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Gdgt- is this the big Peter Rojas/ Ryan Block new gig?
jkOnTheRun — ... Just stumbled across a little site with the cool name of gdgt- lo and behold it's a new site by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block, both formerly of Engadget fame.  Both Peter and Ryan are friends of ours here at jkOnTheRun and I know both Kevin and I have been anxious to see what their new venture is going to be.  I don't know if this is it or if it's just a teaser to get us talking (it worked guys) but they are going to do a weekly podcast.  I'm off to listen to it now so you'd better hurry and do the same.  Anything these guys talk about will be solid gold.  ...

Engadget Dudes Ryan Block And Peter Rojas' New Gadget Startup: Gdgt.com
Silicon Alley Insider — We still don't know what kind of gadget-content startup former Engadget editors Ryan Block and Peter Rojas are working on, but we now know its name: gdgt. The guys have kicked off the site with a blog post and a podcast episode, but Rojas cautions on Twitter: "gdgt isn't going to be a gadget blog, I think I've already proven I can do that!" The gdgt homepage is already soliciting visitors for the username they'd like to use on the site, so it's possible it's some sort of social network, or something along those lines. Know more? Let us know via ...

This week at Mobile Tech Manor #6
jkOnTheRun — ... GigaOM is taking place in just a couple of weeks and I'm getting excited about attending for a number of reasons.  This will be my first chance to meet a lot of the GigaOM folks I have been talking to for over a month and that will be fun.  Kevin and I are both attending so it will be a good opportunity to chat face to face without having a web cam in the middle.  It will also be a great conference with a lot of good speakers and panels.  Ryan Block of the new site gdgt will be speaking and it will be good to see him again.  One of the managers of the ...

Mobilize 08 wrapup
jkOnTheRun — ... , a competition where 12 companies presented their new products to the judges and audience.  It was very cool to see some of these new products from a pre-launch POV and it was a ton of fun.  It was also great seeing Ryan Block again, and talking to him at length about his new venture with Peter Rojas, gdgt.com.  Ryan is a good friend and both Kevin and I enjoyed our time with him.  Ryan and Peter have some big things planned for gdgt so keep an eye on them, that's all I'm saying. ...

Engadget Cares: save us from Apple's groundbreaking, developer-shackling App Store
Engadget — Filed under: CellphonesEngadget editor-at-large and gdgt co-founder Ryan Block contributes Engadget Cares, a friendly advice column for the people who make your technology. ...

gdgt weekly podcast- T-Mobile G1 is better than Windows Mobile
jkOnTheRun — ... I advise you to listen to the gdgt weekly #5 show.  Both shows give a lot of thought to the new G1 and how it might appeal to you.  Peter Rojas is one of the few people in the world who has actually used the G1 and his take on the new phone is particularly useful.  Most surprising comment from Peter in the show: ...

Engadget Podcast 113 - 10.13.2008: The Engadget Podcast returns!
Engadget — ... the ideal time. We've just wrapped the official reintroduction, and you can listen in via the links below. This week we cover quite a few exciting developments in the world of gadgetry, including (but certainly not limited to) RIM's new Storm, the upcoming Apple laptop event, and Nintendo's unveiling of the DSi. We hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for more! Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, and Nilay Patel Guest: Ryan Block (gdgt) Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Professor ...

Why Today's Netbooks Won't Kill The Laptop Market
Silicon Alley Insider — ... If low-cost, lo-fi "netbooks" are ever going to make a major impact on the PC industry, they're going to have to get better. Specifically, if geeks like Gdgt's Ryan Block (former Engadget editor) can't get any work done on a netbook, selling them to mainstream consumers is a no-go. Which ...

New iPod Shuffle As Fashionable Hair Accessory?
iPhone Savior — ... models her brand new iPod Shuffle re-purposed as a trendy hair clip. Fab tech-fashion stylist and Gdgt blogger Ryan Block, searched out the perfect placement for this Shuffle to compliment Veronica's sassy good looks. The couple chose to deploy their ultra low-tech 'flesh pointers' to highlight Apple's miniature masterpiece. ...

Apple iPhone 3.0 Event LIVE DISCUSSION
Apple Gazette — Later today Apple will be revealing the details of what’s in store for the iPhone 3.0 OS. While Apple Gazette will not be at the press conference covering it live, I will be here watching it live on the web, and we will have a live discussion going on during the event. I will be providing some updates during the event which will be pulled from Gizmodo, Engadget, and GDGT coverage. So feel free to stop by and discuss the iPhone 3.0 event as it happens. iPhone 3.0 LIVE Discussion &id; ...

Awesome Tweet: Peter Rojas Says Flash Coming to Android
jkOnTheRun — ... of gdgt tweeted that the development house BSQUARE has been hired to port Flash to the Android platform. Peter is a great guy and has the best cred of anyone I know so I take this a little more seriously than most tweets. Flash on Android will be a great thing and I find it interesting that Adobe isn’t getting it ported everywhere a lot faster. A lot has been said of Adobe’s failure to port Flash to the iPhone and I find it curious that another firm would be contracted to port it to Android. You’d think that Adobe would want Flash to be running everywhere but ...

This Week at Mobile Tech Manor #32
jkOnTheRun — ... . I like how cool it looks and how it doesn’t impact performance like some of the complicated themes do. Skinning my phones is something I’ve always enjoyed doing and I like how easy it is to do OTA on the Storm. I intend to start skinning the G1 soon.  Peter Rojas of gdgt has recommended I try aHome, a skinning app for the G1 (in the App Market) so that’s what I’ll try on the G1. ...

A Typical Day in the Life of the Viliv S5 Premium UMPC
jkOnTheRun — ... Since I had the headphones on I decided to listen to a podcast (gdgt) which the Plantronics and S5 handles superbly. I got some additional work done while listening to Peter and Ryan talk about gadgets.  Life is good. ...

gdgt Goes Live- Gadgets Get All Social
jkOnTheRun — ... Peter Rojas and Ryan Block, both former bigshots at Engadget and friends of ours, piqued a lot of interest when a while back they joined up and promised a new venture for the gadget lover crowd. Gdgt would be unlike any other gadget site, with a focus on sharing gadgets from an end user perspective. They have been working fast and furious on getting gdgt ready to launch and I am excited to tell you that today is the day. ...

Review: iPhone 3GS
iPhone J.D. — ... Thus, I will focus the rest of this review on those first few features.  Having said that, I do encourage you to read some of the more comprehensive reviews of the iPhone 3GS to get all of the nitty gritty details on all 11 new features.  The brand new website gdgt has lots of great information on the iPhone 3GS, including ...

Apple To Headline CES? No
Silicon Alley Insider — ... by Ben Charny, reporting that "Apple plans to attend the show s 2010 version, marking the first time in memory the Cupertino, Calif., consumer-electronics giant will be there." Charny doesn't cite a source for that fact, but bases parts of the rest of his post on conversation at a dinner for journalists that the Consumer Electronics Association held this week. In a post at Engadget, former Engadget editor-in-chief -- and Gdgt cofounder -- ...

SHOCKER: Apple Tries To Block Semi-Negative Steve Jobs Profile From Being Written
Silicon Alley Insider — SHOCKER: Apple PR tries to block semi-negative Times of London Steve Jobs profile [Times of London] UStream sued over live-streaming boxing match [NewTeeVee] CBS, Amazon already interested in Gdgt, the new gadget site by ex-Engadget dudes Peter Rojas and Ryan Block [TechCrunch] Is this an Android-powered iPod touch? [Pocketables] Short URL service Tr.im can't sell, going open-source [Tr.im blog] Apple's massive new datacenter hints at cloud computing [Cult of Mac] ...

iTunes Connects With Facebook And Twitter
TechCrunch — Apple’s Rock and Roll event is full swing, and they’ve just announced that you’ll be able to share albums you’re interested in over Facebook and Twitter. This isn’t exactly a unique feature — we’ve seen music sites like Lala and plenty of others tap into Facebook Connect and Twitter for some time. But this is Apple, which has been notoriously slow moving when it comes to integrating parters into their own applications. And, of course, iTunes is now the biggest music retailer in the world, with over 100 million accounts and 8.5 billion songs ...

Real Time Mobile Reviews from Retrevo
Zatz Not Funny! — ... and am amazed at how the company continues to grow. The quantitative analysis you get from Retrevo is a useful twist on information that other CE sites provide. I’d love to see a mashup of features from Retrevo and the Rojas/Block-backed gdgt site. And speaking of partnerships, a Retrevo exec does say there are some partner announcements on the way. In the meantime, the site seems to be doing quite well enough on its own. Retrevo is projecting six million uniques in December, which would double last year’s number. ...