Minnov8 Gang 183: You gettin’ an eyephone five?

Mobile is once again the driving theme behind the show due, in no small part, to the release of the Apple iPhone 5 this week. Our guest is Whit Schrader, Strategic IT Architect at MentorMate, who is known as “one part data scientist, two parts entrepreneur” as he was professionally trained as a neuroscientist, conducted human brain imaging research at Vanderbilt before starting his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Sweet Mother Blues by Mean Gene Kelton & The Die Hards brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show…

• TDS HMS Launches ReliaCloud™ in Minnesota
• Local App-Development Contest to Award $25K Prize 
• Best Buy Takes on RadioShack in Mobile Strip-Mall Push and Best Buy moves 2,000 to work the stores’ sales floor
• Apple:
  • Apple’s iPhone 5 bigger, faster but lacks “wow” 
  • Did Apple’s underwhelming iPhone 5 announcement open the door for Windows Phone 8? 
  • The iPhone 5 Is Completely Amazing and Utterly Boring
  • Boring…but people are buying like mad: Apple’s iPhone 5 Pre-order Shipping Estimates Slip to Two Weeks
  • New iPods, iTunes Round Out Apple Announcement 
  • Apple’s iPod touch pricing doesn’t leave space for the iPad mini 
  • Apple’s Had Two Cable Changes In A Decade. Guess How Many Samsung Has Had?
  • Wal-Mart to Offer Apple’s iPhone Pre-Orders for First Time
• Pew Internet’s Smartphone Ownership Update: September 2012 
• DoxOut Turns Any Tablet Or Smartphone Into A Google Docs PC 
• Reflection App
• The Verge 

Upcoming Events…

• Every Tuesday: TechMasters - a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech pros
• Saturday, Sept 22nd: Minnesota Bloggers Conference at Allina Health HQ in Minneapolis
• Thursday, Sept 27th: WordPress MSP, September 27th, 7pm, The Nerdery, Bloomington
• Friday, Sept 28th: MNSearch Presents: Local University
• Friday, Sept 28th: Technology Breakthroughs that will Drive Social Innovation UofMN
• Wednesday, October 3rd: MHTA Open House 4:30 – 7:00pm, Minneapolis Grain Exchange
• Wednesday, October 10th: MIMA Summit Hilton Hotel, Minneapolis
• Thursday, October 11th: The Collaborative’s 26th Annual “Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference”
• Fri/Sat, Oct 19-20: She’s Geeky Twin Cities, Science Museum of MN, Register here.
• Tue/Wed, November 13-14: MobCon, Hilton Downtown Mineapolis

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