Tag archive: edge

As reported earlier this year as a alternative to data caps, AT&T has begun sending messages to all smartphone owners that are among the top five percent of data users on the network. This was first spotted by a Cult of Mac user and posted on the popular Apple blog. After sending the text message warning of the decreased speed, AT&T throttles that account down to 2G (EDGE) speeds for the remainder of the billing cycle. The majority of… Read More

Adobe has been locked in a death-grip battle with Apple over its Flash technology: once ubiquitous on the Web for serving up video, animation, and uncountable “skip intro” monstrosities, Flash's hegemony has been seriously challenged by Apple's iOS, which has proven a mobile platform doesn't have to support Flash in order to achieve market dominance. (Apple doesn't ship Flash on Macs anymore either, although… Read More

Completely free under contract, the USBConnect Force 4G modem connects to your home computer via a USB port and provides 4G download speeds from AT&T. Without contract, the device retails for $89.99. Customers get access to 5GB of data per month at a $50 cost under the two-year contract agreement. Any overage of the 5GB results in an extra $10 a month for each gigabyte used. Without the agreement, prepaid options include a day of access… Read More

Next week's CEDIA Expo in Denver will see the introduction of the DVDO Edge video hub and processor, which aims to be the first and last question for bringing together a videophile's plethora of video sources, upscaling them to 1080p, and making them look their best on an HDTV display. The DVDO Edge will handle up to 10 video sources—six via HDMI 1.3 inputs and four analog inputs—and take all the video up to 1080p.… Read More

For serious cyclists, using a $20 bike computer is like giving an astronaut a speedometer – it just doesn't provide enough data. For those elite few who treat cycling like a science and trainas if they’re engineering their bodies, Garmin introduced two new bike computers onWednesday that provide all the data they could possibly hope for.   The Garmin Edge 605 and 705 clamp onto a bike’s handlebars or stem and… Read More

Have you ever wondered what’s the best video game ever made? Now you can find out, and the surprise it’s not one of the new generation of graphic-rich games. According to a poll ofexperts and readers in Edge magazine, it’s…The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The game appeared a decade ago specifically for the NintendoN64 (remember that?). Even then, it was a hit among experts, being one of one five games ever to… Read More

Edge Tech Corp, a supplier of DRAM and flash memory upgrades, today announced a new storage option for their line of DiskGo! USB 2.0 Flash Drives. The newest size, 8 GB, is priced at $619.95 and available now. Edge Tech's DiskGo! USB 2.0 Flash Drives, the company said, feature a silver design and are approximately the size of a thumb. Features of this flash drive line include a half ounce weight, removable cap, PC and Mac… Read More

Research in Motion has announced its new BlackBerry 8700c mobile email, phone, and data device. The 8700c has been reengineered to utilize both a new high-end Intel cellular processor (the PXA901, aka “Hermon”) as well as high-speed EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution) networks for data transmission. The 8700c will be available exclusively from Cingular Wireless beginning November 21, 2005, with prices starting at… Read More

Edge Tech is out with a new combo memory card reader and iPod dock known as the Edge Dock & Multi Flash Card Reader for iPod. Priced at $49.99, this device is shipping starting today.   This combo card reader and dock product will allow users to access various formats of flash cards including xD, SD, MMC, Memory Stick, Compact Flash and Microdrive. It utilizes USB 2.0 for high-speed file transfers, can play music off of the iPod via… Read More

EDGE Tech, a maker of DRAM and flash memory products, has a new multi-function device which looks to have some potential use. The DiskGO! 3.5

Bridging the cellular and WiFi worlds, the GC89 PC Card combines global EDGE coverage with the popular WiFi technology in a single card which is compatible with both Windows and Macintosh computers.The new GC89 card further strengthens Sony's Ericsson's leadership position in EDGE PC Cards gained from the highly successful launches of the GC82, GC83 and GC85 PC cards. The GC89 card delivers connectivity through EDGE, GPRS, CSD, SMS… Read More

From the company's press release: AT&T Wireless today begins offering customers the ability to receive high-speed wireless data connections throughout the United States and internationally, as it begins offering a tri-band EDGE/GPRS PC Modem Card for laptops. The new Sony Ericsson GC-83 EDGE/GPRS PC Modem Card (850/1800/1900Mhz) gives customers the ability to use one device to access either high-speed EDGE or GPRS wireless data… Read More

Quote from the review: “The stylish Nokia 6220 is the world's first phone that supports the EDGE protocol. EDGE stands for Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution and is a new high speed data connection, similar to GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) yet providing theoretical transmission speed of up to 118.4 Kbps – which is twice as fast as any GPRS connection at present…” Read the full review

Nokia today unveiled the new Nokia 6620 smartphone, the first of its kind targeted for the Americas market amd supporting new high-speed EDGE networks. The Nokia 6620 imaging phone employs a 65,536 colour TFT screen for viewing still images and video clips captured by the integrated VGA camera and real-time video streaming over the EDGE network using the built-in RealOne mobile player. While taking pictures, users have the ability to… Read More

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