Recent Comments:
Apple admits to lost MobileMe messages, bad karma {Engadget}
Jul 26th 2008 12:44PM Yes, that's what he said: ".mac"
Sprint Nextel sells off "nearly all" of its towers to TowerCo for $670 million {Engadget}
Jul 25th 2008 12:06PM @Nathan
I'm looking at the map right now. I see roaming and a lot of it. If the roaming is included they should be more clear about that. Does the phone actually go into roaming mode? If it doesn't, they need to update their maps and if it does they should tell you right on the map that the roaming is included. It's misleading.
Kingston sprinkles 16GB models into DataTraveler line, launches DT101 {Engadget}
Jul 25th 2008 2:56AM I'm stuck on Sandisk. I like the retractable plug and the lanyard so I can hang it around my neck. I can usually find a pretty good deal on them. I don't know if they're the best, but they've always served me very well.
Sprint Nextel sells off "nearly all" of its towers to TowerCo for $670 million {Engadget}
Jul 25th 2008 2:53AM Everyone has to choose what works best for them where they live. If it wasn't for the iPhone I would have went back to Verizon. But I do get pretty good coverage with ATT. Where I do have problems is at work. Someone on Engadget commented once that the GSM signal doesn't have the penetration of CDMA. I believe that is true from what I observe. I work in a large factory and I can say that there are areas where nobody but Nextel users get a signal which is because Nextel is our company's carrier of choice and they installed internal antennas for us. But it does seem to me that Verizon users at our plant get better coverage than ATT users in most areas. Still, none of them are flawless not even Nextel. Some people tell me that Sprint and Nextel are using the same towers since they merged. I don't believe it from what I've observed.
Lightning's £120,000 all-electric sports car unveiled in London {Engadget}
Jul 25th 2008 2:40AM Bob, the thing is that Toyota and Honda built very reliable cars. But so do the "Big Three". If you check the long term reliability results from JD Power last year, you'll see that there are many American brands which rank right up with and even above Honda and Toyota. I keep posting this link and I'll keep on posting it until I'm blue in the face... er, fingers:
http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007130
Don't think that Toyota and Honda are building with more US content than the US companies. I just don't believe that's true. They all world source. It's just a modern fact of the auto industry and in fact it was by design of the Japanese manufacturers. The US just followed suit. I think where the Japanese mostly excel is with four cylinder engines (not that they don't have some great V6 and even V8 engines). But when it comes to V6 and V8 engines you can't beat the reliability and economy of many US brands. Buick's 3800 V6 is one of the best engines ever. I personally recorded 32 MPG on the highway with a Buick Lucerne (not a small car by any means) and I have owned a couple of cars with that engine. They're strong, reliable and economical.
Lightning's £120,000 all-electric sports car unveiled in London {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2008 6:29AM @Dave
Three phase industrial power is a LOT different than what is delivered to your home. It means that you have three sine waves of power and each is 90 degrees out of phase with each other. You do not get anything like that with standard house power. Think of three sine waves with each successive wave shifted 90 degrees out of phase with the previous wave. That's three phase power and it packs a serious punch. Normal house power is single phase.
GM teams with utilities to develop electric car charging infrastructure {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2008 6:15AM Nobody seemed to care about toxic battery waste when Toyota produced the Prius.
Lightning's £120,000 all-electric sports car unveiled in London {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2008 6:12AM Toyota definitely needs to take note. The Prius is goddamned ugly. Go ahead, the low rank is the little red minus up there to the right. Fuck the Prius.
Honda Civic hybrid looks good. The soon to be Volt looks great and obviously this car looks awesome. But remember that we need real world cars for the masses. This isn't it. That's the one thing Toyota got right with the Prius. It's affordable for many. Too bad it's so fucking ugly. I can't believe people like the looks of it for all the slamming the American domestic auto manufacturers get for styling and I can't believe all the slamming American domestics get for reliability when they mostly range right along with the Japanese companies and have been doing so for many years now.
Some news from the editor's desk {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2008 4:57PM Damn auto period! :D
Some news from the editor's desk {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2008 4:54PM All the best to you, Ryan. I look forward to learning more about. Your new endeavor.
