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MobiTV, HowardForums resolve their differences
It looks like all is once again well in HoFo land, with MobiTV president Paul Scanlan himself stepping in and corresponding with Howard Chui directly. In short, Scanlan says that they never intended to get HowardForums taken offline (good for them), but that an abundance of caution in protecting "content and carrier partners" led MobiTV's legal team to step in and issue some stern words. To quote Howard, "I guess everything is okay now" -- so if he's happy, we're happy. Here's to many more years of threat-free HoFoing, eh?[Thanks, TJ]
MobiTV taking legal action against HowardForums, should instead be spending that money improving its security
For most Engadget Mobile readers -- and certainly all Engadget Mobile editors -- HowardForums is a daily, if not an hourly read. It's one of the few sites we simply cannot imagine living without, and we'd like to think that most companies in the industry feel the same way because it gives everyone an opportunity to connect, share news and ideas, solve problems, and just generally bro out in a way that no other forum serving the mobile community really does. It seems that an utter lack of security protecting MobiTV's pay streams has been called out on HoFo, and rather than deal with it, the company is taking the easy way out by hassling Howard with a DMCA claim and is currently threatening to contact his host and get the site taken down by force. Little problem with that, though: there was nothing to decrypt, hack, or break, because MobiTV's stream is exposed as simple URL with no protection whatsoever. HowardForums, we wish you the best of luck; fight the good fight. MobiTV, guys, honestly, divert some of this cash to making your product suck less.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
CDMA Motorola MAXX Ve in the flesh, kind of
It's been a few months since we heard a rumble from the CDMA side of the stable, until recently when a Howard Forums member put up marketing pics of the yet to be Motorola MAXX Ve. The device has been updated with a new color scheme, will support VCAST Video and Music (sorry, no TV support here fellas), EV-DO, have a 2 megapixel shooter with expandable microSD memory, and that infamous Verizon interface. Other than that, we are on pins and needles hungering for more information. Anyone care to share?
