We start the show off with talk of how Chris caught a picture of his baby girl up on the jumbo tron at the Washington Redskins pre-season game this past week. There are a lot of folks that would argue against Nokia’s Purview Cameras in the higher end Lumia smartphones being the best in the industry.
Verizon is closing a loophole on their discontinued unlimited data plans. Starting August 24th, customers with grandfathered unlimited data plans will no longer be able to buy new smartphones on an additional line with a $30 per month data charge, cancel the data plan, and, add a feature phone to the additional line bringing the price of the additional line down to $9.99 per month. Customer how buy phones with data plans will be required to maintain the data plan through out the term of the contract.
Windows 9 (Threshold) beta is expected out by the end of the year. Chris and Robb discuss if Windows 8 is a bigger bust than Windows Vista. Adoption rates indicate that it just may be.
The Xbox One is getting a digital tuner in Europe, iOS loses market share in the enterprise to Android, Netflix pass HBO in subscriber revenue. We’ve got all this, our picks and more in episode #220 of the SMRpodcast…
Show Details- Recorded: August 12th, 2014
- Published: August 13th, 2014
- Duration: 01hr 26min 00sec
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Hosts:
- Chris Ashley @bigChrisAshley
- BrothaTech @brothatech
- Allison Sheridan @podfeet
SHOW TOPICS
Big stories we covered this week- Verizon closing the loophole on unlimited plans
- Netflix passes HBO in subscriber revenues
- We talk about the new report of smartphones in the enterprise
- White Xbox One on the Way
- We comment on the iPhone design
- Windows 9 beta expected later this year
- Unitek 3.0 USB Hub (Portable Drill) Chris Ashley (WinGadgetNews / SimpleMobileReview )
- Skully Helmet (Paypal) Robb Dunewood (RIMarkable)
