Engadget Mobile Podcast 028 - 10.19.2009
By Trent Wolbe 
posted Oct 20th 2009 12:30PM
posted Oct 20th 2009 12:30PM
Once again, our focus turns to Android this week with a number of big announcements and big reviews -- well, big review, anyway, with the CLIQ getting fully detailed. Check it out!
Note: Our apologies for the sound quality this week, Chris was sitting next to a Tesla coil the entire time.
Hosts: Chris Ziegler, Sean Cooper
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Solvent - Devices and Strategies (Ghostly International)
01:38 - Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick customer data
07:00 - Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 review
11:10 - Motorola CLIQ review
14:35 - Walt Mossberg leaks the BlackBerry Storm 2
17:34 - Nokia posts $834 million quarterly loss, smartphone share down to 35%
21:24 - Acer Liquid slips through human fingers, but not before divulging new specs (updated)
22:55 - Verizon's anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: 'Droid Does'
25:30 - Mysterious HTC Android phone spied, might lean the way of the Dragon
28:50 - Listener questions
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Hell yeah! DLing.
I prefer the G1 keyboard over the Cliq (and Droid). You'll pry my 5 row keyboard with dedicated numeric keys from my cold, dead hands.
In reference to the Telus/iPhone comments. If you believe the announcements that was made they will be launching their HSPA network with coverage over 93% of the population; basically anywhere where they currently have EVDO. Telus worked with Bell on the network and it's been in progress (including planning) for the past 3 years based on info from insiders.
There's been reports that people are picking up Bell/Telus (MNC CAN-880) network on their phones even in places where Rogers only have weak 2G reception. So there seems to be some truth to their claims. We will know in a couple of weeks.
I guess I don't blame you, because they are not really strong in your part of the world, but you really do give quite poor coverage of Nokia on this episode of the podcast. Sorry if this comes off a bit strong.
FYI, you fail to mention they ship more devices this quarter than last quarter (5% more), you fail to mention that the loss is mainly due to a specific writeoff (EUR 908 million impairment of goodwill in Nokia Siemens Network) that doesn't have anything to do with the Devices division, and you fail to mention how the Qt framework fits in with Nokia's future (application layer for Symbian4 and Maemo 6).
I don't mean to say Nokia is doing well, but when you report on it, I think you should get the facts straight, or not report on it.
What, no times next to the individual discussion segments? how can I skip ahead to the stories I care about? get on the ball, engadget mobile
I'm still agonizing over the Palm Pre. I've decided that I don't want to wait until I graduate this coming June, but I'm wondering where to get it and from who. I'm planning on pulling the trigger towards the end of Q1 2010. After graduation, I will be working for a company that does a lot of international business, so it's conceivable that I will be spending a few weeks at a time in various locations around the world. Is it worth it for me to go after a GSM Pre given that frequencies are all over the map, or am I better off picking up the CDMA version?
Further, should I grab the Sprint version, or the Verizon version? I'm currently a Verizon customer, but I'm terrified of Verizon bastardizing the phone (the notion of a Get It Now app in webOS terrifies me.) The Motorola Droid gives me hope, but the Droid is launching as a leading-edge device (Android 2, not on any carrier), while the Pre has very much been out and about. What's your call?