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Engadget Podcast 169 - 10.31.2009

by Trent Wolbe posted Oct 31st 2009 at 4:10PM

Tired of all the DROID talk? Well, tough cookies, mister. Nilay, Paul and Josh have a lot to say on the subject, and you're just going to have to sit there and take it. Or you could skip the first 40 minutes of this week's podcast, but that's just a recipe for regret. If you do stick it out you'll be treated to some unusually candid discussion of Josh's facial hair and other more pertinent questions picked from the USTREAM discussion that will almost certainly frighten you straight.

WARNING: This podcast has been known to kill people. Engadget assumes no responsibility for injury or death.

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Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: ChangWang2003 - 99 Problems (Battletoads Remix)

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00:01:28 - Motorola DROID review
00:19:08 - HTC confirmed to be cooking up Android 2.0 update for Hero, other devices unclear
00:19:19 - Android 2.0 ported to original T-Mobile G1 (video)
00:19:29 - HTC Droid Eris peeks its head out once more, shows off 5MP camera
00:30:48 - Google Navigation video hands-on: you want this
00:32:25 - The game has changed
00:37:18 - How-to: hack your own DROID dock with magnets and cardboard
00:41:20 - Storm2 now available from Verizon for those who waited
00:49:25 - Nintendo DSi LL goes large in Japan on November 21 (update: DSi XL in Europe Q1)
00:53:41 - Netflix for PlayStation 3 requires a disc, software solution coming late 2010
00:57:28 - Apple TV 3.0 software update is out, with iTunes Extras, LP & Genius in tow
01:06:23 - Nokia vs. Apple: the in-depth analysis
01:06:40 - How-to: recycle your old gadgets

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The Engadget Podcast, live...now!

by Nilay Patel posted Oct 30th 2009 at 4:58PM

It's DROID week, and that means we're doing the podcast live. Josh, Paul, and Nilay will be going on-air at 4:30PM EST to talk about what Motorola, Verizon, and Google's impressive new smartphone, as well as the other big stories from the week. It's all going down soon -- and you can jump into the chatroom below right now.

P.S.- Leave your DROID questions in comments, and we'll definitely try to get to them if we can!

Update: Things got a little crazy at the end, but we definitely had a great time -- check back tomorrow for the regular podcast post if you missed it!

Engadget Podcast 168 - 10.25.2009: The Engadget Show 002 with Steve Ballmer

by Trent Wolbe posted Oct 25th 2009 at 8:58PM

For this week's installment of the Engadget Podcast, we present the audio stream from our recent Engadget Show, featuring a one-on-one with Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer! We encourage you to go and check out the actual show if you haven't seen it, but for those of you on the move who can't be looking at a screen, here's the next best thing. Of course, Josh, Paul, and Nilay still tear through the week in news (and what a week!), and as a bonus, you get to hear some tunes from the ever so talented Bit Shifter. So what are you waiting for? Sit back, crank the PMP, and prepare to enter nerd heaven.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Special guest: Steve Ballmer
Produced by: Chad Mumm
Directed by: Michael Slavens
Music by: Bit Shifter

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00:01:22 - Steve Ballmer hasn't seen the Courier video, promises Zune integration in next WinMo release
00:38:40 - Bit Shifter
00:41:37 - Windows 7 Launches
00:46:45 - Apple's Magic Mouse: one button, multitouch gestures, Bluetooth, four-month battery life
00:47:50 - Unibody MacBook (late 2009) review
00:52:50 - iMac line updated with 16:9 displays, quad-core Core i5 / i7 model
00:52:48 - Barnes & Noble Nook dual-screen reader officially announced... for real
00:59:00 - Spring Design Alex: dual-screen Android-based e-reader (Update: not for Barnes & Noble)
01:00:05 - Motorola Droid

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Engadget Podcast 167 - 10.16.2009

by Trent Wolbe posted Oct 16th 2009 at 4:00PM

Everyone all strapped in? Okay, take a deep breath. Now exhale....slowly. It's the Engadget Podcast. Just what you need after a tense week of work, school, and being extremely worried about a boy who was not actually trapped in a killer spaceship balloon. Instead, join Josh, Paul and Nilay as they break down the week in news, starting with the Sidekick situation and cruising past the Motorola CLIQ, the BlackBerry Storm 2, Walt Mossberg's disregard for anything not the iPhone, and wrapping up with the rumored Barnes and Noble ebook reader and the runup to Windows 7. There -- don't you feel better?

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Raulever - Chips Don't Lie

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00:01:29 - Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick customer data
00:18:22 - Motorola CLIQ review
00:37:50 - Vodafone puts BlackBerry Storm2 up for 26 October preorder
00:38:34 - Walt Mossberg leaks the BlackBerry Storm 2
00:46:53 - Barnes & Noble twin-screen e-reader revealed early?
00:47:49 - Plastic Logic deflates dreams, denies Spring 2010 release for color e-reader
00:53:27 - Barnes & Noble hosting event on October 20: ebook a lock?
00:54:30 - New Adamo XPS image takes a stand
00:59:30 - Windows 7-branded 'Family Guy' special to air November 8th
01:00:51 - Acer Aspire 5738PG wants you to reach out and touch its screen
01:01:00 - HP TouchSmart 300 and 600 bump the software to the next level, tx2 comes along for the ride

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The Engadget Podcast, live...now!

by Nilay Patel posted Oct 15th 2009 at 6:28PM

It's that time again -- join Josh, Paul, and Nilay as they break down the week in news during the Live Engadget Podcast. We'll be starting at 6:30PM EST, but the chat room below is open, so settle on in!

Update: Annnnd -- that's it! As always, it was a rockin' good time -- thanks for hanging out, and we'll have the regular podcast post up tomorrow if you missed it.

Engadget Podcast 166 - 10.09.2009

by Trent Wolbe posted Oct 9th 2009 at 2:11PM

With the crazy week of news we've had, never has the ever-insightful, industry-encompassing commentary of the Engadget Podcast been so necessary, so vital, so... vigorous. Sure, you could try to make your way through the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 and an onslaught of Android news all by yourself, but then you'd just be alone and sad. And who would be there to comfort and hold you and tell you how terribly overpriced the VAIO X is and how little Dell revealed about its new Adamo this week? Nobody, that's who. Don't be another statistic, slip on some relatively comfortable earbuds and come on over to the Podcast side.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Cyberdelic - Such Great Heights

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00:02:30 - HTC HD2 hands-on and impressions... on video!
00:03:02 - Entelligence: The HTC HD2 and the future of Windows Mobile
00:05:00 - HTC HD2 to arrive Stateside in early 2010 -- huzzah!
00:08:00 - Windows Mobile 6.5 review
00:15:00 - Robbie Bach sits down for a roundtable discussion, Engadget is there
00:31:40 - Windows Mobile 6.5: a family portrait
00:40:00 - Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 update guide: no, no, maybe
00:43:05 - Verizon plans to support Google Voice, will launch two 'game-changing' Android devices in coming weeks
00:45:08 - Second Verizon Android phone to be an HTC, Motorola Sholes makes an appearance
00:45:35 - Verizon Motorola Sholes not running MOTOBLUR?
00:47:00 - Motorola Sholes to launch by holidays, along with the BlackBerry Storm 2 and Nokia Booklet 3G
00:49:31 - Samsung Behold II marries Android, TouchWiz for T-Mobile
00:50:30 - Samsung Behold II caught behind glass
00:52:05 - Samsung Moment for Sprint first hands-on!
00:55:00 - Samsung Moment slider coming to Sprint, packing Android (update: official, $179)
00:59:29 - AT&T now allowing iPhone VoIP calls over 3G
00:59:35 - VAIO X spotted in champagne, propped up by extended battery, ripped apart
01:00:00 - Sony VAIO X announced, starts at $1,299
01:03:33 - HP Mini 311 reviewed with earnest, ION-enhanced affection
01:06:45 - Dell reveals new Adamo XPS, gives no details
01:19:50 - The next Engadget Show tapes live October 22nd -- with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer!

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Engadget Podcast 165 - 10.02.2009

by Trent Wolbe posted Oct 2nd 2009 at 6:07PM

Look, an Engadget Podcast, delivered on schedule! That certainly hasn't happened in a while -- and to celebrate, the crew did another live show yesterday, running down a couple new Dell and HP laptops, some more Courier info, the PSP Go, and some phone news before a live (chat room) audience. It's all here, so get listening!

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: California Girls

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00:03:34 - Dell's Latitude Z 600 is a 16-inch thin-and-light, makes overcompensated CEOs out of us all (update: video!)
00:17:20 - HP Envy 13 unboxing and first impressions
00:32:26 - New Microsoft Courier video details tablet interface, exciting life of a shoe designer (Update: Windows 7 underneath, might run Microsoft hardware)
00:43:04 - PSP Go review
00:43:20 - Sony thinks its "aspirational" PSP Go might encourage an uptick in PSP-3000 purchases
00:56:15 - Garmin nuvifone G60 officially coming to AT&T: October 4th for $299
01:04:30 - Motorola CLIQ coming to T-Mobile next month for $200 on contract
01:13:51 - webOS 1.2 now available, brings support for app purchases
01:19:03 - Challenge: Make your own Natal demo video, get yourself on The Engadget Show

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The Engadget Podcast, live... now!

by Nilay Patel posted Oct 1st 2009 at 5:08PM

Did you miss us? We certainly missed you -- but no worries, the live podcast is back, and we'll be on to break down another hectic week in tech news at 5PM EST. Grab a drink and settle into the chat room below!

Update: And that's a wrap. As usual, we had a blast -- and if you missed it, the edited and sweetened version with Nilay's vocals replaced by studio musicians will be up tomorrow.

Engadget Podcast 164 - 09.27.2009

by Trent Wolbe posted Sep 27th 2009 at 6:04PM

It's been a crazy week in news, and after a couple cross-country flights the podcast crew is together and ready to break it all down. Join Josh, Paul and Nilay as they take on Microsoft's Courier tablet concept and rumored Pink smartphones, dish on the HTC Leo and Windows Mobile, debate the finer points of net neutrality, and talk over the highlights from the Intel Developer Forum and the Tokyo Game Show. Yeah, there's a ton here -- grab a snack and tune in!

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Today

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00:02:34 - Microsoft's dual-screen Courier booklet emerges, isn't near production
00:06:18 - Codex and InkSeine -- the roots of Microsoft's Courier?
00:33:30 - Microsoft's Pink phones revealed?
00:43:00 - HTC Leo looking confirmed for O2 UK debut, will be free on the right plan
00:46:20 - Steve Ballmer talks 'three screens and a cloud' and more with TechCrunch
00:50:00 - Ballmer: Windows Mobile 7 should have been out, like, yesterday
00:55:58 - FCC chairman formally proposes net neutrality rules
00:58:45 - AT&T, Verizon poised to fight FCC's net neutrality stance on the wireless front
01:10:00 - AT&T's 3G MicroCell tested and reviewed by Charlottean: yes, it works
01:13:56 - Intel announces Moblin 2.1 for phones
01:18:07 - Dell announces Moblin Mini 10v at IDF (updated with pricing)
01:17:25 - Video: Moblin 2.1 for MIDs and phones, sort of in action
01:21:15 - USB 3.0 has a SuperSpeed coming-out party at IDF
01:22:44 - Video: Intel's Light Peak running an HD display while transferring files... on a hackintosh
01:28:40 - 13 PS3 motion control games confirmed for next year, motion-enhanced Biohazard 5 coming Spring 2010
01:30:03 - Nintendo finally confirms new $199 Wii price

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Engadget Podcast 163 - 09.20.2009

by Trent Wolbe posted Sep 20th 2009 at 4:27PM

We're a couple days late, but the podcast is back, people. Join Josh, Paul, and Nilay as they run down another hectic week in news, including the Zune HD, some hands-on impressions of the Motorola CLIQ, and the latest in the ongoing Apple / Google saga. Get clicking!

P.S.- Josh recorded this on on the road, so he had some audio troubles -- thanks for bearing with us.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: NOISEWAVES - As Days Go By (Family Matters Theme Song)

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00:03:00 - Google says Phil Schiller himself rejected Google Voice from the App Store
00:13:35 - Zune HD review
00:37:50 - Archos 5 Internet Tablet makes an honest PMP out of Android
00:44:04 - HP's new DreamScreens pack Pandora and Facebook into a wireless photo frame
00:50:00 - HP ENVY 13 and 15 bring luxury to the everyman, look like MacBooks
00:59:39 - HTC Hero for Sprint hands-on and impressions
01:04:05 - Motorola CLIQ

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The Engadget Podcast is live... now!

by Nilay Patel posted Sep 18th 2009 at 6:27PM

Hey, Josh is currently making a high-speed run across state lines, but have no fear -- once he's suitably safe from danger the Engadget Podcast will be broadcasting live. Settle into the chat room below, and we'll see you at 6:30PM EST!

Update: Well, that was certainly a wild one, thanks for bearing with us -- and if you missed it, our usual post will be up tomorrow!

A note about last week's Engadget Podcast

by Joshua Topolsky posted Sep 14th 2009 at 5:16PM

A lot of our faithful listeners have inquired as to the status of last week's podcast. We regret to inform everyone that we lost the audio just after we were done recording. To be more exact, the Mac Pro at AOL's studio which was recording our rare (and magical) in-person podcast decided to upchuck the boogie and destroy our precious tracks. What that means is we will be skipping that show (it is already the following week) -- though in the next few days we'll bring you the first-ever Engadget Show as well as a proper podcast. Sorry everyone, and thanks for understanding!

The Engadget Podcast live... now!

by Nilay Patel posted Sep 11th 2009 at 4:28PM

A super special Engadget podcast today, kids -- the gang's all together in NYC and we're coming at you live from our swank studio digs. It's been a pretty wild week of news, so settle into the chatroom below -- we'll be starting at 4:30PM EST!

Update: Well, that was a wild one -- thanks to all the commenters for hanging with us. Sadly we lost the recording due to a machine error, so we won't be able to share the chaos with you, but hey -- all the more reason to check out The Engadget Show, right?

The Engadget Podcast will be live... tomorrow

by Nilay Patel posted Sep 10th 2009 at 5:00PM

Hey everyone, just a quick note to say that the podcast will be slightly delayed this week -- not only are we swamped with news, but Nilay's traveling to NYC for The Engadget Show. Fear not, though -- we'll be live tomorrow at 4PM EST, and the regular podcast will go up on Saturday. See you then!

Engadget Podcast 162 - 09.04.2009

by Trent Wolbe posted Sep 4th 2009 at 3:00PM

Whew, it's been a crazy week -- there's been a flurry of new gadgets at IFA in Germany, and our very own Paul Miller is live on the scene. Join Josh, Paul, and Nilay as they run down all the news, including Toshiba's hot new JournE tablet and the company's capitulation to Blu-ray, the new VAIO X, LG's amazing BL40 and... more. Much more.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Dr. Zilog - My Girls

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