This week’s podcast from The Fonecast starts with news from RIM and Samsung. The BlackBerry 10 platform is offered to developers, while the Galaxy SIII smartphone makes its official debut.
You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.
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Mark Bridge writes:
What a week it was for mobile manufacturers. RIM revealed the BlackBerry 10 platform to its developers, while Samsung announced a new flagship Android phone. Both offer a number of distinctive features, with fans commending them and critics suggesting they didn’t go far enough.
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Microsoft says its new Windows 8 operating system will offer Dolby Digital Plus surround sound on tablets and PCs.
Audio encoding and decoding will be supported on x86 and ARM-based devices.
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In this week’s podcast from The Fonecast we’re taking our regular look at all the top mobile industry news stories from the past seven days.
We start with the UK Health Protection Agency’s report into mobile phone technologies and human health before moving on to mobile wallets, mobile payments and the new king of mobile manufacturers.
As usual, you can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.
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US-based bookseller Barnes & Noble has formed a partnership with Microsoft that’ll bring together Barnes & Noble’s digital ‘eBook’ and College education businesses.
The new company will be a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble and will be 17.6% owned by Microsoft, which is investing $300 million in the business.
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