It doesn’t do 3D and it doesn’t curve all around your periphery , but Alienware’s OptX AW2210 does a decent number for its just barely sub-$300 price tag. The 21.5-inch widescreen LCD panel boasts 1080p resolution, two millisecond response time, 16.7 million colors, and an 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Throw in two HDMI and four … Read More

If you remember, Thebestdigital was first spotted a Palm Pre using a GSM sim card during the Mobile World Congress in February this year. While Palm is rumored to be making another GSM Palm EOS for AT&T, the Palm Pre in GSM is leaked again in a video posted by a Vietnam site in Youtube … Read More

Announced earlier this month, the BlackBerry Tour will reach Verizon Wireless in July according to Verizon Wireless’ pre-order page. Verizon Wireless now start to accept pre-order online, or you can purchase it from your local stores from July 12th. The BlackBerry Tour is in a chic black finish with chrome highlights surrounding its body design … Read More

There’s not exactly much more details than the headline on this one, but China’s official Xinhua news agency is reporting that the country is delaying its plans that would require that the so-called “Green Dam Youth Escort” internet filtering software be installed on all PCs sold in China. That requirement was set to go into … Read More

Earlier this month, Google attempted to make a shot across Microsoft’s bow with an Apps Sync for Outlook . Unfortunately for them, it completely fizzled when Microsoft made clear that the plugin disabled key Outlook functionality. Google admitted as much at the time. But today, they’ve announced that the issues have been fixed . Windows … Read More

The N97 might not be everyone’s cup of tea , but if you’re still tempted to pay the $700 entry fee, you could sweeten the deal by throwing in a free-ish laptop — Dell’s currently bundling the Vostro A860 with Nokia’s latest for $730 after a discount coupon. Flip that sucker on eBay for anywhere … Read More

Filed under: iLife , Software Update Constant reader Joachim Bean alerted us that the an update to iPhoto ‘09 . Version 8.0.4 is ready and available via Software Update. Apple states that ‘this update addresses a rarely encountered issue involving photos imported into a previous version that could affect overall stability, and corrects references to … Read More

How do you advertise on a Web-based instant messaging service without interrupting conversations and annoying the hell out of users? Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg thinks he has the answer: “There is a moment of boredom while they are waiting for a response, that is when they click on ads.” He’s observed this based on how … Read More

Details Compare This Phone Still unreleased with only preliminary specifications as of yet, the Nokia 3606 is a thin, sleep clamshell CDMA phone. Similar to the 1606 with a touch more punch. Features include dual large color displays, external touch music controls, stereo Bluetooth, an expandable memory card slot, FM radio transmitter, and a megapixel … Read More

Filed under: Accessories , Hardware , Video , Found Footage , iPhone iPhone Savior featured this short video clip this morning by Scott Patrick showing how to use an inexpensive Contour iPhone case and some common hardware to make an iPhone tripod mount. There are two impressive points about this mount; first, by using the … Read More

At first glance, we thought this all sounded a little too familiar: as you know, some PS3s had software-based PS2 emulation way back in 2007. So it was a little bit of a surprise when Siliconera unearthed patent docs dated last December (and only published by the patent office late last week) for the technology … Read More

This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget … Read More

In what may be some of the worst cell phone etiquette ever recorded, President Obama had a speech interrupted by a reporter’s ringtone yesterday. The moment, video captured and spreading quickly on YouTube, happened during a White House speech about gay rights. The ringtone, which is difficult to hear in the video itself, apparently featured … Read More

Not too long ago, Joost was the poster child for the online video revolution. It featured a slick desktop player with innovative controls, good video quality, and it was developed by the team behind Skype and Kazza. It seemed like nothing could go wrong here, but somehow, Joost never managed to get any traction and … Read More

Following Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG, Nokia will also launch one or more 12MP camera phones. Well, at least that’s what PhoneReport says, quoting undisclosed sources from Nokia and Carl Zeiss. The first phone with a 12MP camera could be announced by Nokia as soon as the end of 2009, although it will probably not … Read More