Engadget Podcast 065 - 01.24.06

Lot of music going on in the Podcast this week, between Apple's ongoing tiff with The Postal Service, Franz Ferdinand's limited edition Network Walkman, and the Rio Cubic swan song. But this week's podcast wasn't without its casualties, too: Tiger Telematics filed for bankruptcy in its home territory, the UK, and Konica Minolta decided they're closing up shop for digital imaging, passing their tech and know-how to Sony, less 3,700 employees. Still, at least things are looking up a bit in the cellphone world between T-Mobile's new offerings, rumors of a HSDPA Motorola Q, and Pantech's launch of the U110. So tune in to this, Engadget Podcast 65 -- and if you feel like it, ring us up at 1-888-ENGADGET, too!

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Hosts
Peter Rojas and Ryan Block

Producer
Randall Bennett

Music
J J J - ‘Suits’ in Japan

Format
52:00, 23.8MB, MP3

Program
01:41 - Apple's ad sinks to such great lows
06:28 - Apple Intel iMac reviews are in
08:03 - Franz Ferdinand Limited Edition Sony NW-A1000
10:46 - The Rio Cubic (aka the Carbon C)
14:11 - Tiger Telematics files for bankruptcy in UK
17:42 - Pantech's IM-U110's 1GB musicphone
19:37 - Checking out T-Mobile's SDA and MDA
28:23 - On Motorola (not) nixing the GSM Q
29:45 - Konica Minolta throws in the towel, quits the camera biz
32:57 - Nintendo sez Revolution due in the US before Thanksgiving
36:42 - Thomas's digital TV features and the Mobile DTV Alliance
39:56 - Listener voicemail!
48:19 - The week ahead, and Engadget's up for two Bloggies!

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[metric152 @ Jan 24th 2006 7:20PM]

To answer your question there are people listening to the podcast. Infact it's the only one I listen to. You guys have very good chemistry so it's more like listening to a bunch of friends talk about technology. Very good work and keep up the great job.

P.S. If possible can you guys record the podcast at a higher volume so I don't have to crank the speaker volume all the way over?

[Benji Tittle @ Jan 24th 2006 7:35PM]

One crucial bit of info missing from your segment on cell phone interference is that the distinctive "ta.. ta-da-da... ta-da-da..." chatter is a side-effect exclusive to phones with TDMA technology (used by Cingular, T-Mobile, etc.), and does not happen with CDMA phones (Verizon, Sprint, etc.).

Also, to piggyback off the first comment... I think you guys need to drop a teensy bit of money on audio production software that includes a compressor, or if you've already got a compressor, start using it! Yes, the volume level is too low, but it also has too wide a dynamic range. In a work environment that means that in order to get the volume loud enough to hear in quiet sections it's going to get way too loud when you guys get more animated. Compressors are *made* for this type of situation... they let you maximize your volume while constricting the dynamic range.

[narco @ Jan 25th 2006 3:03PM]

Two Welsh bands off the top of my head, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Young Marble Giants. I know GZM sing in Welsh, too.

Fishes,
narco.

[John @ Jan 26th 2006 5:30AM]

New Rio firmware? What model, and where can I get it? Maybe a search term hint? Come on, guys!

[Mike Turner @ Jan 26th 2006 10:51AM]

I found it interesting that you mentioned the Sony 'Franz Ferdinand' endorsed DAP in the podcast. It seems that quite a few users have had problems with these DAPs.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002482,00.html
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SONY is advising consumers not to use software supplied with its new range of digital music players after hundreds of users complained that it caused their computers to crash.
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And this is a very long blog about the trials and tribulations of users trying to make these DAPs work.
http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archive/2005/11/10/06h20m47s

[Mike Turner @ Jan 26th 2006 10:57AM]

It appears The Times URL got a bit corrupted in my previous comment, here it is again.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002482,00.html

[dalton @ Jan 26th 2006 3:06PM]

Re: Welsh bands - what about Mogwai?

Anyway, great podcast, but the editing was WAY weird this week. Lot's of awkward cuts, and then a segment during the voicemail section that sounded like it was supposed to be removed altogether (false start on the Blu-Ray question). Did you get a new editor, or did I just get the early edition?

[akhil @ Jan 28th 2006 12:32PM]

recently when i try to acess your podcast via rss feed i get a message saying no item, and i can't see any mp3's have you guys changed somthing since i used to be able to listen to the podcast fine and never had this problem

[Peter Rojas @ Jan 29th 2006 7:55PM]

Aren't Mogwai from Scotland?

[skinner @ Jan 31st 2006 3:47AM]

What was that site you guys mentioned in the podcast that was a "introduction" to the whole mobile phone networks and device types (or similar)?

[John @ Feb 8th 2006 7:41PM]

Well, I can't wait until I get my hands on a HSDPA Motorola Q !!!!!!!!