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  • GSLO: J&R Electronics to Carry Peel 520

    Posted on November 18, 2010 | No Comments
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  • Engadget wins the People’s Voice Webby in Consumer Electronics, and you can win a Droid Incredible!

    Engadget wins the People’s Voice Webby in Consumer Electronics, and you can win a Droid Incredible!

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Hey, would you look at that -- we done won ourselves an award! And not just any award, but the People's Choice Webby Award in Consumer Electronics, which is doubly special to us since it was voted on by the general public. Obviously we're pretty happy about the win, but we're even happier to have such great readers like all of you -- Engadget editors work pretty hard, but you're the ones who make our site what it is. So by way of celebration, we're giving away a Droid Incredible, courtesy of Verizon Wireless, and 10 lucky runner-ups will get spiffy new Engadget T-shirts! All you have to do is leave a comment to tell us how happy you are, and you'll be entered to win. The full instructions and typical rules can be found after the break. Good luck!

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    Engadget wins the People's Voice Webby in Consumer Electronics, and you can win a Droid Incredible! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 May 2010 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Going it Alone, Part III: Injection Molding

    Going it Alone, Part III: Injection Molding

    Posted on May 2, 2010 | No Comments
    The first half of Going it Alone, Part III: Inside the Factory Walls appeared on CrunchGear yesterday. We pick up our survey of how consumer electronics are made with … Injection Molding “One Word: Plastics”. Injection molding is the process by which hot, liquefied plastic is injected into steel (or sometimes other materials) cavities called [...]

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  • We’ve got a truckload of these Walkmans: Back when CE advertising was real, man

    We’ve got a truckload of these Walkmans: Back when CE advertising was real, man

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember back when consumer electronics weren't sexy? It's hard to imagine a world where the Sony Walkman was state-of-the-art and, at best, was popular with a small subset of the world's population. Back in the old days electronics were expensive, even in a relative sense, and this video harkens back to those dark days when men with long hair and creepy voices hawked cheap electronics on TV.

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  • Sony’s new clock radio shines (on the wall)

    Sony’s new clock radio shines (on the wall)

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony announced a new clock radio today, the enticing named ICF-C717PJ, the latest in a long line of consumer electronics. The ICF-C717PJ has a few tricks up it's proverbial sleeve however, including a thermometer and the ability to project the time on the wall or ceiling.

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  • Rechargeable wireless keyboard knockoff takes cues from Logitech’s diNovo Edge

    Rechargeable wireless keyboard knockoff takes cues from Logitech’s diNovo Edge

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    If the $180 price tag of Logitech’s diNovo Edge wireless keyboard is a bit too high to stomach, Brando will sell you an $86 knockoff. It’s called the “Rapoo 2900,” which has to be one of the worst product names in the history of consumer electronics.

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  • Fisher-Price iXL: E-book reader, music player, games, and more

    Fisher-Price iXL: E-book reader, music player, games, and more

    Posted on February 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Electronics for kids have always been a fascination of mine. When I first saw the iXL I immediately thought of the first and best piece of kids consumer electronics, the PXL-2000. Sadly, this device, the Fisher-Price iXL, has no camera - there are two little eyes on it that are actually light sensors - but it has a bright, crisp screen and can play games, MP3s, and you can even paint over photos or color things in like a coloring book.

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  • Lenovo begins $200M buyback of Lenovo Mobile

    Lenovo begins $200M buyback of Lenovo Mobile

    Posted on November 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Of the many trends in consumer electronics, today's announcement by Lenovo highlights two of the biggest: 1) PC makers are desperate to get in on that handheld smartphone action, and 2) China is the place to do it with its 700 million mobile subscribers. That's why Lenovo is putting up $200 million in cash and stock to reacquire its former mobile business sold to a group of investors last year; a move made possible by Lenovo's recent return to profitability. Although Lenovo says its focus will be on the Chinese market, don't be surprised when you see Lenovo branded handsets headed to downtown stores or your favorite high-street shops -- assuming the deal passes shareholder approval, of course.

    Lenovo begins $200M buyback of Lenovo Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • California Energy Commission delays TV regulation meeting to ‘consider’ submitted opinions

    California Energy Commission delays TV regulation meeting to ‘consider’ submitted opinions

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
    More developments in the absolutely gripping California Energy Commission vs The World drama. The CEC has delayed a meeting wherein it was to discuss the possible implementation of a ban of sorts on the sale of energy-hogging televisions. The Consumer Electronics Agency (it organizes CES every year) has been fighting against the measure, arguing that any such regulation would necessarily raise TV prices, stifle innovation, etc.

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  • Daily Crunch: Science Fair Edition

    Daily Crunch: Science Fair Edition

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Unboxing: The Verizon Droid by Motorola $6500 “Labyrinth Aquarium”: awesome, difficult to clean The Bearable Lightness of Droid: How the iPhone aesthetic has finally hit the majors

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  • MyCE launches community-driven gadgets review and news site

    MyCE launches community-driven gadgets review and news site

    Posted on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Launching in beta today is MyCE, a community-driven network that aims to cross swords with the CNETs and GDGTs of this world when it comes to building places on the Web people gather to share news, reviews and knowledge about consumer electronics and gadgets. The site is a new venture from Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based RankOne Media. Actually, it's not entirely new. MyCE is in fact the rebranded version of CDFreaks.com, an online community founded in 2007 focused solely on optical storage devices. The existing community, which the company claims currently amounts to about 3.5 million unique monthly visitors, will be integrated and rolled over to the new platform it is debuting today.

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  • Why the little guy can’t get a break in consumer electronics and 5 ways to find a leg up

    Why the little guy can’t get a break in consumer electronics and 5 ways to find a leg up

    Posted on October 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Every few months we get a press release about some great device from a no-name manufacturer who promises to change the world. One example was the TXTR reader from Germany last January. Another is zzzPhone, a company selling dual-SIM Android powered smartphones from China. Neither company produced much of anything. Era of the Silicon Valley [...]

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  • Wal-Mart rolling out tech support services

    Wal-Mart rolling out tech support services

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Hey, lookin' good there Mr. Man. I like your protective booties. They look like slippers! Wal-Mart has contracted with service provider N.E.W. to offer tech support services, seemingly in an attempt to compete with Best Buy’s Geek Squad and similar outfits.

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  • Bose hops on the wireless streaming bandwagon

    Bose hops on the wireless streaming bandwagon

    Posted on October 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Wireless has always been the new exciting thing in consumer electronics. Remote controls, game console controllers, Sony's <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/05/sony-develops-cord-free-power-transfer-system-for-home-electronics/"wireless power transfer, and now Bose is getting in on the action. The latest in their Wave System series, SoundLink allows you to stream audio to the unit from your computer.

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  • How long will we be playing the Xbox 360 and PS3?

    How long will we be playing the Xbox 360 and PS3?

    Posted on September 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Questing in Kalimdor, I received word that, yes, the Wii has dropped in price to $199. After I logged out, I got to thinking: how long can this last? Like, the Wii (and the PS3) came out three years ago, and the Xbox 360 came out four years ago. Given how quickly consumer electronics evolve, how long we can expect to play these systems?

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