Engadget Podcast 073 - 03.28.06

The Podcast is back! We've been out of the action for a couple of weeks but we aren't going anywhere -- except to Vegas next week for CTIA. But we're catching up this week on all the video game news and rumors surrounding the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution (or should we say Go?), the first new TiVo we've seen in, well, a while, and Microsoft's latest delay for Vista, which puts us squarely back to January 2007. We also decided to snag a couple of those emails you've been sending in and give 'em some air time, so listen in to the latest ep, we'll do our best to make sure it's worth your wait.

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Hosts
Peter Rojas and Ryan Block

Producer
Randall Bennett

Music
J J J - 'Suits' in Japan

Format
45:45, 20.9 MB, MP3

Program
01:50 - Vista delayed (for consumers) till early 2007
08:42 - Dell buying Alienware for undisclosed price
13:35 - Nintendo Revolution = Nintendo GO?
18:30 - Sony confirms PS3 controller redesign
22:32 - Dual tuner TiVo pic spotted?
25:27 - Cablevision to rollout remote-storge DVR service
31:58 - Palm's 10th anniversary
35:30 - Listener email

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Contact the podcast: 1-888-ENGADGET, Engadget (Gizmo Project) or podcast at engadget dawt com

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 2:56PM]

Finally!!!!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 2:57PM]

THANK GAWD I WAS GOING THROUGH WITHDRAWLS!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 2:58PM]

I mean withdrawals. SEE?!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 3:22PM]

Great idea,

better info is here: http://centrum.czweb.org

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 3:29PM]

Regarding minute 16 -- I think the word you're looking for is "synergy."

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 3:37PM]

Come on guys. The Xbox 360 is not being sold stand alone for less than it is in america.

It has been pretty well reported that those deals are in conjunction with cellular and internet package deals.

Old news.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 3:43PM]

Dudes! PS3 = simultaneous worldwide release!

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/15/ps3-press-conference-it-begins/

Check the second paragraph.

[jakecornette Posted Mar 28th 2006 4:08PM]

Thank you Conrad. You guys obviously missed a whole plethora of PS3 information over the past couple weeks...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 4:40PM]

at last
i was beginning to worry about a sudden cease of podcasting

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 4:40PM]

This is about the idea of 'podcasting' in general.
I recently the TDG Research paper by Colin Dixon and Michael Greeson which indicated that our idea of scores of people actually downloading and listening to podcasts on their iPods is probably an illusion and that 80% of these files are played on desktop PCs and rarely, if ever, are played on mobile devices. My boss has recently become enamoured of the idea of 'podcasts' and, of course, thinks that people use ONLY the iPod for this...so..iTunes is the only way to go. But, I see that you offer a variety of options. I understand that iTunes doesn't provide any usage statistics on the number of people who download your stuff from iTunes (True?) but, can you say which of the formats you offer get the most hits?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 4:53PM]

Some of your info is kind of old. Joystiq had a post eariler saying Nintendo Go is not the new name.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 5:11PM]

A request - how about an xml feed of the AAC version, in addition to the MP3? iTunes seems to be able to play that file, and it's smaller - would subscribing to a podcast xml of an AAC work in iTunes?

Thanks for coming back!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 5:13PM]

To 8bitjake or whoever made the Wikipedia page on "ungoogleability"; I've edited it as this word existed befor eit was used in the podcast (although it was the first place I heard it). So, just a heads up.

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68998,00.html?tw=rss.CUL
http://blognet.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/ungoogleability/

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2006 8:02PM]

re: TorontoGuy. I've never listened to a podcast on my laptop. The reason I like podcasts is that I can listen to them as I commute, do yardwork, cook dinner etc.

[ryan Posted Mar 28th 2006 8:36PM]

Ungoogleability, ha! I've never seen those links before! Now, someone want to change the Wiki entry to reflect who actually said that? (Me?) Very funny stuff!

Best, Ryan

[ryan Posted Mar 28th 2006 9:37PM]

Btw Kerry, I was making a joke -- it's a reference to Space Ghost: Coast to Coast ("synergisticality"). http://snard.com/sg/guide/?ep=57&fmt=0

[Eddieman201 Posted Mar 28th 2006 10:36PM]

I use podcasts to wind down at night before i go to bed. I usually use my ipod and have never listened to one on my computer.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2006 12:56AM]

Hah, the Wikipedia author jipped Ryan on credit for the use of obscure words. But I can't fault him, took me two or three podcasts many months ago to figure out whose voice was who...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2006 1:03AM]

Thanks for yet another PodCast!
I just wonder, is it possible to write out the file-size for all the versions? At first I thought the .ogg was broken since it was just 15 MB.

Anyway, a xml-feed of the .ogg-version would be nice. If it's possible in the future :)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 3rd 2006 7:35AM]

In connection with comment 12, I've never understood why the iTunes feed is the MP3. Surely it makes sense to have that as the enhanced AAC.

I suppose it is the MP3 so that it is compatible with more devices.

Would it be possible to make a feed, either in iTunes or that could be put into iTunes by us for the AAC version?