MobileViews.com Podcast

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall spend most of the podcast discussing their favorite tech: Star Trek tech. They also discuss the influx of 30+ additional Apple Arcade games, and Microsoft's pandemic telework research.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by tech expert and old friend Johan van Mierlo who provided a mini-seminar on the fascinating verticals of custom mobile device mount industry. He also updated us on what he has been up to since we last saw each other in person a decade ago.

Also:

1. Used an Air Pod Pro to record my (Todd's) part of the of the podcast. The volume was so low that I had to edit my first few minutes of audio.

2. The various audio software used to record this podcast worked fine with macOS Big Sur for the last podcast.

3. Todd's Lenovo C330 Chromebook's keyboard starting going bad after only 15 months. Lenovo's consumer product hardware quality experience has not been good for Todd.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall regroup after a one week podcast hiatus.

• MacBook Pro finally upgraded to macOS Big Sur because audio apps should now work
• Using the Logitech C925e webcam's mic for this podcast
• Webcam lessons learned after a year of the pandemic
• Is Wacom's EMR the real stylus standard? Not the hard to find USI styli?
• Jon's IoT adventures continue (HomeKit)

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by tech expert Eric Hicks for this podcast. We also briefly discuss Todd's observations of moving photo storage from Google Photos to Microsoft OneDrive and the updated Google Recorder for Android.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by old friend and tech expert (former Apple Genius, current VMWare expert) Reynold Flores.

The podcast starts by revisiting the Anker Soundcore Life Q30 over the ears headset.  Todd comments on his initial impressions of the Raspberry Pi 400 (computer in the keyboard), and Jon's recent Apple MagSafe phone-watch charger. The remainder of the podcast is catching up with Rey.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Israel-based tech expert (and old friend) Helio Diamant. They catch up with is current mobile toolbox (including a motorcycle).

They also briefly discuss the updated Microsoft unified Office app that now supports the iPad's larger display, Todd's weeklong adventure uploading 16,000+ photos from an iPhone to Microsoft OneDrive (in preparation for Google's switch away from unlimited high resolution uploads this summer), and Todd's switch from recording this podcast using a Blue Yeti USB microphone with earbuds to the Anker Soundcore Life Q30 Bluetooth over the ears headset.

New Google Photos features for a price; Google Fit heart & respiratory rates; Google Maps for EV owners; Visual Studio Code for Raspberry Pi;  Cryptocurrency mobile; 1Password personal password audit; Illium eWallet; Is paper magical?

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall catch up with old tech friend Arne Hess.

Todd talks about a quick test of the One by Wacom digitizing tablet with a MacBook Pro and Jon discusses his initial Homebridge/HomeKit experience.

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• Using a Chromebook with the $60 One by Wacom tablet
• Pre-ordering the Mudra Band that allows gesture control of an Apple Watch
• WatchSmith for Apple Watch
• Jon's adventure to sync Firefox and iCloud bookmarks
• Would you ride in an autonomously driving taxi that does not have a safety driver?

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall  revisit tech related purchases - some purchased over a decade ago. Which ones stood the test of geek time?

They also bid a fond farewell to the Tucows freeware/shareware site and the new Microsoft Lists for iOS.