– iPhone 7 to be headphone-jackless (3.5mm plug)? Ref: ars technica
– New Apple headphones with no wires between left and right ear pieces? Guaranteed to lose one or both sides. Ref: TheNextWeb
– Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) announced
Todd’s App pick
Microsoft Selfie for iOS – even if you don’t take selfies. Good for any photo with people in it.
Jon’s tip
Google Sites: Attach files to page. Right-click on link. Page Settings – uncheck “allow attachments”. Hides the section to reduce clutter.
In this podcast Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) welcome our old friend and enterprise mobility expert Don Sorcinelli.
– Wolfram Open Cloud. Try Wolfram Language for free in your browser.
– I thought I lost my Moto 360 while walking to work. Big sigh. But, no! Turns out the Android Wear “last seen” feature doesn’t work.
– Google says the requirement of a steering wheel, pedals, and a licensed driver slows down driverless vehicle development – Skynet.
– Project Fi lets you add specific LTE Android & iOS tablets without any extra fee. You just pay for the data used
– Enterprise mobility discussion with Don
– Each year companies do a few “Evil†things (MS & OneDrive this year, Apple not providing 3rd party faceplates for the Apple Watch, Google Fi destroying Google Voice accounts). What are our predictions for “Evil†2016?
In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) discuss:
– Microsoft released its old Live Writer blogging tool as an Open Source project: Open Live Writer. Also Todd’s blog entry about this
– Interesting conspiracy theory about Google’s new Pixel C tablet on ars technica: The Pixel C was probably never supposed to run Android
– Microsoft OneDrive mea culpa. Ref: ZDNet
– Amazon Prime premium subscriptions to services like Showtime and Starz.
– Apple released iOS 9.2. Ref: My ExtremeTech article
– Ask Jon about his iPad Pro experience so far (Got much more useful after the Keyboard came in!)
– Jon wiped / re-installed his iPhone (buggy app installs, buggy bluetooth stack).
TIP
The Amazon Echo will pair to an OS/X Mac but not a PC running Windows 10 over Bluetooth. This is not surprising. In the past I found I could not pair BT headsets with Windows PCs either. Todd’s blog entry about this
– Google Fi LEGO charging stand
– Google Cardboard app for Android
– Updated Google Camera app. Good low-light HDR+ setting added. UI completely changed.
– Google best apps of 2015
– Verizon will turn on Wi-Fi Calling for Galaxy S 6 and Edge 6 Monday, but iOS users must wait until “early next yearâ€.
– Jon’s not giving out his Google Voice number anymore… no faith in the service.
– 2015 first year of single digit smartphone growth. Ref: IDC
– Get 5-7 year olds programming with PBS Kids ScratchJr on a tablet | ExtremeTech
Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) welcome back special guest Frank McPherson for the MobileViews Podcast 7th anniversary. We discuss Android from its launch in September 2008, podcast #2 w/Frank on Nov. 28, 2008, where its been, and where it might go in the future.
The topic 7 years ago was the then new T-Mobile G1 – the first Android phone available in the U.S. It was released in September 2008. I had returned mine before the podcast because of its awful short battery life.
All three of us have used various Android phones in the past 7 years. We discuss our experiences with them and speculate where it might go in the future.
MobileViews Podcast 138
November 21, 2015
Jon Westfall was traveling over the weekend. So, I asked Jack Cook & Sven Johannsen to return to the podcast. And, we added special guest Paul Lawler to the mix.
Topics:
– Android 6.0 landed on my Nexus 6. New Doze mode may be a game changer for Android battery life
– Happy 30th birthday to Microsoft Windows. Ref: ZDNet
– Windows 10 something or other. I like it so far. But, where’s the killer Universal App?
– Lumia 950 running Windows 10 Mobile. Ref: ars technica
– Amazon Echo
– iPad Pro?