Motorola Sage pictured in glorious detail, on a collision course with AT&T

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/04/motorola-sage-pictured-in-glorious-detail-on-a-collision-course/

Confirming our FCC-inspired conjecture, here we have a gallery of pictures giving us a detailed look at Motorola's latest (though probably not greatest) Android handset. Just as we posited, this QWERTY slider is bound for AT&T's airwaves and it comes with a Motoblur 2 skin, as seen most recently on the Droid X. We keep telling these manufacturers that bone stock Android and a rapid upgrade cycle would be preferable but they don't listen. You'll have to make do with Android 2.1 when the Sage launches, which can't be too far off from now given that our tipster has had his test unit for a good month already.

[Thanks, Charlie W.]

Gallery: Motorola Sage pictured in glorious detail, on a collision course with AT&T

Motorola Sage pictured in glorious detail, on a collision course with AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Read More...

Summary only...

FaceTime 3G data consumption tested: about 3MB per minute

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/04/facetime-3g-data-consumption-tested-about-3mb-per-minute/

The folks over at 9to5Mac have kept up their investigation of FaceTime over 3G with a quick and dirty data usage analysis. Lest you've forgotten, jailbreaking Apple's Quattro permits walled garden escapees to FaceTime each other using dusty old 3G, and now we've got some numbers to show how much of an impact doing so will have on your bandwidth allowance. A 5-minute call resulted in 14.7MB of data transfers -- including both uploading and downloading -- for the 3G-riding iPhone, which breaks down to a rate slightly lower than 3MB per minute. That's not too horrible when you consider some streaming services use that much just to feed you video of England embarrassing itself in global football tournaments. Then again, we'd be remiss not to note that Fring does it at a claimed 1MB a minute and sans the jailbreak -- but who are we to begrudge having more options?

[Thanks, Sam]

FaceTime 3G data consumption tested: about 3MB per minute originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink TechMeme  |  9to5Mac  | Email this | Comments

Read More...

Summary only...

RemoteDroid Turns Your Android Phone into a Wireless Mouse and Keyboard [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5602571/remotedroid-turns-your-android-phone-into-a-wireless-mouse-and-keyboard

Android: If you're looking for a no-fuss way to turn your Android's touch screen into a touchpad for your computer, open-source RemoteDroid has cross-platform support for easy wireless mousing and typing on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines.

RemoteDroid comes in two parts, first you install the RemoteDroid client application on your Android phone and then you install the Java-based server application on the computer you wish to control. RemoteDroid uses your home's wireless network for communication between your phone and the remote computer. Watch the video above to see the setup and usage in action.

RemoteDroid is open-source and works wherever Android does. Download it by searching for "RemoteDroid" on Android Marketplace from your phone or by scanning the QR code to the right. Have a favorite application for squeezing even more awesomeness out of your Android phone? Let's hear about it in the comments.

RemoteDroid [via #tips]

Read More...

Summary only...

How to Pick the Perfect Typeface [Infographic]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5602712/the-perfect-way-to-pick

Need to find a typeface for your next design masterpiece? Follow this intricate—but brilliant—flowchart by Julian Hansen and you will never go wrong. And if you do, your client will ask you to change it anyway. [Scribble]

Read More...

Summary only...

Remains of the Day: How Secure Is Your Cloud Data? [For What It's Worth]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5602654/remains-of-the-day-know-your-cloud-data-security-around-the-world

An interactive map shows the security or exposure of cloud-based files around the world, Windows 7 tips past Vista in market share, mobile video users pick the worst times to watch, and paying with a smartphone could be coming soon.

• The State of Mobile Video: Porn, Flash and Stalling
  Smartphone users watch the most mobile video as the night wears on—which is exactly when mobile data traffic congestion is at its worst. Also, lots of people use Flash to watch video, and quite a few people are viewing adult content. [Mashable]
• Do You Know Where Your Data Is In The Cloud?
  An interactive heat map shows you the laws, surveillance, and seizure protocols in each country or region for the email, files, and other uploads you keep on the net. Revealing stuff. [Forrester Research]
• Tighter security coming in Firefox 4
  Mozilla's developers detail how their upcoming new version will fix common existing exploits, sandbox against new finds, and deal with the security complexities of HTML5 [The Download Blog/CNET]
• Windows 7 overtakes Vista in StatCounter's July figures
  Based on one tracker's web usage statistics, Windows 7 is surpassing Vista in adoption. XP, on the other hand, continues to be the most widely-installed system out there. [Download Squad]
• AT&T, Verizon to Target Visa, MasterCard With Smartphones
  AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile USA are looking to form a partnership and start testing a system for waving your cellphone to pay for goods at stores. Credit card firms, presumably, will not take the intrusion lightly. [Bloomberg]
• Sprint Gifts 4G Service to Parts of California, Delaware, Florida and Michigan Today
  It gives sprint's EVO 4G a bigger potential market, and gives Sprint customers a reason to consider sticking around. [Gizmodo]

Read More...

Summary only...