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Engadget Podcast 183: MWC Preview - 02.13.2010
As a big chunk of Team Engadget makes its way around the nooks and crannies of Barcelona, we have this zinger of a podcast for you. Full of insights about the very near future, there is simply no better place to learn about what will probably happen in the next few days at Mobile World Congress than Engadget Podcast 183. Enjoy! Hosts: Nilay Patel, Paul Miller, Chris Ziegler Producer: Trent Wolbe Song: SkyLabrynth - Lollipop Chipdub Hear the podcast 03:05 - Dell Mini 5: we have it (update: new pics and video!) 10:02 - Garmin-Asus nuvifone A50 runs Android, knows where you are turn-by-turn 15:15 - Motorola details Android 2.1 update for Droid 15:30 - Motorola ‘jumped the gun’ with details of Droid’s Android 2.1 update 19:38 - Intel to be part of Nokia’s MWC press conference — a new Booklet, or something more?
Nook 1.1 doesn’t affect hacks, root still possible
The NookDevs team hasn’t wasted any time poring over the recently-released Nook 1.1 update , and there’s good news: 1.1 can still be rooted, and rooted 1.0 devices will stay that way after the update. In other news, nookdevs team member robbiet480 just sat down with Nookaholic for an interview, and he dished a few tidbits: the Nook’s Android build is called “Bravo,” the internal WiFi had to be tweaked to stop turning itself off every three hours, and Bravo itself is basically Android 1.5.
IEEE begins work on new cellphone battery standard, we circle 2029 for ratification
You’ll excuse us for poking a bit of fun at the IEEE, but after it took seven years to finalize a wireless standard that didn’t change for most of that time, we have to wonder how long a new battery rulebook is going to take.
HTC Legend still looking good — as a render, anyway
We got a pretty good glimpse of HTC’s rumored Legend back in that huge roadmap leak a few days back, but now we’re circling back for a better shot (and a few more details) of the probable Hero successor in all its roughly-rendered glory. High-end aficionados are probably still going to want to set their sights on the Bravo (or the Google Phone , Nexus One, Passion , what have you), but this sucker won’t be a slouch, either — it looks like it’s signed up for a 600MHz MSM7227 and, more importantly, a WVGA display.
Google Phone / Nexus One makes first Twitter appearance? (update: new pics!)
Look familiar? For a story that broke on Twitter it’s only fitting that the first reported picture of the mythical, magical ” Google Phone ” (AKA, Nexus One) would appear there as well. The tweeted image above appears courtesy of one Cory O’Brien, an account manager at a San Francisco Bay Area marketing agency that does not list Google as a client
Google employees given HTC-made Google Phones, January launch imminent?
TechCrunch was certain that rumors of a pending honest-to-goodness Google Phone were the real deal, and now according to the site, Google employees are already tweeting with the devices in hand. If you believe what you see on Twitter, Google drones were given the HTC-designed handsets at an all-hands staff event, and the phone is quite a looker. One tweet reads “ZOMG we had fireworks and we all got the new Google phone.
