While everyone’s waiting for X-Box’s new Wii controller, another wireless controller is coming our way for the Xbox 360. The only difference is that you’ll be using your feet, not your hands. Qmotions will be developing a version of their skateboard controller for Microsoft’s game console.
The company already makes controllers for various sports games and plans to release it’s “Big Air” board for the Xbox in the second half of 2008, with more Microsoft-endorsed products to follow. I’m guessing one of those products will have the name Tont Hawk in it. Call it a wild guess.
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Written by Conner Flynn on May 1st, 2008 with comments disabled.
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No, this isn’t some horrific dream stuck on repeat. The legal quarrels between Nokia and Qualcomm are actually still ongoing, and while a US International Trade Commission judge has indeed issued an initial determination that favors Nokia, you can bet your bottom dollar that Qualcomm will be “petitioning the commission for a review.” Nevertheless, judge Paul Luckern reportedly “found no infringement or violation by Nokia of the three asserted Qualcomm patents,” which consequently led Nokia’s CFO to proclaim that this was simply “another failed attempt by Qualcomm to mislead both Nokia and the telecommunications industry.” Of course, we wouldn’t recommend striking this battle off as complete — after all, the determination now has to be forwarded on to the full commission for review, and it’s not slated to dole out a final call until April.
[Via Yahoo / Reuters]
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Written by Darren Murph on December 12th, 2007 with no comments.
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We know, we know, it may be difficult to understand how companies that lock you in the moment you decide on a phone / plan — only to be about as helpful as a bottomless bucket the moment turmoil arises — could be hated. Nevertheless, we can’t say we’re shocked at all to hear that cellphone providers are among the least liked in all of the service industries. In a recent report released by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, it was found that “fewer than half of respondents were completely or very satisfied with their cellphone service,” and sadly, that’s hardly different than in years past. Among the biggest gripes were high prices and mandatory contract extensions, and while pro-rated ETFs are fine and dandy, there’s still a few less notable carriers that haven’t swallowed that pill just yet. As for internal rankings, Verizon and Alltel each scored higher than the rest, and Sprint was found bringing up the rear.
[Via Wired]
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Written by Darren Murph on December 8th, 2007 with no comments.
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You don’t have to look far outside of the Eastern District of Texas to find yourself a fresh patent infringement case, and sure enough, that’s precisely where this one was filed. Getting dinged up today is none other than the Round Rock powerhouse and Motion Computing, both of which are being sued for so-called willful infringement on Typhoon Touch Technologies / Nova Mobility Systems touch panel patents. Apparently, the two defendants are being accused of profiting off of two particular patents without paying the plaintiffs their respective royalties, and the lawsuit is seeking to “enjoin Dell and Motion Computing from the continued violation of [the] patents” while also extracting a presumably hefty sum of cash. No specific products are blamed, but we’re told that the patents cover technology used in tablet PCs, slate PCs, handheld PCs, UMPCs, PDAs and a host of other gear.
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Written by Darren Murph on December 7th, 2007 with no comments.
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It’s no secret that Comcast and the NFL Network don’t have the rosiest of relationships, and now that Comcast won a ruling (that’s being appealed, to no one’s shock) over what tier the channel was being placed on, the carrier has shot out a cease and desist letter demanding the network stop persuading customers to switch providers. Reportedly, the note contends that the channel’s iwantnflnetwork.com “violates the contract between the network and Comcast,” as it coaxes customers to ponder switching with a message reading “Switch to a TV provider that will bring you NFL Network, not hold you hostage.” The NFL Network has responded by stating that the arguments are “without merit,” and even proclaimed that users dropping Comcast “did not need encouragement from them.” Apparently, the cable operator is calling for the network to “confirm in writing” that it has halted its attempts to influence consumers by Friday, but a spokeswomen said she “didn’t want to speculate what the company would do if its demands were not met.” Ooh, that’ll show ‘em.
[Thanks, Ryan G.]
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Written by Darren Murph on November 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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Just a week ago, reports were cropping up regarding Microsoft’s decision to give Vista Business / Ultimate customers a “downgrade to XP” option amidst complaints over its latest operating system. Now, the Redmond powerhouse has decided to “keep selling Windows XP until the end of June 2008, delaying a scheduled transition to its newer Windows Vista software by five months.” Originally, the planned phase out date for XP was January 30th of next year, but now the firm has decided to “extend XP sales in response to feedback from computer manufacturers who said there were customers who still wanted to buy the older operating system.” Of note, Mike Nash, a Microsoft corporate vice president, was quoted as saying that the company was “a little ambitious to think that it would need to make Windows XP available for only a year after the release of Windows Vista,” referring to the fact that it typically makes its older OS available for two years after the launch of a new one.
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Written by Darren Murph on September 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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Just months ago, the Consumer Complaints Board in Denmark announced that it had “proven” that the logic board within a slew of Apple’s iBook G4s were faulty, and now it seems that Cupertino has been forced to cough up reparations. According to InfoWorld, a US-based Apple spokeswoman stated that it “disagreed with the DCCB’s findings based on its own investigation, and has a strong track record for customer satisfaction.” Apparently, the counter report that Apple assembled wasn’t enough to persuade the board that the swarm of customer complaints were unwarranted, and now Frederik Navne Boesgaard (of the CCB) has said that Apple “paid up” after conceding the point.
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Written by Darren Murph on September 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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