Landen: - Samsung announced the new Note 8 and it's impressive but also quite expensive. - Verizon sucks. - Fitbit announced a new smartwatch, the Ionic, and it seems like a pretty good watch if you're looking to get into this market. Also if you don't care what your watch looks like. - You will now be able to use your voice to buy things from Walmart via the Google Assistant. - Google is working on some headphones with built in Assistant. - Google announced Chrome Enterprise for business. Does not have anything to do with the Enterprise on Star Trek. - Pixel 2 announcement date to be on October 5.   Wes: - We've been given a little bit of a sneak peak at what Microsoft is doing with their mixed reality plans. - Forget this made up media 'war' between Xbox and Playstation. We want an actual gaming war tournament between Xbox gamers and Playstation gamers.    Caleb: - Apple's iPhone is rumored to be on either September 12 or 13. We're leaning towards the 12. And now we wait.   Gaming: - Indie game of the week: Saurian, an open world game where you play as a dinosaur and try to survive.  - Alto's Odyssey is unfortunately being delayed a couple of more months. - Half Life is most likely, definitely over. - Xbox Live Gold September games are revealed. www.callingallplatforms.com Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube