Darkspore Delayed a Month
The universe of Spore is the latest creation from video game mastermind Will Wright, with the upcoming Darkspore action-RPG being based in that universe. Darkspore has had beta events all month long and in fact, the game was even announced as coming out on March 29th. However, EA and Maxis had other ideas as the game has been delayed a month. Darkspore will now release on April 26th in North America and the 28th in Europe and Asia. The reason EA gave for the delay is so the Darkspore team can incorporate user feedback, presumably from the beta, into the game to make it even better. EA did say there will be no beta this weekend, but an open beta will appear in the month of April. With the game so close to launch, it seems there had to have been something major being reworked to warrant a delay, but hopefully it will be for the better.
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AT&T Delivers Ultimatum to Unauthorized Phone Tetherers
There are a good number of smartphones out there that can tether to a PC to provide it with Internet. Many of these smartphones offer an additional data plan just for tethering, but not everyone who tethers has one of these plans. If you use an iPhone on the AT&T network and tether without a plan, you may be getting a message warning you to stop. You see, AT&T has delivered an ultimatum to unauthorized phone tetherers in the form of a text message, and then an email, saying that if you don't stop you will be enrolled in the DataPro 4GB tethering plan. If you stop before March 27th, you won't be enrolled in it, but if you don't stop, then you'll find yourself paying an extra fee each month for the tethering package. The 2GB plan from AT&T costs you $25 a month and when you factor in the additional $20 for tethering you can get enrolled in, the price can add up. The reason iPhone users have been singled out is due to the ability to jailbreak the phone and then tether it without paying any extra fees. As for how AT&T is finding these people, that remains a bit of a mystery. It seems that no one has received the message in error, so however it is finding these people seems to be effective.
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Ericsson Delivers HD Voice Over CDMA Network
It seems there is HD attached to almost everything today, but HD voice for cell phones would be a big step up. First introduced in 2009, hi-fi calling was available only over GSM networks of which AT&T and T-Mobile use. There was no mention of anything over a CDMA network, what Verizon and Sprint use, until today when Ericsson announced it has just made the first HD voice call over CDMA. The call was due in part by a new Enhanced Variable Rate Codec Narrowband-Wideband (or EVRC-NW) which delivers sound in the 50Hz-7000Hz range. Tradtional calls are sent over the 300Hz-3400Hz range, so the HD calls make the tradtional ones sound like you're using a tin can. This technology is limited to labs for right now, but Ericsson is working on bringing it full-scale to CDMA networks. Sooner rather than later, I hope.
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