Recession Archive

  • Buy something or get out: Some New York cafes ban no-good laptop users

    Buy something or get out: Some New York cafes ban no-good laptop users

    Posted on August 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Pretty interesting article in the WSJ this morning dealing with the scourge of Wi-Fi-hogging laptop users in coffee shops, also known as cafés. It's a trend story, and the trend is that, hurt by the recession, several New York area cafés are now banning the use of laptops. It seems laptop-wielding customers would frequently hog all the space, preventing “real” customers from eating lunch or whatever. So, ban.

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  • Quick Look: T-Mobile BlackBerry 8520

    Quick Look: T-Mobile BlackBerry 8520

    Posted on August 4, 2009 | No Comments
    Me: A normal guy, no issues, really into BlackBerry Curves. You: A BlackBerry Curve with a similar build quality as the 8900 with a lot of class and great UI. Let’s meet for drinks, dinner, movie? Be prepared to spend time in my pocket. When I ran that personals ad on Craigslist I didn’t quite expect [...]

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  • Praesto Fliegeruhr: Horrible name, beautiful watch

    Praesto Fliegeruhr: Horrible name, beautiful watch

    Posted on July 29, 2009 | No Comments
    And you said the recession was making it hard to find a good watch. Well fear not, friends. The Praesto Fliegeruhr (Whatever. Just call it the "flying hour" or something) will cost $360 for a pre-order and will be shipped around November when the custom watches are shipped to the manufacturer. Plus you get a t-shirt!

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  • Viliv X70 preorders delayed, should ship out on August 11

    Viliv X70 preorders delayed, should ship out on August 11

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    I feel real sorry for the folks that pre-ordered the fantastic Viliv X70 from Dynamism. Those customers should have gotten an email today explaining that the UMPC has been delayed by about two weeks. It seems that it goes back to the old saying of how things roll down hill as a delay from component suppliers has been passed on to the consumers. Dynamism now expects the first shipment to go out on August 11 instead of right now. But let me just say, that the UMPC is amazing and is worth the little bit extra wait.

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  • App Roundup: 5.2 million more iPhones? Wonder why the developers keep flocking?

    App Roundup: 5.2 million more iPhones? Wonder why the developers keep flocking?

    Posted on July 24, 2009 | No Comments
    As we’ve reported, Apple sold 5.2 million iPhones last quarter. Yeah, Cupertino sure doesn’t seem to think much of the recession. Oh, and to top it off, they sold 10.2 million iPods. Assuming at least some of those were iPod touches, there are at least 6 million new iDevices in consumer’s hands. In fact, CNNMoney.com [...]

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  • Is the recession causing people to play more and more video games?

    Is the recession causing people to play more and more video games?

    Posted on July 7, 2009 | No Comments
    It seems gamers are playing the likes of Guitar Hero and Wii Whatever more hours per week than ever before. Is that the recession's fault? Maybe! Back in January, gamers were playing video games for an average of nearly 19 hours per week. In 2006, that number was just shy of 15 hours per week.

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  • The Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player is now shipping

    The Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player is now shipping

    Posted on July 7, 2009 | No Comments
    When we first spent some time with the Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player way back last September at CEDIA, we walked away impressed and anxious to get our hands on the player. Well, 11 months later we’re pleased to report that it is finally available for purchase. Yay! The $500 player isn’t the cheapest on the block, but [...]

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  • Engadget’s recession antidote: win an 8GB Kingston DataTraveler Mini Slim!

    Engadget’s recession antidote: win an 8GB Kingston DataTraveler Mini Slim!

    Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments
    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 every day (except for weekends) to lucky readers until we run out of stuff / companies stop sending things. Today we've got a Kingston Technology 8GB Data Traveler Mini Slim on offer. Read the rules below (no skimming -- we're omniscient and can tell when you've skimmed) and get commenting! Check after the break for some photos of the prize!

    Special thanks to Kingston Technology for providing the gear!

    The rules:
    • Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for "fixing" the world economy, that'd be sweet too.
    • You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
    • If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine.
    • Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
    • Winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive one Kingston Technology 8GB Data Traveler Mini Slim.
    • If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
    • Entries can be submitted until Thursday, May 28th, 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
    • Full rules can be found here.

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  • Engadget’s recession antidote: win one of four OCZ 16GB SDHC cards!

    Engadget’s recession antidote: win one of four OCZ 16GB SDHC cards!

    Posted on May 26, 2009 | No Comments
    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 every day (except for weekends) to lucky readers until we run out of stuff / companies stop sending things. Today we've got four of OCZ Technology's Gold Series 16GB SDHC cards, ready to hold tight to whatever memories / content you want to throw on there. Read the rules below (no skimming -- we're omniscient and can tell when you've skimmed) and get commenting! Check after the break for some photos of the prize!

    Special thanks to OCZ Technology for providing the gear!

    The rules:
    • Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for "fixing" the world economy, that'd be sweet too.
    • You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
    • If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine.
    • Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
    • Winner will be chosen randomly. Four winners will receive one (1) OCZ Gold Series 16GB SDHC card. Approximate value is $46.75.
    • If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
    • Entries can be submitted until Tuesday, May 26th, 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
    • Full rules can be found here.

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    Engadget's recession antidote: win one of four OCZ 16GB SDHC cards! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 May 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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