WPCentral Podcast 125
By Daniel Rubino last updated

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Dan and Jay are back to discuss AT&T's new lineup, Mango madness, new apps, AVG and more. Join us for another exciting podcast.
Full show notes after the break...
Top news
- Mango this week? (opens in new tab) it could just happen with AT&T at the forefront
- We talk HTC, the new OS rumours, the Radar on Orange (opens in new tab), and the two (opens in new tab) leaked ROMs (opens in new tab)
- Unlimited Skydrive! (opens in new tab)
- but a more limited Zune Pass (opens in new tab)
Software news
- AVG's Agressive Vendetta on Geolocation
- The Sky news app & the Rugby World Cup app
- HTC Attentive phone (opens in new tab) settings in Mango
- This week's Xbox Live game: Collapse!
- We discuss Gravity Guy
Hardware news
- The Acer W4
- A new Omnia 7 (opens in new tab)
- and a Samsung Focus S (opens in new tab)
- What would Tegra chipsets in 2013 (opens in new tab) mean for Windows Phone?
Talking points
- Nokia are changing their ring tone! (opens in new tab)
- Samsung are leaving Windows Phone 7?
- Microsoft sharing apps with Symbian (opens in new tab)
- Apps are downloaded more times in the WP7 marketplace (opens in new tab) than iOS or Android
- Will we be able to use those apps on Windows 8?
Community
- Comments from last week (opens in new tab)
- Live questions
Credits
You can find us all on Twitter @wpcentral (opens in new tab); @malatesta77 (opens in new tab); @coppertop004 (opens in new tab); @RichEdmonds (opens in new tab); @JayTBennett (opens in new tab); @segacon
Thanks to the WPCentral Store (opens in new tab) for sponsoring the podcast. Thanks also to these great artists for the music and to CCMixter.org (opens in new tab) for offering a great database of Creative Commons music!
Daniel Rubino is the Executive Editor of Windows Central, head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft here since 2007, back when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, Microsoft Surface, laptops, next-gen computing, and arguing with people on the internet.
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I was too busy playing xBox last night to participate in chat lolBut on the MS sharing apps with Nokia, MS have repeatedly stated that their primary focus with WP is the consumer. This deal goes back to when SElop was at MS but I think with the new UI coming to Symbian both Nokia and MS realise Symbian currently has much better Enterprise features than WP.By bringing MS apps to Symbian it gives MS more time to fill WP out in this area. I was gonna sell my E7 but I think I will hold on to it now.I am still trying to decide if I need to upgrade my Omnia 7 to one of these new bread of WP but nothing so far has really caught my eye enough to say yeah I really want that.
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Another cracking podcast!Really like the sound of the Focus S... Hope it comes out in the UK in some form.BADA, yeah, I think the people of London are safe ;-)
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I am an ex BlackBerry fanboy who has found a new home with W7P and WPCentral. I actually bought a DVP because my carrier's top of the line BB, 9780, keyboard kept sticking. I was surprised by the W7P and am so happy that there is such a strong community out there to support us W7P users. Great podcast and keep up the good work.
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Great podcast guys keep it up!I was a long time WM user, but I must admit I jumped ship to android after throwing my TP2 against the wall in frustration too many times. Its good to hear that WP is evolving very nicely and I'll keep listening to keep tabs on things. One correction I need to point out. You mentioned USB charging and said you didn't think USB could push different voltages. You are right in the fact that USB is only 5V, but charging rate is based on amperage. USB on a computer is specked at 500mah and when most smart phones are plugged into a computer's USB port that is all they will pull. Usually the data connection is what tells the phone its a computer and not the wall. However, most of the time USB ports are actually capable of sending more than 500mah if the phone asks for it. If you remember back in the WM days there was a quick charge hack that allowed some of the HTC phones to pull more than 500mah from the computer's USB port and charge much faster. I can accomplish the same thing with my ET4G by using a USB cord that doesn't have the data wires or has them shorted. So anyway in conclusion, its very possible for an update to allow faster charging via computer USB by allowing the phone to ask for more than 500mah.
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