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Submission + - FCC probes Google, T-Mobile for double-whammy fees (networkworld.com)

Julie188 writes: On Monday, the FCC asked Google, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon to explain how they tell their customers about early wireless contract termination fees. Notice that Google is the only handset retailer in the bunch. That's because if someone buys a Nexus One phone from Google with a two-year T-Mobile contract, and the user wants out of that contract, the user is expected to pay two "early termination fees." One fee would be charged by Google and a second charged by T-Mobile.

Submission + - Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Takes Flight (reuters.com)

Bordgious writes: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has taken its first flight after two years of delays. The four hour test kicks off another nine months of airborne testing. 840 of them have been ordered since 2004.

Comment Magellan RoadMate 800 (Score 0) 208

I have a Magellan RoadMate 800 which runs a stripped-down version of Windows CE. With just a button-press combination you can view a full windows desktop environment with touchscreen behind it and run whatever programme you want. It's super easy as it has an SD slot and 20-40GB of internal memory to do just about whatever you want with it.

Comment Accuracy? (Score 0) 150

I'd like to see the accuracy of this system in a real-life setting. On phones with the T9 technology, I found it was faster for me to hit a key three times than to backspace every time the software made a mistake (which was frequently)...

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