Archive for October 9th, 2009

Hey cats and kittens — just a quick note to let you know that the Show is now available for download via the Zune Marketplace. You can nab the feed here.

And while we have your attention, don’t forget that the next Show will be taking place October 22nd, and we’ll be sitting down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer!

If you missed the first two installments, you can see the long show with Jon Rubinstein here, and a short segment on Times Square right here.

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The Engadget Show is available in the Zune Marketplace! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, it may be tough deciding whether to shell out the extra few bucks for a deluxe iTunes LP or not (okay, maybe not that tough), but it looks like that’s nothing compared to what record labels are faced with. While Apple itself of course isn’t saying anything official on the matter, Gizmodo spoke with the owner of one indie record label who got a bit of information after inquiring about the possibility of making some iTunes LPs himself. Apparently, not only is Apple not currently making iTunes LPs available to indie labels at all, but it’s charging the major labels a hefty $10,000 production fee for each one, which no doubt also means they’ll be confined to particularly big sellers unless something big changes.

[Via iLounge]

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio

Apple said to be charging $10,000 for iTunes LP production, cutting out indie labels originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Now, we don’t have photographic evidence of this one, so Wayne, if you happen to be a reader, feel free to snap a pic of yourself with the console. Either way, we have enough proof to proudly classify Lil’ Wayne a… you know, nerd. GTR has published a video of the New Orleans-born rapper having a conversation with KRS-One during which he says he’s got an “Xbox that has every game from A-Z, Atari, Nintendo, pong, movies & even porn.” Whoa. Where can we get one of those? Wayne claims that the Xbox was a gift… but we bet he hacked it himself. Video is embedded after the break.

[Via Joystiq]

Continue reading Celebrity Nerds: Lil’ Wayne’s got a modded Xbox

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Celebrity Nerds: Lil’ Wayne’s got a modded Xbox originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading NSF awards Harvard $10 million for robot bees (video)

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NSF awards Harvard $10 million for robot bees (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The typical Micro Four Thirds review seems to come down to a matter of tradeoffs — size and convenience for a bit of a drop from the image quality and performance of a real DSLR. The GF1 doesn’t break that trend, but it has some pretty nice things to offer for the inquisitive interchangeable lens shopper. The most notable feature when put up against its direct competition, the E-P1, is the GF1′s built-in pop-up flash, and the primary drawback of both of these cams versus their regular Micro Four Thirds counterparts is the lack of an eye-level viewfinder, though the GF1 does offer a pricey hot-shoe mounted approximation. As for images PhotographyBLOG says the camera gets “almost everything right,” and video doesn’t look bad neither — a couple samples are after the break. The camera is no ultra-compact, but it seems another good proof for the existence of Micro Four Thirds as a DSLR alternative.

Continue reading Panasonic Lumix GF1 reviewed

Filed under: Digital Cameras

Panasonic Lumix GF1 reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With the crazy week of news we’ve had, never has the ever-insightful, industry-encompassing commentary of the Engadget Podcast been so necessary, so vital, so… vigorous. Sure, you could try to make your way through the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 and an onslaught of Android news all by yourself, but then you’d just be alone and sad. And who would be there to comfort and hold you and tell you how terribly overpriced the VAIO X is and how little Dell revealed about its new Adamo this week? Nobody, that’s who. Don’t be another statistic, slip on some relatively comfortable earbuds and come on over to the Podcast side.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Cyberdelic – Such Great Heights

Hear the podcast

00:02:30 – HTC HD2 hands-on and impressions… on video!
00:03:02 – Entelligence: The HTC HD2 and the future of Windows Mobile
00:05:00 – HTC HD2 to arrive Stateside in early 2010 — huzzah!
00:08:00 – Windows Mobile 6.5 review
00:15:00 – Robbie Bach sits down for a roundtable discussion, Engadget is there
00:31:40 – Windows Mobile 6.5: a family portrait
00:40:00 – Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 update guide: no, no, maybe
00:43:05 – Verizon plans to support Google Voice, will launch two ‘game-changing’ Android devices in coming weeks
00:45:08 – Second Verizon Android phone to be an HTC, Motorola Sholes makes an appearance
00:45:35 – Verizon Motorola Sholes not running MOTOBLUR?
00:47:00 – Motorola Sholes to launch by holidays, along with the BlackBerry Storm 2 and Nokia Booklet 3G
00:49:31 – Samsung Behold II marries Android, TouchWiz for T-Mobile
00:50:30 – Samsung Behold II caught behind glass
00:52:05 – Samsung Moment for Sprint first hands-on!
00:55:00 – Samsung Moment slider coming to Sprint, packing Android (update: official, $179)
00:59:29 – AT&T now allowing iPhone VoIP calls over 3G
00:59:35 – VAIO X spotted in champagne, propped up by extended battery, ripped apart
01:00:00 – Sony VAIO X announced, starts at $1,299
01:03:33 – HP Mini 311 reviewed with earnest, ION-enhanced affection
01:06:45 – Dell reveals new Adamo XPS, gives no details
01:19:50 – The next Engadget Show tapes live October 22nd — with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer!

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Engadget Podcast 166 – 10.09.2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading RIM posts new BlackBerry widget APIs, dev kit

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RIM posts new BlackBerry widget APIs, dev kit originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BlackBerry Bold 2 set for November 11 T-Mobile launch? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yes, this was only a matter of time, and we’re a little surprised we didn’t see one earlier. Regardless, this is the Palm Pre knockoff we’ve been waiting for. Seemingly called just iPhone +QWERTY — this KIRF is being marketed as just that — a real business phone with a hybrid identity blending the BlackBerry and the iPhone. And really, that’s not too bad of a description for this little dude, we guess. Boasting analog TV, Bluetooth, and an FM radio, it runs the much-loved OPhone operating system, and can be had for 600 RMP (about $88). There are two more shots after the break. Hit the read link for a full peek.

[Via PMP Today]

Continue reading Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXXXVIII: Palm Pre knockoff doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up

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Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXXXVIII: Palm Pre knockoff doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While the Spotify music service continues to tease us US-bound folks from afar, there’s word of a Spotify handset now to make us even more jealous. The phone is apparently being built for Swedish provider Telia (Spotify already accounts for 35 percent of digital music sales in Sweden), and according to TechCrunch, INQ is building the phone. Interestingly, the last thing we heard from INQ about future plans was a forthcoming Android handset, and we also have a source that says that Spotify probably wouldn’t be placed onto a regular BREW-powered INQ handset, so the optimist in us would like to believe that this Spotify phone could be INQ’s big Android play — there is already an official Spotify Android app to make that whole process seem even more doable. Either way, Telia’s Spotify handset should be on the market in a “couple of months.”

[Via Pocket-lint]

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INQ working on Spotify-branded phone, possibly running Android? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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