Most popular products is a Top 5 we do monthly. It’s pretty popular. It used to be a constantly changing list, often dominated by game consoles, but lately it’s been taken over by phones. All phones. We’ve even considered changing the name to most popular smartphones.
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RIM sells its 50 millionth BlackBerry, surprises even itself with earnings originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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With Friday’s announcement of an update to Tiffen’s popular photo app for the iPhone/iPod Touch, Photo fx, I started wondering how many people use a developer’s iPhone app, eventually pick up the full-size software package? (If one exists that is.)
For example, Tiffen’s little $2….
Oh sure, this MacBook Apple mod isn’t nearly as functional as that secondary display one, but you just can’t beat the artistic flair here. We’ve got nothing but props to hand out to the artist — we mean, you can just see the yearning in Snow White’s eyes, can’t you? She should really know to not eat after people, but seduction has a way of screwing with reason.
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Snow White chomps on poison Apple mod originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Would-be iPhone developers struggling to make their apps do more than fart and crash take note: Apple and Stanford have partnered to offer videos and course materials from Stanford’s undergraduate iPhone app development course through iTunes. The course is being taught by two Apple engineers, and it sounds like videos will go up regularly — the first is scheduled to post on Friday. Alright, let’s all practice together: “Yeah, I took a class at Stanford.” Sounds good, doesn’t it?
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Apple and Stanford to offer free iPhone development courses online originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This Slingbox app for iPhone isn’t out yet, but you are already no longer allowed to fully enjoy it on the go.
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For a moment, I thought AT&T Wireless’ new Netbook offerings were good deals. As it turns out, not so much.
According to Publicknowledge.org, the company silently revised its terms of service on Monday, just a few days before it announced the new program to offer discounted Netbooks to its 3G broadband service customers in Atlanta and Philadelphia.
In the “Prohibited and Permissible Uses” section, the new terms of service explicitly state:
This means you are potentially no longer allowed to stream content from third-party Web sites, such as You Tube, and may not even freely use video-streaming applications, such as Slingbox (both the existing Windows Mobile and upcoming iPhone versions) anymore. In terms of the bigger picture, AT&T is now treating its 3G wireless data network differently from its wired high-speed DSL network, which still allows you to do whatever you want. This is probably because the company does have to pay for the wireless spectrum, in addition to other investments.
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It’s already pretty clear that ASUS has fully embraced the chiclet keyboard, but if you need any more evidence you need look no farther than the Eee PC 1000HA, which ASUS has now seen fit to update with the new keyboard and not much else. The new model, the EPC1000HA-BLK026X, is a direct replacement for the EPC1000HA-BLK001X, and is apparently already available from a number of retailers, although there doesn’t seem to be a white version with the chiclet keyboard just yet. Otherwise, the specs all appear to be right in line with the previous model, including the usual Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, XP Home for an OS, and a promised 7 hours of battery life.
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ASUS Eee PC 1000HA joins its comrades in the chiclet kingdom originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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As CTIA comes to a close, we pause to select the best products from the show. The scene in Las Vegas was much quieter than in past years, and it lacked any high-profile announcements like the Palm Pre. But, there were a few products that deserve recognition as the Cream of the Crop from CTIA 2009.
Best phone: Samsung Impression
(Credit: Kent German/CNET)For the third year in a row Samsung takes the title of the best phone in CTIA. While the Samsung Impression can’t quite compete with the hype of last year’s Instinct or 2007’s Upstage, it is the most practical of the three. And in a year where messaging phones were all the rage, it stands out in a crowded field as the one of the best-designed messaging phones we’ve seen in a while.
The keyboard is spacious and tactile, and while the handset isn’t quite sexy, it has a pleasant, minimalist shape that feels nice in the hand. Yet the Impression’s biggest draw is its gorgeous active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display. As Samsung promised, the display is positively brilliant with bright colors and vibrant graphics. Features are decent, even if they’re not groundbreaking.
Inside you’ll find a 3-megapixel camera, a full HTML browser, Bluetooth, Samsung’s TouchWiz interface, 3G support with access to Cellular Video and AT&T Music, a personal organizer, AT&T Navigator, and a speakerphone. No, that won’t knock your socks off; in fact, you might even see it as somewhat boring. But as we said before, the Impression’s story is more about functional features and an intuitive design rather than flash and glam. And at a very quiet show, it deserves its prize. The Impression will be out soon with AT&T; we should have a review shortly.
For more on the Impression, see our photo gallery and video.
Best smartphone: HTC Snap
(Credit: Bonnie Cha/CNET)Aside from rising importance of applications, the other theme of CTIA 2009 was messaging. We saw a slew of new messaging devices debut at the show, and it extended to smartphones. While the Nokia E71x and Samsung Propel Pro were nice additions to AT&T’s lineup, the HTC Snap stood out for its Inner Circle feature.
With a simple press of a button, Inner Circle brings e-mails from a preselected group of people to the top of your in-box so you can read and reply to them immediately. The capability isn’t the wave of the future, but it does help prioritize your e-mails based on your preferences.
In addition, HTC, once again, did a nice job on the design. The Snap is a beautifully constructed and sleek smartphone. The QWERTY keyboard also features good-size buttons for easy messaging. Finally, don’t be fooled by its diminutive size as its packed with features, including Windows Mobile 6.1, push e-mail, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, and a 2-megapixel camera. We look forward to checking out the U.S. version of the Snap, the HTC S522, when it’s released in the summer.
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Looks like AT&T’s taking some aggressive steps to manage network traffic now that it’s offering subsidized netbooks — the carrier updated its data plan terms of service last night to specifically single out and prohibit “downloading movies using P2P file sharing services, customer initiated redirection of television or other video or audio signals via any technology from a fixed location to a mobile device, web broadcasting, and… any applications that tether the device… to Personal Computers or other equipment.” That’s an impressively strict set of rules that seemingly bans a number of apps AT&T customers are already using without complaint — everything from SlingPlayer to Qik to Skype to Jaikuspot — so we’ll see if the company is really so tone-deaf as to try and retroactively prohibit their use, or if it’ll just ignore what it can’t possibly enforce. We’ve pinged AT&T for comment, we’ll let you know what they say.
P.S.- It’s not just AT&T struggling to keep up with how people actually use its network — Deutsche Telekom today threatened to cut off German T-Mobile customers who dare to use Skype. Nice. Can someone give all these guys some new ideas, please?
[Via GigaOm]
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
AT&T tweaks wireless terms of service to forbid video streaming, filesharing, data tethering originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s been a stressful week for all of us. As such, this week’s episode is all about finding solace in the kitchen…mostly. It’s also about unintentionally wearing your privates on your prom dress.
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This egg timer sings “Carmina Burana”…
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