Look, Danger, we know that you’re hard at work on… ahem, “other things” right now, but can you please just take five and figure out what’s wrong with your servers? Sidekicks rely very, very heavily on the ability to phone home for even basic tasks — looking up contacts, browsing the web, you name it — and it seems that Danger’s data center has been on the fritz for a solid two days now with symptoms ranging from text message weirdness to dead address books and everything in between, up to and including a completely unusable experience. Frantic calls to T-Mobile are resulting in comped bills for some subscribers, so if you’re affected, you might want to give ‘em a ring.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Danger’s server woes leave Sidekicks in the lurch originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s really happening, people — these Windows 7 retail boxes just turned up at a Chicago electronics store today. We’ve got our party packs ready, what about you?
[Thanks, Frank]
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Windows 7 retail boxes hitting stores originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/AT_T_Pure_now_on_sale’; Well hey, look at that — AT&T’s riff on the HTC Touch Diamond2, the Pure, has quietly gone on sale, meaning Windows Mobile 6.5 just hit the world a couple days early. The glory won’t last long, though: the nicer Imagio is hitting Verizon on the 6th, and the Leo‘s looming. Still — WinMo 6.5 is here. Let’s get crazy.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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AT&T Pure now on sale — with Windows Mobile 6.5 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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As you’d expect, as soon as the
PSP Go hit the shelves the homebrew community came out in force, looking to see which of its fave hacks and exploits might have made the trip from the original PSP to its UMD-less brethren. And here we are, with two videos posted by YouTube member Freeplay offering us tantalizing proof that indeed, at least one has. Of course, the whole thing is pretty rudimentary, the result of exploiting a known bug in an existing PSP game (which this particular hacker is remaining tight-lipped about rather than see Sony patch the thing). Karl B., who helped us to this one, provides a caveat: “It’s user-mode only, meaning no flash modification, no piracy, no advanced custom themes, no plug-ins — none of that.” All the same, it does our inner geek a sliver of hope, doesn’t it? Videos after the break.
[Via PSP Updates, Exophase]
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Video: PSP Go hacked, says ‘hello world!’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This one is for all you online tea leaf readers and Apple SKU / crystal ball aficionados:
Further confirming our suspicion that
something more affordable may be on the horizon, Google AdSense this weekend started serving users in the Netherlands with ads for new iMacs, MacBooks, and Mac minis. Pointing to a dead link at the country’s Apple Store, the ads read (via Google Translate): “Apple’s Newest MacBook. Thinner, lighter and faster! Free delivery. Order today,” “The Brand new iMac. Ultra Thin 20 & 24 inch models. From only €1099 (roughly $1,603). Apple Store,” and “Apple’s New Mac mini. Faster and more affordable than ever. From only € 499 ($723). Order immediately.” (For a little perspective, that’s €100 ($145) less than the cheapest Mac mini currently on the Netherlands online store.) Granted, whenever peeping purported translations from foreign tipsters we’re always half-afraid that we’re actually reading Celine Dion lyrics or dialogue from
Caddyshack, but this one seems to be the real deal — for whatever that’s worth.
Update: Apple’s “New Mighty Mouse” advertised as well.
[Thanks, Ronald V.]
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Google AdSense leaks Apple’s refreshed iMac, Mac mini, Macbook? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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