http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/ Engadget Comments for Engadget Podcast 132 - 02.06.2009 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/Feb 6th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/Feb 6th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/Feb 6th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/Feb 6th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/Feb 6th 2009 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/engadget-podcast-132-02-06-2009/I'm hoping that we won't see as much of Windows Starter Edition due to the hardware limitations that you all talked about.
As far as resistive vs capacitive, we're able to fabricate capacitors at much smaller sizes than resistors reliably (IC design does its best to leave resistors out.). As such, you would be able to make a more responsive touchscreen with capacitors. At least, this is what my undergraduate education in Electrical Engineering has taught me.

I have a question for the editors: The Kindle 2 might be a cool device, but are e-readers really compelling yet? If so, why haven't they gotten more popular? If not, where do they need to improve before we start using them? We've seen devices like netbooks explode, with everyone and their mothers manufacturing one, but as far as I know, the only consumer e-readers that have any kind of marketing or buzz are the Sony reader and the Kindle (2). What gives?]]>Feb 11th 2009 7:48PM