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The Verizon iPhone 4 is sold out, Ericsson launches a mobile banking system, and Energy Star is creating a higher tier of certification.

This week on the CNET Tech Review: see what's new and what's not on the Verizon iPhone 4; Google's Android Market opens for business on the Web; keep yourself safe when browsing Facebook; and get your grub on with two tasty take-out apps.

On today's show, I tee off a little bit on Internet haters who just can't let it go ... in a way that might seem to suggest I can't let it go. Hm. Anyway, in tech news proper, Apple shareholders demand a succession plan, Verizon users demand their iPhone 4s, and AT&T demands $499 and a two-year contract for people who want an Atrix 4G with the laptop dock. Plus: Computer Love! Aloha, everyone! --Molly

Verizon's iPhone 4 is coming to Best Buy, News Corp. launches The Daily for the iPad and says its ready to sell MySpace, and Viacom reaches a deal that brings back "The Daily Show" to Hulu.

We're hoping that Optimus Prime, an emoticon keypad, and a Jedi mind-trick of an iPhone accessory will draw you in. Plus, Jasmine actually ate this week's fat-worthy item.

Brian Tong returns from the islands in time for us to get collectively punked by a surprisingly elaborate rumor about Keanu Reeves and two more Matrix sequels. But that's nothing compared to the punking that is AOL's subscription service, which generates 60% of its profits and isn't needed by pretty much anyone who pays for it. Ouch. Plus, the tech bubble is our new drinking game and the white iPhone ... never mind. We're not talking about that damn thing anymore. --Molly
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After a busy two weeks of CES and the Verizon iPhone, Dialed In takes a breather to digest the latest cell phone reviews and all the other news we couldn't get to before.

On today's show, we've got a new meme, new details about the Comcast/NBCU merger, and new comments from Apple dismissing Android tablets as both "bizarre" and "vapor." Ok, guys, whatever you say. Verizon offers $200 off iPhone 4 upgrades, in case that takes the sting out a little, and we discuss the rise of universal app stores, consumer confusion over 4G, and sharks in the streets of Australia. It's a wide-ranging show, folks. --Molly

Think you're an iPhone know-it-all? Check out these handy tips that might still be new to you.

Brian Tong shows off some of the new features, including new multitouch gestures, that are in the latest developers version of Apple's iOS for the iPhone and iPad.

The Verizon iPhone 4 is finally here, but that's old news. We'll dig inside of the iOS 4.3 beta and show you some new features that you can see now, and talk about others coming later.

Samsung may be holding a digital hostage; Android gains ground on Apple, but may soon lose it to the Verizon iPhone; and the announcement of the next iteration of Android raises questions about version numbers. Join Antuan Goodwin and Justin Eckhouse for all that and more in the world of Android.

At the iPhone 4 Verizon unveiling, Dan Mead, President of Verizon Wireless, and Tim Cook, COO of Apple, answer questions from the press.


We dissect Google's decision to drop H.264 support from Chrome and go with WebM, we mop up a little bit of the Verizon iPhone news, and more importantly, we eventually get this show on the road after yet another tech disaster. Also, and this is very important, people, the next version of Android will not be called Ice Cream. It's Ice Cream Sandwich, people. Keep up. --Molly


At CES 2011, Sharon Vaknin shows off the AcuTouch 9500 with HT Connect, a massage chair that lets you operate everything via iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.

The Beatles now on iTunes; Adobe and Apple smack talk continues; and the white iPhone is ready to order, but not through Apple! All that and more, on this week's Apple Byte.

A new Apple patent wants to bring augmented reality games to iOS devices, iOS 4.2 is ready to rollout with all new text tones, and Steve wants you to "buckle up" for all new products.

Apple is banning slide-on cases from its retail stores; Android tops Apple's iOS worldwide; and we'll take a look at the iPad's top contender, the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The makers of PlayOn, a useful media-streaming program for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, have a new iPhone version of the PlayOn app.


Our top-secret source, Rob Redmond, joins us in-studio for this year's listener extravaganza; and from around the world, we bring in Elwin (Jakuza) from the Netherlands, Joshua Caleb from deepest Minnesota, and our favorite early iPhone 4 reviewer, Gil Cabrera (better known as GilSD). They made the show awesome all year with their emails, top-secret tips, and Photoshop skills, and this show is no exception.

It's a Halloween mystery on the Buzz Report this week: what's happening with the white iPhone? Plus, the end of Limewire and the TSA-safe MacBook Air.

iPhone OS 4.0 brings multitasking, home screen folders, and a camera zoom to the iPhone 3GS. Watch as we take it for a test drive.

An official PlayStation app is set to launch soon on iPhone and Android, Hotmail lets you surf the Web inside your e-mail, and the Google Body Browser lets you float inside the human chassis.

Google launches Latitude for iPhone, T-Mobile says a 4G tablet is on the way in 2011, and Twitter and YouTube release their top trends of 2010.

It's a shoestring-and-gum operation around here, and someone took our gum. But somehow, we've got another show for you today, and we're talking more Wikileaks Web warring (WWW3, perhaps?), Google activating 300,000 phones a day, and Apple's refusal to let you donate money via iPhone apps (and weirdly robotic response). --Molly

Caroline McCarthy takes Wilson's place today for a review on Mark Zuckerberg's 60 Minutes interview, the Furry Phenomenon, American Psycho:The Musical, and a $62k iPhone crafted with T-Rex teeth and meteors.

On today's show, we follow the Google Chrome announcements live, but we'll have the real wrap-up tomorrow, because wow, did that thing go on and on. In other news today, Julian Assange is arrested but Wikileaks soldiers on; unsurprisingly, the DecorMyEyes guy turns out to be a bona fide sociopath; and whatever you do, do not buy anyone an iPhone or iPad for Christmas--just give them an IOU. Trust Shaw Wu on this one. Plus: Koreaceratops! --Molly