Mobile Roar Podcast #11: Apple iPhone event, Microsoft buys Nokia, Nexus 5 leaks, and much more

Sep 7th 2013 by Renkman

Talk about a busy week in mobile–whoa! Any number of news items this week from any one of the major platforms would be enough to stand alone as the biggest announcement of the week. Add them altogether, and we almost can’t keep up. Highlighting just some of the top stories this week–Microsoft got things started by finalizing a deal to buy Nokia, to bring hardware and software under one roof. Apple pulls the trigger on the worst kept secret in mobile news and finally sends out invitations to their iPhone Announcement Event schedule for September 10th. IFA 2013 kicked off in Berlin, and Android is selling Kit Kats now? Sit back, take in all in, and feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section below or take to the forums and see waht others are talking about.

00:50 Microsoft buys Nokia

07:03 Apple sends out invites for September 10th event

11:20 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 announced, Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) as well

17:06 Samsung Galaxy Gear announced, here’s our hands-on

20:00 Qualcomm Toq announced

28:44 Android 4.4. KitKat announced, behind the scenes story

35:25 Nexus 5 leaked in KitKat unveiling video, also hits the FCC as LG D820

43:54 Top selling phones on Amazon for September

45:12 Wins and Fails of the week

51:45 Viewer question: Who’s going to buy BlackBerry?

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Joe Fedewa (@jayzeroeee) – WinSource.com
Chris Chavez (@GamerCore) – Phandroid.com
Kevin Krause (@youdontknowkev) – iSource.com
Edgar Cervantes (@Tech_EC) – Phandroid.com