Microsoft has launched a wearable fitness-monitoring device. It’s called the Microsoft Band and is currently available in the USA for $199 (around £124).
The device can link via an iOS, Android or Windows Phone app to the new cloud-based Microsoft Health service.
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Podcast - 29th October 2014
We start this week's podcast with news that EE now has the largest 4G customer base in Europe, with 5.6 million UK connections.
There's also talk about a new DIY product for the Internet of Things, the disappearance of Nokia branded smartphones, quarterly results for Apple, increasing M2M connections and a growing market for smartwatches.
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Nokia branding currently being dropped from web sites
Microsoft has confirmed it’s started changing its smartphone branding from Nokia Lumia to Microsoft Lumia.
It follows Microsoft’s acquisition of the Nokia Devices & Services business in April.
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Podcast - 8th October 2014
We begin this week's podcast with stories that go beyond the mobile industry, as HP plans to split into two companies and eBay prepares to separate itself from PayPal.
We're also talking about the Microsoft/Samsung legal case, a new Tesco tablet, BT's updated text relay service, a new way to avoid buying a stolen iPhone... and #Hairgate.
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Figures from court documents show that Samsung paid Microsoft around $1 billion (£622 million) in a year to use the Android operating system.
The two companies signed a patent licensing agreement in 2011, with Samsung agreeing to pay Microsoft, although the amount was undisclosed at the time.