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Microsoft promises faster boot, longer battery life from Windows 7 {Download Squad}
Nov 6th 2008 3:56PM What's new? They always promise the world and then deliver a perfectly formed sphere of shit.
The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block's video games {Engadget}
Aug 24th 2008 6:30PM I want the stuff. I like stuff. Stuff good.
The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block's gadgets {Engadget}
Aug 22nd 2008 11:09PM I love lamp! I'd probably keep about 90% of it.
Palm Treo 800w review {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 24th 2008 6:05PM The 650 (and every Treo before and after that) had a 240x240 screen. The Mogul has a 320x240 screen.
Palm Treo 800w review {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 24th 2008 5:03PM @Marty:
The today screen doesn't show as much but since it has higher resolution you can turn the text down in PIE and see more information. I'm young and have good eye sight so I like it.
As far as the processor goes - with all the tweaks and extra RAM that the 800w has over the Mogul this phone feels 1000x faster. I have a ton of 3rd party apps installed already. If anybody can bog down a phone it's me. The real difference is the amount of RAM. I have never had to close an application because of lack of RAM.
The battery life isn't great. But, I work in an office with *almost* no reception. The *almost* makes it worse because it's constantly getting, then losing, signal all day. I can make it from 7:00AM-11:00PM without having to put it on the charger. That is with moderate use with all radios off except the phone. I'm going to get an extended battery when it's released (as long as it's a slim extended). Otherwise I'll just keep it on the charger during the day at work.
It isn't a perfect phone - but compared to the Mogul I'm very happy with it. It's actually the first smart phone I still liked after a week of use and I've had the Treo 700p, 700wx, Mogul, now 800w.
Oh and the speaker phone quality REALLY sucks. Pretty much unusable. Added to that suckiness - if you have WIFI on at the same time you are using the speaker phone there is even MORE static. The head set volume is okay but not as good as the Mogul.
Palm Treo 800w review {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 24th 2008 3:07PM I moved to the 800w from the Mogul and I couldn't be happier. The 320x320 screen shows more than the Moguls screen. The extra RAM and Palm tweaks make the 800w considerably faster. There is no text-input or screen lag like on the Mogul. Palm also included the video driver that makes scrolling and other interface features fast and smooth. There is a video floating around that shows the difference in scrolling speed in PIE between the Mogul and the 800w. The 800w was over twice as fast as the Mogul.
Overall, the phone is much more usable, stable, faster and smaller (feeling) than the Mogul and I'm VERY happy with this phone.
Knuckleheads - Time Waster {Download Squad}
May 26th 2008 10:55PM The only reason that game is hard at all is because the controls really suck. That doesn't make for a very good game.
Hands-on with Samsung's Instinct {Engadget Mobile}
May 5th 2008 9:31AM I have had Sprint for years while I lived in Omaha, Washington DC, and now Kansas City and I've traveled a ton. I've never had any problems with Sprint service - but I have had dropped calls from bad phones. The WX6800 (before the firmware upgrades) would drop calls all the time. I thought it was Sprint until I did a firmware update and now it never drops calls.
Their customer service is lacking - but it's getting better. I want an iPhone because I browse from my phone a lot but it isn't worth it to pay ~$50 more a month for AT&T vs. Sprint. 500 minutes, unlimited data for only $30 a month? How can you beat that?
What's an iPhone? 14.3m Windows Mobile phones sold in the past six months alone {Engadget}
Feb 11th 2008 3:14PM Another huge difference is that the iPhone is only on one carrier in each market. In the US they are with the worst carrier in the country.
WinMo has SEVERAL phones on each carrier in every market in the world. Little bit of difference.
I would love to see the % of market numbers. Meaning, what percentage of ATT customers in the US are going for the iPhone vs. WinMo phones.
Merry Christmas: win two round trip tickets on JetBlue + noise canceling headphones {Engadget}
Dec 29th 2007 5:41PM I want to go to Denver to see a friend I haven't seen enough in the last two years.
