Aug 03

Video: T-Mobile BlackBerry 8520 sold and unboxed early

Posted in: BlackBerry, RIM, t-mobile, t-mobile usa, T-mobileUsa, Today's Chili, walmart

We all know there ain’t no party like a Super Walmart party, ’cause the Super Walmart party don’t stop. Aiding its cause in being the go-to place for night owls and bargain hunting insomniacs is the fact that it’s apparently selling T-Mobile’s newest BlackBerry ahead of the August 5th street date. Don’t believe us? Jump on past the break for an unboxing video, and afterwards, feel free to call your nearest five Wally Worlds until you find one ready and willing to take your $48.88 (on contract).

[Thanks, Alex]

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Video: T-Mobile BlackBerry 8520 sold and unboxed early originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 01

HP Compaq’s $300 laptop reviewed, makes strong case to bypass netbook

Posted in: HP, Today's Chili, walmart

For all intents and purposes, HP’s Compaq Presario CQ60 is a pretty unremarkable laptop — but slap a $300 price tag on it like Walmart has done, a price comparable to most netbooks on the market, and that reframes the entire conversation. Computer Shopper has gotten some hands-on time with the machine, and while not spectacular, it seems to outperform Intel Atom-based machines. You’re still not gonna be able to do much more than check your email and browse the web, though, and the tradeoff for having a 15.6-inch display and DVD burner is a bulkier, less travel-friendly form factor. Still, this seems to do an apt job at filling in that gap between netbook and laptop, and we’re sure someone out there will appreciate or feeling nostalgic over that modem jack.

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Jul 24

Walmart offers decently-spec’d Compaq laptop for $300

Posted in: HP, laptop, Today's Chili, walmart

Not sold on the whole netbook craze? Then you might want to consider paying a visit to your local Walmart, which is set to offer a surprisingly well-spec’d Compaq Presario laptop for the low, low price of $298. As you might expect however, that model (the CQ60-419WM) isn’t entirely new, but it did just debut in January of this year with a significantly higher $470 price tag, and packed enough features to make it a not terrible deal even at that price. That includes a 15.6-inch 1366×768 display, an AMD Sempron SI-42 processor, NVIDIA GeForce 8200M graphics, 3GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a DVD burner and, of course, Windows Vista for an OS. Good enough for ya? Then look for it to hit Walmarts on July 26th and be available “while supplies last.”

[Via FatWallet]

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Jul 15

T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Curve 8520 launching on August 5th at Walmart?

Posted in: BlackBerry, RIM, rumor, t-mobile, Today's Chili, walmart

You have to look closely but in the text of the message above circulated around Wal-mart you can clearly make out a date for the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8520. So August 5th it is, under a two-month exclusive retail arrangement according to our Walmart-employed tipster. That’s the same date T-Mobile will be shipping out its myTouch 3G for those keeping track. That jibes with what looks to be an 8520 “Sneak Preview” pre-launch party kicking off on July 20th and scheduled to run for two weeks. See the invite after the break.

Update: Looks like one has already hit eBay. Thanks, Ben!

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T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Curve 8520 launching on August 5th at Walmart? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

eMachines Intros Nettop Fighter

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Today eMachines introduced the EL1300 series desktops with an all-white small form factor design and matching 20-inch monitor. The $298 eMachines EL1300G-01W is a smallish 10.7″ by 4.2″ by 15″ (HWD) desktop with a AMD Athlon 2650e processor, integrated nVidia GeForce 6150se graphics, 2GB of mmeory, 160GB hard drive, DVD burner, and runs Vista Home Basic. The $398 eMachines EL1300G-02w gives up 1GB of memory (leaving it with 1GB) and runs Windows XP Home instead of Vista, but adds a 20-inch widescreen monitor.

The new eMachines E182H wm display goes for $119 MSRP, and has a 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen, 18.5″ 1366×768 resolution display, and 5ms response time. The E182H wm display is also decked out in a glossy white finish to match the EL1300 series desktops. The monitor also includes built-in stereo speakers.

Both systems and monitor are aimed at the frugal home user or student. Both systems are available exclusively at Walmart.

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Apr 29

Birthday boy gets box of rocks instead of Nintendo DS

Posted in: DS, nintendo, Today's Chili, walmart

No, you’re not being mercilessly attacked by an unyielding feeling of déjà vu for no good reason — we really have seen something eerily similar to this happen before. This go ’round, we’ve got a totally innocent ten year old boy who was given Guitar Hero for DS prior to even owning a console; as the mother finally ended the tease, she handed him a shiny new DS handheld for him to unwrap. Unfortunately for everyone involved, all that was tucked inside was a couple of stones, a Chinese newspaper and boatloads of disappointment. After the Walmart store from which she purchased it referred her to the Big N, she furiously admitted the following: “They don’t want to do nothing. They want me to keep the box of rocks. I’m not buying a box of rocks for $138.” Thankfully, Wally World finally refunded her and threw in a $20 gift card for the trouble (after being hounded by a local news station, mind you), but the real damage — losing all hope in humanity — will never be undone. Ever.

[Via plugged in]

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Apr 10

DXG’s latest camcorders sport the Burberry and Chanel look, KIRF-style

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DXG's latest camcorders sport the Burberry and Chanel look, KIRF-style

Unimpressed by DXG’s lineup of value-priced but generally underwhelming video recording options? Maybe a few trendy pattern appliques will change your mind. The company’s apparently gone down to Canal Street, grabbed a few “discount” handbags, and turned them into gaudy camcorders that promise 720p capture at 30fps. They’re set to retail for a mere $129, and while the company’s pledging they’ll be available at stores like Radio Shack and Walmart later this summer, we’re thinking there are probably a few trademark attorneys out there with a thing or two to say about that.

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Feb 09

ASUS’s little netbooks go big-box; Eee PCs expected in Walmart by year’s end

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ASUS's little netbooks go big-box; Eee PCs expected in Walmarts by year's end

Last year upstart Acer stole the netbook crown from ASUS, a sales stat that might have been helped by the ability to buy an Aspire One at your local neighborhood Walmart. While you can already pick up an Eee at places like Target and Best Buy, from what we hear at wholesale mixers you’re nothing until you go Supercenter, and that’s just where the company that started the netbook craze wants to go, said to be planning its own push into the biggest of big-box retailers. If this report is correct, expect to be able to pick up a little Eee with your groceries (and shame) sometime in the latter half of this year.

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Dec 29

Another pair of infected digiframes promise to ruin the rest of your holiday break

Posted in: amazon, samsung, Today's Chili, walmart

Oh, geez. Not this again. Just months after everyone involved with that virus-ridden Insignia frame finally cleaned things up, here comes two new reports that select frames could indeed be shipping from the factory with malware pre-installed. For starters, the 1.5-inch Mercury Digital Photo Keychain — which is sold at Walmart and other fine retailers — seems to have some pretty nasty software loaded on, and Amazon has went so far as to issue an alert that some Samsung SPF-85H frames are leaving the dock with the 32.Sality.AE worm on the installation disc. Something tells us someone in quality control couldn’t quite get in the holiday spirit.

[Via Slashdot]

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Dec 28

Yes, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today

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From the looks of our tip jar, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today for $197 / $297, just as we expected. The plan is to attract consumers who don’t shop at Best Buy, Apple, or AT&T stores, so basically Wally doesn’t care about anyone reading this. We love you too, Wally. No crazy $99 4GB model or iPhone nano in sight, but maybe Phil’s gonna blow us all away next week. (We doubt it.)

[Thanks to everyone — seriously, it was like all of you — who sent this in]

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