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This is an incredibly well-rounded and insightful double podcast. It is so well-rounded and insightful that it looks like it might turn into a triple podcast and is, quite frankly, the best podcast the Engadget Podcasters have ever seen.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Double Rainbow

00:02:33 – Panasonic’s new Lumix lineup: LX5, FZ40, FZ100, FX700, and TS10 all official
00:06:52 – Canon developing smaller DSLRs to compete with mirrorless cameras?
00:07:00 – Nikon planning “new concept” mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras with enhanced video modes
00:21:12 – New Xbox 360 4GB ships August 3rd for $199, Kinect standalone priced at $149, bundle coming this holiday for $299
00:30:48 – webOS 2.0 coming ‘later this year,’ says HP’s Rubinstein
00:30:58 – HP Slate no longer a consumer product, will arrive for enterprise this fall
00:31:24 – HP files for ‘PalmPad’ trademark — a webOS tablet, perhaps?
00:31:35 – HP Slate 500 with Windows 7 surfaces on HP’s site
00:31:54 – HP confirms that Slate is still kicking, ‘next steps’ being determined
00:41:52 – HP CEO: Palm could end up a ‘sub-brand’ of the company
00:46:41 – Samsung Galaxy S review shootout: Captivate for AT&T and Vibrant for T-Mobile
00:48:14 – Dell Streak review redux: thoughts from the New World
00:48:41 – Nexus One is sold out in Google’s store — forever
00:56:32 – Motorola mini Droid slider caught by Mr. Blurrycam
00:59:07 – Droid 2 being prepared for launch, set to arrive August 23rd?
01:00:29 – Apple posts record $3.25b profit in first full quarter of iPad sales, says more ‘amazing products’ coming this year
01:00:48 – Apple begins iPhone 4 Case Program: apply for your free case or Bumper now
01:01:26 – Apple delays white iPhone a second time, won’t ship until ‘later this year’
01:03:08 – Apple starts refunding Bumper purchases automagically
01:07:45 – AT&T announces 26 percent earnings growth for Q2, $4b profit
01:16:28 – Droid X users gobbling up 5x the data of other Verizon smartphones
01:18:00 – Microsoft reports $4.5b in profit, a record $16.04b in revenue
01:18:30 – Steve Ballmer feeling pressure at Microsoft for stagnating share price?
01:18:48 – Kin listed as at least $240 million writeoff in Microsoft earnings report
01:21:44 – Microsoft to employees: ‘everybody gets a Windows Phone 7!’
01:21:50 – Microsoft wants employees to code Windows Phone 7 apps ‘in their spare time’

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Engadget Podcast 206 – 07.24.2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Talk about a bad time to introduce your latest camcorder. Hot on the heels of Sony’s category-redefining NEX-VG10, Canon is coming out with a humble refresher of its VIXIA line of consumer shooters (known as Legria in Europe). It’s as incremental as upgrades get, with the HF M32 doubling its predecessor’s 32GB of internal storage and adding in SDXC memory card compatibility. Canon’s Relay Recording feature will allow you to transition from one storage cell to another without interrupting your video, but it’s something the M31 already offers. The rest of the specs are also familiar: a HD CMOS sensor capable of 3 megapixel stills, a 15x optical zoom lens with both optical and powered image stabilization, a 2.7-inch touchscreen LCD with Touch and Track functionality, and the same DIGIC DV III processor that’s been knocking about since last year. Still, you’ve gotta be pretty good to last that long in this industry, so maybe it’s worth giving this camera a look if you have $1,000 to spend and can wait for a September delivery.

Continue reading Canon VIXIA HF M32 adds SDXC compatibility, has 64GB of its own flash anyway

Canon VIXIA HF M32 adds SDXC compatibility, has 64GB of its own flash anyway originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When we asked fine readers like yourself how you’d improve the EOS-1D Mark IV and Rebel T2i not a soul mentioned manually exposed video, but if you were personally plagued by a jittery aperture when shooting said footage with certain lenses (a bug that previously appeared in the 5D Mark II) you’ll be happy to hear Canon diligently decided to fix the issue anyhow. The 1.0.8 firmware updates for both aforementioned DSLRs are now available at our source link, but unless you’ve personally had a problem they may not be worth your time; Canon’s changelog shows aside from fixing a few menu misspellings, the new code does absolutely nothing else.

Canon updates EOS-1D Mark IV and Rebel T2i / 550D firmware, squashes manual exposure movie bug originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I’m riding shotgun in a surprisingly roomy helicopter cockpit with Vincent Laforet, one of the foremost practitioners of DSLR video, over New York City. I’ve never ridden in a helicopter. The asphalt below fades from black to grey. More »

Sure, we all like reading reviews of high-end compact shooters, like the Olympus E-PL1 and Ricoh’s transforming GXR, but, when it comes to actually putting down the credit card most folks go with something a bit more… frugal. So, Digital Camera Resource Page has created the 2010 Budget Camera Shootout, which includes eight cameras in the $150 to $180 range with tiny cases and 4 or 5x zoom lenses. Contenders include the Olympus FE-4030, Samsung SL600, and Canon SD1300. It’s perhaps no surprise that the PowerShot, long king of the budget roost, comes out on top, but we won’t spoil the rest of the rankings, which do include some unexpected performances, and should enable your buying with confidence for this summer’s shooting season — without blowing your budget.

Budget compact shootout finds the best little digicams for your buck originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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