Sammy’s not a phone, not yet a tablet Galaxy Note has been stirring up its own excitement pre-CES, with certain accessory partners inadvertently slipping news of an AT&T bow. While we’ve just gotten confirmation that its US debut will indeed pan out, it appears our neighbors to the north might also be getting their maple-soaked mitts on this stylus-equipped monster. As you can see in the Android Market screenshot above, an unlocked version of the handset is denoted (hardy har!) as the Bell Samsung GT-N7000. Does this herald an impending device announcement for the network? Hard to tell, as it could all very well just be a simple system error. But with the recent expansion of that Canadian carrier’s 4G footprint, the Note would undoubtedly make for a very attractive LTE lure.

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Samsung Galaxy Note to ring Canada’s Bell? The Android Market says so originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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OTA Honeycomb update rolling out to wealthy HTC Flyer owners originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’re among the teeming masses holding a brand new iPhone 4S in your hands, you may be surprised (as we were) to find there’s something conspicuously absent from the Network Settings menu on your new device: specifically the ability to manually shut off 3G data. After receiving word, and a screenshot, from a helpful tipster, rocking a 4S on Vodafone’s network, we found the same option missing from our own AT&T iteration. Of course this isn’t the sort of thing that’s likely to have an impact on most users, but if you’re the type that likes to squeeze every last bit of juice out of that Apple, the omission could cause some frustration. We gave Apple support a call to see what they had to say, and were told AppleCare has no official response on the matter. If you’re lamenting the loss of the 3G flip-switch sound off in the comments below.

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iPhone 4S lacks “Enable 3G” switch originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Could it be? Are the rumors true? If this screenshot, apparently culled from Radio Shack’s inventory system, is any indication, Sprint will indeed be among the carriers offering the iPhone 5. That lines up just right with previous reports from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, slating the phone to hit the Now Network in mid-October. There’s no indication of actual dates at this point, but if Sprint’s getting Apple’s next-gen iPhone, we’re guessing we’ll hear more about it on Tuesday.

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Radio Shack inventory screen pegs iPhone 5 for Sprint originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This one comes with a health warning: even if the leaked screenshot above is legit, it’s easy to over-interpret. Nevertheless, it purports to show the account setup page from Blackberry Tablet OS 2.0 and it distinctly lacks any option to sync with Blackberry Enterprise Server or Internet Service. Instead, you’re able to configure Exchange/Active Sync, IMAP, POP, CalDAV and CardDAV accounts, which suggests that RIM is switching to the same integrated email, contacts and calendar solutions as everyone else. Of course, it could be that the BES/BIS simply isn’t enabled on this particular device, or that it’ll be added in a later version of the OS. Then again, we can’t help but recall those Colt rumors which also hinted that RIM’s in-house service would be incompatible with QNX.

Another juicy tidbit: a second screen shot after the break reveals a green robot icon in the far left. So, even if it Android integration has been delayed, at least it hasn’t been forgotten.

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Playbook OS version 2.0 leaked: is RIM really sacking BES? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Updated. Hulu’s Facebook Connect integration apparently isn’t going as planned. The ability to log in is offline as of this writing, with many people reporting issues with the sign-in option earlier today. According to some, those issues led some users to be signed in to other people’s Hulu accounts, exposing their user account data in the process.

For instance, one reader explained his experience by email:

“First time I tried it was accessing my correct facebook [sic] profile, but I didn’t want it to put my last name on my hulu [sic] account and update my profile pic, so I hit cancel. When I was navigated back to hulu’s home page, I was logged in under Eddie T.’s account. I went to his profile and as soon as I realized I was seeing his personal info, I shut the browser (as I hoped someone do if they found themself in my account!)”

The reader didn’t take a screenshot then, but he tried logging in a third, at which point, he was offered the option of merging his Hulu account with the Facebook account of someone named Alexandria. That’s when he snapped this screenshot:

It’s issues like these that have apparently prompted Hulu to discontinue Facebook Connect for the time being, while it sorts the whole thing out. We’ve tried to log in through Facebook Connect on multiple browsers with little success.

We’ve reached out to Hulu, and will update this post when we get an official comment back.

Update: Mike Flacy at Audio Video Revolution has a detailed report — and screenshots! — of his experience logged in as a Hulu employee using Facebook Connect.

Update #2: Hulu has issued a public response to the Facebook Connect issue in the form of a blog post. In it, Hulu VP of Platform Technology Richard Tom notes that the disruption wasn’t caused by hacking, third-party actions or by Facebook Connect, but was due to a configuration error on Hulu’s part. Tom also noted that no one accessed Hulu systems or “highly sensitive user information such as passwords or credit card numbers.” Once the issue is fully addressed, Hulu will try rolling out Facebook Connect again, but in the meantime, it has shut down Facebook Connect capabilities and is requiring all users to log back in with their Hulu info.

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