The Vergecast

The Vergecast is your source for an irreverent and informative look at what's happening right now (and next) in the world of technology and gadgets. Hosted by Nilay Patel alongside a cavalcade of tech luminaries, The Vergecast is the only podcast you need to make sense of the week in tech news. And your life.

The Vergecast is your source for an irreverent and informative look at what's happening right now (and next) in the world of technology and gadgets. Hosted by Nilay Patel alongside a cavalcade of tech luminaries, The Vergecast is the only podcast you need to make sense of the week in tech news. And your life.

The Vergecast is your source for an irreverent and informative look at what's happening right now (and next) in the world of technology and gadgets. Hosted by Nilay Patel alongside a cavalcade of tech luminaries, The Vergecast is the only podcast you need to make sense of the week in tech news. And your life.

The Vergecast is your source for an irreverent and informative look at what's happening right now (and next) in the world of technology and gadgets. Hosted by Nilay Patel alongside a cavalcade of tech luminaries, The Vergecast is the only podcast you need to make sense of the week in tech news. And your life.

This is my last Podcast...or is it? Song: Junkie XL - Made For Each Other (Nettwerk) 02:55 - Nokia Lumia 800 pictures, video, and hands-on preview 06:30 - Nokia Lumia 710 headed stateside, according to Nokia US website 15:00 - Interview: Nokia’s Kevin Shields and Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore talk Windows Phone, N9, and more 39:55 - HP to keep PC division 01:04:48 - Google TV updated to Android 3.1, adds apps and Market (update) 01:11:17 - The Verge Download MP3 (48.3mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Have you ever heard our Halloween broadcast? You haven't, but imagine it, then imagine the opposite of it. This is it. This is my next Podcast. Song: Harold Faltmeyer - Axel F 00:06:06 - Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich news roundup 00:42:00 - Asus Padfone coming in early 2012 with Ice Cream Sandwich 00:46:10 - Motorola Droid RAZR first hands-on pictures and video! 00:49:05 - Motorola MotoACTV fitness computer announced, available November 6th 00:57:40 - RIM announces BlackBerry BBX, PlayBook OS 2.0 developer beta 01:14:34 - Nokia N9 review 01:26:40 - Andy Lees: Windows Phone to get NFC and ‘wider hardware choice’ next year Download MP3 (72.9mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

We know This is my next Podcast is not Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. There are no lights, no cameras. But there is a lot of action, and about 18x more Topolsky, 1000x more Patel-Miller, and an unquantifiable amount more Stern and Siri. Let's leave it at that. Song: Metronomy - My Heart Rate Rapid (Because Music) 00:01:51 - iPhone 4S review 00:07:30 - iOS 5 now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch 00:15:00 - Siri says some weird things 00:32:35 - Samsung, Google regroup for October 19th Ice Cream Sandwich event in Hong Kong 00:36:35 - AT&T announces Samsung Captivate Glide and DoubleTime, Motorola Atrix 2, Pantech Pocket, and AT&T Avail 00:46:41 - Asus Zenbook UX21 and UX31 arrive on October 12th, start at $999 01:06:04 - Microsoft confirms Zune HD is dead 01:13:00 - Sprint planning ‘aggressive LTE rollout’ by 2013 01:19:25 - Facebook iPad app finally available today, iPhone app updated with new features 01:22:00 - The Verge Download MP3 (51.6mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

It's not a normal This is my next Podcast, but then, it wasn't a normal week. We took an hour and a half to grapple with with the present and the past that came before it, and we'll get back to the future next week. Song: Joxaren - Log Lady (Poisonous Gases) 00:50:00 - Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 00:38:45 - iPhone 4S announced, available October 14th starting at $199 00:45:30 - iOS 5 includes Siri ‘intelligent assistant’ voice-control, dictation — for iPhone 4S only Download MP3 (51.7mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

We made a rap song about all of the technology products that were announced this week! Song: Wagon Christ - Toomorrow (Ninja Tune) 00:04:10 - Amazon Kindle Fire, Touch, and $79 classic: all the news, photos, and video 00:06:27 - Kindle (2011) pictures, video, and hands-on 00:09:30 - Amazon Kindle Touch photos, video, and hands-on 00:11:42 - Amazon Kindle Fire: pictures, video, and hands-on 00:14:40 - Amazon introduces Silk: a cloud-based browser (update: video!) 00:32:00 - Amazon’s Kindle Fire UI: it’s Android, but not quite 00:34:00 - Editorial: How Amazon picked Android’s lock 00:43:38 - Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus official: 1.2GHz dual-core processor and thinner body coming at end of October 00:44:03 - Toshiba Thrive 7-inch coming in early December for less than $400 (hands-on) 00:52:30 - Exclusive: Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition has an 8.2-inch IPS display, IR blaster, and weighs less than a pound (updated with pictures!) 01:00:20 - Exclusive: Motorola Spyder (Droid RAZR for Verizon?) features industry-first qHD Super AMOLED display, LTE, dual-core processor 01:01:05 - Motorola Edison (Atrix 2) for AT&T preview 01:01:24 - Exclusive: Motorola Atrix 2 for AT&T specs and press photos, new Lapdock 100 for Webtop 01:03:59 - Windows Phone 7.5 ‘Mango’ release details and updated review 01:11:25 - Apple’s next iPhone event is happening on October 4th, and we’ll be there live! Download MP3 (56.7mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

It's alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll about finding new ways to express who you are and all of us out here at This is my next Podcast want to let you know that it's not just that you listen to This is my next Podcast but how you listen to This is my next Podcast and this week we'd like to encourage you to post a short film of yourself listening to the podcast -- it could be anywhere! maybe you listen in the shower? bring your underwater camera? -- to your Timeline, where, if enough people do this, we'll form a devastatingly clarifying tautology of what it means to be alive in This is my Next Right Now. Song: Atom Heart - Tarzan Boy (Rather Interesting) 00:02:09 - HP: Meg Whitman new CEO, Apotheker out after less than a year (live blog) 00:09:00 - Leo Apotheker’s last memo to HP employees 00:28:35 - Facebook introduces Timeline: ‘a new way to express who you are’ 00:31:32 - Facebook unveils ‘new kind of social app’ with new verbs like Read, Watch, and Listen 00:32:30 - Facebook Music announced with Spotify, Rdio, MOG, and more 00:54:10 - Netflix jacks up rates, erects a fence between streaming and DVD-only offerings 01:04:45 - Editorial: If the HTC Rhyme is supposed to be about making Android better, why not make it better for everyone? Download MP3 (48.5mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Sometimes after This is my next Office closes at five o'clock every afternoon Josh locks the door, draws the shades, and brings out a ceramic urn of the good stuff. The good, good old stuff that he needs a telescoping ladder to get to. The urn has an ancient The Verge logo on it. He gently sets three Swarovski snifters on his great-grandfather's red oak inlay card table, hacks three formidable chunks from This is my next Ice Block, and uses his great-great-grandfather's iTongs to clink the chunks deliberately into the snifters. Paul and Nilay glance at each other knowingly. The tape recorder clicks on. Then, a knock at the door: a feminine outline, with three laptops under each arm. Suddenly, Friday has become a little more interesting. Song: London Elecktricity - U Gotta B Crazy (Hospital Records) 00:03:30 - Nvidia Kal-El tablet running Windows 8 developer build (exclusive hands-on video) 00:22:18 - Windows 8 on ARM: more than just tablets, more to come on legacy apps and Office 00:48:05 - All future Android versions to be optimized for Intel as well as ARM; Medfield-based tablet and phone teased 00:57:30 - x86-based Android tablets due Q1 2012, Red Ridge reference tablet specs detailed 01:00:12 - Thunderbolt accessories under glass: Belkin Express Dock, PCI-E expansion, and Seagate GoFlex adapter 01:06:58 - AT&T 4G LTE launching in first five markets on Sunday 01:17:20 - iPhone 5 pictured in Case-Mate product page? 01:32:09 - We’re hiring for developer, designer, and operations engineer positions Download MP3 (54.9mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Y'all ever seen that Youtube link about Shoes?  This podcast is like that video. Song: Towa Tei - Ruffles (With Natural Calamity) (Nipponophone) 00:04:41 - Droid Bionic review 00:16:54 - Eric Schmidt: Ice Cream Sandwich to be released in October / November 00:30:00 - HTC sues Apple for patent infringement… using patents purchased by Google 00:48:10 - Samsung quad-core Windows 8 tablet ready for BUILD giveaway? 01:00:11 - Nvidia CEO: mobile chips to be a $20b business by 2015, new processor coming for Windows 8 01:09:52 - Sprint files lawsuit to block AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA (updated with AT&T’s response) 01:19:41 - Nike Air Mag officially announced, don’t actually lace themselves Download MP3 (50.5mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Nilay's on vacation, or plotting a coordinated takeover of a couple dozen multinational corporations, or busy finding his roots in his home country, wherever that is, so we've decided to stretch our legs for nearly two hours with two of our favorite staffers (actually...they're just our two favorite staffers, who are we kidding), Joanna and Vlad, and we thought it all came together pretty nicely, and with way less litigious bickering, don't you think?  Click the link to find out. Song: Ceephax Acid Crew - Cedric's Sonnet (Planet Mu) 00:01:10 - 2011 IFA 00:06:03 - Acer Aspire S3 joins ultrabook ranks (hands-on) 00:08:45 - MacBook Air vs. Aspire S3, IdeaPad U300s, and Portege Z830 ultrabooks – hands-on pictures 00:16:30 - ASUS ultrabook prices to start at $799, reports FT 00:23:00 - Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 launched at IFA 2011: Super AMOLED Plus display, 7.9mm thickness, and Android 3.2 00:29:38 - Samsung Galaxy Note unveiled at IFA: 5.3-inch Super AMOLED display, WXGA resolution, and S Pen stylus 00:40:30 - Amazon Kindle Tablet: $250, 7-inches, Android-based, available in November? 00:57:33 - Lenovo IdeaPad A1: a 7-inch, Android Gingerbread tablet for $200 (hands-on) 01:11:20 - Google announces offline Gmail, Calendar, and Docs 01:15:25 - HTC Titan announced for October: 4.7-inch Super-LCD display, Windows Phone Mango, and our hands-on preview 01:16:22 - HTC Radar announced for October: 3.8-inch Super LCD display, Windows Phone Mango and our hands-on preview 01:25:48 - T-Mobile USA CEO’s internal memo seeks to rally the troops in light of endangered AT&T deal Download MP3 (52.3mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

We're all over the map, and you know that.  So it's nice when some news breaks that we can dig deep on, for more than an hour, to make sure we've covered all possible iterations of what might happen with that news, including an exhaustive exploration of exactly who is best suited to play Steve Jobs in Pirates Of Silicon Valley Part Deux: On Stranger iTides.  The moral of the story is it's probably Johnny Depp. Song: Jet Airliner Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, replaced by Tim Cook; Jobs takes Chairman role Tim Cook, Apple’s new CEO Download MP3 (52.3mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

If This is my next Podcast were a camera, it would be zoomed alllllllllllll the way out,  keeping an omniscient yet still very high-resolution watch over every square inch of Technology Town.  It's a week that demands a microscope under one eye and a fisheye over the other, so please enjoy this podcast or we'll be destroying our depth of field perception for naught. Song: I Wanna Go 00:03:00 - Why HP killed its webOS devices 00:05:44 - HP kills TouchPad and webOS phones, looks to unload PC business 00:07:03 - HP webOS devices (TouchPad, Veer, and Pre series) to be killed in Q4 2011 00:30:30 - HP failed webOS; what’s next for the platform? 00:54:26 - BlackBerry Bold 9930 review 01:06:37 - Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion 01:10:15 - Google and Motorola: Independence Day or Doomsday? 01:48:45 - Grid 10: pictures, video, and hands-on preview Download MP3 (70.3mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)