Podcast - 25th September 2013
There are big changes on the horizon at BlackBerry. We talk about the company's potential future and also look at the recent tablet announcements from Microsoft and Tesco... plus the rest of the week's mobile news.
There's also a special report from IAB2013 about the sometimes awkward relationship between mobile devices and the television industry.
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BlackBerry has signed a ‘letter of intent’ agreement that could see a consortium led by Canadian shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited acquiring the company.
Fairfax, which currently owns around 10% of BlackBerry shares, would pay around $4.7 billion (£2.9 billion) for the remainder of the business.
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Apple says it’s sold nine million new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c smartphones within the first three days of them going on sale.
The figure is a new record for Apple, although it’s also the first time the company has launched two handset models and included China in its initial launch.
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Microsoft has announced two new additions to its family of Surface tablets.
The Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 will be available in the UK from 22nd October, along with a range of new accessories.
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Google has made the Quickoffice productivity app free for Android and Apple iOS devices.
Quickoffice, which enables users to update Microsoft Office documents from a mobile device, was acquired by Google last year.
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