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As of today, May 17th, RadioShack is starting to take pre-orders for HTC’s mighty EVO 3D. You’ll have to ask for it specifically, as this won’t be an advertised undertaking, and you’ll also need to swallow the cost of a $50 RadioShack Gift Card for the privilege. Moreover, the company makes sure to inform employees that the launch date for this Sprint-bound smartphone is still unknown — meaning that what you’re really signing up for is a glorified reservation. Still, if the retailers are stirring, we can’t imagine the wait for actual stock will be lasting too much longer.

[Thanks, Sulfer and Anonymous]

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HTC EVO 3D pre-orders begin today at RadioShack, but launch date remains unknown originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 May 2011 08:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Don’t you hate it when you preorder something and it doesn’t show up for, like, a year? We know of at least 960 early adopters who can feel your pain. The Pivot Power strip, which lets you rearrange six outlets to plug in adapters of any size, went on sale in June of last year for $23 a pop. But, because the community-driven website Quirky is selling it, the ordering process wasn’t as simple as paying and waiting for it to show up on your doorstep: the company would only ship them when 960 people “committed” to buying them — not unlike how a certain number of people are needed to activate a Groupon deal. Well, the company quickly met its goal, the strip is at last shipping, and Jake Zien, the inventor (that’s that giddy fellow up there) couldn’t be more pleased. When we first reported on the Pivot Power strip’s availability, more than half of those pre-sale slots had already been filled so we’re not sure just what took so long. Since then, Zien & Co. have been spending their time seeing the thing through the manufacturing process. In any case, if you missed the boat the first time, it looks like there might still be additional units up for sale.

[Thanks, Dan L. and Zo]

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Pivot Power strip starts shipping, folks who ordered a year ago rejoice originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 May 2011 11:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The leaks should’ve already told you most of everything you need to know about the Lenovo ThinkPad X1, but here’s some affirmation of perhaps the most relevant bit of info, the release date. Amazon has listed the ultraslim 13.3-inch laptop for pre-order, giving it the extremely specific price of £1,292.52 ($2,120) and a shipping date of May 20th. That’s a heftier price tag than you’ll find on Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Air, however Lenovo will provide you with the latest generation of Intel processor — in the shape of the 2.5GHz Core i5-2520M — 4GB of RAM, 320GB of HDD storage, a backlit keyboard, and a promised eight hours of battery life. You don’t need us to tell you that there hasn’t yet been a laptop that’s combined the thinness, processing power and battery endurance on offer from the X1. We’ll be keen to check these mighty specs out for ourselves when it launches, but if you’re already convinced, hit up the source link to get your pre-order in.

[Thanks, Raj]

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 priced at £1,293 by Amazon, shipping May 20th originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 May 2011 06:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC couldn’t let Samsung and Motorola have all the dual-core fun in the UK and it’s now let Vodafone detail the earliest known availability of its mighty Sensation. That 1.2GHz, aluminum-clad handset has gone up for pre-order today, with Vodafone aiming to deliver “by the 19th of May.” Not exactly the firmest of promises here, but it’s good to know that in a couple of weeks we’ll have yet another contender in the dual-core Android wars. We suspect other European markets will be joining the UK at about the same time, and T-Mobile in the US shouldn’t be too far behind either.

[Thanks, Tom]

HTC Sensation up for pre-order at Vodafone UK, delivery promised by May 19th originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 May 2011 06:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung has yet to announce a revised release date for its Sliding PC 7 Series tablet / laptop hybrid, but the 2.2-pound netvertible slider is already available for pre-order on Amazon. According to Amazon’s listing, the 7 Series should ship with many of the same specs we noticed at this year’s CES: a 10-inch touchscreen with 1366 x 768-resolution, dual front and rear cameras (1.3 and 3.0 megapixels, respectively), a 32GB SSD, 2GB of RAM and, of course, Intel’s 1.5GHz Atom Oak Trail Z670 processor, which was originally scheduled to launch in March, before being pushed back to May. The slider will also run on Windows 7 Home Premium, and come equipped with 802.11b/g/n WiFi. When it debuted earlier this year, the Series 7 boasted optional 3G and WiMax features, as well as a six-cell battery that claimed to last up to nine hours on a single charge. Amazon doesn’t mention either of these specs in its listing, but everything else checks out with what we’ve already heard. And, at $649, it’s even a little cheaper than we expected.

Update: Looks like you’ll have to wait a bit longer to order your Sammy slider, as the Amazon source link now leads to nowhere. [Thanks, Jake]

Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series now available for $649 Amazon pre-order (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 May 2011 08:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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