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As the 3G iPhone draws near, what's your plan of attack? {Engadget}
May 14th 2008 9:46PM I've been using a crappy Nokia flip for 3 years now. It's a great phone, but it doesn't really do anything else.
Everybody knows that a 3G iPhone is coming, but the other features are still a mystery. Will it have GPS? 3-5 megapixel camera, with video? How restricted with the apps actually be? Is everyone in the app-store going to try to charge for things that jailbroken iPhones currently do for free? Will they allow a proper messenger client? (Signs point to 'no')
I couldn't care less about 3G data. It's not that much faster (and the latency is just as bad). Also, if you can't tether, and Safari won't let you download files, and email doesn't support file attachments, what good is 3G anyway? Is the update going to change all that?
It's the other features that matter - like cut and paste. Unfortunately, we don't currently know anything concrete about the other features.
MSI Wind gets official pricing and availability for the US: $399 {Engadget}
May 13th 2008 7:06PM I know the EeePC is available. You can walk into Best Buy and get a 7", or order one from Costco. Unfortunately, I have never seen an MSI-branded PC for sale from a major retailer.
I'm sure that sometime after June 3rd, you'll be able to find them online at various places, but my hope is that more of these little notebooks can move into the mainstream like Asus has, or Everex with the Cloudbook (which is sold through Walmart).
MSI Wind gets official pricing and availability for the US: $399 {Engadget}
May 13th 2008 5:52PM If these things are made as widely available as the EeePC, this could actually be an EeePC killer. It appears that for $400 they're giving you something a little better than the $549 EeePC.
The people at Asus better rethink their pricing.
Stolen laptop recovered with Back To My Mac {Engadget}
May 11th 2008 1:14PM Sure, Macs have some useful features. They also over-charge for the "privilege" of never having to use 3rd party software, and this is a perfect example that.
Stolen laptop recovered with Back To My Mac {Engadget}
May 11th 2008 1:09PM Hamachi + VNC = Free, does this exact same thing and more, cross-platform
Ask Engadget: What's the best 40- to 50-inch HDTV with PC inputs? {Engadget}
May 8th 2008 7:00PM Don't get a Panasonic plasma for use with a computer. Every Panasonic Plasma I know of has overscan that you cannot disable. I'd check to see if this is the case with their newest sets, but I'm pretty sure it is.
You can adjust the picture size using your video card drivers, but you'll never get 1:1 pixel-mapping, so text will always suck on a Panasonic Plasma. If you're only going to be using it for Media Center purposes, it's fine, but not if you're going to be using it like a regular monitor for any amount of time.
Eee 900 now available for pre-order for delivery May 12 {Engadget}
May 7th 2008 10:20AM It's not really an SSD. It's soldered-in flash memory. I know that's a small distinction, but it's an important one. You can find 16GB SDHC cards for $60 in some places.
Eee 900 now available for pre-order for delivery May 12 {Engadget}
May 7th 2008 10:15AM The 900 also has an additional 8GB of storage (16 for the Linux Version). They're charging more for that.
Unfortunately, I don't think people want that. I'd pay $449 for the 900, and I think a lot of people would. I wouldn't care if it only had 4GB of storage, because I can pick up an 8GB SDHC card for $30 if I want more space.
By bundling the 9"screen with the unnecessary storage, they're ensuring that I buy neither the 701 nor the 900.
First ever BlackBerry clamshell phone unmasked, dubbed the 'Kickstart' {Engadget}
Apr 30th 2008 11:39PM I don't understand the appeal of clamshell phones. In their folded position, they're useless, so you're constantly folding and unfolding, and then the hinge breaks.
Also, is it just me, or does that thing look huge? It looks like it's probably as big as the Pearl, except you don't have to unfold the Pearl to use it.
Apple updates iMac as expected {Engadget}
Apr 28th 2008 8:53AM No quad-core? No thanks.
It's like they're encouraging people to build Hackentoshes.
