This week on Simulcast 151, the three amigos ride again. We recap a rather slow news week and provide our highly entertaining opinions in the process!
Apple
Apple CEO Tim Cook to open D10 conference
AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th (update)
Apple publishes support page for Flashback malware, is working on a fix
US sues Apple and publishers over ebook pricing
Google
Major Google+ redesign puts focus on discovery, lets users customize layout
Toshiba unveils new tablets including a 13 inch monster
Amazon App Store now has in-app purchases, we still won’t use it
Google simplifies multiple account interface
Samsung prices the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1″ at $400, Galaxy Tab 2 7″ $250
Miscellaneous
Verizon Wireless introduces $30 upgrade fee (Follow up:)-Not a Fan of Verizon’s New Upgrade Fee? There are Already a Handful of Petitions for That
Twitter files suit against spam bot distributors
Facebook to Buy Instagram for $1 Billion
Netflix for Xbox 360 updates with better contrast and episode navigation
Samsung rolls out Ultra High Speed microSD cards destined for LTE phones and tablets
Asus readying cloud computing solution to be unveiled in June
500px launches $19.95 image hosting plan to compete with Flickr Pro
Maryland passes law prohibiting employers from asking for social network passwords
Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint team with FCC to track stolen cellphones in the US
Bill’s Gadget Gurus appearance
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Listener Email
Hey Simulcast.
Once again greetings from southern Europe.
Just following up on my last mail regarding the Gnote.
Sorry if I’m a bit long winded here but I am that way 
I’m now pretty much settled on the Gnote, and writing to see if you’ll shoot me down on my arguments for it.
It’s good to see the general public is warning up to it, noting that even Micky and Joey over at The Cellphone Junkie think positive of it.
Most positive comments say that it’s actually not as big as it sounds.
Me, I’m opposite and get absolutely amazed at just how big it is in actual life.
In some ways it’s not that it is a great sized phone but rather an (almost) perfect sized portable tablet.
I’ve long thought that 6 inches is the ideal size for a portable one, and 13 is the perfect size for the the lab or table at home.
Next is the battery, which seems closely linked to size.
It’s original is 2500mAh which ain’t all that bad, but all over ebay you find double sized ones with capacities all the way up to 5200mAh.
At 5200mAh you can basically keep this thing on from dusk till dawn (great movie by the way).
And since it’ll power an external 1.8 inch pocket drive I can pretty much have all the media with me as I can consume :-p
Secondarily it can charge my bluetooth headset on the go, and about once a month that ability will come in real handy.
Last there is the storage.
It’s internal 16gig can be augmented with sdcards, external flash drives and even the aforementioned pocket drive.
My though is to keep the internal storage free for torrent downloading and the sdcard I’ll fill with music, music videos and audio and Ebooks.
The extended battery backs can be found with kickstand which is more than a little cool, though at roughly 7 ounces I don’t see many complain about holding this in their hand for extended periods of time.
I’ve been going on for quite long but at least your podcast doesn’t have time limits, though your patience might…
As for coming on the podcast I’d have to get over my stage fright and it’d probably be difficult to do without waking my 10 month old daughter.
Your recording time translates into 5am. locally.
Also I hope you don’t think that I was putting down the verge as a site.
They are pretty smart guys, yes.
And they have exceptional sources.
But on the vergecast they seem nearly obsessed with being heard, rather than actually talking with their listeners.
This week they did tone it down greatly, and I may be proven wrong altogether.
I have been a fan of Dieter and Chris over at the verge mobile since before their verge days.
Have I been doing something wrong, or do you know why beyondpod won’t accept the boomexplode podcast rss?
Thanks for your patience (unless it ran out 5 hours ago) and keep up the good work. Arne, Cyprus
PS: don’t believe the pictures of Cyprus you commented on. They are promotional worthy of Apple.
Arne
What are we playing with /watching/reading this week?
Bill – Survivor
Dave – Immortals
Patrick - Transformers Prime (Netflix)
Picks of the week
Bill – Master Lock Speed Dial combination lock
Dave – Frisbee Play Store
Patrick – Screen Flow
