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Microsoft’s latest installment in its popular series of ripped-from-the-headlines, “real America” style ‘puter-buying adventures follows a mom and son duo — Lisa and Jackson. We learn during the commercial that the two need a computer which is “fast” because they need to “look up stuff” before they “get to baseball.” Luckily for them, there are plenty of great PC options for their under-$1500 budget. Sure, they veer off in the middle there, almost buying a Mac — which Lisa notes are “popular at this age” (we guess what she meant to say is that they’re for children). Regardless, they’re both so turned off by the cute-but-small computers that they hurry back to the affordable VAIO section and make off with a sweet 16-incher. But hey, don’t take our word for it — check out the really real mother and son for yourself in the full video after the break.

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New Laptop Hunters ad proves Macs are just for children originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well well well. Well. What do we have here? Apparently the cats and kittens over at T-Mobile have something special planned on Tuesday, April 21st. We’ve just gotten a very brief email letting us know that something was going down, but without any other detail. Obviously our gadget-alarms started clanging, and the way we see it we’ve only got a few things to get excited about. Will we see the launch of Cupcake? Could this be the official US unveiling of the Magic? Or perhaps we’ll finally get to see the new Sidekick which just hit the FCC. Look — anything is possible, but whatever happens, we’ll be there. What do you guys think is in store?

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T-Mobile announces April 21st “private launch event” in NYC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Acer’s announcing a ton of new gear right now (we’re live at the event in a New Jersey IMAX theater, of all places) and the hottest new products so far are the new Aspire Timeline laptops. Hard specs are a little light at the moment, but what we do know sounds pretty great: 13.3, 14.1 and 15.6-inch LED-backlit 16:9 screens in a one-inch thick chassis, Intel ULV processors, multitouch touchpads, HDMI and S/PDIF out, and eight hours of battery life — 10 hours with an SSD. The real killer is pricing, however: $699 to $899. Ouch — poor Adamo. We’re still at the event, but we’ll be trying to get as much info on these as we can, stay tuned.

Update: We got some more detailed specs, and things are still looking good — like, built-in WiMAX good. The processors will be ULV Core 2 Duos, and the 13.3-inch model will weigh 3.5 pounds while the 15.6-incher will tip in at 5.3 pounds. RAM is DDR3 and drives top out at 500GB spinners and 64GB SSD. We’re angling for clock speeds, we’ll let you know when we go hands-on

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Acer announces Aspire Timeline thin’n’lights — $699 to $899 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GM and Segway’s joint venture is probably best described as a rickshaw without all the charm. The self-balancing Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project (P.U.M.A.) can reach top speeds of 35 MPH, has a lithium battery that lasts up to 35 miles with a single charge, and features vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication for potentially reducing the number of accidents. No word on when or if this’ll actually go into production but it’s expected to be priced at just 25% that of a regular automobile. Hit up the read link for more pics, including a concept model that’s just a teensy bit more reasonable. We’ll be at the launch event tomorrow to see it for ourselves and make sure it’s not all some bizarre dream.

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GM and Segway’s P.U.M.A. unveiled and no, this isn’t a joke originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to documents obtained by the New York Times, T-Mobile’s set to release a home phone early next year, and a tablet PC after that, both of which are said to be powered by Android. We’re a bit light on details, but we do know the phone itself has a docking station and will come with another device for synchronization. That device’s supposed resemble a small, keyboard-less laptop with a 7-inch touchscreen and could check the mail and manage data for devices across the house. Here’s hoping T-Mo’s been taking notes watching its AT&T HomeManager / Verizon Hub predecessors.

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NYT: T-Mobile to release Android-powered home phone, tablet PC next year originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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