Wired's Gadget Lab Podcast in Audio

This week, the Gadget Lab covers 3D mobile phones, more iPhone 4 antenna issues, a pair of headphones that appear to be from the future, reader questions, and more.

This week the Gadget Lab bemoans the connectivity of the iPhone 4, but shifts from Apple to AT & T.   Apple TV hasn't been a success so far, but could that change with iOS? And the Dell Streak slate headed to America.

News from this week's Gadget Lab Podcast includes Intel's foray into the smartphone biz, iPhone 4 antenna issues and more.

News from this week's Gadget Lab Podcast includes Android 2.2, Flash, iPhone 4, new iPad apps and more.

The Gadget Lab podcast returns with news of the new Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Apple's Mac Mini, and more.

In this week’s edition of the Gadget Lab podcast, Priya Ganapati and Brian Chen discuss the climactic outcome of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, where Apple unveiled the iPhone 3GS, whose performance is reportedly two times faster than the iPhone 3G. Then we analyze consumer response to the Palm Pre smartphone. We top off the podcast with our thoughts about Amazon’s large-format Kindle DX reader, which launched June 10.

In this week’s edition of the Gadget Lab podcast, Danny Dumas and Brian Chen discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Palm Pre, and what challenges lie ahead (cough, the App Store). Brian lays out his analysis on what hardware announcements to expect at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2009.

We're looking forward to the Maker Faire this weekend, where we'll hang out with our kind (nerds, hackers, and gadget geeks) and bring back reports of the most fabulous DIY projects we find there. But in the meantime, we've got some gadget news for you. Google handed out HTC G2 phones (aka the HTC Magic) to all 4,000 attendees of its Google I/O conference this week, and Wired.com was there, so we got first-hand impressions of the new phone. It lacks the G1's keyboard, but that makes it sleeker and slimmer. Plus, it's got the updated Android OS 1.5, aka "Cupcake." We also talk about Microsoft's upcoming Zune HD, which doesn't have an HD screen -- but it does have an HD radio and, with an optional dock connector, the ability to deliver HD video content to your TV or monitor. And finally, we review MSI's impressive x340, a super-slim notebook that matches the MacBook Air feature for feature, and ounce for ounce -- but, at $900, costs half as much. Oh, and it runs Windows Vista instead of OS X.

In this week’s edition of the Gadget Lab podcast, the gang discusses the upcoming battle between Palm and Apple. Palm’s iPhone rival, the Palm Pre, is hitting stores just two days before Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, where many are expecting the next iPhone to launch. We also give a summary of the latest iPhone rumors. The podcast concludes with our impressions of the Aston Martin DB9 Volante, a $209,000 convertible.

Long description: Priya Ganapati shares her hands-on impressions of the new Cool-er e-book reader — a lighter, slimmer and cheaper alternative to the Amazon Kindle. Danny Dumas gives the rundown on Sony's latest Walkman, which plays MP3 and FM radio with the added bonus of Slacker service. Brian X. Chen fills you in on the latest App Store drama, which involves a rejection and a semi-rejection of two iPhone apps. Danny Dumas tops off the podcast with a rant about AT&T snipping off the Nokia E71x's metaphorical mullet by removing its greatest feature.

Apple recruits IBM chip guru, Mark Papermaster, to possibly head up a division in Cupertino that will make chipsets in-house. Plus, a British journalist takes a iPhone and a Eee PC on a bumpy ride in a rally car to see which one is easier to type on when you're hurdling 80 MPH through a 90-degree turn on a dirt road. All that plus WIRED's triumph at the ASMEs and a review of the near perfect Samsung NC20.

This week's Gadget Lab podcast kicks off with a discussion of the consumer robotics industry, which is running into some hard times: Ugobe, the company that made the Pleo robot dinosaur, is going out of business. Even iRobot and WowWee have canceled plans for upcoming robot toys, as it appears U.S. consumers just aren't interested in these expensive gizmos. After that, we discuss Stanford University's iPhone development class -- it's available for free through iTunes -- and we review a THX-certified plasma TV from Panasonic, as well as a roundup of four inexpensive 15-inch laptops.

Verizon's CEO thinks Apple will be more keen to offering the iPhone on Verizon once it deploys 4G networks; we discuss why this would be a great for everyone, including Apple. We also talk about how movie star Jason Schwartzman is using an iPhone game to promote his digital music album, Coconut Records. As for product reviews, Danny Dumas gives us the rundown on the Kodak Zx1 budget pocket cam and the Yamaha FZ6R, a motorcycle for beginner riders.

One of the things we're most excited about with iPhone 3.0 is its support for app-accessory combinations, which we've dubbed "dongleware." We asked Wired.com readers to suggest ideas for this new category of products, and they came up with everything from a universal remote adapter to an iPhone breathalyzer. We also discuss the mysterious shortage of Android-powered Google phones -- just one has hit the market so far -- and a beautiful but dumb new phone from Porsche Design.

Long description:Stanford and Apple are offering free iTunes video lessons on iPhone development. Danny Dumas shares his impressions of the HTC Magic — the next phone powered by the Google Android operating system. Then we talk about the finer things in life — tea, the geek's new coffee.