| Proposed class action settlement would let you unlock nearly any AT&T handset -- besides the iPhone |  |  |  |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 28 April 2010 | So the good news is that a class action lawsuit out in Cali is on the cusp of coming to a resolution, and the decision would require AT&T to offer an unlock code for just about any phone it has offered since March 12, 1999 -- in other words, you can take the cellphone and apply it to any GSM service of your choice. We say "nearly" as a result of there's one massive exception -- any cellphone for which AT&T secured an exclusivity period of a minimum of ten months -- which naturally consists of the iPhone (in actual fact, it is known as out by identify within the settlement).
There are some stipulations, too; if you happen to're postpaid, it's a must to have been a customer for at the least ninety days, and even gadgets with exclusivity periods of less than ten months cannot be unlocked until the interval is over (which admittedly makes good sense). Taking a Backflip elsewhere won't appear to be a very interesting possibility, however who is aware of -- possibly you are a T-Cell buyer with a factor for backward hinges and a disdain for 3G.
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| Viliv's AMOLED Prime P3 media player sports activities both Android and Home windows CE | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 23 April 2010 | We've by no means been snug with the fact that Viliv's many fun and trendy PMPs have but to achieve an actual foothold within the states. Perhaps it will change with the Prime P3 media player. As near as we can inform (our Korean is somewhat rusty) this dangerous boy sports activities a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, has each Android 2.1 and Windows CE 6.0 partitions, and supports 720p video. But that ain't all! Connectivity is through microUSB, and extra storage comes courtesy of microSDHC. Rounding issues off are an 800 MHz ARM Cortex CPU, accelerometer, and WiFi -- all in a fairly elegant little package. Out there in flavors up to 32GB, we do not know when it will see release, or for what price. We'll let you understand as soon as we get a heads up. For reals.
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| 2011 Audi A8 gets factory-put in wireless hotspot option | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 19 April 2010 | We'd heard that the 2011 Audi A8 could be getting a UMTS modem in mid-2010 to assist with issues like Google Earth, and it appears like Audi has now delivered that and more -- it is just introduced that the automobile is the first anyplace to be available with a manufacturing unit-put in WLAN hotspot option. That will apparently let you either drop your SIM card into the automotive's on-board system or pair your phone with it through Bluetooth, after which share wireless internet access with up to eight WiFi-enabled devices at speeds up to 7.2 mbps -- assuming you actually need any more devices than the two dozen or so which can be already constructed into the automotive, that is.
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| SED's dead: Canon abandons development of latest HDTVs, we take a look again | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 14 April 2010 | Oh, surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED). We still keep in mind the halcyon days of 2005 after we first laid eyes upon your black as a CRT / thin as a plasma or LCD self, and equally recognize the ache of each false start and delay that followed, each leading as much as as we speak's announcement by Canon that it is abandoning SED HDTVs entirely. It had held out hope as late as final spring that the expertise might have a future in skilled shows, but Japan's The Nikkei stories it simply could not carry down prices enough. There's still the likelihood for a future in "picture diagnostic equipment" but all those prototypes will never see the sunshine of mass production. Check after the break for some of the highlights alongside the way in which, or simply to imagine what may need been if not for lawsuits and technical issues.
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| Nokia updates N900 to model 1.2 in UK, closes door on MeeGo | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 08 April 2010 | You've got overclocked it and hacked it to run OS X and Android, now you may return your N900 to its native Maemo 5 OS with the launch of a model 1.2 software update. The V10.2010.19-1 bump now accessible within the UK (world on Wednesday) packs a number of enhancements including face-to-face video calling, improved Ovi Maps, and a greater e mail experience with bundled Facebook IM Chat and the power to just accept or decline event invites from the inbox. You will also see a number of new video games when the Ovi Retailer switches over on Thursday.
And after much speculation, Nokia's also admitting that MeeGo won't be officially supported on the N900 as soon as the Intel / Nokia OS is system ready. Nokia will continue to support the core Maemo OS, nonetheless, as demonstrated by right this moment's update. Regardless, we're positive that the N900's lively fan-base will ship a MeeGo replace exterior of official channels, especially because the N900 is already being used as a platform for ARM-based mostly MeeGo development.
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| Onkyo's E713 all-in-one PC is the area station to your starfaring iPod | | | |
| Written by admin | | Saturday, 03 April 2010 | Okay, now this is simply getting ridiculous. We all know Onkyo has an extended historical past of building iPod docks, but to see the company build an entire all-in-one PC around the characteristic is just a little a lot, particularly when -- once again -- the iPhone isn't invited to the party. No, when the E713 collection ships in Japan subsequent month at or around the ¥99,880 (about $1100) value point, it'll embody up to a Core i5-650 processor, 4GB of RAM, a digital TV tuner, Blu-ray drive, 1TB exhausting drive and a great deal of ports behind that 23-inch, 1920 x 1080 LCD display screen, but a slide-out iPod basic / nano / touch dock that apparently cannot accommodate the iPhone's portly frame. That's discrimination, proper there -- or not less than we'll keep on telling ourselves that, since we're all out of sour grapes.
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