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Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: e-book readers

Nov 17th 2009 4:06AM on Engadget

I think you're absolutely right, and it's something I've been thinking about myself.

It's not an uncommon practice to bundle in "extras" to encourage growth in a market segment. During the push to DVD by the industry, Mission To Mars (and several other films) came in bundles where you got a DVD version of the same movie for free. Dragon Age: Origins comes with download-codes for extra content to get people into the habit of going online to look for that kind of stuff. Why SHOULDN'T they bundle books with a download code? It's extremely cheap advertising that bolsters their online efforts.

Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: e-book readers

Nov 17th 2009 4:02AM on Engadget

@Giroro There's ALWAYS a Dave.

HTC You ad campaign unveiled (update: video!)

Oct 26th 2009 4:43AM on Engadget

@John

I personally don't wish it was features but QUALITY that set them apart. Differentiating by features is why there are so many gimmicky, useless features made up.

Nissan's crash-avoiding robot 'car' gets upgrade, fresh new outlook on life

Oct 2nd 2009 5:32AM on Engadget

I want a tiny little mechanical pet ghost. Can I please have one of these?

Zune HD a major sellout?

Sep 19th 2009 1:18PM on Engadget

Well, if they didn't expect to sell many, they wouldn't have that many in stock, so it makes sense. It exceeded low expectations, I'm not surprised. Time will tell what this means in actual NUMBERS.

OCZ's PCIe SSD Z-Drive finally starts shipping

Sep 17th 2009 10:54AM on Engadget

Who're BUYING these things?! I'll admit that as a student I find pretty much everything expensive, and I will concede that it's important that someone DOES buy them to encourage further development and lower prices, but I'm amazed that they're actually selling... If they ARE selling, that is.

Video: The unsettling truth about our augmented reality future, starring Brad Pitt

Sep 11th 2009 8:03AM on Engadget

Ayup. It's creepy and disrespectful. I just don't get it.
"HAHAH! LOOK AT THE MONKEY IN THE CAGE! Look at it trying to hide from us, that's so cute!"

Video: The unsettling truth about our augmented reality future, starring Brad Pitt

Sep 11th 2009 8:00AM on Engadget

Wow... The phone for creepy celebrity stalkers! How incredibly cool!
Or maybe just downright disrespectful and weird.

58 percent of salespeople recommend Samsung HDTVs, 100 percent like big commission checks

Sep 11th 2009 7:54AM on Engadget

Salesmen are always instructed to "guide" prospective customers toward the products that give the company more revenue and the products they need to get rid of, so this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. If Samsung's TVs are anything like their cameras, the retailers get quite nice margins on them.

Video: MIT robofish set to snoop the deep seas

Sep 2nd 2009 7:33AM on Engadget

I'm going to get two and call them Lennon and McCartney because that's what Lister would have done.

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I'm looking for a pair of quality headphones that aren't seemingly made of glass. I'm an avid BMXer which causes me to frequently bash on any type of technology that joins me for my daily riding. I've been through the higher quality headsets in the Skullcandy line as these are supposed to be built for "abuse," which is laughable. I cant wear earbuds or canal buds, as my large ears seem to have a repelling property upon anything that sits in them. Wired or Bluetooth doesn't really matter, but I need something that can hold up to taking a few hits every now and again. I'm trying to keep 'em under $150. Thanks!"

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