Hasta La Gadget!

I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night. And when I say “tonight” I mean this, the second edition of the Engadget Podcast Show. And when I saw “night” I mean podcast show. There was so much news yesterday that we almost decided to just roll over and call it quits but lucky for you we ate a bunch of Emergen-C and powered through the news of day in a way only we can do. It’s a juicy one — promise!

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: I Gotta Feeling

00:04:41 – Live from Sony’s CES 2011 press event
00:09:05 – Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc announced, we go hands-on (update: video!)
00:11:24 – Kaz Hirai non-confirms the PlayStation Phone and tablet
00:12:55 – Sony adds three new Bloggie models, including the 1080p Bloggie 3D (update: hands-on video!)
00:14:15 – BlackBerry PlayBook preview
00:22:33 – BlackBerry 4G PlayBook coming to Sprint network this summer, obviously 4G compatible
00:24:30 – AT&T: both HSPA+ and LTE are ‘4G,’ 20 such devices planned for this year
00:26:12 – HTC Inspire 4G goes official on AT&T
00:27:55 – Samsung Infuse 4G for AT&T eyes-on (Update: video)
00:29:10 – Live from Motorola’s CES 2011 press event!
00:29:49 – Motorola Droid Bionic hands-on
00:29:55 – Motorola launches CLIQ 2 on T-Mobile
00:32:00 – Motorola’s dual-core Atrix 4G announced for AT&T
00:32:50 – Motorola Atrix 4G’s Laptop Dock and Webtop app turn your phone into a smartbook
00:35:55 – Motorola accessorizes Xoom tablet with docks, cases and keyboards
00:41:15 – Google shows off Android 3.0, the ‘Entirely for Tablet’ Honeycomb (video)
00:43:00 – Motorola Xoom first hands-on! (update: video!)
00:45:30 – T-Mobile G-Slate announced: 4G, Android 3.0, made by LG
00:51:35 – Live from Microsoft’s CES 2011 keynote
00:52:00 – 8 million Kinect sensors sold in first 60 days
00:53:00 – Netflix and Hulu Plus with Kinect coming this spring to Xbox 360
01:03:13 – Microsoft confirms ARM support is coming in Windows, will play nice with SoCs too
01:19:09 – Notion Ink Adam hands-on preview (video)

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The Engadget Podcast Show 002: CES 2011 Part 2 – 01.06.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve seen many arcade-style joysticks for video game consoles over the years, and the trend is making its way to the tablet market. The ThinkGeek Joystick-It attaches to your tablet’s screen in a position of your choosing so that you can game on your shiny new slate in a decidedly retro way. The joystick is all-aluminum, works with any game that has an on-screen control pad, and does its thing without the use of batteries. We don’t know how the device actually attaches to the display, but we do know that it is more aesthetically pleasing than other tactile control solutions we’ve seen at CES this year. The Joystick-It will cost $24.95 and be available by the end of January, so if old-school gaming is your thing, check out the demo video after the break.

[Thanks, Jessica]

Continue reading ThinkGeek Joystick-It brings arcade-style fun to your otherwise mundane tablet gaming experience

ThinkGeek Joystick-It brings arcade-style fun to your otherwise mundane tablet gaming experience originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Whoa, Nelly! We just made a beeline to Razer’s booth here on the CES show floor, and were presented with a fairly technical talk surrounding the newly launched Switchblade. While officially deemed a concept, we came away with a serious impression that Razer’s not investing loads of time and money on this just for kicks. In other words, we’d cautiously expect to see this thing on sale at some point next year — but let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. We spent a good half-hour toying with this Windows 7-based mini netbook, and we came away seriously impressed by what’s happening here. Head on past the break for more of our impressions.

Continue reading Razer Switchblade preview: 3G, Intel Oak Trail, almost definitely going on sale

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Seems like T-Mobile’s fed up with claims that its network isn’t truly 4G — starting today, it’s doubling the bandwidth of HSPA+ to 42 megabits per second as promised. They’ve conducting a live test in Las Vegas on the CES 2011 stage, playing some online multiplayer Need for Speed, but it won’t be limited to the City of Sin for long — fully two-thirds of its 200+ million person coverage zone will find blazing transfer speeds by the end of the year as the improvements roll out. Next stop — 650Mbps.

T-Mobile upgrading HSPA+ network to 42Mbps this year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, we can’t say we saw this one coming, but Skype has just dropped a bombshell right in the middle of CES — it’s announced plans to acquire rival video calling company Qik. No terms of the deal have been disclosed, but Skype says that the transaction is expected to close this month. According to Skype, the two companies will “focus on providing a richer, more integrated experience that will allow people globally to share experiences in real-time video across different platforms,” and it notes that Qik’s “deep engineering capabilities and strong mobile relationships will be an impressive complementary fit with Skype.” Head on past the break for the official press release.

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Skype announces plans to acquire Qik originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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