Today we bring you an all new format to The Plan8 Podcast, The Plan8 Panel Discussion.
Today’s Panelists include:
Blogger / Tech Journalist: Tim Conneally of Betanews .com
Blogger / Tech Journalist: Mark Milian of The Los Angeles Times
Blogger / Tech Journalist: Gus Sentementes of The Baltimore Sun
Blogger / Tech Podcaster: Devindra Hardwar of The Symbiotek Podcast
Today’s panel discussion is focused on:
The Future of Cellphones.
In today’s episode, Plan8 producer and host, Patrick Roanhouse leads the discussion in five parts:
Part 1: Smarter Phones
What is the future of phones with the new age of smart phones. Focus on Android powered phones like the Verizon Motorola Droid , Apple’s iPhone, and Palm WebOS phones the Palm Pre & Palm Pixi.
Part 2: Mobile Plan Pricing
The cost of having phone service. What is the new sweet spot for getting unlimited data, sms, and voice. We discuss the new Tmobile “Even more Plan” aka Dark Plan, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) Cricket Wireless and other cheap all inclusive value carriers, the possible future of an all data network powered by Google over 700mhz network.
Part 3: Government is here to Help?
A look into how the government is getting in the mix. Talking about the open network purposing, network neutrality supporting, consumer focused, liberally aggressive FCC (Federal Communications Commission) run by new FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski. We talk about congress’s new investigation of anti consumer tactics that cellphone carries are doing by locking phones into networks and charing exorbitant early termination fees.
Part 4: Dream Future Phone?
All of the panelists are asked by host Patrick Roanhouse (twitter) what there dream mobile internet phone device is. Such ideas of the Google Phone always on device, Nokia’s concept “Morph” phone, and 100 mbps Mobile internet connections are brought up.
Part 5: The Future Mobile Convergence?
In the end of the discussion we talk about what major things will happen in the near future of mobile devices. Android, LTE 4G internet, and possible near future where all calls and messages on mobile phones are 100% digital. Where your calls from a phone, computer, and TV digital box and will be one and the same, just working as VoIP calls.
Panelists Extra Info:
Blogger / Tech Journalist: Tim Conneally of Betanews .com
Blogger / Tech Journalist: Mark Milian of The Los Angeles Times
Blogger / Tech Journalist: Gus Sentementes of The Baltimore Sun
Blogger / Tech Podcaster: Devindra Hardwar of The Symbiotek Podcast
Today’s music is:
Cellphone by Deefect of the 8bit Collective
This podcast is released by its owner, Patrick Roanhouse (twitter), under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA License.
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