Episode #130 of the SMRpodcast was just a two man show with hosts Rod Simmons and Chris Ashley, however, we hold it down while Robb is out. This week we get right into the Microsoft Surface Tablet $199 price rumor and how true we think it is. We get into some RIM news this week as they were just saved from a huge settlement payment. We also discuss Apple and the iPhone 5 as well as what the iPad mini will do to the market.
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Show Details
- Recorded: August 14th, 2012
- Published: August 15th, 2012
- Duration: 01hr 02min 30sec
Hosts:- Rod Simmons @RodSimmons
- Chris Ashley @bigcashley
- Robb Dunewood @RobbDunewood
SHOW TOPICS
Opening Thoughts
- Robb is out this week and we start speculating on why he is not in
We jump right into the rumored Surface price of 199.99
- Rod wants to know if Chris believes
- Chris can’t decide if he believe sit or not and states why
There are talks of a new update process for Windows
- Rod says this is a good model for Microsoft
- Chris says he would love to see this on the Windows RT devices
Rod asks Chris his opinion on the new iPhone
- Chris talks about what he has seen so far
- Rod points out a new iOS feature and which company it will hurt
RIM gets Million dollar fine overturned
- Chris points out that RIM has finally had some good news
- Rod agrees that this is good news for RIM
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