The Phones Show Chat (audio podcast)
Follow-up chat, views and reviews from myself and Tim Salmon, a weekly podcast, with regular interruptions by Kev Wright. Comments and questions welcome to my Twitter account @stevelitchfield, to Tim's @timsalmon and to Kev's @kevwright. See also the associated Facebook group and forum. What do you think of the style and content?
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Phones Show Chat 47 - Show NotesAudible - As part of keeping The Phones Show Chat going, I’m now happy to report that there’s another way you can help out - and be royally entertained even further, thanks to Audible, the audio book publishers. See the (experimental) mention in the show and note the URL audiblepodcast.com/phone. Afterwards, here are a few URLs to save you some typing: tinyurl.com/audibleandroid (Android beta); download.audible.com/audibleair/ota.htm (Symbian client). This is a USA-hosted service, so international feedback welcomed, should there be issues!
1. Errata
- Introductions and reminders - www.stevelitchfield.com
- Free iPhone 4 covers offer over at MobileFun has now finished as Apple are giving them away free anyway!
2. Device Week
3. News
Phones Show Giveaway New FORTNIGHTLY giveaway! ...and news of upcoming other GiveAways! - http://tinyurl.com/3libdonate & http://tinyurl.com/3libpromo
4. The Phones Show
5. Around the Corner
Motorola Charm v Acer beTouch E130 this week - head to head!
Next time on Around the Corner - What shall we look at? Please feel free to send in suggestions
We take your questions and try to answer them! This week we talk about Speech to Text options, tempted towards touchscreens (link to Steve's Why TouchScreens Suck article on AAS), will Symbian software designed for 5th Edition and 3rd Edition S60 work with Symbian^3 devices?, the cost of platform-jumping on sync'ing data, the future of Symbian and how many Symbian^3 devices will there be?,
7. Kev Wright's Corner
Kev chats with Steve about last week's Apple Press conference, his device week!, his '3' (UK operator) MiFi experience, its battery, coverage and current offer, booby-traps built into Motorola phones at factory and Apple battery praise! - Kev's Blog - Kev's YouTube Channel
8. The Buzz
Google Buzz: See who timsalmon is following on Google Buzz and join in the networking
9. Listeners' Reviews
Evernote replacement for Symbian - Upvise
Palm's Graffiti for Android
Guest reviews welcome - 100/150 words written or submit Video/audio Review
10. Listeners' Letters
Why no BlackBerry coverage on PSC?, Kudos to Apple or moral low-ground?, praise for the Nokia E72 in action at the World Cup in South Africa, using WebDav with Symbian to upload files for online storage, head now in Android - is there a way back to Symbian?, extra software for video chat and Symbian?, more on device sync'ing and praise for Steve's show editing!, i8910 HD latest news and experiments, valuable phone torch apps
Please keep sending in your letters - audio submissions should be around 2 minutes max
11. App of the Week
mSecure for Apple devices and desktop computer
DropBox for iPad (and other platforms and devices) and for Symbian via Furtiv
Thanks to Rafe Blandford for Server Bandwidth, Kev Wright, Jon Satherley, David Gilson and everyone else who has contributed!
For older Phones Show Chat episodes, see our archive.
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Tim Salmon, (C) 2009, 2010 for Phones Show Chat
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The Phones Show (videos)
Show 117 - Hands-on reviews of the Dell Streak and Nokia C3, plus news and a User Story
Show 116 - Full review of the
Apple iPhone 4, plus my Top 5 Phones for July 2010
Show 115 - Hands-on review of the Samsung Galaxy S, interview with SPB about pricing and future plans for smartphone apps
Show 114 - News, a Nokia X6 update, hands-on review of the Samsung WAVE, plus an extra-length User Story
Show 113 - News of the iPhone 4, plus a N95-to-Milestone user story and a hands-on review of the budget qwerty Android, the LG GW620
Show 112 - The Great Outdoors, plus a user story and tips for taking better videos with your (smart)phone
Show 111 - A tour round my Psion museum, footage from the NokiaNav event and tips on taking better photos with your (smart)phone
Show 110 - News, plus an interview with Hiplogic's Chief Action Figure, some footage from the Chichester Phones Show Chat meet and my May 2010 'Top 5'
Show 109 - Hands on review of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, plus The Phones Show 'State of the Union'(!)
Show 108 - Hands on reviews of the Nokia X6 and HTC Desire (versus the Google Nexus One)
Show 107 - Hands on review of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz, plus your desert island smartphones and a Xenon-filled user story
Show 106 - Optimising the Nokia N97, a hands-on review of the hot-off-the-press HTC Legend and a user story
Show 105 - Testimony of Maps Booster, plus a big hands-on review of the Android-powered Motorola Milestone/Droid, plus my youngest ever user story
Show 104 - Testing voice recognition on Symbian and Android, plus a brief report from the Phones Show Chat pub meet and... my Top 3 phones in each of 3 categories for March 2010
Show 103 - Big news roundup from Mobile World Congress, plus an overview of the top 5 smartphone operating systems, and two Phones Show user stories
Show 102 - Extended news, plus Blackberry memory cleaning tips, a hands-on review of the Nokia N900, a chat with SPB about their TV and other new products of theirs for Mobile World Congress
Show 101 - Massive review of the Google Nexus One, plus an in-depth interview with the guy behind Vlingo, talking about their voice recognition app and the future of voice in mobile
Show 100 - News, Busting Mobile Myths, Blackberry Top 10 applications, plus two user stories
Show 99 - News, plus a main feature detailing my smartphone recommendations for no less than seven categories of user, and yet another retro user story
Show 98 - News, plus a hands-on review of the Nokia E72, a Nimbuzz demo and a surprisingly retro user story
Show 97 - News, plus a snowy User Story and Symbian's Right of Reply to the industry - I interview Lee Williams
Show 96 - Extended News, plus the Top 10 iPhone Apps, a user story and an introduction to the Nokia N900
Show 95 - Another user testimony, my review of the HTC HD2 and my top eBay smartphone 'bargains'(!)
Show 94 - News of the Sony Ericsson X10, Motorola Droid and more, plus another user testimony, my review of the Nokia N97 mini and our top 10 Android applications
Show 93 - News of two new Blackberry flagships, plus the Android-powered Pulse and Google's New Maps Navigation, Krish Patel's testimony and my big, big Autumn "Top 5 6" Phones(!)
Show 92 - Brief news, Security on your phone, part 2, a hands-on review of the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic and a rant about a device with 6" touchscreen and superb QWERTY keyboard.
Show 91 - News, head-to-head comparison of the main mobile application stores, ways to defeat fear(!) on the Nokia E75, plus an invite to SEE 2009 and the three top entries from the win-a-N97 competition.
Show 90 - Extended news and a hands on review of the HTC Hero.
Show 89 - Extended news (including the Nokia N900) and hands on reviews of the Nokia E52 and E55.
Show 88 - Mini-reviews of the HTC Magic and LG KS360, plus a feature on Touch vs Button-driven phones - is one better than the other?
Show 87 - User testimonies from The Phones Show audience. All videos sent in before the deadline have been published!
Show 86 - Extended News, plus 'Gotta have QWERTY', a look at effective digital zoom in the Nokia N86 and my verdict on the Samsung i8910 HD.
Show 85 - News of the HTC Hero and Nokia updates; James Burland reports on what's new in the iPhone 3GS hardware, plus I respond with a few bits they still need to add
Show 84 - A Symbian special - the Nokia E75 reprised, hands-on review of the Nokia N86 8MP and an interview with Lee Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation