Mobile Nations

Kevin of CrackBerry, Phil of Android Central, Daniel of Windows Phone Central, Derek of Mobile Nations, and Rene of iMore talk about the state of mobile. How many platforms is Android, what's happening with BlackBerry, can Microsoft deliver, and what's next for Apple?

Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry, Phil Nickinson of Android Central, Daniel Rubino of Windows Phone Central, and Rene Ritchie of iMore come together to talk about… Talk Mobile 2013! What is it, how will it work, and just how awesome will it be? Find out!

Simon Sage, gaming editor for Mobile Nations, joins Rene to talk about PAX East and GDC 2013, the state of mobile gaming in general, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone in specific, and the explosion of free-to-play titles. Also, Facebook's mobile event. Show notes Android Central at GDC 2013 Crackberry at GDC 2013 iMore at GDC 2013 Windows Phone Central at GDC 2013 Debug & Iterate team-up podcast: The future of human interface The true cost of free-to-play games Guests Simon Sage of Mobile Nations Hosts Rene Ritchie of iMore Credits You can reach all of us on Twitter @iMore, or you can email us at podcast@imore.com or just leave us a comment below. For all our podcasts -- audio and video -- including the iMore show, ZEN and TECH, Iterate, Debug, Ad hoc, and more, see MobileNations.com/shows

We're winding down here in Barcelona, as the major announcements draw to a close and we finish up our hands-on coverage of the new devices at Mobile World Congress. In our final MWC podcast, we discuss TouchWiz on a TV, the difference between a Fonepad and a Padfone, and whether a Photosphere is really a Photosphere if no-one's around to see it fall. Windows Phone Official Twitter client receives major update, introduces new interface and more Hands on with Glam Me lens from Nokia: Perfecting the self portrait Nokia releases PlayTo beta for Windows Phone 8 Android Hands-on with the ASUS Fonepad Hands-on with the ASUS Padfone Infinity LG's 'VR Panorama' brings Photosphere to the Optimus G Pro

We've just wrapped up the first proper day of Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona, Spain, and there's been a lot of Android and Windows Phone developments to go around. From the Optimus G Pro to the ASUS Fonepad and PadFone, from Nokia's Lumia 520 to Lumia 720, there's a ton of mobile news out of the first day of MWC, so check out our day one podcast below. Windows Phone: MWC 2013 Nokia press conference - the device T-Mobile announces Nokia Lumia 521 Nokia updates navigation and location apps with HERE branding Nokia and Foursquare team up on revamped Windows Phone 8 app Burton Nokia Lumia phones now available GoPro Windows Phone app for Nokia Lumia: total control for extreme sports fans Ears on with the Nokia Purity Pro wireless headphones Nokia Wireless Car Charger - provide juice to your Windows Phone in the car without cables Android Live with ZTE at Mobile World Congress LG announces Padfone Infinity and Fonepad Samsung Galaxy S4 invites going out for Mar. 14 event Hands-on with the Optimus G Pro Live from Mobile World Congress with ASUS Hands-on with the LG Optimus L II series World's First Samsung Galaxy S4 Contest

Join Android Central's Phil Nickinson and Alex Dobie as well as WPCentral's Jay Bennett and a mostly silent Daniel Rubino for the first Mobile Nations podcast of Mobile World Congress 2013. With the show about to start, we've already got plenty of Android to talk about. Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 hands-on NVIDIA Tegra 4i versus Tegra 4 Kyocera Torque hands-on HP Slate 7 hands-on Huawei Ascend P2 hands-on

Once again Mobile Nations has assembled at CES, and we've come together with the Cell Phone Junkie to talk NVIDIA's Project Shield, 4K (2160p) televisions, giant phones, low-end phones, and all the rest of the news -- and the show hasn't even officially started yet!

Kevin, Phil, Daniel, and Rene talk about CES 2013, what they expect to see, and whether it's still relevant, then fight about ActiveSync, RIM vs. Microsoft, and what they want to see from Apple, Google, and everyone going forward!

Kevin, Phil, Marcus, Daniel, and Rene talk about the upcoming Apple, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry events, and upcoming Mobile Nations features!

Phil Nickinson of Android Central and Rene Ritchie of iMore talk Apple vs. Samsung and the U.S. court verdict that saw Apple awarded over $1 billion in damages. This is a Mobile Nations special!

Kevin from CrackBerry.com, Phil from AndroidCentral.com, Daniel from WPCentral.com and Rene from iMore.com talk Google I/O, Windows Phone 8, WWDC, BlackBerry 10, 7-inch tablets, and media streamers. This is Mobile Nations! Agenda Google I/O 2012 Android 4.1 Jellybean Google Nexus 7 Google Nexus Q Microsoft Surface Windows Phone 8 BlackBerry 10 WWDC 2012 iOS 6 iPad mini Hosts Phil Nickinson (@philnickinson) of Android Central Kevin Michaluk (@crackberrykevin) of CrackBerry.com Daniel Rubino (@Daniel_Rubino) of WPCentral Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore Feedback Got something to say? Agree or disagree with something we said? Have something you want us to discuss on a future show? Don't just sit there yelling at the screen, dammit, let us know! Email: podcast@mobilenations.com Twitter: @mobilenations Web: www.mobilenations.com Credits Our music is pROgraM vs. Us3R by by morgantj. Thanks to the Mobile Nations network of store for sponsoring this podcast, and to our fantastic live chat members for keeping us honest and making us smart!

Kevin from CrackBerry.com, Phil from Android Central, Derek from webOS Nation, Daniel from WPCentral, Gary from Mobile Nations, and Rene from iMore talk iPhone 5 and iOS 6, BlackBerry 10, Samsung Galaxy S III and Jellybean, Windows 8, ecosystems vs. best of breed, and... the Facebook Phone. This is Mobile Nations!

Kevin, Phil, Derek, Simon, Jay, and Rene talk BlackBerry 10, HTC One, Nokia Lumia 900, the new iPad, something something webOS, and Google Drive. This is Mobile Nations! Agenda BlackBerry World 2012 BlackBerry 10 HTC One X Google Drive cloud storage service launches, 5GB free space for all Nokia Lumia 900 The new iPad Hosts Phil Nickinson (@philnickinson) of Android Central Kevin Michaluk (@crackberrykevin) of CrackBerry.com Derek Kessler (@dkdsgn) of webOS Nation Simon Sage (@simonsage of Mobile Nations Jay Bennett (@JayTBennett) of WPCentral Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of TiPb.com Feedback Got something to say? Agree or disagree with something we said? Have something you want us to discuss on a future show? Don't just sit there yelling at the screen, dammit, let us know! Email: podcast@mobilenations.com Twitter: @mobilenations Web: www.mobilenations.com Credits Our music is pROgraM vs. Us3R by by morgantj. Introduction by Joseph Holder.

Kevin, Phil, Derek, Daniel, and Rene discuss RIM's new CEO and what it means for BlackBerry in 2012, the unstoppable Android, iPad 3 vs. Windows 8 tablets, Chinese working conditions, and apps and your privacy. This is Mobile Nations!

Mobile Nations editors Kevin Michaluk, Phil Nickinson, Rene Ritchie, Daniel Rubino, Derek Kessler, Simon Sage and Jared DiPane join Mickey and Joey to wrap-up the biggest events of the 2012 CES.

Mobile Nations teams up with the Cell Phone Junkie to talk CES 2012 -- all the pre-show news from BlackBerry, Android, iPhone and iPad, and Windows Phone including Playbook OS 2.0, 18 new Android devices -- today! -- Apple's non-presence, and the Titan 2 and Nokia Lumia 900. Listen in!

Kevin, Phil, Derek, Daniel, Georgia, and Rene take at look at the year in mobile, from BlackBerry to Android, webOS to Windows Phone, iPad to iPhone. Highs, lows, great new devices, frustrating delays, devastating losses, and a look ahead to 2012.

Kevin, Phil, Derek, Dan, and Rene discuss the future of phone fashion, how to pick a tablet for the holidays, and what happens when all phones are smart. Plus, our holiday gift guide! This is Mobile Nations!

Phil, Adam, Derek, Jay, and Rene talk Amazon Kindle Fire pros and cons, Porsche's BlackBerry and phones as fashion, webOS indecisions, and Google Music vs. iTunes Match vs. Amazon Cloud vs. Zune Pass and more! This is Mobile Nations! Agenda Amazon Kindle Fire Google Music Porsche Design P'9981 Smartphone from BlackBerry Video Unboxing! HP still not sure what to do with webOS, will take three-to-four weeks to decide iTunes Match Hosts Phil Nickinson (@philnickinson) of Android Central Adam Zeis (@azeis) of CrackBerry.com Derek Kessler (@dkdsgn) of PreCentral.net Jay Bennett (@JayTBennet of WPCentral Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of TiPb.com

Agenda Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support Editorial: Fun with ‘fragmentation' charts (or, why you shouldn't be distracted by shiny objects) Android 'fragmentation' -- why it really matters to you and me Forked up Everything is a grid Hosts Phil Nickinson of Android Central Rene Ritchie of TiPb Michael DeGusta of The Understatement Feedback Got something to say? Agree or disagree with something we said? Have something you want us to discuss on a future show? Don't just sit there yelling at the screen, dammit, let us know! Email: podcast@mobilenations.com Twitter: @mobilenations Web: www.mobilenations.com

Kevin, Phil, Derek, Dan, and Rene talk Windows Phone from Mango to Tango (and Nokia!), BlackBerry DevCon and BBX superphones, Android's Ice Cream Sandwich and Galaxy Nexus, webOS and the road ahead, and iPhone 4S and Siri. This is Mobile Nations!

Phil, Kevin, Derek, and Rene discuss Apple's iPhone 4S event, the Nexus Prime, BlackBerry BBX and superphones, the Amazon Kindle Fire, and Amazon webOS rumors, and the hierarchy of tablet needs. This is MobileNations!

Phil, Kevin, and Rene beta test a new video rig, survive technical problems, and talk RIM results, BlackBerry striking back, next generation Android phones, Windows 8 tablets, and a tale of two iPhones. This is Mobile Nations!

Phil, Kevin, Derek, Dan, and Rene discuss why carriers keep getting in the way of our gadgets, how big a phone can get before it's a tablet, what does a $99 TouchPad fire sale means, will Windows 8 really be no compromises, the value of music lockers, and what does an Apple without Steve Jobs as CEO mean for the industry? This is Mobile Nations!

Phil, Kevin, Derek, Dan, Georgia, and Rene talk HP dumping webOS hardware, Google picking up Motorola Mobility, RIM's new BlackBerrys reviewed, and what it means for Microsoft and Apple. This is MobileNations!

Phil, Kevin, Tim, Dan, and Rene talk Google vs. Microsoft patent slap-fight, new BlackBerrys (new BlackBerrys!!), waiting on Pre 3 and the TouchPad 3.0.2 update, and Apple eating all the mobile profits. This is Mobile Nations!

Phil, Kevin, Derek, Dan, and Rene talk Netflix on Android, media on Mobile, the RIM-pire striking back, news execs at webOS, Nokia Windows Phones, 20 million iPhones, and hitting the budget buyer sweet spot. Bringing together the heads of state of Android, BlackBerry, iOS, webOS, and Windows Phone for full on round-table action. This is Mobile Nations

Kevin, Phil, and Rene discuss whether or not Google should buy RIM, how BlackBerry can fight back, is Google MIA in the patent wars, Google+ is here, the TouchPad has landed, and will there be a second new iPad this year? Bringing together the heads of state of Android, BlackBerry, iOS, webOS, and Windows Mobile for full on round-table action. This is Mobile Nations!

Mobile Nations is our brand new podcast, bringing together the heads of state from Android, BlackBerry, iOS, webOS, and Windows Phone for full on round-table action. This week Phil, Kevin, Dan and Rene discuss Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the new Verizon data caps, and the state of the BlackBerry. This is Mobile Nations!

Mobile Nations is our brand new podcast, bringing together the heads of state from Android Central, CrackBerry.com, PreCentral.net, TiPb.com and WPCentral for full on round-table action. This week Phil, Kevin, and Rene discuss new Gingerbread phones, iOS 5 and iCloud, Playbook updates, and Apple stealing back. This is Mobile Nations!