GameStop is shuttering its PlayStation 2 trade-in business as of June 1st, a company spokesperson confirmed to Engadget. “We can confirm that as of June 1st we will no longer be accepting the PS2 console or its related product for trades,” the sta…
Now that the PS2′s started taking steps toward retirement with Sony ceasing its production in Japan, it seems GameStop doesn’t plan to keep the console under its roof for much longer. According to a leaked in-store display posted to Reddit by eGOR…
HTC has already gone the trade-in route to offer folks a discount on its new One smartphone, but it’s now giving it another go this weekend with an expanded promo in the US and Canada. This new one is open to anyone that buys an HTC One between to…
Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we’re using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. It’s true; most Engadget editors would prefer some sort of …
When Pinterest unveiled its big redesign last month, it took the sort of gamble on feature trade-offs that we’ve seen before: some big leaps forward at the expense of a few leaps back. Much to the relief of many, the company is already doing what …
With the sudden rush of 5-inch (and larger) smartphones hitting the market — to varying degrees of success — one may wonder if Apple plans to introduce one of its own. In response to a question on today’s Q2 earnings call, CEO Tim Cook maintaine…
More Info Sony NEX-3N hands-on Sony NEX-F3 review Sony NEX-C3 review Last year, Sony’s peculiar move to beef up its entry-level NEX left us puzzled, and generally unimpressed. The NEX-F3 was a fine mirrorless camera by most accounts, …
Supercapacitors are often hailed as the holy grail of power supplies, but a group of researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a lithium-ion microbattery that leaves that prized solution in the dust, recharging 1,000 times faster than …
Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we’re using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. When he’s not copy editing Engadget, Philip Palermo likes to w…
Who’d have thunk it? Numark, at a music trade show with a new another DJ controller for your consideration. This time it has taken its popular Mixtrack console, and doubled down on the number of channels on offer. This now means between the Mixtrack,…
