Spokesman Archive

  • PSA: McDonald’s is recalling 12 million toxic Shrek drinking glasses

    PSA: McDonald’s is recalling 12 million toxic Shrek drinking glasses

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    I know this is a little out of our traditional scope of coverage, but let’s pass the word that McDonald’s Shrek promo glass contain toxic metal cadmium and are being recalled. CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson to Reuters, “A very small amount of cadmium can come to the surface of the glass, and in order to be as [...]

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  • Word of HTC Evo 4G storage bug couldn’t come at a worse time (update: OTA fix)

    Word of HTC Evo 4G storage bug couldn’t come at a worse time (update: OTA fix)

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Word of HTC Evo 4G storage bug couldn't come at a worse timeIf you read our review of HTC's awe-inspiring Evo 4G, you might have noticed that we recommended ditching the paltry stock 8GB microSD card and living large by throwing in a 32GB model. We were being a wee bit facetious, but as it turns out the advice was well-founded. We're seeing reports flung far and wide across these great united internets about errors regarding "insufficient file permissions" when attempting to write to that packed-in card, others finding that the phone will simply fail to read the card altogether. Our first suspicion was bogus flash, like the counterfeit ones that plagued the Chumby, but HTC spokesman Keith Nowak indicated they have identified the cause and there's an OTA fix coming "very shortly." We know it's early, and apparently not too many of you have rolled out of bed yet to get your Evo today, but sound off in comments if you're seeing this issue as well. Meanwhile, we're trying to replicate it on ours.

    Update: Well, that was quick. Dre wrote in to tell us of a 13MB OTA update being pushed already, version 1.32.651.6, that looks to include a number of fixes including, apparently, a solution for this storage bug. We're hearing it also breaks the root path that dropped yesterday, but it sounds like a decent trade-off for now.

    Word of HTC Evo 4G storage bug couldn't come at a worse time (update: OTA fix) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • AT&T cries foul over T-Mobile’s ‘HSPA+ is 4G’ talk

    AT&T cries foul over T-Mobile’s ‘HSPA+ is 4G’ talk

    Posted on May 25, 2010 | No Comments
    No matter how much T-Mobile wants to pretend, HSPA+ is not on the same upload / download pay grade as LTE and WiMAX. Still, that isn't stopping the company from calling its new technology rollout "4G speeds," much to the dismay of another major HSPA+ supporter, AT&T. Cue Ma Bell spokesman Seth Bloom, who recently told Fierce Wireless, "I think that companies need to be careful that they're not misleading customers by labeling HSPA+ as a 4G technology." Of course, AT&T itself is rolling out that technology as an intermediate step between current 3G and LTE, and we know they want to reserve the 4G nomenclature for the latter's unveiling. Hey guys, can we just label it 3.95G and call it day?

    AT&T cries foul over T-Mobile's 'HSPA+ is 4G' talk originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 May 2010 20:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nokia launching only one Maemo device in 2010?

    Nokia launching only one Maemo device in 2010?

    Posted on November 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Better sit down Maemo fans. If you expected Nokia to just kick its waning S60 5th OS to the curb in 2010 after positive reaction to the Linux side of its dual-platform smartphone strategy, well, it ain't gonna happen. At least that's the word from a Reuters source with "direct knowledge of Nokia's product roadmap." Driving the point home is word from a Nokia spokesman who declined comment on future plans but did add, "We remain firmly committed to Symbian as our smartphone platform of choice." While this might sound like bad news to N900 enthusiasts given the vast number of handsets the company produces, keep in mind that Nokia's recent cuts in global R&D headcount (550 employees in total) was justified by Nokia's attempt to streamline operations to be in line with its "focused portfolio of future products." In other words, it sounds like we can expect less handsets from Espoo as they scale back the variety of models produced. And if anything can be learned from the boys in Cupertino: it only takes one handset to change the game.

    Nokia launching only one Maemo device in 2010? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Tesla Motors preparing to go public “soon”

    Tesla Motors preparing to go public “soon”

    Posted on November 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Tesla Motors is planning an IPO soon according to a Reuter's report. However at this point it's still not clear when that will be although the company had previously stated it won't happen in 2009. In fact, this rumor has been around for sometime, but in case you didn't notice, the stock market wasn't doing that well until recently. Tesla has been ramping up development of its all-electric Model S sports sedan and building selling Tesla Roadsters as quick as they can make 'em. Of course the $597.5 million in funding that the company raised this year probably helps.

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  • Sprint drops the price of the Palm Pre, explains the $100 credit offer yesterday

    Sprint drops the price of the Palm Pre, explains the $100 credit offer yesterday

    Posted on September 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Yesterday the Internet was abuzz with an offer from Sprint that involved a $100 service credit if you port-in a number and buy a Palm Pre. It was a fair deal but Sprint quickly pulled the offer and now explained what happened.

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  • Rumor: Olympus E-P2 coming by year’s end, to have viewfinder

    Rumor: Olympus E-P2 coming by year’s end, to have viewfinder

    Posted on August 4, 2009 | No Comments
    The retrotastic Olympus E-P1 launched last month with much fanfare. (not pictured above) It turned out to be an alright camera as Peter found out. You may want to hold off buying one just yet though. There might be another version coming soon if this rumor is correct.

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  • AT&T Denies Rumors of MMS Delays, Tethering Costs for iPhone

    AT&T Denies Rumors of MMS Delays, Tethering Costs for iPhone

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Without citing a source (not even an anonymous one), blog AppModo claims AT&T will be delaying multimedia-messaging support for iPhone customers until September. The blog also echoes a rumor that a tethering plan will cost an extra $55 per month for iPhone customers. AT&T has denied both these claims. In an e-mail to Wired.com, an AT&T [...]

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  • Child Porn Is Apple’s Latest iPhone Headache (Updated)

    Child Porn Is Apple’s Latest iPhone Headache (Updated)

    Posted on July 1, 2009 | No Comments
    (Updates with Apple pulling the application Thursday) A photo ostensibly showing a 15-year-old nude girl has turned up in an iPhone app, highlighting Apple’s inability to safeguard its application store from prohibited content. The image appears in the free app BeautyMeter, which enables people to upload photos that are then rated by others, who assign a star-rating [...]

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  • Apple: No Porn Allowed in iPhone’s App Store

    Apple: No Porn Allowed in iPhone’s App Store

    Posted on June 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple has confirmed rejecting an iPhone application that displayed photos of topless women, despite the software developer’s claims that the app was temporarily “sold out.” The app, called Hottest Girls, was the first app in the App Store to show nudity, according to developer Allen Leung. However, the app disappeared from the App Store on Thursday [...]

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  • AT&T: Lack of MMS, Tethering Support for iPhone Is Not Network’s Fault

    AT&T: Lack of MMS, Tethering Support for iPhone Is Not Network’s Fault

    Posted on June 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Judging from the number of “boos” in the audience, the biggest disappointment at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday was related to AT&T’s inadequate support for the iPhone. Specifically, iPhone owners on the AT&T network will not be able to use multimedia messaging immediately when the new iPhone 3.0 operating system lands June 17. Also, Apple [...]

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  • Sprint affirms Palm Pre exclusivity “through 2009″

    Sprint affirms Palm Pre exclusivity “through 2009″

    Posted on May 29, 2009 | No Comments

    Ready for your daily dose of obvious? Good. After Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam proudly proclaimed that America's largest mobile operator would be painting the Palm Pre red "in about six months," Sprint has come forward to make sure we know that said statement is probably right on the money. According to Sprint spokesman James Fisher: "We have the Pre through 2009." Short, sweet and chock full of pent-up rage. 'Course, six months after the Pre's launch on Sprint lands us in December, giving VZW just enough time to cripple the phone's hottest features and push it out before Valentine's Day. Sounds pretty reasonable, no?

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    Sprint affirms Palm Pre exclusivity "through 2009" originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 May 2009 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Fortune’s Stanley Bing ‘moderately outraged’ about Microsoft Bing

    Fortune’s Stanley Bing ‘moderately outraged’ about Microsoft Bing

    Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments
    If you think you're ready for some "moderate outrage," strap in. Those are the exact words that Fortune columnist Stanley Bing has just used to express his feelings about the "brand intrusion" that Microsoft's impending "Bing" search engine has just dumped on his proverbial doorstep.

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