LG Optimus Vu officially revealed ahead of MWC with stylus, 1.5GHz CPU

Similar to its pre-CES reveals, LG just couldn’t wait for Mobile World Congress to get underway on the 27th to show off its new Optimus Vu handset. These new pics offer a much clearer look at its odd 4×3 aspect ratio, 1024×768 res, stylus-friendly 5-inch display, while the official specs confirm the

Cartoon: Either Stand With Us or With Those Internet Geeks

It was just over a week ago that the Canadian government was preparing to table its new Internet surveillance legislation.

For the Conservatives, it was supposed to be a very good week. Tough posturing on crime has been a vote-winner for them in the past, and the only people who care about civil liberties

Sony PS Vita 3G Hands-on

It’s time we got our hands on the PlayStation Vita 3G, also known as the PS Vita as it’s released this month in the United States and the UK. In addition to the UK release which will be handled starting with the UK Sony PS Vita 3G hands-on by Chris Davies, we’ll be taking a

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 flexes its imaging muscle (video)

While we already know that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 will offer a quad-core variant, incorporate LTE and use a 28nm manufacturing process, the company posted an article to its media blog ahead of Mobile World Congress showcasing the new features provided by the chipset’s Image Signal Processor. You’re

Ask Engadget: Best expedition planning software?

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Martin, who’s planning an expedition and wants something more sophisticated than a cork-board to manage it. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry

GoodRx Grabs $1M+ From SV Angel, Founders Fund & More To Help You Find Cheap Prescription Drugs

Like many other services, goods, and commodities, prescription drug prices can vary widely depending on location and what particular vendor is offering them. Launching last September at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco was GoodRx, a service that’s aiming to bring some transparency back to prescription

Georgia Tech researchers turn an iPhone into a Braille writer with BrailleTouch app

It wasn’t all that long ago that we saw a student turn a tablet into a Braille writer, and now some researchers from Georgia Tech have done the same thing for smaller touchscreens, too. The Yellow Jackets produced a prototype app, called BrailleTouch, that has six keys to input letters using the Braille

Facebook hacker gets 8 months in prison

A 26-year-old student has been given a prison sentence for doing the same thing to Facebook that helped inspire Facebook in the first place. The man, Glenn Mangham, was accused of hacking into Facebook’s online servers numerous times in 2011. He was arrested on the charges in June and had to face

Engadget Mobile Podcast 126 – 12.18.2012

Some weeks, there are descriptive themes we can ascribe to the Engadget Mobile Podcast in retrospect. This isn’t one of those weeks. We are simply all over the place: good phones, bad phones, fat phones, skinny phones, phablets, spectra, lions, leaks, rumors, lies, and videotape. So just kick back with

Sony’s Four-Screen Strategy Needs Vita OS

Changes are afoot at Sony: new CEO, new PS Vita on the market, and a new opportunity to demonstrate the company can deliver on its “four-screen” strategy of convergence. Until now, that strategy has been a vague ambition to sell users a Sony TV, phone, tablet and PC. Now, though, with the