JP

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Clear says not to expect any WiMAX smartphones before end of 2010 (Engadget)

Jan 9th 2010 5:47AM I still find it odd that Sprint is using Wimax as a 4G mobile broadband techonology as most of the world sees it more as a "fixed line replacement" solution - i.e. modems not handsets. They really seem to be the only major provider in the world not using LTE for the mobile 4G solution. (Prove me wrong everyone)

Reminder: Welcome to Macintosh airs tonight on CNBC, more docs to follow (TUAW.com)

Jan 4th 2010 8:27PM Alas this appears to be US CNBC only as I can't see it on my local (NZ) EPG.

Windows drivers for Apple's Magic Mouse conjured from the ether (Engadget)

Nov 21st 2009 5:20PM Hey engadget, your 32-bit download link is bunk

Keepin' it real fake, part CCVII: NOKLA Batman Mobile phone gets all its signals crossed (Engadget)

May 16th 2009 5:56AM Everyone knows and loves KIRF

New webOS screenshots pop courtesy of SDK's emulator (Engadget)

Apr 29th 2009 4:12AM Interesting it's running in Sun xVM VirtualBox, an x86 virtualiser. So WebOS must be compiled for x86 in the SDK.

WebOS Netbook time!

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic software update available: faster, better, updater (Engadget)

Mar 30th 2009 5:37AM I think that's a little unfair. My N95 received an update recently even though it's a few years old now.

Nokia shows off song-inspired Bluetooth headset designs (Engadget)

Mar 25th 2009 5:43PM Thank god they're one off pairs is all I can say.

Apple rumored to be turning iTunes into a DRM-free music store UPDATE: Not anytime soon (Engadget)

Dec 9th 2008 6:06AM Is it really that big a deal? I know all my (non Apple) devices can play AAC files perfectly.

Dell's 22-inch S2209W monitor to reach Full HD resolution? (Engadget)

Sep 24th 2008 5:04AM Are Windows 7 and/or Snow Leopard going to have resolution independence? Cause some of these monitors strain my eyes with their tiny writing as it is, let alone with HD crammed into 22" - I hope the new OSs make it easy to resize everything.

Bandwidth restraints hindering New Zealand's Freeview HD expansion (Engadget HD)

Aug 23rd 2008 1:09AM Actually they did consider whether to make it terrestrial only. But they found that it would be sub-optimal - the shorter wavelength UHF signal required for digital does not propagate as far as the VHF signals. There will always be areas of NZ that just can't be viably covered by terrestrial signals due to its hilliness. Satellite always works as long as you can see the right area of the sky. Believe me they wouldn't have spent all the money having two different broadcast systems if they didn't think it necessary.

It was decided also that they couldn't do just satellite as this would require everyone to get a satellite dish where as an aerial -> aerial upgrade path makes more sense and it is more likely that manufacturers would integrated DVB-T into their televisions.

And they didn't go MPEG-4 from the beginning for satellite because people had already bought DVB-S boxes because TVNZ had been broadcasting one and 2 for some time over MPEG-2.