Gadget Lab Podcast #74: Multimedia and…Mullets?
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This week’s Gadget Lab podcast zones in on multimedia players, starting with the new Cool-er e-book reader — a lighter, slimmer and cheaper alternative to Amazon’s Kindle. Then Danny Dumas weighs in on Sony’s new Series-X Walkman player. No, it doesn’t play cassette tapes; it’s actually an MP3 player with built-in FM and Slacker service.
Treading into the software world, we discuss the latest iPhone App Store drama. Apple rejected Me So Holy, an iPhone app that edits your mug to resemble a portrait of none other than Jesus Christ. Perhaps someone at Apple was offended? And in other App Store news, the new SlingPlayer iPhone app, which streams video from a Slingbox player plugged into your TV, can only work on Wi-Fi! Why? Because AT&T doesn’t want iPhone users hogging its 3G service watching TV.
Other than crippling SlingPlayer, AT&T neutered the Nokia E71x smartphone by removing a really cool button we loved in the phone’s predecessor: a toggle button. Danny tops off the podcast with an emo rant about the loss of this wonderful feature.
This week’s podcast features Dylan Tweney, Danny Dumas, Priya Ganapati and Brian Chen, with audio engineering by Fernando Cardoso.
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