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Engadget's back to school giveaway part 2: win an Xbox 360 prize pack! {Engadget}
Sep 7th 2009 7:24PM I want to win!
Engadget's recession antidote: win a copy of ExciteBots and a WiiWheel! {Engadget}
May 8th 2009 2:01PM Wii!!!!!!! I want!
BlackBerry Storm update available to Verizon customers -- a few of them, anyway {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 30th 2008 12:23AM It's been leaked. Improvements are definitely there. Downloadable if you read the Crackberry thread about it.
Songbird intros $79 disposable flexfit hearing aid {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2008 5:07AM I concur. I'm a hearing aid wearer. These Songbirds wouldn't work for me anyway, as my hearing impairment is severe. Even if they were usable, the expense is absurd. My current pair of digital aids cost about $3000 each at the time of purchase 2 years ago, Multiple programs for different listening situations, including T-coil mode for phones. I have DAI ports meaning I plug cables direct from my phone or an MP3 player into the aids, allowing the devices to process the sound just as they would any audio picked up by the microphone. If they're lost or stolen (as one was), they're covered with no deductible for the first two years. And I get to have full audiogram and hearing examinations with this. And I definitely wear my aids more than 2 to 6 hours a day, which is the estimate based on the info in the article.
What is interesting is a company that provides hearing aids that the consumer can program at home in much the same way an audiologist makes adjustments in office. They're direct-to-consumer so they're much cheaper - $995 a device, and they allow a $200 trade-in credit - and allegedly have many of the same technological ability and some of the bells and whistles. The company is America Hears, website is the same.
In-flight calling ban passes hurdle in House {Engadget}
Aug 1st 2008 1:32PM So...what happens when regular data access becomes more prevalent and people start using Skype?
Steve Jobs keynote live from WWDC 2008 {Engadget}
Jun 9th 2008 2:49PM But will it be hearing aid compatible with an M3/T3 or M4/T4 rating? First iPhone sure didn't. Deal killer.
Cox to give Phoenix TiVo users free tuning adapter to cope with SDV {Engadget HD}
Jun 4th 2008 1:14AM And then bumps it right up to the regular price of $12. $12 a month for the HD box? Come on... $18 for the HD DVR, not including the DVR service fee. So sad.
Happy birthday: take a trip in America's largest flying gadget (part 6) {Engadget}
Mar 28th 2008 5:25PM And we end my participation with number six.
Happy birthday: take a trip in America's largest flying gadget (part 5) {Engadget}
Mar 28th 2008 2:41AM Do I hear combo number 5?
Happy birthday: take a trip in America's largest flying gadget (part 4) {Engadget}
Mar 27th 2008 12:04PM Lovely lovely number 4!
