Welcome to Engadget’s Back to School guide! We know that this time of year can be pretty annoying and stressful for everyone, so we’re here to help out with the heartbreaking process of gadget buying for the school-aged crowd. Today, we’ve got printers in our sights — and you can head to the Back to [...]

Passengers returning to Sydney from San Francisco were treated to a delightful pyrotechnic show as a special treat from Qantas. A mesmerizing cascade of flame and sparks! Coming from their 747′s engine. Which exploded after taking off. Wait a second. More »

iOS 4.0 was so slow on our 3G, we promptly downgraded after updating. Earlier this week, Apple announced, among other things, that iOS 4.1 fixed performance on the iPhone 3G. We put their claim to the test. More »

MeeGo’s official user interface guidelines could easily end up determining whether the platform sinks or swims — no one wants a phone whose UI looks like junk, after all. The minions at Nokia and Intel’s little pet project have posted new OS shots as examples of how to properly implement the interface in third-party apps, [...]

Boy, we’ve gone from rumor to hands-on experience in just a couple of days with this thing. Microsoft’s November 9-bound Xbox 360 controller refresh couldn’t escape the clutches of Joystiq, who have put together a neat photo gallery and video overview. That chrometastic new D-pad is clearly the headliner here, and the early feedback is [...]

The legend is that a mouse can freak out elephants, but the truth is that their worst enemy is much smaller: Ants. Elephants get scared of ants. That’s what Jacob Goheen and Todd Palmer have discovered in Africa’s sub-Saharian savanna. More »

The LG Optimus One and Optimus Chic have been spotted again. Both of them will be powered by Android. Unfortunately we still don’t have specifications, a price or an availability date. The LG Optimus One is also known as the P500 and we do know that Android 2.2 Froyo comes bundled with it, along with [...]

LG’s 31-inch OLED TV has been showing off at IFA 2010. It measures just 2.9mm thin, which is pretty amazing. But that thinness comes at a price.How about £6,000? It is coming in March of next year. Some features include Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution and a contrast ratio that allows it to be [...]

Similar to when AIM notifies you that you’re still logged in on another computer, Facebook will go even deeper and not only tell you how long you’ve been logged in for, but the name of the device and location, too. More »

Samsung is going crazy naming even more devices Galaxy. The latest is the Galaxy Player 50 which is a portable media player. It’s powered by Android 2.1 and comes with a 3.2-inch display. It will handle DivX, H.264 and a bunch of other media formats. Your choice of either 8GB or 16GB of internal memory.