Podcast - 18th June 2013
Samsung has put a 10x optical zoom lens on a smartphone, Google is acquiring navigation app Waze and the European Commission is getting ready to equip cars with an emergency call system.
We're also talking about a strike threat at O2, the risk of 'showrooming' to high-street retailers, the end of Symbian smartphones and plenty more as well.
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Tags: podcast, samsung, camera, google, waze, europe, safety, location, ticket, o2, research, symbian, vodafone, battery, internet
Podcast - 24th April 2013
There's a diverse collection of mobile-related news in this week's 30-minute podcast.
We start with the new Twitter music service before moving on to discuss quarterly results, patent licensing, wireless charging, advertising and mobile payments... before ending with a curious report about app-controlled underwear.
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Tags: podcast, twitter, music, microsoft, nokia, android, foxconn, patents, battery, payments, vodafone, orange, voip
The Power Matters Alliance, which is committed to developing an open standard for smart wireless power, has announced that HTC, LG and Samsung have joined as members.
All three manufacturers have also used the rival Qi wireless charging technology in their devices.
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Last night the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the winners of its inaugural Bluetooth Breakthrough Awards competition.
Winner of the Prototype category - and overall winner, chosen from over 300 submissions - was the Tethercell battery adaptor, a product that enables almost any product using AA batteries to be controlled or monitored via Bluetooth.
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Podcast - 9th January 2013
We have a particularly packed programme this week as we catch up with all the biggest mobile industry news stories since Christmas.
There's opinion on everything from the UK 4G auction to the current CES show and from open-source smartphones to wireless phone charging in cars.
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Tags: podcast, ces, uk, 4g, ofcom, qi, battery, ubuntu, legal, wifi, rim, htc
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