Comments on: MobileTechRoundup podcast 280: Chromebooks, Surface RT and Xbox Music

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:48:56 +0000

Yup, there’s a $329 model that we reported on last week that includes 100 MB of monthly VZW 3G access. I’m assuming you can purchase more mobile broadband capacity if needed.

By: richardmgarrett

richardmgarrett — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:41:29 +0000

Kevin, in the past the Chromebook 3G with the Atom processor (maybe the Celeron, too) was offered for an additional $50 or so and included 2 years of 3G access through VZW at 100mb per month. Can you guess if this will be available on the newest Chromebook with ARM? Thanks

By: Doug Marbo

Doug Marbo — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:13:52 +0000

7″ 3G Tablets on T-mobile are what I’m looking for right now. They still have last years models and I haven’t seen any news anywhere about new models for this year. I’m still using my original 7″ Galaxy Tab, which I had to hack Gingerbread on. I need an update that includes Jelly Bean, HSPA+42, 1280×800 display and a microSD expansion slot. Unfortunately, no one seems to want my money.

By: John Han Smith

John Han Smith — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:06:53 +0000

Microsoft embroiled in a legal dispute in China and may lose the domain XboxMusic.com !

Microsoft Corporation had won the domain xboxmusic.com disputes in June at the National Arbitration Forum.

But now, two months has gone, we find that Microsoft hasn’t get the domain XboxMusic.com yet. the whois of xboxmusic.com is still the original registrant information.

http://whois.ename.net/xboxmusic.com

We find that the domain owner had sue Microsoft to the China court, and accuse Microsoft infringed his legitimate rights.

The China court had accept the complaint.The court will adjourn the case according to the law of China.

By: dlioilb

dlioilb — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:56:58 +0000

This is off-topic, but since I found no other way to contact you (Kevin) I put it here: before GN2 I was going to switch from iOS to android with a 32GB Nexus 7 and and SIII as tablet and phone, respectively. But now that I see this form factor I am entertaining the idea of getting a single device for my daily work. I read scienctific articles most of the day and till now I was reading on an iPad 2 which is quite heavy to hold for a long time. I’d greatly appreciate if you could review the reading experience on GN2, especially texts/articles that contain math equations (one free source: arXiv.org) on android readers like EbookDroid. It will be a determining factor for me to choose between 5.5 and (7+4.7) size options.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:24:14 +0000

This is a weekly mobile podcast we’ve been doing for about 4 years now; the Commutist is a much newer, second podcast we do here.

By: Dennis D. McDonald (@ddmcd)

Dennis D. McDonald (@ddmcd) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:20:23 +0000

Is this Commutist [awkward title] or something else?