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Phil

Member since: Mar 2nd, 2006

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AT&T's mobile U-verse getting upgraded: download your recordings on the go (Engadget)

Mar 24th 2010 5:49PM This is incredible... I hope to see this on other MediaRoom based platforms (Surewest out here in Sac-town).

TiVo... where the hell are you with this type of functionality!?!!?

Get your Photoshop version control for free -- Timeline giveaway! (Download Squad)

Feb 24th 2010 5:58PM I'm definitely in, I've always wanted to try TimeLine for my team. We currently use SubVersion so this would integrate nicely.

EyeTV Netstream DTT tuner streams reruns of The Fall Guy to your entire home network (Engadget)

Feb 24th 2010 2:52PM So this is a more expensive, prettier, less open HDHomeRun?

Google's Nexus One 'equipment recovery fee' slashed to $150, still a pain (Engadget)

Feb 8th 2010 5:21PM I don't understand the issue now, if you purchase a subsidized phone (Nexus One) at a discounted rate ($179 vs $529) and cancel before your contract is up, you *should* have to pay the difference between the subsidized and the unsubsidized price.

With the old pricing you were paying much MUCH more than the unlocked price of the N1, now it matches up exactly. Take these two examples:

User 1 purchases an unlocked Nexus One for $529, and is under no contract.

User 2 purchases a subsidized Nexus One for $179, then cancels T-Mobile service after one month leaving him with no contract. User pays $200 to T-Mobile and $150 to Google, totaling $350. Add in the upfront price of the subsidized N1 ($179) and you come to a grand total of $529, the exact price of the unlocked model.

This model makes sense and is perfectly fair IMO.

Apple tries for 'adding a contact to a home screen' patent, but Android beat them to the punch (Engadget)

Jan 14th 2010 3:18PM @pukerocket
Yes, yes I do... I've actually owned a good range of different smartphones on different platforms (MPX200, SMT5600, BlackJack, Treo 750, iPhone, iPhone 3G and now the Nexus One) and none of them give you a more informative home screen the classic Windows Mobile.

@PATRICKmcnicholl
You're a douche

Apple tries for 'adding a contact to a home screen' patent, but Android beat them to the punch (Engadget)

Jan 14th 2010 3:03PM What the HELL Apple? My Treo 750 from 9/2006 has this, it's actually my favorite feature of the Treo and one I miss terribly from the WinMo days.

On a related note, why doesn't Apple deem it important enough to display your calendar's upcoming events (Agenda) à la Windows Mobile?

Pioneer suing Garmin over three navigation patents (Engadget)

Nov 16th 2009 3:51PM That photo is soooo win!

Mozilla scores enterprise email win: 130,000 French government PCs switch to Thunderbird (Download Squad)

Oct 29th 2009 4:41PM Exactly... Thunderbird is fine and dandy, but the lack of Exchange or Lotus Notes is crippling in a business.

Open Source doesn't always equal better...

Microsoft responds to Windows 7 student upgrade SNAFU with direct ISO download (Download Squad)

Oct 28th 2009 1:22PM Yeah, I was annoyed by that... but at least we have real links now.

Microsoft responds to Windows 7 student upgrade SNAFU with direct ISO download (Download Squad)

Oct 28th 2009 12:59PM Your link is crap, it's just the same exe and two box files that was originally provided by Digital River in an ISO file. That won't help anyone... see my post below for the links to all 4 versions.

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