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Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
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00:02:37 – HP buys Palm
00:03:03 – HP: ‘We’re doubling down on webOS,’ Palm: ‘That was the whole point’
00:03:15 – HP: opportunities for webOS ‘smartphones, slates, and potentially netbooks’
00:08:55 – HP buys Palm: the liveblog
00:21:00 – HP and Palm: what happens next
00:30:40 – Palm Developer Day reveals interesting bits on the webOS 2010 roadmap
00:40:00 – Microsoft confirms, kills Courier in one fell swoop
00:49:09 – Microsoft says Android infringes on its patents, licenses HTC (update: talking to other Android manufacturers as well)
00:56:25 – Steve Jobs publishes some ‘thoughts on Flash’… many, many thoughts on Flash
00:58:21 – Adobe’s CEO: Jobs’ Flash letter is a ‘smokescreen’ for ‘cumbersome’ restrictions
01:17:03 – RIM shows off BlackBerry 6 on video
01:19:40 – BlackBerry Bold 9650 hands-on: yeah, it’s a Tour with an optical pad
01:19:50 – BlackBerry Pearl 3G first hands-on!
01:22:28 – Engadget app update: iPhone app passes the 1m download mark, Android and webOS get an update!
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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Laptops, Tablet PCs, Wireless, Internet
Engadget Podcast 194 – 04.30.2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple, love it or lump it, has seen some big numbers lately:
one million App Store apps downloaded,
ten billion iTunes, and now it looks like the company can claim to be the number one phone maker in the US. According to
Forbes, Apple sold 8.8 million iPhones in the first quarter, as opposed to 8.5 million mobile devices sold by Motorola — quite a slide when you figure that four years ago the company moved something like 46.1 million in Q1. If that ain’t enough to give Motorola pause, industry analysts IDC have issued a report stating that, while the mobile phone industry continues to recover (growing almost 22 percent in Q1) Motorola has been knocked out of the top five worldwide mobile vendors by RIM. We guess the next question is, will
Motorola’s all-Android, all-the-time strategy be enough to bring it back into the big leagues?
Apple #1 US phone manufacturer, RIM enters top 5 worldwide, Motorola feels the burn originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Need another reason to plop down a hundred bucks for a
Chumby One? How about the fact that it can be turned into a 3G router without so much as a few minor tweaks? Of course, you’ll also need a 3G USB modem, but the only other modifications required are a few changes to the Network Config settings, and a quick command in the drop-down console to configure the Chumby One as an access point. Add in a rechargeable battery and you’ve got a genuine MiFi alternative — albeit perhaps the bulkiest one ever, which may or may not last for more than an hour. Hit up the link below for the complete details.
Secrets of the Chumby One: it can be turned into a 3G router originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Considering the almost complete absence of love in the commercial marketplace for Moorestown and Moblin — and the fact that there’s no sign of MeeGo building serious momentum just yet — we’re sure that Intel would’ve just loved for the drop-dead-sexy GW990 to serve as the platform’s crown jewel for 2010. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen, because we’ve just been able to confirm that the 4.8-inch beast (and potential Dell Mini 5 foil) has been wiped off the product roadmap. Though we don’t know exactly what happened, the fact that Moblin is effectively dead and MeeGo isn’t ready for prime time might be part of LG’s justification for killing it off; if you might recall, the GW990 was introduced before MeeGo was official, and the original plan was to have it on the market in the second half of this year. Then again, this might be just as well — we weren’t impressed by the fact that LG was positioning the phone as a closed device back at CES, and there are still plenty of open questions as to how Intel and Nokia plan to offer apps on MeeGo — so let’s just hope this form factor reemerges from LG’s labs soon enough, yeah?
Confirmed: LG’s Moorestown-based GW990 won’t be made originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels — with the unique wit and insight only he can provide.
I’ve been a technology industry analyst for some time now, and I can tell you that the benchmark of a great analyst is the quality of the advice you give based on how well you’re able to forecast trends. In my tenure, my team hasn’t often been wrong. But let me share a secret — here’s one where we totally missed the ball.
A vendor — who shall remain nameless — briefed us in the late 90s with the idea of creating a line of PCs targeted at a mass market audience, with a special focus on the female demographic. The idea was to build PCs in a range of and shapes and focus the marketing efforts through places like Cosmo instead of the usual PC magazines. We were asked to evaluate the plan, and without the slightest hesitation I responded that it was the dumbest idea I’d ever listened to — period. (This is the tact that only an analyst can bring to the table.) I recall saying something to the effect of no user will ever buy a PC because it comes in five delicious flavors. The vendor forgot all about their plans and our analysis proved accurate — until Steve Jobs and the iMac came along. If I had to put a stake in the ground that’s when technology became fashionable.
Continue reading Entelligence: Technology is fashion and the new fashion is technology
Entelligence: Technology is fashion and the new fashion is technology originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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