Engadget Mobile Podcast 031: Saturday @ CES 2010 - 01.09.2010
By Trent Wolbe 
posted January 9th 2010 6:20PM
posted January 9th 2010 6:20PM
Welcome to the future of the Engadget Mobile Podcast. And by the future, we mean the present. The now. The 2010 where we have a Blackberry on our wrist, a Rumor in our hand, and The Need For Speed on our Pre. Strap in and log on.
Hosts: Chris Ziegler, Sean Cooper
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Solvent - Devices and Strategies (Ghostly International)
03:36 - Live from Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo's CES 2010 keynote
06:40 - LG Rumor Touch hands-on
07:45 - LG Lotus Elite hands-on: it's red, square, and marginally attractive
15:53 - inPulse smartwatch for BlackBerry wrist-on
21:32 - LG's GT540 mixes Android 2.0, pretty, and low-end
22:53 - Google support forums rife with Nexus One 3G complaints, is this a real problem?
25:20 - LG GW990 hands-on video
41:25 - Palm gets serious about 3D gaming on webOS
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This question has been modified but has mostly kept the wording and all of the spirit of the original.
My G1 has been with me for Year but is seems to be getting long in the tooth (and dead for additional updates). I've been looking at several complementary/replacement devices, originally the N900 and the Xperia X10, but now the Nexus One additionally.
When this was first posted I was leaning towards the N900 having actually played with it right around then. But I've been hearing bad things about Maemo 5 being a stepping stone to 6 (I don't like 6 was announced at the Meamo Summit) and given Nokia's somewhat shaky upgrade history with Maemo; I don't want to invest $550 odd dollars into a device and not get much support back. The fine browser, FM transmitter, exceptional Bluetooth support, crazy codecs support and easy native tethering are the things that appeal to me most about this handset.
The X10, on the other hand, seems to media super powers. Something that corrects what I think is Android biggest weakness. Its been announced with 1.6, but word from SE is that an update is coming and with Snapdragon it certainty has the ability to last every bit as long as the DROID and Nexus One. Also it has a FWVGA instead of the WVGA of the other 2 which makes it better for video However it is the most expensive device with expansys pre-ordering for $894.99 and I’m not sure I want to be at the mercy of SE for upgrades beyond the confirmed one to 2.X.
The new addition is the Nexus One which I was interested in but not considering until it was torn down and the N Wi-Fi and an FM transmitter were revealed. It almost seems to be a hybrid of the 3 phones mentioned above, plus its surely bleeding edge android updates.
Ultimately I want T-Mobile 3G, a WVGA screen, a 3.5 mm Jack, a 5 mp+ AF/ Flash camera, a top tier browser and DVD quality (WVGA) video recording.
Whats your take on the X10 vs the N900 vs Nexus One and those vs anything else you can think of?
Sorry for the length; love the podcast, keep up the good work! -Dpmt
@Dpmt Also sorry about being so tardy with my question.
@Dpmt Further Update: I'm not so sure about the Nexus One now with its 3G issues and other problems. Podcast soon!
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