Engadget Podcast 136 – 03.06.2009: Who nerds the Nerdmen?

This is exciting news!  Joshua Topolsky is going to be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.  The era of the geek becoming cool is upon us– or our mystique is just about to be outed as non-existent.  We’ll see which way the pendulum swings on Monday.  Joshua promises he’ll have something cool to show on the program.

More talk about the Eee Keyboard.  As weird as it is, along with Ryan Block from yesterday’s gdgt weekly, these guys are really up on it.  The novelty factor must be at just the right level for this to be something appealing.  It will be surprising if all these positive views on it continue after some hands-on time.

Although the updates from Apple earlier in the week were rather minor, there is some excitement here about the smaller stuff.  The new dual-band Airport Extreme has Paul pretty excited.  I run almost the exact set-up as him so his interest is definitely not lost here.  Since mobile devices don’t run wireless n due to battery reasons, dual band it is.

Yes folks, it’s finally, really happening… again. The Engadget Podcast returns with Josh Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel, and a phantasmagoria of totally awesome awesomeness. Hear the guys wax excited about CeBIT, dish on the latest Apple spec bumps, reveal their innermost desires on the camcorder / DSLR front, and get seriously serious on a number of other heart-wrenching items of importance. Don’t miss out — listen now!

00:01:50 – Jimmy Fallon and Engadget: together again, March 9th

00:05:21 – ASUS’ morning CeBlitz roundup

00:06:30 – ASUS Eee PC 1008HA hands-on

00:11:55 – Hands-on with ASUS’ Eee Keyboard

00:16:28 – MSI Winki eyes-on: it’s an instant-on OS, but for desktops

00:17:32 – MSI X-Slim X320, X340 and GT725 hands-on

00:23:05 – MSI Wind NetTop CD130 eyes-on

00:23:40 – MSI Wind NetOn AP1900, Wind Top AE line eyes-on

00:26:30 – MSI WindBOX dismounts LCD, acts all proper at CeBIT

00:27:40 – Apple morning roundup, few Mac products left unscathed

00:29:12 – New Airport Extreme and Time Capsule juggle two networks simultaneously

00:37:15 – Apple axes the numeric keypad on iMac’s standard wired keyboard

00:45:14 – Panasonic’s new Lumix DMC-GH1 does 1080p video in a Micro Four Thirds form factor

00:54:58 – JVC’s new Everio X GZ-X900 does 1080p video, 9 megapixel stills, 600 fps slow motion

01:02:50 – Amazon’s Kindle for iPhone hits the App Store

01:08:05 – Amazon sorta capitulates, will let publishers decide text-to-speech availability

01:09:10 – Hearst to launch wireless e-reader, potentially revolutionize print media

Runtime – 1:15:42

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