HTC Incredible suffering random reboots for Tar Heel fans and Duke devotees?
Well now this is a bit of an odd story, but we’ve seen enough reports to think that it is fully legit. HTC Incredible owners in and around the great state of North Carolina, particularly those in north-central portion (the Triad) are reporting that their phones are rebooting all on their own with alarming regularity. Many have tried new phones, combinations of wireless settings, and other remediations only to find the problem still occurring just as frequently as before. Verizon Wireless is said to be aware of the issue and there has been talk that tower-switching in areas of low signal is to blame, but at this point it certainly sounds like anyone’s guess. Have you been affected? Drop is a note in comments — but try to keep the intra-college banter clean, yeah?
[Thanks, Ben]
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Optical Sensors Make Any Gadget Its Own Mouse [Input]
Tiny MP3 players are great, but the tiny means of navigation they often employ can be a big pain in the ass. The Minput project explores the possibility of using optical sensors to let those devices double as mice. More »
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Family Still Fighting Verizon’s $18,000 Phone Bill, Four Years Later [Disagreements]
Everyone’s read stories about outrageous cell phone bills, and you might even know someone who’s racked one up themselves. But the Boston Globe has an interesting look at where one such instance stands, four years down the line: totally unresolved. More »
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Microsoft Claims Android Infringes Patents, HTC Required to Use License for the OS
Microsoft is possibly looking for some legal combat with Google, having recently required its handset manufacturing partners to pay licensing fees in order to use Android. Also, the Redmond giant claims that Anroid OS infringes its software patents. The only problem is that we don’t yet know how this infringement happens.
Microsoft seems to believe that the OS borrows elements from the UI and the codes of its software. This reminds us of the times when Bill Gates’ company was battling for patents over Linux, allowing it to reach settlements with Amazon, Xandros and TomTom in the process. There’s no talk of lawsuits yet, but HTC chose to play it on the safe side and got a license from Microsoft, in order to use Android on its own phones.
We wonder how this is possible: to pay royalties to a company in order to use an OS developed by a different company?
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Latest Windows Phone 7 ROM Unlocked, Office Found Inside [Windowsphone7]
The latest Windows Phone 7 ROM has already been unlocked and has plenty of cool new stuff to check out, including call history and notifications, dialer interfaces, and Office, which we caught a tantalizing glimpse of last week. More »
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