Cowon D3 firmware update brings Android 2.3, now treats your fingers as well as your ears

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/13/cowon-d3-firmware-update-brings-android-2-3-now-treats-your-fin/

Hey there, high roller. If you splurged on Cowon's beautiful, profoundly expensive D3 Plenue, you've probably wondered when you'd get an upgrade from Android 2.1. Well, that day is today, as the company's released an updated, Gingerbread-based firmware. The new code adds some miscellaneous new features - a sleep timer for the music app, some more music search options, and VoIP - and ought to improve system stability. It also promises better touch responsiveness, which we hope alleviates the sluggishness that made the little PMP so difficult to use. If similar frustration with your D3 rendered it an elegant paperweight, glide over to the source link to see if the update soothes your pain.

[Thanks, Stefan]

Cowon D3 firmware update brings Android 2.3, now treats your fingers as well as your ears originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pandora ditches Flash, opens up the HTML5 box for redesign

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/13/pandora-ditches-flash-opens-up-the-html5-box/

Looks like Adobe has lost yet another ally to the silky smooth allure of HTML5. Internet radio service Pandora has traded in the once ubiquitous Flash for the increasingly adopted web standard, citing, among other things, the ability to lop precious seconds off the site's load time. The upgrade is part of a major redesign for the service, said to have been inspired by the company's own iPad app. The old features are largely intact, but many, like Twitter and Facebook integration, have been revamped. The update will be rolled out to Pandora One subscribers soon, in something of a limited testing mode, with other users following later. Those with browsers that aren't fully HTML5-friendly will still be able to access Flash features as backup.

Pandora ditches Flash, opens up the HTML5 box for redesign originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony S1 and S2 hands-on

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/13/sony-s1-and-s2-hands-on/

Now that Sony has spilled the carrier-exclusive beans on at least one of its tablets, the S2 clamshell, the company kindly gave us a chance to get some long-awaited hands-on time with both it and its sibling, the S1 slate. And at time when it feels like we handle a new Honeycomb Android tablet every other day, these at least usher in some pretty unusual form factors. On the one hand, you've got the S1, a 9.4-inch number whose rounded wedge profile was designed to mimic a folded magazine. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there's the S2, which opens to reveal twin 5.5-inch displays -- all the more of a novelty since we've barely seen Android 3.0 running on devices that don't have 10-inch displays. Alas, we only had a few minutes to poke around, and in particular we would have loved to spend more time sinking our teeth into Sony's spin on Honeycomb. For now, though, enjoy those close-up shots below and head on past the break for some early impressions.

Gallery: Sony S1 hands-on!

Gallery: Sony S2 hands-on!

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Sony S1 and S2 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Spam Filtering Now Works for Your Phone [Google Voice]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5820476/google-spam-filtering-now-works-for-your-phone

Google spam filters have been a godsend to my inbox, eliminating the 500 or so unwanted emails I receive per day before they ever sully my inbox. Now, Google's doing the same to telemarketers.

The new "Report Spam" button in Google Voice does exactly what the "Report Spam" button does in Gmail— it keeps the riff-raff out of your inbox. Using both their own filtering algorithms and users' feedback, Google Voice now automatically intercepts and redirects known bunk numbers directly to the spam folder— that means no more unsolicited calls, voicemail or texts.

To activate this feature, simply go to the Calls tab in Google Voice settings and select Global Spam Filtering. And, just like Gmail, messages incorrectly tagged as spam can easily be corrected with the "Not Spam" button. [via Google Voice Blog]

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The TouchPad 4G Is Faster in Every Way [Tablets]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5820500/the-touchpad-4g-is-faster-in-every-way

The TouchPad 4G is just like the TouchPad I wanted to love so badly—but it's got a faster 1.5GHz processor and it's on AT&T's sorta-4G network (with GPS powers too).

No word on pricing—or availability, though I'd guess "soon"—but for the love of god, avoid the two-year contract on this and every other tablet, people. [Palm]

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