Windows Mobile 6.5, now known as Windows Phone is the first topic up this week and the guys don’t have too many good things to say about it. It is more of a stop-gap measure for Microsoft and we won’t see a true smartphone OS competitor from Microsoft until version 7. Ryan does give some credit for this being a move towards a more consumer-centric update.
Amazon has dropped the price of the Kindle 2 to $259 and introduced an international GSM version for $279. The extra $20 gives you the ability to download books outside of the State just as you would domestically. Dell has introduced a the luxury product priced Latitude Z600 and it is packed full of fresh features, so if you are looking to drop $2000+ on a Windows notebook this deserves a look.
There is a lot going on in the phone world including Google and Verizon teaming up to bring out some more Android phones, and AT&T has relented and now allows VoIP apps like Skype to work over 3G. Peter got his hands on HP’s new Envy 13, but for all of it’s great features, the touchpad proves to be a deal-breaker for him. The show closes out with the Archos A5S which has Ryan dismissing it at the first mention of “resistive touchscreen.”
We’re back! And apparently not a moment too soon, as the gadget world has been non-stop this week between the Windows phone (i.e. Windows Mobile 6.5) launch and the many devices it’s running on, like the HTC HD2 and Imagio. The Kindle 2 is also finally launching internationally, while the Qualcomm FLO TV Personal Television got real, Dell announced its seriously wireless Z600 and Google and Verizon finally hooked up to get more open. Palm opened up a little, too, with its new webOS app store policies, while AT&T announced that it’d be allowing VoIP over 3G. Finally, we’ve got hands on with the new HP Envy 13 and Archos A5S Android tablet.
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I thought it was funny how during the episode, the guys talk briefly about whether or not the Blackberry OS can be considered a “smartphone OS”, ultimately deciding to exclude Blackberries from their smartphone conversation. At the end of the episode, their prerecorded Blackberry sponsorship message rolls and very explicitly labels Blackberries as smartphones, which made me laugh a little bit.
This is really a prime example about horrible advertising for a podcast, mostly because it has an inherent message that conflicts fundamentally with the opinions of the people talking.
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