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So we’re aware of a few Motorola codenames right at this time: Sholes Tablet, Motus, Zeppelin. One we haven’t heard, though, is Titanium — so when we found a so-labeled device in the FCC today, our interest was particularly piqued. Everything about this device (whatever it is) leads us to believe that it’s destined for either Sprint or Verizon thanks to EV-DO Rev. A, and it’s more than likely an Android-powered smartphone since it’s got WiFi and Moto isn’t Makemuch in the way of WinMo phones these days. Any clever ideas, conspiracies, or debunks?

Motorola Titanium: what is it? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

We don’t really recommend trying this yourself if you like “using” your Droid for performing “tasks,” but if you’re the 1337 type or you’re just looking for a quick, easy, and fun way to brick a perfectly good Eclair device, you might want to take a look at this ported ROM that’s just hit the streets. What we’re looking at in this place is an early, half-baked conversion of that leaked Hero ROM with Sense and Android 2.1, apparently with functional messaging and calling (whew) but without a working WiFi stack. If nothing else, this is a good start for the community; hopefully we’ll see something a little more solid soon that can actually be used day to day without an iron will and a brass pair.

HTC Hero’s Android 2.1 ROM hacked onto Droid with all sorts of busted originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

LG’s Arena was one of the more important non-smartphone handsets of 2009, if for no other reason than the fact that it introduced the world to LG’s latest standard user experience, S-Class. Of course, it was introduced all the way back in February — a lifetime by mobile standards — which means that it’s about time to re-up with a shiny replacement. It sounds like that might come in the form of an “Arena Max” model, thanks to a fresh certification in the Wi-Fi Alliance’s database pointing to an LU9400 model going by that name. Specs are anyone’s guess at this point, but we can probably expect a big, stonking camera, a full-touch UI, and — you guessed it — WiFi.

LG Arena Max gets WiFi certification, sounds way more extreme than Arena originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.