• Verizon Technician Electrocuted Working on Elevated Lines in Brooklyn

    Doug Lalima, a beloved CWA Local 1109 member and father of four, died last week after coming in contact with power lines while working on elevated Verizon cables.
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  • HTC EVO 4G Lines, Glitches, Sell-Out, OTA Update and More EVO 4G News

    updatescreenshotEVO4GHTC.pngIt looks like the well-reviewed HTC EVO 4G is an overnight success, so successful, it’s stressing  the Sprint activation system and selling out in some stores

    The super smartphone that is first to support 4G went on sale this morning at Sprint, Radio Shack and Best Buy. 

    Our local Radio Shack Store sold-out of the HTC EVO 4G by 9:00 am this morning. Aother Radio Shack store sold out later around 11:00 pm. Some stores experienced activation problems.

    There were around 30 people in line at the Pasadena Sprint Store in Old Pasadena this morning waiting for the HTC EVO 4G, a store rep told us,  by lunch time there were four people in line and that their stock wouldn’t last until the end of today.


    MicroSD Glitch Fixed with OTA Update:

    Users have reported
    problems accessing the microSD card. HTC spokesman Keith Nowak told
    Engadget that HTC identified the cause of problem of “insufficient file
    permissions”  and other errors when attempting to write to the included 8
    GB microSD on the HTC EVO 4G and
    there’s an OTA fix coming “very shortly.

    The Over the Air fix
    version 1.32.651.6 is currently being pushed out to the HTC EVO 4G.
    The1.32.651.6
    update also fixes a potential security
    vulnerability. Users can manually install he update, go to Settings >
    System
    Updates > HTC software update and follow the instructions.

    You can read HTC EVO 4G User Guide or the  Getting Started Guide, online

    .HTC EVO 4G
    reviewers
    called the Android super phone, “everything a
    geek could dream of,” “a beautiful and powerful window to the world,”
    and the touchscreen “mesmerizing.” The major new features of the HTC
    EVO 4G
    include a huge 4.3 touchscreen, 4G (WiMAX faster data
    access), data and voice at the same time at 4G, and ability to work as a
    Wi-Fi hotspot.

    Click here for Wirefly’s HTC EVO price.

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