Steve Litchfield’s The Phones Show (previously “The Smartphones Show”) is a must-see video podcast for anybody interested in the rapidly evolving mobile phone space. And so it’s with great honor that my two recent video demos of T-Mobile’s Android-powered G1 have made it into shows 71 and 72.
For those of you who don’t already know, Litchfield, who is also Contributing Editor for All About Symbian, is one of the most respected authorities on smartphones and has, in particular, been following developments in the Symbian OS since its early Psion days. In other words, he was there before smartphones became fashionable. On that note, Litchfield also writes regularly about Apple’s iPhone over at All About iPhone.
I’ve embedded the two latest episodes of The Phones Show below (you can subscribe to the show here)…
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I’m getting a case of deja vu. Apparently, 2009 will be the year that Internet ‘widgets’ come to the TV.
Regular readers of this blog will know that 
There was lots of activity in the Digital Lifestyle space in 08 with new devices, services and platforms being launched, and some of our favorites from last year receiving significant updates. One notable trend throughout is the way in which these products and services began to converge. Not in the sense of all-in-one devices, although these do exist, but through hardware, services and content playing nicely, often through open standards, platforms or partnerships, with the Internet acting as a conduit. On that note, here’s my pick of the best ten Digital Lifestyle products of 08. 
It’s not very often that I find myself agreeing with a likely overpaid analyst, especially one who admits that they have no “inside information”, but I think Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research could be onto something. 
My biggest beef with the