Zune HD is the topic 0f the first 20 minutes of the podcast this week.  If it turns out being what the rumors claim that it will it will be something pretty special that Apple will have to respond to.  HD screen + fast hardware + elegant design = winning product.  We really shouldn’t be giving away this kind of ingenious advice.

Time Warner Cable is not getting gentle treatment here.  The guys have a lot to say on the issue and it sounds like TWC is not handling there customers well.  It seems like something needs to be done to standardize these ISP issues.

China, and it ability or lack there-of, to create original products is the topic of the last part of the cast.  It’s an interesting subject with a lot to it.

In case you aren’t hip to the Twittersphere, Josh, Nilay, Paul and Engadget’s own Twitter bot put out their feelers for listener questions this week, and got a lot of great material for discussion. Inquisitive minds wanted to know which wild conjectures these fine men believe about the Zune HD, how particularly evil Time Warner Cable is, and other matters related to Chinese phone manufacturers and The End Times. If you failed to seize upon this opportunity to ask, or found your own question heartlessly ignored, make sure to take advantage of the various avenues of contact listed below and ask away!

00:02:36 – Is this the Zune HD?
00:23:08 – Time Warner Cable lays out broadband capping plans, says $150 for “unlimited” use
00:28:25 – Time Warner Cable to axe DOCSIS 3.0 trials without tiered billing?
00:33:53 – Time Warner and Embarq can’t compete with city-owned ISP, trying to outlaw it
00:47:37 – Ugobe files for bankruptcy, Pleo facing extinction
00:53:28 – Keepin’ it real fake
01:09:03 – T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 video hands-on

Runtime – 1:18:16

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