MobileViews Podcast 461


In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

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MobileViews mini-podcasts 37 A & B: Two-person wireless lavalier mic outdoor recordings – sitting & walking

My earlier tests of the ABSGEEGA wireless lav mic with Apple iOS/iPadOS devices were somewhat disappointing because the audio recording volume was so low that a lot of audio post-processing was needed to produce usable audio for podcasting. However, to my surprise, audio recording volume was more than acceptable when using an Android smartphone (Google Pixel 7a). This two-part podcast was recorded using the using the same wireless lav mic pair with the Pixel 7a and the Google Recorder app.

The Recorder app was able to use the mic (seeing as a USB audio device) without any configuration. The lav mic base transceiver plugs directly into the Pixel 7a’s USB-C port.

Paul Lawler, a frequent MobileViews podcast guest panelist, met me in a moderately challenging audio situation. In part A of the podcast, we sat about 10 feet from the relatively calm waters of a bay on a breezy day (about 20 MPH winds). There were a few people talking about 40 feet away, a boat passed by during the conversation, and the squeaking of a small floating boat dock about 30 feet away.

In my opinion, Paul’s recording speech sounds better than mine. It may be that he placed his mic in a better position than me. Or, it may simply be the difference in our voice timbre and other properties. In part A, I truncated inter-speech silences and modified treble and bass just a little to reduce the “muddiness” of my speech. In part B, no modifications were made.

In part A, both Paul and I were sitting while recording the mini-podcast. In part B, we recorded for about one minute while walking.

I was pleased to note that there was very little distracting ambient sound. The audio quality is acceptable (though not “really good”) for a podcast and little or no post-processing. I think with better mic placement and a little post-processing, “good” audio quality is possible using this sub-$30 wireless lav mic.

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MobileViews Podcast 460: Are ChatGPT’s mobile security ideas any good? Revisiting ABSGEEGA lav mic & Google-y things

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I review ChatGPT’s mobile security recommendations. But, before that, they follow-up on a few recent past topics

  • Podcast 456: outdoor ABSGEEGA wireless lavalier microphone tests. Reported low volume problem when used with an iPhone 14 Pro or iPad mini 6. However, the mics work fine with the Android-based Pixel 7a using the Google Android Recorder app
  • Podcast 459: Google Pixel Tablet. Still on the fence. Waiting for Apple’s WWDC on the slim chance that Apple announces a smart assistant with a display (unlikely as that may be). Considering a Google Nest Hub Max ($230) to replace my Lenovo Smart Display which will go out of support soon. I am concerned that Google will drop support for it soon even though, or maybe because, it is less than half the price of a Pixel Tablet.
  • Podcast 459: Flicking Echo Show 5 (purchased Dec. 2019). Considering replacing it with the recently announced 3rd generation Echo Show 5 ($80). It is unfortunate that it does not have the Eero mesh feature in the display-less Echo Dot and recently announced Echo Pop ($40). Alternatively, I could put my Kindle Fire 8 HD into Show Mode, place it on stand, and plug it into a charger.
  • Podcast 459: Google Pixel 7a – upgraded from a 4a

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MobileViews Podcast 459: Google I/O 2023 – with Sven Johannsen & Don Sorcinelli



Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelists Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. After a brief rant (by me) lamenting the continuing movement from one-time purchases to subscription models (Apple’s Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro), we focus announcement from last week’s Google I/O.

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MobileViews Podcast 458: Live by the cloud, die by the cloud – bricked cloud-based hardware

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

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Following-up questions from podcasts 456 & 457: Eero WiFi; Google VPN; Excel duration calculations


This is a follow-up to questions that were unanswered in MobileViews Podcast 456 & 457

  • Question: How can you point a device directly to the Amazon Eero’s 2.4 or 5GHz frequencies. Answer you can’t. In my experience, other WiFi access point/routers let you designated separate SSIDs for each frequence. This is the reply I received from Amazom:

    eero Mesh network does not split the bands for .24 and 5ghz – Both bands broadcasting at the same time – the Device itself chooses what band to connect to.

  • Google VPN is now part of the Google One subscription bundle. This is true for even the less expensive subscription tier ($20/year). Google VPN supports Android (of course), iOS/iPadOS, Windows, and MacOS. However, it does not support Google’s own ChromeOS/Chromebooks. This is Google’s reply to my question.

    Please be informed that Google One VPN is not yet available in Chromebook as of the moment, but we are thankful about the idea. Currently the VPN by Google is available in Windows, MacOS and Android phones but please know that our Engineering team is working very hard to enhance the product and I’ll be glad to send this feedback to our specialist hopefully to make this possible in the near future.

  • How can you use time durations in calculations? E.g, add 50 minutes to 20 minutes. The site Office Watch has an excellent article explaining how to do this using cell Custom Formats.

    Time durations are possible in Excel

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