I had to do a bit of traveling this week, so, we recorded episode #107 of the SMRpodcast a day early.  This week week we talk about a few issues with the BlackBerry PlayBook.  Rod has discovered gamining, and, we touch on Windows 8 preview.  We’ve got all this and more, plus, our picks after the jump…

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Show Details

• Recorded: March 6th, 2012
• Published: March 7th, 2012
• Duration: 01hr 11min 00sec

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Opening Thoughts

• We are recording early because Robb is travelling
• Rod brings up one of his flying horror stories

Robb has been tinkering with his playbook

• Rod is wondering if Robb has been having issues on Playbook 2.0
• Robb says that he is using his playbook less because the lack of apps
• Chris is wondering what are some basic apps the playbook is missing

We talk about Apple hitting 25 billion app downloads

• Rod wants to know if this will change the way people buy apps on computers
• Robb says that people will still want to install full apps
• Chris explains how Windows 8 will work with apps

Did Google Invade a person’s privacy

• Rod brings up a story where a man was caught in a Google street view image
• Chris says that Google definitely did not do the right thing
• Robb says that he had no expectation of privacy

Will an Apple deal to stream TV Shows ala-carte hurt the cable companies?

• Chris says that it would definitely hurt them
• Rod wants to know if a more intuitive guide would be an incentive
• Robb says this is a way to cut the cable
• We all agree that this option would be better for the consumer

Picks of the Week

• Roku Remote App (Remote Control App)Robb Dunewood (RIMarkable)
• QFolio (Stock App) Rod Simmons (SimpleMobileReview)
• Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Windows 8 Beta) Chris Ashley (SimpleMobileReview)