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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Engadget Podcast 167 – 10.16.2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ve already seen at least one (sort of) functional quantum processor, and one breakthrough after the other in quantum computing, but it looks like some researchers at Ohio State University have now made a breakthrough of their own that could possibly speed things up considerably. The big news there is that they’ve apparently found a way to fabricate a quantum device called a resonant interband tunneling diode (or RITD) using a chip-making technique called “vapor desposition,” which is commonly used today for traditional chips. While there’s still quite a bit of perfecting to be done on the device itself, lead researcher Paul Berger says the RTIDs could be used for ultra-low-power computer chips that operate with small voltages and produce less excess heat, and may even allow for ultra high-resolution imaging devices that can “operate at wavelengths beyond the human eye” — opening up possibilities for everything from advanced medical imaging to the ability to see through rain, snow, fog and dust storms.
[Via Physorg]
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Quantum computer chips get infinitesimally closer to happening originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Well, it unfortunately doesn’t include any elaborate test setups or a thorough dissection of the device, but it looks like the Motorola
Sholes (a.k.a.
Droid) has indeed finally made at showing at the FCC, although it’s unfortunately (for some of us, anyway) the non-CDMA, European version of the phone. Interestingly, it appears that this may have been a small slip-up on Motorola’s part, as all references to the phone other than the one above seem to have been omitted from the documents. Then again, the Sholes seems to be making a habit of showing up plenty of
places Motorola may not want it to.
[Via Androphones.com, thanks Silver]
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Motorola Sholes makes underwhelming FCC appearance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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There’s nothing quite like a dismal quarterly report to shake things up, and that’s exactly what Nokia’s doing after losing over $800 million in its most recent three-month period. CFO Rick Simonson is being whisked over to a new post as head of the Mobile Phones group — concentrating on Series 30 and Series 40 handsets — within the Devices division, while Timo Ihamuotila, who currently leads up global sales, will take over for the CFO position being vacated by Simonson. For what it’s worth, the move doesn’t seem like a demotion for Simonson; he’ll be in charge of “strategic sourcing” for the entire Devices division and still sit on the executive board, so we’re sure he’ll be doing alright for himself. All things considered, there’s no way of knowing whether this would’ve all gone down without the quarterly performance, but it makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
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Nokia plays musical execs, moves CFO to new Mobile Phones post originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/software/Windows_7_versus_Snow_Leopard_on_a_MacBook_Pro’; CNET have taken the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Snow Leopard for a spin around a 2008 MacBook Pro, and produced a decent first peek at comparative performance. Of course, there are significant provisos to get through first — it’s only one machine, running on Apple’s drivers, testing mostly Apple applications, and the two systems default to different versions of QuickTime — but we can still glean some indication of where the two heavyweights are relative to one another. Snow Leopard appeared consistently quicker in time-based tests, with faster bootups, shutdowns and MP3 encoding, but Windows 7 showed its muscle in producing better frame rates in games and a significant advantage in Cinebench rendering. Battery life was found to be distinctly better under Snow Leopard, but we’d put that down to the underlying hardware being optimized for OS X. Hit the read link for the full testing procedures and more of those old school bar charts — it should get you well prepped for the forthcoming flood of similar head-to-heads once WIndows 7 officially ships next week.
[Via Apple Insider]
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Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro: big cat’s faster, 7 is better for games originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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