This week on The Simulcast we talk about the fallout from HP’s webOS debacle, we’re getting hyped for CES, we inch closer to a holiday weekend, and Steve Jobs resigns as Apple’s CEO!
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Apple
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple!! Tim Cook to take over as CEO, Jobs to be Chairman.
Samsung starts with the 2001: A Space Odyssey Defense
Apple wins preliminary ban on all Samsung Galaxy phones in EU?
iPhone 5 to be a dual-mode phone?
Google buys Motorola for $12.5B
Google+ adds Celebrity Verification Policy, apparently forgets The Simulcast staff
First US Galaxy S II coming to Sprint as Epic Touch 4G on Sept 9th?
Leaked AT&T 2nd half of 2011 Roadmap shows lots of Android phones
Asus Transformer gets update and Netflix
Samsung announces its new naming convention for cellphones, everyone goes WTF?
Microsoft
HTC event will focus on Mango?
Miscellaneous
Devs begin porting Android to dead TouchPad
AT&T getting rid of $10 Text Plan for new customers
MP3Tunes lawsuit gives mixed results, possibly good news for cloud music business.
Gaming
Listener email
What are we playing/watching/reading this week?
Dave -
Bill – Portal 2 – DONE!
Patrick – Halo Reach, SGU (SG1 10 seasons & SGA 5 season already done)
Steve -
Geoff – Started watching SG-1 again, Sucker punch, Halo Reach
Picks of the week
Dave – ThinkTankDigital Holster 30
Bill – Tab for Google+ (Mac client)
Patrick – CES Press Certified
Steve – HP douchepad
Geoff – iOS 5 Beta 6