The Verge Mobile Show - Episode 25 - November 14th, 2012

Ahh yes, another week, another hangout. This time around Vlad trades places with Chris who is spending some quality time with his brand new cyan Nokia Lumia 920 (insert getting to know you montage here). In addition to the usual mobile news and banter, we find out some interesting tidbits about our hosts. What's the secret to Vlad's diet? What kind of coffee is Dan addicted to? What tablet did Dieter just order? Find out on today's Verge Mobile Show!

00:02:40 - New BlackBerry Messenger will offer free voice calls over Wi-Fi, open beta starts today
00:04:05 - BlackBerry 10 launch event scheduled for January 30th
00:05:25 - Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 now on sale through US Play Store (update)
00:14:55 - HTC Droid DNA for Verizon Wireless hands-on
00:23:00 - Droid DNA unveiled: Verizon's first 1080p phone will cost $199 on November 21st, pre-orders begin today
00:26:45 - Nexus S and Motorola Xoom won't get latest Android 4.2, will remain on 4.1.2
00:28:45 - CyanogenMod 10 lets crafty Android users enjoy 'stock' Jelly Bean while avoiding carrier bloat
00:34:45 - Apple and HTC settle all patent litigation with 10-year license agreement
00:43:15 - Microsoft's executive shakeup: Windows head Steven Sinofsky departs, the full story
00:44:20 - Microsoft's former Windows Phone chief shifted to head of corporate development and strategy
00:52:15 - Windows Phone 8 launches in the US with AT&T's HTC Windows Phone 8X, Nokia Lumia 920
01:02:00 - AT&T's flip-flop on FaceTime over cellular should scare you
01:05:10 - Nokia rebrands maps platform as Here, introduces collaborative mapping system
01:09:35 - EE turns on the UK's first LTE network

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[WilerVsAsterion]

I'm missing the theme song. :(

[sanitylostone]

15:09 nerdgasm

[Esa Edvik]

Droid DNA got pretty nice battery endurance results on GSMarena, 39 hours. Note 2 got 69h, SGS3 international version (quad core) got 43 hours. iPhone 5 got 51 hours. Only one on top of that wwas Droid RAZR Maxx at 87 hours (on ICS).

[Damqn Dimitrov]

hi guys I'd like to point the fact that Nokia maps is working perfectly fine offline (not google maps save-a-part-of -the-map offline). I use it all the time on my Nokia 700 and it works like a charm so if they can do this on a IOS app I think it's going to be a home run for Nokia with all apple maps fiasco.

P.S. Im from Bulgaria and man I sure hope Vlad turn out right about the 4G altought I can't say i'm an optimist about that. Best wishes

[Mike Ridolfi]

Boring

[sote86]

Vlad is so healthy. God, America's gotta get it's shit together.

[jinuseanfanboy]

y u no HD

[ChicagoHerps]

Wow gay nerds

[Derek Sun]

those vibrating alerts, like at 50:22, really makes me want to impulsively check my phone.

[Renil Ravindran]

Nexus 4 is not just about "getting stock 4.2". Its also about getting future updates too...fast!!

I dont think they are stressing enough on that point....

[jycutube]

I think more credit should be given to development of the manufacturer's UI in terms of the contributions they bring to android... Sure stock Google 4.2 or iOS or WinPhone8 may be great as they are but each UI has its good and bad imo... For example Sense UI has a very nice weather widget that is famous and on top of that if you haven't noticed their sense weather is integrated to the Day view in your calendar as well which are things AOSP don't have at all... I can go on n on....

[tuber3107]

I think the nexus s and Xoom did not get the update because the camera asp would be really heavy on their hardware. It is reasonably taxing for my galaxy nexus.