Hasta La Gadget!

This week’s apps are an audio-enhancement app that gives your music 3D surround sound and a snowboarding game that might be the best in the App Store.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Well now, this is interesting. We’ve been hearing a lot of chatter about Best Buy and the iPad 2, rumors that the company was sitting on a giant pile of tablets ahead of some great event. Well, now we have an interesting tip that says the company will tap into that stock-pile ahead of a big Sunday launch. According to the above image, stores will, in general, have a minimum of three slates each — which in many cases isn’t going to be enough. Good, then, that the company has a guide on how to “minimize customer disappoints.” BBY has earlier said that it is fulfilling reservations first, so if you’re still holding your ticket but not a tablet this might be a good time to give your local big box a ring.

[Thanks, Anonymous]

Still need an iPad 2? Head to Best Buy on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Attention humans, the Engadget Show will be taping next Thursday, April 21st at 6:00pm! The Engadget dream team of Editor-in-chief Tim Stevens and Managing Editor Darren Murph will be your hosts, sitting down with a very special guest: Engadget founder Peter Rojas, who will help us wade through the increasingly muddy tablet waters. We’ll have on hand the new BlackBerry PlayBook, the Motorola Xoom, the Notion Ink Adam, and a few other slates to boot. We’ll unfold the Kyocera Echo, take a look at the current status of net neutrality, go for a crazy ride on a militarized scooter, and have a chat with Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally to find out when we’ll finally get our flying car. And of course we’ll have the usual fun, excitement, giveaways, and surprises!

The Engadget Show is sponsored by Sprint and will take place in a new, more intimate NYC studio this month, so if you want to get in you’ll need to win a ticket in advance. But don’t worry, if you can’t get there in person we’ll have a download up soon after taping.

If you want to be one of the lucky ones to meet us in person, Sprint is offering guaranteed tickets to The Engadget Show taping to the first entrants who text “ENGADGET” to 467467 or enter online! Standard text messaging rates apply. Click for the Official Rules and see how to enter online, and as always you don’t have to be a Sprint subscriber to enter!

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The Engadget Show returns next Thursday, April 21st — win a ticket to the taping! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Google Search app for iPhone is being updated with support for Google’s iconic, artistic take on its logo.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

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