As Carl Icahn prepares to take the wheel, buttressed by a cushion of distressed LightSquared debt, Sprint appears close to ending its ill-fated dance with the upstart LTE provider. After granting the Falcone-backed company a 30-day extension earlier this January, the Hesse-led co is taking one last stab at making that 15-year resource sharing agreement [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Sprint grants LightSquared six-week extension for FCC approval
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 4g, Carl Icahn, Distressed Debt, Engadget, Fate, Fcc, Fcc Approval, Grants, Hesse, Lifeline, Nbsp, Regulatory Approval, Six Weeks, Spectrum, Sprint, Stab, Wheel, Wholesale
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Sprint grants LightSquared six-week extension for FCC approval
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 4g, Carl Icahn, Distressed Debt, Engadget, Fate, Fcc, Fcc Approval, Grants, Hesse, Lifeline, Nbsp, Regulatory Approval, Six Weeks, Spectrum, Sprint, Stab, Wheel, Wholesale
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As Carl Icahn prepares to take the wheel, buttressed by a cushion of distressed LightSquared debt, Sprint appears close to ending its ill-fated dance with the upstart LTE provider. After granting the Falcone-backed company a 30-day extension earlier this January, the Hesse-led co is taking one last stab at making that 15-year resource sharing agreement [...]
Humble Bundle expands to Android with World of Goo, Anomaly and more
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Added Bonus, Anomaly, Charity Organization, Desktop Platforms, Developers, Earth, Eff, Engadget, Joystiq, Linux Games, Linux Versions, Mac Linux, Mobile Devices, Nbsp, Osmos, Plunge, Runaway Success, Source Link, Windows Linux, World Of Goo
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The choose-your-own-price Humble Bundle has proven to be a runaway success on desktop platforms — helping fund indie developers and causes like Child’s Play and the EFF alike — and it’s now finally taken the plunge onto mobile devices. That move was kicked off today with the Humble Bundle for Android, which includes the games [...]
Steam mobile beta now open to all, still of questionable utility
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Beta, Companion, Desire, Desktop Shop, Dlc, Engadget, Friends, Gaming Addicts, Gaming Market, Meatspace, Mobile Gaming, Nbsp, Questionable Utility, Queue, Steam Client
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If you were dismayed to find yourself waiting in the queue for a beta invite after downloading the mobile Steam client the other day, fret no more — the trial is now open to all who desire entry. Of course, it’s still really just a companion to the desktop shop and not a must-have mobile [...]
Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx review
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 1mm, Bad Rap, Battery Life, Caprisun, Ces, Contender, Droid, Engadget, Huawei, Lte, Motorola, Nbsp, Persuasion, Predecessor, Radios, Razr Maxx Review, Sake, Sized Battery, Verizon, Whittling
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Most of today’s smartphones, especially those of the LTE-enabled persuasion, have earned a bad rap for exceptionally bad battery life, with large displays and hungry radios that suck the juice out faster than a three year-old can down a CapriSun. The race to construct the thinnest phones on the market doesn’t help much either, since [...]
NTT DoCoMo launches NEC Medias ES N-05D: Is 6.7mm thin enough?
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 7mm, Artisans, Colors, Droid, Engadget, Functionality, G Shock, Hd Screen, Japanese Customers, Medias, Nbsp, Nec, Ntt Docomo, Predecessor, Profiles, Shell, Skinny Jeans, Techcrunch, Tv Tuner, Wallet
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Those NEC artisans have been at it again, shaving even more from its smartphone profiles. It’s arrived at the Medias ES N-05D, which measures in at a ridiculous 6.7mm, and making the Droid Razr choke on its salad in the process. Like its predecessor, the ES N-01, the Android phone will be ready to play [...]
NTT DoCoMo launches NEC Medias ES N-05D: Is 6.7mm thin enough?
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 7mm, Artisans, Colors, Droid, Engadget, Functionality, G Shock, Hd Screen, Japanese Customers, Medias, Nbsp, Nec, Ntt Docomo, Predecessor, Profiles, Shell, Skinny Jeans, Techcrunch, Tv Tuner, Wallet
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Those NEC artisans have been at it again, shaving even more from its smartphone profiles. It’s arrived at the Medias ES N-05D, which measures in at a ridiculous 6.7mm, and making the Droid Razr choke on its salad in the process. Like its predecessor, the ES N-01, the Android phone will be ready to play [...]
Apple Hong Kong revives reserve and pick up page, wants to stop iPhones going abroad
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 9am, Aim, Apple Hong, Bid, Email, Engadget, Hong Kong Identity Card, Inclusion, Island Nation, Mainland China, Mule, Nbsp, Random, Registration Form, Smartphones
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In a bid to keep iPhones sold in Hong Kong on the island nation, Apple has reintroduced reserve and pick up pages for the smartphones. The difference this time around is the inclusion of the customer’s Hong Kong identity card number within the registration form, which goes live between 9am and 12pm each day. The [...]
Hot Wheels RC iNitro Speeders hands-on (video)
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Die Cast Cars, Dime A Dozen, Engadget, Hot Car, Hot Hands, Hot Wheels Racers, Iphone, Itty Bitty, Mattel, Mustang Gt, Nbsp, Radio Controlled, Radio Hit, Rc Vehicles, Rich Men, Video Hot, Wheels Car
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iPhone-controlled RC vehicles are a dime a dozen these days. But, ones as tiny as a standard Hot Wheels car? Those are little more rare. In fact, we only know of one such product — iNitro Speeders from Mattel. The radio-controlled Hot Wheels racers wont hit 100MPH, but it also won’t decimate your bank account. [...]