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Garmin nuvifone G60 officially coming to AT&T: October 4th for $299 {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 29th 2009 10:45AM Every time I read a line like "3.55 inch display" on Engadget mobile I wonder if I'm the only one that thinks that tells a person almost nothing about the display. If I had the size along with DPI then I'd be happy or at least pixel width/height. This way I would at least know how much usable screen real estate I have. I would know if it's a sharp display or if it's like looking at a picture through a screen with clearly visible pixels. In fact for many of the articles on Engadget I have to search the net for the display size and in this case it is stated to be "3.55-inch 272×480 pixels touchscreen" as found on intomobile.com it is also on Asus's website but buried deep. Anyway one thing is true about this article and that is that outside of Linux junkies/hackers I can't imagine why anyone would buy this.
Road test: Google public transit maps on the iPhone {Gadling}
Jan 25th 2009 1:40AM Jeremy - I have been using this feature on my pocket pc version of google apps for a few months now. The transportation feature was originally released for blackberry and Java MIDp apps. They made it available on the pocketpc app a month later and I assume they just brought it out for iphone and android. It is probably the one app I use everyday on my ATT Tilt. With the GPS or Cell Tower positioning feature it makes travel very easy. I have actually ditched my car for 99% of the trips I make (not an easy thing to do in Florida). The only drawback with the google transit app is that although it does mixed commuting with walking/bus schedules it does not seem to integrate rail and light rail. At least in south Florida it doesn't. Since this appears to work fine in San Francisco it could just be a database availability issue. The other nice feature of the app is the favorite locations bookmark tool and the web details available for the location searched.
How would you change OpenMoko's Neo FreeRunner? {Engadget}
Sep 19th 2008 11:45PM It seems to me many individuals bought one or thought of buying one just because it was new or had linux running on it. The main feature of the phone is that it is an open hardware/software platform (for the most part). If you don't like the looks then design a case. If you don't want to go to the command line to start wifi then write up a gui for it. So basically if you are not able to do any of the previous items you should not buy it. The window environment can be anything you like from their own GUI Openmoko based on Foss to Google's Android. Now for me the only issue I have with the device is the lack of 3G radio. My data use is intense and going back 4 years in that technology isn't acceptable. I know that in many other countries GSM data charges can be steep but it is a necessity. Wifi is nice but not everyone has a free or pay per use wifi hotspot available in every corner. Anyhow great hacking platform.
