Pocketnow Weekly 169: Microsoft's many-Windowed future

Pocketnow Weekly Podcast

English - October 12, 2015 04:27 - 1 hour - 91 MB - ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
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Microsoft just hosted a very Apple-like unveiling of some (mostly) compelling products that have us wondering about a future covered in Live Tiles. Apple's newest iPhone uses processors from two different manufacturers that might result in varying battery life across models. And BlackBerry's talking up its new smartphone – while also considering exiting the hardware business. All this plus your listener mail awaits on episode 169 of the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video broadcast from 1:00pm Eastern on October 9 (click here for your local time), or check out the high-quality audio version here. And don't forget to shoot your listener mail to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air!Pocketnow Weekly 169

Recording Date

October 9, 2015

Hosts

Michael Fisher

Stephen Schenck

Enobong Etteh (Booredatwork)

Producer

Jules Wang

Podcast Rundown

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Microsoft

(00:07:36)

On the Surface

Microsoft drops new Surface Pro 4, Surface Book, Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL, and Band 2

On further Il-Lumia-nation

Microsoft demos Continuum as killer feature

Lumia 950 not really an exclusive

Lumia 950XL is liquid-cooled

Existing Lumias get W10M update in December

News

(01:14:45)

OnePlus 2 mini / X may arrive at India event next week / OnePlus 2 gets a one-hour sale