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Yesterday it was reported that Verizon will likely be doubling its Early Termination Fee on “advanced devices” (read: Droid and other smartphones) to prevent possible online phone-flipping. I was worried that this would have a negative ripple effect on the rest of U.S. telecom, causing every other wireless provider to follow suit. So far, 1 out of the other 3 major carriers has stepped up to the plate and rejected that notion. That particular carrier is Sprint.

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Sprint Defies Verizon, Will Not Raise ETF

Verizon has just announced the HTC Droid Eris, their second Android phone next to the Motorola Droid . The HTC Droid Eris features a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, full HTML browser with Flash Lite support, 3.5mm jack, HTC Sense UI, and comes pre-installed with an 8GB microSD card. They didn’t go into detail as to what version of Android is running on the Droid Eris, but a prior report suggests that Android 1.5 is its bundled OS. That’s the real deal breaker in the whole package

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Verizon unleashes HTC Droid Eris for only $99

The N900: A Game Changer for Nokia? The release of the N900 comes at an important time in Nokia’s history. Despite a new Symbian operating system, new touch handsets, and a growing smartphone market, the company’s smartphone division is faltering, with market share dropping 6% in the previous quarter. It’s not too hard to see why: competition is fierce, with Apple and Android phones getting better, cheaper, and faster. Add to that Nokia’s Symbian S60 operating system, which hasn’t evolved with the times, and things are looking pretty grim

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The N900: A Game Changer for Nokia (First Impressions)

Nokia N97 Mini is the younger brother of the Nokia N97. N97 Mini is a bit smaller in size than the Nokia N97 and misses the D Pad. Specs wise it is almost like the Nokia N97 and price wise also there not a huge difference..check out some Nokia N97 Mini pics posted by Flickr user Rafe Blandford from All About Symbian , who also is a Nokia and Symbian fan. Check out the pics below and you can also check out AAS’ Nokia N97 Mini Review Part 0 . You can see that the Mini looks just like the Nokia N97, the size is a bit smaller and you see the d-pad is not there.

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Photo Gallery: Nokia N97 Mini via All About Symbian

Samsung announced the availability of the Samsung Mythic, a full touch screen device with AT&T Mobile TVSM capability, and the Samsung Flight touch screen phone that comes with a QWERTY hardware keyboard. The Mythic’s 3.3″ full touch screen features Samsung’s innovative TouchWiz™ user interface, which allows users to simply drag and drop widgets for their favorite and most commonly used features and functions on the phone’s home screen. It is also the newest AT&T Mobile TV-capable device to hit stores. AT&T Mobile TV is available for $9.99 per month effective Nov.

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Samsung Mobile Announces Availability of the Samsung Mythic and Samsung Flight

AT&T, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have defined the preferred way to ensure the smooth introduction and delivery of voice and SMS services on Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks worldwide. The above telecommunications industry leaders have jointly developed a technical profile for LTE voice and SMS services, also known as the One Voice initiative. The profile defines an optimal set of existing 3GPP-specified functionalities that all industry stakeholders, including network vendors, service providers and handset manufacturers, can use to offer compatible LTE voice solutions

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Global Telecom Companies Announce a Standards Based Solution for Voice and SMS Services over LTE

For folks interested in the intersection of arts and science, the PBS series Independent Lens is presenting a fascinating in-depth look into origami titled Between the Folds . The film documents “a determined group of theoretical scientists and fine artists who have abandoned their careers and scoffed at their graduate degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders.” Featured in the film are MIT’s youngest-ever tenured professor Dr

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The intersection of arts and science: Between the Folds

Pocketnow has another video which shows two new features with TouchFLO 3D 2.5 on the HD2. Feature : Quiet Ring is a new feature which will lower the volume of your incoming call ringer when it senses that you have moved the device. ( uses the Motion sensor on the device ) Pocket Mode will increase the volume of the ringer if the device is in your pocket or in a bag. ( uses the Light sensor on the device ) © . Saijo for 1800PocketPC.com , 2009

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TouchFLO 3D 2.5 Video : Quiet Ring on Pickup and louder ringer if the device is in your pocket

I’m in the Detroit area this week, exploring plans for a Maker Faire here next summer. I’ve been spending most of the time at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, a treasure-trove of American making. On Saturday, I’ll be stopping by the new hacker/maker space called I3 Detroit in Royal Oaks, MI. I’ll be there from around 11 am to 1pm (give or take a half-hour). If you are a maker in the area, and don’t mind giving up some time that you might otherwise spend on your favorite project, please drop by I3 Detroit and share your thoughts on doing a Maker Faire in the Detroit area

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Meeting makers in Detroit this Saturday

Our very own Michelle Hlubinka, MAKE’s Educational Director, is quoted in this Daily Californian piece about the celebtrational insanity of Russell Street, in Berkeley, known for it’s elaborate decorations and large, costumed crowds. Below is one of the yard decorations Michelle’s family put together. Their theme was “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.” I love the Dixie cups for monster teeth. Halloween Revelers Flock to Russell Street Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Halloween | Digg this!

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Halloween on Berkeley’s Russell Street

Found under: Verizon Wireless , ETF , Droid , Storm2 , , Verizon is getting really serious about its business. With a hot phone like the Motorola Droid coming out tomorrow and with the BlackBerry Strom 2 available in Buy One Get One promotions the carrier wants to make sure that its offers wont be exploited in the near future. How can people take advantage of those phones Well thats pretty simple Simply buy the Droid for a subsidized price with a 2-year contract cancel the contract and then sell the phone for full price on eBay for Read More Read more in mobile format

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Verizon Raises ETF to $350 for “Advanced Devices”

Not sure what to make of this Droid-alike but it seems Verizon has another Droid on its way, this time called the Saygus VPhone V1 . It looks very much like the standard droid but a bit smaller and with a 624MHz Marvell processor. It’s abundantly clear that Verizon is going to run this Droid branding into the ground, ensuring a Droid army to overtake all comers. My question is who is this Saygus and why are they posting links to stories that essentially leak their own products

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There is another: The third Droid phone hits FCC

Announced exactly one month ago, the Samsung Mythic and Samsung Flight will be available via AT&T starting November 8. Both new devices are touchscreen phones, but they’re not at all similar and are targeted at different categories of customers. The Samsung Mythic is priced at $199.99 on contract after a $50 mail-in rebate and features stuff like: a 3.3 inch display, TouchWiz UI, 3G, finger zoom, virtual QWERTY keyboard, full HTML browser, AT&T Navigator, AT&T Mobile TV, Stereo Bluetooth and a 3.2MP camera.

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Samsung Mythic and Flight coming to AT&T on November 8

My friend Tod Kurt and I finished building our laser tripwire art heist! (He did all the heavy lifting.) This is for the Machine Project Benefit this Saturday night. Here’s a sneak peek: We’re using a hazer to make the laser beams visible, which works surprisingly well in this semi-open space. To increase the spectacle we installed a few extra lasers that are not being sensed for tripwires, but just look cool. The heisters won’t know which these are, however, so it adds to the challenge without increasing complexity

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Art Heist build complete

Found under: Samsung , Mythic , Flight , AT&T , , If Verizon is getting ready to launch two new Android phones tomorrow ATT has decided to start selling two new Samsung handsets starting today. The Mythic and the Flight are the new Samsung phones and were going to take a brief look at both of them. The Mythic is a touchscreen phone which will offer you the following features � One-finger Touch and Finger Zoom � Full HTML Web browser � Virtual full QWERTY keyboard � 3.2 megapixel camera � Advanced Messaging capabilities AT Read More Read more in mobile format

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Samsung Mythic and Flight Available from AT&T Starting Today

Apart from announcing the HTC Droid Eris and launching the LG Chocolate Touch , Verizon has also announced the BlackBerry Curve 8530 and Samsung Convoy today. Previously known as BlackBerry Aries , the Curve 8530 is the CDMA version of T-Mobile’s BlackBerry 8520 . The 8530 features EV-DO connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, full QWERTY keyboard, QVGA display, optical trackpad, 3.5mm headset jack, 2MP camera and MicroSD card support. BlackBerry Curve 8530 will be available at Verizon starting November 20 for $99.99 on contract (after a $100 mail-in rebate)

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Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530, Samsung u640 Convoy and Casio G’Zone Brigade

The God machine just can’t catch a break … A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this week which saw significant overheating in sections of the mighty particle-punisher’s subterranean 27-km supercooled magnetic doughnut. According to scientists at the project, had the LHC been operational – it is scheduled to recommence beaming later this month – the snag would have caused it to fail safe and shut down automatically. This would put the mighty machine out of action for a few days while it was restarted, but there would be no repeat of the catastrophic damage suffered last September.

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"Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette-bomber"

Found under: Saygus , VPhone , V1 , Android , Verizon , , Verizon is just about to begin its Android adventure and we already have rumors regarding its next Android phone. After the Droid and the Droid Eris which will become available to the public tomorrow the Saygus VPhone V1 might also be heading to Verizon. The phone has been spotted at the FCC and its said to be available at some point next year. The Saygus VPhone V1 is a slider phone which will feature a 3.5-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen a full QWERTY keyboard a 624MHz Marv Read More Read more in mobile format

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Saygus VPhone V1 Android Phone Coming to Verizon?

Users always appreciated both push-to-talk application and mil-spec protection together. This combination always worked thus Samsung’s convoy has kept the same trend for Verizon. The sleek convoy has offered various features like 810F compliance for shock resistance as well as dust, vibration, slat, fog, humidity, sunlight and extreme temperature resistance. It also has, pushed to talk with EV-DO, Bluetooth2.1, camera with 2megapixel; it also has Verizon’s very own much appreciated VZ Navigator having long battery life with 1300mAh

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Samsung convoy turned out to be a rough and tough push talker for Verizon.

We’re sure that most of you are sick and tired of all of this Verizon news (how do you think we feel having to write about it?), but they’re on a tear. Today Verizon announced that it will be carrying the BlackBerry Curve 8530 starting November 20th. To go for $99.99 on contract after a $100 mail-in rebate, the new Curve offers the following: full-QWERTY keypad, optical trackpad, 2 megapixel camera, GPS, dedicated multimedia keys, 3.5mm headphone jack, 256MB of app memory, 528MHz processor, EV-DO connectivity and last but not least, Wi-Fi! Yes, indeedy, Verizon is definitely looking like the front runner in the smartphone arms race of the 2009 Holiday Season. Read

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Verizon announces the BlackBerry Curve 8530

Research in Motion and Verizon Wireless officially announced the BlackBerry Curve 8530 .  The device will be available November 20th and will cost $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a 2-year activation.  My guess is that the new BlackBerry Curve will pick up right where the old BlackBerry Curve left off and become a big seller for Verizon. The big new feature in the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is most definitely the Wi-Fi and this device will be the first full QWERTY BlackBerry with Wi-Fi on Verizon’s network.  For some strange reason RIM decided not to include a LED flash to go along with the digital camera, although it is only 2.0 mega pixels and probably really doesn’t matter that much. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is definitely geared towards consumers and will probably do very well with them because of the price and the success of it’s predecessor,  the BlackBerry Curve 83xx, which happens to be the best selling BlackBerry device ever

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Verizon Officially Announces BlackBerry Curve 8530… Available November 20th