 territories. The PlayStation 4 launched last Friday to massive sales. The next-gen is officially on, having kicked off last year with Nintendo’s Wii U. Don’t believe us? We even reviewed all t…
Daily Roundup: Lumia 2520 review, Xbox One teardown, day one patch frustrations and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all ha…
SkyDrive gets camera backups on iOS, Facebook previews on the web (video)
Windows Phone owners have long had the option of backing up their photos to SkyDrive, but Microsoft hasn’t extended that courtesy to other platforms so far. The company must be feeling a little more generous today, as it just introduced automatic …
How the internet ruined game consoles
The time it took for my brother to get our new Super Nintendo out of the box and connected to our television couldn’t have been more than five minutes. I’m pretty sure we used the same coaxial cable connector that the NES before it used, though it…
Xbox One teardown reveals replaceable hard drive, off-the-shelf parts
The chip-obsessed gadget archaeologists at iFixit already have an Xbox One, and they’re already ripping it apart. Those monsters! While they’re not done dissecting and analyzing every single piece just yet, they’ve already found some interesting t…
ZTE Tania budget Windows Phone officially unveiled
Budget handset manufacturer ZTE has unveiled it first own branded device of 2012 with the oddly named ZTE Tania landing as the companys first foray into Windows Phone territory.Sticking with its business plan of making budget phones with specs beyond their means the ZTE Tania will land with an array of innards similar to a host of pre existing Windows Phone 7 handsets but with a considerably lower price tag.ZTE Tania SpecsAdopting the latest rendition of the Windows Phone operating system the WP 7.5 Mango powered Tania is to boast an impressive 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen with a price point leading 5-megapixel rear-mounted camera with LED flash.Expanding the handsets extensive list of features the Tania hosts the ability to act as a Wi-Fi hotspot, a feature that its leading Windows Phone competitor and smartphone great the Nokia Lumia 800 is unable to do.ZTE Tania Release DateWhilst the Chinese manufacturer has yet to announce an official ZTE Tania UK release date the company has revealed the device will be available for a little as £10 on contract with Virgin Mobile, Go Mobile and a leading specialist retailer to stock the device.Will a budget Windows Phone handset help kick the Microsoft made mobile OS to the next level? Let us know what you think via the comments box below
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HTC Radar review
Windows Phone 7 Mango is here and that means a selection of new smartphones to choose from. The new version of the OS is aimed at users who are either upgrading from the first batch of 2010 handsets, or moving over to the platform for the first time.
The HTC Radar is a pretty risk-free handset. It has not got the massive 4.7-inch screen of the HTC Titan, nor is it as small as the iPhone 4S. The question is, does the Radar have anything to offer an increasing sophisticated mobile phone audience? We’ve been using one, so let’s take a more detailed look.
Design
The Radar is designed to replace the HTC 7 Mozart and HTC 7 Trophy. It introduces a number of new features, while at the same time offering a mid-range entry point into the wonderful world of Windows Phone 7. While the Titan will impress high-end users, those early adopters that like to show off their gleaming phone at the first chance, the Radar is going to be a subtler offering, and the design reflects that.
Measuring 120 x 61.5 x 10.8mm and weighing 137 grams it is not the thinnest phone, the fattest phone, or even the sexiest phone. It comes in white and silver, or gun metal grey, and at first glance is similar in design to the company’s HTC Desire and Desire S handsets.
The 3.8-inch Super LCD screen has a resolution of 480 x 800, and it is this that occupies the majority of the phone’s front surface. You’ll find the three standard Windows Phone 7 buttons beneath it, as you will on any Windows Phone 7 device. Read more 
German designer Jil Sander launches Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone
We can’t think of technology much more stylish than the live tile interface of Windows Phone. No surprise then that uber minimal German designer Jil Sander has jumped on board the good ship Windows Phone 7.5 and launched a sleek little handset built by LG.
Sander is well known for her extremely simple and minimalist, almost Kraftwerk-like approach to fashion, not dissimilar really to the Windows Phone 7 UI.
She also has a signature blue stripe which she likes to slap on her designs, which is featured here in her Windows Phone handset.
The decision to include up-to-date specs like Mango and a decent 1GHz processor is unusual for “fashion phones”; previous companies like Prada have tended to go more for looks rather than cutting edge technology.
Windows Phone is nothing without a juicy sweet display for all that live tile excitement, which the Jil Sander phone appears to have. It boasts a 3.8-inch 800 x 480 display, which whilst not quite AMOLED or IPS is decent enough.
On the back is a 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash and is capable of shooting 720p video. In the box you get a rather swish looking pouch for the handset as well as a “premium wired headset” with blue earbuds.
There is a bundled Jil Sander app included with the phone that allows you to do things like shop and locate stores as well as browse clothing collections.
The Jil Sander LG handset will go on sale in Germany, Austria, Italy, France and the UK from 7 October
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