Mobile Nations Podcast: Episode Zero

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By Kevin Michaluk on 10 Jun 2011 10:32 pm

Introducing our cross-platform podcast, the state of the union for Android, BlackBerry, iOS, webOS, and Windows Phone!

Mobile Nations is our brand new podcast, bringing together the heads of state from Android Central, CrackBerry.com, PreCentral.net, TiPb.com and WPCentral for full on round-table action. This week Phil, Kevin, and Rene discuss new Gingerbread phones, iOS 5 and iCloud, Playbook updates, and Apple stealing back. This is Mobile Nations!

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Do we use theme music or smash cut straight to the talk?
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Phil Nickinson (@philnickinson)
Kevin Michaluk (@crackberrykevin)
Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie)

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22 comments

Michelle Haag Jun 10, 2011 at 10:37 pm

Oh wow! This is awesome! Can't wait to listen to it. Great idea guys!!

Kevin Michaluk Jun 10, 2011 at 10:58 pm

We went from concept to reality on this one in 12 hours.. it's funny, been talking about doing something like this for literally years... got it up and running in half a day. thought up the brand/domain, bought it, recorded, and posted.

lots to do... including a new logo/image (hence the white under construction album)...

gonna be good though!!

rroyy Jun 10, 2011 at 10:38 pm

Crosplatform podcast sounds good for me :)

velkcro Jun 10, 2011 at 10:53 pm

lol i was listening to it on tipb then i came over to CB

lnichols Jun 10, 2011 at 11:30 pm

Need to get this feed added to the Playbook Podcast app too!

gord888 Jun 11, 2011 at 12:21 am

My $0.02...

1) needs more swearing
2) awesome idea to unite the podcasts... though i hope you'll continue doing crackberry podcasts.
3) wicked cool podcast... you guys seem to click together very well.

pkcable Jun 11, 2011 at 12:24 am

damn! great ideal! this will give me something to do on the train home tomorrow!

psiclne Jun 11, 2011 at 12:34 am

I found myself tuning out the other 2 fellas as I didnt really care for the other platforms. I just paid attention to the stuff Kevin was talking about.

Bla1ze Jun 11, 2011 at 12:44 am

Awesome podcast but there was something missing here.. umm.. Me, lol. :P

bellxx Jun 11, 2011 at 2:21 am

Nice podcast but I disagree on one thing I find the playbook super easy to use and easy to learn.

altrax Jun 11, 2011 at 3:08 am

Great Podcast!! But I would like to second the request to get it added to the "Podcast" playbook app until something better comes along

joshua.worth Jun 11, 2011 at 3:13 am

I'm gonna have to check this out in the morning when my girlfriend isn't sleeping

notinbeta Jun 11, 2011 at 4:25 am

This is simply AMAZING! Love the idea, very entertaining!! :D

smileycamper Jun 11, 2011 at 5:24 am

Great idea, nice and neutral. I really enjoyed it.

noTh1ng Jun 11, 2011 at 5:54 am

love the idea and enjoyed hearing it!

BUT: What's about the smartphone round robin? I want that so badly!!!

eric6052 Jun 11, 2011 at 10:39 am

I couldn't agree more with everything you said. A Round Robin will be great but I'm sure it will come later, after the new round of BlackBerries, iPhone 5 and 6,000 new Android devices come out. Tablets will be a great addition as well.

david.e.crocker@gmail.com Jun 11, 2011 at 9:05 am

DEFINITELY theme music (a short five second burst)....like you do with 'Crackberry...dot com'....and Engadget does that as well.....but behind the scenes and between the takes.....something to keep it fresh and that demonstrates a break between segments/subjects. Make sure that each speaker has their own mic......silence them when not speaking....use wind screens/poppers for more clarity......have a moderator...one voice that drives the show, the host. Perhaps a female?

david.e.crocker@gmail.com Jun 11, 2011 at 9:10 am

One more thought....have as dedicated person for each platform, the resident 'expert'....and then when a review pops up, the others who are NOT the experts sound off on the reviewed product, discussing why it's cool or not cool and why....then explain how that feature applies/compares to their product of preference/OS of choice. So one WP7 person, one iOS person, one BlackBerry person, one webOS person, one Android person. This makes for parity and also a great roundtable when a feature pops up....and for the manufacturers, they will hear from real experts how their products have succeeded or failed in the marketplace. Have a 'pre-show' topic to find out what each of us (listeners) feel about a particular topic and use that as subject matter - great way to encourage participation and we'll all feel proud to be involved. It keeps us on the hook, so to speak.

xandermac Jun 11, 2011 at 9:27 am

Please keep it on the one feed, unlike the Roundtable that gets pushed out 4 times on 4 different feeds!

Kevin Michaluk Jun 11, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Yep. It'll have one feed.

gods84 Jun 11, 2011 at 10:04 am

sounds awesome. can't wait until its in the playbook app world. i listen to them in work all day. keeps people away thinking im on the phone with people hahah

Cafeina Jun 11, 2011 at 7:07 pm

Adding this to my BB podcast app on my Torch!

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