With TechCrunch's Jordan Crook on board, the Engadget Podcasters explore the Wild Wild East of technology, AKA CEATEC, and also go for topics closer to home like the new Kindle and a thermostat. What we're saying here, basically, is that we've got both you and your grandma covered in this, the three hundred twelfth iteration of the Engadget Podcast.

Hosts: Brian Heater, Dana Wollman
Guest: Jordan Crook
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Orbital - Never

03:00 - Toyota's Smart Insect concept EV packs Kinect motion sensor, voice recognition
03:15 - Tokyo University of Science shows off robotic suit powered by pneumatic artificial muscles (video)
07:49 - Amazon Kindle Paperwhite review
19:02 - Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS agree on $1.5 billion T-Mobile merger (updated)
42:03 - Zuckerberg: more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month
44:54 - AT&T adds HTC One X+ and One VX to its future lineup, will arrive in the 'coming months'
50:30 - Nest Learning Thermostat gets refreshed with a slimmer design, improved scheduling features



Hear the podcast

Subscribe to the podcast

[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC).
[RSS MP3] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically.
[RSS AAC] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator.
[Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace.

Download the podcast

LISTEN (MP3)
LISTEN (AAC)

Contact the podcast

Follow us on Twitter: @bheater, @danawollman, @jordanrcrook
Send your questions to @tim_stevens.
Leave us a voicemail: (423) 438-3005 (GADGET-3005)
E-mail us: podcast at engadget dot com