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Check out our All Things D: D8 hub!

Laura June — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:01:00 EST

Couldn't get on the guest list for D8? Well then pop on over to our All Things D hub and check out all the news from D8 -- including Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Peter Chou and more!

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Engadget Podcast 199 - 06.04.2010

Trent Wolbe — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:13:00 EST

Conferences. Trade shows. Exotic locales. Special guests. Tablets. Fish legs. Tablets. Fish balls. Tablets. You know the drill.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Guests: Joanna Stern, Darren Murph
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Boys Don't Cry

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00:02:38 - Engadget dines at Taipei's Windows 7-themed restaurant (video)
00:06:05 - Windows 7 tablet roundup from Computex, nay Tabletex
00:07:03 - Microsoft's Guggenheimer dismisses Android on tablets as 'an experiment'
00:09:05 - Microsoft reveals Windows Embedded Compact 7 at Computex, hosts heaps of tablets
00:10:40 - Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 explained, trial download now available
00:12:10 - Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 not planned to hit tablets, Courier was always a concept
00:13:00 - NVIDIA CEO says Android is an OS to 'unite behind,' will be better tailored to tablets this Fall
00:13:40 - Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 tablet prototype preview
00:14:20 - Samsung Galaxy Tab revealed
00:17:10 - MeeGo Moorestown-powered tablet preview
00:18:40 - Pixel Qi introduces tablet-ready screens, we go hands-on (video)
00:23:40 - Exclusive: LG UX10 tablet preview at Computex
00:39:46 - Intel demos Android 2.1 on Moorestown smartphone (video)
00:41:45 - Qualcomm ships first dual-core Snapdragon chipsets clocking 1.2GHz
00:45:47 - Labor practice protest goes down at Computex, Steve Jobs called an 'OEM profit bloodsucker'
00:54:40 - Steve Jobs live from D8
01:02:57 - Steve Jobs' D8 interview: the video highlights (updated)
01:03:38 - Steve Jobs on Foxconn: 'We're all over this'
01:05:52 - Steve Jobs on lost iPhone 4G prototype: it's an 'amazing' story
01:14:45 - Steve Jobs on TV: 'no one wants to buy a box'
01:24:55 - Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie live from D8
01:25:06 - Jobs: The PC is a truck. Ballmer: There's a reason they're called 'Mac' trucks.
01:27:00 - Steve Ballmer at D8: the video highlights (updated)
01:38:38 - Kno dual-screen tablet appears at D8, we go hands-on

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Jobs: The PC is a truck. Ballmer: There's a reason they're called 'Mac' trucks.

Nilay Patel — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:34:00 EST

One of the more interesting exchanges at D8 actually happened across two days as both Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer were asked about the future of PCs: Jobs compared traditional computers and tablets to cars and trucks by saying most people will eventually only need tablets while some would still need the added utility of a PC, and Ballmer responded directly by saying, "Well, there may be a reason why they call them 'Mac' trucks!" Ballmer snap. When it comes right down to it, though, both CEOs expressed relatively similar visions about the prevalence and importance of multiple computing form factors in the future and mostly differed on semantics -- Ballmer came right out and said he thinks the iPad is actually a PC, and we're pretty sure Jobs thinks it... isn't. Check our edited video after the break to watch these two go at it across space and time, and then check our Ballmer liveblog / video highlights and Jobs liveblog / video highlights for more.

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Steve Ballmer at D8: the video highlights (updated)

Nilay Patel — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:11:00 EST

Steve Ballmer didn't say too much at D8 that we haven't heard him or others at Microsoft say in the past, but he's always an entertaining and interesting interview, and All Things Digital is upping the videos of Walt's session with Steve and Ray Ozzie now. Up first is a clip of Steve talking about how Microsoft is getting back into the mobile game and how RIM and Nokia are still formidable competitors, followed by Ray and Steve riffing on the potential of the cloud and how things can get even better for Microsoft. We'll add more as D's video people get them up -- check back!

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HTC's Peter Chou live from D8

Joshua Topolsky — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:47:00 EST

Check back at 11:30AM PT -- or a little later, it looks like they're running a bit late.

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Ballmer: Silverlight 'certainly doesn't run on the iPhone!'

Donald Melanson — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:57:00 EST

Walt: Does Silverlight run on Android or the iPhone?

Steve: It certainly doesn't run on the iPhone! My guess is if it did it would be blocked! That's just my guess!

Read more of what Ballmer had to say in our D8 liveblog.

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Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie live from D8

Joshua Topolsky — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:02:00 EST

Check back at 8:00AM PT!

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Coming up live from D8: Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie, then Peter Chou from HTC

Joshua Topolsky — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:25:00 EST

Hey humans -- listen up. We'll be liveblogging the next D8 session featuring Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie around 8:00AM PT (we'd like to give you more specific times, but they don't provide them). Then later on in the day, around 11:30AM PT, we'll hear from HTC head Peter Chou.

You can check in to the Ballmer liveblog right here, and the Peter Chou liveblog will be right here. See you then!

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Kno dual-screen tablet appears at D8, we go hands-on

Joshua Topolsky — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:16:00 EST

Kno promised to launch a double-screened Linux-based e-reader designed for students at D8, and the undercover startup didn't disappoint -- believe us when we say it came out in a big way. That's big as in freaking big: the Kno reader features dual 14.1-inch capacitive IPS displays (1440 x 900 each), weighs 5.5 pounds, and offers six to eight hours of battery life, all in a package that's so comically large we thought it was a joke when we first saw the press shots. Kno says it'll offer both pen and touch support, and it'll come with a stylus out of the box. Under the hood, it's running a Tegra 2 chip with 16GB of storage, and the entire experience is essentially a WebKit instance. Yes, it's sort of like the Courier, but larger -- much, much larger.

We had a chance to go hands-on with the device as well as speak to some members of the team developing the Kno, and while it's clear that there are major bumps in the UI and user experience, it seems like the company is aware of them. What we saw today was clearly unfinished, with a lot of laggy, stuttery behavior in the interface, a crash or two, and some very inaccurate finger tracking, but Kno says it's hard at work on eradicating those issues. Even with the UI fixes, it's a hard sell at "under $1000," but Kno is putting together partnerships with publishers to make that a little easier to swallow, as they say ultimately it will be less expensive than buying regular old text books. It's an audacious idea, for sure... and we're still completely confused by one of the company's press pics featuring a bunch of dudes running around in their underwear, but we digress. Check out some shots from the demo, PR pics, and our hands-on with the device below.

Gallery: Kno hands-on

Gallery: Kno eyes-on at D8

Gallery: Kno press pics

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Project Natal retail unit revealed at D8?

Joshua Topolsky — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EST

Hey -- you know Microsoft's Project Natal? Well we've just gotten an up close look at what appears to be the retail version (though it's clearly marked a developer unit). We couldn't storm the stage while Walt and Kara (and her son!) were showing it off, but no one seemed to mind that we took a load of these shots for your perusal. Check out gallery below for more pics!

Gallery: Project Natal retail unit revealed at D8

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Steve Jobs at D8: Foxconn, iPhone prototype, TVs, and more

Ross Miller — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:25:00 EST

In case you hadn't heard, Steve Jobs got downright conversational last night at D8, riffing on questions from Walt, Kara, and the attending audience of elites. You can hit up the entire liveblog for a timestamped play by play, or browse through some of the highlights below.

Gallery: Steve Jobs live from D8

We put some extra scintillating quotes after the break to shield the eyes of your children. Just a note, however: all of these are paraphrased quotes typed live as Steve was speaking, and not to be construed as the verbatim Word of Steve Jobs, though the gist is certainly there.

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Steve Jobs' D8 interview: the video highlights (updated)

Ross Miller — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:47:00 EST

Sure, you read our liveblog of Steve Jobs' D8 conference -- and believe us, it's heavily quotable -- but don't you want to see and hear the Apple CEO claim HyperCard was huge in its day? Or perhaps you're more interested in his thoughts on Flash, market cap, and the iPad origins -- either way, videos are after the break, with presumably more to come from All Things D.

Update: Four new videos have been added!

Update 2: Two new videos have been added!

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Steve Jobs live from D8

Joshua Topolsky — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:58:00 EST

The liveblog is happening now -- hit read more and get into it!

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Steve Jobs on TV: 'no one wants to buy a box'

Ross Miller — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:56:00 EST

Well isn't that a breath of fresh air. With no apologies given to its long-standing hobby, Apple CEO Steve Jobs provided a pretty honest and thorough assessment of what's wrong with the TV set-top box market. "No one wants to buy a box -- ask TiVo, ask Roku, ask us... ask Google in a few months" (in the spirit of competition, of course). In Jobs' opinion, "the only way that's going to change is if you tear up the [box], give it a new UI, and get it in front of consumers in a way they're going to want it." Frankly, we're pretty happy how quickly and succinctly he was able to respond in a Q &A session, seems like he's been mulling it over -- and given what we heard about Apple TV's future plans, we're not surprised. All the pertinent quotes, care of our liveblog, after the break.

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Steve Jobs: iPhone OS 'started on a tablet'

Laura June — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:06:00 EST

Well, Steve Jobs just dropped a little nugget of history on us during his chat with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the All Things D conference. When asked by Walt why they originally put their new OS on a phone and not a tablet, Steve said, "I'll tell you a secret. It began with the tablet." After working on the tablet OS which had a glass display and multitouch, another idea occurred to Jobs. "My God, I said, this would make a great phone ... so we shelved the tablet and built the iPhone." And there you have it.

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Steve Jobs: 'there might be' advantages to two iPhone carriers in US

Chris Ziegler — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:55:00 EST

At Steve Jobs' conversation with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at D8 this evening, the Apple boss just threw out this weighty little gem when asked whether there'd be advantages to deploying the iPhone on two American carriers: "there might be." Naturally, you can interpret that any way you like, but it's interesting that he failed to say no to the concept of taking the phone beyond its usual AT&T playground.

Speaking of AT&T, Jobs says that his company meets with the carrier once per quarter to get briefed on network improvements, and while he notes that they've got the fastest 3G around, he says "I wish they were improving faster" -- while also qualifying that any network receiving the iPhone back in '07 probably would've suffered the same kinds of problems AT&T has. When pressed on whether we'd see the iPhone on another carrier in the near future, Jobs hit them up with the expected "no comment" before turning to other subjects, so make of it what you will. Follow the break for another interesting snippet from the Q&A session at D8 where Steve muses on AT&T's network improvements.

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Steve Jobs on Foxconn: 'We're all over this'

Laura June — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:41:00 EST

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is currently on stage at D8, and Walt and Kara aren't shying away from the hard questions tonight. Right after talking the stolen iPhone prototype, the trio moved on to Foxconn -- the massive factory in China where many, many Apple products are assembled -- and where at least 10 employees have committed suicide over the past few weeks. While Apple recently released a statement avowing its intention to monitor the situation, Steve just spoke about the situation a bit, and he made it pretty clear that Apple's seriously "all over" it.

Said Steve: "We are on top of this. We look at everything at these companies. I can tell you a few things that we know. And we are all over this. Foxconn is not a sweatshop. It's a factory -- but my gosh, they have restaurants and movie theaters... but it's a factory. But they've had some suicides and attempted suicides -- and they have 400,000 people there. The rate is under what the US rate is, but it's still troubling." Steve also said that Apple's "got people" over at Foxconn currently trying to figure out what's going on -- we figured as much but it's always good to hear it straight from them.

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Steve Jobs on lost iPhone 4G prototype: it's an 'amazing' story

Donald Melanson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:40:00 EST

We can't say we expected Jobs to do a ton of talking about that little "lost" iPhone prototype during his interview at D8, but he was of course asked about it, and he did do some talking about it. While he started out with the expected "there's an ongoing investigation" statement, Jobs soon got on a bit of a roll, saying that "this is a story that's amazing" -- that "it's got theft, it's got buying stolen property, it's got extortion, I'm sure there's some sex in there... the whole thing is very colorful." No discussion of the device itself, of course, but we're sure we'll be hearing more about it soon enough.

Update: Well, it looks like Jobs couldn't quite let the issue rest there. Later on in the interview, Jobs said that he had gotten advice to just let it slide, that "you shouldn't go after a journalist just because they bought stolen property and tried to extort you" -- but he said he couldn't "change our core values and let it slide," that he'd "rather quit."

Check out the complete back and forth after the break.

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We're on the ground at D8!

Joshua Topolsky — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:59:00 EST

Hey cats and kittens, if you're into technology (and let's be honest, you are), and you love live coverage of tech-related events, you're in luck, because we're on the ground and reporting live from D8. We're kicking things off tonight with a liveblog of a very rare Steve Jobs interview, and then we'll be tracking the trials and tribulations of tech luminaries and thinkers like Steve Ballmer, Julius Genachowski, and HTC's Peter Chou. It's going to be a crazy ride -- so hang on tight!

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Reminder: Steve Jobs on stage at the D conference -- we'll be there!

Laura June — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:20:00 EST

That's right, readers: Apple's main man Steve Jobs is going to be on stage in just a few short hours at the 8th All Things Digital conference, also known as D8. You never know what's going to happen at D, and we do not have a full schedule of events yet, but our esteemed colleague Joshua Topolsky has touched down in beautiful Los Angeles, and he'll be liveblogging the Jobs interview right here. We hope Walt and Kara have an awesome list of questions (they usually do) -- and remember -- we'll be on hand for plenty of other events too, including an interview with Microsoft mad man Steve Ballmer. Tune in, right here. We'll see you on the other side!

Things kick off around 6PM PT (or 9:00PM ET), so check out our liveblog landing page right here for the main event.

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Steve Jobs to be interviewed at the D conference... and we'll be there live

Joshua Topolsky — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:34:00 EST

Hey guys, just in case you didn't know, there's a crazy party going on this week out on the West Coast... a little something called D: All Things Digital. D (or D8 this time around) is a pretty wild schmoozefest, where the cream of the crop hobnob and trade secrets -- but it's also a place where major news sometimes happens. One of the folks speaking at the event (besides Steve Ballmer, Mark Zuckerberg, and a slew of other major players) is a gentleman who goes by the name of Steve Jobs (he works at Apple). We're thinking he might have something fairly interesting to say, and if you didn't end up with a seat at the conference, that's okay -- we'll be there to bring you the news as it happens.

Things kick off around 6PM PT tomorrow (that's June 1st), so check out our liveblog landing page right here for the main event.

Note: We will -- of course -- be doing live coverage of other big names at the event, including Steve Ballmer (you can see our encounter with him last year over here). Stay tuned for announcements!

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Kakai morphs into Kno, aims to school you at D8 conference

Darren Murph — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:53:00 EST

We've already seen one prestigious institution reject the Kindle DX, but that's not to say there's no room for someone else's digital textbook in the classroom. Kakai, an undercover startup that we heard whispered about back in April, is slowly but surely removing their own veil. Now, the company has decided to go by Kno (short for knowledge, dude), and will make its public debut at the D8 conference next month. All we've heard so far is that the company's first product will be a Linux-based "foldable double-screened device, [which is] designed to feel like a mix of laptop and textbook." It'll be both portable and gesture-based, and as you'd likely imagine, will be aimed directly at the education market. We're also told that the endeavor will include "robust software and a seamless website to deliver course material, allowing for note-taking and offering other audio and video capabilities," and while that's all a bit difficult to simply envision without a stiff cup of java to stimulate the imagination, we'll be taking an up close and personal look in just a few days when we head out to California for Walt and Kara's annual shindig.

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Motorola intros D7 / D8 MOTOLIVN landline phones

Darren Murph — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:56:00 EST

Wow, talk about being on a roll. Not even a week after unleashing the awfully-titled TLKR walkie-talkie, Motorola is gettin' even more platitudinal with its new duo of MOTOLIVN landline phones. Both units tout location-free bases, "eco-mode" for saving energy, ten ringer melodies, a built-in speakerphone, and up to ten-hours of talk time (100-hours in standby). The D7 is said to be available in silver with a blue-backlit screen, while the D8 range can be picked up in black or white and comes Skype-enabled for those interested. Both handsets look to be available right now in Germany, and while the D7 starts at €49.99 ($70), the D8 gets going at €69.99 ($97).

[Via Pocket-Lint]

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