New Xbox 360 250GB now available for preorder at GameStop, Newegg and Amazon

We had our unboxing already, but you’re just days away from yours — the new Xbox 360 is now available for preorder at the likes of Amazon, Newegg and GameStop. $300 buys you the freshly-announced Stealthbox with 250GB of storage and built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi, a Kinect-ready auxiliary port and enough vents to hopefully make RRoD a thing a thing of the past. We’d tell you to read our early impressions and perhaps wait for our full guide, but if you’ve read this far you know what you want — the preorder details — and you’ll find them three times over at our source links.

New Xbox 360 250GB now available for preorder at GameStop, Newegg and Amazon originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung Wave brings Bada to Europe today, everyone else told to wait

Samsung’s Wave (otherwise known as the S8500) may not be coming to Vodafone UK until June 1st, but it’s available somewhere in Europe starting today. According to a new release from the outfit (seen in full after the break), today marks the first day in which its first Bada-equipped smartphone is available in Europe, with Germany, France and the UK mentioned in particular. We’re also told that the “complete Bada SDK 1.0.0 will be available for download shortly,” and while pricing details weren’t discussed, the Wave should ride to Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America in short order. Don’t everyone cheer at once, okay?

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Samsung Wave brings Bada to Europe today, everyone else told to wait originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 May 2010 01:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba ships Core i7-equipped Satellite P505 gaming laptop, all 18.4-inches of it

Looking for the most gargantuan laptop money can buy? How’s about the biggest laptop that the least amount of money can buy? Toshiba’s Satellite P505 — a machine we spotted briefly at CES this year — has now been put on sale over at Microsoft’s own webstore, complete with an 18.4-inch LCD (1,680 x 945), a 1.6GHz Core i7-720QM processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, 500GB SATA hard drive, Windows 7 Home Premium, a DVD SuperMulti drive, ExpressCard slot, integrated memory card reader, NVIDIA’s GeForce 310M (512MB), four USB 2.0 sockets and a beastly 12-cell Li-ion battery. Best of all, you can pop in a coupon (see the links below for details) in order to score this behemoth for $689, or just $687.95 more than freedom. Hop on past the break if you need an explanation.

Update: Seems that code down there has expired — anyone got an alternate?

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Toshiba ships Core i7-equipped Satellite P505 gaming laptop, all 18.4-inches of it originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 May 2010 03:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sprint BlackBerry Bold 9650 goes on sale a little early

It looks like Sprint couldn’t wait to share its version of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 with the world — it went on sale online today, a week before its scheduled May 23rd launch. You’re looking at $199 on a two-year deal, but unless you’re dying for a new ‘berry we can’t say we’re finding this Tour-with-an-optical-pad even remotely as exciting as the EVO 4G, which is due on June 4. But it’s still quite handsome, right? That’s… something.

[Thanks, Geo]

Sprint BlackBerry Bold 9650 goes on sale a little early originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 May 2010 09:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HP’s $950 TouchSmart tm2 surfaces at Amazon with Core i3-330M

Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Just a week after hearing that HP would soon be refreshing its TouchSmart tm2 convertible tablet with Core i3 and Core i5 options, in flies this: an Amazon product page confirming as much. The 12.1-inch, 4.72-pound TouchSmart tm2-2050us is currently in pre-order status, rocking a 2.13GHz Core i3-330M processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 640GB hard drive (5400RPM), Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), a WXGA LED-backlit display, Intel’s integrated graphics set, Altec Lansing speakers, a 5-in-1 card reader and gigabit Ethernet. You’ll also get a brushed aluminum finish, inbuilt webcam and fingerprint reader, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, a trio of USB 2.0 sockets, HDMI / VGA outputs, audio in / out and a battery good for around four hours of use. You can get in line now in exchange for $949.99, and if we were the betting type, we’d surmise that a Core i5 version was just around the bend.

[Thanks, Daniel]

HP’s $950 TouchSmart tm2 surfaces at Amazon with Core i3-330M originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 May 2010 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenovo’s 15.6-inch IdeaPad Y560 laptop goes on sale

Slowly but surely, each of Lenovo’s CES introductions are popping up for sale. With nary a moment to spare, the 15.6-inch IdeaPad Y560 has finally surfaced at the company’s website, offering up Core i3, i5 and i7 options, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, ATI’s 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 5730 GPU, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) and a 1,366 x 768 native resolution panel. Plenty of options are tweakable should you not find the base configurations suitable for your needs, but you’ll be hard pressed to secure one for under $949. Well, unless you’ve got the patience of Job.

Lenovo’s 15.6-inch IdeaPad Y560 laptop goes on sale originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Eye-Fi’s 4GB Geo X2 WiFi SDHC card now shipping for $70

We heard that the Apple Store-exclusive Geo X2 would start shipping to Americans at some point in May, and it looks like the time is now for those who’ve been patiently waiting. Eye-Fi’s latest Class 6, WiFi-enabled SDHC card packs 4GB of space, an 802.11n module and auto-geotagging for those who can’t make heads or tails of their latest gallery of vacation shots. It can be headed your way any moment… so long as you’re cool with handing over your name, address, credit card number, favorite TV drama from 1988 and $69.95 (plus tax, where applicable). Oh, life and its choices.

[Thanks, Christopher]

Eye-Fi’s 4GB Geo X2 WiFi SDHC card now shipping for $70 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 09:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ASUS EeeKeyboard shipping out now

The saga, dear friends, is at an end. After making it to pre-order status last month, the EeeKeyboard is at long last ready for public consumption. Lest you’ve forgotten, this truly all-in-one pc comes with an Atom N270 inside, a gig of RAM, and old reliable Windows XP Home to keep you company. A 5-inch 800 x 480 multitouch display is supported by a Broadcom Crystal HD chip for decoding of high-def video, UWB connectivity to wirelessly stream to a nearby HDTV, and a battery that promises four hours of autonomous use. Yours for only $599.

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ASUS EeeKeyboard shipping out now originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 05:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s Dash goes on sale, officially this time

Yeah, we spotted the Dash at Best Buy a few days ago, accidentally eating up shelf space, but we’ve finally hit that April 29th launch date and Sony has unleashed the non-tablet touchscreen device into the wild. The $199 unit, which is somewhat of a branded Chumby, sports a 7-inch screen, best-alarm-clock-you-ever-owned good looks, and access to streaming media from CBS, Netflix, Pandora, and more. If you can bottle your enthusiasm for just a bit longer we’ll have our own impressions of the device posted soon enough, but nobody’s stopping you from snapping this up from Sony’s website, your local Sony Style store, or whatever other retailer you might have in mind. PR is after the break.

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Sony’s Dash goes on sale, officially this time originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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VeriFone Payware Mobile iPhone now available in Apple retail outlets, your CC weeps

It’s a little past January, but it’s not like you’ve had too much trouble burning through your credit limit these past few months anyway, right? VeriFone — that company responsible for the other iPhone credit card accessory — has just announced that its slip-up case is now available in Apple retail stores. For those unaware, this card reader works on all iPhone 3G and 3GS handsets, and there’s a built-in stylus for capturing signatures from those arguably shady street-corner transactions that you’ll be engaging in. Best of all, the device and app are totally free assuming you agree to a 2-year service contract and a $49 “activation fee,” but we’d caution you to read through the fine print under “merchant fees” before tossing away too much of that profit margin.

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VeriFone Payware Mobile iPhone now available in Apple retail outlets, your CC weeps originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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