Now we don’t have much more to go on here than some analyst chatter and a lengthy article from TechCrunch , but if you believe what you read, a major player has just dropped Windows Phone 7 devices from its roadmap. And that player is Dell . According to Jonathan Goldberg, an telecom analyst at Deutsche Bank, the only remaining partners currently working on Windows Phone 7 handsets are HTC, Samsung, and LG.
The Engadget Podcasters are chattin’ re: magic, black magic, crack, GHB, Kmart, and Ashton. Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Sadnes - Wicked Game 00:01:29 - New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only version and $189 3G model available August 27th in the US and UK 00:07:33 - Amazon sees e-book sales surpassing paper versions, has Mirasol technology in the Kindle labs 00:13:30 - RIM takes control of blackpad.com, laughter takes control of our minds 00:13:53 - RIM’s 9.7-inch Blackpad rumored for November launch — yes, Blackpad 00:14:22 - RIM and AT&T event next Tuesday — BlackBerry slider and OS 6 en route
Good news, mobile gamers — NVIDIA ’s looking out for you and yours, and if you’re tired of lobbying to Congress about the inequities between driver releases for desktop GPUs and driver releases for mobile GPUs, you can finally move on to some other just cause. NVIDIA’s Verde driver program has been a relative success over the years, but it’s about to become a lot more gnarly when the company outs its 256 Series drivers in a few months. At that time, NVIDIA plans to “completely unify its GPU drivers, so mobile and desktop users will be able to get the latest releases simultaneously.” Users won’t find the desktop and laptop drivers in the same package, but we’re sure each one will be clearly marked on the download page
Caller ID spoofers, your days are numbered! The “Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010″ has just passed the House. The bill — which has been kickin’ around in one form or another since 2007 , and which only passed the Senate as recently as this February — makes it illegal “to cause any caller ID service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller ID information.” As Ars Technica points out, there are some exceptions, including blocking your own outgoing caller ID info, and law enforcement is exempt.
We heard that Jays was gearing up to ship a baker’s half-dozen of new headphones this year, and we’ve got to say — the t-Jays ain’t a bad way to get things rolling. Designed with a “warm and wide soundstage,” these ‘buds boast an angled sound chamber optimized for delivering deep bass, and Jays proclaims that these might be the best earphones yet for extended listening sessions. They can be worn over the ear or straight in, and the cord has been designed to sit closer to the body in order to reduce burden placed on the ear
No hard details yet, but opponents of net neutrality just scored a big victory — the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has sided with Comcast and ruled that the FCC doesn’t have the authority under current law to impose regulations on internet service providers. Obviously we’re super interested in the wonky minutae, so we’ll be digging for them — stay tuned
