Hasta La Gadget!

Check out that sweet, sweet box. Yes folks, we seem to have received our very first in-the-cardboard picture of the retail iPhone 4 out in the wild. We don’t work at Walmart, so we can’t verify this one for ourselves, but our tipster says Apple’s latest phone has just landed in the big box retailer’s storehouses.

P.S. — Before you start frothing at the mouth, the CDMA coding on the box in the background relates to an LG 290C handset also stocked by Walmart.

Update: A shot of a Best Buy arrival is past the break.

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iPhone 4 arrives at Walmart (update: and Best Buy!) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like we have a small band of US Cellular fans among our numbers, as we’ve received a slew of tips letting us know that the national carrier has dropped an official release date for the Samsung Acclaim. This most mundane of Android sliders will arrive on July 9, and… well, that’s it really. US Cellular hasn’t seen fit to entice us with any actual specs or even an Android version, though information floating about the interwebs suggests it has a 3.2-inch HVGA screen and a stock Eclair installation. We’ll just have to wait until somebody at Samsung swallows the shame of being associated with the Acclaim and finally gives us some official details.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Samsung Acclaim arrives in US Cellular stores July 9, we’re sure somebody will care originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Like the iPad launch guide before it, Best Buy’s iPhone 4 launch plan has just made its wily way into our collective lap, replete with loads of details on how your favorite blue-shirted electronics salespersons are going to be spending their Thursday morning. While we’ve yet to see any hot scoops inside its two dozen pages (aside from some confusing, contradictory gibberish about whether Best Buy will have iPhones at launch at all) we have learned that stores will open up previously suspended preorders on launch day, accepting reservation fees for devices that customers can pick up at a later date. What we’re not seeing here is anything about specific number of units, but there are various lines that caution against expecting much in the way of non-reserved phones — should there be any, the guide advises first come first serve once the store opens. In other words, it’s business as usual: call ahead and show up early. See some choice quotes from the playbook after the break.

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Best Buy’s iPhone 4 launch manual leaked? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You’ve had the day circled on your calendar for nearly a month, you’ve seen its insides, you’ve seen it rooted, and you’ve even witnessed Froyo running on its massive 4.3-inch screen. Now the time has finally come to actually own the EVO. As is our time-honored tradition with galactically significant product launches, we’re starting up a little photo essay here showing the progression of lines outside Sprint stores through this most auspicious of days. Only the trick here is that you’ll be doing our writing for us, a thousand words at a time. Join us after the break for the pictures and don’t forget — a lot of stores will be opening early to sate demand.

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HTC EVO 4G launch day line watch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPad holdouts, here’s a real alternative. Dell’s first tablet, the ‘Streak’ aka ‘Mini 5′ is set to go on sale towards the end of next month in the U.S.

The device will be available unlocked through Dell’s website and will cost $500 –the same  price as an entry level iPad. The Streak releases later this week in the U.K. and includes a plan that offers the device free with a mobile phone and data contract.

The Streak will be the first real challenger to the Apple iPad. Since Apple launched the iPad in April, it has sold more than 2 million devices. The demand for tablets has spurred other PC makers including Asus, MSI and HP to introduce tablets. But so far, none have made it to the market.

The Streak’s pricing on par with the iPad is a bold move by Dell considering the device feels somewhere between a smartphone and a tablet.

The Streak has a 5-inch capacitive touchscreen, a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera, a front facing camera for video chat, 3G and Wi-Fi capability. The device also has a Micro SD slot expandable up to 32 GB. It will run Google’s Android operating system, version 2.0 or higher.

Interestingly, Streak has a SIM card slot so you could use it to make phone calls, as long as you don’t feel awkward holding an electronic slab to your ear. Already AT&T has said it will support the Streak on its network.

Specs wise, the Streak is pretty impressive but the question is will the screen size fly with potential tablet users who have seen the 9.5 inch of gorgeousness that the iPad offers?

Check out the demo of the Streak from the D8 conference.

See Also:

• Dell’s Tablet Aims to Stick It to Apple’s iPad
• Dell Streak Tablet Official, Crippled by Android 1.6
• Dell Tablet To Debut on AT&T
• Why 2010 Will Be the Year of the Tablet
• Gallery: 8 Tablets That Aren’t Made by Apple

Photo: Dell Streak/Dell