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MobileViews Editor Todd Ogasawara discusses mobile technology hardware and software
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Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Revisiting the STADOR K23 Bluetooth wireless earbuds as a podcasting microphone
- Fedora Linux will work on Raspberry Pi 4
- Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5
- Linus Tech Tips Backpack
- Disconnected in a connected world
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
This week I'm joined by long-time friend Sterling Yee who, as a member of the American Lung Association national board, had a meeting at and a tour of the Tesla factory in Fremont, CA. Sterling describes his impressions and experiences from that visit in this podcast.
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss
- 295 Macs and PCs certified to run Google's ChromeOS Flex
- Nobody wants to be in the office on Fridays (shocking! :-)
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Amazon Recycling Program Recycle small consumer electronics for free
- The subscription-izaton of iPhone/iPad apps
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss
- The new Netflix immersive audio feature. This is different from Apple's Spatial Audio
- The dumbing of UI/UX design
In remembrance of Jon's Mom.
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Todd got a Blue Yeti Nano to replace the full-size Blue Yeti he has been using for years to record podcasts.
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss Apple WWDC announcements that interested them the most (and ignore the rest :-).
The most interesting new iPadOS 16 features require and M1 powered iPad.
Jon is looking forward to the new lock screen customizations.
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
This is the first of special podcasts focusing on techies from or in Hawaii.
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara is joined by old friend Robert Lee who recently left a giant tech firm to work for a start-up: Stow Energy. It aims to provide smart heat pump systems. Robert also discusses a pair of gadgets that he has found very useful: Pinecil USB soldering iron & Nijan Creami ice cream machine.
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
- Some white noise podcasts are making thousands of $ per month from Spotify
- Bluetooth keyboard with touch pad weirdness
- Pre-Apple WWDC
- Jon's multifunction luggage ordering/delivery adventure
Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Chrome OS 102's subpar USB-C cable detection
- Google Docs & pasting text quirks
- Apple Music now integrated with Google Waze
- Google Cursive pen-centric note taking app more widely available
- Todd is finally trying to make peace with Microsoft OneNote
- Jon solves a Siri annoyance with a Shortcut
Sunday May 15, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
Jon patiently listens to Todd's Google/Android rants in this podcast.
Rant 1: Samsung tablets - limited Android OS updates; S1 Pen differences. Keyboard differences
Rant 2: The Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5 is a great Chromebook but the Lenovo USI Stylus is still terrible
Rant 3: Google announced its first Pixel Tablet since it left the market in 2019. But, it won't be available until 2023
Jon and Todd discuss the mostly unavailable products announced at Google I/O with a focus on the round Pixel Watch that cuts off text notifications. This is not an issue on the rectangular Apple Watch
Jon learned about Canonical Multipass to spin up test virtual machines
Google is taking Open Source security seriously
Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- KDE's Okular multi-platform Open Source file viewer
- Google Security myth busting and spring cleaning
- Google/Off Mosquito forecasts - except for AK & HI
- Where is Android 12 for tablets?
- Security paranoia vs. practicality