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MobileViews Podcast 450: Guest panel-Steve Hughes, Sven Johannsen, Don Sorcinelli; certifications discussion, non-iPad tablets; & more

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Steven Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. In addition to discussion of technology certifications, they also discuss iMessage for Windows 11, Google Photos Magic Erase for Google One subscribers, Non-Tesla charging app, low-cost PineTab2 Linx tablet, Cana One molecular beverage printer, and the Satechi Readmate (magnifying glass tool).

MobileViews Podcast 449: Hawaii Techies edition - Guest Philip Mow

Todd Ogasawara's Hawaii Techies edition guest co-host is Philip Mow. For this third in the series of discussions of the development of Internet access and broadband in Hawaii, Philip brings historical perspective from both his experience in at GTE Hawaiian Tel and HEI/Hawaiian Electric through the decades up to his retirement 7 years ago.

MobileViews Podcast 448: Hawaii Techies edition w/Sterling Yee early Internet history at Hawaiian Electric Industries

In this Hawaii Techies edition of the MobileViews Podcast, Todd Ogasawara and guest Sterling Yee discuss Sterling's experiences at Hawaiian Electric Industries (parent company to the electric companies for Honolulu, Hawaii (island), and Maui Counties as well as American Savings Bank) in the firm's early days of Internet access and the move from analog modems to broadband.

MobileViews Podcast 447: Guest Sven Johannsen; Anker 535 recall; SnapGrip camera grip for iPhone; T-Mobile 5G Home & OOMA

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen. They discuss:

• How to turn on Scribble (handwriting recognition) in OneNote for iPadOS — for those without superhuman vision
• Anker 535 Power Bank product recall
• BGR: Apple won’t let you install iOS developer betas anymore unless you pay $99
• ShiftCam SnapGrip camera grip for the iPhone
• T-Mobile 5G Home Internet & OOMA (home VoIP)
• Starbucks rewards program changes!

MobileViews Podcast 446: Guest Don Sorcinelli; Will Apple’s Siri get AI-smart too?

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelist Don Sorcinelli. They discuss Microsoft's intent to include ChatGPT-like AI in its Office suite, Google Bard's pre-launch misfire, and wonder if Apple's Siri is going to get some AI "smartness" to compete with Microsoft and Google.

They also discuss Jon appreciating Apple's easy-to-replace AirTag battery, changes in our Every Day Carry (EDC) items, and Don's experience with Rocketbook and the Microsoft Windows and Office Insider programs.

Note: Todd used Adobe Podcast beta to post-process the audio for this podcast.

MobileViews Podcast 445: Guest Kiman Wong - Hawaii Broadband History

In this MobileViews Podcast Hawaii Techies edition, Todd Ogasawara is joined by special guest co-host Kiman Wong. They have a discussion spanning from the 1980s to the present. Kiman has a great perspective of this development over time. At one point in his career, he was the GM for the Time Warner Oceanic Hawaii Roadrunnder (cable modem) service.

MobileViews mini-podcast 34: Test of audio recorded outdoors with Adobe Podcast beta

Todd recorded one minute of audio outdoors and provides an A-B comparison of the original audio recording with a version processed by Adobe Podcast beta.

MobileViews Podcast 444: Valentine’s Day tech?

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• Todd's first attempt to use Adobe Podcast beta to enhance audio for a podcast
• Looking forward to Microsoft Bing powered by GPT?
• MacWhisper (Whisper Transcription in the US) uses OpenAI to transcribe audio files
• Valentine's Day tech?

MobileViews mini-podcast 33: Testing Adobe Podcast beta - noise reduction & speech enhancement A/B comparison

Todd Ogasawara tests the Adobe Podcast beta which claims to reduce noise and enhance speech. You can hear Todd's initial impressions, a caveat on his impressions, and then short (10 seconds each) original podcast audio and Adobe Podcast beta processed snippets of both Todd and co-host Jon Westfall speaking in MobileViews Podcast 440 recorded a few weeks ago.

MobileViews Podcast 443:Guest Jason Dunn

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Jason Dunn for this podcast. They discuss:

• Intel's horrible 2022
• Todd finally is making peace with Microsoft OneNote and To-Do
• Apple's Freeform in comparison with Microsoft Teams and a related discussion of the Electron framework
• Jason's experiences with electric vehicles, solar panels, and battery technology
• Letting go of old but still functional gadgets
• ChatGPT haiku :-)