- Switched On: Going Thermonuclear
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
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At the debut of the T-Mobile G1, Switched On identified the central conflict that would quickly tear apart the goodwill between Apple and Google. In fact, in Steve Jobs’ authorized biography, Walter Isaacson quotes the late Apple CEO on Android, noting that the he was prepared to “go thermonuclear war” on the iOS competitor. Indeed, the first WWDC since Jobs’ death was filled with enough anti-Google swipes to smudge every iPhone screen in Moscone West. But the verbal lashings were nothing compared to the beating back that Google and Android took in relation to iOS 6 feature announcements.
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- Engadget Mobile Podcast 142 – 06.17.2012
Another two hours of podcasty goodness from Brad and Myriam in the span of one week — this time featuring Richard “The James Bond Of Tech Journalism” Lai on the PadFone. He’s basically what they based Skyfall on, so if you don’t have the $21.50 to spare on the IMAX version of that film you can listen to this podcast for as much, if not more, usable and entertaining information. Oh, and it’s Myriam’s 100th Engadget Mobile podcast, too.
Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen
Guest: Richard Lai
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Tycho – Coastal Brake (Ghostly International)00:01:38 – ASUS PadFone review
00:48:28 – HTC Media Link HD review
00:51:53 – Verizon’s Share Everything data plans go live June 28th, let you add family (or a tablet) for a little extra
01:02:10 – T-Mobile to conduct LTE-Advanced trials this summer in preparation for 2013 deployment
01:13:30 – HTC: we won’t delve into low-end smartphones in the near future
01:17:50 – Sony Xperia Ion hits AT&T June 24th for $99 on contract
01:27:18 – Nokia ‘sharpens strategy’ by dropping three executives, laying off 10,000 and dumping Vertu
01:30:25 – Nokia reportedly scraps Meltemi, decides it’s Series 40 or bust in basic phones
01:36:03 – Nokia to acquire Scalado, build a better Lumia (Updated)Hear the podcast
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Engadget Mobile Podcast 142 – 06.17.2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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- Microsoft’s mystery announcement happens Monday at 6:30pm EST, get your liveblog here!
What to do when Microsoft schedules two major announcements in one week? Plan a liveblog and cue the speculation, of course. With a sneak peek of Windows Phone Apollo coming in just two days, we’re pretty confident tomorrow’s press conference won’t have anything to do with mobile phone software. But Win8 tablets? Perhaps a Kindle Fire competitor running Windows RT? Now we’re talking. Or maybe there’s a piddly chance we’ll actually hear more about Xbox Music? With no hints coming out of Redmond, your guess is as good as ours until the event kicks off. Be sure to bookmark this link and join us tomorrow at 6:30pm EST as we give you up-to-the-minute coverage, live from Microsoft’s press room in Los Angeles.
June 18, 2012 6:30 PM EDTMicrosoft’s mystery announcement happens Monday at 6:30pm EST, get your liveblog here! originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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