After several weeks of mobile-centric podcasts, Chris Ziegler finally joins the podcast for yet another phone show. Starting things off is the Droid X, which got a 7 on the new Engadget scorecard scale. From a hardware perspective, Chris was clearly blown away with the performance of the processor and the quality of the camera, though not really impressed by the industrial design. In other Android handset news, Samsung has recently announced their suite of Galaxy S phones on all carriers, which are practically the same phone reskinned several times.
The death of the Kin was probably the biggest and arguably the most predictable mobile news of the week, leading the Engadget crew to contemplate why the whole thing happened. Paul brings up the excellent point that the Zune has been coasting along for years of mediocre sales without much of a bother, which contextually makes the abrupt halt to the Kin project kind of puzzling. After harshly criticizing the poor social implementation, Josh tries to bring the conversation to a head by putting market research on a stake as a huge mistake that disallowed objectivity from Microsoft.
After the first two big topics of the week, the guys rush a little to get through the last few topics so Paul can see Twilight on time. Hulu Plus, HP/Palm, and MeeGo close out the show.
00:02:58 – Motorola Droid X review
00:04:40 – Introducing review scorecards!
00:18:48 – Droid X ad pokes fun at iPhone 4 antenna troubles
00:26:15 – Samsung’s American Galaxy S phones pose for family portrait
00:26:48 – Samsung Vibrant is official on T-Mobile, coming July 21 for $200
00:26:53 – Verizon ropes in Samsung Fascinate, US Cellular gets a Galaxy S too
00:26:55 – Samsung T-Mobile Vibrant and Verizon Fascinate preview
00:27:00 – Samsung’s Epic 4G for Sprint seems to live up to its name
00:30:10 – Samsung Epic 4G preview
00:42:41 – Microsoft says Kin software update is scheduled for mid-summer
00:42:45 – Kin One drops to $29, Two drops to $49, data plans remain silly expensive
00:42:50 – Microsoft Kin is dead
00:42:55 – T-Mobile kills off current Sidekicks, Kin says ‘welcome to the club’
00:47:00 – What killed the Kin?
01:11:05 – Hulu Plus announced with support for iPad, iPhone, PS3, Xbox Live, and more (update)
01:15:15 – Hands-on with Hulu Plus via Samsung HDTV, iPhone and iPad
01:15:45 – Hulu Plus preview arrives in iTunes App Store, Flash be damned
01:16:00 – Hulu CEO: we’re ‘complementary’ to cable
01:16:23 – HP / Palm buyout officially complete — get ready for webOS printers
01:19:35 – MeeGo for handsets makes its first appearance
Runtime – 1:29:03
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