Engadget Podcast 221 – 12.11.2010

Google. Google, Google , Google , Google , Google !!! So precocious for an awkward tween. Fire up the Engadget Podcast Bingo site or iOS app and jump start your weekend with a hot tech injection full of a company that does much more than just search , these days, if you know what we mean. Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Paranoid Android 00:00:55 – Nexus S review 00:08:00 – Google’s Nexus S official, coming December 16th to US, 20th to UK (update: $199 on contract, $529 unlocked) 00:17:07 – Google’s big week: Nexus S, Honeycomb tablets, Chrome OS laptops, and eBooks to boot 00:22:00 – Google rolls out NFC-equipped Places business kits, muscles in on location-based territory in Portland 00:27:07 – LG invents imaginary 1GHz processor requirement to say Optimus One won’t get Gingerbread 00:27:15 – LG pulls back, ‘will evaluate’ upgrading Optimus series to Gingerbread when specs and source code are public 00:27:45 – LG commits to upgrading Optimus Ones to Gingerbread, angry hordes abate 00:31:00 – Android 2.3 SDK revealed, Gingerbread improvements called out 00:31:30 – Android Honeycomb coming ‘next year,’ adds tablet support 00:32:30 – Google’s Andy Rubin live from D: Dive Into Mobile 00:47:50 – Live from Google’s Chrome event! 00:48:50 – Google Chrome OS gets detailed, first laptops from Acer and Samsung coming mid-2011 00:49:10 – Google unveils Cr-48, the first Chrome OS laptop 00:49:20 – Google Cr-48 Chrome laptop preview (update: in-depth impressions!) 00:49:30 – Google demos Chrome Web Store, rolling out later today to US (update: now live) 00:52:00 – Flash working poorly on your Google Cr-48? Adobe’s working on it 00:55:55 – Google partners with Verizon for free 3G data allowance with every Chrome OS netbook 01:03:50 – Chrome Web Store, HTML5 and the iPad: symbiosis at its best 01:16:50 – Mike Lazaridis live at D: Dive Into Mobile (with the PlayBook!) 01:18:00 – RIM’s Mike Lazaridis: QNX coming to BlackBerry phones when dual-core processors are ready 01:26:26 – The Engadget Show returns next Friday, December 17th with televisions, robots, giveaways, and more! Hear the podcast Subscribe to the podcast [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC). [ RSS MP3 ] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [ RSS AAC ] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator. [ Zune ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace Download the podcast LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC) LISTEN (OGG) Contact the podcast 1-888-ENGADGET or podcast (at) engadget (dot) com. Twitter: @joshuatopolsky @futurepaul @reckless @engadget Filed under: Podcasts Engadget Podcast 221 – 12.11.2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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