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Will, Stefan and I are back for this week’s IntoMobile podcast – a lot of dramatic news this week, including suicides, slicing up bankrupt wireless giants, and widespread service outages. We take some time to talk about Google’s use of Safari for their iPhone implementation of Latitute and what signal it sends to Apple about web apps.
We’re also introducing a new Apps of the Week segment, where we each tackle an app for a different platform, but all surrounding a common theme. We went with “summer” as a fairly general thing, but are open to suggestions for future episodes.
We’re extending the Joggler giveaway for our UK readers. As ever, you can enter in one of three ways:
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In short, the Joggler is a home media and communication hub that retails for £149 Contest terms and conditions at the end of the post. Be sure to check out Ben’s stories on his experience with the device for a full run-down.
The poll this week is regarding AT&T’s infamous iPhone visual voicemail outage. Are you still have problems, or has everything been fixed? Leave your vote so everyone can know what’s up!
Music by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, as featured on Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone.
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AT&T’s iPhone Visual Voice – Is it working for you?(survey)
Apps of the Week: Super Happy Fun Summer Times
BlackBerry – buzzd (App World)
Symbian – Landmarks (built-in)
Headlines
Poll: Is your AT&T iPhone’s Visual Voicemail on the fritz?
Google Latitude on iPhone and why Google is bypassing AppStore
Ericsson offers $730 million for Nortel’s Wireless Unit
Sun Danyong, 25 year old Foxconn employee, commits suicide after misplacing an iPhone prototype
Rumors
First Look at iPAQ K3 Obsidian
Best Buy Canada Lists HTC Snap Online for $29.99 Ahead of TELUS Launch
HTC Click caught in the wild, again
Apple Tablet Postponed to Next Year?
Half of HTC Handsets in 2010 to be Android?
Launch Rumors: Palm Pre to Launch on Bell End of July, Early August
Motorola Morrison Spotted Running Android
New iPod Touch Coming with Camera and Microphone?
More Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 images leak, she is one yummy looking smartphone
Rumor: Full HTC Leo specifications leak: 1 GHz, 4.3 inch capacitive touch screen, 5 megapixel camera
HTC rumored to be launching a non-smartphone this Fall
Motorola A45 Murano Looks Vaguely Familiar
Rumor: Verizon roadmap leaks, filled with a whole bunch of boring, and a whole lot of Samsung
HTC Leo: No pictures, but a partial spec sheet and a form factor to die for
Releases
Motorola i465 Clutch coming in graphite next Tuesday on Boost Mobile
Garmin-Asus nüvifone Launches in Asia
Samsung S9110 is a cool-lookin’ watch phone!
Samsung Announces Gravity 2 and Comeback on T-Mobile
Cricket launches TXTM8, affordable QWERTY slider
Sony Ericsson Rachael Confirmed on Expansys
WiMAX-Enabled Samsung Mondi Available August 1st.
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P.S.: After actually doing some homework, it turns out Nortel has some 30,000 employees versus GM Canada’s 12,000.
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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Dan Williams
