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MobileViews Editor Todd Ogasawara discusses mobile technology hardware and software
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- The iPhone 12 Pro
- Finally, an interesting LIDAR iOS app
- Microsoft Project Moca
- Google Meet finally gets custom backgrounds
- Jon's AirPods Pro repair story continues
- Apollo Neuroscience band - real or placebo effect?
- Use automation to switch between topic and audio alarms on an iPhone
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Todd Ogasasara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- No Apple Silicon Mac news
- Running Microsoft Edge for Linux on a Chromebook
- Running Windows 10 on Enterprise Chromebook using Parallels
- Apple's new Beats Flex Bluetooth earbuds requires iOS 14.1
- Spatial Audio is available only for relatively new iPad models although it supports iPhones all the way back to 7
- Apple Watch Series 6 SP02 not approved by the FDA -- unlike ECG on the watch
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss the features, quirks, and disappointments of the products announced during Apple's October 13 event: The iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, MagSafe charger and cases, the $50 Beats Flex Bluetooth earphones, and the Homepod mini.
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are backs with a mix of discussion topics including:
- Google Tone Transfer (music)
- new Google Pixel 4a(5G) and 5 phones. New camera features + Hold For Me when your call is placed on hold
- Surface Laptop Go (meh)
- Rumored iPhone 12 specs
- Apple Watch Taptic Time tip
- Device Etiquette in 2020?
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Todd's note taking course changes from Evernote, to pen and paper, and then wending back to Notability on an iPad after taking side trips to Google Keep and NoteShelf.
- iPadOS 14 initial impressions. And, a fix for the info-free default battery power status widget.
- Apple Watch Series 6 initial impressions
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss Apple's September 2020 Apple Watch and iPad announcements. The good Dr. Westfall also figures out a fix for the blank widgets that appeared in the sidebar of both of our iPads after we updated them to iPadOS 14.
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by guest panelist Chris Spera to discuss: Microsoft Stores closing; Powerwashing a flaky Acer Chromebook; trying Microsoft Teams for personal use; and Apple's product announcements during WWDC 2020.
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Raspian OS is now Raspberry PI OS.
iPad Pro boot loops
New/updated Google Android apps for pixel phones
Jon's free Google Nest Mini
Lumen: A story of pro-active customer service
Jon’s R tip of the week: More than one way to Recode data
MPow Bluetooth headset
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
First, apologies for the audio quality (low volume) on my side of the discussion.
In this podcast, Todd Ogasawara (low volume side of the discussion) and Jon Westfall discuss: Linux GUI Apps Coming to Windows 10; Krita open source painting program; Still no notification about moving music from Google Play Music to YouTube Music. But, I was notified about moving this podcast to new Google Podcast Manager; Jon's fitness gadgets; Jon's R tip of the week - string manipulation
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
iPad Pro 11-inch replaced. No more spontaneous shutdowns and reboots
https://youtube.googleblog.com/2020/05/youtube-music-transfer-google-play-music-library.html">Google Play Music going away. Forced to switch to YouTube Music. But, no sign of the "transfer button" on YouTube Music for iPadOS.
How much credence should I give to browser speed tests like https://browserbench.org/">Speedometer 2.0? I began wondering about this as I debate whether to buy the new Lenovo Chromebook Duet when it is available somewhere (other than in reviewers' hands).
Jon’s Using his Apple Watch to its full potential.
iOS text messages & multiple devices - notifications problem
Still struggling with URL Schemes with Microsoft Office (why doesn’t ms-excel:// always open in office or Excel - WHY would it open Onedrive?!?)
Revisiting the Microsoft Whiteboard app
Microsoft Office app for iOS and Android
Jon’s Struggle to use a Apple 27’’ Cinema Display (2010, not thunderbolt, Mini-Displayport) with USB C. Cost of my desired refresh.
Jon's R tip: Web Scraping with rvest package - example code below. Basically if you can read HTML and understand CSS classes, you can find information and download it.
App Tip of the Week: Garageband How-To Videos.