WoW: Cataclysm sells 4.7 million copies in first month

Blizzard has done it again with the Warcraft series, launching Cataclysm on 12/7 and watching it sell 4.7 million copies which is a new single month sales record.  Honestly, this is no surprise to me because they have managed to keep this game hot from day 1.

Is it just me, or do they set a new record every time they release an expansion?  I swear Blizzard could make an expansion and turn all the characters into stick figures and still set a new record on it.

Virgin Mobile Drops Unlimited Data Plan for 5GB Throttled Plan

Say goodnight, the party is over.  Many people jumped over to the Broadband2Go data cards since they offered unlimited data on the 3G CDMA network for $40 a month instead of the normal $59.99 with a 5GB cap.  The changes take effect on February 15th, and Virgin claims most customers that use the BB2Go plan for  "internet surfing and reasonable downloading will likely not be impacted/notice any difference,"


Right...because data throttling has never caused customers a headache.  The only upside to the BB2Go plans if you're only drastically slowed down on speed after 5GB, as opposed to running up excessive overage charges that'll give you a stroke on your next bill.

Apple iOS 4.3 Change Log Detailed

Yes, this is leaked, but it gives a nice idea of all the known issues and bug fixes due to get squared up.  Thanks to BGR for the info



Known issues:
Telephony

• MMS pictures are rotated 90 degrees
• Delay in activating FaceTIme after SIM swap
• Delay when zooming in and out in Safari
• FTP tool sometimes errors out

WiFi

• If SIM card is removed with personal hotspot is enabled, iPhone panics

Bluetooth

• D2D apps are not opening

Other

• Sound remains on even though the device is muted

Issues Fixed Since iOS 4.3 8F5132f
Accessibility

• Fixed issue that prevented controls from being dismissed in some cases
• Addressed issue where the keyboard could not be brought back when highlighting and swiping through search results
• Voice over now reads the entire chart in stocks app while in landscape mode

AirPlay

• Fixed slideshow stop after 15 image when using AirPlay

Baseband&  Telephony

• iPhone ->  04.08.00
• Enabled Traffic Volume Indicator IE in CELL UPDATE
• Fixed issue with integrity protection failing after SRNS relocation
• Fixed issue of iPhone units deactivating and not activating after baseband logging is enabled
• iPad ->  07.11.00
• Fixed issue of Physical channel reconfiguration failure during a reselection procedure
• Fixed issue of the UE missing a page because it is decoding and responding to RRC Setup messages meant for other UEs

Bluetooth

• Fixed incorrect auto routing with LG HBM-210 on FaceTime calls

CalDAV

• Fixed canceled recurring calendar events still shows on the event list

Calendar

• Fixed deleting a recurring events make the alarm go away
• Fixed all-day alarm fired an hour early

Exchange

• Fixed exchange calendar event duplicating when passing Israeli daylight savings time

Fonts

• Letter ł is now visible in notes

Keyboard

• Fixed missing accented letters in European keyboard popups
• Increase font size for China and Pinyin inputs
• Fixed auto-correction issue when switch back from Emoji to English keyboard
• Added inline space with Pingyin inputs
• Corrected “Undo” translation in Simplified Chinese to “撤销”

Localization

• Updated inconsistent translation in Chinese, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese,
• Fixed missing  Chinese characters in Pinyin
• Improved common phrases used in Chinese
• Improved common phrased used in Japanese
• 劲歌金曲 is no longer missing
• Fixed issue that produced unexpected output when trying to type 从前门进入果
• 一点儿 now ranked higher than 一点二
• Word completion candidates capability now available for Chinese language
• Added additional common phrases for  character 耍
• Fixed issue that caused the wrong candidates to be displayed (J: “間スコット”) when “ますこっと” is input
• “軽さ(かるさ)” now in the candidate

Mail

• Fixed orientation of mail application not following device orientation under specific conditions
• Fixed popover when drilling into a thread while the empty search field is focused
• Fixed mail message view and orientation when quickly selecting a message and hitting edit mode

Messaging

• Fixed MMS messages with vCards scrolling up

Phone

• Fixed screen not drawing properly when Nike+ is in the background

Status bar

• Added new icon for wifi tethering for personal hotspot on status bar

Web

• Fixed issue that caused Safari and other apps to crash after loading certain heavy Websites

WiFi

• Fixed Personal Hotspot password failure with 22+ characters

VoiceOver

• Added support to for “find” in Safari
• Fixed wallpaper titles for VoiceOver

Rim Posts Job Site, HIlarity Ensues

It's always a good idea to look for jobs for large, established companies.  And it's nice when said company puts their job site in a small, easy to remember domain.

Except this time.

Obviously someone either didn't think about this all the way when they came up with the Rim Careers domain, or thought about it too much.  You can now search for your potential future job simply by typing http://rim.jobs in your browser.


Yes, you're reading that right......rim jobs.  I can't make this stuff up.  It leads to the regular site http://www.rim.com/careers/.

BlackBerry Torch 2 Leaked, New Curve Series Upgrades

A nice batch of leaked info has rolled out on the BlackBerry Torch 2, and it looks like RIM is starting to pick it up to catch up with the competition on hardware.  The original Torch was a bit of a disappointment compared to other smart phones, but details reported by BGR show a huge step up.  My one concern is the jump on the processor, but keeping it with a 1300mAh battery they've been using on lower scale phones.  


It looks like this should be launching sometime in late Q3.  I just wish they would stop this AT&T only approach with the Torch series and let their customers on other carriers enjoy it.  I would definitely take it over my Style, although I have no complaints about that phone at all.


Leased specs we have so far are:

• 1.2GHz processor
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Tri-band HSPA 14.4Mbps
• 3.2-inch VGA 640 x 480 capacitive display
• 8GB built-in memory
• 512MB RAM
• Bluetooth 2.1
• GPS
• NFC
• 5-megapixel camera with flash
• Magnetometer
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor
• 1300 mAh battery
• BlackBerry OS 6.1
• OpenGL ES
• 14.6mm thin

The next bit of good news for you BlackBerry owners are the leaked upgrade on the entry level Curve series phones.  There are two specs that have finally been address that users wanted most, which are on the display and processor.  The processor takes a nice jump to 800Mhz, and the resolution is finally moved from 320x240 to 

480×360.  No more obsolete speeds and no more craptastic display resolution!!

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Tri-band UMTS/HSPA 7.2Mbps
• Bluetooth 2.1
• Wi-Fi b/g/n
• GPS
• NFC
• 512MB of eMMC, 512MB of RAM
• 5-megapixel camera with flash
• HVGA 480 x 360 display
• 1050 mAh battery
• Tavor MG-1 800MHz CPU
• BlackBerry OS 6.1
• 11mm thin