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Mobile is changing dramatically and the strategic-level changes are a challenge to stay on top of, which is why we have Lisa Foote on as our guest for this podcast. No one in the Twin Cities is on top of the mobile space like Lisa is, and the Gang did a lot more than our usual homework to prepare for our time with her. As such, there are several fabulous links below that you’ll undoubtedly find enlightening if you’re at all interested in the mobile market (and where the “OMG!” about the death of feature phones comes from).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott & Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: “Only the Bird Knows” by Kelly Richey via Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

PAST WEEK: 

• AT&T to implement data throttling in early October
• Robert X. Cringeley on ISP Bandwidth Caps are Really Rate Increases
• Sprint signs with Lightsquared for LTE
• Is Best Buy’s CEO “overpaid”?
• Taking it slow in the midwest. Pando study of download speeds

GUEST SEGMENT: Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter)

• Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Grew >11% in Q2; Feature Phones Decline
• What do Nielsen’s latest numbers tell us?
• ATRIX smartphone/laptop
• Lightsquared
• Nokia smartphone sales down 32 percent in Q2 2011, profits drop 41 percent 
• RIM COO Retires & Layoffs 

UPCOMING EVENTS

• CoCoMSP Kickoff Party on Saturday, July 30th
• CoCo Minneapolis Hackathon (held weekly), August 3rd

OTHER

• Porkys, the movie (Phil’s all-time favorite?)
• Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales up 41% to $6.57 Billion
• Amazon in 2011 is where Walmart was in 1991