As most of you guys probably realised: This is a corporate Siemens blog. So do not judge us to hard if in some postings you may find by some means or other praising words for Siemens Gigaset products...;)...But this is also a weblog and in this respect we are part of the blogging community. Having this in mind from now on I want to start a posting series which highlights some other blogs and forums that are related to our tech topics.
Engadget is the first candidate. Launched in March 2004...

...Engadget is updated multiple times a day with articles on gadgets and consumer electronics. It also posts popular rumours about the technological world, plus a weekly podcast, the Engadget Podcast that covers tech and gadget news stories that happened during the week.

Since its founding, dozens of writers have written for or contributed to Engadget, Engadget Mobile and Engadget HD, including high profile bloggers, industry analysts, and professional journalists. These writers include Jason Calacanis, Paul Boutin, Phillip Torrone, and Susan Mernit.

Engadget has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2004 Bloggie for Best Technology Weblog, and 2005 Bloggies for Best Computers or Technology Weblog and Best Group Weblog; Engadget won Best Tech Blog in the 2004 and 2005 Weblog Awards.

Gmail, Google's webmail service, as well as many other RSS readers, has included Engadget as a default RSS feed, pulling the latest articles which appear at the top of all user's mailboxes.

To extend readership, the blog is available in several languages including Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese (traditional and simplified). As the blog continues to gain popularity around the world, the available languages will most likely increase.

Engadget was one of the first places woot.com advertised its site, and provided a large customer base for the then small startup company.

Engadget currently has four different sites, all operating simultaneously with each having its own staff, which cover technology news in different parts of the world in their respective languages. The US Engadget site made its 20,000th post on 25th August 2006. The trend is upward...