Summary: SMRPodcast #87: RIM Has Been Doing It For Years Hosts:Rod Simmons, Chris Ashley,Brent Harman, Robb Dunewood Recorded: October 11th, 2011 Published: October 12th, 2011 Duration: 1hr 21min 30sec SUBSCRIBE FOR AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS Standard RSS BlackBerry Users: Simple Mobile Review Podcast App Powered by PodTrapper Instructions to subscribing to podcasts SHOW TOPICS Opening Thoughts Rod mentions the passing of Steve Jobs Brent is quite surprised how many people were affected by his passing Robb says he understands the reactions Chris says he understands peoples reaction just not the same for him We ask Robb about the BlackBerry Outage Robb says all was well where he is Rod says RIM has enough issues going on Chris wants to know where the confidence level is with QNX Android Tablets still have a pricing issue Robb says why would anyone buy a Android tablet when they can get a Windows 8 tablet for the same price Chris agrees and mentions the Bluestacks application that runs Android apps on Windows Brent is familiar with Bluestacks and likes it a lot Rod agrees this could spell trouble for Android Tablets Brent had a mishap at the airport Brent lost is Motorola XOOM at the airport Chris mentions some Windows Phone 7 News Rod says he hopes the Nokia Phones come to Verizon Chris mentions that AT&T may be running a BOGO offer for the HTC Titan Engadget has some positive reviews for the HTC Titan and Radar Mentioned Links Travis Lowdermilk from the WPDEV Podcast will be on with us next week. Chris did a guest spot on the NosillaCast Podcast PICKS OF THE WEEK Synergy 2 / Mouse without borders (Cable free KVM )Brent Harman (SimpleMobileReview) WebReader for BlackBerry PlayBook / GetGlue iOS Android (RSS Reader / TV Check-in App) Robb Dunewood (RIMarkable) Pixelmator for OSX ( ) Rod Simmons (SimpleMobileReview) Antec MX-1 Enclosure / Navigon USA (Hard Drive Enclosure / GPS App ) Chris Ashley (SimpleMobileReview) Opening Song Special Thanks to Laura Tsaggaris for the Music Download Warning Signs in iTunes Find out more information about Laura on her Website Bio Laura Tsaggaris is a Pittsburgh, PA native, who now calls Washington, DC home. Laura is currently touring and working in support of her second full-length independent recording, Keep Talking. Tsaggaris has delivers a focused collection of songs peppered with hard-won insight. Her unique writing style, electric stage performance, and glowing national press for this new record serve as proof that Laura Tsaggaris has arrived and is here to stay. Contact Info General: info@lauratsaggaris.com Booking: chris@rottlesound.com 10/12/11 2:00 AMFeatured, Simple Mobile Review Podcast
