In this week’s Wired Gadget Lab podcast, Dylan Tweney, Daniel Dumas, and Jose Fermoso talk about the growing concern of exploding batteries in gadgets, why manufacturers only put a small batch through rigorous testing, and why protection circuit limits keep them from blowing up.
They also go over the best reviews of the week, including the ‘executive notebook’ Lenovo ThinkPad X30, the hockey puck-like Sony Home Theater PC, as well as the Sprint-compatible GSM version of the Palm Centro phone.
Finally, they find a way to talk trash about the slow AT&T EDGE network, the upcoming Speed Racer film, and how to take out the trash without losing your favorite gadgets.
Thank you for listening, and remember that you can subscribe to the podcast feed by clicking right here. And you can find the eighteen previous podcasts after the jump.
The Podcast (above) requires Quicktime (you can download it at Apple’s page here).
The last few Gadget Lab podcasts are below:
The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #19: From the iPhone SDK Release to Microsoft’s TechFest
The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #18: From Nokia’s Phone of the Future to the DIY-Friendly Chumby Gadget
The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #16: The End of the HD DVD Format, 1080p Projectors, and More
The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #13: Macworld 2008 Review and MacBook Air First Impressions
The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast #7: From the Blu-ray/HD-DVD Wars to the Exploding Battery Mystery
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)
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