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Listen intently as Microsoft’s deepest, darkest press announcements are unraveled and demystified before your very ears: Myriam and Brad, live and pre-recorded from a hotel room in San Francisco, confront the cipher of the great riddles of the mobile Beyond.

Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Tycho – Coastal Brake (Ghostly International)

00:02:30 – Samsung Galaxy S III review shootout: AT&T vs. Sprint
00:39:45 – Hands-on with Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, Touch Cover and Type Cover (update: video!)
00:50:58 – Microsoft introduces Windows Phone 8 for fall release, incompatible with current devices
01:25:00 – BlackBerry 10 hands-on (video)

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 143 – 06.22.2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft BOB makes its humble return on the Engadget Podcast this week. It’s an “if you don’t know, don’t ask” situation.

Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater, Dana Wollman
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Orbital – Never

00:03:40 – Microsoft reveals its own Windows 8 tablet: meet the new Surface for Windows RT
00:05:00 – Microsoft announces Surface for Windows 8 Pro: Intel inside, optional pen input
00:06:15 – Microsoft Surface tablets: the differences between Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro models
00:14:15 – Hands-on with Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, Touch Cover and Type Cover (update: video!)
00:16:00 – Microsoft one ups other tablet ‘smart’ covers with Surface’s Touch Cover and Type Cover
00:19:50 – Microsoft introduces Windows Phone 8 for fall release, incompatible with current devices
00:21:00 – Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 share lots of code, NT kernel
00:23:30 – Microsoft confirms no upgrade path to Windows Phone 8, unveils 7.8 for legacy devices
00:26:14 – Windows Phone 8 to support multi-core CPUs, HD resolutions, SD cards and NFC
00:27:13 – Windows Phone 8 to use Nokia map data with built-in turn-by-turn navigation (update: deals too)
00:29:00 – Lumia 900 owner vents Windows Phone 8 frustrations, Stephen Elop responds
00:30:40 – Windows Phone 8 introduces new Start screen
00:37:15 – Microsoft brings NFC payments and loyalty cards to Windows Phone 8
00:40:12 – Microsoft demos support for NFC-enabled ads, business cards in Windows Phone 8
00:40:42 – Microsoft brings true, background multitasking to Windows Phone 8
00:42:36 – Microsoft unveils Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Phone, very similar to the desktop
00:43:05 – MS teases Windows Phone 8 enterprise features: Company Hub, encryption, secure boot, IT management
00:52:55 – MacBook Air review (13-inch, mid 2012)
01:01:40 – RIM reportedly firing up to 6,000 in $1 billion savings drive
01:03:30 – Samsung Galaxy S III is hot: bursts into flames and melts through its own casing
01:05:49 – Fitter, Happier: an eight week exercise in using technology to help lose weight
01:08:35 – Reading Rainbow launches iPad app, we go hands-on (video)
01:13:39 – Listener Questions

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Engadget Podcast 299 – 06.22.2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It remains to be seen exactly what he’ll be involved with, but Facebook’s new Product Design Manager brings quite a background with him to the job. Until just a few months ago, Chris Weeldreyer was a UI Design Manager at Apple (a role held for over eight years) where, as The Next Web reports, he was responsible for the company’s iWeb and Numbers software, and has been named in a number of Apple’s patent applications. Before that, he worked in both hardware and software product development, having held positions at Frog Design, Pentagram and Cooper. No word from either company on the move, but Weeldreyer himself made the move official on his LinkedIn page — and, of course, his Facebook profile.

Former Apple UI designer joins Facebook to lead product design team originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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