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MobileViews Editor Todd Ogasawara discusses mobile technology hardware and software
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Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelists Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. We discuss:
- Todd's 7th areawide power outage in 2024
- Insta360 X4 360-degree camera initial thoughts
- Initial impressions of new Apple gear after less than a week of use: M4 iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, Magic Keyboard
- Apple announced eye tracking accessibility feature
- OpenAI ChatGPT 4o
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Jon Westfall and I are joined by Sven Johannsen for this post-May Apple 7 product announcements discussion.
- SimCity inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame
- Email from Google saying Find My Device network will be fully launched on May 13
- Products that we hoped Apple would announce but did not: iPad Mini, iPad speaker dock (similar to Pixel Tablet dock), AirPods Pro 3 with more biometrics, Colorimeter built into the new Apple Pencil Pro
- Apple surprises: iPad Pro lost the wide angle camera lens, the iPad Pro is too thin - would have preferrred large battery with longer battery life
- Things we're looking forward to at the June Apple WWDC event: A "smarter" Siri; iPad OS 18 gaining a "real" file system
- Google I/O will be on May 14. No new hardware products expected (or already announced). So, will this be an all-AI/only-AI event?
- Sven's new gadgets: OSMO Pocket 3 Desktop Stand, Pocket 3 Microphone Stick; Belkin iPhone MagSafe Mounts for MacBooks, Desktop/Displays, and Apple TV 4K; USB Conference Speakerphone
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
Jon Westfall and I are joined by Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. We discuss:
- The BASIC programming language is 60 years old
- Randy Travis has a new song that used AI to create his singing voice
- Reviews of the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit AI hardware are coming in and the reviews are not good
- Microsoft's Edge browser has an integrated speed test tool that uses Ookla's Speedtest engine
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:
- Google Meet recording mode works when using a Chromebook
- The wild world of researching which vlogging/action camera to buy
- Open ear earbuds: Rethinking what I want from noise cancellation
- Apple's May 7 "Let Loose" event
- Monarch Money
- Products/servers that were not on our radar but turned out to be useful/satisfying
- Recent product misses
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen for this podcast. We discussed:
- Using Google Meet to record a three-person podcast
- Upcoming changes to the Google One subscription package
- Google Magic Editor will be available to more Pixel devices soon
- The end of the line for the Z80 microprocessor: 1976 - 2024
- Discussion: The AI Divide?
- Sven's gadget picks:
- DJI OSMO Pocket 3 Combo
- MOVO Mic Handle
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:
- Day 430 since the release of the most recent iPad Pro model. Still no new iPads
- More on recording podcasts using Google Meet
- Google discontinuing Google One VPN service
- Google Photos AI tools will be available to more than Google Pixel uses and Google One subcribers
- Thoughts about the Google Pixel Tablet 9 months after its release
- Microsoft testing shows advertisements in the Windows 11 Start Menu
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Jon Westfall and I recorded this podcast using Google Meet's recording feature for the first time. Although its audio quality is quite good, I post-processed the audio using Adobe Podcast Enhance.
In this podcast, we discuss:
- Gaining Google Meet recording feature after upgrading to the Google One 2TB subscription tier
- Thoughts about starting to publish short video podcast segments
- CMF by Nothing Watch Pro
- An Apple Robot???
- Beautiful.ai GenAI slide creator
- The upside of tech
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:
- The upcoming solar eclipse on April 8
- Gmail's 20th birthday
- So long to Google Podcast
- Canva buying Affinity
- Discussion: What is the appropriate age for kids to have access to technology/gadgets/screens?
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Is this podcast John Westfall and I discuss:
- Waiting for Adobe Podcast Studio beta to stabilize. Looking at other cloud-based podcast recording services: Descript/SquadCast, Riverside.fm, Spotify for Podcasters (formerly Anchor.fm)
- Google Podcast service & app EOL soon: April 4
- Thermal printer for 8.5x11-inch pages
- US DOJ vs. Apple.- iPhone monopoly?
- Our insider view of the rise and fall of Windows Mobile/Windows Phone
- What now X/Twitter?
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:
- Adobe Podcast Studio beta adventures in podcast 501
- Still no new iPad models!
- Discipline specific Microsoft Copilot services
- Another Google service bites the dust on March 24: Google Keen
- Thermal vs. ink printers
- What makes it worth upgrading your “core” tech products?