By Simon Sage on Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 4:00 PM PST
In Podcast, The Signal
It’s been a busy week in mobile news, and we’re rounding it up like stray cattle.
There’s plenty going on this week, with manufacturers putting their finishing touches on Mobile World Congress announcements, especially Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) with their shiny new TG01 – the first phone to use Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM)’s powerhouse Snapdragon chip. Garmin and Asus locked in to a partnership for the nüvifone brand, so we’ll likely be seeing more GPSy goodness from them. Finally we talk a bit about the new Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Latitude service and how willing people will be to share their where.
Good to go? Episode 16 of The Signal is right behind the jump!
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By Simon Sage on Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 3:07 PM PST
In Podcast, The Signal
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?
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By Simon Sage on Friday, January 16th, 2009 at 11:18 AM PST
In CES 2009, Podcast, The Signal
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!
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By Simon Sage on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 3:45 PM PST
In CES 2009, Manufacturers, Mobile Music, Podcast, The Signal
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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By Simon Sage on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 1:57 PM PST
In CES 2009, Live Event Coverage, Podcast, The Signal, WiFi
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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By Simon Sage on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 12:54 PM PST
In CES 2009, Live Event Coverage, Manufacturers, Podcast, The Signal, Touch Control
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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By Simon Sage on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 12:31 PM PST
In CES 2009, Live Event Coverage, Palm Pre, Podcast, The Signal
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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By Simon Sage on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 at 2:11 PM PST
In Podcast, The Signal
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!
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By Simon Sage on Monday, December 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 PM PST
In Podcast, The Signal
Did you miss us last week? We missed you too. Aww.
Not to fret, we’ve got two weeks-worth of news to catch up on. I just couldn’t stop playing with the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Storm after getting it Friday night that the podcast totally slipped my mind. A bigass review is in the works, so stay tuned. In the meanwhile, Episode 12 of The Signal goes over Verizon (NYSE: VZ) unlocking GPS on all their handsets, as well as BlackBerry Storm return rates, Consumer Reports picking BlackJack II as their top smartphone, the new Palm (NSDQ: PALM) software store, Seadragon for the iPhone, and plenty more. As an added bonus, we’ve got Will back! Woo Will!
Check out the Holiday Edition of The Signal after the jump!
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By Simon Sage on Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 5:14 PM PST
In Podcast, The Signal
Headphones? Check. Fifteen minutes? Check. Mobile news? Right here.
This week’s episode of the IntoMobile podcast brings you the latest news on the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Storm OS, Rogers (NYSE: RCI)’ BlackBerry 8900, new unlocking techniques, as well as some announcements out of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) World – namely the shiny new N97. A slightly shorter episode without Will around, but he should be good and healed from the Black Friday zombies before next weeek rolls around.
Strap in and get listening to Episode 11 of The Signal after the jump!
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