Monthly Archives: November 2016

MobileViews Podcast 185: Post-Thanksgiving podcast with Mike Temporale

MobileViews Podcast 185

  1. Microsoft Solitaire Collection for Android & iOS Free to install but costs $1.99 per month to turn off ads.
  2. Apple Black Friday sales is not much of one. Only the iPhone 6s and Watch Series 1 devices on “sale”. And, the sales is not a sale. You get a gift card between $25 and $150 depending on the item
  3. Apple captures record 91 percent of global smartphone profits
  4. Discussion: buying gifts for significant others in this tech environment
  5. Tech anniversary: 12 years ago this week World of Warcraft was released
  6. ShapeWays– 3D printing and service site
  7. Digital video streaming

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

MobileViews Podcast 184: A discussion with Dr. Kent “Kim” Bridges – the tech botanist

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  1. Acer Chromebook R 13 can’t be shipped by Amazon to AK and HI
  2. Google Sites update – finally
  3. Marshall Islands – GPS a real life saver
  4. 8000 miles on a Segway
  5. Travel strategies – mobile technologies – Wear-one-carry-one – Ice Breaker (marina wool)
  6. Smart car w/tech accessories
  7. Lumena-8 purchase instead of a new Porsche
  8. Microsoft Surface Studio?
  9. On this day in technology
    Amazon debuted the Kindle in 2007 (Selling out in 5 hours). It was also 9 years ago today that Nintendo released the Wii
  10. Jon’s Car Story of the week, maybe I need a segway

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

MobileViews Podcast 183: Post-election podcast

  1. Android Auto for Android 5.0 or later.
  2. https://www.navdy.com/#discover – $799 for a heads up display!?!?
  3. Gmail and Google Calendar for iOS updated
  4. Chromebook’s with a display larger than 10.1-inches will need an Office 365 subscription to run Office for Android Ref: 9to5google
  5. NES Classic. Ref: USA Today
  6. Jon’s Useless Information for this Week: A Classic Tech Tale Oddity: The music in the anti-piracy ads was pirated (2013)

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

MobileViews Podcast 182: 8th anniversary and World Series podcast with guest Frank McPherson

Todd Ogasawara, Jon Westfall, and Frank McPherson discuss things we’re waiting for like Nougat, Chrome OS with Android apps production release, and Air Pods.

  1. Still no sign of Android 7.0 Nougat OTA for my Nexus 6.
  2. Google not taking advantage of both Apple and Microsoft deciding not to refresh its lower priced products or introduce replacements. If it doesn’t move its Android app running version of Chrome OS from beta to production soon, it is going to miss the holiday gift giving season. Acer Chromebook R 13 review. Ref: Laptop Mag
  3. Jon: Still no Air Pods
  4. Beats Solo 3 headphones. Ref: 9to6mac.