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Engadget Mobile Podcast 117 - 12.17.2011

from engadget - 2 months ago

Looks like Ice Cream Sandwich is on everyone's Christmas list as of this week. Everyone except RIM, who will probably be lucky to get a few lumps of used charcoal, some lint, and spare change in their stockings. The Engadget Mobile Podcasters are, of course, holding out for Prada phones.

Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen, Joseph Volpe
Guest: Ian Hardy
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Tycho ...

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Apple reportedly discussing its 'vision for the future of TV' with media execs

from engadget - 2 months ago

We wouldn't bet the farm on those "Apple is building an HDTV" rumors just yet, but tonight the Wall Street Journal reports the company is still interested invading the living room in a real way, based on "vague" talks with media executives. That vision includes a TV that packs wireless streaming with AirPlay to deliver TV shows and movies as well as technology it's developed to tie-in DVR storage and iCloud, but also focuses on personalized, synchronized access across other devices including phones and tablets. Naturally, voice and gesture recognition are mentioned, although the re ...

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Microsoft leak reveals hotfix for underperforming Bulldozers

from engadget - 2 months ago

AMD's Bulldozer silicon is enormously powerful, but most software isn't configured to schedule threads for the faux-16 core design. Windows can only see the chip as a quad-core CPU and will randomly assign threads, which ruins the point of Bulldozer's "Turbo Core" design. Microsoft inadvertently revealed it had teamed up with the chipmaker to fix the problem when it prematurely released a hotfix for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Initial tests showed ...

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British Telecom is the latest to sue Google over Android, other services

from engadget - 2 months ago

Another day, another patent lawsuit against Google. FOSS Patents reports British Telecom filed suit Thursday in Delaware over six of its patents it says Google is infringing upon with Android and other services like Maps and Music. Feel free to avail yourself of the text of the suit embedded after the break, which is heavy on terms like "telecommunications apparatus and method" and "navigation information system". We're not hearing any official response from Mountain View yet, but until we do you can probably pencil in platitudes about Read more ...

Sports Tracker racing toward Windows Phone for November release

from engadget - 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Love Windows Phone, sweating and tracking personal statistics? Good news! Sports Tracker is celebrating Nokia week by announcing the upcoming availability of its exercise-logging app for Microsoft's mobile OS. The app, which spent its early days on Symbian, is now available on iOS and Android, and will be hitting Windows Phone next month. It lets sporty smartphone owners track their distance, speed, calories and more, and upload that information to Sports Tracker's site and the requisite social networks to generally irritate ...

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Windows Phone Apollo coming 'middle of next year,' says Nokia VP

from engadget - 3 months, 1 week ago

A top Nokia exec just confirmed the much-rumored schedule for the next Windows Phone update, codenamed Apollo. Michael Halbherr, Executive VP for Location and Commerce, told us that it'll launch in mid-2012 and be a "very different game" to Mango -- hinting that Apollo actually refers to Windows Phone 8 rather than any mere decimal increment. What do we know about Apollo at this point? Well, not a great deal, but Halbherr also revealed that he's been ...

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What Microsoft Thinks the Future Will Look Like [Video]

from gizmodo - 3 months, 1 week ago

Nature Valley creating Street View-style tour of National Parks, chews through countless granola bars to do so

from engadget - 3 months, 3 weeks ago

"There's a good reason why Street View is done in cars." That's a quote from Mat Bisher, associate creative director at McCann, who is teaming up with granola connoisseur Nature Valley in order to deliver a "Street View-style tour" of America's National Parks. Fast Company reports that the two have embarked on quite the ambitious initiative (dubbed Trail View), sending a cadre of well-trained hikers to some of America's most gorgeous locales with specially-rigged camera setups in tow. The goal? To capture views from near-limitles ...

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Is This the Strangest Microsoft Video Yet? [Video]

from gizmodo - 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Microsoft doles out the dough to Nokia and Samsung, plans Mango marketing bonanza for year's end

from engadget - 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Know who loves it when other OEMs call him big poppa? Ballmer, that's who. So much so that he's opened up the company's coffers to Nokia and Samsung for a holiday blitz of Mango marketing. Hold onto your hats though, it's no carte blanche access to Redmond's Gringotts. According to a report on Mobile Magazine, inside sources claim MS has set aside 28 million (about $44 million) for the endeavor, with about 20 million of that reserved for Read more ...
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