Apr 29
You can ‘gift’ drinks with new vending machines from PepsiCo that have text and video messaging. What, you just want to put a coin in and get a drink?
Apr 29
Sidekick 4G review
Posted in: 4G, Android, froyo, hspa, review, reviewed, Reviews, samsung, t-mobile, TMobile, Today's Chili, video
It’s been nearly two years since we last reviewed a T-Mobile Sidekick, and it would be a vast understatement to say things have changed. Then, they were designed by Danger and manufactured by Sharp, and were the messaging phone of choice. Today, following fiasco and failure, the Sidekick empire is in ruins. But good ideas and their originators live on, and several of Danger’s brightest wound up in Mountain View, California. Danger’s Andy Rubin founded Android, design director Mattias Duarte built Honeycomb (after helping craft the Helio Ocean and webOS for Palm) and now, the Sidekick itself has joined its founders in the house that Google built. In many ways, the Sidekick 4G is a return to form, but in an ecosystem filled with similar Android devices, can it stand out from the crowd?
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Sidekick 4G review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apr 29
Nothing beats the Tamrac CyberPro Express 5263 rolling photo/computer briefcase ($360 street) if you’ve got to carry a laptop and photo gear at a trade show. The CyberPro Express opens from the top, not the side. To swap equipment, you just lift the flap. This is the widebody of rolling gear bags at 22 inches left to right. If your gear needs are less, you may want the CyberPro Flyer 5261 ($300) at 15 inches wide and able to hold a 15-inch laptop. Construction of the CyberPro Express was first-rate with one annoying exception: the telescoping handle.
Apr 29
Google Introduces Shared Storage
Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's ChiliThis article was written on August 10, 2007 by CyberNet.
Google has always offered the option to purchase additional storage for your Picasa account, however, now that purchased storage is for more than just your Picasa account. Google has started a new shared storage program in which your paid storage can be used across other Google services. For now, the only two options are Gmail and Picasa, but I’m sure Google intends to add additional services to the list like Google Docs & Spreadsheets.
I don’t have any purchased storage through Google, so the screenshot below is from Google Blogoscoped. It shows what your storage screen will look like if you have the additional storage to share across other Google services:
The announcement on the Official Google Blog when talking about the new shared storage says, “That will help make storage really useful, like letting you upload lots of full resolution images to Picasa Web Albums.” If you were to reach the limit for either your Gmail or Picasa Web Albums account, the paid storage is then your “overflow solution” and will be used on a first come first serve basis.
In the future, it would be nice if you could share even the basic free storage, but I don’t see that as something Google would implement. If you’re interested in purchasing additional storage, you can find the details here. It starts at 6GB for $20/year, and goes up to 250 GB for $500/year. You can also see how much storage you’re currently using here.
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Apr 29
The LowePro Pro Roller Attache x50 ($260 street) is the Russian nesting doll of rolling laptop-photo bags. The inner padding and dividers are a removable shoulder bag accessed via a hinged front. But there’s a tradeoff: The two-in-one design takes up a lot of space and you carry less gear than you’d think. Unique design or gimmick? It’s a little of both.
Apr 29
Engadget Podcast 237 – 04.29.2011
Posted in: engadget podcast, EngadgetPodcast, podcast, podcasts, Today's Chili
As Darren traipses WiFi-free across the Grand Canyon, Myriam and Brian join Tim to bring a previously unheard-of amalgamation of Engadget Podcasters to the fold. As an added bonus, If you don’t watch out, this Engadget Podcast will also wormhole its way into your credit card, find out your PIN, and email your parents a list of locations where you used it for the past 6 months. Just sayin’.
Host: Tim Stevens
Guests: Myriam Joire, Brian Heater
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Boom
02:25 – The Engadget Show – 020: RIM’s Ryan Bidan, GDGT’s Peter Rojas, Ford CEO Alan Mulally, lots of tablets, Shredder test-drive
02:48 – Samsung Galaxy S II review
13:50 – Sony provides PSN update, confirms a ‘compromise of personal information’ (updated)
16:55 – Sony update on PSN / Qriocity outage: ‘some services up and running within a week’ (updated)
18:30 – PlayStation Network outage caused by ‘external intrusion,’ continues for third day
22:00 – Apple officially answers questions on location tracking, says it doesn’t do it
24:24 – TomTom user data sold to Dutch police, used to determine ideal locations for speed traps
28:30 – White iPhone 4 releases tomorrow, finally (update: Phil Schiller explains the delay)
32:10 – Sony S1 and S2 dual-screen Honeycomb tablets get official (video)
40:04 – Notion Ink Adam review
47:04 – Hulu Plus on Xbox 360 launches tomorrow, all members get a free week thanks to beef jerky
47:53 – Apple’s cloud streaming service to be called iCloud?
48:26 – Apple signs Warner Music to its cloud-based music service
52:31 – Verizon’s LTE network takes the night off, leaves a bunch of Thunderbolt users bewildered
53:15 – Verizon says its LTE network is back ‘up and running’
53:43 – B&N Nook Color update released, brings Froyo, apps, and Flash, we go hands-on (video)
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Engadget Podcast 237 – 04.29.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apr 29
In addition to questions from a U.S. senator and ongoing investigations in the U.K. and Canada, the city of Taipei, Taiwan is demanding info on how what Sony will do to ensure PlayStation Network security.
Originally posted at Circuit Breaker
Apr 29
Microsoft launches API Mapping tool to help devs point iPhone apps at WP7 libs
Posted in: developer, developers, ios, iPhone, Microsoft, sdk, Today's Chili, windows phone, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7, Wp7
If you’ve spent much time coding in a development environment that has buttons, you know that Microsoft’s tools are among the best. In the spirit of helping developers (developers, developers) find their way to its mobile platform of choice, the company has launched the API Mapping tool for iPhone. Basically, it’s a utility that will look at the calls your iOS app’s code is making and help you find a new home for them in .Net’s ample libraries. Microsoft is also providing documentation to help with the porting and, we hear, asking really, really nicely that you consider Windows Phone for your next project.
Microsoft launches API Mapping tool to help devs point iPhone apps at WP7 libs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apr 29
When explosives begin raining from the sky, it’s generally recommended that one find a sturdy, preferably covered, area to wait. Our friends at Oobject.com have some great examples. More »
Apr 29
Thanks to seamless background compression, the new Onavo app promises to give you a lot more bang for your data buck. But does it really work?
Originally posted at iPhone Atlas
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