In this episode: J. Edward Rutkowski (msmobiles.com), Mickey Papillon (from Cell Phone Junkie) and Tadd Rosenfeld (from mytreo.net, starting about 35 minutes into the podcast) discuss challenges facing major platform developers such as Palm, Apple, Google and Microsoft in 2008, and analyze the variety of new smartphones coming to market this quarter. Tune in for the latest news, rumors and gossip!

Other salient issues:

• Mickey switches from Sprint (CDMA EVDO) to AT&T (EDGE, HSDPA)

• Mickey uses AT&T Tilt and runs into problems with it.
• How to remove bloatware from AT&T Tilt
• Tadd explains what is going on at Palm Inc nowadays
• Samsung Windows Mobile phones
• Google phone OS Android
• Is HTC more committed to Android or Windows Mobile?
• Gigabyte T600 - with built-in DVB-T receiver (called in UK: FreeView)
• New E-TEN Glofiish M800 and X800 smartphones
• New version of native application Google Maps for Windows Mobile released
• Tadd and Edward getting ready to go to Mobile World Congress in February
• Why iPhone flopped in Europe - chance for Windows Mobile
• Other news and subjects!

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