Two in one week — Two leaked Chinese Motorola phones with Android and transparent MOTOMING-like flip covers, that is. However, this one’s a little more exciting. Dubbed the Moto MT820, this sleek handset’s got a full leaked gallery of nice, clear images courtesy Chinese forum HiAPK, and word has it this might be the first device to make use of the dual-screen 3D patent Motorola applied for early this month. Actual facts are a little more scarce, though spy shots show a front-facing camera, physical home, power, volume and camera buttons, and a microSD slot hidden inside the back cover. Oh, and that spiral G3 logo? That means this particular device is destined for China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network. See all the spicy pics at our more coverage link.

Mysterious Motorola MT820 poses for a long, leisurely spy shoot originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ben Patterson – Looks like the cops are turning up the heat in their investigation of how Apple’s top-secret iPhone prototype ended up in the hands of Gizmodo, with San Mateo police — armed with a search warrant — breaking into the house of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen on Friday night to seize four of his computers, among other items.

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Student’s Windows-based media center brings our own slacker childhoods into perspective originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AP – Texas Instruments Inc.’s first-quarter profit leaped, reflecting the chip maker’s improved results in all its product lines, and the company offered an outlook better than what industry analysts were expecting.

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The backstory of the lost fourth-gen iPhone prototype acquired by Gizmodo last week is certainly already the stuff of some legend, but hold on tight, because it just got even wilder: Giz editor Jason Chen’s house was apparently raided by California’s REACT computer crimes task force under the authority of a search warrant on Friday night and his computers and several other items were seized. That means a criminal investigation led by the San Mateo police and district attorney is almost certainly in full swing, which is, well, crazy. As you know, we published images of the iPhone prototype last Saturday, so we’re tracking this story as closely as we know all of you are. For now hang tight and we’ll share more info as we get it.

Update: TechCrunch reports that the investigation is on hold for now following claims by Gawker that Chen should be protected under California’s Shield Laws, meant to help protect journalists from revealing sources. The District Attorney will reportedly reevaluate whether those laws do apply, and as such will not go through the seized possessions until a decision’s been reached in the coming days.

Police investigating lost iPhone prototype raid Gizmodo editor’s home originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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