Engadget Mobile Podcast 159 – 11.29.2012
The Engadget Mobile Podcast says fuhgeddaboutit to the traditional two-hour limit on technology podcasts yet again as they sail through new operating systems and iterated operating systems, phones in high demand and phones in low demand, and cameraphones that just are breaking away from their phone roots: it’s another week of cellular synergy curated precisely for your ears. Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad MolenGuest: Joseph...
Sprint to charge users of Nextel network an extra $10 per month
Showing that it’s serious about quickly phasing out its venerable iDEN network and traditional push-to-talk service, Sprint Nextel now plans to charge all subscribers on that system an extra US$10 per month beginning Jan. 1. Sprint has started informing subscribers of the upcoming charge, Sprint spokesman Mark Bonavia confirmed on Thursday. The cost of monthly plans under the Nextel and PowerSource brands will cost $10 more,...
Controlling Your Home with the Touch of an iPad
When you step off the elevator into the 8,000-square foot Savant Experience Center, it feels less like a showroom and more like a swanky Manhattan abode. “We wanted to develop a space where technology blended in with the environment,” says Robert Madonna, chief executive of Savant Systems, a Hyannis, Mass.-based home automation company. ”We built a high-end New York City ‘apartment’ and…everything is automated.” The Savant Experience...
Benchmarks show Samsung’s Exynos 5 processor is a beast with Linux
Linux wizard Michael Larabel has been marking his benches over at Phoronix and in the process he’s proved that the Samsung Exynos 5 Dual processor — currently found in some of our favorite tablets and budget notebooks — is remarkably nifty with Ubuntu. The chip, which contains two Cortex-A15 cores clocked at 1.7GHz and a Mali-T604 GPU, was stacked up against the A9-based Tegra 3 from NVIDIA plus a few Intel Atoms to...
Apple Unveils New iTunes
The new iTunes makes it easier than ever to browse and organize your music, movies, and TV shows. Add to your collection. And play it all anywhere. See what’s new in iTunes Download iTunes For Mac + PC iTunes is the easiest way to enjoy the music, movies, TV shows, apps, and books you’ve already got — and shop for the ones you want to get. Learn more about iTunes iTunes Gift Cards let them choose anything on the iTunes Store, App...
