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September 24, 2006

With “pod” on lockdown, Apple goes after “podcast”

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Now that Apple’s lawyers have scared the pants off of small entrepreneurs selling products like the Profit Pod and TightPod — items that have nothing to with portable audio in any way, mind you — it seems that the next targets are companies that have the audacity to use the word “podcast” in their names. Wired’s Listening Post blog is reporting that Steve’s legal eagles have sent one of those scary cease and desist letters to a company called Podcast Ready, whose premier product, myPodder, gives users an automated way to download ‘casts to their portable devices. CEO Russel Holliman claims that he’d consider changing the name of the program if necessary, but seems to be justifiably reticent about rebranding his entire business, considering the fact that “podcast” may not be “owned” by Apple nor even a derivative of “iPod” in the first place. Robert Scoble — whose own company, PodTech, may be at risk in this witch hunt — has weighed in on the issue by suggesting that the tech community as a whole adopt other terms like “audiocast” and “videocast” (or alternately, “audcast” and “vidcast”) to describe this type of content, while other folks feel that fighting Apple and generating a ton of negative press for Cupertino is the best solution. Our take? Apple should be happy that its golden goose is getting so much free publicity, and if it isn’t, we know of several companies that probably wouldn’t mind if zencast, zunecast, or sansacast became the preferred terminology.

Update: BBHub’s own Russell Shaw delves into this issue a little further over at ZDnet, and finds that Apple is having trouble getting certain iPod-related phrases trademarked, including the word “iPodcasting.”

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August 15, 2006

Engadget Podcast 084 - 08.15.2006

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We’re back! Again! Yes, we’re quite sorry for the delayed program (listen in to find out a bit why), but there’s no dearth of news to discuss. Fresh from Apple’s big WWDC 2006 kickoff event we’ve got the long predicted and somewhat jejune Mac Pro, the Cinema Display bumps, and some interesting tidbits on Leopard, including Time Machine — which Ryan sorely needed this week. Sony also pulled a fast one on us with the mylo, an intriguing and beguiling new WiFi handheld that seems to compete more with the PSP than anything else. Also hot off the presses is Engadget Mobile’s scoop on the BlackBerry Pearl, RIM’s new mobile consumer foray, and their first with a camera, removable media, and media playback capabilities. Thanks for welcoming us back, and enjoy!

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Program:
6:05 - Apple WWDC 2006
6:48 - Mac Pro hands-on
7:03 - Apple OS X 10.5 “Leopard” officially debuts
15:56 - Sony launches mylo
27:51 - The BlackBerry Pearl
44:00 - Listener emails

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July 16, 2006

Engadget Podcast 082 - 07.16.2006

Filed under: EngadgetPodcast, engadget podcast, podcast — Trent Wolbe @ 9:31 pm

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Podcast logoAfter nearly two months hiding out in the wilderness, the Engadget podcast returns! This week we’re on a strictly portable tip. We’ve got some hot-off-the-presses scoops on Microsoft’s Zune — its forthcoming iPod-hunting wireless audio/video media player. T-Mobile customers also finally get their hands on the Sidekick 3, Peter discusses his new relationship with the Treo 700p, and Palm announces a new Windows Media Treo for the European market. We’ll be taking another brief break as Pete heads to Europe to hit up the Amsterdam meetup (and take a much needed vacation) but the Podcast is back, no doubt about it.

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07:28 - Microsoft’s media player dubbed Zune
25:24 -
Sidekick 3 available to current T-Mobile customers
28:55 -
Pete gets a 700p
33:06 -
Palm announces WM5-powered Treo for Vodafone
21:34 - Record labels sue XM over Inno recording
30:00 - Sony gets official on new Vaio UX Micro PC
38:28 - Engadget Reader Meetup in Amsterdam on July 20th

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May 10, 2006

Engadget Podcast 079 - 05.10.06

Filed under: E32006, EngadgetPodcast, Nintendo, e3, engadget podcast, keynote, microsoft, podcast — Randall Bennett @ 4:55 am

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Podcast logoSony may have had their fun on Monday, but Tuesday turned out to be one of the news-packed days of the gaming year thus far. Nintendo decided to one-up Sony by adding additional speaker support for the Wiimote, demo actual Wii gameplay, and generally pump up and hype out their next console like nobody's business. Shortly thereafter Microsoft set us off with some footage of up and coming 360 titles, as well as some new periphs, including the vaguely maligned and long awaited Xbox 360 HD DVD drive. Joystiq editor Vlad Cole steps to the mic and joins Ryan for today's Engadget podcast -- one merely consisting of lengthy pontifications on the two gaming giants' moves against their respective competition.

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May 2, 2006

Engadget Podcast 077 - 05.02.06

Filed under: PeterRojas, RyanBlock, engadget, peter rojas, podcast, ryan block — Randall Bennett @ 9:11 am

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Podcast logoIt's our last pre-E3 podcast today, which means there's sure to be a little gaming news from Nintendo mixed in there for you to chew on, along with some Samsung Q1 UMPC goings on, our take on (and support of) Gary Shapiro and the CEA driving a stake in the ground for disenfranchised digital consumers everywhere, and some interesting news in the DVR space from TiVo and Yahoo. We'll take our usual cellphone related voicemails too (we can talk about other stuff -- promise), so listen up before the Engadget Podcast hits the mean streets of LA next week to play some games.

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00:37 - Nintendo Wii -- the Revolution gets a real name
10:53 - Nintendo to announce DS Lite pricing / release dates on Thursday?
12:52 - Samsung Q1 UMPC to go on sale May 7th for $1,100
14:31 - Eye-Fi embeds WiFi into your SD flash
18:09 - Gary Shapiro and the CEA take a stand
24:00 - Apple trying to include iPod video content on Blu-ray discs?
28:00 - Yahoo Go TV takes Meedio and does it for free
31:31 - TiVo's Series2 DT 80 and 180hour dual tuner boxes
36:13 - Listener Voicemail

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April 27, 2006

Sona BlackBerry Media Player will enable streaming video

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src="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2006/04/sonamobile.jpg" alt="" />RIM’s effort to position certain
BlackBerries as more consumer-oriented products received a big shot in the arm today, as Sona Mobile Holdings — which
may or may not be the same company that’s href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/14/sona-mobiles-star-trek-communicator-phone-delayed/">supposedly href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/11/sona-mobile-to-launch-star-trek-communicator-phone/">developing a Star
Trek-themed cellphone — announced the first-ever dedicated multimedia player for the company’s "latest generation
of devices." Although very little will be known about the software until it’s unveiled at the Wireless Enterprise
Symposium in Orlando next month, we do know that the so-called Sona BlackBerry Media Player will be able to handle
streaming video, and that the first content provider will be CanWest Media Works. CanWest’s offering will come in the
form of a daily Sona Mobile BerryCast (their term for a wirelessly-updated podcast), which will deliver downloadable
news clips to a user’s device. Not even a screenshot is available yet to show you, unfortunately, but rest assured that
we’ll be all over this come May 16th.

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April 25, 2006

Engadget Podcast 076 - 04.25.06

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Podcast logoJust because we had to take a week off to perform certain civic duties doesn't mean the news stops,. So we're back this week with the latest on Motorolas new Canary phone (which could well be the followup to the RAZR), the Sidekick III showing up on the FCC, Apple's new spensivo 17-inch MacBook Pro, whatever it is AT&T is doing to fight their own battle for the digital living room, and the Venzero One portable audio player. Enjoy!

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01:54 - Motorola RAZR 2 / Canary?
04:40 - Sidekick III hits the FCC
08:11 - Apple unveils the 17-inch MacBook Pro
11:30 - Venzero announces the Venzero One
18:14 - AT&T to launch Homezone TV service
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April 12, 2006

Engadget Podcast 075 - 04.12.06

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Podcast logo src="http://img.engadget.com/common/images/4844163528551596.jpg?0.39721570957757146" />We’re a day late, but definitely
not a dollar short this week. Just when we thought last week’s trip out to Vegas for CTIA was going to be a bit of a
bust, Apple goes and drops a bombshell on the industry in the form of the dual-bootin’ Windows-enablin’ Boot Camp beta
software. In the mean time while we weren’t pontificating what Apple’s big scene-stealing news meant for the industry,
we were poking around various handset makers’ booths in search of such devices as Samsung’s new T719, those Intel-based
UMPCs, and the slew of sweet knockoffs TechFaithWireless had to showcase. We’ll let you know how all that went (and
more) on this week’s show, so let’s get to it!

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Program
01:30 - href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/boot-camp-lets-macs-run-windows-officially/">Boot Camp lets Macs run Windows
… officially
14:09 - href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/06/umpcs-to-get-special-media-extender-software/">Hands on with some UMPCs /> 11:54 - A
look at TechFaith’s Moto Q knockoff

18:44 - href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/05/hands-on-with-the-razr-v3m/">Hands on with the RAZR V3m

22:01 - Samsung’s T719
29:34 -
Listener voicemail
36:15 - Engadget’s involuntary
entry into retail
, and the week ahead

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April 4, 2006

Engadget Podcast 074 - 04.04.06

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Podcast logo We pumped out a quick podcast for you while we're out at CTIA -- so if you're trying to steer clear of all the cellphone news that's about to hit, you'll be cool with what we've got going on in the show this week. We're taking on Movielink's and CinemaNow's big online distribution announcement from Monday, initial UMPC pricing, Intel's community PC, the South Korean robot invasion, and, of course, Naomi Campbell -- back on Engadget for once again bludgeoning an assistant with a cellphone. We'll also do our usual call-ins and occasional on-air gadget review; up this week is the Moto Q. Care to see how Verizon's long delayed QWERTY handheld stands up to the Engadget test? Better listen up.

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00:19 - Seven major studios line up to sell movies online
06:11 - TabletKiosk And Samsung reveal UMPC pricing
11:54 - Intel proposes "Community PC" for rural India
18:44 - South Korea wants 100% robot market penetration by 2020
22:01 - Naomi Campbell back in court for throwing another phone at assistant
24:01 - Hands on with Motorola Q
29:34 - Listener Voicemail
47:15 - CTIA and the week ahead

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March 7, 2006

Engadget Podcast 072 - 03.07.06

Filed under: IpodHifi, MacMin, PeterRojas, RyanBlock, engadget, ipod hifi, mac min, peter rojas, podcast, ryan block, stevejobs — Randall Bennett @ 9:41 am

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Podcast logoWe've been a little while since our last podcast, but we're back, and just in time, too. After last week's Apple non-announcements, we got some blockbuster business news: RIM and NTP finally settled? AT&T buying BellSouth (and thus the controlling stake of Cingular) for 67 billion dollars? Microsoft learns how to launch a buzz campaign with Origami? And if that wasn't enough Engadget turned two years old last Thursday. It's been loads of fun, but we're only getting started. Also, be sure to phone, Gizmo, or email in your usual questions and comments -- and especially your tech support horror stories for our support nightmare podcast later this week. Thanks for the last couple of years, here's to a couple more!

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Program
01:48 - Engadget turns two!
06:16 - Steve Jobs Keynote
11:47 - Intel Mac Mini
12:14 - iPod Hi-Fi
15:28 - Microsoft's Oragami
27:26 - AT&T buys BellSouth, Ma Bell is back
35:11 - RIM & NTP settle for $612 million
40:59 - Former Gizmondo executive's wrecked Ferrari
47:34 - ROKR E3 exclusive
52:18 - Listener Voicemail
84:43 - SXSW, and the week ahead

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February 14, 2006

Engadget Podcast 068 - 02.14.06

Filed under: EngadgetPodcast, engadget podcast, podcast — Randall Bennett @ 7:45 am

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Podcast logo src="http://img.engadget.com/common/images/4844163528551596.jpg?0.39721570957757146" /> Engadget Mobile launches! Tons
of new UMA phones, musicphones, WiFi phones, and QWERTY devices at 3GSM in Barcelona! Video iPod rumors, wireless iPod
rumors, the 1GB nano debuts! Yeah, there’s a lot of news going on around here at Engadget this week, but as you may or
may not know, today’s The Holiday of Love, and we know what you’re really looking forward to is the Engadget Lovecast.
Well, it’s coming later today, so keep your eyes open — trust us, it’s worth it the wait!

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01:07 - Welcome
Engadget Mobile!
04:51 - Sony Ericsson’s href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/13/sony-ericssons-new-4gb-w950i-walkman-phone/">W950i Walkman phone

07:37 - Samsung’s I320 announced at
3GSM
09:55 - href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/02/13/motorola-using-windows-media-for-new-musicphones/>Motorola using
Windows Media for new musicphones</a><br />16:11 <a href=">Apple still at work on true video
iPod?
21:01 - href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/08/portal-player-adds-wifi-and-bluetooth-spurring-new-round-of-ipo/">Portal
Player adds WiFi and Bluetooth, spurring new iPod rumors
23:55 - href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/07/apple-ipod-nano-now-comes-in-1gb/">Apple iPod nano now comes in 1GB

26:48 - Sandisk’s boast: "We’re
number two!"

30:05 - Listener Voicemail
41:38 - href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/07/the-winners-of-the-2005-engadget-awards/">The Engadget Awards 2005

43:41 - Team Engadget
Folding@Home team cracks top 60!

45:01 - href="http://features.engadget.com/2006/02/09/the-clicker-turns-one-we-might-just-agree-on-fair-use-unless/">The
Clicker turns one!

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