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Show notes:Phones Show 94
Phones Show 94 - N97mini Review, Social Networks added to Contacts app, Sony Ericsson X10, Platform fragmentation
Motorola Droid
Now released in USA - poor camera/poor keyboard reports
Link to Mobile Industry Review article
Picture of Nokia N82 keypad
Viewers Feedback on Phones Show 94
Top 10 Android Countdown; Apps 'missing' from the list - Any Cut, MapWeasel, Babbler, Mileage, Shazam, TuneWiki, ChompSMS,
Kev Wright's iPhone Musings
First in a series of AudioBoos from a long-term friend and Tech Geek!
Email feedback to Kev on his musing at kevwright@kevwright.net
Q&A
Nokia N96 and the mystery of the TV Tuner aerial, Battery efficiency increase factor of OLED displays, OGG files - Anyone know of an S60 OGG Video player? Please let us know. Nokia E55 spontaneous movement of apps around the menu structure, N900 - When's it coming?! - quick discussion about N900, Financially frustrated buyer - our recommendations for a SmartPhone (new or used) for under £100
Bada
New Samsung phone OS - what we know about Bada? Chat about various phone OS and how market share reflects each
GPS Cradle for iPod Touch
Charge your battery and provide your iPod Touch with GPS capabilities with this GPS Cradle from Dual - we take a brief look at what this can do
Application of the Week
Movies/Flixster for Android
Device Info v2 for Symbian S60
Nokia N97 mini
Why the Nokia N97 mini doesn't have an FM Transmitter - see review at AAS
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Show notes:Review
of Phones Show 93
Phones Show 93, Steve's Top
5(6), YouTube Channel Comments
Podcasting
Podcasts that Steve & Tim listen to: TWiT
- Mobile Tech Roundup
Mobile Tech Addicts - All About Symbian - Android Guys - Cranky Geeks
Krish Patel's Guide on using Viigo RSS Reader for
Blackberry & Windows Mobile
Q&A
RAM Leaking? We explain why RAM drips away?
HTC Dream/G1 (standard) Battery on test (again!)
Build Quality of Slide (gap) - Motorola Dext v
Samsung Moment video (at 7min 30sec in)
N-Gage Obituary: Why can't
all phones/platforms have graphics like iPhone?
Google Maps Navigation
News about Google's free SatNav
coming (for Android 2.0 to start with) to devices
Are Google taking over the world?!
Apps of the Week
Mobbler for Symbian s60
Using Web Bookmarks for Symbian S60 & Android (soon)/Google/Chrome
Phones Show Chat as Video
Why the Phones Show Chat is Audio 'only' - not video
Nokia N96
Question - What's the mysterious metal pin on the back for? Answers
welcome!
Missed opportunity for Nokia or Nifty device?! Coming soon - watch this
space!
FaceBook Link
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Show notes: NewsSteve just back from SEE2009 so summarised that
Phones Show 93 will be out tomorrow - Steve's Top 5 Phones!
Nokia N97 v20 Software
Available from now - we talk about the changes and give First Impressions
Tim's Blog for more on wipe & reset experience of N97
Samsung Moment
We summarise another Android Device which looks like hitting the USA market only
Android devices all being made in the same form factor?
Scrobbling
We briefly review Last FM running on Android & compare it with Symbian's Mobbler
Phones Show Chat Show Notes
How to get our Show Notes (for those not here reading them!!)
Q&A
Alpha-numeric keypad on N97: not in v12 - Is it in v20?
Firmware upgrades from Nokia & implications for bandwidth - why so fragmented?
Blackberry & Android - an appeal for support & answers from listeners
Extended battery for HTC Dream/G1 - another user's experience
Sony Ericsson Satio
We (p)review the Satio - Steve was able to spend time with this at see2009
microUSB World Standard Manufacturer's Agreement
Furtiv
We look at how this clever plug-in Furtiv gives Nokia's Share Online a new lease of life
Link from phone's browser
App of the Week
Tiger Woods PGA Tour for the iPhone & iPod Touch
For older Phones Show Chat episodes, see our archive.
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Show 94 - News of the Sony Ericsson X10, Motorola Droid and more, plus another user testimony, my review of the Nokia N97 mini and our top 10 Android applications
Show 93 - News of two new Blackberry flagships, plus the Android-powered Pulse and Google's New Maps Navigation, Krish Patel's testimony and my big, big Autumn "Top 5 6" Phones(!)
Show 92 - Brief news, Security on your phone, part 2, a hands-on review of the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic and a rant about a device with 6" touchscreen and superb QWERTY keyboard.
Show 91 - News, head-to-head comparison of the main mobile application stores, ways to defeat fear(!) on the Nokia E75, plus an invite to SEE 2009 and the three top entries from the win-a-N97 competition.
Show 90 - Extended news and a hands on review of the HTC Hero.
Show 89 - Extended news (including the Nokia N900) and hands on reviews of the Nokia E52 and E55.
Show 88 - Mini-reviews of the HTC Magic and LG KS360, plus a feature on Touch vs Button-driven phones - is one better than the other?
Show 87 - User testimonies from The Phones Show audience. All videos sent in before the deadline have been published!
Show 86 - Extended News, plus 'Gotta have QWERTY', a look at effective digital zoom in the Nokia N86 and my verdict on the Samsung i8910 HD.
Show 85 - News of the HTC Hero and Nokia updates; James Burland reports on what's new in the iPhone 3GS hardware, plus I respond with a few bits they still need to add
Show 84 - A Symbian special - the Nokia E75 reprised, hands-on review of the Nokia N86 8MP and an interview with Lee Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation
Show 83 - News, Hands-on review of the HTC Touch Pro 2, with a head-to-head versus the Nokia N97, plus a tour around Proporta, the cross-platform case makers
Show 82 - News, Hands-on review of the retail Nokia N97 and a June 2009 Top 5
Show 81 - News, The truth about Mobile Malware, In-depth coverage of the Skyfire cross-platform web browser and its 1.0 release
Show 80 - Review of the Nokia E75, plus a Xenon demo, the top 10 of iPhone gaming and a brief interview with Rafe Blandford
Show 79 - Extended news, plus SlingPlayer demo and thoughts on the T-Mobile G1, powered by Android
Show 78 - March Top 5 Phones, plus a hands-on preview of the world's highest specified phone, the Samsung Omnia HD
Show 77 - FAQ, TV and video for free on your phone, Demo of musician's aids on the iPhone, Video editing of phone-shot MP4 video - a winner! Plus bonus video of Rafe's new thoughts from MWC on the Nokia N97
Show 76 - Extensive news from Mobile World Congress 2009, plus detailed thoughts on Google Latitude and how it could change the world(!)
Show 75 - Convergence - how far we've come, plus hands-on review of the Blackberry Bold 9000