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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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Retailing, Networks and operators, Applications, Podcasts
Tags: podcast, samsung, camera, google, waze, europe, safety, location, ticket, o2, research, symbian, vodafone, battery, internet
Podcast - 12th June 2013
We start this week's podcast with Apple's announcement about the new version of its iOS platform - and follow this with a look at the privacy concerns surrounding the US government's PRISM operation.
Next come Samsung's new phones, Ericsson's new contract, a potential end to European roaming charges, some sophisticated mobile malware and plenty of other news stories as well.
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Tags: podcast, apple, user interface, security, usa, uk, samsung, europe, roaming, ericsson, virus, ee, 4g
Podcast - 5th June 2013
We're celebrating the seventh anniversary of The Fonecast this month with a handful of our favourite interviews from the early years.
You'll hear Ben Whitaker from Masabi, Truphone co-founder James Tagg, former Olympic athlete Steve Backley OBE and online banking pioneer Steve Townend.
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Podcast - 29th May 2013
This week's podcast begins with a report about a delay - or perhaps even cancellation - for the UK launch of HTC's Facebook phone, the HTC First.
We then move on to Vodafone's results, an Android app scare for Sky, Samsung's successes, contactless payments, potentially life-saving QR codes and an uncomfortable story about a smuggled mobile phone.
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Tags: podcast, htc, facebook, vodafone, android, sky, applications, samsung, smartphone, payments, visa, research, barcode, intel, ericsson, otterbox, pantech
Podcast - 22nd May 2013
We start this week's podcast by talking about Yahoo and Tumblr before moving on to discuss Google's recent developer conference.
There are product announcements from BlackBerry, HP and the former MeeGo developers at Jolla... and there's some interesting mobile app news as well.
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Tags: yahoo, podcast, google, music, blackberry, messaging, hp, tablet, smartphone, jolla, meego, telefonica, samsung, ee, 4g, uk, phones4u
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