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Verizon BlackBerry Tour unboxing {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2009 6:35PM Neither version has WiFi. It appears it was Blackberry's decision to not include a WiFi chip. I'm sure a teardown on launch day by iSuppli will confirm either the existance or lack of a wifi chip.
Verizon BlackBerry Tour unboxing {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2009 6:33PM You're not crazy, it does look very similar to current BB models. It's what's under the hood that makes a big difference. Check out the specs on the RAM and other features of the Tour that should make it run faster than any current Blackberry.
BlackBerry Tour hitting Verizon on July 12 for $199.99? {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2009 1:38AM Almost certainly. I don't know a lot of details, but I've read things on here and other blogs where you can flash the firmware to enable GPS for google maps...ymmv.
Verizon wants to rope you into their monthlt subscription for using their GPS app, go figure.
Another common complaint about the Tour is the lack of WiFi, to get such a feature, you'd have to choose another model.
Buffalo's 16GB 5mm USB Thumbkey: It's really small {Engadget}
Jun 24th 2009 7:05PM It would be very easy to lose. I think the idea is to keep it plugged in all the time. Also, a friend had the 2 GB version of this, and it came with a fairly sizeable cap that made it easier to keep track of.
Would be perfect for a netbook with a small SSD, just pop one of these in to a free USB slot and leave it there.
Apple unleashes iPhone 3G S on well-prepared US public (with video!) {Engadget}
Jun 19th 2009 11:02AM Name-calling is quite juvenile. It's best not to feed trolls who frequent these posts.
iPhone OS 3.0 now available {Engadget}
Jun 18th 2009 10:03AM Yeah, I was a little bummed about paying $10 for the update, but it's really quite trivial considering I paid $229+tax for my iPod touch.
iPhone users pay say...$80/month on a 2-year contract; that's $1920!
(Granted i don't get to, you know, call people or use 3G or a camera or anything, so the experience of an iPod touch vs an iPhone is not the same, but still, it's not a big deal. Just makin' ol' Steve Jobs a little richer :-p)
iPhone OS 3.0 now available {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 4:21PM Damn. Wish I would've waited a few hours :-p
iPhone OS 3.0 now available {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 4:09PM I think you're right. I think the best thing to do would be to call a local Apple store to see what they say, but I believe iPods shipped after the update should come with 3.0 preinstalled.
iPhone OS 3.0 now available {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 3:59PM Ok, just found a bug. For some reason when I launched YouTube, I got an error message saying "cannot connect to YouTube" even though Safari and other web-enabled apps are working fine. Turning my iPod off and then on did nothing to correct this.... bummer.
iPhone OS 3.0 now available {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 3:55PM Took about 20 minutes to download and install everything.
So far I'm quite pleased with the performance of OS 3.0 on my iPod Touch. Wish I had an iPhone to play with the other features, but I'm a poor college student, so I'm not about to cough up $90/month for the pleasure :-p
Spotlight search works great, flipping between pages of apps seems quicker, and even reorganizing apps is much quicker.
All in all, I'd say it's a must-have update. No bugs so far, copy/paste work great.
