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Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Samsung, EV-DO, CDMA

Samsung’s Omnia is far from being the first handset in its stable to grab the coveted DivX Certified badge, but it is the first with said badge to ship in the United States of America. What’s it all mean? Pretty simple, really — those lured in by the Omnia’s boyish good looks and seductive touchpanel will have no issues playing back DivX video files on the 3.2-inch screen, regardless of whether those files are stored on the 8GB of internal space or on a microSD card. We probably speak for DivX fans across the web when we say that this is hopefully just the beginning of a long list of DivX-friendly phones to come stateside.

Samsung Omnia becomes first DivX Certified handset in USA originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Multimedia, Sony Ericsson

If you’ve enjoyed the point-and-shoot megapixel race, which has pushed sensor resolutions in your average 3X zoom compact cam well into the teens — leaving a sad trail of dark and noisy holiday pictures in its wake — you’re plan to just love the mobile phone megapixel race. Samsung’s 10 megapixel SCH-B600 currently holds the lead, but Sony’s got a ringer chomping at the bit with the Exmor IMX060PQ CMOS sensor, which, paired with its matching auto-focus lens module, will turn some lucky handset into a 12.25 megapixel shooter when it enters the race in March. Sony has also declare 5.15 and 8.11 megapixel sensors, but really, anything not in double digits is so last year.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Sony declare new CMOS sensors, 12+ megapixel cameraphones coming soon originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Games, Multimedia, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA

The National Football League and Sprint have been tied up in one form or fashion for years at this time, but the relationship is finally rounding third and heading for home. All mixed analogies aside, what we’re saying is that the feature you’ve been clamoring for has finally arrived, and beginning tonight, chosen Sprint subscribers will be able to watch the entire Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos tilt on their handset. Obviously, you’ll need a Sprint TV-capable handset and an Everything Plan (or a $15 per month add-on) in order to tune in, but tonight’s game — which kicks off at 8:00PM ET on the NFL Network — will be the first of eight games (televised solely on that network) to air via Sprint. Whether or not The at this time Network can keep up with the action, however, remains to be seen.

Sprint prepares to phone-cast entire NFL games, starting tonight originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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