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Debunk: BlackBerry Bold's browser on WiFi actually not that slow {Engadget}
Aug 21st 2008 2:16PM Comparing it with the Nokia is actually quite fair, since they both use browsers based on Webkit.
Debunk: BlackBerry Bold's browser on WiFi actually not that slow {Engadget}
Aug 21st 2008 2:15PM The iPhone on the right was a first generation 2G iPhone connected to Wifi. Nowhere did it say they were comparing 3G speeds... Who's overreacting here?
Debunk: BlackBerry Bold's browser on WiFi actually not that slow {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 21st 2008 2:13PM It's still pretty slow on the Bold. It seems the javascript was where the Bold spent most of its time. It still probably lends itself to improvement through software upgrade though.
Any indication what browser the Bold is using? Proprietary, or one based on Opera, Moz, or Webkit?
VIDEO: Customized Prius proves that hybrids and common sense do not correlate {Autoblog Green}
Aug 18th 2008 11:57PM Chris. No one is trying to debase imagination.
Just because they DID something like this doesn't mean we have to like it, like the creators, or automatically put them on a pedestal for the effort the creators expended for being "individuals" just like all the cool kids who pretend to race their cars at night.
It's OK if you think it's a great thing, but don't tell me what I can't feel about this, and don't tell other people that they can't criticize it.
I don't like cosmetic modders. I don't respect them, I think it's extremely narcissistic and childish. People are living in a fantasy world inspired by idiotic movies like The Fast and the Furious.
You may think otherwise, but that's why we are both allowed to express our opinions.
They are certainly welcome to do something like this... and I'm well within my rights to think it's a terrible waste of a perfectly good Prius.
Samsung Omnia review {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 18th 2008 3:45PM Can we have a clarification about the capacitive touch? All of the other reviews of this product say that, like all other Windows Mobile PocketPC devices, the screen on the i900 is resistive, not capacitive.
The slashgear review says resistive.
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-omnia-i900-wm61-smartphone-review-1413915.php
2009 Honda hybrid system cost to be cut in half! {Autoblog Green}
Jul 30th 2008 10:31AM Jeff. You started out reasonable, but your bashing of the Prius is terribly biased.
You keep saying that somehow Toyota let its customers down by claiming 50% higher fuel efficiency.
Number 1 : It wasn't up to Toyota to advertise 60/51 as their fuel economy. It was the EPA rating based on the EPA test cycle at the time. It's not legal to post ANY OTHER NUMBER.
Don't blame Toyota because the EPA rating was flawed. In 2008, when the test itself was changed, it wasn't Toyota fessing up to some evil scheme to trick Prius buyers... it was the US government changing the way they ran a test for regulation purposes!
Number 2 : The EPA rating, either new or old, doesn't represent real world mileage at all. This summer, my Prius has been averaging 3 tanks well over 55 MPG... the vast majority of which have been highway miles!
My best tank so far has been 540 miles, putting in 9.5G. That's 56.7 MPG. 80% highway in that case, with the A/C on.
My car definitely averages over 50 MPG. When driven locally, I can average well over 60 MPG too... so it's not overblown to claim that the Prius is capable of more than EPA.
The EPA rating is useful for comparison purposes, but this summer of driving has shown me that it is not an upper limit for possible mileage on a car like the Prius. The EPA rating doesn't begin to describe the full potential of a car like the Prius.
VW's new Jetta TDI now eligible for $1,300 federal tax credit {Autoblog Green}
Jul 24th 2008 11:38AM So Hydrocarbons emissions cause high ozone levels? What about smog? Hydrocarbons cause those too?
NOx is a principle smog forming pollutant. On NOx emissions, even the latest generation "clean" diesels are vastly more dirtier than ULEV II or SULEV II rated gasoline burning vehicles.
Spy Shots: Honda's hybrid Prius-fighter caught {Autoblog}
Jul 17th 2008 1:29AM So instead of feeling smug because you drive a hybrid, you feel smug that you're driving a VW diesel and you blend in with the crowd and don't have to show off?
Either way, if you are that guy buying a car for image, or you're *countering* that first guy by buying a "stealth" diesel, you're smug.
Honestly, I believe that most people are buying the Prius over other hybrids because it compromises the least compared to other hybrids. It's the one that has the most drastically different fuel economy, it's a hatchback with fold down seats, unlike the Civic.
Image comes into it, but it's not the whole reason why the Prius is selling well. It's simply a well balanced car... engineering-wise and utility-wise. And people are seeing it for what it is.
Case modder crams PC into homegrown Team Fortress 2 sentry {Engadget}
Jul 14th 2008 10:11AM I have this overwhelming urge to go up to it and whack it with a wrench.
America's Most Hated Foods {Slashfood}
Jun 24th 2008 5:19PM Cilantro. I hate that vile herb.
