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Re: How To: Configure a USB Flash Drive for your Xbox 360

Tim.TechTremor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:17:35 -0000

Oren, if your doing a full format attempt to do it using your PC and format with FAT32. As stated in the beginning of the article. If not, sad to say, it may be the speed of your USB stick. Often inexpensive sticks have a slow "transfer speed" and may not meet the minimum requirements. Microsoft didn't state there was any other than the 1GB size limit, but there could be more. Let me know if formating the stick via a computer works for you. Best of luck!

Re: How To: Configure a USB Flash Drive for your Xbox 360

Tim.TechTremor — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:18:17 -0000

Yeah nothing real major I agree, however, does add some cheap storage for those on an arcade or pro box who don't have the 60-120Gig HDs.

Re: How To: Configure a USB Flash Drive for your Xbox 360

Tim.TechTremor — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:54:14 -0000

Ya know Sean I really agree. A browser would be a great addition seeing as they already offer USB keyboard support making it a full out media extension wouldn't be too difficult. A few widgets and software would go a long way. Its a great idea. You can transfer videos via a service like PlayOn. It offers a really inexpensive ways to deliver music/video to your console. In my eyes its better than having to transfer directly to the Xbox every time you want to watch a video (even if it was possible via the flash drive) and is far superior to the Media Center functionality through windows/xbox extension.

One of our writers, David, lives by it. You can check out the article: http://www.techtremor.com/2... if your interested.

Re: The Streamy Awards 2010 – Pants Optional

Tim.TechTremor — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:04:34 -0000

I was hoping for a lot more myself. For a show that highlights the best in "streaming" they sure didn't live up to it. I'm not expecting the Grammys, but at least a little class.

Re: The Streamy Awards 2010 – Pants Optional

Tim.TechTremor — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:27:03 -0000

What a shame. Well its good to hear the awards do really cover all the bases, just a poor execution this year it sounds like. Thanks for the insider take on things Chris :)

Re: Dell Mini 5 Tablet Vs The iPad

Tim.TechTremor — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:15:45 -0000

Thanks for the heads up Anony. We fixed the typo to reflect the correct information. As for the link, I know Michael Arrington was one of the first to see the device, back in January when that article was posted. This was just simply an update article showing some footage by PhoneArena on Youtube.

We strive to deliver relevant and accurate articles to our users. With that being said, we also respect the hard work and dedication by the entire tech blogging community. By no means did we mean to offend you or anyone else.

Best Regards.

Re: How To: Configure a USB Flash Drive for your Xbox 360

Tim.TechTremor — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:08:57 -0000

Whats the type/size of the Flash Drive you're using Connor?

Re: How To: Configure a USB Flash Drive for your Xbox 360

Tim.TechTremor — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:21:27 -0000

Hey Elneonpanda,

Yup I have a friend of mine that got it to work using his existing HD. You'll want to do that customized configuration and reserve the 16GB that the patch allowed. Doing it that way it wont touch the other data you have on the drive.

Just be sure you don't accidentally do the "configure now" ;)

Thanks for the support! Cheers.

Re: How To: Configure a USB Flash Drive for your Xbox 360

Tim.TechTremor — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:44:55 -0000

You're very welcome! Glad it worked for you.

I agree, I've got a 20GB HD myself. Although I dont download and save a lot, a few MW Map Packs and 2 installed games and you're about out of space. :) I didn't need another 40 or 100gigs of space. The patch was a very welcomed addition for me as well. Just gave me that little bit of space I needed.

Thanks for your kind words. Take care.

Re: Google and HTC to Create Chrome OS Tablet

Tim.TechTremor — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:06:31 -0000

All speculation at this point. HTC and Google haven't announced any concrete dates, that I'm aware of at least. I'd take a stab at late summer early fall, just a wild guess though.

Re: Sprint HTC EVO 4G Release Date Spied at June 13th?

Tim.TechTremor — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:32:23 -0000

I'd actually have to agree 100%. Not to mention the power saving benifits of the AMOLED vs the TFT. I was quite surprised myself. For me the biggest drawback could be battery life (as we dont know how it performs yet) and with a TFT it threw up a little red flag. It's something I'll be watching out for.

Re: Adobe CEO states Flash is coming to Android, Blackberry and WebOS

Tim.TechTremor — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:47:49 -0000

Update: Adobe made a statement about the Fox News interview. They stated that the 10.1 launch is still on track for the first half of this year. So I'm assuming that means some time before June.

Re: Twitter Launches @Anywhere Platform

Tim.TechTremor — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:23:13 -0000

Wow! I stuck my foot in my mouth on that one didn't I :) Thanks for the catch Smith, obviously got it updated.

Re: Free Web Conferencing with DimDim

Tim.TechTremor — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:29:46 -0000

Kevin-

It's my pleasure. DimDim is a fantastic web conferencing platform. I used WebEx for years and after seeing what DimDim had to offer it was a no-brainer switch. I don't recommend anything else to friends and colleagues.

Thanks for stopping by Kevin! Pass along my thanks to the entire team.

Re: Sprint Hosts HTC Evo 4G Event on May 12th

Tim.TechTremor — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:44:51 -0000

Ha ha ha, I love it. You guys rock! I'm pretty geeked about it myself. I try to keep a pretty open mind on products, but its hard to stay unbiased on this one. It's a pretty killer phone.

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Re: When Can Androids HTC Hero and Samsung Moment Expect 2.1 Update?

Tim.TechTremor — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:05:51 -0000

@pauseplace - It can be very frustrating. My suggestion go into menu and select the self update app. Make sure that you dont have any PRL or firmware updates available. My brother actually has a Moment and a few of his issues were alleviated after these updates a few months back. I would hope the phones you've been getting as replacements would have been updated, however, it often gets overlooked.

Another big thing is dialing down the screen brightness in the settings. Its generally just as easy to read at 50-40% and saves on battery considerably. The out of box settings aren't optimized for battery life by any means.

Give these two things a shot and report back! Hope it works out for you!

Re: 10 Reasons Why Blackberry Users Have Android Envy

Tim.TechTremor — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:38:55 -0000

Touche Charles ;) Nicely played.

Re: Verizon’s LG Ally to Compete With Sprint’s HTC Evo

Tim.TechTremor — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:59:32 -0000

It was mistyped Verizon for LG. It is LG's first Android phone into the market. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Re: StarCraft 2 release date set for July 27th

Tim.TechTremor — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:36:16 -0000

I'm curious as to where the hostility stems from. Would you disagree that just as you're entitled to your opinion of our article we're entitled to our opinion of the game?

Re: This Week in Android #15 with Hootan Mahallati of TripIt

Tim.TechTremor — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:54:31 -0000

In terms of 1.5 being the most popular. Updates have been lapsing. For most of the 1.5 android phones out there users don't have the option to update to 2.1 unless they hack it.

Re: Sprint HTC EVO 4G Price Plans

Tim.TechTremor — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:36:27 -0000

I agree the fact its mandatory is quite disheartening. Now to say its a rip-off may be a little much. Sprint has been dirt cheap for data. Even on the $69.99 + $10 its still a price both Verizon and AT&T couldn't touch with a 10 foot poll.

I don't like the way that it was sprung on us. I think this should have been delivered as an option as it trapping you in if you want the phone, however, it's not enough to get me to cancel my pre-order.

I agree as a customer of 11 years myself (days of Nextel) I'm not enthused about being charged more, but they're still the cheapest provider out there with a coverage area that's half way decent.

Not that it means much, but the $10 fee does include true unlimited data, no 2-5GB cap, so if you're using Tether.com/or paying for tethering you can download till you hearts content.

Re: Android 2.1 Update For Hero-”Unofficial” Ready For Download

Tim.TechTremor — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:14:25 -0000

Very welcome Guss. Thanks for stoppin' by. The ROM "leaked" is a sprint signed ROM. I would not recommend trying it on a European Hero. They use both a GSM and a CDMA radio and this update isn't going to support GSM. At least I wouldn't think it would as Sprint is a CDMA only carrier in the US.

Re: Android 2.1 Update For Hero-”Unofficial” Ready For Download

Tim.TechTremor — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:45:30 -0000

Only with Sprint at this time tekong. I have yet to hear anything on international phones. We'll surely keep you posted though.

Re: Android 2.1 Update For Hero-”Unofficial” Ready For Download

Tim.TechTremor — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:45:50 -0000

Did the update begin flashing the phone or is it just simply not connecting? You may need to download the HTC Hero Drivers for your computer if you haven't already.

http://handheld.softpedia.c...

Most of the reasons why the phones aren't connecting period is because of a lack of drivers.

Re: Android 2.1 Update For Hero-”Unofficial” Ready For Download

Tim.TechTremor — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:40:24 -0000

I would do a battery pull on your phone. Leave it sit for 30sec and allow it to boot back up. Sounds like somethingd just locked up. Please post back with how it goes.