Gadget Lab Podcast: Motorola Atrix, AirPlay and WebOS

In this week’s podcast, we can’t avoid it: We start off by talking about the iPad 2, which some people have hyperbolically called the “best gadget they’ve ever reviewed.” It goes on sale Friday, and we’ll have more to say about it once we’ve had a chance to test it fully.

For those of you who have iPad 2 envy but are stuck with an iPad 1, we have a nice $25 cover from MyCase that says “Don’t Panic” on the front, like some other electronic books we could mention.

There’s a new version of Flipboard out, which adds social search and some other new features. But the thing we’re excited about is a Flipboard version of Wired.com, which lets you read all the awesome content on this website, except in a more beautiful format that’s designed just for the iPad screen. It looks nice, and it’s free in the Apple App Store.

Speaking of tablets, there’s news about HP’s tablet operating system, webOS. In addition to the upcoming HP TouchPad, it will also be included on all of HP’s PCs starting in 2012, which should increase the potential audience for webOS developers.

Wired.com reviews editor Michael Calore comes onscreen to talk about the Motorola Atrix, a high-end 4G Android phone that we recently reviewed. It’s a great phone — but he’s less excited about the optional laptop-like dock that you can get for it.

Finally, we talk about AirPlay, Apple’s standard for streaming audio and video wirelessly. It’s a feature in the badass Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air.

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Gadget Lab audio podcast No. 107

http://downloads.wired.com/podcasts/assets/gadgetlabaudio/GadgetLabAudio0107.mp3