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Engadget's recession antidote: win a Nokia N85! {Engadget}
Mar 6th 2009 8:24PM I like this phone and would love to have one. Thanks, Engadget.
An Engadget adventure with TeleNav's G1 GPS software: hands-on, impressions, and video {Engadget}
Feb 13th 2009 8:18PM Telenav's use case for their software makes no sense; sell users access to maps and all kinds of information about places they probably know pretty well (near where they live) and then if they travel to an area they don't know as well (rural areas, rural freeways) where a GPS would really be useful and the user is out of luck since they have no OTA data connection.
I'll take a standalone $300 Garmin unit over this software for my phone any day. The Garmin may not be as convenient but at least I can be about 99.999% sure that if I can power it up I can get maps and info regardless of where I am. Oh yeah, and I hate the idea of paying monthly for software. Just let me buy the damn thing already and be done with it.
T-Mobile's BlackBerry Curve 8900 looking good for $149.99 {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 9th 2009 10:12PM Looks like something is amiss with this display. In the UPGRADES section (right side) the pricing seems to indicate that if you upgrade for two years it will cost you $299 but if you only upgrade for one year the phone is free. If that's the case T-Mo is really sticking it to customers for signing on long-term. I'm guessing there is a mistake here.
Engadget Mobile celebrates the holidays with a Nokia N81 giveaway! {Engadget Mobile}
Dec 26th 2008 1:04PM Merry Christmas to all, and to me a new phone ;-)
i-mate's rumored "Hummer" -- for when you absolutely, positively don't care what it looks like {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 9th 2008 9:10PM It's too bad that all phones aren't rugged, e.g. are waterproof, have a case and screen that can't be easily scratched and can take a drop from ear height and still function. Seems like BS that you pay $300 for an iPhone or $700 for an N96 and you can pretty much brick them by dropping them on the sidewalk or spilling your drink on them. Given that most people take their phones everywhere I would think manufacturers would see ruggedness as a competitive advantage, not a niche market just for construction workers.
Win a Lexmark X7675 wireless printer and two cartridges {Engadget}
Aug 28th 2008 12:07AM I love Engadget, and I also love free stuff :-)
The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block's gadgets {Engadget}
Aug 22nd 2008 8:40PM I'd like to get in on some of this. I'm sure whatever I don't want I could get rid of at work. Whenever someone puts out some leftover doughnuts from a meeting they are gone in about 2 minutes, so I'm sure people would be all over free electronics :-)
John
Lotus Concept Ice Vehicle promises to aid arctic expeditions, Thunderbirds missions {Engadget}
Aug 13th 2008 10:04PM Looks cool, and it appears to be powered by a BMW R259 air-cooled, fuel injected motorcycle engine. Very reliable engine and parts are easy to come by at any BMW Motorcycle shop. Hopefully this thing won't suffer from the final drive issues that have plagued BMW's bikes ;-)
John
Motorola i365 is rugged, unapologetically ugly {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 12th 2008 2:12AM It is too bad Moto hasn't been able to migrate some of the iDen ruggedness features over to their mainstream consumer phones. I know many people who have damaged or ruined phones from dropping them in water, being out in the rain too long or dropping them on the ground too many times. It seems like a semi-rugged phone would offer a good marketing angle for Moto to position itself. Current phones fall into two categories: rugged or very very fragile. It would be nice to be able to buy a phone that could be out in the rain or be dropped a few times without breaking, especially when said phone costs several hundred dollars.
iPhone 3G from AT&T: unlimited data for $30 {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 9th 2008 9:42PM I imagine that AT&T will encounter issues from the "mom and pop" type, non-techie buyers who pony up for the $30 for unlimited 3G data then discover that AT&T's definition of "unlimited" is not quite what it seems. Kind of like when soccer moms went overseas with their 1-gen iPhones and forgot to turn off EDGE roaming and came home to giant bills.
If Apple wants to sell iPhones to everyone they will need to push carriers to be more flexible on pricing and plans. Carriers will need to understand they can make more money by selling to everyone, rather than nickle and diming some people.
On the other hand I remember Apple saying that they wanted to change the paradigm of how carriers and manufacturers sell phones. But now they are just another manufacturer of commodity cell phones, they pump out models and carriers offer them on subsidy in return for 2 year contracts. Oh well, adapt or perish, right Jobso?
John
