Handhelds
Phone guitar: iPhone OS, Windows Mobile and Android got all night to set the world right (video)
What can you do when no one’s got a phone to jam with you ? Why, you can be a geeky one-man band, of course! Web developer Steffest (just one name, like Sting or Madonna) managed to do just that by strapping a couple of Android devices (possibly an Archos 5 and a HTC Desire), a couple of WinMo handhelds (looks like a HP iPAQ h1940 and a HTC Touch Diamond), and an iPod touch on top of a portable speaker.
Engadget Podcast 195 – 05.07.2010
You’d think that Michael Gartenberg would bring a tone of civility to the Engadget Podcast, but his practical approach to tech thought simply causes rage in the hyper-inflated egos of Josh and Nilay, who both live in a world where teenagers simply do not exist. Don’t miss it. NOTE: We had a few recording issues, please bear with us.
Engadget Podcast 194 – 04.30.2010
The Engadget Podcasters ‘double down’ on the juicy goss from this week. And when we say “juicy goss from this week” it means more than in other weeks – like if the juice were from a succulent, perfectly ripened, just about to fall from the vine grapefruit of a gossip week as opposed to a shriveled, 2-month old lime you forgot to use that’s been sitting out in the sun of a gossip week. Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Syphus – Save a Prayer Hear the podcast 00:02:37 – HP buys Palm 00:03:03 – HP: ‘We’re doubling down on webOS,’ Palm: ‘That was the whole point’ 00:03:15 – HP: opportunities for webOS ‘smartphones, slates, and potentially netbooks’ 00:08:55 – HP buys Palm: the liveblog 00:21:00 – HP and Palm: what happens next 00:30:40 – Palm Developer Day reveals interesting bits on the webOS 2010 roadmap 00:40:00 – Microsoft confirms, kills Courier in one fell swoop 00:49:09 – Microsoft says Android infringes on its patents, licenses HTC (update: talking to other Android manufacturers as well) 00:56:25 – Steve Jobs publishes some ‘thoughts on Flash’…
64 Boy might be the smallest N64 mod yet (if not, it’s pretty close) (video)
Sure, we’ve seen more polished N64 handhelds (literally), but we’re hard to pressed to find one that’s more… well, portable .
Pandora handheld looking less like vaporware with each passing day
Two years ago this month, the open-source Pandora handheld missed its first ship date . To their credit, the GP2X community had a working dev board , but the handheld’s DS Lite -like case was nowhere to be found, and things have generally progressed at a glacial pace ever since. However, in February, a spark of hope arrived in the form of dev units , and this week, it appears the last lingering snags are finally being undone.
Engadget Podcast 192 – 04.16.2010
The Engadget Podcasters invade the hearts and minds of the Upload Generation and succeed in uncovering Rosa ‘s home telephone number and Friendster profile whilst waxing poetic on the fates of their favorite and most generous corporate sponsors.
