Podcast: TDL Mobile Show 104 – MWC ’12 & Windows 8

Get ready for a marathon podcast as Jon joins Jase and I to go over Mobile World Congress and the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. We kick things off with Jase’s first impressions of the Win8 CP and the differences he has seen compared with the Developer Preview. This leads to a discussion about whether or not Microsoft’s unification strategy will truly work or if Metro has taken over too much. Eventually we make our way to this week’s announcements at MWC from ViewSonic, HTC, Sony and others. Ready, set, download!

Show Notes
Windows 8
Windows 8
Microsoft release Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Microsoft talk Windows 8 system recommendations
SkyDrive and Windows 8
Microsoft: No plug-ins allowed on Windows on ARM

Windows Phone
Windows Phone Software Updates Revisited
Microsoft announce support for low cost Windows Phones and new Windows Phone SDK
Nokia adds Lumia 610 to its range and launches the worldwide Lumia 900
Lumia 900 Global Edition
Nokia Drive 3 teased at MWC with commute alerts via live tiles (video)

Android
Hiroshi Lockheimer Hints At Jelly Bean This Fall
Google Building Firewall Between Android & Moto

ASUS Padfone formally unveiled

Samsung Galaxy Beam
Galaxy Note 10.1 Announced

Huawei Ascend D
Viewsonic Viewphone 5e
Viewsonic Viewphone 4s

HTC One V
HTC One S
HTC One X
HTC Intros New Car Software with Sense 4
HTC ImageSense
HTC Media Link
HTC Sense 4.0

Sony Xperia Ion
Sony Xperia U
Sony Xperia P
Sony Xperia Smartdock

WebOS
HP Lays Off 270 From WebOS

iOS
iPad 3 Event March 7th

App Picks
Jase – WP7 – Reinstaller
Skype (beta) WP7