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Is this not the end of the Voicemail?

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Podcasts should, like people making a Terminator TV series, plan for a final episode. Even if it’s ‘go on hiatus’ think about what you leave if it is the last one. As it is with genre TV, as it is with The Voicemail: This isn’t the last episode of The Voicemail, but it’ll be the last one you’ll hear for a while. In it, James and Stefan discuss what’s been happening in their respective lives since the last time they recorded, what news items caught there eyes during the show’s brief hiatus, and what they’re looking forward to in 2017. Goodnight,

Research in Motion is dead, long live BlackBerry

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James Whatley rounds up some points about the BlackBerry 10 launch today. In summary… Two phones, Android apps, terrible BBC appearance, Android apps (really), it’s “quite good”, RIM is now BlackBerry, and the NotAt3GSM meeting will have some samples for people to play with on Feb 28th. I’m hopeful that a review unit will be on its way to Edinburgh, and I’ll let you know my thoughts when and if I have something substantive.

…and now, a very special AAS Insight Guest Star

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The All About Symbian Insight podcasts have grown into something that a lot of people really enjoy. Steve, Rafe and I started to do record these a year or two ago, and they’ve grown in a rather organic way. The basic premise is the three of us sit down and chat about the latest news in the smartphone world, with a particular (but not exclusive) emphasis on Symbian OS. But that premises, like many, has evolved over time. There are little in-jokes and recurring situations (Steve bringing up the good old days, myself mentioning Hawkwind or other Prog Rock groups,