T-Mobile is crying “collusion” in response to Starbucks’ decision to take on AT&T Wi-Fi service in its stores. Reuters writes: T-Mobile is seeking unspecified damages against Starbucks for breach of its contract and unfair competition. According to a transition agreement reached in February, T-Mobile was given the exclusive right to “sell, market and promote its services” in […]
T-Mobile is crying “collusion” in response to Starbucks’ decision to take on AT&T Wi-Fi service in its stores.
Reuters writes:
T-Mobile is seeking unspecified damages against Starbucks for breach of its contract and unfair competition.
According to a transition agreement reached in February, T-Mobile was given the exclusive right to “sell, market and promote its services” in Starbucks stores until those stores were fully converted to the AT&T system, the lawsuit said.
T-Mo is complaining that AT&T is basically riding on their infrastructure to offer Wi-Fi in stores and is asking for an undisclosed amount.
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Filed under: Handsets, Features, Samsung, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA
We hate gratuitous iPhone comparisons as much as the next guy, but let’s be straight with each other here: Sprint has its sights squarely focused on Cupertino’s darling with the Instinct. From beginning to end, the carrier has pulled no punches about the model’s target audience and its competition. Make no mistake, though, the Instinct is no iPhone ripoff or clone — it’s distinctly its own beast that just happens to share a form factor and a few common UI paradigms, and depending on your perspective and the specific feature you happen to be using, that can be a good or a bad thing.
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Hey look, that NDA box which Apple never, ever sends was opened to reveal a severely misaligned reflection. Next.
[Thanks, Hays Y.]
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This is rather cool. Sony and HP’s joint Blu-ray operation has stated that by the holiday season this year Blu-ray drives for desktops should be under $100. This is an important step to getting universal Blu-ray adoption, something we all want. These are readers only; they’d be able to burn standard DVDs and CDs. Similar drives […]
This is rather cool. Sony and HP’s joint Blu-ray operation has said that by the holiday season this year Blu-ray drives for desktops should be under $100. This is an important step to getting universal Blu-ray adoption, something we all want.
These are readers only; they’d be able to burn standard DVDs and CDs. Similar drives for laptops should be about 50% higher, or $150 OEM.
We’re hoping that this happens, as Blu-ray on portables needs to be affordable. On desktops not so much, as the day of the desktop is nearly done. But being able to take your HD movies with you — especially if coupled with true 1080p displays — are what we want for 2009.
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Amazon’s site has been down off and on today, absolutely out of service. The company’s been mum on the topic, but it went down shortly after the Playstation 3/Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle the fans have been drooling over went on sale. Gamers in the PS3 forums have been speculating that the demand for the […]
Amazon’s site has been down off and on today, absolutely out of service. The company’s been mum on the topic, but it went down shortly after the Playstation 3/Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle the fans have been drooling over went on sale. Gamers in the PS3 forums have been speculating that the demand for the bundle is at fault.
It makes sense that the fanboys would be all trying to get their orders in, as there are only a limited amount of units rumored to be available. The game is going to be one of the hottest of the year, despite the 15 hour load time and 54 hours worth of cut scenes.
Until we get official word from Amazon, which might never happen, we’ll never know for sure, but it sure sounds like something that could happen when fanboys get into a tizzy.
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If Christian Dior’s $5,000 handset just wasn’t rich enough for your blood, hopefully the crocodile skinned, Swarovski-covered iteration will put a sizable enough hole in your bank account to make you feel sufficiently important. Reportedly dubbed Lady Dior, the ModeLabs-created mobile features a 2.6-inch QVGA display, 2-megapixel camera, 640 Swarovski stones and totally nothing really worth the price tag. Speaking of which, stated sticker is right around €18,000 ($28,360). Laughable, no?
[Via CNET]
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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, T-Mobile, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE
We look at sellers of unreleased phones on eBay much the same way we look at the FCC’s device approval database: fun for window shopping, but that’s about it. We’re not sure we’d personally part with enough cash to find out whether the seller of this particular HTC Shadow II for T-Mobile actually has the thing to sell us, though we can completely comprehend why well-heeled folk might be willing to give it a go (and if we’d enough money to purchase a phone straight off an FCC lab, we’d probably be living somewhere in a private archipelago with no phone service to start with). The long-rumored smartphone seems to change colors each time we see it, with this latest pack of photos suggesting a glossy black front with dark red gradient accents — not bad, we’ll admit. Like the original, the Shadow II packs WiFi and a 2 megapixel camera, but when it launches later this year it’ll come out of the box with Windows Mobile 6.1 and a decidedly friendlier industrial design. Oh — and hopefully, a friendlier price than a functional prototype is currently commanding on auction.
[Thanks, Fernando]
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Much like its huge brother the Fastpack 250, the Flipside 200, has been a great addition to my arsenal of travel luggage for gadgets and cameras alike. The Flipside 200, however, has primarily been my camera bag for the better part of the last three months. My Pentax K200D with battery grip and two extra […]
Much like its massive brother the Fastpack 250, the Flipside 200, has been a great addition to my arsenal of travel luggage for gadgets and cameras alike. The Flipside 200, however, has primarily been my camera bag for the superior part of the last three months. My Pentax K200D with battery grip and two extra lenses fit nice and snug into the compartments that are revealed by zipping open the main pouch that’s accessed through the back of the bag. Some might think this is a pain in the rear, but it protects you and your gear from being ripped off if the zippers were exposed. On the exterior of the bag at the base there’s a concealed compartment that can be unvelcroed and taken out to support the feet of a tripod. It’s pretty handy, but it’s not as deep as I would have liked it to be. The Manfrotto tripod I’ve been using wasn’t very stable at times, but it never popped out, thankfully.
On the inside you’ll find four compartments for varying size lenses, but you won’t be toting around any telephoto lenses save for one that will fit along the main slot for the body and lens. There’s also a zippered pouch at the top of the inside of the Flipside for whatever you feel like storing there. On the side of the bag you’ll find a zippered pocket with little slots for memory cards and filters. A comfortable and padded handle on the outside makes it easy to maneuver through tight spots where a bag on your back might not be conducive.
Overall, the Flipside 200 is perfect for the prosumer with a DSLR and a few extra lenses. For only $80, the lightweight pack does the trick and it’s built like any other Lowepro pack. I give it two thumbs up.
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