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Comment Re:About time (Score 2) 162

by boilednut on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @04:51PM (#47875397) Attached to: Google Hangouts Gets Google Voice Integration And Free VoIP Calls

What I would like to know if there is some "call in" feature, too? Maybe not a phone number, but a way to call and then be connected to Google Hangouts.

Yes, as detailed at Hangouts 2.3 Update Brings Remaining Google Voice Integration ..., you can configure the updated Hangouts app to ring for incoming calls to your Google Voice number.

Comment Re:geostationary GPS satellites (Score 1) 247

by boilednut on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @10:03AM (#45886919) Attached to: Is Earth Weighed Down By Dark Matter?

In addition to broadcasting corrective messages, WAAS/EGNOS geostationary satellites also broadcast the same positioning and ranging information as GPS satellites; however, due to the fact that they are geostationary, their coverage area is static.

Comment Re:The what? (Score 1) 93

by boilednut on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @01:44AM (#44431895) Attached to: The Old Reader To Close Public Site In Two Weeks (Unless It Doesn't)

Moderation rollback.

Comment Re:Impacting my purchasing decisions (Score 1) 364

by boilednut on Friday December 16, 2011 @05:52PM (#38403842) Attached to: Android Update Alliance Already Struggling

Maybe 18 months is longer for you than it is for me but...

1/5/2010 Nexus One released
9/24/2011 Nexus One updated to Android 2.3.6

Comment Re:They cancel products left and right (Score 1) 218

by boilednut on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @11:25PM (#38144496) Attached to: Google To Shutter Knol, Wave, Gears

This comment is essentially a /. Moderator rollback: meant to mod your comment up...mistakenly did the reverse.

Comment Re:Nook Color? Why? (Score 1) 103

by boilednut on Sunday November 20, 2011 @09:24AM (#38115768) Attached to: A Kindle Fire Review For Those Who Plan To Void the Warranty

The claim of 16GB of internal storage for the Nook Tablet is disingenuous: 15GB of it can only be used for B&N content -- which is, currently, just books and magazines. Since the Nook Tablet is nearly unhackable, this restriction will be very difficult to circumvent.

Comment Re:How do they tell? (Score 1) 286

by boilednut on Tuesday August 09, 2011 @01:12AM (#37029930) Attached to: Verizon Cracks Down On Jailbreak Tethering

On AT&T's network at least, the iPhone, even jail-broken ones typically, sends its tethering traffic to a different APN (AT&T access point). Making it very easy to detect when an iOS device is tethering unofficially. Android doesn't segregate its tethering traffic like iOS -- which makes it much more cost prohibitive to detect its tethering traffic; consequently, because of this, and because the number of Android devices on AT&T's network is dwarfed by that of iOS devices, it's likely that Android devices will be excluded from the crack down.

Comment Re:Seriously (Score 2) 294

by boilednut on Thursday August 04, 2011 @09:49AM (#36985044) Attached to: Google Accuses Competitors of Abusing Patents Against Android

Google wanted to purchase the patents as a defensive measure to forestall litigation. So, joining with Microsoft and Apple to buy them would defeat the purpose -- since they are the two principal companies Google would like to defend against.

Submission + - Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy Phone and Tablet (allthingsd.com)

Submitted by mystikkman on Monday April 18, 2011 @04:48PM

mystikkman writes: In the latest patent suit to hit the smartphone industry, Apple is suing Samsung, alleging the Galaxy line of phones and tablets infringe on a number of the company’s patents. “Samsung’s Galaxy Tab computer tablet also slavishly copies a combination of several elements of the Apple Product Configuration Trade Dress,” Apple says in its suit, noting that Samsung’s tablet, like Apple’s uses a similar rectangular design with rounded corners, similar black border and array of icons. Apple previously sued HTC over Android. If Samsung is found infringing on the software, all the Android OEMs could be vulnerable.

Feed Engadget: Motorola Atrix: another look (video) (engadget.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Sunday January 09, 2011 @10:12PM

Every CES there's something so alluring that we can't help going back for seconds (or thirds). This year it happens to be the Motorola Atrix, which is undoubtedly our gadget of the show, and which Myriam already put together an in-depth hands-on for. We've been using every excuse we can to swing past Motorola's booth "on our way" to other stuff on the show floor, and we finally broke down and went in for another hands-on. Check out our video walkthrough after the break, which hopefully should help explain the transition the Atrix can make from phone to desktop to laptop to set-top box. And please excuse our enthusiasm.

Gallery: Motorola Atrix: another look

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Motorola Atrix: another look (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feed Google News Sci Tech: Motorola Atrix 4G, Droid Bionic Plot Dual-core Course - eWeek (google.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Sunday January 09, 2011 @09:32AM

CBC.ca

Motorola Atrix 4G, Droid Bionic Plot Dual-core Course
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Motorola's new Atrix 4G and Droid Bionic speed will raise the bar in smartphone performance later this year. Will consumers jump for the speed bump? Tablets may have defined the geeky gestalt of the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, but the show will ...
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Feed Google News Sci Tech: Hands-on: Motorola's Atrix Android phone leads secret double life as a netbook - (google.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Saturday January 08, 2011 @08:32PM

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Hands-on: Motorola's Atrix Android phone leads secret double life as a netbook
Ars Technica
Motorola unveiled its new Android-based Atrix 4G smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas. The device has extremely impressive hardware specifications and a strong ...
A complete guide to the Motorola Atrix, a phone + laptopDigitaltrends.com
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Feed Ars Technica: Hands-on: Motorola's Atrix Android phone leads secret double life as a netbook (arstechnica.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Saturday January 08, 2011 @08:32PM

Motorola unveiled its new Android-based Atrix 4G smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas. The device has extremely impressive hardware specifications and a strong feature set, but its most compelling characteristic is the ability to provide a desktop-like computing experience when it is docked in a unique netbook shell.

The Atrix 4G handset uses NVIDIA's dual-core Tegra 2 chipset, has 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a 5MP rear camera with LED flash, a front-facing VGA camera, a fingerprint reader for secure unlocking, and a 4-inch display with a resolution of 960x540a nice boost over the usual WVGA resolution that is common in high-end smartphones. It's a GSM handset that will be launching in Q1 with AT&T.

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Feed Google News Sci Tech: A complete guide to the Motorola Atrix, a phone + laptop - Digitaltrends.com (google.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Saturday January 08, 2011 @05:52PM

Techtree.com

A complete guide to the Motorola Atrix, a phone + laptop
Digitaltrends.com
We go in-depth with the Motorola Atrix phone and laptop docking peripheral at CES. It's one of our favorite new products of the show. Check it out! CES has been full of tablet PCs and 3D devices, but few of them really stand out or solve a problem. ...
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Feed Engadget: Gaming on the Motorola Atrix laptop dock... upside down (engadget.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Friday January 07, 2011 @10:32PM

The Motorola Atrix is definitely one of the more impressive devices to launch at CES this year, but we've been wondering how stable that laptop dock is -- if the phone is prone to falling out it's really not much use at all. Well, worry no more -- we just watched a Moto rep boot up Need For Speed: Shift while docked up, and in addition to playing the game normally, he flipped the whole rig all the way over to show off how tightly the phone is docked. Video below.

Continue reading Gaming on the Motorola Atrix laptop dock... upside down

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