Update to my last post. Instead of taking over The Mobiles Show, we decided Keren deserved her own show! (Besides, Ewan hadn’t cleaned the place when he moved out… there were old kilts lying around, Crow’s feathers, it was a mess).
So… check out Keren’s Mobile Media Show on TPN today!
BTW - we’re looking for a new host for The Mobiles Show who wants to focus on mobile devices. Let me know if you’re interested.
Yes I know we were going to start the “talk about phones in the real world” but thsi opportunity came up and it’s not to be missed. The N-Gage platform (oft-maligned, never actually playtested, by the mainstream press) has some cracking titles coming out in Summer 2005. One of those is Rifts The Promise of Power, a (till now) paper based RPG system. Many people have asked Kevin Siembeida if they could do a licenced version, but he’s only ever said yes to Nokia.
Ewan catches up with Kevin, along with Trent Ward (creative Director) and Shane Neville (Producer) to talk about the game, RPG, the conversion from paper to code, and why Rifts could be 2005’s killer title…
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The Mobiles Show #007 - 11th May 2005 (24min):
MP3 - 8.6MB
Rafe and Ewan, safely back from 3GSM and finally through all the interviews from the South fo France take a look at the mobile marketspace with an eye on the new models, operating systems and kernel builds that are due out over the summer months.
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The Mobiles Show #006 - 2nd May 2005 (46min):
MP3 - 16.3MB
00:00 Sponsors Message: Learndog.com
00:25 Introduction from Ewan and Rafe
01:08 What’s been happening since 3GSM.
04:05 The Nseries Phones from Nokia
23:00 What of the N-Gage, the other Nseries phone?
24:02 PalmSource, PalmOne and the Treo.
35:10 Microsft Windows, Magneto and their Mobile strategy, including the cancelling of the MPX220 from Motorola
43:45 What’s Coming Up In The Next Few Shows - looking at each of the main players and how they’re used on a day to day basis.
You can’t have helped notice that this week saw the US launch of the Sony Playstation Portable. And while it’s not directly a Mobile Phone / Smartphone, it (and the Nintendo Gameboy DS) are going to have a huge impact on the mobile gaming space. So this week, we’re looking at that mobile gaming space, from the big players, to the new entrants, and the little people (and yes,we’re still on that TGV ride…)
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The Mobiles Show #005 - 30th March 2005 (01hr 00min 01sec):
MP3 - 20.7MB
00:00 The Mobiles Show #5 Introduction
00:25 Ewan and Rafe:
Ewan never got to join the Mafia - overview of the mobile gaming space.
06:12 Illka Raiskenen, the Head of Entertainment Products, Nokia Multimedia.
Discussing the Nokia N-Gage and other media areas (including the Windows Media Codec announcement.
18:35 Ewan and Rafe:
Ewan’s thoughts on the N-Gage, speculation on the new N-Gage model (possibly announced at E3?).
26:00 Gameloft (www.gameloft.com):
Their strategy, why they like the N-Gage, anmd where their mobile games are going this year.
32:50 Bitrabbit (www.bitrabbit.net):
Michael El Baki is one of the small, one-man authors, who made their way to Cannes to try and get some publicity for their programming. So here he is, discussing Yukkiko.
37:55 Bitside GMBH (www.bit-side.com:
Winners of the Best Mobile Game by Nokia’s Series 60 platform. We asked them about the winning tittle, Marble Revolution.
40:10 Elite Systems (www.elitesystemslimited.co.uk:
Steve Wilcox’ and his company sell their applications through the T-Mobiles and Vodafone Live! portals. A mix of traditional games and ports of classics such as Paperboy.
45:20 Ewan and Rafe:
The two other mobile platforms, the Tapwave Zodiac and the Windows powered Gizmondo.
48:00 Cameron Spillman of Gizmondo (www.gizmondo.com:
What does this new handheld console offer and can a really small player actually make a difference in this market?
57:35 Show Wrap up.
More software in the next show, looking away from the games, and towards the serious application software such as navigation and synchronising.
The Smartphone world is dominated by two two-horse battles. The Europeans have Microsoft vs Symbian, and North America has Microsoft vs PalmSource (Strangely both fights have the third contender threatening to get a foothold in the market in 2005). And now PalmSource are putting themselves on display with their annual USA Developers Conference.
There’s a lot riding on this DevCon for PalmSource. They’ve shown vision in taking on board China Mobilesoft’s Linux operation as a way into the lucrative Far East markets, as well as the mid range feature phones. There’s also the major change in switching the Palm OS to a Linux kernel. And given that PalmSource are in the same situation as Symbian (ie they need mobile phone companies to build phones with their Oeprating System) they need to put on a good show to prove that they’re still a viable player to both the new markets and their existing partners.
Throw in the huge eco-system Palm OS has (arguably the largest of any of the Smartphone platforms) and you’re going to have a packed out conference of speakers, exhibitors and delegates. The DevCon is pivotal to PalmSource, and pivotal to the smartphone market as well.
A shorter podcast this week as I’m just back from the O’Reily Emerging Technology Conference (which I’m sure will be in a future show on The Podcast Network before the end of the week).
In this show i interview David Rivas, who is Sun’s VP for Mobile Java Development, and I caught up with him to discuss all things Java and how it affects the mobile platforms.
It’s the first of our long interviews, and I hope you all enjoy it. The promsied look at mobile gaming will be up next week.
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The Mobiles Show #004 - 21st March 2005 (20min 36sec): MP3 - 7.15MB
00:00 Intro
00:25 Ewan introduces David
01:10 What is J2ME and JTWI (Java Technology for the Wireless Industry) anf whats the advantage of writing for it?
03:20 java.com, developers tools, content developers and microbrowsers or Java rendering agents
07:10 Java games and their development
08:40 The API
09:55 Java success stories
10:50 Where is Java going?
13:00 Relationship with Palm
14:05 Feature phones vs Volume phones
15:25 Java and making money in and with applications
17:50 Identity applications
18:25 The Java message from Sun
19:10 Close
Join us on the train ride back from the south of France (the recording has a bit of noise from the train), as we discuss the handsets announced at 3GSM.
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The Mobiles Show #003 - 14th March 2005 (46min 00sec): MP3 - 15.8MB
00:00 The Mobiles Show #3 Intro to part 2 from 3GSM
00:50 Ewan and Rafe:
Symbian handsets announced at 3GSM. They quickly cover Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Samsung, Lenovo, Motorola and Sony Ericsson handsets.
05:05 Bill Werner, the VP for 3G Products at Motorola.
Information on the Motorola A1010. What happens to battery life when you include WiFi. How will the Symbian OS go in America. Motorola’s position on 3G.
17:10 Ewan and Rafe:
Nokia 6680 and 6681 with Push-to-Talk and the Series 60 user experience.
Ewan spots a double decker train and gets distracted.
Samsung and Panasonic handsets with Series 60.
Sendo’s new handset, the X2.
28:20 Ron Schaeffer, Product Management Director for Sendo
The Sendo X2 Music Phone. Features include; Press to Play (dedicated music keys), Sendo Now, 1.3 MegaPixel camera, miniSD card, mini-USB, etc.
35:34 Ewan and Rafe:
Delay of the Sendo X and will this happen with the X2? The price of the Sendo X2.
Other Smartphones at 3GSM.
40:40 Show Wrap up.
The next show will be about software and specifically covering Mobile Gaming.
Thoughts on 3GSM in general.
After being at 3GSM, what do the boys think will be big in mobiles in the next year?
Yes, Show #1 may have been 100% recorded on a Nokia 9210 Communicator, but the key driving force behind the production of The Mobiles Show is a Sony Hi-MD MiniDisc Recorder. Actually it’s behind all my Podcasting listening and recording (see my blog for full details) but here’s the section on how I record shows. Now, I wonder if I can convine The Guv’nors to cover the cost of the NH900?
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Fresh back from 3GSM in Cannes, the largest Mobile Show and Exhibition on Earth, Rafe lalndford and Ewan Spence have been busy putting together a huge amount of interviews and personal commentary for the next Mobiles Show. And while the first show they put together was really really impressive, it was running a bit long, so Mick and Cam have snipped it in half to get Show #2 to a respectable 45 minutes (eventually… it took a bit of time - Mick).
In Show #2, we look at the Operating Systems, the annoucnements made around 3GSM, and where Rafe and Ewan think this will take the Mobile Market in 2005. Joining Rafe and Ewan are the Chairman of Symbian, the CEO of UIQ, the VP of PalmSource, and the head of Forum Nokia. Big guests for what’s hopefully going to be a well recieved show.
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In the next Podcast, we’ll take a look at some of the Smartphone handsets announced at 3GSM.
Whether the post production took (a) a huge amount of time (b) was interrupted by some beer or (c) stolen by the Australian Fast Bowler, Mick has promised that Show #02, as-live from 3GSM, will be up within 24 hours… Fingers crossed.
