May 09

Mobilicity gets the green light from CRTC, looks to launch in Toronto soon

Posted in: canada, carrier, cellphone, mobile, Today's Chili, Wireless

Right on cue, the artist formerly known as DAVE Wireless has been given approval to begin operations in Canada. Just as we heard earlier in the year, Mobilicity is looking to add some much-needed competition in the mobile operator space up north, and as predicted, the CRTC has given the initial stamp of approval needed for it to move forward with business operations. The company has to make a few minor changes up the ladder in order to appease the Canadian overlords that regulate this stuff, but the outfit’s top brass have stated that they have “no issues” whatsoever in complying. If all goes well, the carrier plans to start up service in Toronto before the summer swings in, with Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa to get covered later in the year. Here’s hoping those blasted three-year contracts vanish for good, eh?

[Thanks, Adam]

Mobilicity gets the green light from CRTC, looks to launch in Toronto soon originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 May 2010 03:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 07

Bacteria creates Bluetooth SNES controller, makes smartphone gamers drool (video)

Posted in: bluetooth, hack, mod, nintendo, Today's Chili, video, Wireless
Bacteria creates Bluetooth SNES controller, makes smartphone gamers drool (video)

We recently checked out the Game Gripper, which quickly turns a Motorola Droid keyboard into a gamepad, and when it comes to simplicity and cost it doesn’t get much better than that. But, it isn’t quite the same as a real controller, not like this creation from Bacteria, creator of many a wonderfully hacked console. Here he took an MSI BGP100 Bluetooth GamePad and stuffed it into a classic SNES controller shell, enabling all the buttons except, sadly, the lowly Select. It’s all demonstrated in a thrilling video after the break that features action, gameplay, and nearly a minute of screw-turning excitement. The best part? He was hired to do this, meaning if you ask nicely (and write a check) he might just make one for you, too.

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Bacteria creates Bluetooth SNES controller, makes smartphone gamers drool (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 May 2010 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 04

BlackBerry First Predicted in 1909

Posted in: BlackBerry, electric, Miscellaneous Tech, science, Smartphones, Today's Chili, Wireless

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It turns out Nikola Tesla, the famed electric engineer, first predicted the existence of the BlackBerry over 100 years ago.
As the UK-based Telegraph reports, Tesla, who died in 1943, made a prediction about a portable messaging service in Popular Mechanics magazine in 1909. He wrote in the magazine that one day it would be possible to transmit wireless messages all over the world, and that wireless was the only way the use of electricity could truly thrive.
Tesla “imagined such a hand-held device would be simple to use and that, one day, everyone in the world would communicate to friends using it,” and that this “would usher in a new era of technology.”
The prediction was part of a magazine presentation titled “108 Years of Futurism,” made by Seth Porges, the magazine’s current technology editor, to industry executives in New York, the report said. (Popular Mechanics launched 108 years ago in 1902.)
Tesla’s name lives on in Tesla Motors, the electric car company. Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for flying cars and personal helicopters. Can someone get on that already?
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May 03

Fly Mouse takes to the air with QWERTY keyboard, gyro, USB wireless

Posted in: keyboard, mouse, Today's Chili, Wireless
You know that when we saw this ad we had to take a second look. The Fly Mouse (or, if you prefer Google Translate’s version, “Air Flying Squirrel Lazy Mouse,” is a wireless keyboard / mouse for HTPCs and the like. With its QWERTY keyboard, arrow keys, and a built in gyro, you’ll be Googleing and YouTubeing up a storm, via the 2.4GHz wireless signal. Available for about $50, get a closer look after the break. And while you’re at it, maybe you can explain the guy in the cowboy hat?

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Fly Mouse takes to the air with QWERTY keyboard, gyro, USB wireless originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 03

RIM converts BMW’s iDrive into ‘a remote control for your BlackBerry’ (video)

Posted in: BlackBerry, bluetooth, car, Email, RIM, Today's Chili, Transportation, video, Wireless

If there’s one thing business types love more than their BlackBerry, it’s their BMW — or so we’re told. It makes all sorts of sense, therefore, that the two companies would partner up to help the things they sell communicate with each other more effortlessly. Using Bluetooth MAP (Message Access Profile), BlackBerry devices can now beam emails and contacts over to BMW’s iDrive dash system, where the driver can listen to his messages via a text-to-speech option or make calls using the car’s speakerphone. The first supported handset is the newly minted Pearl 3G, and we’re told this functionality will come as an integrated part of BlackBerry 6. To see how it works on a 335is, click past the break for the video.

[Thanks, Horatiu]

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RIM converts BMW’s iDrive into ‘a remote control for your BlackBerry’ (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 04:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 29

Plantronics Explorer 395 Bluetooth headset review

Posted in: bluetooth, Features, review, Today's Chili, video, Wireless

At Engadget, we’re used to playing with premium Bluetooth headsets like the Jabra Stone and Jawbone Icon, so it’s only natural this $49.95 Plantronics headset would lower our expectations, but turns out it’s not bad for the money. For starters, the actual earpiece looks much better than the renders we saw, with a retro look that we quite liked. We’re also promised easy operation with few buttons — the silver paddle-like button (with LEDs underneath) for phone calls and Bluetooth pairing; the black volume button on one side with five incremental volume steps; and the ridged power slide switch on the other side. You’ll find a micro-USB port at the end of the silver button, followed by the ear plug underneath and the mic on the other end. Enough with the list of features — read on to find out how well this headset performs.

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Plantronics Explorer 395 Bluetooth headset review originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 27

TiVo’s $90 Wireless N Network Adapter now available

Posted in: adapter, stream, streaming, tivo, Today's Chili, wifi, Wireless

Took you long enough, eh TiVo? Just under five months after the AN0100 802.11n WiFi adapter splashed down in the FCC’s database, the company responsible for the Premiere has finally decided to ship this here dongle. The newly christened TiVo Wireless N Network Adapter is designed to function with all dual-tuner TiVo boxes (though it won’t play nice with the DirecTV DVR with TiVo), enabling those who’d rather not run a 50 foot Ethernet drop to still access web features. Fortunately, it’s available now for those who’ve waited; unfortunately, it’ll cost you a staggering $89.99. Check it out now from TiVo’s website or pick it up later this week at your local Best Buy.

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TiVo’s $90 Wireless N Network Adapter now available originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 27

Keepin’ it real fake: PSP-shaped Mini Game King makes classic emulation a royal decree

Posted in: kirf, psp, Today's Chili, Wireless

Flamboyantly attired in a flowing fuchsia scarf, the Mini Game King is probably guilty of countless copyright violations, but we don’t care. The real question is whether this latest KIRF PSP can actually play games, and we’re happy to say it does. Summoning the full might of its infringing power, the King can emulate eleven classic consoles and handhelds when it’s not playing AV files from 4GB of internal memory, and its Chinese manufacturer triumphantly claims that the device “will make you happy unlimited” if you hook up an wireless six-axis controller as well. “This controller does not come with the console, you have to pay for it,” reads the box, but we’re dying to try “3Dthergame” and “Othergame” as soon as we can dig one up.

Keepin’ it real fake: PSP-shaped Mini Game King makes classic emulation a royal decree originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 27

IDC: LTE Equipment Market to Pass WiMAX by 2011

Posted in: lte, networking, Sprint, Today's Chili, Verizon Wireless, WiMAX, Wireless

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For next-generation 4G cellular networks, WiMAX may have a decent amount of current buzz, but it’s not likely to last. That’s the conclusion from research firm IDC, which is predicting that spending on LTE equipment will exceed that of WiMAX-related spending by the end of 2011.
Over 100 operators around the world currently support LTE, including nine of the top 10 largest carriers, and over a dozen networks are expected to go live this year alone, IDC said in a statement.
While some challenges remain, particularly with regard to a given carrier’s level of commitment to the platform as well as some spectrum-related issues, “LTE’s ability to reduce data delivery costs is fundamentally driving the technology forward,” as well as its ability to complement existing 3G networks in the interim, according to the report.
Verizon Wireless is expected to be first out of the gate with LTE in the U.S. later this year. Last month, Cisco announced it was pulling out of the WiMAX base station market, and now favors the LTE standard.
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Apr 23

Verizon Still on Top, ATT Posts Better Numbers

Posted in: Smartphones, Sprint, Today's Chili, verizon, Wireless
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Two hulking behemoths and two smaller carriers dominate the wireless industry in the U.S., and the latest numbers appear to cement their positions.
Verizon and AT&T both posted financials yesterday; Verizon now has 92.8 million subscribers in the U.S., while AT&T has 87.0 million. However, AT&T made $2.5 billion in profit in Q1 2010, though, while Verizon made just $400 million, as Engadget reports. (Both companies took large one-time hits related to the healthcare overhaul.)
For its part, AT&T said that Manhattan “saw a 6 percent improvement” in dropped calls over the last quarter, while New York City as a whole improved 9 percent, the report said. In addition, AT&T said its HSPA 7.2 network saw anywhere from a 32 to 47 percent improvement where its fiber backhaul is in place nationwide.
At last count, Sprint has 48.1 million customers, and T-Mobile had about 34 million. Sprint is the only one of the four major carriers to have lost a significant number of customers over the past few years, to the tune of about six million. (Image credit: Verizon/Droid Incredible by HTC)
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