Have you ever heard that Aaliyah song where Timbaland’s all “it’s been a long time (time), we shouldn’ta left you (left you) without a dope beat to step to (step to)?” That’s how we feel now, or it’s how we felt yesterday, and now this is a new beat to step to, but it’s a whole entire Engadget Podcast to step to. P.S. Oh, and in addition to the Engadget Podcast Bingo site , there’s now an Engadget Podcast Bingo iOS app made by insanely awesome listener Pierre-Marc Airoldi. Go check it out! Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Billionaire 00:07:05 – Verizon’s LTE details go live: December 5th, 38 markets, 60 airports, and 2 USB modems 00:08:34 – Verizon LTE plans start at $50/month for 5GB of data (update) 00:09:00 – Verizon LTE / 4G preview with the LG VL600 modem 00:11:00 – Verizon confirms contract-free 4G LTE options: same rates, pricier modems 00:33:25 – 55 people think the iPad is more valuable than the Galaxy Tab (updated) 00:42:15 – RIM buys TAT, BlackBerry UI in danger of becoming awesome 00:55:14 – Chrome OS consumer launch pushed to 2011, Google-branded Chromebook could still arrive this year 01:06:30 – Dell Inspiron Duo review 01:25:00 – Dell Venue Pro finally available to order: $99 on contract, shipping December 9th 01:25:37 – Acer reveals Iconia dual-screen laptop / tablet, Clear.fi cloud-based media sharing system 01:26:30 – Acer Iconia first hands-on! (update: video!) 01:30:55 – Sony Ericsson LiveView review 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 220 – 12.03.2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Three shoppers at a California store helped catch a man who police say tried to rape a toddler in an aisle. A woman and two men detained the suspect until police arrived. (Dec. 3)
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Wondering just how well a tablet would do if picked up and marketed by all four major carriers in America? We’re still waiting for the breakdown within our borders, but there’s hardly a doubt that the unprecedented carrier arrangement has helped Samsung shatter its estimates on Galaxy Tab sales. Purportedly, the outfit has just passed the one million mark in global sales of the 7-inch Android tablet, but Information Week is quick to point out that Sammy’s not clear on whether that’s units in the sales channel or units in the hands of consumers. Either way, one million’s nothing to scoff at, particularly when you consider that only 600,000 had been sold as of November 22nd. The firm’s now hoping to move 1.5 million of ‘em by the year’s end, and while that’s still well short of the estimated seven million iPads that have been sold to date, it’s a sales rate that we’re sure no one at Samsung is kvetching about. Update : CNET heard from a Samsung representative that the company hasn’t officially announced the sales figure here, but hopefully we’ll get some clarification soon. It’s possible that the PR team simply isn’t ready to dish out the number in official fashion yet. We’ll keep you posted. Samsung sells one million Galaxy Tab units (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Image via Oceana video Oceana has launched a new PSA for sea turtles that takes a silly approach to a serious issue. The ad features comedians Angela Kinsey (“The Office”) and Rachael Harris (“My Boys” and “The Hangover”) as the two work very hard to be the next Bond girls. Watch the video after the jumo. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …ThinkFlood’s RedEye universal remote control becomes web compatible, leaves past woes in the dust
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After going through some rough times with its RedEye mini dongle and doing right by replacing them , ThinkFlood appears to be running full beam ahead once more. Specifically, the company has announced that RedEye owners will soon have the ability to setup and control their remote systems straight from their PC or mobile browser. On the mobile front, apparently the web app will even work on Android and BlackBerry devices, despite being optimized for Safari on iOS — hinting that non iPhone owners could possibly let their phones control more than their social lives soon. Setup wise, the web version also allows users to automatically align and move multiple buttons at once, plus assign commands to over 70+ keyboard shortcuts. Combined with the ability to make adjustments using a mouse on a computer’s larger screen, tweaking custom RedEye remote layouts just got infinitely easier — you hear that Harmony ? The iOS app 2.0 update is also now available as a free ‘Plus’ download in the iTunes store, and finally supports the iPad’s lovely screen in either orientation. In a sense, it’s further substantiating the tablet’s new career path as a jumbo-buttoned geezer remote of the future, but hey — no gripes here. Continue reading ThinkFlood’s RedEye universal remote control becomes web compatible, leaves past woes in the dust ThinkFlood’s RedEye universal remote control becomes web compatible, leaves past woes in the dust originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …New Zealand Declared As The Origin Of Pavlova – The nationality of its creator of Pavlov has been a source of argument between two nations, Australia and New Zealand, for many years. The dessert is a popular dish and an important part of the national cuisine of both countries, and is frequently served during celebratory New Zealand Declared As The Origin Of Pavlova is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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image credit Brian Marshall Brian Marshall runs a robot orphanage, repurposing used parts that “refused to give up on life just because they were being discarded.” They are quite clever and funny, if a bit expensive at hi s Etsy store, but he also creates wonderful sculpture photos of his robots in action. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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RIP Society of the Day: Forever Lazy : The official adult footed pajamas of completely giving up. [ jezebel .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 03/12/2010 15:26 Number of articles : 11
Continue reading …HTC responds to HD7 death grip reports, says some signal drop is ‘inevitable’
December 3, 2010 No CommentOh boy. We’d actually passed over reports that the HTC HD7 suffers from a “death grip” issue this past week, since we think it’s been well-proven that you can get almost any phone to drop some signal if you hold it exactly right, but apparently the furor’s gotten loud enough to merit an official HTC reponse. Here’s the statement, sent to Computer Weekly : Quality in industrial design is of key importance to HTC. To ensure the best possible signal strength, antennas are placed in the area least likely to be covered by a person’s face or hands while the phone is in use. However, it is inevitable that a phone’s signal strength will weaken a little when covered in its entirety by a user’s palm or fingers. We test all of our phones extensively and are confident that under normal circumstances reception strength and performance will be more than sufficient for the operation of the phone when network coverage is also adequate. Yes, that sounds almost exactly like what Apple said during its iPhone 4 Antennagate press conference , but that makes sense — we wouldn’t honestly expect HTC to say anything else, even though John Gruber points out that the company told the Wall Street Journal that Apple’s reception problems were “certainly not common” in July. But we do find it extremely interesting that the HD7 is clearly based on the HTC HD2 , a handset which came out over a year ago and suffered from reports of similar reception issues. (In fact, a post at xda-developers in June noted that the HD2 has the same death grip issue as the iPhone 4.) Whatever the case, much of the problem seems to stem from the fact that the HD2 / HD7 antenna is located at the bottom of the phone where it’s most likely to be covered by a user’s hand, so it looks like the ultimate answer for HD7 owners is a familiar one: you’re holding it wrong . Video after the break. Continue reading HTC responds to HD7 death grip reports, says some signal drop is ‘inevitable’ HTC responds to HD7 death grip reports, says some signal drop is ‘inevitable’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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