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Dang, this week was full of so much juicy stuff we just couldn’t wait to stop writing about it and start chatting about it. Seriously, we didn’t realize how crazy the week was until Nilay started talking about beautiful handcuffs. It’s kind of hard to explain, so best to just go ahead and hit that LISTEN link down below. It’s the Engadget Podcast.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Guest: Chris Ziegler
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Fireflies

00:02:55 – Nokia’s VP of Design has a plan to crack the US market with MeeGo, and we’re all accomplices
00:04:22 – Stephen Elop chants ‘Developers, developers, developers’ to close Nokia World (video)
00:09:50 – Nokia E7 first hands-on
00:11:43 – Video: Nokia E7 demoed live at Nokia World
00:16:10 – Nokia hires Peter Skillman, former Palm Design VP, as MeeGo user experience chief (update: confirmed)
00:20:15 – Nokia C6-01 first hands-on
00:22:55 – Nokia C6-01 hands-on redux: if this is recycled metal, count us in
00:23:31 – Nokia CBD vs. Apple Retina… display fight!
00:24:49 – Live from HTC’s London 2010 launch event
00:25:37 – Nokia crashes HTC’s London event with red balloons, hate
00:27:30 – HTC Desire HD first hands-on!
00:28:50 – HTC Desire Z hands-on (update: more pics and video)
00:31:05 – HTCSense.com will backup and remotely locate / wipe HTC devices
00:31:55 – HTC Sense’s new map pre-caching demoed on video
00:35:58 – Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 to be GSM-only until first half of 2011
00:36:15 – Verizon won’t sell Windows Phone 7 until 2011
00:37:50 – HTC HD7 resurfaces on a T-Mobile accessories list, could be with us by November 1
00:39:16 – Microsoft demoes Twitter and Netflix apps for Windows Phone 7, releases final dev tools
00:41:35 – Is this HTC Sense on Windows Phone 7? (update: and is this HTC’s Hub?)
00:48:05 – Skyhook: Google forced Motorola to drop our location service, delay the Droid X
00:56:45 – Official: Samsung Galaxy Tab headed to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon
00:57:15 – Sprint Samsung Galaxy Tab won’t have 4G
00:57:50 – Samsung Galaxy Tab loses voice capabilities in the US
00:58:15 – Samsung Media Hub: movies and next-day TV shows from NBC, Paramount, Universal, and more
00:58:45 – Samsung Galaxy Tab for US (and Media Hub) hands-on (update: video!)
00:59:30 – Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi-only version coming, 3G versions almost certain to require contracts
01:12:23 – iOS 4.2 on iPad preview (video) (updated)
01:12:53 – iOS 4.2 beta hits Apple’s developer portal, wireless printing dubbed ‘AirPrint’
01:18:05 – Dell’s Atom-powered Inspiron Duo: 10-inch / tablet hybrid with a crazy swivel (update: more video and detailed press photo!)
01:19:00 – Dell Inspiron Duo touched for the very first time
01:20:38 – Acer Revo 2 with RevoPad sports Intel CE4100, Windows Media Center Embedded, and a slide-out touchpad with disappearing keys (update: more video)
01:20:57 – ASUS’ Intel CE4100 Companion Box with Windows Media Center Embedded, there and back (to the ether) again
01:22:53 – Nikon D7000 DSLR hands-on
01:23:20 – Nikon D7000 brings 39-point AF, 1080p video, and magnesium alloy construction to $1,200 price point
01:25:35 – Angry Birds for BlackBerry finally released!
01:28:20 – PlayStation Move on sale now at Amazon

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Engadget Podcast 213 – 09.18.2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Surprise surprise, the Webkit interface-packing TomTom Go Live 1000 just hit European shelves earlier this month and now it’s popped up at the FCC complete with a user manual and a posse of mysterious brethren dubbed the GO 1000, GO 7100 and GO LIVE 9100. Clearly the lack of Live in two of the titles implies they won’t feature TomTom’s real-time traffic updates, but it’s still unclear how any will compare to the Go Live 1000′s 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen and 500MHz ARM11 processor hardware– which we experienced mixed results using during our early hands on with a prototype. Two new Magellan models listed as the RoadMate 9020 and 9055 also have surfaced with very few details, however considering their high model numbers we’re guessing they’ll be top of the line devices. Looking at the ruler in the included 9055 photos does roughly hint it has a 5-inch screen though — exciting, we know. There’s also no mention in any of the documentation about new systems to prevent dumb couples from off-roading in the Oregon wilderness. So much for safety in new technology eh?

TomTom Go Live 1000 plus future Magellan units hit FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s yet another fine preview of the inevitable robot apocalypse — car-assembling arms in the city center overlooking us feeble humans. For now, though, these machines are merely part of an Kram/Weisshaar art installation dubbed Outrace. Throughout the week-long London Design Festival, you can go to Outrace.org to submit a short text message that you wish to be displayed in Trafalgar Square, and with a bit of luck, the monitoring staff will pick up your greeting. What happens next is that the eight LED-equipped Audi robot arms will start scribing your message in the air, which is then captured by the 36 long-exposure cameras surrounding the stage (even during the day, courtesy of welding glass filter), and it’ll end up on the LED board as pictured. Stuck outside London? Fret not, as you can see the beasts in action via the website’s live video stream, or you can watch bullet-time videos of each message on Outrace’s YouTube channel — we’ve got one for you guys in both clips after the break. Enjoy!

Continue reading Audi robot arms take over London, write messages with LEDs day and night (video)

Audi robot arms take over London, write messages with LEDs day and night (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember the mysterious reference to iProd 2,1 that appeared in the iPad’s code? We thought it might be a new CDMA or camera-equipped iPad, but it just might have been the new iOS-based Apple TV instead. Diving through the iOS 4.2 beta, a TUAW tipster allegedly uncovered the above key, which hints that we might have been right about the device’s app potential all along. Though Apple may rely on a simpler media streaming UI for the home theater to enhance accessibility and ease of use, there’s always the chance the community might jailbreak the $99 set-top box to do far greater things. While you wait with bated breath for confirmation of this wondrous possibility, why not check out our Apple TV hands-on?

New Apple TV’s iOS can be jailbroken and made to run apps? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feline-powered humidifier pales in comparison to Alice B. Toklas’ catnip brownies originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Did you find the iLoveHandles iPod nano wrist strap a little bit too restrained? Never fear, Incipio has served up this new Linq case, which swells up the 6th-gen nano with an ostentatiously rugged shell, a velcro strap, and a couple of daring new color options. Whether you’re a fan of baby pink or macho blue, there will be a Linq… just for you. Damn, you can build a whole advertising campaign around that. Anyhow, this new take on the iWatch concept will be available early next month for $25 with additional straps setting you back another $10. Or you can just buy a real watch — the choice, as always, is yours.

Continue reading Incipio Linq keeps the iPod nano watch craze going with $25 ‘carrying solution’

Incipio Linq keeps the iPod nano watch craze going with $25 ‘carrying solution’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel CTO Justin Rattner just described a future where your devices know more about you — not just “where you are,” but “where you’re going,” to use his words. Intel’s working on a context-aware API that uses not only physical smartphone and tablet sensors (like accelerometers and GPS) but also “soft sensors” including social networks and personal preferences to infer what you’re doing and what you like, and deliver these inferences to a “context engine” that can cater to your tastes. It’s presently being tested in an app by travel guide company Fodors on a Compal MID that dynamically delivers restaurant and tourism suggestions based on these factors, and also in a social cloud service (demoed on a prototype tablet) that can show you what your friends are up to (using game-like avatars!) on the go. Rattner told us that the API itself is not quite like the typical experiments out of Intel Labs — while there aren’t presently plans to make the API publicly available, he said the context engine was made to commercial software standards specifically so it could become a real product should the technology pan out.

Intel testing context-aware API for smartphones and tablet PCs, teams with Fodor on dynamic travel app originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Though arguably the most exciting thing about Ocosmos’s five-inch Oak Trail handheld is the promise of a pocket Zerg rush, there’s a good bit more to the OCS-1 than gaming prowess — it claims to be able to replace a full mouse and keyboard with just the two “OMOS Keys” on the front. Though they look like Sidekick II-era directional pads, they’re actually stacked two levels tall, with a D-pad on top of an PlayStation Portable-style analog nub that click and slide in each of eight directions (and press in like gamepad analog sticks) for 34 functions in total. That’s before we consider there’s also a pair of shoulder buttons, a volume rocker, a sliding QWERTY keyboard and a capacitive touchscreen to boot — and did we mention that the OMOS Keys themselves have multiple user / game profiles?

Continue reading Ocosmos OCS-1 and O-Bar eyes-on, plus a smattering of prototype sliders (video)

Ocosmos OCS-1 and O-Bar eyes-on, plus a smattering of prototype sliders (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Boy, did Dell show off the craziest device on stage at Intel IDF 2010. What started as a tablet device converted to a netbook just by opening to the keyboard and literally swiveling the screen from within the frame. This hybrid’sIt’s got a 10-inch screen, houses a dual-core Atom N550 and runs Windows 7 Premium and should ship by the end of this year. And if it looks at all familiar, that’s because we saw something eerily similar in a leak from April (hello, Sparta). Two more shots of its transformation after the break.

Continue reading Dell’s Atom-powered Inspiron Duo: 10-inch netbook / tablet hybrid with a crazy swivel

Dell’s Atom-powered Inspiron Duo: 10-inch netbook / tablet hybrid with a crazy swivel originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s September 15th somewhere, right? Er… right! At any rate, it looks as if the leaks we saw earlier this month were 99 percent accurate, with Olympus pulling the trigger this morning on its mid-range E-5 DSLR. Boasting a familiar design, this 12.3 megapixel shooter ups the ante with a 3-inch dual-axis swiveling LCD, a TruePic V+ image processor, full-time Live View system, splash and dustproof magnesium alloy body, 720p movie mode (Motion JPEG) with a 7 minute-per-clip maximum, in-body mechanical image stabilization and an 11-point auto focus system. There’s also wireless flash control, support for both CompactFlash and Secure Digital (SDHC / SDXC) cards and an ISO range from 100 to 6400. Unfortunately, this bad boy will set you back an almost unconscionable $1,699.99 for the body alone, which sure seems lofty given all the other options popping up. Something tells us you should wait for Photokina to conclude before pulling the trigger, but even if you managed to get a pre-order in, it won’t leave the docks ’til October.

Continue reading Olympus E-5 DSLR gets official: 12.3MP, 720p movie mode, swiveling LCD

Olympus E-5 DSLR gets official: 12.3MP, 720p movie mode, swiveling LCD originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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