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HTC 'carefully looking' into netbook category, wants to add 'unique value' {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2009 4:41PM HTC: Just give me USB Host functionality on any of the snapdragon platforms and we'll call it close enough.
Switched On: Developing a sense of rumor {Engadget}
Nov 7th 2009 1:49PM Proof not shared isn't proof. That's how proof works.
Poll: Will the DROID have you in its clutches? {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2009 2:13PM Yeah, I just don't want to go back to Verizon. Aside from personal reasons (I used to work for them, got charged an ETF on my employee plan when I quit), I just don't like their pricing model. $60 for data w/ tethering? $15 for Exchange support? I'm on Sprint now, and unlimited EVERYTHING is $100, and the data connection in California on Sprint is solid everywhere I go.
AT&T sues Verizon over 'there's a map for that' ads {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 3rd 2009 4:50PM I think the giant "3G Coverage Map" label at the bottom should suffice. If AT&T hasn't done enough to trump up the fact that they have broad coverage of a barely functional, low-speed network, that's their problem, not Verizon's.
The ads are factual. 'Nuff said.
Ask Engadget HD: Is it (still) a good time to buy a TiVo? {Engadget HD}
Oct 31st 2009 4:26PM If Windows7 Media Center existed three years ago, I'd have never bought a Tivo. The biggest feature I bought it for (multi-room viewing) is nearly non-existent thanks to broadcast flags, and the inability to play files I've downloaded / ripped has been a constant disappointment.
Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' released, could decide your OS fate {Engadget}
Oct 29th 2009 12:28PM You're just lucky they didn't accept my patch which changed the default background (and all the OS naming) to Karmic Khameleon, and played a 30 second sample of that awesome song as your startup sound.
Beware of my next patch, for Lusty Luchador!
California Cool Cars regs put the kibosh on radio, cellphone, and GPS reception {Engadget Mobile}
Oct 14th 2009 1:34AM You know, a lot of that "liberal crap" I'm a fan of. The problem is California lets people with no concept of the wide-reaching repercussions of poorly written laws pass them by very small measures.
Requiring a specific technology - rather than, say, a STANDARD of efficiency is how we got into the problem we have with CCFL bulbs, passenger diesel, etc.
Making a law that says "You have to use solution X" takes away all the creativity and competition that makes real solutions viable. Instead it throws a bunch of misdirected money at a promising early solution, completely destroying any hope of competition.
Dev finds Windows Marketplace DRM severely lacking, easily circumventable {Engadget}
Oct 9th 2009 1:19PM I always feel like Apu from "Homer the Heretic" every time some iPhone user cracks wise about their piddly sales numbers.
THERE ARE MORE WINDOWS MOBILE PHONE USERS THAN iPHONE. Some 43million of us, or so. Go read Gartner, or just look beyond US borders.
Dev finds Windows Marketplace DRM severely lacking, easily circumventable {Engadget}
Oct 9th 2009 1:08PM Oh no! Now you, as a Dev, are in the same boat as EVERY OTHER DEVELOPER ON EVERY PLATFORM ON THE PLANET.
There has never been a DRM system that hasn't been cracked. There has never been an anti-piracy method that has worked. Most of them just treat your paying customers like criminals and drives more of them to do criminal things. My favorite WinMo GPS software requires that I use their memory card instead of the bulky 16gb monster I have.
That said, realizing people will pirate your product isn't a reason not to develop. Rather, it's a reason to look at WHY they're going to the trouble of pirating, and how you can compete with that. Smarter business decisions lead to companies that can thrive against piracy, not just complain about it.
Entelligence: The HTC HD2 and the future of Windows Mobile {Engadget}
Oct 6th 2009 10:15PM 48WPM on TouchPro / Opera9.5 (Perfectly, 8 words in 10.022sec). Odd it didn't give me a chance to enter high score though.
I'd assume the biggest difference between the physical / nonphysical keyboards in terms of speed will come out when you have to drop in special characters. How long does it take you to type:
"I bought my phone for $400.00, then got a F$%&N $200 rebate!!!"
I'm guessing physical keyboards, especially the 5-row ones with your special characters all where you expect them to be and shift keys that act like they do on a regular computer are gonna win that one hands down, especially against the tap-and-hold special characters (HTC On-screen keyboards, for example)
Also, I can touch type on a physical keyboard. I don't care how much practice you have, you'll never touchtype on an onscreen keyboard, you'll always have to stare at your thumbs and give up screen real estate to type.
