In this week’s Mobile Roar podcast, Kevin demos the iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner and gives his thoughts on the iPhone 5s, Blackberry sells for a mere fraction of what it was once worth, Microsoft’s has a cool new “Cortana” virtual assistant that could be making its way to Windows Phone, and we take a break from tech news to talk briefly about Burger King’s new Satisfries. Yes, those are a thing.
- 0:54 Blackberry sells for $4 billion
- 5:20 Blackberry Messenger gets delayed
- 9:52 Kevin demos iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner
- 14:07 Thoughts on the iPhone 5s (quick review)
- 18:00 Chris buys an iPhone (but he’s still Team Android)
- 21:52 iOS 7 has quickest adoption rate, 9 million iPhones sold over launch weekend
- 24:40 Windows Phone “Cortana” voice assistant and more
- 28:20 Burger King’s new “Satisfries”
- 30:49 Sony’s new QX100 and QX10 lens cameras now available
- 37:00 Edgar is hospitalized after mixing urine with bleach.
- 40:02 Oppo N1 was announced, features rotating camera
WINS & FAILS OF THE WEEK
- 42:26 Kevin’s Win: Gold iPhone 5s/Fail: Gold Samsung Galaxy S4
- 46:46 Edgar’s Win: Hangouts update/Fail: Blackberry Messenger
- 50:58 Joe’s Win: Windows Gift Cards/Fail: Nokia’s weird names
- 55:07 Chris’ Win: Moto X camera update/Fail: iOS 7
- 59:20 The new Steve Jobs movie sucked thanks to Ashton Kutcher
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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
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TAGS: Apple, BlackBerry Messenger, fingerprint scanner, iPhone 5S, Sony QX10, Sony QX100, Touch ID, Windows Phone Cortana
