CES is dead like a doornail, and so are we. CES was busy with plenty of news, so Will and I take ten minutes to run through some of the more interesting items at the show, including new devices, apps, and technologies. Yeah, it’s a little short (especially for CES when so much was going…
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The Signal 52: New Years Edition and NBA League Pass Mobile Giveaway
Hope you’ve all recovered from New Years festivities, because CES is next week… Alright everybody, holidays are over – big mobile news is coming from all directions next week, and we’ve got to shake off the eggnog and keep our heads straight. Will joins us for the first post-holiday podcast, and we talk about a…
The Signal 51: AT&T’s Service Struggle and Holiday Giveaway Blowout
AT&T is reworking their data pricing to fix network congestion – how will subscribers react? Updated: Sorry for the technical difficulties, if you were trying to download – we were having some hosting issues. Everything should be good to go again now. Will’s back this week to talk about AT&T’s plan to “incentivize” lower data…
The Signal 50: Mobile Banking and Super Monkey Ball 2 for iPhone Giveaway
Moneymoneymoney…. maaah-naaay… Stefan and I run down a whole lot of mobile banking news in this week’s podcast. The new startup Square and their 3.5mm-based peripheral take up the bulk of our interest, but we explore SMS, NFC, QR, and straight-up application-based solutions and which works where. We also talk a bit about the HTC…
The Signal 49: Google Phone, Android Gaming, and BlackBerry iSkin Giveaway
Put down the drumstick, put on your headphones, and pick up the drumstick again. Since Will is off enjoying delicious mountains of mashed potatoes, gravy and turkey this week, Stefan and I handle the week’s wireless news. There’s not too much going on, but it’s mostly Android related. Analysts dig up GPhone rumours once more,…
The Signal 48: Windows Mobile A-Movin’ and Scosche reCOIL Giveaway
Could Windows Mobile really be catching up? Between the opening of the Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1, and some leaks about the upcoming version 7, it sounds like Microsoft is getting ready for a big push. Will is out judging Under the Radar, but we tap Windows Mobile blogger and Microsoft MVP Darren…
The Signal 47: BlackBerry Developer Conference Edition
BBDC was unexpectedly busy – hear how the devs feel about it all! If you haven’t been following, the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Conference was the source of a lot of big announcements, like OpenGL support enabling some rich 3D graphics, an Adobe partnership that cements Flash on BlackBerry, and a long-overdue LinkedIn app. This episode…
The Signal 46: Canadian HSPA and H790 Bluetooth Headset Giveaway
Two more Canadian HSPA networks = a whole lot more devices Bell and telus both kicked off their HSPA networks this week, with a lot of new phones to take advantage. Of course, in the U.S., droid mania has kicked in, and we give some thoughts and impressions of the HTC Eris. On the giveaway…
The Signal 45: The DROIDs We’re Looking For and Tenqa Bluetooth Speaker Giveaway
Motorola’s back in the game with droid. Motorola’s droid launch captures all of our attention this week, spanning from hands-on impressions of the hardware, Android 2.0 and what the freshly-included turn-by-turn navigation system means for traditional PNDs. So far, the Motorola’s will be the Android handset to beat, but Sony Ericsson’s X10 may very quickly…
The Signal 44: CTIA Wrapup and EarPollution Timbre Earbud Giveaway
Yeah, yeah, we know, we’re a little late. Sorry for the delay, y’all – between recovering from CTIA, and some technical difficulties, the podcast fell to the wayside for a few weeks, but we’re back on track now. San Diego had a few treats in store for us, like the Samsung Moment and the Behold…