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It looks like Sprint’s finalizing details with HTC as we speak to rollout Froyo as early as tomorrow on the EVO 4G according to the carrier’s plans, which were leaked. According to Engadget, which obtained the plans, the firmware update could be done over the air via 3G/4G/WiFi connected devices and could come as early as 7/30. Initially, if customers want to upgrade to Android 2.2, they can manually check for the update
Canadian users will be the envy of many American iOS consumers as the Canadian iPhone 4 will get a 6 GB iPhone plan from wireless carrier Rogers–compared to the $25 2 GB on AT&T–as well as an option for iPad sharing. That’s right, you can share you iPhone’s data plan, something you haven’t been able to do, with a WiFi-only iPad for only $20 more a month, which is inline with AT&T’s tethering plan though the US carrier doesn’t offer a means to tether your iPhone to the iPad. Permalink: Canadian iPhone 4 Gets iPad Sharing Data Option from Ubergizmo | Hot: iPhone 4 Review , iPad Review
REDMOND, Wash.–Acknowledging Apple’s early success with the iPad , Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insisted Thursday that the software maker is hard at work on Windows-based tablets . The Apple iPad: can Microsoft match it?
Apple’s Magic TrackPad has been given iFixit’s customary teardown – and they can confirm that magical unicorns are not part of the components list. The teardown specialists discovered that Broadcom’s chips are the key components, running both the touch surface and the Bluetooth connectivity. It is Broadcom chips that can be found performing similar roles in the Magic Mouse and iPad/iPhone from Apple
Indesit Company and Freescale have collaborated to come up with a Smart Washer that uses a Freescale ZigBee node, allowing it to adjust its cycle starting time according to the variable energy cost, accessing information from the local power utility via a ZigBee enabled Internet connection to the Smart Grid. With all our home appliances becoming smarter and smarter, we’re looking forward to the day where we don’t have to do anything to keep our house and clothes clean anymore.
If you ever decided that you needed to digitize your books, you’ll probably figure out that it’s quite a painstaking process, and if you had some tools to help you along, your life would probably be a lot more enjoyable. Enter the BookLiberator frame, which should help make you get the job done a lot faster, though it it’s not automated, so you’ll still need to be actively involved in the whole process. The design calls for a frame where you can mount the cameras, and keep the pages for the book pressed down while you hit the shutter button, getting the scans that you want.
This is probably the kind of stunt that will have tongues wagging away, and that was probably the idea when AT&T decided to prop up a mysterious monolith display at stores across the country, apparently dubbed the “Hero” display, and states “innovation comes to life” and “Rethink Possible”, which has been AT&T’s slogan recently. Hopefully it’s a cool new handset, perhaps the BlackBerry 9800 slider , though some folks are also speculating that it might be related to the Dell Streak .
Amazon’s Kindle has always been an interesting device to me.
Three Californians — Jacob Baltazar, Claudia Keller, and John R.
The folks over at Kensington have come up with a rather interesting solution to help you prevent your laptop from being stolen. Instead of having to use the security lock slot on your laptop, users just have to place the laptop in front of the Laptop Locking Station and squeeze the lock’s arm shut, which will keep your laptop firmly locked in place.