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The Signal (IntoMobile Podcast: Episode 15)

Simon Sage — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:07:55 +0000

Man, Mobile World Congress is coming up soon…

We’ve got the last two weeks’ worth of phone news, and they’ve been busy weeks! Obviously a lot of companies are gearing up for the year’s biggest show in mobile – plenty of pictures of Windows Mobile 6.5 have surfaced, as well as Android developers busily working on the Cupcake update. We also talk a bit about Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) claiming multitouch… what will it mean to Palm (NSDQ: PALM) and its beloved Pre?

Tune in to The Signal Podcast after the jump!

Music by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, as featured on Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone.

Filler by Krazy Baldhead.

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Headlines

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Screenshots of Android’s Cupcake Update in Action, Still Not Ready for Public

Another round of Windows Mobile 6.5 pics emerge

Android G2 to be the HTC Sapphire? Looks That Way!

Apple goes live with iPhone 2.2.1 OS – iPhone firmware hits v2.2.1

Apple Successfully Patents Multitouch, Palm Cringes

Rumours

First shots of the modular LG VX9600 Versa with detachable keyboard

Bell Launching the Palm Centro February 2nd

Sony Ericsson Filippa to launch as Sony Ericsson C901 at Mobile World Congress?

Sprint Treo Pro Delayed ‘Till February 15th at Best Buy

Dual-SIM, TV-Recording Handset Coming from Princeton

CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Coming to Telus This February

Images: Is this Sony Ericsson W395 aka Yao?

Helio Ocean 2 spotted with 3 megapixel camera!

Fido BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Details: Coming February 4th

Two More Palm WebOS Features Slip Out

A glimpse at BlackBerry Visual Voicemail for BlackBerry Bold!

Nokia 5730 XpressMusic spotted, previewed

Samsung bringing unnamed 8 megapixel cameraphone to Mobile World Congress?

Nokia N97 goes on sale on March 31st?

iPhone Games Going Premium?

AT&T Samsung Propel Pro en Route with Windows Mobile

New Sidekick LX 2009 Spied

Bell Prepping for Palm Centro Sales in Early February

Sprint delaying Palm Treo Pro until end of February for voice + data functionality?

T-Mobile Memoir Launch Date Pushed Back to February 25th?

Rugged Samsung B2100 Niagara Available in March?

Motorola i465 may be ugly as hell, but it’s their first QWERTY iDEN phone

Dual-SIM Android Phone to Debut at Mobile World Congress

Palm launching touch-friendly Palm Pre next month?

Sony Ericsson C903 Frances shows off its attractive backside

Releases

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Comes to Romania on Orange

T-Mobile bows Sony Ericsson TM506 in Scarlet Red

Rogers Adds to Rugged Lineup With the Samsung Rugby A836 and ZTE Rock F165

Select T-Mobile G1 European Release Dates Announced… As Suspected.

LG Already Has ‘Chocolate’… How About Some LG ‘Wine’?

Sony Ericsson unveils Sony Ericsson T700 in Shiny Black and Gold Red

Motorola Prizm in orange released in Korea

Spice S940 is a decent candybar designed for students

Nokia announces three new phones: 2700 classic, 6303 classic and 6700 classic

Virgin Mobile USA to use Britney Spears concert tour for Ocean 2 launch

LG CF360 now available on AT&T

Sony Ericsson S001 is the best Cyber-shot phone; Too bad it’s a Japan-only device

HP iPAQ Data Messenger available for pre-order; Anyone c ares?

Japanese Wooo Ketai H001 Gets 3D

Nokia 7510 Also Launches on T-Mobile

T-Mobile Launches WinMo Shadow

LG Cookie KP501 in pink and silver hits Orange UK

Telus BlackBerry 8350i Now Available

Sony Ericsson F305 Hello Kitty Edition coming to Russia

HTC Touch Cruise (a.k.a Iolite) Announced, Chock-Full of GPSy Goodness

(P.S: Sorry about the delay on this episode, folks!)

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The Signal (IntoMobile Podcast: Episode 14)

Simon Sage — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:18:51 +0000

It has been a long CES hangover week, but this episode should be the final purging…

CES might have been a bit smaller and underwhelming than previous years, but the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre made it worth the trip to Las Vegas this go-around. Will and I talk about the Pre as well as some other key announcements, such as microSD XC pacing the way to 2 TB memory cards, LG’s watch phone, and a few other stories following in the wake of CES. The Mobile World Conference is a scant month away, and should provide us with even more news for the mobile world.

A big shoutout to our guest musicians, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, who are featuring You Better Pray on Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone.

Listen in on the CES roundup podcast after the jump!

Music by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, as featured on Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone.

Filler by Krazy Baldhead.

Download The Signal ( Episode 14 ) – iTunes – RSS – (34:46)

Headlines

Palm Pre, Web OS, and Touchstone – What it means for you

SDXC specification announced; 2TB memory cards with read/write speeds of up to 104 megabytes per second are coming!

LG Announces Watch Phone

Apple Changing ‘Duplicate Functionality’ Policy? New 3rd Party Web Browsers Appearing in App Store

HTC’s 2009 lineup leaked – Familiar form-factors but bumped-up specs

Rumours

T-Mobile BlackBerry 8900 Corporate Pricing Revealed

Best Buy to Sell the Palm Pre Alongside Sprint?

ASUS CEO Confirms EE Phone, to run Android?

Visual Voicemail, Application Center, Coming in BlackBerry OS Patch?

Sprint Palm Treo Pro spotted in the wild!

More Rumours of Dell Making a Smartphone

T-Mobile BlackBerry 8900 to Launch January 19th. for Business

HTC Iolite leaks again; This time we have a bigger picture

Leaked HTC Sapphire 2.0 might just be the Android-powered T-Mobile G2

webOS-Based Palm Centro 2 Coming in Fall 2009?

Lenovo’s Android-Powered ‘OPhone’ Coming to China Mobile in Q1

Nokia E71 coming to AT&T; User’s manual proves it, again!

LG KM900, high-end music phone in works?

Nokia 5710 XpressMusic leaked again; Is it coming or not?

BlackBerry Curve 8900 (Javelin) hitting T-Mobile on February 11?

T-Mobile Shadow II (Shadow 2009) likely lacking 1700Mhz 3G

Releases

Mi Phone says ‘Yes We Can’ with Obama-branded cellphone!

T-Mobile brings HTC Viva to Germany has T-Mobile MDA Basic

First Fujitsu NTT DoCoMo handset crosses Japanese borders!

Nokia N79 Active bundles Polar heart monitor for health-fanatics

Maxis Launches BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 in Malaysia

LG has two new entry-level phones GB106 and GB110

Verizon unveils LG VX8360

Sprint goes live with Pink Samsung Instinct!

BlackBerry Storm Lands in India

Samsung R470 TwoStep officially announced for U.S. Cellular

Logic Bolt is the first real projector-equipped mobile phone

Hands-on with the LG Touch Watch Phone (LG-GD910) at CES Las Vegas 2009

Sony Ericsson reveals three new phones: W508, W715 and C510

Nokia announces three phones for the U.S. market (1006, 7510 Supernova, E63 NAM) and a new Bluetooth headset

T-Mobile Announces BlackBerry 8900 for U.S.

Motorola unveils three new phones: Renew W233, Tundra VA76r and SURF A3100

Pharos Traveler 137 Windows Mobile smartphone unveiled

Pantech announces yet another Korea-only handset – Cupid IM-S390

Android-Powered Kogan Agora Pro Spotted in the Wild

Samsung R470 revealed by the FCC; Heading to U.S. Cellular

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The Signal: Talking Mobile Memory with SanDisk

Simon Sage — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:45:32 +0000

Our last interview at CES was with Chris Loh and Mike Yurochko from the mammoth of mobile memory, SanDisk. They remained somewhat tightlipped about the 2 terabyte cards announced on the SD Association’s roadmap, but we talked broadly about what bigger memory cards mean for end consumers and developers. Mike and I talked in the second half about how SlotMusic is doing, and apparently one of Rhianna’s latest albums enjoyed 6% of its sales through the new microSD format. It might not be replacing CDs or online distribution any time soon, but options are always good to have. Now, the sound quality wasn’t great for the interview since my voice recorder mysteriously disappeared come showtime, but it did conveniently provide a chance to test out my brand new 16 GB microSD card on the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM). Happily, Voice Notes did the job admirably – run time is just a bit over ten minutes.

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The Signal: Talking Wi-Fi with Kelly Davis-Felner

Simon Sage — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:57:05 +0000

The Wi-Fi Alliance could easily be overlooked in a show ostensibly about the shiny finished products that they’re only tangentially involved with, but one of the big things we wanted to do with our interviews was get in touch with some of the big movers behind the scenes. Wi-Fi is becoming a ubiquitous feature throughout mobile, and with Windows 7 beta touting a wealth of home interconnectivity, it’ll play an even bigger part of our daily lives. Kelly Davis-Felner from the Wi-Fi Alliance talks to us about their work with emerging brands and carrier pressures on manufacturers. Just a little over five minutes, so take a listen.

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The Signal: Talking Touch with Synaptics

Simon Sage — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:54:14 +0000

Synaptics has been in the touch tech game for a good long time now – you might recall seeing their logo in your laptop’s system tray to keep tabs on the touchpad functions. Well, they do lots in the mobile end of things as well. Andrew Hsu talks with us about working with fragmented platforms and touchscreen usability in the latest cellphones. Before you start listening, keep in mind this was right before the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre announcement – we would have been having a slightly different conversation otherwise, considering they shortly after announced the iPhone-style two-finger pinch which we see in the Pre. It’s just under ten minutes, so take a listen. Also, be sure to tune in at the end of the week for our CES wrap-up edition of The Signal.

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The Signal: Talking Palm Pre with Pam Deziel

Simon Sage — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:31:43 +0000

At CES we sat down with Pam Deziel, Palm (NSDQ: PALM)’s VP of Software Product Management, in the swanky Palm Pre lounge to chat about their big announcement. I tried not to gush too much, but we hit topics such as points of inspiration, working with partners like Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Sprint (NYSE: S), as well as what the announcement means for Palm as a whole. Overall, Pam emphasized their heritage driving the Pre’s design, but I think it’s safe to say they’re doing plenty that’s new. It’s a little under five minutes, so feel free to take a listen.

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The Signal (IntoMobile Podcast: Episode 13)

Simon Sage — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:11:33 +0000

You wanted weekly news on the hottest phones for the holidays, but didn’t get it? Here’s a late stocking-stuffer.

IntoMobile’s first podcast of 2009 touches on all the news gone over the holiday season, including leaked lineups for Rogers (NYSE: RCI), forecasts for BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM)’s 2009, new iPhone unlocking software, rumours of the iPhone nano (along with talking about Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s involvement at Macworld) and S60’s Curse of Silence. We also look forward to CES next week, as well as the rest of the new year.

Get all caught up on the holidays’ mobile news after the jump!

Music by Krazy Baldhead.

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