The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #9: All Around Smackdowns Between the iPod and Zune 2 Media Players and Kid-Friendly Laptops

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The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast is sponsored by Kensington.

In Today’s Gadget Lab podcast, Dylan Tweney, Daniel Dumas and Jose Fermoso discuss sub-$500 child-friendly laptops (including the XO from the One Laptop Per Child initiative), and end up placing the Eee PC vs. the Wii in a tough battle for the top children’s gift this Christmas, leading Dylan to a definitive decision regarding his own daughter’s present.

Additionally, they talk about Sega’s plans to make gadgets you can control with your mind, review the good-looking but expensive Cowon Q5W media player, and return to the Gadget Lab’s controversial smackdown between the iPod Classic and the Zune 80. With over 7,000 votes counted (and still going), people are definitely interested in this fight. All of that, plus intrusive paparazzi outside Wired’s holiday party, all for your listening enjoyment.   

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You can find the last few Gadget Lab podcasts below:

The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #8: From Dell’s New Retail Strategy to the Film vs. Digital Deathmatch Controversy

The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #7: From the Blu-ray/HD-DVD Wars to the Exploding Battery Mystery

The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #6: From The Microsoft Zune 2 Release to Warner Music’s Surprising iTunes About-Face

The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #5: From Google’s Android Alliance to the iPhone’s iBricking Firmware

The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #4: From Wal-Mart’s Early Black Friday To NBC’s Word War With Apple

The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #3: From the CTIA Trade Show to the Leopard Launch

The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #2: We’re Giving Away Good Times(Nokia N810 Tablet and iPhone Apps)

The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #1: Listen and Be Amazed (Microsoft’s Zune and the Gateway One PC)