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Voice search comes to Google Maps for BlackBerry devices {Engadget}
Jul 3rd 2008 9:53AM This does not work for Blackberry 8320. Why? It should work just as it does on the 81xx series.
Yahoo! oneSearch has a voice search feature that works just fine on my T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8320.
Mischievous teen arrested for turning camera into taser {Engadget}
Apr 4th 2008 11:32AM We did this in school, before the internet, and back then it wasn't considered a "taser." It was considered ingenuity, a knack for electronics, and a mind for tinkering. Today people are just too damn uptight!
XM / Sirius merger approved! {Engadget}
Mar 24th 2008 5:12PM Prediction:
Price increase, tiered service, consolidation of channel selection, minimum contract terms, early termination penalty, lesser selection of equipment, lower quality programming, premium content pricing, BS service fees and "fcc recovery charges", more advertising, higher internet listening prices, no more paid-for-a-full-year inclusion with new vehicle, lack of innovation (including scrapped proposals for things like sirius' promised tv service)
Oh, and outrageous activation fees; $35 and up.
Vista SP1 officially released {Engadget}
Mar 18th 2008 4:26PM I was joking because people always ask that question, especially at places like the woot.com forum. :-)
Vista SP1 officially released {Engadget}
Mar 18th 2008 12:33PM Will this work on a Mac?
More on Blogs, The Long Tail and Following vs Leading {Blog Maverick}
Mar 17th 2008 11:58PM A weblog is exactly that - somebody's log on the web. Call it a journal, a diary, a daily entry. Call it whatever you want, just don't group them all together and say "a blog is a blog is a blog."
If you can't figure out that today's interconnected world has talent in all corners, across all mediums, then you just don't get it - like the early naysayers who mocked the internet as a modern-day "cb radio." My point is that we all have room to contribute now, we're not constrained by bandwidth or channels or timeslots. Like your TV station.
Instead of realizing that viewers finally get to choose what content is worthwhile (hence blogs that become popular), Mark Cuban would rather us trust the men in suits at the media companies. But not all of them - just the old timers who think bloggers are a bunch of amateurs.
Blogging and Newspapers, a Lesson in How Not to Brand and Market {Blog Maverick}
Mar 17th 2008 5:12PM RealTimeMaverick.com? Right.
Blogs are a medium, just like television, print, magazine, bulletin board.
You're backpedaling, Mark, and it's embarassing. Just admit that you shouldn't have made a blanket ban on blogging simply because most bloggers today are amateurs. There's nothing wrong with journalists using the weblog format.
I'm sure newspapers laughed at the idea of television news just like television laughed at the internet.
You sound so behind the times. You just don't get it, like those guys didn't get Broadcast.com when they asked you how many CD players you had.
Apple launches 802.11n Airport Express right on cue {Engadget}
Mar 17th 2008 2:47PM Will this work with a Mac?
Virtuity's Backstopp destroys data if laptop leaves DMZ {Engadget}
Feb 20th 2008 7:44AM C'mon already with the "lappies" baby talk. Is your desktop a deskie? Is your mouse a mousey? You're not even saving a syllable.
T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home Talk Forever: same service, lower price {Engadget}
Feb 12th 2008 9:48AM Here is a clarification for those who are still confused:
You can use any of T-Mobile's UMA-capable phones to make/receive voice calls over any Wi-Fi connection. If you pay for their "Hotspot@Home" feature (now $9.99 again) then those calls become free. Adding the feature simply affects the way it is billed; without it you still have the capability to make/receive voice calls over Wi-Fi but minutes are billed exactly as a cellular call would be. So, using this technology, you can use your cell phone in a complete cellular dead spot as long as you have Wi-Fi. It was useful this last weekend when I was skiing in Vermont and nobody else's phone worked at the cabin (which did have Wi-Fi)
You can also use this out of the country - it actually places your phone on the US phone network no matter where you are.
UMA never required a special T-Mobile router, but T-Mobile does sell their own routers that are guaranteed to work with the service. They have offered a $50 rebate on a $50 router.
UMA-compatible phones are found on T-Mobile's web site if you narrow down the list of phones to those with the "Hotspot@Home" feature. There are two or three feature phones in addition to the BlackBerry Curve 8320 (which I own and love).
T-Mobile Hotspot and T-Mobile Hotspot@Home are two entirely different services. You can use any UMA-capable phone at any T-Mobile Hotspot, though, without any extra signup or subscription.
This latest announcement is regarding new routers that T-Mobile will offer. These new routers have added SIM slots and phone jacks. This means that you can now use a regular corded/cordless telephone for UMA. Just like Vonage or some other VoIP offering. I don't know how it will combine with their current offering. Maybe they'll let your mobile # ring over to a cordless phone. Maybe they'll let any T-Mobile cellular subscriber port their home phone over to use this router. Maybe it'll be completely seperate. Who knows?
