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Engadget's Black Friday giveaway, part six: win an HTC HD2! {Engadget}
Nov 27th 2009 4:24PM HD Goodness
Nokia N900 drops to $480 on Amazon {Engadget}
Nov 20th 2009 2:13PM @Ineed911
I can get better speeds on T-Mobile's EDGE now than on AT&T's 3G in my area... that's sad. AT&T's even pushed AMR-HR on 3G now... because of overcrowding vis-a-vis iPhone popularity. Wasn't 3G supposed to help with call quality??? I agree that AT&T's service has gone to the toilet, but I'd rather have decent price/month+decent 3G data service (even middle-of-nowhere Amarillo, TX has T-Mobile 3G).
Also, there's Stelera Broadband ISP which uses AWS for its 3GSM service, and a handful of other 3G-AWS committed regional carriers in the US that would like to have a piece of 3G-capable N-Series pie... Don't forget, many US regional carriers sell unlocked Nokia E- and N-Series phones (even with contract), so take that into account.
It's not just the national carriers that get to see this device.
Motorola Motus specs leaked, headed for AT&T? {Engadget}
Nov 20th 2009 1:11PM I’m thinking this is going to target Latin America, Canada, and Europe not AT&T...
If you look at the specs posted on Android and Me (which posted the story last night), there could also be T-Mobile and Euro-only variants in the works.
I'm thinking this is a HTC-sort of move (TouchPro[2], for example) with a spec sheet spanning multiple models, depending on market.
Nokia's Maemo 5-equipped N900 on sale in America for $649 {Engadget}
Nov 18th 2009 9:14PM @Ziv
There already is a Facebook widget for Maemo5/N900: http://maemo.nokia.com/maemo-select/applications/facebook-for-nokia
And, there's probably a bigger application/plugin (for chatting, etc) in the works somewhere.
This isn't the same type platform (it's actually a 4+ device platform if you include the older tablets) like the iPhone was around the time jailbreaking & Installer came out (that had a lot of programs that helped pave the way for the AppStore). Albeit, some of the old N7xx/N8x0 programs have to be recompiled, but a lot of the best ones already are (and some are even being touted as Nokia-supported) and the rest are only a couple steps away from being N900 usable. Plus, there's a lot of Linux/Debian support built in (or installable), so you can install programs like OpenOffice without too much effort (unlike Andriod, where all *nix apps have to be recompiled to work with it).
Nokia's Maemo 5-equipped N900 on sale in America for $649 {Engadget}
Nov 18th 2009 8:47PM It will, if you sign up for WIND or Dave Wireless when they debut in CA sometime in the next year.
Nokia's Maemo 5-equipped N900 on sale in America for $649 {Engadget}
Nov 18th 2009 8:36PM @ale
The first major software update is supposed to include portrait mode rotation (including the web browser). There's actually an internal build mentioned on the Maemo forums (and a couple youtube videos) that show it.
Fennec might also have portrait mode as well.
Video: iTunes 9 Home Sharing and iPhone app management {Engadget}
Sep 9th 2009 8:01PM I have Safari 4.0.3 on my Tiger (10.4.11) backup installation (just updated to it yesterday), so that is probably why Apple made sure that people knew that *iTunes* stated it required Leopard or later to work.
Video: iTunes 9 Home Sharing and iPhone app management {Engadget}
Sep 9th 2009 7:54PM There's been a Vista x64 version available since 7.6, and you can find workarounds for the Vista x64 version to work on XP/Server x64...
As for the Mac side, no there isn't a 64-bit version yet.
Sprint acquires Virgin Mobile USA for a cool $483m {Engadget}
Jul 28th 2009 1:39PM @Dave
Anyone can change a Boost iDen account to a CDMA account, getting EVDO capable data and unlimited everything for the same price, as long as you can find a 'Clear to be activated' Boost CDMA phone (or even a Sprint branded phone in certain cases).
No Wi-Fi on Your Phone? New MicroSD Card Changes That in a Flash {Switched.com}
Jul 26th 2009 7:49PM It probably won't work on a non-smartphone, since the device will need drivers installed (and already had SDIO compatibility) before the card's used for the first time. There's still a number of smartphone that don't have SDIO, so I doubt any 'dumbphone' will have SDIO capabilities. However, I wouldn't be surprised if most smartphone OS+Drivers can solve the "manage wifi selection" potential issue post-install.
Expansys has a MicroSDIO Wifi card that works on WM already (Spectec makes it and provides drivers for it). Maybe these new ones will have drivers for Blackberry and Symbian OS too.
