Summary: Episode #100 of the SMRpodcast, Corporate Ego, has been recorded, posted online, and is ready for download. This week features Kevin Wheeler from wingadgetnews.com and Andrew Zarian from the Guys From Queens Network. This week we talk heavily about RIM being up for purchase again and who should buy them. We also cover the Windows Phone and Sprint saga and Ice Cream Sandwich on devices. SHOW TOPICS Opening Thoughts We welcome Andrew Zarian from the Guys From Queens network We also welcome new wingadgernews.com writer Kevin Wheeler This is episode 100 and Rod is on vacation. We talk about RIM being up for sale Robb lets us know that RIM wants Samsung to buy them Brent tells us RIM’s stock price Kevin feels adopting an operating system is a better move for RIM Andrew feels they should have bought WebOS when they had the chance Chris agrees with Kevin We discuss Jerry Yang Leaving Yahoo Brent feels Yahoo Never kept their properties up to date Andrew is surprised that Yahoo has survived this long Chris is not a fan of any of their properties Robb says he still uses Yahoo Finance We Talk about the power carriers have Andrew is waiting for Verizon to get more Windows Phones Robb explains the culture of buying phones in the States vs. Europe Brent feels that we lose with paying full price with phones because contracts are the same price Chris feels this is the carriers end game to keep customers stuck Kevin points out that carriers just don’t want to give up control The Windows Phone, Sprint, and Verizon snub saga continues Chris points out that Verizon may have gotten their feelings hurt Robb feels Verizon has the upper hand Kevin Points out Sprints excuse of not taking a chance on Windows Phone Robb points out that Verizon can charge a premium for their Android phones Picks of the Week SocialCam (Android App)Robb Dunewood (RIMarkable) HaxSync BitCasa (Android App / Unlimited Cloud Storage) Brent Harman (SimpleMobileReview) Pictionary Draw (Windows Phone App) Chris Ashley (SimpleMobileReview) Wikipedia Offline (Offline Wikipedia Install) Andrew Zarian (Guys From Queens) Add to Contacts (Windows Phone App) Kevin Wheeler (WinGadgetNews)
