This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk Microsoft Teams, the Alcatel Idol 4s Pro with Windows 10, and answer the ultimate question; why does Windows 10 Mobile exist?

With the big Surface news out of the way, it's time to focus in on some smaller announcements such as the new Microsoft Teams service, the launch of the Alcatel Idol 4s with Windows 10, and whether Microsoft is right to keep working on Windows 10 Mobile given its market share being so low.

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Show Notes

• 1:14: Microsoft Teams
• 11:40: Unified Update Platform
• 19:22: Why does Windows 10 Mobile exist?
• 44:00: Alcatel Idol 4s with Windows 10
• 58:53: Skype Preview SMS Relay

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• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk Microsoft's New York city event, Surface Book i7, Surface Studio, Windows 10 Creators Update and a whole lot more.

Microsoft spent last week unveiling a whole batch of new Surface devices, including an all-in-one PC called the Surface Studio, a revised Surface Book i7 with 30% more battery life, a Surface Dial accessory, Surface keyboards and mouse, and a whole lot more. It's all here on this weeks podcast.

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• 2:06: Windows 10 Creators Update
• 9:00: Windows 10 Mobile Features
• 13:35: Paint 3D
• 17:39: Mixed Reality
• 23:00: Surface Book i7
• 37:14: Surface Studio
• 47:33: Where's HomeHub?
• 53:20: Apple Lost It's Mojo
• 56:51: Surface Dial
• 1:09:35: Lenovo Yoga Book
• 1:11:39: HP Elite x3 Firmware

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

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This week on the Windows Central podcast: We talk W10M RS2 features, new hardware, canceled hardware and more

Microsoft's yearly hardware event is just a few days away now, and what better way to anticipate it by speculating on what Microsoft might announce? Also this week, we talk new (broken) Fast Ring builds, features coming in Windows 10 Mobile, the cancelled Band 3, and more.

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• 1:41: New Broken Fast Ring Release
• 3:53: Windows 10 Mobile feature plan
• 10:04: Redstone 2 coming in March 2017
• 12:00: NYC event: What to expect
• 24:22: Microsoft Band 3 leaks
• 35:20: MSFT Earnings
• 36:22: Cache
• 40:15: HP Elite x3
• 45:34: Jade Primo
• 49:30: Vector Smartwatch
• 56:29: New Razer Blade Pro
• 58:57: HP Spectre x360 2016

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

This week on the Windows Central podcast: Interview with HP's Michael Park about the Elite x3

We're interviewing HP's Vice President & General Manager, Commercial Mobility & Software, Michael Park, talking about the Elite x3 on this weeks podcast. Before we dive in, who exactly is Michael Park?

"Michael Park is the vice president and general manager of the Commercial Mobility & Software business for HP's Business Personal Solutions (BPS) global business unit. In this role, Park is accountable for P&L growth of the company's commercial mobility portfolio, spanning devices, software and services for both enterprise and SMB customers, and channel partners globally. "

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• Daniel Rubino

• Zac Bowden

• And Special Guest Michael Park

This week on the Windows Central podcast: Speculation begins on what Microsoft's NYC event will bring

What could Microsoft be announcing at its recently announced Hardware event on October 26th? What do we think of the latest Insider Preview build? All that, and more, on this weeks Windows Central podcast.

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• 1:21: NYC Surface Event
• 14:00: Band Cancelled
• 26:00: Surface AiO Accessories leaks
• 33:35: New build, new features
• 46:31: Lenovo Yoga Book Review
• 56:36: Gears of War 4(/unboxing-gears-war-4-xbox-one-s)
• 59:39: HP Elite x3

• Daniel Rubino
• Zac Bowden

What's Windows Phone look like when we go all-in on Continuum? Where are smartwatches going? When will I be able to get Windows 10 installed in my face? These are all very pressing questions.

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• 2:30: HP Elite x3 firmware update
• 10:40: Windows 10 Mobile Redstone 2
• 19:44: Windows 10 Mobile's paradigm shift
• 24:20: What is a "phone", anyway?
• 42:00: Lenovo Yoga Book
• 57:27: Smartwatches, why?
• 1:05:21: Destiny: Rise of Iron
• 1:08:50: Gears of War 4
• 1:18:49: Xbox One S
• 1:24:20: Virtual Reality
• 1:33:45: HoloLens
• 1:39:28: The Future of Blue Screens

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• Daniel Rubino
• Derek Kessler
• Jez Corden
• Zac Bowden

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The Elite x3's been pushed back again, Microsoft's pulling support for their own products on Windows mobile, there might not be a Band 3, and Insiders saw a glitch so bad it stopped previews. It wasn't a great week for Windows 10 Mobile — is there a sun behind these clouds?

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• 2:34: Windows 10 Mobile
• 14:30: HP Elite x3
• 31:25: HealthVault
• 24:40: Band 3
• 48:10: No Mobile Builds?
• 49:45: Windows 10 Build 14931 Preview
• 1:05:25: Mozo in Windows Central Shop
• 1:07:27: Who makes the best smartphone camera?

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• Derek Kessler
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So Lumia is all but dead. But that doesn't mean that Windows 10 Mobile is dead. If anything, it's getting primed to thrive… after a bit of a refocusing. Devices like the HP Elite x3 should be all the evidence you need: Windows phone isn't going away, but it will also never be the same.

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• 2:18: Gears of War 4
• 4:45: Windows 10 Redstone 2
• 10:22: Skype Preview
• 12:45: HP Elite x3
• 25:24: Life on Continuum
• 41:19: R.I.P., Lumia

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Last week was alllll about the competition. From the PlayStation 4 Pro to the iPhone 7, it was a week for Microsoft to step back and let Sony and Apple trip over themselves with perplexing and controversial decisions.

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• 0:00: Xbox Clubs
• 13:00: PlayStation 4 Pro
• 29:20: Project Scorpio
• 55:27: HP Elite X3
• 1:07:43: iPhone 7

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After a marathon-length episode 13 live from IFA 2016, it's Dan and Zac's turn to take on the news of the week. From the just-revealed Lenovo Yoga Book to the latest Windows 10 builds to the future of Surface, there's a lot of ground to cover, so let's get to it!

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• 2:18: Lenovo Yoga Book
• 14:30: Surface Phone
• 18:16: Windows 10 Insider preview build 14915
• 22:30: Redstone 2 'People Bar' and night mode
• 35:28: HP Elite x3
• 46:45: Mozo accessories in the Windows Central Shop
• 48:16: Surface AIO
• 51:50: Surface Phone (again)
• 1:02:50: Microsoft, Minecraft, and Libations

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