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Since we missed you so much last week we have prepared an Engadget Mobile Podcast MAXX Edition for you to feast your hungry ears upon: dial it in and be prepared to have your wildest mobile news fantasies unfold before you.

Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Tycho – Coastal Brake (Ghostly International)

00:02:12 – Samsung Galaxy Note II review
00:41:22 – LG Optimus G review: a quad-core powerhouse with Nexus aspirations
01:02:00 – T-Mobile schedules new product event on October 29th
01:17:25 – LG outs Jelly Bean update itinerary (for the Korean market, anyway)
01:23:05 – ASUS PadFone 2 hands-on in Taipei (updated with video)
01:34:30 – Droid RAZR HD and RAZR MAXX HD review
01:45:00 – KDDI unveils HTC J Butterfly (HTL21), the first phone with 5-inch 1080p display
01:57:30 – Samsung Galaxy S III mini pops up, we go hands-on (video)
02:09:10 – Hands-on with Google’s $249, ARM-based Chromebook (update: video)

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 155 – 10.21.2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Microsoft has finally revealed details on the pricing for the all-singing, all-dancing Surface RT. True to Steve Ballmer’s word, the Windows RT device is priced competitively with the iPad. It is, in fact, the same price as the entry-level, now not-so “new iPad” and with double the flash memory, an advantage that may change by the time the Surface ships.

The commercial shows off the device’s signature hardware features — the kickstand and touch keyboard cover — and plays up the “click” they make when they attach to the Surface, which is of course similar to the “click” made when an Apple Smart Cover connects to an iPad. And in a bit of irony for a product that is more focused on tapping than the mouse clicks of the desktop mouse, its campaign slogan is “click in.” (It also raises the question as to why people would be constantly attaching the sold-separately touch keyboard when it doubles as a cover, but it is a commercial after all.) While expensive relative to the price of the device, Microsoft’s keyboard covers represent an extension of one of Apple’s best-conceived iPad accessories (the Smart Cover) and far exceed one of Apple’s worst (the original iPad keyboard dock).

Continue reading Switched On: Sell the hardware, attract the apps

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Switched On: Sell the hardware, attract the apps originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Sunday stood by eyebrow-raising comments he made in May, insisting that he was praising immigrants when he compared selecting visa recipients to choosing a “good bird dog.”

“It was a compliment … They knew it was a compliment, they turned it into an insult because they’re professional hyperventilators,” the immigration hardliner said in an interview on Des Moines NBC affiliate WHO-TV, posted by a site run by the campaign of his Democratic opponent, Christie Vilsack.

King said at a town hall earlier this year that when picking a good bird dog, it is important to avoid choosing “the one that’s sleeping in the corner.” He then added that immigrants to the United States should be looked at in the same way.

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HOUSTON — Matt Schaub threw two touchdown passes, Arian Foster ran for two scores and the Houston Texans dominated a showdown of the AFC’s two teams, routing the Baltimore Ravens 43-13 on Sunday.

Johnathan Joseph returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown and the Texans (6-1) beat Baltimore for the first time in seven meetings. Antonio Smith had two sacks, J.J. Watt deflected the pass that led to Joseph’s interception and Houston’s defense returned to form after an embarrassing loss to Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay last week.

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Remember all those movies and TV series in which a FBI agent turned a completely blurred photo into a focused image by clicking one button? Remember how you sneered? Well, soon you will not be able to laugh at it anymore. This app lets you deblur any heavily blurred image just like that. More »