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  • Mobidia‘s My Data Manager Android Application Helps People Save Money on Mobile Data and Avoid Bill Shock

    Posted on June 14, 2011 | No Comments
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  • Verizon looking at non-unlimited plans for 4G data, will use LTE for voice by 2012

    Verizon looking at non-unlimited plans for 4G data, will use LTE for voice by 2012

    Posted on May 27, 2010 | No Comments
    We'd not-so-secretly hoped that carriers would be looking to dispense with those troublesome 5GB caps on so-called "unlimited" 3G data plans, but there's a big problem with that: spectrum is still limited, and even though 4G technologies help use it more efficiently, it's still a constraint that the FCC is going to need many years to solve. We're not sure how much the spectrum crunch really factors in here, but in addition to his comments on Droid Incredible inventory problems, Verizon Wireless boss Lowell McAdam mentioned at a Barclays Capital conference this week that he hopes to move away from unlimited plans altogether for the company's LTE network, instead charging for "buckets" of megabytes, just like in the olden days -- despite the fact that it'll cost it a half to a third of what it costs today to transmit the same amount of data.

    On a happier note, McAdam said that the company expects to be using its LTE network for voice by 2012, which comes just after its first volley of LTE-capable handsets in early 2011. He also mentioned that at least some of those devices will be shown off at CES 2011, and naturally, we'll be there -- not just to check out the phones, but to raise some hell at the notion that unlimited data is a thing of the past. At this rate, how are we ever going to run the Engadget servers on a wireless connection?

    Verizon looking at non-unlimited plans for 4G data, will use LTE for voice by 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 May 2010 12:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Remember the Linux wristwatch?

    Remember the Linux wristwatch?

    Posted on April 5, 2010 | No Comments
    With all the hype about the iPad, and indeed, the hype about smaller and smaller mobile computing devices, I thought I would remind you all that there was at one point a Linux-powered wristwatch! This marvelous curiosity was discussed back in 2001, when it ran kernel version 2.2.1, had 8 megabytes of flash memory, and had IrDA (remember that?!). It even had a touchscreen display, and had a PIM suite that "consists of an organizer, WML browser, to-do list and a calculator" all in 51K of code!

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  • SanDisk G3 solid state drive boasts speeds up to twice as fast as 7200 RPM drives

    SanDisk G3 solid state drive boasts speeds up to twice as fast as 7200 RPM drives

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s beginning to look like Expensive Speed Day here at CrunchGear, what with the USB 3.0 products and now this solid state drive from SanDisk. The G3 SSD is a solid-state drive available in 60GB and 120GB capacities for around $230 and $400, respectively.

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  • T-Mobile myTouch 1.2 launching tomorrow with Swype keyboard

    T-Mobile myTouch 1.2 launching tomorrow with Swype keyboard

    Posted on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
    We thought we knew just about everything there was to know about T-Mobile’s oh-so-subtle hardware upgrade to the myTouch, known around the Internets as the “myTouch 1.2″. Truth be told, there wasn’t really that much to know: they’d bumped the headset jack up to a standard 3.5mm jack (Hurray!), and upped the amount of RAM [...]

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  • webOS 1.3.5 to finally kill off app storage limit?

    webOS 1.3.5 to finally kill off app storage limit?

    Posted on December 4, 2009 | No Comments
    There's no debating it: having 8GB of onboard storage on your phone is great. What's even better, though, is if you can actually use it -- and currently, owners of Palm Pres and Pixis are stuck with an arbitrary limit for curious technical reasons that caps app installations after a couple hundred megabytes and change. Back in the day when the App Catalog had a few dozen submissions, that was fine and dandy -- but these days, owners are staring down the barrel of a selection more than 500 apps deep, so the time's definitely come to put this annoyance to bed. PreCentral is reporting that webOS 1.3.5 will finally kill this one by moving app storage to another partition on the device's memory -- the media partition -- which has about 7GB free on a completely virgin phone. Coincidentally, this is the same partition that gets used when you hook up mass storage mode on a PC, so to prevent unencumbered copying of apps off the device, Palm will allegedly be employing some sort of on-the-fly encryption that keeps apps secure while connected. Next step, Palm: microSD expansion so we can install each and every one of those 500-plus apps. What do you say?

    webOS 1.3.5 to finally kill off app storage limit? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • CrunchDeals: HD pocket camcorder for $80

    CrunchDeals: HD pocket camcorder for $80

    Posted on October 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Looking for a pocketable HD camcorder but don’t want to spend a ton of money? Amazon’s got the Aiptek A-HD 720P for $80 after a $20 price break. This little camera has a flip-and-swivel LCD screen, too, which is a feature missing from a fair amount of pocket camcorders.

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  • GPS-enabled watch lets you retrace your steps

    GPS-enabled watch lets you retrace your steps

    Posted on August 24, 2009 | No Comments
    GPS WatchHere's a big, fat GPS-enabled wristwatch that'll allow you to walk around and then see where you walked around on Google Maps. You can also use it to find your way back to a certain location and even geo-tag photos to boot. There's 8 megabytes of built-in storage to log all of your nefarious movements.

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  • CrunchDeals: Refurbished Flip camcorder for $50

    CrunchDeals: Refurbished Flip camcorder for $50

    Posted on August 24, 2009 | No Comments
    FlipEverybody who's anybody has a Flip camcorder, am I right? Am I right? If you've been unable to justify the purchase of a Flip camcorder because of the relatively high price tag, you may be happy to find out that you can get your hands on one of the older, clunkier ones for just $50.

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  • The LRO can transmit 461GB everyday. That would cost $231,883 on AT&T.

    The LRO can transmit 461GB everyday. That would cost $231,883 on AT&T.

    Posted on August 20, 2009 | No Comments
    NASA already has major budget issues so it's a damn good thing the agency didn't turn to AT&T to provide the wireless data coverage for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Because AT&T charges $0.0195 per kilobyte over a 5GB cap, it would cost roughly $231,883 for the daily data transmission of the 461GB. That's $83,709,763 per year assuming AT&T didn't come up with some charge for interplanetary roaming. All joking aside, this Moon satellite has an impressive data transmitter.

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  • G1 will get Donut, says Cyanogen (maybe)

    G1 will get Donut, says Cyanogen (maybe)

    Posted on August 19, 2009 | No Comments
    I’m a n00b to the whole Android scene; I make no bones about it. But I have been lurking the XDA forums for the last couple months and I feel comfortable rooting my Android devices (except the Hero) and swapping between “cooked ROMs” from various hackers devs to get the latest and greatest features. So [...]

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  • 5 Reasons You Can Ditch Your DSLR for an iPhone

    5 Reasons You Can Ditch Your DSLR for an iPhone

    Posted on July 16, 2009 | No Comments
    If you want high-quality photos, a responsive and full-featured DSLR is the only way to go. But sometimes you don’t want to carry that bulky box around with you. With a couple of accessories, and a few megabytes of applications, you can turn the iPhone in your pocket into a rather capable replacement. Interchangeable lenses Photographers have [...]

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