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Engadget Podcast 169 – 10.31.2009

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Trent Wolbe that originally appeared at Engadget.

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!

Friday, October 30th, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Nilay Patel that originally appeared at Engadget.

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!

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

Monday, October 26th, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Trent Wolbe that originally appeared at Engadget.

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 Mobile Podcast 028 – 10.19.2009

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Trent Wolbe that originally appeared at Engadget Mobile.

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Once again, our focus turns to Android this week with a number of big announcements and big reviews -- well, big review, anyway, with the CLIQ getting fully detailed. Check it out!

Note: Our apologies for the sound quality this week, Chris was sitting next to a Tesla coil the entire time.

Hosts: Chris Ziegler, Sean Cooper
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Solvent - Devices and Strategies (Ghostly International)

01:38 - Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick customer data
07:00 - Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 review
11:10 - Motorola CLIQ review
14:35 - Walt Mossberg leaks the BlackBerry Storm 2
17:34 - Nokia posts $834 million quarterly loss, smartphone share down to 35%
21:24 - Acer Liquid slips through human fingers, but not before divulging new specs (updated)
22:55 - Verizon's anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: 'Droid Does'
25:30 - Mysterious HTC Android phone spied, might lean the way of the Dragon
28:50 - Listener questions

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New Normal?

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich that originally appeared at WNYC's Radiolab.

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How do you tell the difference between a sea change and a ripple in the water? Could a nonviolent baboon be sign of things to come? Or is it just a flukey outlier from the norm? What about a man in a dress? Or a fox without vicious urges? Is there ever really even a norm? In this hour of Radiolab, we examine three stories that re-frame our sense of normalcy. Read More

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New Normal?

Monday, October 19th, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich that originally appeared at WNYC's Radiolab.

This hour of Radiolab: stories of adaptation. Is a peacenik baboon, a man in a dress, or a cuddly fox a sign of things to come? Or just a flukey outlier? We reframe our ideas about normalcy.

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 027 – 10.08.2009

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Trent Wolbe that originally appeared at Engadget Mobile.

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Just a quick show this week live from the floor of CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2009, where we're refreshingly seeing tons of Android gear; what we're not seeing a whole lot of is co-host Sean Cooper who's on vacation this week, so Chris holds it down with a half-hour of rambling to himself. Enjoy!

Host: Chris Ziegler
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Solvent - Devices and Strategies (Ghostly International)


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Shorts: Blink

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich that originally appeared at WNYC's Radiolab.

We tackle a question we thought was a no-brainer: why do we blink?

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Shorts: Blink

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

This post is a reprint of a post by Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich that originally appeared at WNYC's Radiolab.

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This week, we ask a question that we thought was a no-brainer: why do we blink? Film editor Walter Murch tells us about a strange discovery he made years ago while working on The Conversation – could something as small as a blink actually be the trick of his trade? We also talk to Japanese researchers Tamami Nakano and Shigeru Kitazawa about the experiment they conducted to understand how we see the world, when we choose not to, and why.

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Tamami Nakano’s study
Shigeru Kitazawa
Walter Murch’s book In the Blink of an Eye

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