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CRTC blocks Canada's WIND from launching over ownership concerns {Engadget Mobile}
Oct 30th 2009 10:18AM Seeing the 3-year contracts and inflated monthly plans our northern neighbors have to deal with, I think a lot of them wouldn't mind even if it turned out this company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Al Qaeda... as long as it shakes things up in the industry...
Google adds free turn-by-turn navigation, car dock UI to Android 2.0 (video) {Engadget}
Oct 28th 2009 10:21AM Uh, it's an open device. Verizon can't do anything about it... they'd be in breach of contract with Google. They demo'd it on a Droid for a reason.
In other news, Garmin stock down 7%...
Motorola Droid ads invading mailboxes, too? {Engadget}
Oct 20th 2009 11:07PM They're trying to convey that this is two steps ahead from what you're currently using, rather than one. It's awkwardly worded, but I'm sure the twelve marketing drones who thought of this at a "creative meeting" (oxymoron) just LOVED it.
World's cutest pint-sized living room sets up shop in a PC case {Engadget}
Oct 12th 2009 1:44PM Honey, make sure you wipe your feet when you come in... and afterward, for the love of god, stay away from the wall!
Achtung, T-Mobile: if Project Dark is $50 unlimited, you're in trouble {Engadget Mobile}
Oct 12th 2009 10:09AM This predicted tsunami of customers rushing to T-Mobile kind of assumes its competitors would take the $50 price point lying down... it may take some time, but if churn just explodes at Sprint and elsewhere, I'd suspect they'll react in kind with their own plan.
Also, the other $50 carriers out there (Boost, MetroPCS, etc) are generally no-contract and sell phones with almost no subsidy; what I'm waiting to see here is whether T-Mobile will greatly reduce its phone subsidies themselves to make up for this lower monthly revenue. I'd be OK with paying $500 for a CLIQ or myTouch if it meant reducing my monthly bill by this much -- but I'm not sure the North American general public is ready for that model.
Samsung Intrepid intros Sprint to Windows Mobile 6.5 on October 11 {Engadget}
Oct 6th 2009 7:51PM If the GSM bit is unlocked, I could be tempted... maybe. Dual-band or Quad-band GSM?
MetroPCS and Virgin Mobile scrap over MetroFlash program {Engadget Mobile}
Oct 1st 2009 1:06AM Um, wha? Like we don't have tons of GSM phones with old logos on them bouncing about... like, oh, I don't know, a T-Mobile unlocked phone currently with a Vodafone SIM in it. (cough)
A customer using network A on a phone with network B's logo on it is a trademark violation on network A's part... If this ridiculous theory were to get enshrined into law, the GSM ramifications would be ridiculous. AT&T and T-Mobile would have to start somehow banning anyone using their SIM in a phone that's not "theirs", in case that phone happens to have another carrier's logo screened on it. Insane.
Hope the judge in this case doesn't have his head up his arse.
To proceed another five miles, TXT 'DESIGN FLAW' to your Reva electric car {Engadget}
Sep 9th 2009 9:11PM Most Li-Ion batteries are designed to only be used down to 50% of their capacity; any lower and you cause permanent damage to it. This is why many cell phones, even when their batteries are "dead", still boot up to the splash screen... and then shuts itself off to protect its battery.
I've wondered what that would mean in the EV world. I'm taking a wild guess this is one manufacturer's way of "unlocking" that part of the battery on demand -- causing a hassle for drivers to do it to prevent everyone from just flipping this switch on a frequent basis. I'd rather cause permanent damage to my battery than get stuck on a freeway -- though I'd only have my dumb arse to blame...
BlackBerry Storm 2 -- and its piezoelectric soul -- dissected at last {Engadget}
Aug 25th 2009 6:32PM Isn't this precisely the kind of little ignition source the Mythbusters tried to recreate but couldn't?
(In future news: All BlackBerry Storm 2 devices are now being recalled after 1337 reports of piezoelectric sparks triggering massive gas station fires across the continent!)
HP Pavilion Elite makes an offer you (probably) can't refuse: Blu-ray, Win 7, quad-core CPU for $650 {Engadget}
Aug 12th 2009 9:03PM Ross -- that coupon code had a limited amount of redemptions which has now been reached. I tried buying it an hour ago and was told it was invalid. Got the same result when I tried again just now.
(Rats.)
