If you’re like me, you won’t have heard of Arduino. Outside this sphere of ignorance there’s a whole lot of artists who not only love Arduino, but are passionate about it too.
If you’re in the “What the hell is Arduino?”, this book gives you a good guide to what it it and what can be […]
Original post by Steve Kennedy
Europeans can now can legitimately order their own One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO Laptop.
The XO Laptop has been available for around a year in the US under two schemes - buying one to donate and Give One. Get One, which for double the price of a machine the purchaser would feel good for […]
Original post by Simon Perry
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Before a single AT&T-subscribing soul dreams of jumping ship for Sprint just to pick up the Touch Pro in a few weeks, hold up: we can pretty much confirm that it’s coming to your neck of the woods, too. We’ve already seen some totally legit-looking shots of HTC’s hottest QWERTY WinMo piece in AT&T trim, but now we have some more damning evidence in the form of a Google cached page detailing the so-called Fuze on the carrier’s own site. As expected, we’ve got tri-band HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, and BlackBerry Connect waiting for us when AT&T finally decides to pull the plug on the Tilt and make this thing happen. Follow the break for AT&T′s poetic Fuze verbiage — and take your time, since there’s no indication that we’ll have this in stores in the next few days.
[Thanks, Fred]
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Ruh-roh. AT&T’s wireless data service seems to be down in a major way, at least on the eastern half of the country. We’re seeing problems with both Edge and 3G from places such as Boston, New York and St. Louis. It’s primarily iPhone users pinging us on this, and in AT&T’s forums, but we’re guessing it’s not just limited to them. How is it looking for you?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Original post by Paul Miller
“A phone is only as good as the network it’s on,” said a full-page Verizon Wireless newspaper ad on Thursday, lobbing a shot at AT&T’s 3G, or third generation, high-speed network.
(And ain′t that the truth — we know if well where I live!)
Apple sold more than a million iPhone 3G cellphones its first weekend — with some stores running out — and two million more since then, analysts say.
But its July debut has been nothing less than a public relations headache for AT&T, with eager buyers complaining about dropped calls and poor network connections.
Some fingers point to Apple, which has tried to deflect the complaints. But many others point to AT&T’s cellular network.
Whatever the source of the problems, AT&T’s rivals, long irritated by all the attention the iPhone has received, are on the attack and happy to exploit the discontent.
A Verizon executive sent an e-mail to Wall Street analysts last week: “So much for a ‘new′ way of doing business at the old AT&T — your father’s phone company.”
Get more at the New York Times here.
Tags: apple, att, cellular, iphone, new york times, verizon wireless
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Original post by nafiz
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
With hope of a summer release fading with the passing of each and every day, Boy Genius Report cites a “pretty solid bit of info” that the BlackBerry Bold is now pegged for launch on AT&T on Thursday, October 2. So if you see a throng of three-piece suits starting to gather around your local store around September 28 or 29, yeah, that’s probably why.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Well, here’s one we didn’t see coming: it seems that AT&T has wised up to the fact that Americans like their Symbian (well, at least a few of ‘em do, anyway) and wants to keep S60-equipped options on the table. Yes, granted, AT&T is a founding member of the Symbian Foundation, but the proof is in the pudding, and the last Nokia smartphone to land there was the N75 in May of last year — an eternity by mobile standards. More recently, the ể grew up, got sexy, picked up some brushed metal, and emerged in Europe as the 6550; now, it’s surprisingly and unexpectedly been retooled as the 6650 for North American 3G spectrum. It’s got a 2.2-inch QVGA primary display, 160 x 128 secondary, 2-megapixel cam, AT&T Navigator (which means GPS), push-to-talk support, and HSDPA 850 / 1900 to compliment quadband EDGE. We don’t know exactly when it’s coming, but for S60 fans who cringe at the thought of having to blow several hundred on an unlocked set every time they want some fresh hardware, this should be welcome news.
[Thanks, Al and Oscar M.]
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Following new plans geared to the decidedly less fruity phones in AT&T’s lineup earlier this month, the carrier has announced a pair of international data packages geared specifically toward the iPhone and iPhone 3G. The bad news is that they still cost more than the average subscriber’s entire monthly bill; the good news, though, is that they should still manage to save globetrotters a buck or two (or a thousand) who insist on keeping data roaming enabled while out in the field. 100MB of global data is going to set you back $119.99 on top of your regular package, while 200MB runs $199.99 — certainly not enough to go crazy in the App Store, but probably enough of a meager allowance to take care of email and stay on the grid. The new plans are available starting tomorrow.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Video
Just as we′d envisioned, the Invision candybar (if a phone this stubby can, in fact, be called a candybar) from LG is now a reality for AT&T. The phone becomes just AT&T’s third to support its MediaFLO-based Mobile TV service, taking a similar line to Samsung’s Access by stuffing a landscape display, 1.3-megapixel camera, and HSDPA into a squarish case that’s sure to make minimalists and traditionalists swoon; what’s more, it also takes the honor of being AT&T’s smallest Mobile TV-equipped handset to date. It’s available today for $99.99 with a $50 rebate and two years’ worth of commitment — just be sure to factor the cost of the Mobile TV add-on into your budget.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
As I predicted on July 3rd, AT&T would soon be dropping its CallVantage broadband VoIP service since they dropped their affiliate marketing channel.
Well, today I learned that AT&T is no longer accepting ANY new orders from ANY source - affiliate or otherwise. The slow death of CallVantage is a bit sad, but it isn’t particularly surprising, not only because they dropped the affiliate channel last month but as I have previously indicated, AT&T is heavily promoting their U-Verse fiber-to-copper hybrid service that combines IPTV, data, and U-Verse Voice (in select areas).
It seems a little early to cut the cord on acquiring new Callvantage customers since neither U-Verse or U-Verse Voice are available in most of the country - including my neighborhood where it was promised for this summer. I would think they would want to acquire these customers on CallVantage and then easily port them over to U-Verse when it becomes available in their area. It is much easier and less expensive to retain an existing customer than acquire a new one. But perhaps CallVantage was burning money and wasn′t profitable? Unlikely since there isn′t a lot of overhead in offering VoIP, especially since AT&T has a vast network they already pay for. My guess is that internal politics played a role more than profitability. It’s too bad. Callvantage has some cool features that other broadband VoIP players didn′t have. Could be good news for Vonage, Packet8 and the rest - one less single-play provider…
Check out the announcement made on their website:
Thank you for your interest in AT&T CallVantage® service. Currently we are not accepting new orders for AT&T CallVantage service. We will continue to evaluate our AT&T CallVantage service and remain committed to providing leading, next generation voice services for today’s consumer and business customers. For information on other AT&T products and service please visit www.att.com
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Original post by nafiz
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
If you′re fortunate enough to have access to a Premier (business, that is) account with AT&T, you′re now able to forgo the charade of meandering down to your local store to buy — or place an order for, more likely — the iPhone 3G. All three varieties of the best cellphone Apple makes are now available directly through the carrier’s B2B online store for the usual $199 / $299 pricing scale if we had to guess, it’s just a matter of time before they’ll throw the doors open to the riff raff (read: us), too. We′ll drink to that.
[Thanks, Vasudev R.]
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: Cellphones
With all the Touch Diamond / Touch Pro news surfacing for these US CDMA carriers, quite a few AT&T subscribers are beginning to get restless. Calm down, folks — it seems the AT&T Touch Pro is a reality waiting to happen after all. Based on some admittedly dodgy claims and even dodgier photographs, one particular soul has apparently paid $900 for a pre-release Touch Pro with North American 3G. Only time will tell if he got duped, but we’re going to believe that AT&T wouldn’t let this gem pass it by for too much longer until proven wrong.
[Via wmpoweruser]
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Original post by Darren Murph
Filed under: Cellphones
It has technically been available for three weeks today (and a few hours in the US, but who’s counting?), although we’re confident quite a few of you are still waiting to actually hold your very own iPhone 3G. Still, those that have braved the excruciatingly long lines and got lucky with AT&T’s apparently random Direct Fulfillment approach surely have something to say. We’ve already confirmed that firmware 2.0 has some serious issues that need dealt with, and aside from elaborating on those, what else would you have done differently with Apple’s second handset? Would you have changed the overall design more dramatically? Finally included a user-removable battery? Used a casing material that wouldn’t crack for no good reason under pressure? There’s still time for your input to be heard before firmware 2.1 arrives (ahem, Apple?) — sound off below!
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Original post by Darren Murph
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Apple’s deal with AT&T obviously got re-done in order to get the iPhone 3G on the street for a subsidized $199, but it looks like Steve gave in on a little more than revenue-sharing when he re-upped with Ma Bell: USA Today says that AT&T’s US exclusive on the iPhone has been extended for an additional year, until 2010. The extension isn’t officially announced, but it’s being cited in the context of a long interview with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, who’s quoted as saying things like “The iPhone has repositioned AT&T as the premier wireless brand in the world.” So yeah, dude’s a fan — and with iPhone customers spending almost double on rate plans than the average AT&T customer, it’s not hard to see why. Looks like our dream of glorious data plan price wars will have to wait until Android makes a splash later this year.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Original post by Nilay Patel
Filed under: Cellphones
It looks like the FCC’s investigation into Comcast’s questionable traffic management is turning up a number of interesting details, the latest of which comes from AT&T′s Robert Quinn, who told FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell that, “use of a P2P file sharing application would constitute a material breach of contract for which the user’s service could be terminated.” Quinn was apparently quick to add, however, that AT&T hasn’t yet kicked anyone off the network for using P2P. Still, Commissioner McDowell apparently intends to use AT&T′s statement to argue against the FCC′s forthcoming order that contends Comcast secretly downgraded P2P traffic, saying that Comcast’s throttling of traffic isn’t as bad as AT&T blocking it all together. The merits of that arguement aside, as TechDirt points out, given that AT&T′s beef with P2P is that it makes use of “continuous (rather than bursty) transmissions at high data rates,” their position does open up a number of interesting questions about streaming apps like Pandora, which are similarly data-intensive but, last we checked, still working just fine on AT&T′s network.
[Via Tech Dirt]
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Original post by Donald Melanson
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