MobileViews.com Podcast

MobileViews Podcast 519: Crowdstrike/Microsoft outage; Pet tech; Legacy tech

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Crowdstrike/Microsoft outage
  • Battlestar Galactica (2004) reboot may have gotten it right ;-)
  • The role of the European Commission 2009 Microsoft agreement
• Celebrating legacy tech: Long point pencil sharpener
• Pet tech
  • Enabot Ebo Air robot
  • Weok Heartbeat Dog Toy

MobileViews Podcast 518: Surface Pro 11 Copilot + PC after 10 days; AI Quotient?

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Todd's Surface Pro 11 Copilot + PC impressions after using it for 10 days: Costco bundle bonus SSD size; Paint Cocreator; App compatibility
• Do you focus modes/apps?
• Home automation use?
• What new programming language do you want to learn next?

MobileViews Podcast 517: Mostly Google; Why isn't mobile device contactless payment not more widely used?

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Copilot + PC reduced AI focus
• ChatGPT for Mac app
• Google One VPN is gone. Welcome to the lesser VPN by Google
• June Pixel Feature drop finally appeared on June 25. The 13 month old Pixel 7a doesn't get any of the new interesting features
• Aug. 13 Google Hardware Event (surprise!)
• Google Workspace Labs Gemini AI features to try/test
  • Google Vid is not what I thought it would be
• Jon: Why is mobile device contactless payment apparently not often used in the US despite POS availability?

MobileViews Podcast 516: Microsoft Surface Pro Copilot + PC first impressions

Jon Westfall and I are joined by guest panelist Sven Johannsen who gives his first impressions of the new Microsoft Surface Pro Copilot + PC (Snapdragon X Elite). There's also a video segment of this portion of the podcast on YouTube.

We also discussed the 50% sale of Affinity's suite of graphics products which (somewhat) competes with Adobe's products, the passing of VPN by Google One, and Jon's continuing experience with the new Magic Keyboad for the M4 based iPad Pro. 

MobileViews 515: Apple WWDC 2024

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelists Sven Johannsen, Frank McPherson, and Don Sorcinelli. The focus of our discussion were the announcements made during Apple's 2024 World Wide Developer Conference. We also discussed:

• The Copilot + PCs scheduled for release on June 18
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon  Elite allegedly running slower than an iPhone 12 (released in 2020)
• "fabric": An open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI. It provides a modular framework for solving specific problems using a crowdsourced set of AI prompts that can be used anywhere.

MobileViews Podcast 514: Pre-WWDC, testing a new 4K webcam, & mini-rants

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• My recent visit to the HTDC Entrepreneur's Sandbox, courtesy of Cindy Matsuki, to continue testing an Insta360 X4 camera
• Testing the AISpeech 4K webcam, and its microphone, for this podcast
• Microsoft switching gears for the Copilot + PC by making the new Recall feature opt-in
• Pre-WWDC discussion
• Jon's rant: Sonos
• Todd's rant/concern: The "AI Divide"

MobileViews Podcast 513: AI Ghost Voices; Acer Stereo Camera; catching up on recent tech announcements

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I catch up on announcements from the recent Apple, Google, and Microsoft events. We also discuss:

• The announcement of the Acer SpatialLabs Eyes stereo camera
• First AI hallucinations. Now, AI Ghost Voices?
• Looking forward to Apple WWDC next week
• Jon's recent Apple Store repair adventure
• Jon's rant: Why is Apple & Google Maps' GPS routing still so bad (compared to the Google owned Waze maps)?

MobileViews 512: Microsoft Copilot+ PCs - talk me into or out of buying one

I'm joined by Steven Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. We mostly discuss a single topic: The recently announced Microsoft Copilot + PC concept. We also briefly discussed Windows AutoPilot V2 and .NET/Developer announcements.

MobileViews Podcast 511: New Apple Gear; OpenAI ChatGPT 4o, Google I/O

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

MobileViews Podcast 510: Apple May 7 event announcements discussion

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