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Esquire's Augmented Reality issue goes on sale, and we have video to prove it {Engadget}
Nov 10th 2009 3:48PM THIS
NVIDIA CEO shoots down talk of Intel-compatible x86 chip, says his home is 'all Apple' {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2009 3:13PM Sounds like he's an Apple fanboy :p
Verizon confirms DROID tethering cost, will ask subscribers to double-down on their data plan {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2009 11:08AM LIke b said, this isn't anything new. Since the $30 plan was released, this is how it's been.
In regards to the data limitation, When using data on the phone itself, one isn't limited to the amount of data transferred. However, when transferring data via tethering, one is limited to 5GB. Any data transfer dealing with a computer and not a phone's data, it will be limited to 5GB. This is how it is with all of their smartphones and data cards.
For now, VZW isn't doing anything special when it comes to their smartphones and plans. One would think with the big marketing push VZW has done with the DROID line, they would be introducing some new and more competitive plans.
Verizon to charge for Exchange access on the DROID, probably on the honor system {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 3rd 2009 5:22PM Yes they could log where all the packets are routed, but do you seriously think that they're going to maintain a blacklist of ALL the Exchange servers out there just to block subscribers with the $30 plan? Really? Do you actually believe they're going to go through that much effort? How are they going to decipher ActiveSync traffic from OWA via a web browser traffic?
In most environments (all of them in my career), the web facing Exchange Client Access Server(s) handle both ActiveSync and OWA.
Verizon to charge for Exchange access on the DROID, probably on the honor system {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 3rd 2009 5:11PM They don't block it for the $30 plan. It works just fine. The data plans will be the same for the DROID as it's for all their other smartphones.
Verizon to charge for Exchange access on the DROID, probably on the honor system {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 3rd 2009 5:07PM Assuming that the phone's provisioning was allowed the device to access the internet, it should work as long as he had the correct settings. In the past at my company, we've had end users having issues setting up Exchange ActiveSync because they didn't put in the correct server address, select SSL (a requirement for our specific environment), username, and/or password. Most of the time when we're configuring everything but their password and it doesn't connect, it's because they just didn't type in their password correctly and ended up using the softkeyboard just so they can get it right.
Our mail server doesn't have an address one would expect like mail.example.com. Also, the username requires the fully qualified AD domain: company.corp\fuzzball
Just because Punkin couldn't set it up, doesn't mean it won't work. Based off of your description, it doesn't sound like he knew what the settings should have been; he was just guessing. I may make the server address for ActiveSync corpmail.example.com, but it will be extra effort for me to also accept mail.example.com.
Exchange ActiveSync DOES work on the $30/month data plan. Whether that is within TOS or not is a completely different story. Not to mention, the difference between the $30 and $45 plans isn't documented well at all and leads to a lot of confusion. Exchange ActiveSync traffic is HTTP or HTTPS traffic and doesn't look any different that standard web traffic at first glance. If VZW is doing deep packet inspection on HTTP traffic, it might be possible to tell; HTTPS I doubt it. In either case, this would take a lot more effort and resources that it's worth just to make sure every data plan subscriber is within TOS.
Verizon to charge for Exchange access on the DROID, probably on the honor system {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 3rd 2009 4:43PM Is that with using VZW's WirelessSync or not? If the phone has native Exchange ActiveSync support, this would be all Windows Mobile 2002 to present version and some other non-WM devices, it doesn't need VZW's WirelessSync service and will work just fine on the $30/month plan. Many other people here and on other forums have stated they're running Exchange ActiveSync on their phone with the $30/month data plan just fine.
Netflix streaming purportedly hitting Nintendo's Wii next {Engadget}
Oct 28th 2009 5:48PM I would expect so since you can play a DVD movie with HomeBrew. Mind you, it takes 20 minutes to start the movie, but that's with porting mplayer and to my knowledge not using the Wii SDK. I'd imagine they could do some code optimization with full dev tools. I'd be disappointed if they have to reduce quality just to accommodate the Wii's processing power.
$10 or free, I'm ready for the Netflix on the Wii. I'd be even more happy if the disc would just install a channel and I didn't have to swap discs just to do Watch Now.
Motorola DROID first hands-on! (update: video, impressions, more pics) {Engadget}
Oct 28th 2009 1:31PM Android finally has my attention. I'm really digging the features of this phone and is in the running for my money with the Pre. When both are available on VZW, I'll have to have some serious face time to decide. I am a bit disappointed with some of the choppiness in Droid's menus. Perhaps that's a result of all of the widgets and open apps
The game has changed {Engadget}
Oct 28th 2009 1:04PM Came here for this. Leaving satisfied.
