My Blog: Engadget Podcast 221

Google. Google, Google, Google, Google, Google!!! So precocious for an awkward tween. Fire up the Engadget Podcast Bingo site or iOS app and jump start your weekend with a hot tech injection full of a company that does much more than just search, these days, if you know what we mean.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Paranoid Android

00:00:55 - Nexus S review
00:08:00 - Google's Nexus S official, coming December 16th to US, 20th to UK (update: $199 on contract, $529 unlocked)
00:17:07 - Google's big week: Nexus S, Honeycomb tablets, Chrome OS laptops, and eBooks to boot
00:22:00 - Google rolls out NFC-equipped Places business kits, muscles in on location-based territory in Portland
00:27:07 - LG invents imaginary 1GHz processor requirement to say Optimus One won't get Gingerbread
00:27:15 - LG pulls back, 'will evaluate' upgrading Optimus series to Gingerbread when specs and source code are public
00:27:45 - LG commits to upgrading Optimus Ones to Gingerbread, angry hordes abate
00:31:00 - Android 2.3 SDK revealed, Gingerbread improvements called out
00:31:30 - Android Honeycomb coming 'next year,' adds tablet support
00:32:30 - Google's Andy Rubin live from D: Dive Into Mobile
00:47:50 - Live from Google's Chrome event!
00:48:50 - Google Chrome OS gets detailed, first laptops from Acer and Samsung coming mid-2011
00:49:10 - Google unveils Cr-48, the first Chrome OS laptop
00:49:20 - Google Cr-48 Chrome laptop preview (update: in-depth impressions!)
00:49:30 - Google demos Chrome Web Store, rolling out later today to US (update: now live)
00:52:00 - Flash working poorly on your Google Cr-48? Adobe's working on it
00:55:55 - Google partners with Verizon for free 3G data allowance with every Chrome OS netbook
01:03:50 - Chrome Web Store, HTML5 and the iPad: symbiosis at its best
01:16:50 - Mike Lazaridis live at D: Dive Into Mobile (with the PlayBook!)
01:18:00 - RIM's Mike Lazaridis: QNX coming to BlackBerry phones when dual-core processors are ready
01:26:26 - The Engadget Show returns next Friday, December 17th with televisions, robots, giveaways, and more!

Hear the podcast

Subscribe to the podcast

[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC).
[RSS MP3] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically.
[RSS AAC] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator.
[Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace

Download the podcast

LISTEN (MP3)
LISTEN (AAC)
LISTEN (OGG)

Contact the podcast

1-888-ENGADGET or podcast (at) engadget (dot) com.

Twitter: @joshuatopolsky @futurepaul @reckless @engadget

Filed under: Podcasts