Engadget Podcast 282 - 02.24.2012

The Engadget Podcast: it's all BlackBerry PlayBooks, overblown sales figures and airbag backpacks.

Host: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater, Dana Wollman
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Orbital - Never

00:06:13 - BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 review

00:18:00 - BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 now ready for download

00:24:04 - ComScore report finds 42 percent of US mobile users have smartphones, Android at nearly 50 percent
00:36:30 - NPD: Apple grabs over a quarter of the mobile PC business in Q4 2011 (including iPads), HP tops with laptops
00:41:28 - Verizon 4G LTE outage hitting parts of the US (Update: it's back)
00:54:33 - Google 'close' to picking new Motorola Mobility CEO, say the usual gang of sources
01:04:52 - NYT: Google to sell Android-based heads-up display glasses this year
01:12:03 - Skier saved from deadly avalanche by airbag backpack
00:15:00 - The winners of the 2011 Engadget Awards -- Readers' Choice

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If God is a DJ, these are his decks (video)

Not getting the kind of attention you feel a DJ deserves? Then maybe it's because your decks are Plain Janes of spinning black nothingness when they could be so much more. You need projectors up there on the ceiling, creating light shows mapped to the rotation and beat of your records and simultaneously overlaying your software -- so you won't have to keep staring subserviently at a laptop. The next step? Using Wii controllers and motion capture for even stranger effects, plus whatever else your imagination conjures after seeing the video below. Soon this technology will be everywhere, from hospital radio DJs right down to that little pretender who does discos on the pier, so get in there quick to beat the curve.

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If God is a DJ, these are his decks (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Acer Liquid Glow: Glossy-coated ICS phone to show up at MWC

One phone is never enough. Acer's revealed that it's bringing a second handset to Barcelona next week and it's got that Ice Cream Sandwich we know you love. With a 3.7-inch WVGA (800 x 480) display, the Liquid Glow packs a 1GHz processor and a 5-megapixel camera underneath that glossy colored shell. Those underwhelming specs are pepped up a bit with the promise of Android 4.0, but we still expect those gentle specifications will keep the phone pretty keenly priced -- it's unlikely to go toe-to-toe with its quad-core sibling. Acer says that we can expect it to arrive in the UK this summer, but we'll be sure to try it out ahead of that in just a few days.

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Apple acquires Chomp, set to revamp search and discovery for App Store apps

Apple has acquired Chomp, a search and discovery app for the iPhone that helps users find the best-of-the-best apps in the App Store. Apple plans to utilize Chomp's proprietary algorithms and technology to improve discoverability and user experience, presumably both on the mobile and desktop versions of the App Store.

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