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MCA 059: Sneaky microphones

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:44:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Playstation Portable Phone
- Solar Powered table
- Stream media to iPhone/iPod
- Apple, RIM, and Palm sued by WiAVE
- T-Mobile US launches 3G in Las Vegas
- T-Mobile US/'s first 3G phone
- BlackBerry Javelin
- BlackBerry Storm on October 13th?
- BlackBerry KickStart to be called Pearl 8220?
- BlackBerry Bold now available on T-Mobile Germany
- Nokia email
- $13 Dynolicious iPhone app beats $150 device
- GPS-enabled microphones in China/'s taxis

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MCA 058: Cell phone tech with Mickey

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:28:00 -0700

We are happy to have Mickey Papillon from TheCellPhoneJunkie on the show with us. Mickey discusses many cell phone technologies and helps us make sense of it all.

Topics/Links:
- Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
- Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) [used by GSM]
- Long Term Evolution (LTE)
- Othogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)
- Freedom of Multimedia Access (FoMA)
- High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) [HSUPA and HSDPA]

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MCA 057: Thunder of the Inexpensive Notebooks

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Mars Phoenix lander saves itself
- Dell "E"| notebook series
- Asus 1000H Notebook
- Acer Aspire Notebook
- EZ ReRegister
- BlackBerry Thunder keyboard

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MCA 056: ID4

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Indian government now backing down?
- Farewell to DevBerry blog :-(
- We try out BlackBerry Unite!
- Palm Q4 earnings results
- We love the looks of the Nokia Supernova
- LG Chocolate series 3
- LG stands for Lucky Goldstar
- T3 Mobile Defender

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MCA 055: Otterbox review and other news

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:08:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Otterbox Review
- iPhone 3G
- Vodafone Germany releases BlackBerry OS 4.5
- BlackBerry 4.5 OS beta apparently floating around
- BlackBerry Thunder (aka 9500)
- Nokia E71
- Firefox Mobile Concept mobile browser

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MCA 054: SpinVox review and other news

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:07:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Phoenix Mars Mission
- SpinVox
- Blurry picture of the BlackBerry Thunder?
- BlackBerry 4.5 OS beta apparently floating around
- StyleTap Palm OS emulator for iPhone and iPod Touch
- Microsoft says Windows Mobile sales will increase by 50%
- Sony Ericsson/'s Paris phone gets demoed in video

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MCA 053.3: WES 2008 Day 3

Sat, 17 May 2008 09:07:00 -0700

Joint podcast between MCA and CrackBerry.com for day 3 of WES 2008.

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MCA 053.2: WES 2008 Day 2

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:43:00 -0700

WES 2008 Day 2 - Joint CrackBerry.com and MCA podcast.

MCA 053.1: WES 2008 Day 1

Tue, 13 May 2008 06:17:00 -0700

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MCA 052: KickStart the Storm!

Sun, 04 May 2008 04:36:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- BlackBerry KickStart (9100?)
- BlackBerry 9000 specs. (sort-of official)
- BoxTone lounge at WES 2008 - we/'ll be there
- 3G iPhone to be discounted to $199?
- Does Deutsche Telekom want to buy Sprint?

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MCA 051: HAL 9000

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:47:00 -0700

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Topics/Links:
- BlackBerry 9000 and 9100?
- BES 4.1 SP5 (4.1.5) now available
- Indian BlackBerry restrictions
- Readius e-ink rollable ebook
- Samsung gesture interface
- AT&T cuts jobs - hires into mobility
- Microsoft acquires Danger (Sidekick)
- Microsoft wants to play in the mobile browser game
- O2 slashes 8GB iPhone price

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MCA 050: The G's

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:16:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- All AT&T smartphones to be 3G within months
- Walt Mossberg says 3G iPhone within 60 days
- Verizon LTE plans on 700 MHz
- AT&T LTE plans on 700 MHz
- Sprint delays WiMax plans
- Motorola has cut 10,000 jobs since January 2007
- Deutche Telekom says Engdget can/'t use the color magenta
- Microsoft wants to play in the mobile browser game
- RIM Q4 2007 profits double
- T-Mobile BlackBerry 8120 on April 14th

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MCA 049: BigDog

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:02:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- R.I.P. Russell Shaw (he co-hosted with us on episode 13)
- BigDog
- Mobile calls on Emirates flights
- ZX Spectrum Laptop
- CDMA BlackBerry Curve on Sprint?
- UMA coming to Rogers in Canada?
- RIM JDE Plugin for Eclipse
- BlackBerry 8120 available on T-Mobile April 14th?

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MCA 048: Outages and Hacking

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:41:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Read Craig/'s review of Skyfire in "PDA Essentails"
- Palm OS Emulator for iPhone
- BMW ConnectedDrive
- Momenta
- Qualcomm GOBI
- GSM calls hackable?
- BlackBerry BIS Outage
- North American BlackBerry Outage
- WES Early Bird Registration discount

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MCA 047: New and upgradable

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:37:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- 16 GB iPhone and 32 GB iPod Touch
- eCoupled wireless power demo
- Windows Mobile on Nokia hardware?
- Femtocell heating up
- HTC Magnum
- SMS to enter toilet
- BES 4.1 SP5 and BlackBerry OS 4.5
- RIM touch screen and slider patents
- Skyfire mobile browser
- Garmin Nuvifone

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MCA 046: Airy Wireless

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:00:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Palm closes all retail stores
- Apple MacBook Air
- Palm Treo 800w
- FCC 700 MHz Auction (Auction 73)
- Southwest Airlines tests in-flight Wi-Fi
- LTE Approved
- Battery life to improve ten fold?
- Networked Geiger-counters in cell phones?
- BlackBerry updates in our future

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MCA 045: CES 2008

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:39:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- BlackBerry Enterprise Administration for Microsoft Exchange book
- Sony Ericsson developing P5i "ultimate" smartphone
- Wistron Shows Google Android Phone
- Asus Eee with WiMax
- Brica KT600 8 MP phone
- Mobivox free calls
- Blinger mobile banking
- QuadTri Pad one handed keyboard
- Opera Browser to be on iPhone?
- BlackBerry 8920?

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MCA 044: Smartphone Round Robin Roundup

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:23:00 -0800

The good people over at Smartphone Experts created the idea of a Smartphone Round Robin where someone from each of their blogs used one of four smartphones for one week. So Jennifer Chappell from TreoCentral, Kevin Michaluk from CrackBerry.com, Mike Overbo from Phone Different, and Dieter Bohn from WMExperts all used a Palm Treo 680, an Apple iPhone, an HTC Kaiser (AT&T Tilt), and a RIM BlackBerry Curve (8310).

You can read their first look and final thoughts here.

All of them agreed to come and talk to all of us about their experiences with each device and some of their thoughts on the devices and surrounding technology. We even get into the US carrier marketplace.

As the last MCA for 2007 this is a great bumper episode for all to enjoy!

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We talk to the Smartphone Round Robin Team on MCA 044!

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:22:00 -0800

Hi all!

I wanted to let you know that we will be chatting to the Smartphone Round Robin team. Thats Jennifer Chappell from TreoCentral, Kevin Michaluk from CrackBerry.com, Mike Overbo from Phone Different, and Dieter Bohn from WMExperts.

Each of them used a BlackBerry Curve (8300), iPhone, Treo 680, and an AT&T Tilt for a week (1 week per device). They have all been writing about their experiences throughout the experiment but we thought it would be great to have them on the show to let you hear about it first hand.

So make sure you tune in to the next episode!

MCA 043: Open

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:16:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Google to bid for the 700 MHz band
- LG phone didn/'t kill man
- Cartel/'s car phone brings back the memories
- EU agrees to open up the GSM 900MHz band to other technologies
- Google Maps 2.0 Beta has cell tower tower triangulation
- Verizon says they are now open - world laughs
- Eavesdrop on Bluetooth head sets
- BlackBerry 9000 series specs?

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MCA 042: Android and more

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:58:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Smart phones outsell laptops
- Physical keyboards beat iPhone keyboard
- iPhone malware
- VW on board computer interface
- Seiko Epson e-Book reader
- Nissan GT-R GUI
- Microsoft captures your life
- Which Tokyo Flash watch do you like?
- BlackBerry Pearl II

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MCA 041: Google Phone

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:48:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- BlackBerry Desktop Software 4.3.0 Download
- BlackBerry OS 4.3.1 video recording on an 8300 (Curve)
- BlackBerry Pearl II (8130 CDMA/EVDO)
- Google "Gphone" or Google mobile operating system?
- Passwords using pictures
- "Twin" phone (WCDM and GSM)
- Weather forecasting umbrella from ThinkGeek

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MCA 040: Device Top Ten

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:31:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- BlackBerry for Dummies (second edition) book giveaway
- Send us an email. The first 7 get a free copy
- Get 10% off purchases from bplay by using our promo code MCA

- iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak code posted
- BlackBerry 8310 released on AT&T
- BlackBerry 8320 released on T-Mobile
- Verizon will share your data with others unless you opt out

Device Top Ten:
1) iPhone
2) BlackBerry 8320 (Curve)
3) HTC Kaiser/TyTN II
4) Palm Centro
5) BlackBerry 8830
6) BlackBerry 8100 (Pearl)
7) BlackJack
8) Palm 700
9) Nokia N95
10) OQO Model 02

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MCA 039: Bad AT&T! and Goodbye CDMA

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:24:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Samecell
- BlackBerry "Connect with the Experts" kicks off
- Idokorro changes name to Rove Mobile
- BT bid for Sprint - rumor
- SK Telecom injects $270M more into Helio MVNO
- T-Mobile USA to buy SunCom for $2.4B
- Verizon goes LTE (GSM) for 4G
- AT&T gets HTC Keiser - removes second camera
- Will T-Mobile pick up the HTC Kaiser?
- AT&T launches BlackBerry 8820 - Finally!
- T-Mobile launches BlackBerry 8320 - Does UMA!
- BlackBerry release Microsoft Visual Studio Plugin

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MCA 038: Apple, TyTN II, and Gandalf

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:55:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- GSM turns 20!
- Motorola Transformer Phone
- BlackBerry BIS Outage
- Video downloads at CNN and ABC web sites for BlackBerry
- HTC TyTN II
- Palm Gandalf dropping on September 12th?
- Palm Folio axed
- iPod Touch
- iTunes WiFi Store

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MCA 037: Dante is back

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:20:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Palm Centro
- Apple September 15th 2007 event - New iPods?
- iPhone firmware update to 1.02
- Non-US iPhone carriers announced
- iPhone SIM unlock via software a reality
- The NEStari
- Motorola Q9m
- Nokia beefs up Exchange support for E and N series
- BlackBerry "mini-BES" to sync multimedia
- RIM BlackBerry OS 4.3

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 036: Mark Shuttleworth and Ubuntu Mobile

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:35:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- We talk to Mark Shuttleworth about Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded, and a bit about his trip into space.

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 035: Luddites and cool tech

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:58:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Mark Shuttleworth on the next show
- Signup on Talkshoe to join us
- AT&T Video Share
- Old school typewriter for Luddites to send email on
- Colors that only a digital camera can see allow for cool new clothes
- SSD drives now faster than 10,000 rpm Western Digital Raptor
- BlackBerry 8820 announced

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 034: iPhone review and shocking iPods

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:49:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Our iPhone review
- Remote control your PC or Mac with your iPhone
- Voice over IP on your iPhone
- Optus, Vodafone, and Telsra selling BlackBerry 8300 (Curve)
- RIM wants to move into Africa
- FCC approves new BlackBerry 88xx series with WiFi
- Virtual BlackBerry on T-Mobile Dash first?
- First 3.5G BlackBerry going to Australia/'s Telsra?
- iPod wearing jogger gets struck by lightening
- Ultra cool Belkin N1 router with LCD display
- Swiss to start paying a digital audio player (DAP) tax!
- New T-Mobile Sidekick Slide (Danger)
- Will it blend (iPhone episode) [video]
- Spint boots off complainers

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 033: iPhone and some

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:49:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Apple iPhone Launches
- T-Mobile @Home Launches
- Cell phone stalking?
- BlackBerry 8320 (Curve 1.5?)
- RIM Financials
- Tabbed BlackBerry Browser?
- BlackBerry "Garage Door" Keyboard
- T9 sold for US$265 Million

Special Thanks:
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- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 032: We are back!

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:19:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- BlackBerry 8300
- Black ... BlackBerry 8300?
- BlackBerry trade-up program (ends June 30th)
- SlashPower
- 2015 Nike Sneakers!
- Apple iPhone launch details
- Microsoft OFone
- Windows Vista Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 Released
- Palm Foleo

Special Thanks:
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- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 031: Pictures from WES 2007 Podcast

Sun, 20 May 2007 06:48:00 -0700

Pictures from the second day of WES 2007 podcasting.

From left to right:
Brooke Van Hatten (Chalk), Douglas Soltys (BlackBerry Cool), "Jibi" (BlackBerry Forums), Craig Johnston (MCA).

MCA 031-3: WES Day 3 plus bplay

Thu, 10 May 2007 06:40:00 -0700

It is the last day of WES 2007 and Doug and I sit down to chat about it. We also talk to Nicholas Reichenbach who is Vice President of bplay.

Other links:
- Attensa

Special Thanks:
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- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 031-2: WES Day 2 plus Chalk

Wed, 09 May 2007 05:48:00 -0700

Day 2 of WES 2007. Doug and I recorded another episode out in the open. This time we spoke to Brooke Van Hatten from Chalk. She discussed their product that allows you to create training material and push it out to BlackBerrys.

We had Jibi (from BlackBerry Forums, BlackBerry Cool, and BoyGeniusReport)

Jibi spoke about BES 5.0 which is due out in May 2008 and has a list of awesome features!

Bplay did not make it today but we hope to have them on tomorrow. Doug and I will be recording in the same place (outside Solaris) at either 2pm or 5pm so please pop over and say hi or hang out.

Other links:
- Documents To Go for BlackBerry
- BoxTone

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 031-1: Wes Day 1

Tue, 08 May 2007 08:29:00 -0700

Day 1 of WES 2007 coverage. Douglas Soltys of BlackBerry Cool teams up with me (Craig Johnston) to talk about how WES is going.

We also talk to the President and CEO of Idokorro Rob Woodbridge, about WES and what new products Idokorro is working on.

Since we had 2 microphones for the recording, it picked up the background sounds very well, so I left the recording in stereo to retain that atmosphere. I also left in the blemishes, GSM chatter included :-)

If you want to stop by during our recording tomorrow, we will be doing it outside Solaris again. We simply took over a table and some chairs by the window, so look for some people talking into microphones and that will be us.

[PS. I accidentally called this episode 014 part 1 - and also named this MP3 file with this name. I cannot tell you why, but I have corrected the episode name now :-) ]

Special Thanks:
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- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 030: BlackBerry Cool

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:18:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- First WinMo 6 device - O2 XDA
- BlackBerry 8830 Announced
- Deepfish already on the BlackBerry
- Verizon Launching BlackBerry 8830 on May 14th 2007
- BlackBerry Virtual Machine runs on Windows Mobile 6
- RIM Outage
- BlackBerry 9000 Series details
- 4.2 OS for the BlackBerry 8700 Series
- BlackBerry Cool and MCA teaming up at WES

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 029: WiFi in space and other news

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:22:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Removable cell phone patent
- WiFi in space
- Samsung WiMax phones
- Nokia N95
- Fujitsu bets on SSD
- Palm Linux coming
- 100 Million iPods Sold
- AT&T BlackBerry 8300 on May 25th?
- Lego BlackBerry
- Verizon BlackBerry 8830 "World BlackBerry"
- Vodafone BlackBery 8300
- BlackBerry vs BlackJack
- DST changes a waste?
- TalkText

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 028: Talkshoe

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:27:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Nokia Coffin
- Cell phone image
- Palm Treo 755
- iPhone launch date?
- Dvorak says no to iPhone
- New PSP firmware gives free T-Mobile
- Deepfish
- Sling Player for Palm OS
- Helio Ocean
- OQO Model 02 Ships
- New Moto CDMA phones
- Symbian 9.5
- Boy Genius RIM Break In
- Talkshoe

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 027: CeBIT

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:31:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- Geek Brief Meet Up on MCA Podcast Island
- BlackBerry 8300
- TiVo Mobile
- MacBook Pro Burns
- Samsung F700
- Asus M530w
- Digital Cube G43

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 026: BlackBerry 8800

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:19:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Our BlackBerry 8800 Thoughts
- Quick DST Update
- Grundig B700 Linux Smartphone
- Cingular/att hand out free BlackJack (Samsung i607) extended bateries
- Does Palm want to be bought?... Will Nokia buy them?
- Mobile Starbucks Locater
- T-Mobile USA surpasses 25 Million subscribers

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 025: DST 2007

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:58:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Craig writing for PDA Essentials
- Dante/'s BlackBerry Pearl for Dummies released
- BlackBerry 8800 Officially Launched
- Bill wants to use the 8800 for Geo Caching

- Daylight Savings Time Change Patches
- BlackBerry
- We talk to Jon Edmunds of BoxTone about their free DST Expert App
- Windows CE
- Windows Mobile
- Palm OS
- DST Panel
- Symbian

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 024: Powercast

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:58:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- We talk to Keith Kressin from Powercast
- Daylight Savings Time Changes in 2007
- BlackBerry
- Windows Mobile
- Palm OS
- Symbian

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 023: Wireless Power

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:15:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- MCA Island Kick-Off Party!
- Apple iPhone
- OPTi Sues Apple
- Cisco Sues Apple
- White BlackBerry Pearl (8100)
- Wireless Power
- Powercast
- Splashpower
- Google Phone
- Prada Phone
- Feedback for touch screens
- Play MP3 via Mono Bluetooth headset on the Pearl

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 022: Cusp of CES

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:21:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Windows Vista SideShow
- Asus W5fe
- Google and Earthlink give San Francisco Free WiFi
- Samsung i760
- Microvision cell phone projector
- Hitachi 1 TB Hard Disk
- SanDisk 32GB SSD
- Sony Micro PC
- Palm Treo 750 finally in the US via Cingular/AT&T
- Ford/Microsoft show off "Sync"
- BlackBerry 8800 Pictures

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 021: Managing Windows Mobile

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:47:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Jeffrey Neafsey talks about Managing Windows Mobile devices
- Windows Mobile Configuration Service Providers
- Remembering James Kim
- RIM Sues Samsung over BlackJack
- ABC wants to know about your BlackBerry addiction
- Biohazard watch detects aliens
- Sanyo mobile phone battery recall
- Palm pays Access $44 million for it/'s own OS

See you all in 2007!
Since the next scheduled episode will be December 24th we thought we/'d skip it and record out next show in 2007. We hope to add enhanced AAC and a few extra segments.

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 020: Joy Of Unlocking

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:21:00 -0800

Topics/Links:
- Copyright Office rules that consumers can legally unlock cell phones
- OnStar could go black for millions of analog subscribers in '08
- Palm Treo 680 launches on Cingular, $199
- Windows Mobile 6.0 for PPC (Crossbow)
- UFO Detector
- SlingPlayer for Symbian - Partnership with 3
- Bypass Zune Music sharing DRM
- Cingular shipping the BlackBerry 8100/Pearl?
- BlackBerry Video Generator

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 019: Moto Good - NTP Bad

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:30:00 -0800

Topics:
- Good Technology acquired by Motorola
- Globalstar GSP-1700 satphone also loaded with EV-DO
- Sling Media to partner with major carrier soon?
- 'Mr. Walkman' walks away
- Emirates 'to debut mobile calls'
- Palm Responds to NTP's Patent Infringement Lawsuit
- Oren Tavory suing NTP for excluding
- Dutch legislators warned about BlackBerry security

Links:
- Motorola acquires Good
- Globalstar GSP-1700
- Sling and carriers?
- Nobutoshi Kihara leaves Sony
- In-flight cell phone service
- NTP Sues Palm
- Oren Tavory sues NTP
- False panic about BlackBerry security

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

PS. I thanked Bill for the intro today but I really meant Don.

MCA 018: Pearly News

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:22:00 -0800

Topics:
- We review the BlackBerry Pearl
- News from the last 2 weeks

Links:
- EQO VoIP Client for the BlackBerry
- T-Mobile Dash now available
- HP iPaq hw6920 availabl soon on Cingular
- Sprint releases EV-DO Rev A
- Cingular to sell the Pearl by Thanksgiving
- Improve in-building cell coverage
- BlackBerry Technical Seminar Series
- Cingular BlackBerry Developer Challenge

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 017: Pyxis mPlatform

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 07:55:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Todd Christy who is the CTO of Pyxis Mobile
- News from the last ... few ... weeks

Links:
- Motorola Q Pro?
- Palm Treo 680
- Cingular Option GT Max HSDPA card
- HTC Excalibur (T-Mobile Dash)
- Sprint lawsuit
- BlackBerry 8800 "Crimson"
- BlackBerry 8100 "Pearl"

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA will be back on October 15th

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:02:00 -0700

Hi all.

We took a short break by missing one of our regular bi-weekly episodes but are back on track to record the next show on October 15th.
Since it is normally posted late on the Sunday evening most of you will pick it up on Monday the 16th.

MCA will be back on October 15th

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:02:00 -0700

MCA on a short break

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:26:00 -0700

Hi MCA listeners.

Bill, Dante, and I are taking a break this week. I'm is off to Pyxis
Mobile's mPlatform User Conference today so I'll report back on the product
and what it can do.

Please continue to send your comments and suggestions to
MobileComputingAuthority@gmail.com and it would be great to see all of
you on our Frappr Map. If you have a BlackBerry why not join PINppl
and add the tag "mca"?

We are not sure if we will be back next Sunday or the Sunday after that
since next weekend is a long weekend for some (including me) but I'll
update this blog to let everyone know.

Cheers.

Craig.

MCA on a short break

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:26:00 -0700

MCA 016: News

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:33:00 -0700

Topics/Links:

CTIA
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/15/until-we-meet-again-ctia/

Vodafone lights up HSDPA
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/smartone-vodafone-lights-up-3-6mbps-hsdpa/

HTC Star Trek shipping
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/cingular-3125-htc-star-trek-now-shipping/

IBM Laptop catches fire?
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/gizmodo-reader-witnesses-ibm-laptop-catch-fire-at-lax-201115.php

Best laptop ever made
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/the-best-laptop-ever-201069.php

BlackBerry 8703e will be offered in Verizon starting Sep 17
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/09/verizon_offers_blackberry_8703e.html

No more QWERTY BB's from T-Mobile?
http://www.bbhub.com/2006/09/16/report-t-mobile-dropping-8700g-and-all-qwertys-in-december/

8100 aka Pearl offered at T-Mobile
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/12/002284/

Unstable OS 4.2 on the Pearl?
http://www.bbhub.com/2006/09/16/pearl-jam-up-experienced-user-reports-videos-are-crashing-pearl/

Security scare involving a stray BB
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/11/002278/

Free Call from your BlackBerry using Jajah
http://www.bbcalls.com/

3D Module for cellphones
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/09/3d_module_from_innertech.html

New iPod Nano
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/09/apple_refreshes_ipod_nano.html

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 015: PINppl

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 08:28:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Paul Anthony, creator of PINppl
- News from the last two weeks

Links:
- PINppl
- US government excise tax refund
- Verizon and Bell South try to screw you
- New Skype phone (whithout the PC)
- US$100 Laptop
- Apple settles interface patent case
- Motorola Q gets a firmware update
- BlackBerry Connect on the Treo 650

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 014: Exploding batteries and other news

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:10:00 -0700

Topics:
- News from the last two weeks

Links:
- Exploding baterries
- Cell phones for old people
- Watch and Bluetooth headset in one
- Spreading WiMax
- HTC Excalibur
- ROAD Linux phone
- T-Mobile UMA launch?
- BlackBerry 8705

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 013.5: BBProxy

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:25:00 -0700

Topics:
- Craig talks to Jesse D'Aguanno of Praetorian Global about BBProxy

Links:
- Praetorian Global
- Full BBProxy presentation
- RIM document on how to protect against Malware
- Metasploit

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the new voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 013: BB 8100 and BBHub

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 10:08:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Russell Shaw who is the Blog Master of BBHub
- BlackBerry 8100
- Lots of other Mobile Computing news

Links:
- BBHub
- BlackBerry 8100
- UMA Trials
- New GSM Treo?
- Fake iPhone/new iPod?
- GPS tag photos
- Fry an egg on a Mac?
- Pong Clock
- RIM patent - weather and time to control backlight
- BlackBerry 8707v in Botany Bay but not in the US
- BBC on Sony/Ericsson M600i

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the new voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 012: Good Technology

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:07:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Dan Rudolph from Good Technology

Links:
- Good Technolgy
- Second Life

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the new voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 011

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 09:56:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Fabrizio Capobianco who is the CEO of Funambol

Links:
- Funambol
- FCC Auction 66
- Palm "Lennon" and "Nitro"
- BlackBerry Camera?
- RIM to buy Palm?

Special Thanks:
- Don LaFontaine for the new voice overs
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 010

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:30:00 -0700

Topics/Links:
- HP iPaq hw6900
- Nokia/Sanyo breakup
- Moto Q with UMTS/HSDPA and WiFi
- Nokia store in Chicago
- Samsung i320N
- Cingular 3G option in Lenova Thinkpads
- Black Tie Palm Treo 650
- Good replaces BlackBerry at UK firm
- BlackBerry videos on YouTube
- Jim Cramer thinks Verizon BB 8700 will boost RIM stock
- Bluejacking BlackBerry's
- Sling box

Special Thanks:
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 009

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:56:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Vivek Gupta who is the chairperson of the IEEE 802.21 committee

Links:
- IEEE 802.21
- Sheraton Chicago (BlackBerry detox)

Special Thanks:
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 008

Mon, 29 May 2006 09:19:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk about WES 2006

Links:
- Impatica
- QuickPlay Media
- BlackBerry Connect

Special Thanks:
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 007

Sun, 14 May 2006 04:53:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Steven Shaw from Kineto Wireless
- News
- Listener question

Links:
- Kineto Wireless

Special Thanks:
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

MCA 006

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 08:15:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Baochi Nguyen from OQO
- News
- Listener question

Links:
- OQO
- Motorola Q
- Survivor BlackBerry

Special Thanks:
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

What's coming up

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:14:00 -0700

Here's what's coming up on the next few shows.

MCA 006:
We will be talking to Baochi Nguyen, Senior Marketing Manager at OQO about the OQO and the UMPC marketplace.

MCA 007:
We went to the source of UMA and will be speaking to Steven Shaw from Kineto.

MCA 008:
To gain the other perspective on the hand-off between WiFi, cellular, and other media, we will be speaking to Vivek Gupta from Intel who is the Chair of the IEEE 802.21 Committee.

We hope you'll join us for these exciting shows!

What's coming up

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:14:00 -0700

6 Foot BlackBerry (Pic 2)

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:25:00 -0700

Clifton standing next to his monster of a BlackBerry.

6 Foot BlackBerry (Pic 2)

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:25:00 -0700

Clifton standing next to his monster of a BlackBerry.

6 Foot BlackBerry (Pic 1)

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:18:00 -0700

As promised, the pics of the huge 6 foot BlackBerry from Man and Machine.

This is the first one.

6 Foot BlackBerry (Pic 1)

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:18:00 -0700

As promised, the pics of the huge 6 foot BlackBerry from Man and Machine.

This is the first one.

MCA 005

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:02:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to Clifton Broumand from Man and Machine
- Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) and 802.21
- Review of the BlackBerry 8700c

Links:
- Man and Machine
- BlackBerry 8700c
- UMA
- Generic Access (GA) to the A/Gb interface
- 3GPP
- 802.21

Special Thanks:
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

We Need A Logo

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:00:00 -0700

Hi MCA listeners.

As we move closer to show number 005 I think that MCA needs an official logo. Now while I'm a big mobile computing geek, my artistic skills are pretty poor.

If you think that you can create a great eye catching logo for MCA, please send it to mobilecomputingauthority@gmail.com

I thank you in advance :-)

Craig.

We Need A Logo

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:00:00 -0700

MCA 004

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 10:44:00 -0700

Topics:
- We talk to David Heit, Senior Product Manager at Research In Motion
- Listener Questions

Links:
- BlackBerry Connect Devices:
Nokia 6820 and 6822
Nokia 9300 Communicator

- BlackBerry Built In Devices:
Siemens SK65

- General:
Mobile Data Services (MDS) 4.1
BlackBerry 7270 (WiFi)
BlackBerry Third Party Software
impatica ShowMate (PowerPoint Presentations from your BlackBerry)
Ascendent Systems

Special Thanks:
- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson for the intro

Have a question for RIM? We'll ask it for you on the next sh

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 02:58:00 -0800

We have secured an interview with David Heit, Senior Product Manager at RIM for our next show (MCA 004) on April 2nd 2006.
While we have our own questions for David, we would love to pose your questions to him.

If you have questions for RIM, send them to us at
mobilecomputingauthority@gmail.com and we'll try our best to ask David on the next show.

If you would like to hear the answers to your questions, subscribe to the podcast. The links are in the right margin.

Have a question for RIM? We'll ask it for you on the next sh

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 02:58:00 -0800

If you have questions for RIM, send them to us at
mobilecomputingauthority@gmail.com and we'll try our best to ask David on the next show.

If you would like to hear the answers to your questions, subscribe to the podcast. The links are in the right margin.

MCA 003

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:20:00 -0800

Topics:

- We talk to Bobby Kolev from BEIKS.

- Instant Messaging on mobile devices.

- Origami Project (UMPC).

- OQO.

Links:

- BEIKS (
http://www.beiks.com
).

- Origami/UMPC (
http://www.microsoft.com/umpc
).

- OQO (
http://www.oqo.com
).

- VeriChat (
http://www.verichat.com
).

- WebMessenger (
http://www.webmessenger.com/
).

- BlackBerry Messenger (
http://www.blackberry.com/messenger/
).

- Google Talk for BlackBerry (
http://www.blackberry.com/GoogleTalk/
).

Special Thanks:

- Derek "The Bandit" Richardson (
http://www.soundrepublic.co.za
).

MCA 002

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:17:00 -0800

Topics:

- We talk to Paul Dumais from Idokorro about Mobile Admin, Mobile SSH, and Mobile Desktop.

- RIM/NTP Settlement.

- First J2ME Trojan.

- Multimedia BlackBerry in the works.

Links:

- Idokorro (
http://www.idokorro.com
).

- Play HHGTTG, Zork, and others via telnet using the Idokorro SSH client ( point the telnet client to - eldorado.elsewhere.org {port 23} ).

Receive Mobile Computing Authority Automatically

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:39:00 -0800

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Craig.

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Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:39:00 -0800

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If you have iTunes installed, just click on this link and subscribe. Then iTunes will automatically download new shows for you.

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[Remember that you do not need an iPod to use iTunes and you also do not need an Apple ID to subscribe to podcasts because they are free]

If you do not use iTunes then install a pod catching program like Juice Receiver and use this link to subscribe.
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Craig.

MCA 001

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:20:00 -0800

Episode 001

Hosts:
Craig J. Johnston
Bill Foust
Rob Kao
Dante Sarigumba

Topics:
Intro to MCA
BlackBerry SureType
Pocket Express application
RIM vs NTP

MCA Teaser

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:35:00 -0800

Join Craig Johnston, Bill Foust, Rob Kao, and Dante Sarigumba every 2 weeks for all of your mobile computing information.

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