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Hack brings WiFi to Sprint Palm Pixi courtesy of Verizon Pixi Plus radio board swap
We can't say it's the most practical of hacks, but it looks like Sprint Palm Pixi users eager to add some much-needed WiFi to their device do have at least one option. As demonstrated by PreCentral forum member gitit20, all you have to do is find a Verizon Pixi Plus somewhere, pull out its radio board, swap it with the one in your Sprint Pixi, and run the Sprint webOS Doctor application to get everything back in working order. As you can see above, the two radio boards are identical apart from the missing WiFi chip, and there's apparently no extra fiddling with serial numbers or anything required. Head on past the break for the whole thing on video.
Showtime Sports Interactive debuts EBIF tags on HDTV tonight
We got out first taste of Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) interactivity during these Winter Olympic games, but Showtime plans to turn things up by using it on the MPEG-4 HDTV feed during tonight's Strikeforce Challengers MMA event. Available only on Verizon's FiOS TV for now, it will let viewers pull up stats, trivia and respond to polls by pressing the "OK" button on their remotes. already have social plans for this evening? No problem, the next event with this tech is coming April 24 during the Super Six World Boxing Championship, leaving just enough time for you to recover from those wild Earth Day celebrations.
Wrangle up the family for a Verizon Play & Win
Starting this week and running through April 30th, telecom conglomerate Verizion will be sponsoring a Family Game Night Play & Win allowing gamers to bond with their family and win Xbox 360 hardware. To participate, gamers must sign onto Xbox Live each week and play the week's specified family game title (listed here). You'll earn an entry into the giveaway each week you log onto Live to play that week's title and will be one entry closer to 120GB HDD greatness. And to kick off the fun, this week you'll have to play some Harry Potter, so be sure to register first and get to your family gaming. We'll pop the family popcorn!
