The Signal #40: Motorola’s Exclusive Cliq and Yubz Magnum Speaker Giveaway
By Simon Sage on Friday, September 11th, 2009 at 5:54 PM PST In Podcast, The Signal
Man, everyone gets a little jumpy when Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has an announcement, eh?
Palm (NSDQ: PALM), HTC, and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) all announced new handsets this week, conveniently close to Apple’s iPod event, but timing aside, Motorola’s cannonball into the Android pool is bound to make some waves. Stefan was busy shmoozing it up at the Helsinki twestival, but Will gives us his hands-on impressions of the Cliq.
This episode we’re giving away a Yubz Magnum, which is a portable stereo Bluetooth speaker for whatever smartphone you happen to be rocking. This beaut is available in four different kinds of leather, and normally retails for around $109.95. U.S. listeners can drop a comment or tweet with the hashtag #intomobile for a chance to win their own.
There’s a lot more going on – hit the jump and be sure to check out the Releases section for other devices outed this week.
Music by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, as featured on Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone, and Hexadecimal Genome by Bit Shifter, playing live in New York at the Engadget Show this Sunday.
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Apps of the Week: Sports
Android – My Tracks
iPhone – Fantasy Football Cheatsheet 09
Headlines
Video: We take the Motorola CLIQ and MOTOBLUR for a spin
iPhone OS 3.1 Available for Download
Palm Pixi announced the same day as Apple’s Rock and Roll event, will anyone notice?
Rumors
Sprint Quietly Outs Samsung Instinct HD, “Coming Soon”
Vodafone to Announce Linux-Powered 360 by Samsung?
Nokia 2200 Slide leaked: Ultra cheap, dual band GSM/EDGE, 3.5 mm headphone jack
Nokia 5230 without AT&T 3G gets an FCC approval
Samsung shows Corby-like QWERTY phone – B3210
Android-Powered LG Etna Spotted at IFA Berlin
Samsung S5500E Lydford is the Korean giant’s latest eco-friendly phone
Releases
Special edition Samsung Think-Pink Star S5230 created to fight breast cancer
Alltel Launches Samsung Freeform
Nokia 7705 Twist for Verizon: QWERTY, 3 megapixel camera, $100 after 2 year contract
T-Mobile USA launches Samsung T659 Scarlet
Android-Powered HTC Tattoo Announced with Custom Hardware Options
G BL40 Chocolate hits Europe this money, rest of the world in October
Verizon Launches Touch Pro2: $199.99 on Contract
great round up of the news guys!
Always a great listen.
I want to enter the competition.
I live in LA. Not sure what else i need to enter. : )
Name: Clay Scholes
Location: Los Angeles
Phone: Nokia e71x (soon to be N86)
Yeah, I concur with Clay, great Podcast! I just recently started listening to them, and plan to continue listening to all of your future podcasts! Keep up the good work guys! I live in the US also in the LA area too, and hope to win!
Hooke me up please… looks hot.
Hey, really enjoyed the discussion and analysis of Moto and Palm (can Palm share its shiny new WebOS toy with the other kids in the sandbox?)
I downloaded My Tracks on your recommendation, but am also concerned about battery life. I bought an extended battery from Sedio, which adds at least a day and a half of life for me, but the battery cover they send with it (the battery is too large for the original housing) is made of such cheap plastic that it has cracked and chipped in all the places where tabs hold it on: so I can sort of hold it together–real sexy–and get good use between charges or go back to the original, charge-a-day battery.
The Magnum looks awesome, I’ll cross all my digits when not in use.
Oh, I have a G1, in case it’s not obvious enough. A friend tells me his MyTouch 3G gets better life than his G1.
looks great! love to have one.