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Three iPad giveaways in three days: day three, courtesy of Gogo! Apr 13th 2012, 15:01 Here's one last opportunity for you to grab a new iPad for yourself, and Gogo's pulling out all the stops to ensure you're happy with your new treasure both on the ground and in the air. See, the in-flight WiFi provider is setting you up with the chance to win a 32GB AT&T LTE version of Apple's latest slate and it's throwing in a full year of free Gogo service to go along with it. That's definitely not a shabby prize, to say the least, so you'll surely want to read the rules and leave a comment to earn yourself a shot to win. Good luck! Continue reading Three iPad giveaways in three days: day three, courtesy of Gogo! Three iPad giveaways in three days: day three, courtesy of Gogo! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Japanese watchdog agency wants to fine Olympus $2.5 million Apr 13th 2012, 14:27 Wondering how this whole Olympus accounting scandal is gonna wrap up? Well, it might simply come to a close with a 200 million yen (about $2.5 million) fine. That's the seemingly tiny amount the Japanese SESC (Securities Exchange and Surveillance Commission) is recommending the company be fined. Ultimately the FSA (Financial Services Agency) will decide how large of a monetary punishment is appropriate for the $1.7 billion scandal. And, don't forget, there's still the drama of Olympus suing its own president and other executives to look forward to. Japanese watchdog agency wants to fine Olympus $2.5 million originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Reuters  | Email this | Comments Former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie's very different rescue plan revealed Apr 13th 2012, 13:57 Sources close to former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie have revealed his plans to save the company before he was shown the door, a plan that didn't involve handsets. He'd entered into talks with AT&T, Verizon and several European carriers to offer them use of the company's BlackBerry-exclusive network to provide limited data plans to featurephone users that included social networking and BBM -- with the aim of reducing the cellphone operators data burden and coaxing users to upgrade to smartphones. The company was working on Mobile Fusion; software that allowed enterprise and government users on iOS and Android devices to join RIM's system, which reportedly earns the company $1 billion per quarter. However, while talks progressed, company execs grew nervous and ousted him in favor of Thorsten Heins with a mandate to focus on BB10 and new devices rather than turning RIM into a service company. However, given that it's still losing money on its handset business, Heins has reopened the door to Balsillie's plan. It's just a shame Balsillie himself is keeping quiet, as we'd love to hear his thoughts in an executive-level edition of How Would you Change. Former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie's very different rescue plan revealed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Reuters  | Email this | Comments Could future PureView devices support 4K video? Apr 13th 2012, 13:34 As we eagerly await the arrival of the 808 PureView, video professionals are pondering the usefulness of that 41-megapixel sensor. On paper, it's capable of shooting continuously-focusing 34-megapixel video that's then resampled down when compressed, but blogger James Burland wonders what it could do with less resampling. He claims that a member of Nokia's imaging team told him that shooting at 4K "might be possible," although there are plenty of issues that prevent it being achieved on the 808 handset itself.The hardware wouldn't be able to handle the storage or processing requirements, so it's unlikely Peter Jackson will be shooting on a Symbian-powered device any time soon -- but in any case it's an interesting pointer to the future of cellphone cinematography. Could future PureView devices support 4K video? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink All About Windows Phone  |  Nokia Creative  | Email this | Comments

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