Simulcast 119: Unicorn Tears

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Published on: August 25, 2011

 

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

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

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