Engadget Podcast 180 - 01.22.2010

Plug into the latest Engadget Podcast for the lowdown on all the hottest, dirtiest, nastiest Apple Tablet rumors! Too hot for text! If you don't get down with the Crowd from Cupertino you can also feast your ears on sultry Finnish imports, steamy webOS reviews, and yeah, even some wild and wooly Windows Mobile wishes! FREE for a limited time only. Featuring Chris "Zazzle" Ziegler. Void where prohibited.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Guest: Chris Ziegler
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Electrodreams - Where It's At

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01:50 - Nokia N900 review
13:40 - Nokia Ovi Maps with free turn-by-turn navigation hands-on
13:49 - Nokia offering free turn-by-turn navigation on smartphones globally (updated)
19:32 - Palm Pre Plus (and Pixi Plus) review
29:40 - Palm Pre Plus shows off multitasking upgrade with 50 simultaneous apps (video)
31:10 - The Engadget Show - 005: Google's Erick Tseng, CES wrap-up, WiDi, AR.Drone, and more!
31:15 - Next Android version will be called Froyo, says Erick Tseng
31:37 - Windows Mobile 7 megarumor: LG Apollo and HTC Obsession running flagship '720p' specs, Zune Phone Experience
32:40 - Microsoft's Twitter chatter suggests Danger is up to something -- Pink drawing near?
34:10 - It's on: Apple holding January 27th event to show off its 'latest creation'
36:00 - Apple rumor roundup: pipe dreams, Lala's role and Verizon's iPhone 4G
38:00 - WSJ: Apple tablet to have books, games, music, TV, will make sandwiches
40:00 - Apple Tablet rumor roundup: summer 2010 edition
42:00 - Apple rumor roundup: future of media edition
45:00 - WSJ: Apple and HarperCollins negotiating e-book deal for tablet
47:40 - Next week's Apple event to be iLife / iPhone OS 4.0 / tablet trifecta?
56:30 - Apple rumor roundup: iPhone patent 4.0 edition



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[RandoMonkeyz Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:13PM]

Never listened a podcast. Is it any good?

[Kirtay Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:26PM]

@RandoMonkeyz They're hilarious, worth every second, in my opinion.

[werty1432k Posted Jan 22nd 2010 7:45PM]

@Kirtay +1

[FORDY Posted Feb 12th 2010 6:51AM]

@RandoMonkeyz An example of something hilarious, bear in mind, this podcast was before the Apple press conference.

Episode 180, 55:33

Nilay: "I tell ya one thing, it's not gonna be called the iPad. I tell ya that right now."

I relistened to this yesterday - funniest thing in quite a while.

[Johnny Ive Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:17PM]

Thanks Trent!

[Vicada Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:21PM]

Notice any fruit-related pattern in the second half of the topics?
I'm just sayin', Engadget, respect ;D

[Kirtay Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:27PM]

How long does it take iTunes to get the podcast, usually?

[FORDY Posted Feb 12th 2010 6:52AM]

@Kirtay Couple days.

[glenskey Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:28PM]

is "Zazzle" an internal name, chris?

:)

[S4Rs Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:32PM]

What if the Apple tablet was like an iMac turned lenovo smartbook.

iMac with touchscreen, battery, and accelerometer. Access to the app store. Itunes gets books and mags, maybe a subscription model. Be productive at the desk, or read a book on the couch. OS X with a new front row app. Kinda like a Macbook air, meets iMac as far as looks.

[wowgold Posted Feb 23rd 2010 8:32PM]

@S4Rs
Thanks

http://www.aion-gold.eu

[Kirtay Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:33PM]

Chrizazzle.
It flows.

[triplea Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:45PM]

I totally disagree with Maemo 5 resembling S60. Aside from the icons it's totally different.

[Lavoe Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:51PM]

Agree the N900 is missing some features.. but too difficult to use!?
And similar to s60!?!? What the hell are you people smoking :-)). I never wanted a grandma phone, and neither should you ;-)

[gargle Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:52PM]

Geez they're going to (or not going to) announce the apple tablet or iphone or whatever in only 5 days.. just give the rumors a break, stop speculating, and be patient. I'm also curious as to what it will be, but i'm not losing sleep over it.

[Johnny Rockets Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:59PM]

Wow, is that... BECK??!?!

[Ioncloud9 Posted Jan 22nd 2010 5:59PM]

From the descriptions it looks like "apple" "tablet" and "iphone" is pretty much what they talk about most. Word of the week guys: OVERSATURATION.

[COCOViper Posted Jan 22nd 2010 6:47PM]

Thanks for the timely upload guys!

[werty1432k Posted Jan 22nd 2010 7:47PM]

Thanks for doing these podcasts guys! Enjoy them a lot!

[werty1432k Posted Jan 22nd 2010 8:10PM]

@werty1432k 1 more thing, I need you guys to know that you are pronouncing "Cydia" wrong. It's not pronounced 'sigh-d-a' it's pronounced 'Sid-y-aa'.

[icanhazwm7plz Posted Jan 22nd 2010 8:03PM]

omg. there are actual specs of wm7 devices (amazing specs!) and rumors that actually come from reputable sources! Yet you mention wm7 for less than 3min but speculate on Apple bs for over 20? I'm aware that this site has a bias but this is ridiculous

[Nilay Patel Posted Jan 23rd 2010 4:24AM]

@icanhazwm7plz They're great specs, I totally agree with you. But there's no WM7 announcement scheduled next week -- or ever, actually -- and people were screaming for us to talk about Apple.

We'll give WM7 the attention it deserves when it's warranted, I don't think you can fairly accuse us of ignoring it at the expense of the Apple situation.

[icanhazwm7plz Posted Jan 23rd 2010 5:39AM]

@Nilay Patel Ok. it's your podcast lol. I love the site, i guess the amount of attention is justified by the much sooner announcement

[oldpass56 Posted Jan 24th 2010 9:20AM]

@icanhazwm7plz
I love it when Engadget editors put commenters in their place...

[ascxiii Posted Jan 22nd 2010 10:34PM]

Paul's prediction/wish for what the new Apple device might be is the best I've heard yet. Before I heard that I wasn't sure why anyone might want such a device, but if they make something like he described people will want it and they will sell tons of them.

[jakeZ Posted Jan 23rd 2010 9:18AM]

I agree. People, spend 500.00 on an unlocked phone and get a cheap data plan. You can get unlimited data on several carriers for 50 dollars a month. Getting a two or three year contract paying 100 dollars a month for as long as you have a device in, sorry, stupid. The data plan savings will pay for the device in months.

[mmoylan Posted Jan 23rd 2010 11:55AM]

What is wrong with you editors, how is using the app repositories on n900 difficult and inelegant I think it is better than an app store, you add the repositories that you want (which there are 3 maemo.org repos maemo, testing, and devel, you can also add the maemo2008 repos) but then you can search and browse by category how did you describe it as archaic, application repositories are the best way to push apps, because you can do modular apps where an app has a dependency on another it will download that too. I also disagree about the fact that it not really phone, the phone/contact/communications functions are the best I have used on any phone, with the exception there are better email devices

[mmoylan Posted Jan 23rd 2010 12:14PM]

@mmoylan also you guys said wait till the n900 has 50 apps and then try I have 87 apps installed on my n900 and there are hundreds of installable apps especially if you pull the old maemo repos

[makatony Posted Jan 23rd 2010 3:31PM]

Im having probs with the podcasts. "too many redirects" error in my podcast software :/

[Slick Posted Jan 23rd 2010 7:26PM]

Sooo, this is a really stupid question, and feel free to roast me after.

How do you get these damn podcasts to load into songbird (The subscription method that is.)?

[Mr w00t Posted Jan 24th 2010 3:37AM]

Let me get this straight...

The guy that wrote the review of the N900 has spent very "few time" with it? And the contributor,Chris Ziegler, knows much more about the device than all of the other 4 people combined?

Is there a Chris Ziegler podcast somewhere?

[nutela Posted Jan 25th 2010 2:05PM]

Please use a pop-filter before the mic guys (esp. Joshua), it really distracts when listened on bigger speakers with better bass, much appreciated!

[nutela Posted Jan 25th 2010 2:10PM]

What? You're using Flash but can't jump to a time? Wtf, ditch it, p-lease!

[komey9 Posted Jan 26th 2010 11:59AM]

what song was the opening of the this podcast sampling?

[tront Posted Jan 26th 2010 12:14PM]

@komey9 beck!

[FerrumMihi Posted Jan 31st 2010 4:00PM]

@Nilay Patel "I'll tell you one thing, its not going to be called the iPad" --- I wish it were true...