Hasta La Gadget!

It’s been one hell of a month, hasn’t it? New Palm phones, new iPhones, a big Kindle, that Natal thing… LL Cool J. Yes, a lot has happened in the past few weeks, and it’s tough to contain all of that activity inside one teensy podcast — but we’ve tried. Join Josh, Paul, and Nilay for another adventurous adventure through time, space, and love as they explore the deeper meanings of the cosmos, the universe, and consumer facing gadgetry. If you don’t love the way you feel after listening to this thing, you may already be a zombie.

Update: We had some issues with the MP3 of the podcast — should be working now. Ping us if you have trouble!

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Viva La Vida

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00:02:05 – iPhone 3G S review
00:13:47 – Video: Josh, Jimmy Fallon, and the iPhone 3 Ga-Speed
00:25:54 – MacBook Pro (mid 2009) in-depth impressions
00:41:30 – Nokia N97 hands-on and impressions
00:45:12 – LL Cool J’s hilariously aggressive N97 ad: “don’t call it a comeback”
00:50:20 – WebOS homebrewers say ‘Hello World!’ to Palm Pre
00:58:00 – Pre gets NES emulation in Linux; our thumbs are in for a world of hurt
00:59:18 – Amazon Kindle DX unboxing and hands-on!
01:06:30 – Project Natal basis for new Xbox console coming Fall 2010?
01:06:50 – Like weeds: new Natal Xbox rumor shot down, 3D Xbox rumor pops up to take its place
01:07:35 – Project Natal recognizing retail shelves in 2010, says Ballmer (update: maybe not)
01:09:50 – Johnny Chung Lee joins Project Natal team, puts Wii hacking experience to good use
01:13:17 – Olympus E-P1 ‘digital Pen’ gets official, so does our lust
01:15:25 – Olympus E-P1 video samples posted, camera turns up in ad-within-an-ad Blendtec spot
01:19:00 – Engadget Chinese goes hands-on with the Olympus E-P1
01:20:00 – Adamo redux: Dell teases new thin-and-light laptops in Paris with no specs

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Engadget Podcast 151 – 06.19.2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia’s Ovi Store duplicates one of N-Gage’s main lots in life — to serve as an over-the-air distribution channel of paid and trial apps — and in the long term, it certainly seems to make sense that Espoo would be looking to merge the two initiatives into one. The company hasn’t announced anything to the effect just yet (and even if it did, it’d have to find some creative way to duplicate N-Gage’s social aspect), but it’s now taken one small step by porting game trials over to the Ovi Store. If you want the full game you’ll still need to buy it using the N-Gage app, so the maddening duality of Nokia’s software strategy still basically continues as-is for the time being — let’s just hope this is a promising sign of things to come.

[Via Phone Arena and ZOMG its CJ]

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N-Gage trials make the leap to the Ovi Store originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia today announced two new handsets set to debut before the end of the year. The smartphone wars got a bit more heated today with Nokia’s announcement of the E72. The successor to the E71 adds 10.2Mbps HSDPA, a 5-megapixel camera, an optical navigation pad, and a 3.5-mm headphone jack. The phone is due out in the third quarter of this year for €350 ($489).

Also due out in Q3 is the 5530 XpressMusic features a 640 x 360 touchscreen, a 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash, and built-in Wi-Fi accessibility. The handset is set to retail for €199 ($278).

Seeing how these announcements are going down live in Singapore as we speak, we’ve got a few sources of live pictures of Nokia’s latest announcements coming in off the interwebs already; it’s all raw, unfiltered footage, but that’s exactly the way we like it around here. We won’t know for certain until we touch it, but at a glance, the E72 certainly looks like a worthy successor to one of the greatest phones Nokia has ever made, and the 5530 looks like the 5800 should’ve looked. What’s everyone thinking on these?

[Via The Nokia Blog]

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Nokia’s E72 and 5530 XpressMusic in the S60-powered flesh originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like the E71 is about to be upstaged as Nokia’s premier business-class smartphone — someone in Espoo’s just hit the corporate YouTube account with this promo video for an E72. Upgrades include a five megapixel camera, a relocated headphone jack, and what looks to be an optical mouse instead of a D-pad — a welcome upgrade for click-happy S60. That’s all we know for now, but we’re digging for more — check the video after the break.

Update: The YouTube video’s been pulled, but luckily the guys from IntoMobile snagged it.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Continue reading Nokia E72 leaks out in promo video form

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Nokia E72 leaks out in promo video form originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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