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Ask Engadget: What's the best iPhone 3G alternative? {Engadget}
Jul 25th 2008 12:00AM i-mate 8502 with Winmo 6.1. I've had this for like 2 months, and I love it. Battery life isn't terrible - a good 4 hours from my experience - and standalone GPS (will work off-network in inner-Mongolia), as well as HSDP AND HSUPA. 2.0 mp camera is a bit weak, but hey. The only big downside is the freaking lack of suitable video drivers and non-existing customer support. As per the video drivers, still, the screen resolution is fantastic. Plus: low radiation (beats my freaking Treo 600 that was always buzzing!).
http://www.imate.com/support/specs/SpecSheet_8502.pdf
Acrylic Cowboy cases artfully expose your components, are not childproof {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2008 11:45PM Alcazar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUq0lVylgE
BAE's GA22 unmanned blimp makes its debut, we love blimps {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 2:26AM How the heck do they land those things?
Build your own Bluetooth handgun handset, or don't {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 12:52AM @modnaR: Immediate connection to God, doesn't count towards your minutes. For one thing, it would certainly put a new twist on any cell carrier's claim to their 3G networks having "mind-blowing speeds."
MetroPCS MetroFlash welcomes Verizon, Sprint customers -- and their devices {Engadget}
Jun 30th 2008 12:32AM I didn't know they had customer service except in the stores, and that, from what I hear, is hardly 'service.' I personally have never used them, but I often hear them referred to as MetroPieceOfSh.... I almost did switch to them, but I didn't want to give up my GSM phone. But, still, the price seems good. Then again, so did that $.27 set of 10 pens that I bought last week, and they didn't even write.
O2 showcases pedal-powered cellphone charger {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2008 9:05PM First comes using stationary bikes for generating own-use electricty, next comes Soilent Green. I can see where this is going....
Sharp solar panels to be used in two Japanese mega plants {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2008 3:01AM I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to knock California, I was being a bit dramatic. My point was this: if your decision to switch energy sources (or how you shop) is driven purely by a financial impetus, that's really fine, it's your money. After all, there's also rationality, and reasonable budget constraints. But if you're not going to pay a premium on something because it pulls a chunk more out of your bank account, you're making that personal choice. Even if you argue that oil companies keep prices for new, alternative energy technologies high because the oil companies lobby against funding for new green technology, so on and so forth, if enough people make the decision that this technology is worth the premium, it can be brought closer to market on a larger scale. My point is just that if you don't spend $1 more on your nail clippers, yes, our trade deficit is partly because of our trade policy, but it's also because many consumers - majority of the time, myself included - don't want to make the personal sacrifice. Sure, maybe it's partly oil, but it's also partly us.
I don't think what I said speaks to elitism, quite the opposite. I think the adoption, and the increased interest - for whatever reason - is fantastic. And, I have never owned an Apple product.
Sharp solar panels to be used in two Japanese mega plants {Engadget}
Jun 24th 2008 11:19PM @iH8Engadget
Sharp solar panels to be used in two Japanese mega plants {Engadget}
Jun 24th 2008 11:17PM And individual hypocrisy & greed, too: did you see many Californians investing in Solar when electricity was much cheaper, or demanding hybrid technology when gas was $1 a gallon? Kinda like the trade deficit; people complain about it, but how many of them will forego buying the cheapest nailclippers at Walmart because those nailclippers are made places with a distorted monetary and labour policy? So much for consumer (pro)activism.
Robots to be our lovers by 2050, not just in Massachussetts {Engadget}
Jun 22nd 2008 9:31PM Wikipedia, first entry.
