Engadget Podcast 167 - 10.16.2009

Everyone all strapped in? Okay, take a deep breath. Now exhale....slowly. It's the Engadget Podcast. Just what you need after a tense week of work, school, and being extremely worried about a boy who was not actually trapped in a killer spaceship balloon. Instead, join Josh, Paul and Nilay as they break down the week in news, starting with the Sidekick situation and cruising past the Motorola CLIQ, the BlackBerry Storm 2, Walt Mossberg's disregard for anything not the iPhone, and wrapping up with the rumored Barnes and Noble ebook reader and the runup to Windows 7. There -- don't you feel better?

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Raulever - Chips Don't Lie

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00:01:29 - Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick customer data
00:18:22 - Motorola CLIQ review
00:37:50 - Vodafone puts BlackBerry Storm2 up for 26 October preorder
00:38:34 - Walt Mossberg leaks the BlackBerry Storm 2
00:46:53 - Barnes & Noble twin-screen e-reader revealed early?
00:47:49 - Plastic Logic deflates dreams, denies Spring 2010 release for color e-reader
00:53:27 - Barnes & Noble hosting event on October 20: ebook a lock?
00:54:30 - New Adamo XPS image takes a stand
00:59:30 - Windows 7-branded 'Family Guy' special to air November 8th
01:00:51 - Acer Aspire 5738PG wants you to reach out and touch its screen
01:01:00 - HP TouchSmart 300 and 600 bump the software to the next level, tx2 comes along for the ride


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[koud Posted Oct 16th 2009 4:50PM]

why it takes so much time for this to be posted to the rss? i downloaded this podcast some hours ago by manually changing the download link from the last podcast to 167... else it becomes kind of late to listen here in europe!

[applebottom1976 Posted Oct 17th 2009 3:35AM]

Cool podcast

[Euclid Posted Oct 17th 2009 7:59AM]

stock android has display groups for contacts: all contact, my contacts, starred contacts, contacts with phone numbers

[PrinceAli Posted Oct 17th 2009 3:23PM]

I was just going to say that. I've had no problem with maintaining my google contacts on my G1 and in gmail. Now, if motorola is including facebook, twitter, etc. I agree, they should have a "gatekeeper" option. In fact they should call it Gatekeeper!

[phearme Posted Oct 22nd 2009 8:17AM]

cool podcast as usual. will Josh ever be able to podcast without saying the words : slugish, capacitive, resistive, physical keyboard ? :-) would that be a dream becoming a nightmare...