In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris chat about the unsurprising demise of Microsoft’s Kin phones and the many internal details that have leaked out about it, as well as the iPhone 4 antenna issue.

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Discussion Highlights

• (01:39) Microsoft kills the Kin
  • Engadget’s rundown on what happened, Ars Technica’s rundown
  • Mini-Microsoft’s compilation of insider info
• (31:58) Our thoughts on iPhone 4′s antenna issues
• The Rundown!
  • (48:52) Solar powered planes
  • (52:45) Lucasfilm upset about laser replicas
  • (55:23) Microsoft’s Instaload battery tech

Featured Music

• Them Crooked Vultures “Dead End Friends”; Ryuichi Sakamoto “Self Portrait”

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