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  • Samsung Wave shipping with infected microSD card (confirmed, limited to first run)

    Samsung Wave shipping with infected microSD card (confirmed, limited to first run)

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Did you get a Samsung Wave today, or perhaps early last week? You might not want to connect it to your computer, just in case. We're hearing anecdotal reports that the 1GB microSD card shipped with certain German units includes a nasty surprise: it automatically installs the trojan Win32/Heur using the file "slmvsrv.exe." While we're not sure exactly what the virus does or if it's widespread, there's no point in finding out the hard way, right? Install a good antivirus program and then format that sucker, or better yet, simply drop in a larger microSDHC card. Don't forget this thing plays DivX HD, people -- you're going to need more than a single gigabyte of storage.

    Update: Samsung HQ got in touch with MobileBurn to confirm the existence of the virus in shipping S8500 Wave handsets, but said that the outbreak was confined to the German market's initial production run and all other shipments are A-OK. Still, there's no harm in disabling autorun before connecting one to your PC, eh?

    Samsung Wave shipping with infected microSD card (confirmed, limited to first run) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • AT&T makes sweeping changes to data plans, iPhone tethering coming at OS 4 launch

    AT&T makes sweeping changes to data plans, iPhone tethering coming at OS 4 launch

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_tethering_and_new_price_plans_coming_to_AT_T_June_7'; You might think that AT&T would hold off for a national HSPA+ deployment or a full-on LTE launch before tweaking its data pricing strategy, but not so much -- the carrier is coming out swinging today with some significant changes that should benefit the overwhelming majority of its smartphone users (and could stand to harm a select few). Let's break down the major points:

    DataPlus / DataPro
    • The existing $30 fair-use "unlimited" smartphone data plan is being replaced by two new options: $15 per month for 200MB and $25 for 2GB (called "DataPlus" and "DataPro," respectively). Customers currently on the $30 plan are welcome to stay on it, but they can switch at any time without extending their contract.
    • AT&T's new overage system is arguably the game changer: on the $15 plan, you'll pay $15 for each additional 200MB, but on the $25 plan, you'll pay $10 for each additional GB. It's simple and straightforward -- but most importantly, it won't bankrupt you if you go over by a gig or three in a month. This compares to $50 per gigabyte of overage on AT&T's 5GB DataConnect plan for laptops.
    • The carrier's going to be very flexible about changing between the DataPlus and DataPro plans -- if you're on DataPlus, for example, and you discover that you're blowing past your allotment, you can choose either to start DataPro the following billing cycle, pro-rate it, or apply the higher plan retroactively to the beginning of your current billing cycle. That's pretty wild.
    Tethering
    • Tethering will be offered as an add-on to the DataPro plan for an additional $20 per month, which means you'll pay a total of $45 a month for 2GB of data shared between your phone and your tethered devices. If you're light on the usage, it's a sweet deal -- but if you scale it up and you're using the data almost exclusively on your laptop, it compares unfavorably to the traditional DataConnect plan: $60 versus $75 for 5GB (and in the unlikely even you've got a webOS device on Verizon, it compares even less favorably). If you're striking a balance of data use between a smartphone and tethered gear, AT&T's new setup is still pretty solid considering that you would've been paying $60 for the USB stick plus $30 for smartphone data before.
    • Yes, it's finally happening: AT&T's iPhones will get access to the tethering option, too.
    iPad
    • iPad users are also affected by the change. The $30 iPad data plan -- lauded for being labeled by AT&T as truly unlimited -- goes away to be replaced by the same $25 / 2GB plan that smartphone users will see, though current subscribers to the $30 plan can continue unaffected.
    Everything launches on June 7, except for iPhone tethering -- it'll launch when OS 4 does. In the meantime, we're told users can sign up for the $30 plans both on their phones and iPads if they'd like to be grandfathered in. Follow the break for more details along with AT&T's full press release.

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    AT&T makes sweeping changes to data plans, iPhone tethering coming at OS 4 launch originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nvidia GTX 400 series trickling out a few days early

    Nvidia GTX 400 series trickling out a few days early

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Looks like the Nvidia GTX 400 series GPUs are starting to trickle onto various sites several days before the official release. Take that paycheck and pump it right into Direct X 11 goodness~!

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  • Another day, another e-reader: Gigabyte is working on one too

    Another day, another e-reader: Gigabyte is working on one too

    Posted on March 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Revealed at CeBIT recently, we find that Gigabyte is building an e-reader of their own. Called the EB10, the new reader will be running Android on a 667Mhz Samsung processor. What makes this one different from the rest of the readers out there?

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  • SK Telecom stuffs Android, CPU, and memory into a SIM card

    SK Telecom stuffs Android, CPU, and memory into a SIM card

    Posted on February 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Think about the size of an SD card. What things could you design in that amount of space? I think I might be able to build a stick figure out of tooth picks in a space that size. It probably wouldn’t even be very good. Perhaps just to show that they can (or perhaps because they [...]

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  • Nokia announces a 16GB X6, “Comes With Music” not included

    Nokia announces a 16GB X6, “Comes With Music” not included

    Posted on January 26, 2010 | No Comments
    We knew Nokia was preppin’ something for launch today, thanks to some loose lipped execs – but what would it be? Announcing something just one day before a much hyped Apple announcement is always risky; either Nokia thought the product was a big enough deal to overshadow Apple’s goods, or it was small enough that [...]

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  • AT&T says you’re using too much bandwidth! Bad you!

    AT&T says you’re using too much bandwidth! Bad you!

    Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
    All you punks out there watching Internet video and downloading monkey porn had better stop! There’s a current 5 gigabyte cap on laptop data use right now but soon, friends, AT&T is going to close up that “unlimited” plan and hopes to educate the consumer on proper data use. This, interestingly enough, is absolute bullshit. The [...]

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  • AT&T’s Data Connect overage rates much lower now, still too high

    AT&T’s Data Connect overage rates much lower now, still too high

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments

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    In a perfect world, we'd one day all be guzzling from an endless font of virtually free bandwidth, streaming 1080p video straight to our WXGA handsets with stereo Bluetooth beamed straight to implants in our ear canals. Turning our attention back to reality for a moment, though, and the situation is a little more bleak: carriers are plagued with crappy, overloaded networks, backhaul issues, and a 4G rollout that could easily span a decade. To that end, caps are still firmly in place on US carriers' so-called "unlimited" laptop data plans, and overage rates make the occasional slip-up nasty enough to bankrupt you if you're not offered clemency from customer service. The good news is that AT&T's data overage rates have dropped significantly as of November 6, going from 49 cents per megabyte to 5 cents on the $60 5GB plan and 10 cents on the (nearly useless) $40 200MB plan. That still means you're paying over $50 for each gigabyte of overage -- but as AT&T points out, it's a hell of a lot better than the $500 you were paying before.

    [Thanks, Kal]

    AT&T's Data Connect overage rates much lower now, still too high originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • ViewSonic VPC08 keeps Windows XP, clamshell style alive

    ViewSonic VPC08 keeps Windows XP, clamshell style alive

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments

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    The xpPhone isn't even out yet and already it has competition. ViewSonic has announced its own take on the idea of a phone with Windows XP as the OS, in the form of the VPC08. With an Intel ULV processor, half a gigabyte of RAM, and 8GB of storage, it has just about enough to let you run XP productively, and once you open up the clamshell casing you'll find a 4.3-inch display and a full QWERTY keyboard to do it with. The outside is adorned with a 2 megapixel camera, plus a 2-inch screen and numeric keypad for your old school phone needs. An asking price of $800 and what we suspect to be pretty atrocious battery life will likely be the biggest hindrances on this device's path to respectability, but all the same, we totally wanna play with one. You should mosey on past the break to find a picture of the retro-looking externals.

    [Via Cloned In China]

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    ViewSonic VPC08 keeps Windows XP, clamshell style alive originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Where are all the great Android games? The answer is simpler than we think

    Where are all the great Android games? The answer is simpler than we think

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    I was Tweeting with Gartenberg last night about all the great Android games. After all, the Android Marketplace has so many great titles like Civilization Revolution, Canabalt, iShoot, and… oh… wait… All kidding aside, the reason there is such a dearth of great games has to do with some programming choices in Android itself and it's a problem that can - and should - be fixed before the Droid comes to market this November.

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  • WikiReader packs all of Wikipedia in a power-sipping portable

    WikiReader packs all of Wikipedia in a power-sipping portable

    Posted on October 12, 2009 | No Comments
    The new WikiReader is a $99 portable device from the Openmoko group that stuffs every Wikipedia article into a pocket-friendly traveling companion. While those of us entrenched in technology day in and day out may scoff at the idea of having Wikipedia at the ready (we all have smartphones, remember?), this is something that might be able to make some waves with baby boomers and/or the technically petrified.

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  • Nokia Booklet 3G available for preorder in Italy

    Nokia Booklet 3G available for preorder in Italy

    Posted on September 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Yama hama, that’s one expensive netbook. Nokia’s impending Booklet 3G has shown up on the company’s Italian website priced at 699 Euro – just over $1,000 US.

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  • Former Grokster exec involved with The Pirate Bay 2.0, hints at new model

    Former Grokster exec involved with The Pirate Bay 2.0, hints at new model

    Posted on July 16, 2009 | No Comments
    The former president of Grokster, Wayne Rosso, just dropped a little hint regarding The Pirate Bay 2.0. Mr. Rosso, writing on The Music Void, said that he's been contacted by Hans Pandeya, the CEO of the company that's poised to buy The Pirate Bay for nearly $8 million. What's the big deal?

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  • Video Demo: Sugar on a Stick turns your old computer into an OLPC

    Video Demo: Sugar on a Stick turns your old computer into an OLPC

    Posted on June 24, 2009 | No Comments
    sugarGot an old sack o' crap laptop or desktop gathering dust? Sugar Labs has just made its OLPC-friendly "Sugar" operating system into a USB-bootable version called Sugar on a Stick. You'll need a one-gigabyte thumb drive and about twenty minutes of spare time.

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  • Web cam tilts, swivels, has 2GB of storage

    Web cam tilts, swivels, has 2GB of storage

    Posted on June 22, 2009 | No Comments
    webcamGood for those hard-to-reach places, this USB web cam rotates 360 degrees and can be angled up to 180 degrees. It's also got 2GB of built-in storage for good measure.

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