Engadget Podcast 155 - 07.17.2009

Paul picked a pretty good week to take a well-deserved vacation -- not a lot's gone down since the podcast crew last cozied up to their microphones. There were some big announcements, though: Comcast loaded up its On Demand Online offerings with a ton of partner announcements and Palm released the Mojo SDK (and the Pre was blocked from iTunes). On top of that, we saw some more shots of that mysterious slim PS3, Microsoft announced plans to open up retail stores, and Google Chrome remained a hot topic of conversation -- for Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates. Josh and Nilay are here to run it all down, settle in and hit play -- it's podcast time.


Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Superpowerless - Creep

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00:02:30 - CBS, Comcast On Demand Online partnership faces off premium vs. free internet streaming; 17 cable channels jump onboard
00:15:08 - Palm makes Mojo SDK beta and docs publicly available, officially opens developer floodgates
00:24:38 - iTunes 8.2.1 brings Pre's music syncing capability to a halt (updated)
00:43:05 - Probably-fake video of the PS3 slim surfaces
00:48:30 - Microsoft confirms retail stores coming this fall
00:49:30 - Microsoft exec says Apple asked them stop airing Laptop Hunters ads
00:51:54 - Bill Gates calls Chrome OS more of the same, "surprised people are acting like there's something new"
00:53:50 - Steve Ballmer calls Chrome OS "highly interesting," says Google "can't make up their mind"
00:58:15 - More alleged Chrome OS screenshots for your viewing pleasure
01:05:10 - Design your own Kindle (and win it) with Engadget, Amazon, and Adafruit Industries!


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[papari Posted Jul 17th 2009 5:39PM]

Thanks for the podcast. Good stuff, as usual.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2009 6:00PM]

O RLY?

[ThatGuy Posted Jul 17th 2009 6:57PM]

Damn it, my office keeps blocking the pod cast. Guess ill have to go back to being productive, lame.

[Ucbigmike20 Posted Jul 17th 2009 6:29PM]

@Joshua : I also live in Brooklyn and Cablevision is so much better. It's way faster (up to 100mbps) and you get access to their wifi network for FREE throughout all Brooklyn, Long Island. Also, they give out all their triple play customers, two free movie tickets EVERY WEEK.
What other ISP you know that give out so much for what you paying.
You missing out, buddy.

[wakeborder556 Posted Jul 17th 2009 6:33PM]

Stop talking about engadget mobile podcast when they dont even do one.

[fumjum Posted Jul 17th 2009 8:24PM]

They do too, they just haven't done one this month for some reason.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2009 9:16PM]

Really I love that this is a good long podcast and look forward to it every week. But why does Nilay always have to interrupt everyone? It's especially bothersome when it's done right when someone else is just beginning to make a point that maybe the rest of us want to hear. It almost makes the podcast need a moderator which would not be good.

[Toast Rack Posted Jul 17th 2009 10:33PM]

Thanks so much for putting the post text in the Lyrics metadata in the AAC stream so it appears on-screen on my iPhone while listening. Love it!

May I also request you append the other text including the Hosts, Producer, Song and definitely the Table of Contents including the times and post names. I know some of this is available in the chapter list, but on the iPhone you only see the first 3.5 words of each post name, which is often useless. I know the Lyrics are text-only, but just being able to read the contents, song name etc would be awesome!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2009 10:59PM]

If both Bill & Steve felt the need to put down Google Chrome OS you know that they must be worried & I'm now very interested to find out why. I'll be putting it on an IBM notebook I have lying around to confirm their worries.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2009 6:56AM]

Just speculation, but maybe it's because they make a competing operating system...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 18th 2009 10:02AM]

"look in your heart"
Hah!

[Pies Posted Jul 18th 2009 10:31AM]

I know it's a bit revolutionary, but I think Apple should think different as compared to Microsoft.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2009 8:06PM]

So.... what's a kerf(sp)?

[vrocker Posted Jul 22nd 2009 11:11PM]

KIRF = Keepin' It Real Fake