Our illustrious UK author, Ben Robinson, joins us from IntoMobile Towers this episode!
The Signal grows again, now that we’ve got four writers linking up for this week’s episode. This week’s top news is a bit of a mish-mash. The N900 rocks the roost for top story, and Stefan gives us his expert take on Maemo and the new Nokia (NYSE: NOK) handset that straddles MID and smartphone categories nicely. Ben tells us about CoPilot Live, a navigation app for iPhone he’s been trying out, Will gives us the run-down on Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s crowdsourcing for traffic data, and I talk about the huge accessories market and how surprising (or not) the figures are.
As for giveaways, this week we’re tossing out some invisibleSHIELDs for the iPhone 3G or 3GS to our U.S. listeners. These bad boys offer excellent scratch protection for your beloved precious without the added bulk of a full case, and normally retail for $24.95. Drop a comment or tweet using the #intomobile hashtag for your chance to win one of three!
Speaking of tweeting, all four of us go over our current Twitter clients for App of the Week – take a listen after the jump if you’re wondering what to use, or just want to scope out the week’s biggest mobile rumours and releases.
Music by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, as featured on Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone.
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Apps of the Week: Twitter
BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) – Viigo
iPhone – Twittelator, TweetDeck
Symbian – dabr
Headlines
Nokia makes the N900 and Maemo 5 official; 500 EUR and due in October
First impressions: CoPilot Live for iPhone
Google now crowdsourcing street traffic flow data to make your commute suck less!
Study: 2009 Mobile Accessory Market Valued at $63 Billion
Rumors
Palm Pre and Palm Eos Listed in Verizon Inventory?
Toshiba TG02 is at the Wi-Fi Alliance website
More Nokia N97 Mini photos leak; see junior next to his father too
Nokia 3710a clears the FCC; Heading to AT&T?
Low-end Pantech C180 clears the FCC on its way to AT&T
Best Buy to start preselling Sprint’s HTC Hero on September 13?
Verizon’s Rogue and Intensity Landing September 8?
Touch Pro 2 Landing on Sprint September 8?
Samsung’s eco-friendly TouchWIZ-powered Blue Earth solar phone coming in October
Palm Pre due in UK on Friday October 30th (apparently)
Samsung confirms Omnia II headed to Verizon Wireless soon
Motorola going Android on September 10
HTC Qilin/Dopod T8388 is HTC’s first TD-SCDMA Windows Mobile smartphone for China
Verizon’s HTC Razzle puts the ’smart’ in dumbphone
Yulong’s Coolpad N900 is Chinese iPhone killer?
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 may get real next week
Eco-Friendly Samsung Reclaim Coming to Bell in Mid-September
BlackBerry Curve 8520 Landing on Spanish Shores this September
Rumored: BlackBerry Storm 2 and BlackBerry Curve 2 Release Dates
Rumor: HTC Mega: Cheap Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone with 2.8 inch QVGA screen and HSPA
Samsung I5700 aka Galaxy Lite gets an FCC approval!
Motorola Sholes and BlackBerry Storm 2 hitting Verizon in October?
Samsung S3650 Corby Gets Pictured, Looking Sporty
Releases
Samsung Messager II now available from Cricket Wireless
Happy Palm Pre Day Canada! Bell Launches the Palm Pre!
Motorola’s A3300c WinMo smartphone confirmed for China Mobile
Samsung SCH-B890 is a Korea-only mid-range slider with AMOLED screen
Mivvy one is a mid-range WinMo smartphone which costs $380
Samsung Messager II lands at MetroPCS
Sony Ericsson W205 Walkman gets two more color options – Sakura Pink and Windy Blue
Samsung B3310 Goes Live in France
Nokia 5230: €149 for a 3.2 inch touch screen, GPS, 3.6 Mbps HSPA and 2 megapixel camera
Low-end Samsung Glint u350 lands at Alltel