Engadget Podcast 174 - 12.12.2009

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You are on the internet, seeking entertainment. There is a grue here. Josh Topolsky, Paul Miller, and Nilay Patel are discussing the week in technology news, including the new Dell Vostro V13, the Barnes and Noble Nook, the CrunchPad / Joojoo, and the myth of the Apple Tablet.

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Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Ghostface Kilobyte - Jeopardy

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01:56 - Dell Vostro V13 hands-on impressions: 'yes'
10:16 - Barnes & Noble Nook review
16:25 - Major media giants to form joint venture for digital future, says WSJ
23:19 - Analyst noise: Apple tablet in March for $1k, publishers on-board, Verizon iPhone coming too
29:30 - Fusion Garage CrunchPad video conference liveblog
30:00 - Fusion Garage Joojoo tablet rises from the ashes of the CrunchPad
30:17 - Engadget talks Joojoo, Arrington, 3G, and more with Fusion Garage's Chandra Rathakrishnan
30:30 - Joojoo tablet hands-on (video)
43:23 - TechCrunch sues Fusion Garage over the Joojoo -- we break it down
52:47 - Apple countersues Nokia for infringing 13 patents

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[CoffeeCoffee Posted Dec 12th 2009 3:49PM]

You guys clearly have had way too much Zima.

[ch3burashka Posted Dec 12th 2009 3:57PM]

Does anyone know what happened to the Joystiq crew? There's no podcast and no explanation post.

[Mitch Posted Dec 12th 2009 4:49PM]

Vostro (pronounced VO‐stro) comes from the
Latin word for “yours.”

[Wwhat Posted Dec 13th 2009 5:56AM]

@Mitch
English language speakers have their very own way of pronouncing latin, which probably is not correct, even though it's a dead language and we don't know for sure of course.
So it's still in the open how you pronounce vostro.

[Mitch Posted Dec 13th 2009 12:45PM]

@Wwhat I got that from a .pdf from Dell about the Vostro line of computers.

[EASYxTARGET Posted Dec 12th 2009 5:05PM]

Thanks for not waiting 'till Monday to post this!

[Hotrod Posted Dec 12th 2009 6:29PM]

I wanna see the interview with Woz

[blueboy09 Posted Dec 12th 2009 8:02PM]

I like it when the podcasts are on time, but I understand that circumstances beyond you guys control do happen. I'm just glad that I can listen to you guys on my WinMo phone.

[VanVlack12 Posted Dec 13th 2009 1:19AM]

I though one of the main points of eink was the fact that it only needed power to change the image and no power after that. That way it lasts for days.

[Wwhat Posted Dec 13th 2009 6:02AM]

@VanVlack12
Good point, but people seem to be able to choose a phone that has 4 hour battery life because it's 'cool' over one that has a battery life of 5 days, so I guess for many that's negotiable.

Plus a LCD without backlight should last a while too, although the angle dependent viewing would make me personally frown on it, but that can be compensated for by using a slower technology instead of TN so the viewing angles are better.

[weirdFishes Posted Dec 13th 2009 6:23AM]

Good job on having Nilay's audio level equal to Josh & Paul's.

[Nerd With Out A Cause Posted Dec 13th 2009 7:35AM]

Are the cookies ok?

[Paul Miller Posted Dec 13th 2009 1:23PM]

@(Unverified) Only three burnt ones. You want them?

[pleasetakeabow Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:15AM]

Please for the LOVE of GOD, invest in some POP FILTERS FOR JOSH and NILAY!

[PapaSteveZ Posted Dec 14th 2009 12:20PM]

How many times are you going to make a joke about needing a noise from a segway? I've heard that in at least 3 pod casts in the past 5 months. Same joke. Every time. Either get your stupid button or stop making that joke. Its lame now.

[S4Rs Posted Dec 14th 2009 4:53PM]

I have fallen in love with Fusion Garage. I think Arrington did nothing but offer is persona as a selling means, and now he wants a ridiculous amount of profit on the device 50%. I bet Fusion Garage would of offered Arrington a reasonable amount of money (10% or less). Now Arrington is throwing together some bogus and expensive law suit cause he knows Fusion Garage cant afford it, will loose investors and may be forced to Arrington's terms or be forced to go Bankrupt. That is a plausibly scenario.

[PrinceAli Posted Dec 19th 2009 12:24AM]

It is possible to output 1080p video on an Atom processor, it all depends on your OS load. Bluray players have a much lower spec'ed processors then any Atom, but they use realtime OSes. Its possible that Fusion Garage is using realtime Linux (RT Linux). They obviously have a very slimmed down version of linux since they acheived a 9 second boot time.

You guys need someone a little more technical on your podcast for these issues :)

[otherman Posted Jan 1st 2010 12:55PM]

@PrinceAli
They need someone a little more technical in general... I've heard more than a few incorrect statements out of ignorance.