gdgt weekly 054

The guys are moving through the news quick this week.  The big news up front it Apple’s iPod event announced for September 9th.  They just skim over a few predictions before talking about the Xbox 360′s recent price drop.  They feel like the new price is a decent deal, but Ryan thinks it would make sense for Microsoft to keep the Pro around for a $50 up-sell.

With the release of the Zune HD, all other Zune models are slated to be discontinued.  Could this be a direction we see Apple going after their event next week as well?

There is a lot of phone news in the middle here with Windows Mobile 6.5 being rebranded as Windows Phone and a few new handsets on the horizon.  The HTC Touch2 has the guys interested in its inclusion of flash, but the screen is still resistive rather than capacitive.  While Windows Mobile 6.5 is more finger-based, a stylus is still very necessary.

After touching on the sleek, 1.5 lbs Sony VAIO X and the extreme overpriced Nokia Booklet 3G, the guys talk about a new feature on gdgt that allows personalized gadget news feeds on the front page.

Well, Apple finally announced its fall iPod event for September 9th, Microsoft finally cut the Xbox 360′s price by $100, and the Zune HD may be Zune to end all other Zunes, but it’s also IFA week, which means the announcements are just getting started. The first of the Windows phones (i.e. Windows Mobile 6.5) was announced in Germany, HTC’s Touch2, along with the Sony VAIO X, Nokia Booklet 3G and Nokia N900 pricing (it’s not pretty), the capacitive-touch Nokia X6, Creative’s ZEN X-Fi2, Canon’s EOS 7D, the unfortunately timed Leica M9 and X1. Oh, and did we mention we launched a new gdgt homepage with a personalized activity stream? Because we did — listen in for more!

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