The Vergecast

If you were around for the first-ever This is my next Live Videocast yesterday, you know that the This is my next Podcasters had quite a time all being together in the same room with a bunch of new equipment, rappin' about tech stuff.  We're not sure if we'd call if The Time Of Our Lives, but it certainly was a time, and what lies within this post is the audio that managed to escape from that time.  Josh. Paul. Nilay. Joanna. Ziegler. Bohn. Vlad. Hollister. Mumm. Ricker. Houston. Flatley. Some interns. It's big, it's weird, get used to it. Song: Bittersweet Symphony 00:03:12 - HTC ‘major announcement’ tomorrow; our live blog starts at 11:30AM ET 00:06:24 - HTC striking $300M deal for Beats Audio in phones 00:15:41 - TouchPad Go, HP’s 7-inch webOS tablet, hits FCC 00:16:00 - HP TouchPad gets permanent $100 price cut: $399 for 16GB, effective now 00:22:00 - TouchPad Go, HP’s 7-inch webOS tablet, hits FCC 00:35:30 - Nintendo 3DS price slashed to $169.99 on lower than expected sales 00:49:30 - BlackBerry ‘Colt’ rumored to be RIM’s first QNX phone, targeted for Q1 2012 01:02:41 - Nokia plots Windows Phone future for US: ‘no plans’ to offer N9, Symbian, or feature phones stateside 01:18:00 - The patent system isn’t broken — we are 01:19:30 - Announcing The Verge in The Washington Post Download MP3 (54mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Have you ever seen an old Daguerrotype of your great-grandparents and regular-grandparents hanging out in the living room staring at a beautiful olden-times refrigerator-sized radio?  The radio is glowing softly with vacuum tubes and the fireside demeanor of an ancient This is my next President and all is well in the universe in the photo.  OK, so here's the deal: you have to find one of those radios, have children if you haven't already procreated, and then recreate that picture but instead of FDR in the radio you have J,P,N via your 1/8" - vacuum tubes cable or regular Airplay / DLNA-capable olden-time radio.  Send negatives of the photo to This is the Verge Of My Next Office, The Big City, USA, 12345, and we'll pick a winner.  That's the deal. Song: Paint it Black 00:05:20 - BlackBerry Torch 9810 confirmed, launching in August (updated) 00:09:20 - BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860 is ‘all-touch,’ coming this year 00:20:20 - Skype for iPad released with video calling on WiFi and 3G 00:35:00 - iCloud Beta goes live for a lucky, random few 00:50:00 - Patel's Patent Corner™ 01:16:44 - TouchPad update brings speed, stability, and questions about that early July release 01:38:25 - Natural user interface is a red herring, what we really need is a Dyson sphere 01:39:30 - Nokia N9 countdown begins, points to September 23rd release date Download MP3 (61.3mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

It's hard to think of a better way to spend your Saturday than sitting inside alone listening to Josh, Nilay, Joanna, and Sean in your headphones, playing Nintendo, eating your next cereal. Maybe you're watching cartoons on mute on the other TV — hey, don't let us tell you how to do things. You sit there and enjoy This is my next Podcast any way you want. It's just that we've done a lot of research and we'd be negligent to not tell you the optimal place to absorb This is my next Podcast is in a tub full of body-temperature water in a very dark acoustically sealed room somewhere in the Southern hemisphere. Something to do with alpha waves. Song: More than a Feeling 00:04:00 - Apple MacBook Air review (13-inch, mid 2011) 00:19:45 - Mac Mini review (mid 2011) 00:25:15 - Photon 4G review 00:39:18 - Samsung TouchWiz UX update for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 available on August 3rd, but only in NYC 00:41:27 - Toshiba Thrive review 00:49:05 - Google TV update: more Logitech Revue boxes returned than sold in Q1, price dropping to $99 00:57:50 - Nintendo 3DS price slashed to $169.99 on lower than expected sales 01:06:35 - Evo 4G, Epic 4G rumored EOL in October; Sprint’s next blockbuster MIA 01:08:20 - RIM to lay off 2,000 employees, shuffle executives 01:12:28 - Fusion Garage Grid 10: the JooJoo lives on Download MP3 (46.5mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Joshua Topolsky only has a few more seconds left before Nilay Patel is exposed for blackboxing Paul Miller's cordless phone, so all we're saying is listen to this episode of This Is The Verge Of My Next Podcast before we're all in the slammer except Paul, who will be too exposed-embarrassed-scandalized-phreak3d 0ut to leave his apartment or even podcast from it. Song: RoccoW - Hello 00:04:20 - Mac OS X Lion review 00:33:52 - Apple MacBook Air updated with Sandy Bridge processors, Thunderbolt, and backlit keyboards 00:36:42 - Apple 27-inch Thunderbolt Display now available: FaceTime HD camera, 2.1 speaker system, and $999 price tag 00:41:20 - Apple kills white MacBook, 11.6-inch Air is the new entry level Mac 00:50:39 - Mac mini updated with new processors and Lion, no more optical drives 00:51:25 - Apple announces Q3 2011 earnings: $7.31b profit on $28.57b revenue, iPhone, iPad sales way up (update: audio!) 00:51:55 - WSJ: Apple board of directors planning CEO succession after Steve Jobs 00:56:50 - Lenovo announces Android-based ThinkPad Tablet and IdeaPad K1, forgets to cancel Windows 7 P1 01:02:33 - Nexus S for AT&T arrives, pre-sales begin tomorrow at Best Buy 01:04:15 - Nokia commits to launching first Windows Phone device in 2011 amidst ‘greater than expected’ challenges (update: €430m likely from Apple patent licensing fees) 01:07:45 - Nokia Sea Ray leaks out in video 01:08:05 - The Verge Download MP3 (56.9mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

You know that song the girl sings about Friday and how much fun it is and how many cool plans she has, and then compares it to other fun days? No, not that one. That one. That's what This is my next Podcast is like, but more like if they sacrificed Ronald Weasley right in the middle of the song, cooked his magic little eyeballs on a hot plate app, and then all the girls who sang the Friday songs somehow appeared in the same chat room and shared them snackwise from a magic wand-shaped skewer online together. Song: Robyn - Hang With Me (Zalza Chiptune Cover) 00:02:58 - Interview: HP’s Stephen DeWitt and Jon Rubinstein on webOS, the death of Palm, and partnering with Amazon 00:19:53 - HP TouchPad 4G for AT&T hands-on 00:28:10 - WSJ: Amazon tablet coming by October, touchscreen Kindle also in the pipe 00:47:30 - Sony S1 and S2 tablet hands-on 00:56:08 - Spotify launching in the US at 8AM tomorrow, open to all pre-registered users 01:08:22 - Netflix jacks up rates, erects a fence between streaming and DVD-only offerings 01:19:20 - Microsoft says it will have a ‘single ecosystem’ for PCs, tablets, phones, and TVs… and is ‘Windows’ dead? 01:30:46 - Microsoft shows four Mango phones from Samsung, Fujitsu, Acer, and ZTE Download MP3 (56.9mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

It's the This is my Next Podcast Podcast!  A silly, crazy, and fun/funny world where Paul and Nilay deep-dive on the hard tech issues of the week while Josh sips his vodka-soda, makes sweeping generalizations about life every 15 - 20 minutes, and then moves on to the next topic, all with alarming/disarming aplomb.  It's like a big LARPing forum for your BBS...but better. [The Podcast Producer would sincerely love to blame Sprint and the internet service providers at LaGuardia and Reagan airports for the delay in posting the podcast, but he is a self-flagellating podcast producer so he'll just say, sincerely, "I'm sorry." - ed.] Song: Rio 00:03:00 - Announcing some new hires! 00:07:05 - iPhone 5 redesign likely says WSJ, but have you met the iPad HD? 00:21:21 - How Sony accidentally did the right thing with Light Peak 00:32:20 - Does Senate Bill 978 make YouTube and video game run-through videos illegal? Not really. 00:42:10 - Facebook announces Skype video calling integration, Group Chat 00:50:40 - Who would win in a fight between Facebook and Google+? 01:12:43 - Motorola Droid 3 officially hits Verizon, coming July 14th for $199.99 01:13:55 - Exclusive: redesigned Motorola Droid Bionic looks confirmed in Best Buy leak Download MP3 (48.9mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Don't even mess around like you're not already cruising around town with the top down and your 1/8-inch - tape adapter in the deck, jamming hard to this week's super-unlucky This is my next Podcast podcast. We know you're messing around because there's just no way you'd ever put off listening to the classic three-piece lineup we're dealing with here: JT, NP, and PM: just the bare-bones dudes, crankin' out the real and raw tech chat you crave and rely upon to reference while impressing your industry analyst buddies at the water cooler, your grandpa with the iStuff at the nursing home, and your grand-tween with the 2.0'd version of carpal tunnel s/he got from playing too much FaceVille Plus outside the movie. We know you're messing around because you need us to help you impress all of them with the absolutely singular tech knowledge we drop on your right here, each and every week, on the This is my next Podcast Podcast. Just do everyone a favor and don't even mess around like that, allright? Song: Take Me Home 00:02:47 - HP TouchPad review 00:27:15 - HP offers Pre and Pixi owners $50 mail-in rebate on the $599 TouchPad, but is that enough? 00:29:45 - HP ‘talking to a number of companies’ about potential webOS licensing, Jon Rubinstein gives us the lowdown 00:44:03 - RIM staves off shareholder revolt, forms ‘independent committee’ to examine executive structure 01:00:10 - Google launches social layer Google+ 01:11:03 - Apple lays out MobileMe transition, iCloud web apps coming this fall 01:29:30 - Supreme Court says video games are protected free speech, California can’t regulate sales of violent games: a complete analysis 01:36:10 - The Ashton Kutcher News Hour 01:39:30 - HTC ChaCha officially the Status for AT&T and Telus Download MP3 (61.5mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

You'd think that when the big boss skips a This is my next Podcast things would go a little haywire and everyone would be bouncing off the walls, but whaddya know! Nilay, Paul, Chris and Dieter keep it real, smooth, and real smooth in this Topolskyphobic edition of TIMNP. They'll peel your mango, burn your platform, and comb your honey in a concise and comprehensive conversation about the week in techno-news the only way they know how: nextly. Song: The Final Countdown 00:02:13 - Nokia N9 officially announced: unibody design, buttonless ‘swipe’ UI, and the lost promise of MeeGo 00:11:37 - Nokia’s burning platform might have been a phoenix 00:23:00 - Nokia’s Elop unveils ‘Sea Ray,’ its first Windows Phone — shh, don’t tell anyone (video) 00:33:55 - Windows Phone ‘Mango’ preview 01:03:40 - Android Honeycomb 3.2 coming this summer, will support 7-inch screens, Qualcomm processors Download MP3 (44.5mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Oh, you thought we were done adding more This is my next Podcasters? Wrong again, homeboy/girl. Actually, that was the first time you were wrong that we can remember, but in any case: Dieter Bohn is here, he's cool, get used to it. Now let's chat about some tech, shall we? Song: Friday 00:01:10 - Say hello to Dieter Bohn! 00:02:37 - Nokia and Apple settle patent disputes; Apple to pay one-time fee and ongoing license fees 00:11:15 - Nintendo Wii U preview: specs, games, and everything in-between 00:29:00 - iCloud and Apple’s truth: can you win if you don’t play? 00:39:10 - RIM’s latest earnings call: 500K PlayBooks shipped, layoffs coming 00:40:00 - RIM doth protest too much: the earnings call breakdown 00:51:25 - Motorola Xoom 4G for Verizon in the works? 01:02:30 - HTC Desire won’t get Gingerbread update 01:04:09 - HTC backtracks, says the Desire will get Gingerbread after all 01:06:55 - New LG Android slider spotted for T-Mobile with second screen, split keyboard 01:10:37 - HTC Evo 3D review 01:15:14 - Sony Ericsson Xperia Play review 01:20:38 - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review 01:22:20 - Sprint Evo View 4G review 01:22:48 - Samsung Chromebook Series 5 review Download MP3 (52.9mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Now that we're ten, we feel really grown-up.  To prove how grown-up we are, here's ten million hours of super-loose banter about the ten billion super-tight things that happened this week.  This is my next Podcast?  Yes, I think it is my next Podcast. Song: Rolling in the Deep 00:03:14 - Live from WWDC 2011 00:20:29 - iOS 5: BBM-style messaging, Android-style notifications, widgets, and more? 00:23:40 - Apple iOS 5 for iPhone hands-on (early developer build) 00:35:32 - iCloud announced at Apple’s WWDC, available to developers today 01:21:13 - HP TouchPad shipping July 1 for $499, pre-orders begin June 19 — and AT&T model coming soon 01:33:19 - Nintendo Wii U preview: specs, games, and everything in-between (video) 01:56:00 - Sony PlayStation Vita officially announced for the holidays: $249 for Wi-Fi model, $299 for AT&T-exclusive 3G model 02:06:43 - Microsoft announces new Xbox Live dashboard: voice controls, YouTube, Bing, and live TV! Download MP3 (81.7mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Here at http://thisismynext.com, we take what we do seriously! Look. This is my next Windows. This is my next Honeycomb Tablet. This is my next Flagship Android Phone. This is my next Nook. This is my next iOS. Truly, madly, deeply; crazily, sexily, coolly: it's all just plain next. This is my next Podcast. Song: Enola Gay 00:02:10 - Windows 8 shown at D9 00:25:48 - Intel renames ultraportables ‘ultrabooks,’ shows off a Medfield-powered Honeycomb tablet 00:38:40 - HP's Leo Apotheker, live from D9 00:57:29 - Asus Padfone, Eee Pad MeMO 3D, UX Series, and Eee PC X101 announced at Computex 01:05:07 - Did a Google employee just leak the next flagship Android phone? 01:12:15 - Barnes & Noble Nook review (2011) 01:15:05 - Steve Jobs to announce iCloud and iOS 5 at WWDC Download MP3 (59.3mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Hello and welcome to This is my Next's weekly audio journal, This is my next Podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by the letter G, the number 9, and a sincere passion for debating the ins and outs of the history of Microsoft's corporate strategy.  Sound like a plan?  We thought so.  See you in your headphones. Song: Better Off Alone 00:02:20 - Microsoft's Windows Phone "Mango" preview event 00:49:15 - Barnes & Noble’s new Nook goes back to basics 01:05:30 - HTC Flyer review 01:12:15 - Google Wallet and Google Offers announced 01:31:40 - Sprint / Motorola event next month could be for Photon 4G: global roaming, WiMAX, and Tegra 2 01:35:29 - Dell XPS 15z official: Core 2011 processors, NVIDIA graphics, and USB 3.0 in an ultrathin package Download MP3 (59.3mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Hello!, and welcome to the last-ever This is my next Podcast podcast.  Just kidding, it's totally not the last one, but since it's number seven it got us thinking about superstition / astrology and we were trying to make a what-are-you-making-for-your-apocalypse-potluck joke, but then the whole thing just devolved into Josh waxing poetic about his Huffy and Nilay waxing Night Court on copyright law for the last 300 hours of the newest edition of the This is my next Podcast podcast while Paul, Chris, Joanna, and all of the people in the chat room / bingo hall fell asleep.  Other than that, it's really good like usual. Song: Losing My Religion 00:07:30 - Exclusive: Samsung ‘Hercules’ for T-Mobile is like a dual-core Infuse 4G 00:11:13 - Exclusive: T-Mobile’s 2011 roadmap includes HTC ‘G-Infinity,’ LG Optimus II, three new BlackBerrys, and more 00:32:20 - Lenovo ThinkPad X1 starts at $1,399: Rapid Charge, Gorilla Glass display, backlit keyboard included 00:43:05 - Android 3.1 Honeycomb hands-on 00:50:40 - Google acts swiftly to close vulnerabilities in Calendar and Contacts, avoids potential Android patching woes Download MP3 (58.3mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

How many "GOOD GOOGLEY MOOGLEY!" jokes does it take to make a two-hour This is my next Podcast?  We lost track after the first hour, but knowing you we bet you'll be able to keep track of all of them and tell us how many there were in comments. Song: Close to Me 00:02:00 - Live coverage of the Google I/O day two keynote starts Wednesday, 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET! 00:21:42 - Android Ice Cream Sandwich unveiled, ‘one OS that works everywhere’ 00:36:54 - Google Music Beta hands-on (video) 00:50:18 - Movie rentals hit Android Market: available now for the browser, coming soon for phones and tablet 01:01:50 - Google announces Accessory Development Kit and Android @ Home 01:15:37 - Chrome OS gets a big update, adds improved file management and new media player 01:16:45 - Google Chromebooks coming this June from Samsung and Acer 01:31:03 - Google adding Chromebox mini-desktop to the Chrome OS mix 01:37:43 - ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 review 01:44:48 - How Google controls Android: digging deep into the Skyhook filings 01:56:03 - Microsoft and Skype flesh out the details, answer the burning questions Download MP3 (71.4mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)

Drama, the kind of stuff you normally watch daytime television for, is now available in a crisp, vacuum-sealed, 55mb, technology chat-flavored podcast.  We won't be doing any paternity tests or neutralizing any jealous lovers this time around (we don't think) but we do promise to wax intense on post-3G network speeds, Research in Slow Motion, and notions of good and evil as they apply to wireless spectra.  This is my next Podcast. Song: DJVu - Want You Gone 00:03:38 - HP Veer 4G launching on AT&T May 15th for $99.99 00:21:15 - High-speed half-truth: AT&T, T-Mobile are dipping below HSPA+ for ’4G’ plans and branding 00:41:33 - HTC Bliss: a Verizon Android phone for women? 01:01:09 - Apple releases iOS 4.3.3 for iPhone, fixes location-tracking bugs 01:06:06 - Google plays ball with carriers to kill tethering apps, violates spirit of the ‘open access’ it bid $4.6B to protect 01:19:52 - BlackBerry World: Now Wait for Last Year Download MP3 (55mb) Subscribe to the podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the podcast (Zune) Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)