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It doesn’t do 3D and it doesn’t curve all around your periphery , but Alienware’s OptX AW2210 does a decent number for its just barely sub-$300 price tag. The 21.5-inch widescreen LCD panel boasts 1080p resolution, two millisecond response time, 16.7 million colors, and an 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Throw in two HDMI and four USB ports — sorry, no VGA or DVI here — and you’ve got yourself a pretty nice option

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Alienware’s 1080p 21.5-inch OptX AW2210 priced for maximum street fighting

If you’re familiar with the emulation scene (and let’s be honest, you are reading Engadget), then you know the name ZodTTD — the brain behind some of the best jailbroken emus for the iPhone, including variations on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, and most importantly… the TurboGrafx-16

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The Pre gets PlayStation gaming and more thanks to ZodTTD (video)

Whether or not it’s coming to T-Mobile (spoiler: all signs point to yes ), BlackBerry’s Curve 8520 has now been ordained with FCC approval, clearing the hurdle for its sale stateside. Optical trackpad and EDGE connection your cup of tea? You know where to look, and for everyone else, there’s always the Tour .

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BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a go for US, says FCC

Dell’s Mini 10 already offers GPS with an integrated 3G chip, but if you’re not interested in mobile broadband, starting next week you can opt instead for a wireless 700 location solution, a hybrid of Broadcom’s assisted GPS and Skyhook’s WiFi positioning technologies. We had a chance to sit down with a few of the product managers working on the device, and even within a brick-laden office building it did a pretty fine job of finding us within 30 meters and integrating with Flickr, Loopt, and Yelp using the Loki plug-in for Internet Explorer / FireFox. Impact on battery life was said to be “immaterial” although a ballpark estimate was about a five percent hit when in use

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Dell’s Mini 10 getting GPS / WiFi tracking upgrade next week

Your fancy new iPhone OS 3.0 starting to look a bit long in the tooth? Heads up, Apple’s now sending out the beta OS 3.1 and its SDK to the developer community to finagle with.

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iPhone OS 3.1 beta now available for developer community

There’s not exactly much more details than the headline on this one, but China’s official Xinhua news agency is reporting that the country is delaying its plans that would require that the so-called “Green Dam Youth Escort” internet filtering software be installed on all PCs sold in China. That requirement was set to go into effect on Wednesday but, as we have seen, it’s caused no shortage of controversy during the lead up — both because of the general nature of the software, and because of some piracy and security issues that could leave PCs with the software vulnerable to an attack. No word on a new date just yet, but it seems unlikely that the delay will be an indefinite one

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China delays plan for mandatory "Green Dam" internet filter

The N97 might not be everyone’s cup of tea , but if you’re still tempted to pay the $700 entry fee, you could sweeten the deal by throwing in a free-ish laptop — Dell’s currently bundling the Vostro A860 with Nokia’s latest for $730 after a discount coupon. Flip that sucker on eBay for anywhere close to its $379 list price plus some “handling fees” and you might just come close to paying a reasonable price for the N97. Well, sort of reasonable.

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Nokia N97 and Dell Vostro bundled for $730: make one mistake, get one free

Well, we can think of at least one 13-year-old kid who’ll welcome this next bit of gadget news: it looks like Sony’s OLED Walkman is now on sale over at the Sony Style site.

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Sony OLED Walkman on sale now

Electronic musicians are always looking for new ways to do the same old things. Case in point: OTTO, developed by Luca De Rosso at the IUAV University of Venice for a master’s thesis. Based on an Arduino and Cycling ’74’s Max / MSP software, you can drop an audio loop in it (via USB) and manipulate it in real time by moving your hands around the touch surface.

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OTTO slices beats, has no effect on tin cans

Admit it: you’ve been sitting around all day waiting to hear tell of the latest Joybook offering from BenQ , right? Well, have we got the story for you! BenQ’s just dropped word of its newest — the Joybook Lite U102

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BenQ shocker! Joybook Lite U102 outed