Mar 29

European Milestone gets OTA 2.1 update, Droid update MIA

Posted in: Android, droid, ota, Today's Chili, update

European Milestone gets OTA 2.1 update, Droid update MIAMotorola Milestone owners, your moment is now. The Android 2.1 update you’ve been waiting for is now available en masse. Users outside of Hong Kong (which already got served) have received notice that an over-the-air update is available to unlock the nine home-screens, Google Earth, and other goodness that comes along with the latest flavor of Google’s mobile OS. When can US-bound Verizon subscribers hope to get their point release of goodness? That, sadly, is still TBD, but we’re guessing it’ll be any day now.

[Thanks, Miao]

Filed under:

European Milestone gets OTA 2.1 update, Droid update MIA originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceGSMArena  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: , , ,
Mar 29

Why ATT should buy you a femtocell

Posted in: Today's Chili

Mobile phone network operators could help solve their connectivity problems with small radio stations in homes. So why should you be the one paying $150 for one? pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20001242-264.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Deep Tech/a/p

No Comments
Mar 29

Verizon’s Nexus One could be arriving ‘by the end of next week’ (updated)

Posted in: cdma, Google, nexus one, NexusOne, rumor, rumors, speculation, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

Let’s start with the obvious proviso here, the above image is so painfully easy to fake that even our computer illiterate grandparents could mock one up within a few minutes. That said, it’s purportedly a screenshot of a little oopsie by Google’s online store, which is said to have briefly displayed the Verizon option for Nexus One handsets as available to buy for $199 plus the relevant contractual shackles. We wouldn’t normally credit such unverifiable information, but then we’re also hearing from Soft Sailor that a highly trusted “inside” source of theirs is reporting that Verizon-carried, Sense-less Nexus Ones will be out and about “by the end of next week.” Given that the earlier mooted date of March 23 has now come and gone, we’re apprehensive about investing too much of ourselves in these rumors, but those supposed CDMA Nexus One shipments from HTC have to come out and play at some point, right?

[Thanks, Carson]

Update: jkOnTheRun has more insider info to share with us on this topic. James Kendrick’s people “in positions to know” tell him that the Verizon Nexus One will definitely show up in April, which meshes with the Spring timeframe we’ve already been given, but there’s also word about a “surprise” that other US carriers lack. Whether that refers to Sense-related enhancements or some other software optimizations, we’ll have to wait and see.

Verizon’s Nexus One could be arriving ‘by the end of next week’ (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink jkOnTheRun  |  sourceAndroid Central, Soft Sailor  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags:
Mar 29

New Keychain Multi-Tools from Leatherman

Posted in: household, Today's Chili

leathermen

What could possibly be handier than a do-it-all Leatherman multi-tool? How about a Leatherman keychain fob? The Leatherman Style is a $20 tool with five functions: knife, scissors, nail-file, screwdriver (flat and Philips heads) and tweezers, all of which pack down into a keychain-friendly stainless-steel body. It sounds perfect for keeping your variously sprouting crops of facial hair in trim, and for paring back those cracked, yellowing nails. Just remember not to keep your keys with you when boarding a plane.

The Leatherman Style will be available mid-may, along with the $25 Style CS, a larger but still keychain-able tool coming in at three-inches long. It is pretty much a Skeletool-lite, and adds a carabiner and bottle-opener to the mix. At these prices, it is inexcusable for any self-respecting geek not to have one.

Leatherman Style [Leatherman via ToolGuyd. Thanks, Stuart!]

Style CS [Leatherman via ToolGuyd]


No Comments
Mar 29

Brightcove eyes iPad’s Flash void with HTML5

Posted in: Today's Chili

The new Brightcove Experience for HTML5 allows customers to publish video for devices like Apple’s iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20001315-233.html” class=”origPostedBlog”iPhone Atlas/a/p

No Comments
Mar 29

iPad Pre-Orders Now Shipping

Posted in: ipad, Media Players, Today's Chili

Twitter is aflame with reports that the iPad has started to ship. Emails to customers from Apple include tracking numbers for the shipments, which are coming via UPS. We don’t imagine that anyone is likely to get their iPad early, but you never know: with the hundreds of thousands of pre-orders, mistakes could happen. Those who have pre-ordered should be pleased that all is going according to plan, and that they can wake up this weekend to a shiny new toy.

This isn’t the first time Apple has teamed up with UPS to get a new device to waiting fans. When the iPhone 3GS shipped last year, Apple commanded UPS to hold on to the packages until launch day, even if they were sitting there, ready and waiting in your local branch like gifts under a Christmas tree.

And remember, anyone nerdy enough to have pre-ordered a $500 device they have never even seen, let alone touched, is nerdy enough to post pictures and stories online as soon as they can. Fingers crossed, then, for early news. If not, Saturday is only five days away.

Have we at Gadget Lab received our pre-order email advisory? Hell no! We’re sending intrepid reporters to the Apple Stores in New York and San Francisco to pick up the machines in person and check out the launch day vibe. We have reserved a couple though – we’re not that stupid.

iPad Shipping [Twitter]

Photo: Jonathan Snyder / Wired.com


No Comments
Mar 29

Symantec names Shaoxing, China as world’s malware capital

Posted in: hacking, security, Today's Chili
It’s not the sort of title any city’s looking for, but Symantec has now given Shaoxing, China the dubious honor of being the world’s malware capital, saying that it accounts for more targeted attacks than any other city. In fact, the company found that while close to 30 percent of all malicious attacks came from China (making it the number one country), 21.3 percent came just from Shaoxing. It was followed by Taipei at 16.5 percent, and London at 14.8 percent. Following China in the country rankings is Romania with 21.1 percent of attempted attacks (most of those are said to be commercial fraud), and the United States at 13.8 percent. That’s actually just part of a larger report by Symantec’s MessageLabs division, which details everything from the most common types of email attachments (.XLS and .DOC are neck and neck for the lead) to the percentage of emails that contain a virus of phishing attack (one in 358.3 and one in 513.7, respectively). Dive into the PDF linked below for the complete details.

Symantec names Shaoxing, China as world’s malware capital originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Times Online  |  sourceSymantec MessageLabs (PDF), Press Release  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags:
Mar 29

Encyclopædia Britannica Comes to iPhone

Posted in: Phones, Software, Today's Chili

britannica

Chopping down trees, filling them with words and pictures and sending pushy salesman out to offload them on the never-never to hicks and social climbers seems plain weird these days, and Britannica, the encyclopedia people, seem to get that. After seeing its business withering, the 32-volume set of books shrank onto CD-ROM, then jumped to the internet. Now there is one more way to avoid filling your bookshelves with the $2,500, Renaissance Binding 2010 Encyclopædia Britannica: An iPhone app.

In comparison to the dead-tree edition, the iPhone version, concise though it is, looks cheap at $25. It comes loaded with 30,000 articles and 800 pictures (including maps). It is also a svelte 22MB in size, and easily navigable thanks to proper search (it gives nearby suggestion for misspellings). It even has a fun looking “on this day” feature. Best of all, though, is that now we really do have a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Britannica should ‘fess up to this and send a free towel to anyone who buys the app.

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2010 [iTunes]


No Comments
Mar 29

Engelbart’s chorded keyboard reborn as stunning red jellyfish

Posted in: concept, keyboard, Today's Chili

In December 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart introduced the world to two brand-new computer peripherals of his own invention.The first was his invention, the computer mouse — which, as you’re well aware, revolutionized user input two decades later. The second, the chorded keyboard, still has yet to take off outside the Braille community. But after forty years, Doug Engelbart hasn’t given up on the latter device; he recently commissioned an industrial designer, Erik Campbell, to modernize the antiquated keyset into this lovely jellyfish-inspired, five-fingered keyboard replacement. Made of silicon rubber and recycled plastics, the concept peripheral uses pressure-sensitive pads at each fingertip to detect key-presses, turns combinations of presses (the “chords”) into letters and words, and sends them over wireless USB to the host computer. Sure, chorded computing isn’t for everyone (else we’d all be sporting iFrogs and typing gloves), but if this concept ever comes to fruition, we just might be tempted to learn.

Update: Though Doug Engelbart brought us the computer mouse, he did not invent the chorded keyboard, merely demonstrated it at the same 1968 event. Thanks, MAS!

[Thanks, Semfifty]

Engelbart’s chorded keyboard reborn as stunning red jellyfish originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Walyou  |  sourceErik Campbell (Coroflot)  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: ,
Mar 29

Toshiba’s QWERTY-equipped K01 slides through the FCC

Posted in: bluetooth, qualcomm, qwerty, QwertySlider, slider, smartphone, snapdragon, Today's Chili, Toshiba, wifi, Windows Mobile, windows mobile 6.5, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.5, winmo

If you’ve yet to lose faith in Windows Mobile 6.5, or if you’re holding out hope for community-made Windows Phone 7 patches magically upgrading your OS, here’s another handset for your consideration. Toshiba’s K01 comes with a 1GHz Snapdragon inside and a QWERTY keyboard plus 4.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen (capacitive) on the outside. Its stroll through the FCC today revealed support for 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/EDGE frequencies, meaning you may get a choice between AT&T and T-Mobile’s networks. So now that we’ve narrowed down the carriers a little bit and certified this WiFi- and Bluetooth-equipped beastie, all that remains is to wait and see if the pricing is sufficiently alluring to entice all those starry-eyed T-Mobile subscribers who keep giving the HD2 lusty looks. Not long to go now. FCC label pictured after the break.

Update: Looks like this one is headed to Europe and Asia with test reports indicating support for UMTS Bands I and VIII and some expensive 1900MHz data while roaming North America.

Continue reading Toshiba’s QWERTY-equipped K01 slides through the FCC

Toshiba’s QWERTY-equipped K01 slides through the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceFCC  | Email this | Comments

No Comments | Tags: , ,