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Google Voice can now manage your cellphone's voicemail (video) {Engadget}
Oct 27th 2009 10:13AM Same here, pretty lame. In the meantime I've left my Google Voicemail number in my Sprint voicemail answering message.
HTC Hero freed from generic box, called best Android device yet {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 16th 2009 4:49PM *cough*NEEDSMOREQWERTY*cough*
Hack: use Google Voice to add visual voicemail to your G1, Dream, or Magic {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 29th 2009 3:20PM On Sprint, this gets very expensive. I have a GV account and a Sprint Vogue (aka HTC Touch Gen1) and would love to keep my current phone number and use GV message handling/transcription. The problem is, Sprint wants to charge $0.20/minute for forwarding "forward when busy" and "forward when no answer". AFAIK there's no free method to send incoming calls to GV if you're with Sprint.
Since it hasn't been addressed in the article or in the comments yet, does AT&T charge a fee for forwarding these calls?
ContourHD helmet cam now shipping for aggro dads everywhere {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 4:58PM I never had that issue, because I mounted it to the gas tank with a clear shot through the windscreen. It's called a "helmet cam" mostly because it is wireless, so you can attach it to a helmet without being tethered to the bike. But there are many mounts (and, if you're a DIY'er, it's not hard to fabricate your own) for putting it elsewhere. I've seen people mount them to or near frame protectors, undertail (for the "chasing the rider" view), or even in one extreme case directly on top of the headlight fairing.
I am curious though, what flaw causes the image to capture the side of the helmet, other than where you place the unit? It might do that with certain helmet shapes, if the only 'flat' spot is too far back, but you can adjust where the camera is pointing.
ContourHD helmet cam now shipping for aggro dads everywhere {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 8:32AM This makes a great motorcycle cam too. The image could be a bit more stable, but I've used the previous version at Deal's Gap (Tail of the Dragon) and intend to try this one out this summer!
Nero LiquidTV / TiVo PC brings TiVo interface to the PC {Engadget}
Sep 29th 2008 2:51PM Right, that's the entire basis of my gripe. ;)
While I do prefer free and open source front-ends like XMBC, I'd have absolutely no problem purchasing one or more CableCards IF I could use them with my pre-existing system. I understand the DRM-related reasons why they only work with certified systems, but that restricts their usefulness to people who either don't already have an HTPC, or who don't mind scrapping their existing HTPC and are financially able to do so.
My point in a nutshell was given the fact that CableCard is the only way to record HD to a PC, "Liquid TV" doesn't do anything more, or better, than has been done before. It's just a fancy package for people who prefer these brands. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's not for me.
Nero LiquidTV / TiVo PC brings TiVo interface to the PC {Engadget}
Sep 29th 2008 2:46PM @Nate: I suppose that's an improvement. I'd still rather spend the money, if I had to, on the cards alone and use my own front end software. Considering two cablecards sell for ~$600 right now, that'd be the price point to meet or beat to make it worth buying a compatible system.
Nero LiquidTV / TiVo PC brings TiVo interface to the PC {Engadget}
Sep 29th 2008 3:15AM I know WMC supports multiple tuners. But it does NOT support recording HD content over cable unless you're using a CableCard. And you can't even add that to an existing computer. I don't know about you, but I don't feel like spending over $2k to purchase an entire sytem with one tuner, let alone significantly more money for multiple tuners, when I've already got a functioning HTPC. I'd happily spend the price of a CableCard or similar if I could throw it in my existing machine. How much do they go for now, ~$299? I stopped following them a while ago, but to be fair I'd pay about as much as a Tivo costs (sans annual fees) to be able to record HD content (which I'm already paying the cable company for) to my computer.
All of this is in addition to the fact that this Nero Liquid TV product most likely can't record HD over cable either, making it a more expensive solution to a problem that most have already worked out for almost no cost. Ebay a Hauppauge card and you're 90% of the way there.
Nero LiquidTV / TiVo PC brings TiVo interface to the PC {Engadget}
Sep 29th 2008 2:49AM Sorry, I don't like to double-post but it looks like my comment got cut off. The rest said,
"This isn't anything that can't already be done with any other ATSC tuner card, a transcoder like SUPER, and XBMC (the latter two components being FREE as in BEER."
You're basically paying $100 for the Nero label and $99, probably annually, for the Tivo interface. I don't like either company enough to drop that kind of coin in favor of free software that works well. Unless (see previous post)... HD recorded over cable. If this software supports multiple HD tuners that can be added to an existing PC, they've got a sale. I just don't find that likely.
Nero LiquidTV / TiVo PC brings TiVo interface to the PC {Engadget}
Sep 29th 2008 2:42AM No HDTV recorded from cable, no thanks. Wake me up when that happens. Torrents don't have an annual fee, and you can't really complain about them not being in real-time, since the point of Tivo is to watch shows... after they air.
