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This week, we discuss all of the week's many smartphone, tablet and wearable announcements, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, Sony Xperia Z3, Moto X (2014), Moto G (2014), the Moto 360, Asus ZenWatch and more. Featured Stories Hands-on with the new Moto X Hands-on with the new Moto G Hands-on with the retail Moto 360 Live at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 launch in New York City Galaxy Note 4 vs. Galaxy Note Edge: head-to-head Samsung Galaxy Note 4 hands-on (video) Samsung Galaxy Note Edge hands-on (video) Samsung partners with Oculus to turn a Note 4 into the Gear VR Samsung Canada says yes to Galaxy Note 4, maybe to Galaxy Note Edge Sony officially announces the Xperia Z3 Sony follows Z3 announcement with unveiling of Z3 Compact Sony announces Android Wear-powered SmartWatch 3 Sony announces new Smartband Talk with e-ink display Acer’s new Iconia tablet line includes Intel, Windows 8, and Android Asus ZenWatch packs Snapdragon 400, Android Wear, Remote Camera capabilities

We made it to episode 10 of SyrupCast! Just wanted to say a big thanks to everyone who has listened, given us compliments and feedback, and content suggestions for future segments. We're listening. This week, as we get ready for the September onslaught, we dive into the idea that the next Nexus will be built by Motorola, and what it means for Lenovo's place in the Android ecosystem. Then there's the iPhone 6, which has been confirmed to launch on September 9th, Samsung and LG's new smartwatches -- which were announced last night at roughly the same time -- Rogers launching shomi, a Netflix competitor, and a new 30GB shared data plan. And finally, Cyanogen working on something really cool with former HTC, Motorola and Google execs. Next Nexus phone will be made by Motorola, likely named Nexus X iPhone 6 event announced for September 9th Samsung announces new curved smartwatch, Gear S LG announces circular smartwatch, G Watch R TELUS to launch the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active Cyanogen is working on “something re

  This week, we talk about WIND Mobile's new lower roaming fees, Bell's tough time with the CRTC, Windows Phone 8.1 for the Lumia lineup, Thalmic's Myo teaming up with smart glasses, and a first peek at Telus's BlackBerry Passport. WIND Mobile launches new per-use roaming prices Wind Mobile celebrates back-to-school season with new Wind 35 plan CRTC questioning Rogers/Bell/Videotron over Mobile TV practices Court to allow $100 million class action lawsuit against Bell’s prepaid policies Ottawa blocking spectrum sale to Rogers? Smartglasses get smarter with Myo gesture control armband Nokia Lumia 1020 receiving Cyan update in Canada HTC One M8 for Windows announced TELUS to release the BlackBerry Passport, here are some pictures BlackBerry Technology Solutions moves all the company's cool stuff under one roof Running time: 75 minutes Hosts: Daniel Bader, Douglas Soltys, Jane McEntegart  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's episode, we talk about the most interesting smartphones either on the market, or those coming soon. Specifically, Daniel, Doug, Ian and Jane chat about the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, the iPhone 6, the Moto X+1, the HTC W8 for Windows, Microsoft's upcoming 'selfie' phone, the Nexus 6 and, of course, the OnePlus One controversy. Galaxy Note 4 rumours -- potentially curved-edged display, 4GB RAM, UV sensor iPhone 6 rumours - bigger screen, faster chip, better camera. What else? Motorola launching Moto X+1, Moto G2, Moto 360 and more on September 4th New Microsoft/Nokia devices coming at IFA -- Is PureView still relevant? HTC Windows Phone -- does it have a chance? OnePlus One -- is this device still relevant given all the bad press? Is OnePlus sexist or just plain stupid? Nexus 6 going to be a 5.9-inch 1080p device? Running time: 75 minutes Hosts: Daniel Bader, Douglas Soltys, Ian Hardy, Jane McEntegart  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to another week of what is turning out to be a pretty entertaining summer in the smartphone industry. Last week, Rogers bore the brunt of the blame in what the CRTC calls 'unjust discriminination' against new entrants in regards to domestic roaming. The issue at hand is exclusivity: Rogers is accused of forcing new entrants like Wind, Mobilicity, Eastlink and others to sign exclusivity agreements for domestic roaming, preventing them from negotiating with other service providers and thus keeping prices high. While the CRTC has not yet made a decision on whether it will regulate the price of domestic roaming outside of preventing incumbents from charging new entrants more than they charge their customers, the move bodes well for companies looking to expand service at reasonable costs. We delve into that issue and more in Week 7. This is SyrupCast's Domestic Roaming-apalooza. Stories discussed: CRTC: Rogers engaged in ‘unjust discrimination’ against new entrants Videotron will launch its LTE network ‘

This week, we contemplate the future of wireless in Canada. And what is wireless exactly? Less and less of our content is taking up by what we'd refer to as "traditional" mobile products. Instead, we fill the proverbial pages of our days with wearables like Thalmic's Myo gesture band, Oculus Rift's new virtual reality headset, Samsung's myriad smartwatches, and other gadgets that pair with our smartphones. And yet as we get further away from core mobile, we always end up back at the beginning: the smartphone really is the centre of our digital world, and increasingly at the expense of other products. In our Tête-à-Tête this week, Douglas and I talk about whether affordable phablets are going to be the death of the tablet as a category, or whether the two will merely morph into a single type of product. So, in our podcast this week, we talk about just that, the affordable phablet, and how companies like Alcatel OneTouch, Huawei, Oppo, OnePlus and others are meting swift blows on the traditional subsidized sma

This week on the SyrupCast, we're joined by new MobileSyrup member, Jane McEntagart, whose seven years of industry experience makes us look like a bunch of newbs. We dive into important mobile payment news from Visa, some unfortunate layoffs from Microsoft and Rogers, an important regulation that will affect both Google and Apple's app stores, and we'll delve into the Nvidia Shield Tablet, a brand new gaming-oriented Android tablet. Visa launches Visa Checkout - is it any good? Microsoft cutting 18,000 jobs, most of which are from Nokia Rogers cutting several hundred jobs, many in the VP level Apple and IBM announce enterprise partnership - what does it mean for BlackBerry? Google will stop calling free-to-play games ‘free’ in the EU, but is it the right move? Nvidia Shield Tablet - does Android need a hardcore gaming tablet? App Roundup Daniel - Carousel by Dropbox (iPhone, Android) Douglas - Tinder (iPhone, Android) / Swarm (iPhone, Android) Jane - Android Wear Watchfaces (various apps) Hosts: Daniel Bade

Welcome to episode 4 of SyrupCast, the best only Canadian mobile podcast on earth. This week, we delve into some of the more exciting elements of the Canadian regulatory system -- if the word 'exciting' can be used for such a thing -- with the newly-announced AWS-3 auction early next year. We also get into some first impressions of the LG G3, which will be coming to Canada on August 1st, and touch on Spotify, which looks to be launching shortly in Canada. We wax prolific on the sorry state of kids these days, and, as usual, talk about BlackBerry. And finally, we've launched our first podcast-specific feature, the weekly App Roundup, where Douglas and Daniel convince you to waste your time in productive ways. Running time: 72 minutes Hosts: Daniel Bader, Douglas Soltys Released: July 11th, 2014  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we talk about Android, Android and more Android. Oh, and BlackBerry. And LG. And Bell. Google I/O just ended, but that doesn't mean we have to finish talking about the many Android-related announcements made during the two-day developer conference. Daniel Bader and Douglas Soltys dive into Android L and its new Material Design language, Android One, Android TV, Android Auto and Android Wear. Will Material Design help end Android fragmentation? What is Android One, and is it Google's preamble to Android Silver? How good is Android TV? And what about Android Auto? We delve into Android Wear and its newest cohorts, the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live. Our first impressions and a preview of the review. Will the Moto 360 be the best of the bunch? (We think so!) In Canadian news, Bell begins charging for SIM cards. We saw the first working video of the BlackBerry Passport -- how does it look? With the LG G3 coming to Canada soon, how does it stack up to the current list of high-end Android devices? Ru

In our second episode, we spend a little time talking about the Canadian wireless industry and, of course, a long time talking about BlackBerry. We also talk about Amazon's Fire Phone, Android Wear, and a lot of Google stuff leading up to Google I/O. Are WIND and Videotron going to team up to take over Canadian telco? How did BlackBerry fare during its close-to-profit quarter? Is the Amazon Fire Phone boom or bust? What's going on with Android Wear? Is Google really into hardware, or are they leaving it up to Nest? What can we expect from Google I/O this week? Running time: 70 minutes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we look at a controversy within Rogers, a potential misstep by BlackBerry and a couple of gems by Motorola  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.