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Category: Mobile Devices

  • Podcast 37: LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen-Conversation with Karen Lee, Marketing Manager

    I spoke with LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen Marketing Manager Karen Lee in Podcast 37. We talked about the LiveScribe company, the new 4GB model Pulse Smartpen, the 3rd party MyScript for LiveScribe ink-to-text transcription application, and some hints about using the Pulse Smartpen.

    Karen gave me a great tip that solves a problem I’ve had for a long time: How do I record a podcast with someone using a conventional telephone (instead of Skype)? The solution is one of those simple-slap-my-forehead ones that I didn’t think of trying. But, thankfully, Karen shared that tip with me. You can hear it in about the last third of the podcast.

    This podcast is 27 minutes and 31 seconds long.

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  • Intel Atom Z520 Supports Hardware Virtualization

    I could have sworn that Intel’s Atom Z520 processor did NOT support Intel VT-x hardware virtualization assist. And, yet according to Intel’s Atom feature matrix it, like the Z530, does  indeed support it:

    Intel Atom Processor Family

    The major difference between the Z520 and Z530 appears to be clock speed (1.33GHz vs. 1.6GHz).

    Neither the Atom N270 nor the N280 used by most netbooks provides hardware virtualization assist.

  • Google Market Cap Overtook Apple on Oct. 16 (Fri)

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    I remember being a little surprised when Apple’s (AAPL) market cap caught up and overtook Google’s (GOOG) earlier this year. I wondered at the time how long that would last. Apple’s stock share price has been on a tear for most of this year. It has more than doubled since the beginning of 2009 (up around 120%). Google’s share price is up nearly 80% since the beginning of the year. But because of the arithmetic involved (share price times number of shares available), Google’s market cap is back to being larger than Apple’s again as of October 16, 2009.

  • Podcast 35: Starbucks iPhone Apps-Conversation w/CIO Stephen Gillett

    In MobileViews Podcast 35 I speak with Starbucks CIO & GM for Digital Ventures, Stephen Gillett, about Starbucks’ two new free iPhone apps: myStarbucks & Starbucks Card Mobile.

    The myStarbucks app provides store locations, a drink builder, food & coffee menus. One of novel aspects of this app is that it tells you were various coffees come from and a bit about each one’s distinctive flavors. Starbucks Card Mobile lets you store your card numbers (more than one) and get balance information for each one. You can also reload your Starbucks card from the app. And, you can even make purchases from the app in 16 locations around the Seattle and Silicon Valley.

    FYI: If you noticed errors of Starbucks store locations in myStarbucks, head over to Starbucks’ web feedback portal found…

    MyStarbucksIdea.com

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  • Zune (1st gen) sometimes not starting when charged

    My 1st generation Zune has been acting oddly for the past couple of months. It sometimes refuses to start (light the LCD) when it is charged (sometimes fully charged). Plugging the Zune into a power source (AC adapter in my case) lights the LCD and lets me use the Zune. But, still, it is annoying. It is a good thing I never take the Zune out? Otherwise, I might be faced with a temporary brick.

  • Project Gotham Racer for Zune HD? Now, I Might Have to Buy a Zune HD 🙂

    Any info on availability/pricing of Project Gotham Racer for the Zune HD? The game was a favorite of mine on the 1st gen Xbox.

    Originally posted as a comment by Todd Ogasawara on TechFlash using Disqus.