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Video: Toshiba TG01 gets UK launch, we handle it again {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 10th 2009 9:40AM Nice phone. Too bad some idiot attached a chandalier to their finger - blocks the view of the phone in the bottom video.
NVIDIA's 40nm GeForce G210 and GeForce GT 220 desktop GPUs emerge {Engadget}
Jul 9th 2009 12:43PM Ray - that is helpful thanks. I'm not an nVidia or ATI snob - whoever happens to have the best product at a reasonable price and the quietest cooling system are what grab my attention. We'll have to see later this year who has that as I'm ready to upgrade again. Crysis is just too demanding :)
NVIDIA's 40nm GeForce G210 and GeForce GT 220 desktop GPUs emerge {Engadget}
Jul 9th 2009 10:15AM I've been out of the loop for a while. Anyone know when their new flagship gaming card is coming out and what the name of it is?
Thanks
How would you change the Palm Pre? {Engadget}
Jul 4th 2009 11:42AM 1 slightly larger screen
2 higher resolution
3 better signal reception
4 include OK or accept like 99% of the other GUI's for entering data
5 Make LED for camera functional as a flashlight.
Sprint swaggers, promises to be first to release 3G Femtocell in US {Engadget}
Jul 3rd 2009 9:22AM If anyone here has the airave can you tell me if Verizon phones can receive calls on them? I can't get Sprint or Verizon signal.
Thanks
Pioneer refreshes, lowers prices on its Elite receivers {Engadget HD}
Jul 2nd 2009 12:08AM I'm going to guess Pioneer is going to regret killing the Kuro line as I'm willing to bet a reasonable percentage of people who bought Kuros said - what the hell - I'll get a Pioneer receiver and BR player to go with my new plasma. I buy many different brands but I'm a HT fanatic. I work for lots of clients with tons of money who don't really want to look around they just want to buy it and have someone set it up.
Microsoft's "Pink" smartphone to be Microsoft-branded? {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2009 3:41PM I'm actually all for MS releasing smartphones. I think we'd have better and more frequent firmware updates.
I've been using HTC phones for years and their hardware is quite primitive compared to the iPhone - it might help out WM image if they had slim phones with large screens like the iPhone. The Toshiba TG01 is the only one that appears to have better hardware than the iPhone and it runs WM. HTC phones really are obsolete 2 years before we get a model in the US. Perhaps HTC has more current hardware on Asian carriers but the crap we get on Sprint is about as sleek and sexy as a UPS truck (HTC) compared to a BMW roadster (iphone or Toshiba TG01).
Toshiba's TG01 stepping out in London on July 9th {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2009 9:54AM JamesBond - I would love a flash on all WM phones. I could care less about taking crappy pictures but having a flash that can be used as a flashlight is VERY handy for me. One of my old HTC sucky phones had a horrible camera I never used but someone made an app that turned the flash on that I used a lot as a handy flashlight when I didn't have a real flashlight with me. The LED could stay on for an hour without really effecting the battery. The BT was probably as much or more of a drain on the battery than the LED.
If I had a choice between a camera and an LED I would gladly get the LED.
Toshiba's TG01 stepping out in London on July 9th {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2009 9:49AM wywywywy - I believe you've had bad luck with Toshiba. It may very well be true but as for someone who can't wait 6-12 months for HTC to fix just some of the firmware issues (as they won't ever fix hardware issues) I use ppcgeeks or xdadevelopers for all of my current and previous HTC phone firmware. HTC firmware sucks as well so you are always better off using something made by someone you don't even know than from HTC or Sprint direct.
There are no local HTC service centers so I'm not worried about problems with my local Toshiba service center.
Sprint's local and national service center has earned it a top 10 worst customer service award many years running so I'm not looking to them for help either.
The Toshibas may be bad but I already know what the issues will be with the next HTC phone to be released on Sprint before they are released as EVERY HTC phone Sprint has ever offered have the same issue time after time after time. I don't know if they just fire the engineers who worked on the last phone every 6 months or if HTC engineers just hate Sprint users but how can you have the same issues being discussed time after time on each new HTC phone?
Toshiba's TG01 stepping out in London on July 9th {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2009 9:05AM This is without a doubt the first WinMo phone I've really really really wanted. I don't ever want to have to own another HTC device but I'm on Sprint so I'm stuck for devices. I tried the palm - not great but it shows some potential - possibly with the pre 2.0 in a year or so.
The TG01 has almost twice the processing power of most upcoming HTC devices. It is about 50% thinner than about any upcoming HTC devices. It has a larger screen than just about any upcoming HTC devices. I doubt it has as much battery life issues of any HTC device. And having used and supported HTC WinMo phones for about 5 or more years now, I can't imagine it having as sucky of a BT as any HTC device.
Having owned an HTC phone since the first HTC phone was offered on Sprint many years ago - I can say due to my past and present experience with HTC phones I'd rather take my chances on a brand I've never used for a pda phone before than use another HTC device. I already know the same issues that are released on the Sprint phones year after year after year with HTC.
