We're not sure if this is a regional variation or a last-minute global decision, but a device known as the "Yizo" from Sony Ericsson has recently garnered the FCC's blessing -- and it looks suspiciously like the Yendo that was announced back in June. Of course, it's not unusual for Sony Ericsson to create both Walkman- and non-Walkman-branded versions of essentially the same device, but in this case, they both bear the trademark Walkman logo in their lower right corner and seem to be identical in every notable way, making this something of a non-Android remix of the X10 mini with a music slant. Interestingly, SE's got product pages up for both devices, and they're definitely showing the same phone, at least from the front -- though the Yizo's page seems to be a little screwed up, suggesting they might still be in the process of making the transition over from the Yendo name. More on this one as it develops.

Sony Ericsson Yendo renamed Yizo? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The first customer-facing fruit of the blockbuster Orange / T-Mobile merger over in Old Blighty becomes available next month, allowing customers of both carriers to roam on whichever network offers the best signal in their location. That's just the first change, though -- the combined venture, Everything Everywhere, is already touting mid-call automatic network switching and "enhanced data and internet coverage" that'll be coming next year. Together, Everything Everywhere accounts for around 30 million subscribers, which means there should be plenty of people enjoying the improved coverage -- at the cost of some amount of competition, of course.

Orange, T-Mobile UK start sharing networks on October 5 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, it looks like the mystery of Nokia's Symbian^3 slider may soon be solved -- Reuters is reporting that the company will introduce its new "flagship" E7 smartphone at its Nokia World event in London next week, and it says that the device will pack both a "large" touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard. That's further backed up by the existence of an XML file on Nokia's own site, which seemingly confirms that the E7 does indeed run Symbian^3, and that it boasts a 640 x 360 display along with that QWERTY keyboard. Not much more than that at the moment, but those previous leaks suggest that we're basically looking at a slider version of the Nokia N8.

[Thanks, Wes]

Nokia said to be launching E7 smartphone next week originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Along with Quickoffice, DataViz's Documents To Go is one of the longstanding stalwarts of the mobile document editing game, stretching back into Windows CE's early days and beyond -- but the future of the company's direction is in question on news that it's apparently been snapped up by RIM in a deal valued around $50 million. Nothing official's been said at this point, but the evidence is growing, most notably the fact that a number of DataViz employees on LinkedIn have updated their profiles to indicate that they're now employed by Waterloo. If you're the conspiracy theory type, you might appreciate this little morsel: DataViz recently blamed its cancellation of the WebOS version of Documents To Go on shifting business needs after a delay brought on by SDK issues, but a far more likely explanation would be that RIM isn't really interested in producing versions of Documents To Go for competing platforms going forward. Windows Phone, Android, and iOS users: we sense trouble.

DataViz quietly acquired by RIM for $50M? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Carl Zeiss keeps on making minor improvements to its Cinemizer head-mounted display, announced way back in 2008 and intended to be the most amazing way to watch stuff on your iPod. They didn't exactly catch on then, and two years later we're not entirely sure that the latest revision will either. The tiny screens that sit a fraction of an inch from your eyeballs have been upgraded to OLED, which should make them bright and lovely as they pummel your rods and cones, but sadly they're still stuck in VGA land -- 640 x 480 is not a lot of pixels these days. This version also pledges greater compatibility with non-Apple devices, a welcome change, and even more welcome is the new visual styling, which makes you look a little less walleyed than the last model. Despite this the price hasn't changed much, estimated to be around €400 ($515), but that's still a lot to pay just to have the coolest Frozone costume ever.

Carl Zeiss Cinemizer 3D Plus glasses get OLED infusion, still no attention originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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