Sprint's New Phone HTC "EVO" 4G now available for Pre-Order @ Radio Shack

Radio Shack now has the new Sprint HTC "EVO" 4G phone available for pre-order at Radio Shack. Yours truely headed down there this morning and signed up as well ;) Im not a big fan of Android, however, the hardware of this thing is just amazing. 8MP autofocus camera, 720p HDMI out, 720p recording, 1GHz CPU, 800x480 4.3" screen, 4G (4Mbps) data, 1.3Mbps Video Conference camera.

Details:
Launch Date: June 4th
$199 new / upgrade price (instant rebate)
$50 down-payment (You get a gift card that is redeemable on the phone purchase)
$20 discount on accessories on launch day



http://radioshackwireless.com/template/simpleautocontent.aspx?r=radioshack&pageid=7831

Star Wars Rap: Galatic Empire State of Mind

Galatic Empire State of Mind

"What happened to the fat one? I think he died of heart disease." :)

Use USB ATI TV Wonder 600 with Ubuntu (HDTV)

Guide to using the USB ATI TV Wonder 600 device with Ubuntu "Lucid" 10.04 (probably applies to other versions as well)


The easy way:
sudo apt-get install me-tv

Run Me-Tv:
me-tv

Select the "US NTSC xxxxxx" frequency file and do a scan.

Tada... ;)

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The hard way

From: http://linuxhacksandfixes.blogspot.com/2009/11/watch-tv-with-ati-tv-wonder-600-usb.html

Install the Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) applications:
sudo apt-get install dvb-apps w-scan vlc mplayer

Change into the /lib/firmware folder:
sudo wget http://steventoth.net/linux/hvr1400/xc3028L-v36.fw

Create Channels for USA:
scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB -o zap -a 0 | tee ~/channels.conf

You will get a bunch of "WARNING" messages.. Dont panic this is just the program letting you know it couldnt find content on that channel (it scans all known US frequencies for TV channels)

Watch HDTV!
vlc ~/channels.conf

Just a quick note here as using this device was actually my first time watching Broadcast HDTV. Using the included antenna is absolutely terrible and you will find the video breaking up constantly unless you are sitting on the transmission tower. Unlike analog television of years ago, you will either get crystal clear picture or nothing at all. If you are serious about using this for on the go tv, get a good portable antenna (if you find one let me know).

Amazing Modern Warfare 2 knife throw!

One of those incredible game moments ;)


Modern Warfare 2 Amazing Knife Throw Kill - Watch more Game Trailers

Palm Pre Profile switcher

From the Link:

At this point Mode can control the following things:

- Wallpaper
- Instant messaging status
- Message sound setting
- Ringer mode and volume
- System sounds state and volume
- Display brightness, timeout and touchstone screen mode
- State of Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/GPS/Data/USBnet connections
- Applications to be opened

The mode can be activated manually or to be set to activate automatically on trigger events. Supported trigger events are:

- Placing phone on touchstone charger
- Connecting phone on usb or wall charger
- Certain time on certain days (weekdays, weekends, every day)
- Based on location, if GPS is enabled

Available as a private feed for your pleasure:

http://forums.precentral.net/homebrew-apps/224544-mode-switcher.html

Apple iPad Envy? Better alternatives for less

For those who dont need to buy the brand, look at these other "Netvertibles" available (Thanks to Engadget for compiling what I was already looking for):

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/ipass-the-best-present-and-future-alternatives-to-the-apple-ipa/

Upgrade from the WRT54G Wireless Router to Asus RT-N16

Ever since switching from RoadRunner internet (8 / .3 Mbps) to ATT U-verse (12 / 1.5 Mbps) I have been getting some intermittent connection failures. I suspect that my 7 year old Linksys WRT54G used as my primary Internet QOS router may be at its limits under the bandwidth load.



Upon recommendation from several folks in the forums, I have purchased a Asus RT-N16 router which I intend to install Tomato on.

Ill update when it arrives.