May 10
U.S. Cellular announces it second Google Android phone through its Facebook fan page. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20004624-251.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Android Atlas/a/p
May 10
Showtime getting ready to go online?
Posted in: Online, streaming, Today's Chili
What’s a “premium” movie service these days without access on additional screens? Not much, which is probably why rumors indicate Showtime is about to follow EPIX HD and ESPN 3(no 60) by creating an online service for subscribers to view on their PCs and mobile devices. Don’t expect to watch Weeds, Dexter and The Real L Word on your iPad just yet (except for what’s already available on Netflix) as a spokeswoman had only a standard “nothing to announce to” offer Bloomberg Businessweek, but their sources indicate it will resemble the HBO GO service we tested out recently when it went live for Verizon FiOS TV customers. Heading online seems like a good followup to turning on interactive HDTV features, but we’ll see if that’s enough to keep viewers signing up for its service when there are so many alternatives available.
Showtime getting ready to go online? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
May 10
GigaPan Epic Pro helps create 44,880 megapixel panorama of Dubai skyline, world’s largest digital photo
Posted in: photography, Photos, Today's Chili, video
How did the world’s foremost manufacturer of robotic camera mounts advertise its flagship product? Simple: it grabbed it, a Canon EOS 7D and some round-trip tickets to Dubai, and set about shooting the largest billboard in the world. Local photographer Gerald Donovan shot a nearly 45 gigapixel panorama of towering spires, desert and sky with his new GigaPan Epic Pro and a couple of the company’s engineers for logistical support. You’ll find the zoom-in-practically-forever image at our source link, a PR and making-of video after the break, and the cash to buy yourself a similar rig in your offshore bank account.
Update: Gerald Donovan writes in to let us know that while GigaPan did help him sort out technical issues in uploading the approximately 1,000,000 images that make up the finely-detailed panorama, the company did not sponsor or commission his work. Incidentally, he’s been shooting panoramas of Dubai for some time now. GigPan did revel in the aftermath, however, as a PR after the break shows.
GigaPan Epic Pro helps create 44,880 megapixel panorama of Dubai skyline, world’s largest digital photo originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 16:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 10
Sprint will not support Google’s Nexus One strategy with subsidized pricing and a contract, leaving T-Mobile as the device’s exclusive U.S. carrier. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20004614-265.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Relevant Results/a/p
May 10
See Android run on the iPhone 3G
Posted in: Today's ChiliPCWorld’s David Wang has been documenting weeks of work to port the full Google Android operating system to the Apple iPhone 3G.
May 10
Sprint: Android 2.1 Still Coming to Moment and Hero in Q2
Posted in: Android, HTC, samsung, Sprint, Today's Chili
Sprint announced in a forum post that it still plans to meet its self-imposed Q2 2010 deadline for Android 2.1 updates to the Samsung Moment and HTC Hero, after working closely with Samsung and HTC on an issue Sprint “hoped to have resolved by now.”
Sprint originally announced the upgrade back in December. Then the carrier sort-of-delayed it a few months later–which I wrote about in a post that got me in some trouble with (otherwise very nice) Sprint representatives at the time, for exaggerating the meaning of the word “delay.”
Now it appears we’re… still waiting anyway. All told, it’s going to be worth the trouble; Android 2.1 is a significant jump over the original 1.6 OS, and should include free Google Maps Navigation, among other new features.
I just wish these upgrades came more easily, and didn’t require the carriers to treat them as if they were approving a handset for their networks all over again from scratch. Many folks consider these things computers now, and not fixed electronics like microwaves. If smartphones can install “thousands of apps,” then they should also receive OS updates in a timely manner, just like any other computer.
May 10
NASA Troubleshooting Voyager 2 Issue
Posted in: NASA, science, space, Today's Chili
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab announced that it is working on a data transmission problem with Voyager 2. JPL said that the issue appears to be related to the flight data system, which formats data before sending it back to Earth. Signals currently take about 13 hours to travel each way between the spacecraft and our planet.
“Voyager 2’s initial mission was a four-year journey to Saturn, but it is still returning data 33 years later,” said Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, in a statement. “It has already given us remarkable views of Uranus and Neptune, planets we had never seen close-up before. We will know soon what it will take for it to continue its epic journey of discovery.”
Voyager 2 launched on August 20, 1977, about two weeks before its twin Voyager 1 spacecraft. The two craft are currently the most distant human-made objects, and are out at the edge of the solar system. Mission managers expect Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to exit our system and enter interstellar space in about five years.
May 10
Sprint cans Nexus One in favor of EVO 4G
Posted in: Android, breaking news, BreakingNews, Google, HTC, nexus one, NexusOne, Sprint, Today's Chili
In light of Verizon’s recent decision (or was that Google’s decision?) to say goodnight to the Nexus One in favor of the Droid Incredible, we thought it might be wise to reach out to Sprint and get a comment on its own version — the EVO 4G is just around the corner, of course, and it’s lying in wait to cast a long, long shadow over any other Android device in Sprint’s lineup. Sure enough, the carrier says that it’s now taking a pass on Google’s first “superphone,” seeing how the EVO 4G is basically better in every respect: WiMAX support, larger screen, better camera, and so on. Of course, this might peeve a few folks who’d prefer stock Android over HTC’s Sense UI — if for no other reason than the fact that Sense-powered devices tend to have wildly longer firmware upgrade lag times than stock ones do — but otherwise, the move seems to be a perfectly logical one. Oh, and as for that EVO? No update on a launch window, but Sprint says that it’s still targeting Summer, thank goodness.
Sprint cans Nexus One in favor of EVO 4G originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 15:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 10
ATT Unveils GSM Palm Pre, $149.99 on May 16th
Posted in: palm, palm pre, Smart Devices, Smartphones, Today's Chili, webos
AT&T announced on its Facebook page that the Palm Pre Plus will hit retail stores and online on May 16th for $149.99 after contract and rebates.
This marks the first time the Palm Pre will be available in a GSM version, as the two prior models were both CDMA (Palm Pre on Sprint, and Palm Pre Plus on Verizon).
The Pre continues to be one of the best smartphones on the market, thanks to its Cortex A8 processor and slick webOS, and despite Palm’s troubles (which will hopefully be over soon, now that HP bought ’em out).
AT&T also said that anyone buying a Pre in AT&T retail stores will get a free Palm Touchstone charging dock.
May 10
The Real Story Behind Twitter’s Ridiculous Follow Bug [Twitter]
Posted in: Today's Chili, top, twitter
For a while today, a Twitter bug let anyone force anyone to follow their accounts. It was a hilariously simple trick, and equally bizarre. Even better? This bug was discovered by accident, by a Turkish Twitter user. Here’s what happened. More »
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