Recent Comments:
AT&T sues Verizon over 'there's a map for that' ads {Engadget}
Nov 3rd 2009 4:38PM There is nothing wrong with the Verizon ad at all. It clearly states that it's a comparison of 3G coverage. And to top it off, I live in an area that has NO Verizon coverage at all. No AT&T 3G or EDGE either here 75 miles from Oklahoma City.
Apple's Magic Mouse now shipping: seeks mighty revenge {Engadget}
Oct 29th 2009 6:27AM I got one of these with my new 21.5" iMac. So far I'm liking it a lot. No scroll ball to gunk up is the biggest plus. The sideswipe backwards/forwards function works in any browser, not just Safari. I'm not a gamer, so I don't need or want 15 buttons on my mouse.
It'll probably take an act of congress to ban loud commercials {Engadget HD}
Oct 10th 2009 9:38AM ABC is the worst, the commercials just knock you out of your chair when they come on. Then you can't hear the dialogue on the program after you've cut the volume to nothing. I appreciate wide dynamic range, but this is ridiculous.
BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac leaks out in beta form {Engadget}
Sep 4th 2009 3:53PM I installed it today on my PowerPC Macbook Pro running Leopard and it works perfectly. Synced my iCal, Address Book, and iTunes music with no problems at all.
AT&T adds 6 MTV Networks HD channels to U-verse {Engadget HD}
May 16th 2009 6:05AM DirecTV has had these MTV "HD" networks for quite some time, and outside of Palladia, I don't think I've ever seen an actual HD program on any of them. They are HD in name only.
National Geographic launching Nat Geo Wild HD {Engadget HD}
Mar 28th 2009 6:29AM Considering that National Geographic Channel in the US has become something that should be more appropriately called the Dog and Crime Channel, I am just a little bit jealous of this development.
How well is the DTV switch going? Depends who you ask {Engadget HD}
Feb 19th 2009 5:28AM Of the 4 stations in the Oklahoma City market that made the switch, two shut down their full-power UHF DT transmitters and switched to their old VHF channel slots for DT operation, albeit at about half their original power. They won't be allowed to return to full power by the FCC until sometime in the "future", which leaves a large chunk of service area now without signal. Great way to run a transition.
AT&T slowing EDGE to force customers to switch to 3G? {Engadget}
Jan 7th 2009 7:40AM AT&T is still building EDGE towers, they put up four in my county this year. 3G is only available in 3 towns in my state, they didn't add any new areas in the past year. Based on this, we probably won't get 3G service for 20 years since it took 20 years to get to this point. The old analog system covered a tremendously large land area, but AT&T lost 80% of their coverage area when they were required to shut analog off and they are still working to get that lost area served by something, which right now is EDGE.
DISH Network pulls up 30 stations short of 150 HD channels goal {Engadget HD}
Jan 1st 2009 8:14AM There simply aren't 150 HD channels available right now. Never mind the "HD channels" that have yet to show one single program in actual HD. This is all marketing.
Cable One makes some HD channels viewable only with CableCARD / STB {Engadget HD}
Nov 21st 2008 7:11AM This is a new development, programmers are starting to require their HD channels be scrambled before allowing carriage on cable systems. Example: Turner Networks requires that CNN-HD, TNT-HD, and TBS-HD be scrambled before they can be added to a lineup. Of course this requires a cable system to spend about $40,000 for controllers, scrambling equipment, and spend $400-500 on "advanced" cable boxes or Cablecards systems. Cable systems below 2000 customers can't justify this expense, which means they won't be able to carry these channels, causing them to lose customers to DirecTV and Dish, meaning the complete end to smaller cable operators. 80% of the actual cable systems in the US are small systems. Those who dislike the "cable monopoly" should be thrilled that there will soon be only satellite for television, two providers in lockstep price-wise. Progress.
