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  • Hell freezes over: Verizon CTO Dick Lynch joins GSMA’s board

    Hell freezes over: Verizon CTO Dick Lynch joins GSMA’s board

    Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Of course, seeing how Verizon was one of the earliest and most staunch supporters of LTE in the mobile operator world, it comes as no huge shocker that Big Red has earned itself a seat on the GSM Association's 26 member- and 13 carrier-strong board of directors -- especially now that it's a full, card-carrying member of the GSMA as a whole -- but still, feels a bit weird, doesn't it? From a PR perspective, we're figuring Verizon wanted to have this wrapped up before it stages its first commercial 4G launches later this year, but at any rate, it's official: you're now welcome to call Verizon "a GSM carrier. What about you, Sprint? Follow the break for the full press release.

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    Hell freezes over: Verizon CTO Dick Lynch joins GSMA's board originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Behind the scenes with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 team: ‘I think about this really as a first release’

    Behind the scenes with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 team: ‘I think about this really as a first release’

    Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
    CNET had a chance recently to get embedded deep within Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 engineering group, listening in on meetings with OEMs, arguments, celebrations, and all the other drama that comes with trying to ship a huge product that's new from the ground up in just a couple years' time. There aren't any blockbuster revelations in here -- no launch devices, ship dates, or prices -- but it's an interesting look at the project from Windows Phone engineering VP Terry Myerson's perspective, who acknowledges that it'll take a long time and several releases to catch up to the competition but still thinks they'll "actually have a lot of happy customers" with version one.

    On a related note, some existing Windows Marketplace devs have started getting notifications that Microsoft wants to send them loaner Windows Phone 7 devices -- yes, loaners, meaning they'll need to be returned to the mother ship at some point down the road. They're apparently set up for delivery in July, which should give publishers plenty of time to stock up the Marketplace in time for that planned holiday launch.

    Behind the scenes with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 team: 'I think about this really as a first release' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • HTC EVO 4G meets magnetic macro lens, shoots gorgeous closeups

    HTC EVO 4G meets magnetic macro lens, shoots gorgeous closeups

    Posted on June 9, 2010 | No Comments
    As phone accessories go, protruding lens attachments are rarely top of our wishlist, but this one here might just alter our perspective a little bit. Good and EVO have gone to the trouble of obtaining a magnetically mountable macro lens to test out how well the EVO 4G's camera performs with a little more optical prowess. The answer is that in spite of the inevitably goofy appearance, the jumbo Android handset delivered some highly impressive imagery, getting really up close and personal with its subjects and picking out exquisitely tiny details. The results are certainly of a caliber unobtainable with the default optics and well worth checking out -- the source link is where that party's at.

    HTC EVO 4G meets magnetic macro lens, shoots gorgeous closeups originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Verizon looking to partner up for rural LTE deployments

    Verizon looking to partner up for rural LTE deployments

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    If you're wondering why T-Mobile doesn't have 3G in the middle of the Mojave, the answer's pretty simple: it's hard for any of the Big Four to justify spending millions of dollars on infrastructure in sparsely-populated areas. Rather than ignore it and leave the spectrum blank, though, Verizon's asking other companies to step in and share the responsibilities -- sort of -- by letting partners do most of the hard work (build towers and operate backhaul) while Big Red chips in its 700MHz spectrum holdings and "core LTE equipment." Presumably, Verizon will help itself to a share of the proceeds, which from their perspective, makes it look like a win-win scenario: they're helping to bring 4G technology to underserved areas, doing less work and spending less capital than they'd have to otherwise, and profiting off the spirit of an initiative that FCC chief Julius Genachowski is pushing very, very hard at the moment. And hey, we bet you'll be getting some insane throughput when you're rocking the LTE modem in the middle of nowhere.

    Verizon looking to partner up for rural LTE deployments originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Rumor: Samsung to launch the Android-powered Galaxy S superphone in 110 countries simultaneously

    Rumor: Samsung to launch the Android-powered Galaxy S superphone in 110 countries simultaneously

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    In the grand world of electronics, it’s pretty much customary to launch in one country, wait a few days, launch in another, and so on. At most, companies launch their new toys in two or three countries at a time – it’s just really the only sane way to do it, you know? Remind me not [...]

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  • Android Fanboys Have Arrived. And That’s A Good Thing

    Android Fanboys Have Arrived. And That’s A Good Thing

    Posted on May 30, 2010 | No Comments
    By now, just about everyone on the planet has heard the term "Apple Fanboy." If you've ever said anything good about an Apple product, you've likely been called one. But a new class of fanboy has emerged -- one that, amazingly, may be be equally as passionate. The Android Fanboy. And it's actually a good thing. In case you missed my review of the new HTC EVO 4G phone yesterday, be sure to read some of the comments. As stated, I was coming at it from the perspective of a dedicated iPhone user. Long story short, I don't really like the device. To the Android lovers, I might as well have killed Bambi.

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  • AT&T prepping MobileProtect insurance program for iPhone?

    AT&T prepping MobileProtect insurance program for iPhone?

    Posted on May 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Shots of some docs over on BGR have us believing that AT&T is on the cusp of launching a program called "MobileProtect," but don't be fooled by the fancy name -- this is basically an Asurion-operated handset insurance plan just like any other, the only real difference being that it's for the iPhone and offered directly by the carrier. Interestingly, it seems that you'll buy the protection through the App Store of all things, automatically billing the credit card that you've got on file with Apple, but you'd better really want the protection because it's going to run $13.99 a month. Oh, and you'll have to pay a $99 deductible to fix an 8GB 3G, scaling up to $199 for a 32GB 3GS. To put that in perspective, that means it'll cost you $367 to replace an insured 32GB 3GS after a year of coverage, at which point you'll say "well, I'd rather have an iPhone 4 anyway" and shell out $200 with an upgrade pull-ahead. Yeah, call us jaded.

    AT&T prepping MobileProtect insurance program for iPhone? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 May 2010 17:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Garmin-Asus Garminfone review

    Garmin-Asus Garminfone review

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    The holy matrimony between smartphone and personal navigation device just keeps getting stronger, scorning dedicated GPS units like forgotten flings and leaving navigation-free handsets wandering lost and alone. Garmin-Asus has been flirting with the perfect bond with its Nuvifone series for some time now, but rather tragically from a branding perspective its strongest attempt yet comes without the nuvi moniker. It's the T-Mobile Garminfone, and its Android underpinnings go a long way toward making the best mix of PND and smartphone to date.

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    Garmin-Asus Garminfone review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 May 2010 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider coming next month as an AT&T exclusive?

    BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider coming next month as an AT&T exclusive?

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    We've still got thousands of unanswered questions (well, maybe not thousands, but definitely dozens) about RIM's upcoming BlackBerry 6 platform -- and it's starting to look like we might be answering those questions at retail by way of this Bold 9800 slider that's been making the rounds lately. BGR claims that the handset is lining up for a mid- to late-June release on AT&T, with the carrier having placed a substantial million-plus unit order to lock it up as an exclusive for some undetermined length of time (much as Verizon has managed to do both with the Storm and the Storm2). We hate to point out the obvious, but from a PR perspective, June's not the best month to be announcing and / or releasing anything that isn't an iPhone -- and when you look at the 9800's form factor and the baby steps that BlackBerry 6 seems to make toward boosting consumer appeal, we don't think you can make an argument that this is a sufficiently different market segment the same way you could with, say, the 9700. In other words: we wouldn't be shocked to see this date slip a bit, assuming the rumor pans out.

    BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider coming next month as an AT&T exclusive? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 13:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • ABC animates the oil spill for better understanding

    ABC animates the oil spill for better understanding

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    People, let's remember as we bicker over iPad nonsense and 3D movies, there's an oil bloom larger than some states quickly growing in the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the ABC newscast above is the normal story, but click through to 1:30 mark for a quick time-lapse animation showing the scale of this disaster. It kind of puts it all in perspective.

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  • Confirmed: Apple Buys Virtual Personal Assistant Startup Siri

    Confirmed: Apple Buys Virtual Personal Assistant Startup Siri

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    On the heels of the report that Apple purchased chip maker Intrinsity, Apple appears to have made another purchase: Siri, a personal assistant for the iPhone. According to a pre-merger notification released by the Federal Trade Commission, and first noticed by Robert Scoble, the transaction will not be held up by any antitrust reviews. The deal was likely small from Apple's perspective. Siri is a small startup that has raised $24 million in funding. Update: Siri board member Gary Morganthaler confirmed the transaction. Siri brings a conversational interface to the iPhone which allows you to ask it to perform tasks for you such as find a French restaurant nearby and book a table, look up movie listings, order a taxi, or look up the phone number and address of a local business.You can read our full review of the app here.

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  • Tiger Woods 11 for Wii to feature ‘True View’ first person golf shots

    Tiger Woods 11 for Wii to feature ‘True View’ first person golf shots

    Posted on March 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Oh boy, I love where EA Sports is going with this. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, due out in June, will feature something called “True View,” which allows you to hit your in-game golf shots from a real-life, top-down point of view. When coupled with the Wii MotionPlus accessory, “It works extremely well,” according to IGN.

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  • Daily Crunch: Electronic Break-In Edition

    Daily Crunch: Electronic Break-In Edition

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Thieves use extreme measures to snatch 20 Apple notebooks LEGO synth has you build your sound Let there be… nanophotonic avalanche photodetectors! A first? Muslim woman refuses to submit to airport body scan, not allowed to board flight Interesting read: the potential of the iPad, from the perspective of a book designer

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  • And now Redbox will have to wait 28 days for new Warner Bros. DVDs

    And now Redbox will have to wait 28 days for new Warner Bros. DVDs

    Posted on February 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Warner Bros. has agreed a new deal with Redbox that will give Redbox access to its DVDs, but only 28 days after the retail release. The move is designed to encourage people to actually buy the shiny, new DVDs when they come out. Why is that a problem?

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  • CrunchDeals: Assassin’s Creed II for $40

    CrunchDeals: Assassin’s Creed II for $40

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Amazon.com has dropped the price of Assassin’s Creed II for Xbox 360 and PS3 down to $39.78, today only.

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