Gadget Lab Podcast: Big Google News, Tiny New Smartphone

This week?s Gadget Lab Podcast is packed with Android announcements, hackable hardware and a teensy new smartphone you may dig (if you can fit your thumbs on it).

Staff writer Mike Isaac went to Google?s annual I/O developer conference this week, and came back with a ton of Google news, not to mention an armload of free swag. Mike joins senior editor Dylan Tweney to talk about what he saw, including a taste of the new version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.

They also show off the limited-edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 given out to I/O attendees, some of which are already going for big bucks on eBay. Our verdict: It seems an awful lot like an Android-powered iPad.

Next, the crew looks at Google?s new Accessory Developer Kit (or ADK), which you can use to make stuff that will interact with your Android device. Just imagine: One day you may be able to make sure your front door is locked from the comfort of your smartphone. Is there no bottom to man?s level of laziness?

And this week, we got to play with Samsung?s version of Google?s Chromebook (although we couldn?t take it home). It?s an updateD version of the CR-48 web-only notebook released in beta last year. Though the Chromebook isn?t out yet, we liked what we saw.

Finally, Gadget Lab intern Christina Bonnington stops by to give her take on the Veer, HP?s latest smartphone release on AT&T?s network.

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Mike is a Wired.com staff writer covering Google and the mobile beat. He's written on a number of different tech topics, ranging from startups to social media.
Follow @mj_isaac and @GadgetLab on Twitter.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/05/gadget-lab-podcast-android-io/

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