Wow. Can you believe it? We made it all the way through 2009! We truly had some of the most amazing and exciting coverage ever on Engadget this past 12 months — and we figured it’s time to take a look back at the heaviest hitters from the last 365. This was a big year for us, we got a
whole new look, an
iPhone app (with more on the way), hired some new staff, got ourselves a
show, went on
late night TV, and managed to snap up some killer scoops and keep the news rolling (better than ever before, actually — this was by far our heaviest year for traffic). So let’s take a moment to reflect on what caused all the fuss in 2009, and yes, we know this list is Apple heavy. We blame you guys.
Top 20 most trafficked posts of 2009 (in order)
- Phil Schiller keynote live from WWDC 2009
- Live from Apple’s ‘It’s only rock and roll’ event
- Live from Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 preview event
- Live from the Macworld 2009 keynote
- iPhone 3GS review
- Motorola Droid review
- Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know
- Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos, Android 2.1 on-board
- HTC Hero review
- Windows 7 review
- Palm Pre review
- Microsoft sucks at Photoshop
- Microsoft announces availability of Windows 7 Beta and Windows Live
- Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence from Apple due to health reasons
- Video: Sony’s PSP Go leaks out before E3, is obviously a go
- Motorola Droid first hands-on
- Windows 7 Beta goes public
- Modern Warfare 2’s Prestige Edition includes fully functioning night vision goggles
- Snow Leopard review
- Live from Palm’s CES press conference
And a few other statistics for 2009:
$38,204.57 – Retail value of stuff we gave away to readers
12,681 – total number of posts for 2009 (Classic)
1,821 – Number of galleries on Engadget for 2009
454 – Number of hands-on posts
99 – Number of Engadget reviews (Classic)
66 – number of podcasts (Classic)
4 – number of Engadget shows
Engadget’s top posts, 2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday….
We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Roland, who can’t wait to get his recently relocated sister some sort of phone with Skype capabilities.
“My sister recently moved to Belgium. She has access to WiFi at home, so I’d like to send her a mobile phone that can run a Skype client. Requirements are WiFi, can work on Belgian / European carriers, runs Skype, and has excellent battery life. Anyone have any suggestions?”
There’s nothing worse than not being able to communicate with someone when you desperately need to, so we’re hoping that our readers across the pond will be able to chime in here with a little advice. If you’ve got something productive to add, drop it down in comments below!
Ask Engadget: Best Skype phone for Europe? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you were looking for a large and impractical “cellphone,” we just might have some news for you. Hot on the heels of a certain Dell netbook mod, we submit for your approval a 5-inch convertible device that features a QWERTY chocolate keyboard, trackball, and quite possibly Windows XP. We’ve got no relevant data for you, such as manufacturer, price, and release date are all mysteries at this point, but you can see it in action if you like — just check out the videos after the break. As for us, we think we’ll just wait for the xpPhone.
Continue reading BPhone looks like a netbook, acts like a netbook, has ‘phone’ in its name (video)
BPhone looks like a netbook, acts like a netbook, has ‘phone’ in its name (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Eager to get a hold on your very own
Dell-branded Android smartphone? This guy here took matters into his own hands with nothing more than his modding skill, his imagination, and a Dell Inspiron Mini. Of course, this thing won’t exactly fit in most pockets, but as a curiosity (and a conversation starter) it performs admirably. Have you ever seen a 10.1-inch novelty handset in action? Now’s your chance — peep the video for yourself after the break.
Continue reading Dell netbook modded into a rather large handset (video)
Dell netbook modded into a rather large handset (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s about time that the number one netbook manufacturer officially release details on its Pine Trail packing netbooks. The 10-inch Acer Aspire One A0535h seems to look slightly different than its predecessors, but its brand new Intel Atom N450 CPU, GMA 1350 graphics and promised 10 hours of battery life should give it bragging rights at the family dinner table. The rest of the specs are standard fare – Windows 7 Starter, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, and a 4,400 mAh six-cell battery. We’re impressed that Acer has seemed to finagle a $299 price tag, undercutting most of the competition — including the
$380 Pine Trail Eee PC 1005PE — by at least $50. It should be available in the coming weeks, but in the meantime you can check the full PR after the break or start searching for that Amazon pre-order page.
Continue reading Acer Aspire One AO532h joins the Pine Trail party with a $299 pricetag
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Well, it looks like that iPod hearing loss lawsuit that’s been nagging Apple for the past couple of years may finally be going away (in its current form, at least), as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has now affirmed a 2008 district court ruling and rejected a class-action lawsuit that sought to hold Apple responsible for hearing loss allegedly caused by iPods. While that may be a possibility, the court said that the “plaintiffs do not allege the iPods failed to do anything they were designed to do nor do they allege that they, or any others, have suffered or are substantially certain to suffer inevitable hearing loss or other injury from iPod use” — further adding that, “at most, the plaintiffs plead a potential risk of hearing loss not to themselves, but to other unidentified iPod users,” which doesn’t quite make the grade for a class-action suit. Not surprisingly, neither Apple nor the plaintiffs are making any comments on the verdict, and we’re pretty sure that Apple would like to keep it that way.
Appeals court sides with Apple in iPod hearing loss dispute originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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When we first laid eyes on the SmartQ V5, we were pretty underwhelmed… yet another resistive touchscreen MID? We’re beginning to long for those halcyon days of late 2009 when an Android handheld was a thing of awe and wonder. Just a refresher: this guy features a 4.3-inch display, 600MHz ARM11 processor (which the brave among us can overclock to 800MHz), 256MB RAM, HDMI out, and more. Of some interest to the jaded gadget-head, this guy ships with Android, Ubuntu, and Windows CE 6.0 pre-installed — not a bad feature, if that’s your thing. If you poke around the Internets you should be able to find this bad boy for near $180.
SmartQ V5 MID available now to a world that’s just stopped caring originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rachel Uchitel may be spending her New Year’s Eve with a bunch of people who enjoy hitting balls with sticks … but fortunately for Elin Nordegren, we’re told Tiger Woods isn’t one them.TMZ has learned Uchitel has her choice of end-of-the-year …
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Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, has subpoenaed medical and other records from the UCLA Medical Center because he believes the records could reveal evidence of foul play in Jackson’s death — and the subpoena has outraged MJ estate lawyers … …
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