http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/ Engadget Comments for Engadget Podcast 199 - 06.04.2010 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/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/ Just downloading now. I hope so. Tablets where the sick old man of the computing world and now they are the star. Amazing turn around since the ipads launch.
One thing I'm not getting though with mini tabs. Why the tyranny of the phone? I mean, any device that happens to have the capacity to make a call is deemed rediculous if it can't fit into a pocket. I have an iphone and talking on the phone is not the thing i use it for most. Everytime somone previews a device like the streak or a mini tab a bit bigger that can be used as a phone they seem to think they have to qualify their comments by mentioning how silly they might look etc. Screw that. I put function before form and I don't want my convergience device to be a 'phone first' and other things after. A phone can come third, fourth or fifth as far as I'm concerend.
Ok maybe it doesnt look so good holding a 7 inch tablet to your ear (from) but it doesn't feel so good to me to be doing (function) everything else on a phone sized device. I've had an iphone for six months now and it makes it far easier to check my emails and sort them but i tend to reply much less cause it's a pain to type long stuff out on the iphone.
I don't care if a 7 or 8 inch tablet phone looks unconventional. I'll make calls with it via a earpiece and mic. It's time to de prioritize the phone part of the device. Find ways to intergrate the phone comfortably and let the other functions shine rather than compromizing them so it can stil look like a phone. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Same with iTunes, it just takes a while for iTunes to pick it up off the RSS sometimes.. I have the same "issue" with my own podcast.]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/
Not in the MP3 rss feed either..]]>Jun 4th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 5th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/
Not all of us with gadget lust have the means to support our habits. (which is why kin will certainly fail, btw, among other reasons. high schoolers would much rather spend $80/month on weed, alcohol, and clothes than a phone)]]>Jun 4th 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Maybe not, phones are absolutely a fashion statement, of course the kin is the equivalent of wearing genie pants. But social networking is extremely important to that demographic and they are on to something, they just didn't approach it in the right way. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/By the way Joanna do you think it kind of tastes like chicken?]]>Jun 4th 2010 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Never went to a general respectable Taiwanese restaurant that served pig intestines, fish balls, and frog legs.
They're feeding the white people leftovers, guys! Next time, if you want the good stuff, have an Asian with you.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Once again Fish balls are a very popular Cantonese cuisine and pig intestines are fairly popular in numerous cultures around the world including African American soul food style cooking.]]>Jun 4th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Can you guys update the RSS feed for this faster? I don't recieve the podcast until the end of the day or next. =/]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/
Same here... frustrating]]>Jun 5th 2010 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 5th 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Canvas]]>Jun 4th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/
Its so easy to make the case for watching everything on demand now, in the area i'm living basic cable starts at $60 per month, but you can get a 12.5Mbps connection for $45. Its really a no-brainer, especially if the sports organizations and HBO started selling subscriptions for online viewing.]]>Jun 4th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/
awesome]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 4th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/ Well, I want one. And based on the buzz around the Streak lot's of people want a 5 to 7 inch tablet/phone.
To me my iphone is other things first and the phone part is an equal or lesser part of the whole. Sure the screen is too small for me to really enjoy games (apart from 'Parachute'), the key board is too small for me to really get into typing, the camera is not good enough etc but i'll take all those trade offs against having to carry five devices.

I would not ask the question 'who wants to have a seven inch phone' as a means of implying that it's a bit rediculous. I would ask the question 'Who wants to have a four inch tablet' as a way of saying that it's rediculous to be doing all that stuff on such a small screen.
Until now we didn't have a choice and the smart phone market is still new so the wow factor has given the fact that they are too small a pass. But now that the Streak and even bigger tablet phones are available i say that having 'everything' else shrunken just so it can fit the old paradigm of what form factor the phone part should be in unacceptable. If i could make calls with an ipad i'd just use that as my phone. As it is i'm looking carefully at the Streak but would really like a tablet/phone with a seven inch screen.]]>Jun 5th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/You posted the podcast on the site but didn't update the feed. And when I look you up on Doubletwist, the episodes are from 2009.
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Paul: great analogy of organic food]]>Jun 6th 2010 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 8th 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/Jun 8th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/engadget-podcast-199-06-04-2010/
I don't use an ad blocker.]]>Jun 11th 2010 1:29PM