Category: podcast

REMINDER: You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple iTunes: MobileViews Podcast in iTunes

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) discuss:

1. If Apple’s next 9.7 inch iPad is going to be called an iPad Pro, how do you distinguish between it and the current gigantic Pro model? Ref: 9to5Mac
2. Google Docs adds voice-editing and formatting to its voice-typing feature. Ref: Google Docs Blog
3. Avast set up rogue hotspots at Mobile World Congress, and the results won’t surprise you
4. Subgraph OS: A secure Linux for the non-technical user?
5. FYI: The Scottevest Camp Shirt has pockets deep enough to completely hide an iPhone 6+ or Nexus 6. My shirt quest is nearly over. I still need to find Aloha Shirts with pockets large enough for those phones.
6. Having failed to get Microsoft to perform a warranty replacement or repair of its Univeral Mobile Keyboard, I bought an iClever Portable Bluetooth Keyboard from Amazon for $32. It is the same width as Microsoft’s keyboard and works fine with the Nexus 6.

Jon’s Quick Review: The EYN Case for the iPhone 6+ (Jon’s Amazon lin for the EYN case)

Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) are joined by special guest Frank McPherson in this podcast.

REMINDER: You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple iTunes: MobileViews Podcast in iTunes

In this podcast, we discuss:

1. Rav Power Turbo Series 20K mAh USB battery charger pack. Can charge Surface 3 which 2.4A. Can perform USB-C quick charger on devices like the Nexus 6P.
2. Apple: If you see error 53 or can‘t update or restore your iPhone or iPad
3. CNET: The Trade Up With Installments program lets you unload an old phone and get a new model for under $35 a month over two years
4. Skype Blog: Announcing group video calling for mobile phones and tablets
5. Google Cloud Vision API enters Beta, open to all to try!
6. Outlook.com gets a major facelift, Evernote add-in, and more in ExtremeTech
7. Google Gmailify
   Electronic Frontier Foundation: A Technical Perspective on the Apple iPhone Case
8. Jon’s Rant on Poorly Managed Devices

REMINDER: You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple’s iTunes: MobileViews Podcast in iTunes

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) discuss:

1. Windows Weekly 452 podcast. AllAboutMicrosoft/ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley is test driving a Nexus 5x to prepare for the day Windows Phone disappears
2. YouTube Red Originals shows launched this week.
3. Brick your iPhone or iPad by setting the date to Jan. 1, 1970. Ref: The Guardian
4. Amazon’s terms of service now covers the zombie apocalypse – my article for ExtremeTech.com
5. The Satechi Bluetooth Smart Pointer now works the way it should on iOS (Hopefully not just ‘for now’): http://www.satechi.net/index.php/smartphones-and-tablets/accessories/satechi-bluetooth-smart-pointer-mobile-presenter-black-and-remote-control-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-samsung-galaxy-s3-note-2-imac-macbook-air-macbook-pro-macbook-mac-mini-and-apple-tv-3
6. Jon’s rant on presenter remotes. Why buy a $40 presenter remote that has 2 buttons when you can buy one that has full mouse control?!? (PR-PRO3 for $57, PR-US2 for $42)

Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) welcome back special guest Jason Dunn who previously appeared way back on podcast 44 (November 2011). Jason started one of the first technology blogs back before most of us knew what blogs were. PocketPCThoughts signed off on October 12, 2012 after a great run of well over a decade. In this podcast, Jon and I discuss this early tech blog, Jason’s time at smartphone maker HTC, and the mobile devices and computers he uses today.

News

• Google printing “unprintable” books – Editions at Play. Ref: Buzzfeed
• Apple Error 53 controversy. Ref: The Guardian

Todd’s latest articles

• Samsung Internet for Android 4.0 browser adds content blocking and more
• Android Wear 1.4 brings new gestures, speech-to-text messaging, voice calling