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Networks
AT&T’s Internal Plans To Fix Their Network
3:00AM Brian Lam | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/AT_T_s_Internal_Plan_to_Fix_Their_Crap_Network'; AT&T was calling me to set up an interview with their CTO, but all I could hear was garbled noise on my AT&T iPhone. “I can’t really hear you!” I shouted, as if volume would clear the channel. It’s always been like this, in my home in San Francisco. While the howls of iPhone 3G reception issues get louder and louder, I’ve always wondered if it was the network’s fault, as some Swedish scientists and journalists have recently suggested. Maybe it’s just new AT&T customers making the bulk of the noise. From my experience, the phone isn’t blameless, but the network is a major part of the issue.
Computers
DreamCom 10, Ergonomic Laptop Transformer
2:43AM Mark Wilson | The DreamCom 10 laptop is a pretty standard intel-based computer (featuring UMTS/HSDPA) with one identifiable trick up its sleeve—the ability to transform into multiple configurations for improved user comfort. With an expandable neck and an attachable dock allowing for a tipi-like biped stance, we’re guessing the design is far less hunchback-inducing than our standard laptop. And if it’s tough enough to withstand us bending the hell out of the hinges before we figure out all of its modes, the DreamCon 10 has some potential. [dreamcom via crunchgear] More »
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