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Kindle 2.3 software update available, generation 1 owners need not apply {Engadget}
Nov 25th 2009 1:06PM The update also includes a manual "screen rotate" option... which effectively makes the Kindle 2 screen the same width as the DX (for easy PDF reading w/ vertical scrolling).
AT&T responds to Verizon's 3G ad campaign -- by bragging about EDGE {Engadget}
Nov 13th 2009 1:27PM As an iPhone owner, I approve of this post.
Also, the Land of Misfit Toys commercial had me laughing so hard I cried - then I wrote Santa a letter asking for better AT&T coverage (currently I can't maintain conversation at home OR work for more than a couple minutes without a seemingly random dropout - and I'm not even moving but SITTING THERE).
I love how the phone can just sit on my desk all day and go from 4 bars to 2 bars to No Service and back like magic. *sigh*
Emotiv EPOC human-computer interface supposedly on track to ship next month {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 3:37PM I've been using the OCZ NIA (Neural Impulse Actuator) for a couple years now and it already does all this - and very well, I might add. Once you get the hang of it (takes about a month of regular use), using it to do stuff like issue commands in R6:Vegas, Arma2, and Operation Flashpoint:Dragon Rising kicks copious amounts of ass.
Verizon confirms DROID tethering cost, will ask subscribers to double-down on their data plan {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2009 4:02PM Pretty much this.
Verizon confirms DROID tethering cost, will ask subscribers to double-down on their data plan {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2009 4:01PM Um... yeah, you can count me out. I haven't had to pay for tethering in the past and I'm not going to start now.
Man, between this and the new ETF policy, Verizon is getting GREEDY. And I thought AT&T was bad. Turns out they're maybe not so bad after all.
Apple 'Grab & Go' sync patent application features... Engadget {Engadget}
Nov 5th 2009 5:57PM Being able to store/download/access files from my iPhone (ie: an accessible file system of any kind) is one of my 3 remaining complaints against the iPhone. In all, the complaints are now:
1. TETHERING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (yes, AT&T is at fault - but I don't care).
2. Adobe Flash (as a web developer, I LOATHE Flash - but I still want it on my damn phone).
3. Native file system/ability to copy files onto/off of the phone via USB and even view some (documents, etc).
I use AirSharing Pro for #3 currently, but native support would be nice.
Oh, and some of that free Google Navigation action too, please. TomTom can go fuck themselves in their greedy, sandy assholes.
Motorola DROID's built-in apps don't have multitouch support, third-party stuff is another story {Engadget}
Nov 4th 2009 12:03PM iDon't have multitouch.
iPhone DOES.
That... is called irony.
Oh well, all these smartphones always seem to miss something important - but no multitouch? That's sort of a major oversight. I was sort of intrigued by the DROID, too. *sigh*
Although with Verizon's new doubled ETF BS, I wouldn't consider buying a smartphone on their network for an instant. Damn shame. :-/
Google adds free turn-by-turn navigation, car dock UI to Android 2.0 (video) {Engadget}
Oct 28th 2009 5:45PM THANK YOU GOOGLE! I love that Google is single-handedly saving capitalism by forcing greedy bastards like TomTom and Garmin to rethink their economic strategies. When the only difference between a $100 GPS and a $500GPS is a few bits of data disabling features in the cheaper unit... then there's a problem.
I can't wait until Google gets into the healthcare business.
Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader leaks a bit early: $259, pre-orders are live (video) {Engadget}
Oct 20th 2009 3:01PM In a few important ways, this does seem to beat Kindle.
1) Touchscreen ui (even if it *is* only the little screen on the bottom - still not full-on touchscreen with handwriting capabilities that we SHOULD have).
2) The "Lending" feature.
3) It reads PDFs >>natively
Kindle DX called "poor excuse of an academic tool" in Princeton pilot program {Engadget}
Sep 29th 2009 11:08AM So technophobic old bookworms don't want to give up their dead trees for some newfangled e-whatchamacallit, huh? Big surprise there.
Maybe the old bastards should just retire and let in some fresh blood. Ideally, people who see the advantages in technological progress.
Still, Kindle is a bit ungainly to use, especially when trying to make selections using that clunky little cursor nub. Touchscreen would solve just about all the problems left, though... easy selections, handwritten notes... so maybe Kindle DX2?
