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Jul 08

Gadget Lab Podcast: Dell’s New Tablet, Sluggish iPhone Uploads and Apple TV

Posted in: Apple, apple tv, att, podcasts, tablets, Today's Chili

In this week’s Gadget Lab video podcast, Brian X. Chen and Priya Ganapati touch on more wireless woes reported by iPhone users.

Apparently in some cities, the iPhone’s upload speeds were slowing to a crawl. AT&T has responded and said the drop was due to a software bug that will be addressed — but not before angry conspiracy-theorist customers accused the telecom company of purposely capping speeds for the device.

In brighter news, Ganapati shares her hands-on experience with the Dell Streak, a 5-inch touchscreen tablet device that feels like a supersized smartphone. Perhaps Dell is aiming to offer a tablet that will actually fit in a woman’s purse, unlike the iPad?

And looking further in the future, Chen talks about recent credible rumors that the Apple TV may be getting a software overhaul to run iOS, the same operating system that powers iPhones and iPads. Such a change would pose interesting implications for videogames, TV apps and more.

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