We’ve finally seen what’s coming out of Microsoft’s Project Pink – was it worth the hype?
We manage to muster up four of our editors for another show, and although things get a little silly, we cover all the week’s big topics, like the rumour of Nokia buying up Palm, Google and Apple’s GVoice spat escalating to the FCC, as well as what the FCC could (or should) be regulating when it comes to carriers.
Last week we kicked off our giveaway for the Novatel portable Wi-Fi hotspot, and will be contacting our British winner shortly. Now you guys in the U.S. can enter to win a CDMA MiFi – just drop a comment in this post and tweet using the #intomobile hashtag. A couple of Americans already entered last week, and we’ll be sure to include them in the giveaway, but if you haven’t yet, why not throw your name in the hat? You can get a closer look at the MiFi over here.
Things ran a little long, so we cut the App of the Week segment in favour of listener questions. The topics ranged from the call quality on HSPA+ and crude comparisons of corporate logos. Thanks to @acurrie, fort, and @ramjetharley for the questions. Everyone else, keep ’em coming! Leave a comment here, or shoot a tweet to @IntoMobile to get in on next week’s discussion.
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Headlines
Microsoft’s Project Pink Zune-Phones Leaked: Turtle and Pure
Brief: Palm’s stock surged because of rumours saying Nokia is going to buy them
Google: Apple lied about rejecting Google Voice from AppStore
An open letter to the FCC: Investigate how operators make money and what they actually spend it on
Rumors
Samsung Galaxy Lite I5700 Release Pushed to 2010?
Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8520 Launch Imminent
HTC Leo Releasing Late November/Early December?
Verizon’s Omnia II Gets Makeover
AT&T nüvifone G60, Touch Diamond2, and Touch Pro2 get Pricetags
AT&T Windows Mobile Lineup Leaked, Featuring LG Monaco, HP Obsidian
XPERIA X3 Rachael Gets Handled
AT&T Tilt 2 Coming October 18th?
HTC Predator and Imagio (Whitestone) Bringing Android and WinMo 6.5 to Verizon
BlackBerry Storm 2 and 9700 Bold Dated Mid-October for Europe
BlackBerry 9700 Bold and Motorola CLIQ Coming to T-Mobile November 11?
Releases
Sprint Launches Samsung Instinct HD, Available for $249.99 on September 27
Samsung adds new members to the Corby family: CorbyTXT B3210 and CorbyPRO B3410
Motorola Entice for Verizon doesn’t appeal to us
P.S.: Yeah, I knew what Ben was doing. What do you take me for, a sap?