It looks like those new webConnect plans from T-Mobile are still slated to go live this Sunday, but TmoNews — which reported the original rumor — has circled back with a minor bummer: the biggest of the plans has gone up a few dollars per month. There’s no information on why the carrier has opted to suck a few more dollars out of your bank account, but the good news is that it’s not too bad — it’s just another $5 (now $84.99) or another $4 (up to $67.99) if you’re pairing it with a voice plan. Of course, both the 5GB and 10GB plans are overage-free — it’s just a question of how far you want to go before you start getting throttled. T-Mobile’s rumored 10GB data plan goes up a few dollars originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …It looks like those new webConnect plans from T-Mobile are still slated to go live this Sunday, but TmoNews — which reported the original rumor — has circled back with a minor bummer: the biggest of the plans has gone up a few dollars per month. There’s no information on why the carrier has opted to suck a few more dollars out of your bank account, but the good news is that it’s not too bad — it’s just another $5 (now $84.99) or another $4 (up to $67.99) if you’re pairing it with a voice plan. Of course, both the 5GB and 10GB plans are overage-free — it’s just a question of how far you want to go before you start getting throttled. T-Mobile’s rumored 10GB data plan goes up a few dollars originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s true, a team of researchers have created a one-cubic-millimeter throwaway camera, and if they have their way, it could be peeking inside you in the next year. The new tiny shooters, which sport a 250 x 250 pixel resolution, are created using a streamlined process in which the lens and sensor wafers are affixed before being cut into a series of 28,000 little cameras — eliminating the need to mount and wire each one individually. This new mode of production cuts back on cost significantly, allowing physicians to throw away the little guys after routing around in your intestines . According to the camera’s creators, their diminutive invention could make its way into your doctor’s office as early as 2012. Researchers create microscopic disposable camera to see up in your guts originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Now that many of you have collected and used your second generation iPad tablets for a few hours, we’re starting to see the inevitable reports of defects. Thus far, two issues have bubbled to the surface. The first issue — yellow spots beneath the LCD glass — is reminiscent of the same fresh-from-the-factory iPhone 4 issue that resolved itself just as soon as the bonding agent used for the LCD glass had time to evaporate. The second issue, which is being conflated with the first, is related to light bleeding through from the outer edges of the LCD panel. The bleeding is most noticeable when watching a movie or using an app with a dark background as demonstrated in the picture above and video embedded after the break. For those affected, the issue can be minimized or exasperated by adjusting the brightness in settings. So what say you dear reader, are you also a bleeder? View Poll [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Continue reading Poll: is your iPad 2 backlight bleeding? (video) Poll: is your iPad 2 backlight bleeding? (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A communique from a “Customer Appeals Manager” at AT&T in response to a Better Business Bureau complaint regarding slow uploads on the Atrix 4G has surfaced over on xda-developers , and it looks to more or less confirm what we’ve suspected: the hardware’s totally capable of pushing HSUPA speeds, it’s just being held back for the moment. The rep says that the carrier’s currently “performing the testing and preparations necessary to ensure that, when [they] turn this feature on, you will continue to have a world class experience,” which would suggest that there might be some lingering network concerns. AT&T’s in the midst of a backhaul upgrade as part of its HSPA+ based “4G” network, so it might merely be a matter of waiting for that to go through before flipping the switch. [Thanks, Shift3r] AT&T says it’s testing HSUPA on Atrix 4G, will turn it on eventually originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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There’s not exactly a lot of details on this one, but Business Insider discovered something of a surprise while touring Foursquare’s New York headquarters for launch of Foursquare 3.0. It turns out that the company is already testing out an NFC -based check-in system at its HQ, which lets those with a suitable phone (such as a Nexus S) share their location simply by tapping it against a blue dot on the wall. Unfortunately, there’s no indications on any plans to actually expand it beyond its own HQ, although you can bet that it’s pretty high up on the list of inevitable things or the company. Foursquare tries out an NFC-based check-in system at its HQ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Samsung Galaxy Tab’s WiFi-only version rumored to cost $399, arrive on April 4th
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Shocking as it might be, we still haven’t had a Galaxy Tab from Samsung that rocks nothing but the WiFis, though that seems about to finally change. The 3G-deprived 7-inch Tab, promised for Q1 2011 , has slipped on its schedule a little and looks set to now hit retail in the first week of April, at the admittedly appealing price of $399. Now, we all know the tablet market of April 2011 is shaping up to be extremely rich on machines with high specs, large screens and inflated opinions of themselves, but there could still be a fine little niche for an affordable, well built slate, even if it does only run on Froyo. Samsung Galaxy Tab’s WiFi-only version rumored to cost $399, arrive on April 4th originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Even if you’re not into race cars , well, you can appreciate the museum-quality beauty of this, can you not? Hit the source for more photos. Visualized: Schumacher’s F1 racing Mercedes, exploded drawing style originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The Xoom may have gotten a slight software update last night to prepare it for its long-awaited Flash playing capabilities, but some of the folks over at SlateDroid have an even more impressive — though much less official — update, bringing USB host functionality to Moto’s slate. Tinkerer-extraordinaire roebeet is the man to thank, granting Xoom owners the ability to read media from USB drives, essentially giving you a limitless amount of storage — provided you own the necessary microUSB OTG (on-the-go) cable and a rooted Xoom. If you’ve safely satisfied the pre-requisites, enabling the new-new is just a few file transfers and command line entries away. Full instructions available at the source link… if you dare. Xoom gets USB host functionality, no thanks to Motorola or Google originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We aren’t ones to knock a company for throwing convention to the wind, and frankly, we were downright excited to see how Dell’s Inspiron Duo would revolutionize our mobile lives. During our own review , we found the design to be top-notch and the build quality to be world-class, but the sluggish performance, annoying software overlay and lackluster UI didn’t exactly earn it any brownie points. Enough about us, though — this is your time to shine. If you bit the bullet and picked one of these multifaceted laptops up, we’re interested in hearing how you’d change things. Would you ditch the swiveling LCD? Would you prefer a dual-boot setup as found on the ViewPad 10? How’s the hardware standing up over time? Would you have rather seen AMD’s Fusion platform take the place of Intel’s Atom? Speak out in comments below, wont’ you? How would you change Dell’s Inspiron Duo? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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