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MobileViews Editor Todd Ogasawara discusses mobile technology hardware and software
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Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
In this podcast, Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Todd temporarily switching to a low-cost ($30) USB condenser microphone
- LAMY Safari smart pen reinventing the Pulse Livescribe (released in 2008)
- Honolulu's credit card based parking meters shutdown because Verizon turned off its 3G wireless network
- AT&T turned off 411 operator service for its PhoneS landline phone customers
- CES: WIthings U-Scan - urine analyzer
- CES: Samsung Flex Hybrid Tablet
- Apple VR/AR rumors
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall recorded the first few minutes of the session using Cleanfeed.net and then switched to Microsoft Teams for an A-B audio comparison.
They also discuss:
- The last 3G network in the US (Verizon's) is turned off
- Ourodev.com: Install your own City of Heroes server
- Jon's 22 year old shareware is still available on Archive.org
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Todd Ogasawara is joined by frequent guest Paul Lawler. We discuss a few our favorite 2022 gadgets and services from a digital coffee scale to a Synology NAS. We bid farewell Dark Sky and Slingbox. And, I take a brief Jurassic Tech side trail after finding an old Eye-Fi WiFi-enabled 4GB SD card from around 2006 for digital cameras.
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Jon's stymied winter holiday travel plans (like millions of other people in the US)
- Jon's comments about the current state of technology based on a recent visit to Disneyworld
- Apple's new Freeform collaboration app
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Guest co-host/guest panelist: Ryan Ozawa
- Moving from Meta Bulletin to Substack
- Hawaii in-person tech events
- Twitter alternatives
- Mastadon
- Post
- Arc browser
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest panelists Jack Cook and Sven Johannsen for this podcast.
We noted that today, Dec. 18, 2022, marks the last day of Leo Laporte's syndicated Tech Guy radio program.
iOS and iPadOS 16.2 were released on Dec. 12. Todd and Sven gave the new Apple Freeform collaboration app a quick test.
Jack told us about the Samsung Z-Fold4 phone with not just two screens. It has three!
Sven noted that the Microsoft Surface Earbuds can be used to control a PowerPoint slideshow during a presentation.
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Todd Ogasawara is joined by frequent guest panelists Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. They discussed the new Communities for Microsoft Teams, expecting iPadOS 16.2 sometime this week, Apple's iPad app of 2022 - GoodNotes 5, the EU forcing Apple to use USB-C to charge all their devices, Sunbird Messaging's attempt to resolve the green vs. blue messaging bubbles war - part of the long line tech zealots brand/platform arguments.
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall reflect on 2022 - a year of transitions and losses.
They also discuss Microsoft replacing laid off MSN journalists with AI and Apple's 2022 App Store award winners.
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen to discuss Black Friday purchases and "almost" purchases.
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss companies changing hands (new owner) in 2022 with a focus on their previous favorite note taking app/service: Evernote.
They also discuss Jon's questions about tool preferences.