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Engadget's recession antidote: win a LG enV3 for Verizon Wireless

Jul 11th 2009 1:39PM on Engadget

I never win anything.

LG eyes number two phone maker spot for 2012, premium brand in the works

Jul 2nd 2009 9:18PM on Engadget

I've had the enV Touch for a week and it's the only decent phone I've ever had on Verizon. The QWERTY keyboard and dual screen beat the iPhone, but the lack of apps fall short of the iPhone. The only things keeping me from the iPhone are 1: AT&T and 2: No physical keyboard... but mainly AT&T. If apple would release an iPhone with Verizon service and a form factor like the enV Touch, I'd get it in a second.

Nintendo moves 15 million Wii Fit units in a year, 4 remain in use

Jun 3rd 2009 2:46AM on Engadget

Do you realize for about 30% of the year It's below freezing and icy and dark at 5 pm for 3-4 months of the year for quite a few people, and for some people it may not be safe to run outside when they get home from work? And some people may have problems that prevent them from running but can do low impact isometrics and would like to have fun doing it?

Nintendo moves 15 million Wii Fit units in a year, 4 remain in use

Jun 3rd 2009 2:43AM on Engadget

Get Shaun White Snowboarding. You'll work harder than the Wii fit without even realizing it and won't get bored. They should bundle it with boarding games rather than Wii fit.

Nintendo moves 15 million Wii Fit units in a year, 4 remain in use

Jun 3rd 2009 2:40AM on Engadget

I don't like the Wii Fit software, but love the balance board, primarily for snowboarding and skating games. They are actually pretty good core exercise and you don't know you're working. I've lost about 10 lbs not really doing anything else different but playing these games about 5 hours per week. I still walk about a mile a day with my dog and family and do the bowflex about 3 times per week, as I did before Wii balance board. But I can honestly attribute 10 lbs weight loss in 3 months to virtual boarding alone... and that's well worth a hundred bucks or so.

Nintendo moves 15 million Wii Fit units in a year, 4 remain in use

Jun 3rd 2009 2:30AM on Engadget

I challenge you to try Shaun White Snowboarding for the Wii using the balance board. If you aren't sweating profusely after 30 minutes, I'd give you a medal.

Verizon MiFi 2200 review

May 13th 2009 3:51PM on Engadget Mobile

This is probably a bit cheaper and would have less lag time that satellite. When I go to my in-laws, in a small town in rural Iowa, I use my 3g Verizon card inserted into my Cradlepoint 3g router, which is essentially the same thing as the Mifi. I have to put the card/router up in the very highest window on the curtain rod and I get around 50-75% of the max 3g speed, which is better than dial up by a long shot.

If you liver in a rural area, make sure you are able to get a 3g signal, and if you are going to use this as your main internet, once you get explore where you get the best signal and park the Mifi router in that spot, usually in a window up high.

Verizon MiFi 2200 review

May 13th 2009 2:20PM on Engadget Mobile

Another benefit is that it doesn't matter what OS you are using. I had a Linux netbook that I could not configure to reliably work with the 3g USB device but works flawlessly with the 3g Cradlepoint router. No special driver software is needed with a router like this.

Verizon MiFi 2200 review

May 13th 2009 2:12PM on Engadget Mobile

Except that Verizon cripples Skype and Torrents on their 3g modems. It's in their terms of use.

Verizon MiFi 2200 review

May 13th 2009 2:10PM on Engadget Mobile

Rob: Google "Cradlepoint 3g router." I've been using one, along with a 3g Verizon USB card, for 3 years. It's plug and play and requires no configuration, except the WPA or WEP settings that you like.

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I'm pretty much a complete noob when it comes to camera stuff. My wife loves to take pictures, though. So much so that she literally wore out her first point and shoot camera, and the Kodak Z712 I bought for her less than two years ago is starting to act up as well. To compound the matter, we are expecting our first born sometime next year. I fear the Kodak just isn't going to cut it any longer. What would be the best starter DSLR to get? She hates missing photo opportunities due to camera 'lag' so speed would definitely be at the top of the list. Photo quality and features would be next. Price should be no more than $800. I'm not interested in video capabilities."

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