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This podcast was recorded on Aug. 23, 2014. Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
– Google Docs/Sheets/Slides offline
– Google Slides for Android
(Google Play Store link)
– Google Photo Sphere Camera for iOS
– Limited Battery Recall for iPhone 5 (Can check serial number for eligibility)
– iWatch may be pushed to 2015 on supply chain rumors
– Fun look back: Gizmodo iPhone mockups prior to 2007 launch
– HP iPAQ h6315 (old Windows Phone phone)
Just ran into this on my Dell Venue 8 Pro running Windows 8.1 (with Update applied). I had to use Windows’ “Refresh this device” earlier this week after the Windows Store app and Desktop mode stopped working. I wonder if there is a more problematic underlying problem behind all of these problems?
In this podcast, Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss.
– The rumored Amazon smartphone. Refs: WSJ & Recode
– Windows 8.1 Update: Microsoft Surface RT update experience is different from the Asus T100 even though both have hardware connected physical keyboards
Apps of the Week
– Todd: An oldie but a goodie: Sky Map. Was Google Sky Map. Now an Open Source community driven project
– Jon: An oldie but a goodie as well: TrueCrypt (Yep, not mobile, but it does protect data on the go)
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall about the long-awaited (possibly too long) release of Microsoft Office for iPad in MobileViews Podcast 79. Other topics:
– Microsoft Office for Android (phones only) and iPhone available too. And, unlike the iPad version, can edit documents using these free versions.
– Microsoft OneNote for OS/X released (also, finally) for free. Note, this will only install if your Mac is running the current Mavericks OS/X release. It will not install on Macs running older releases. Note: As you can see in Jon’s screenshots below, OneNote for OS/X offers just a small subset of the features available for the Windows version.
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In this podcast, Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss
– Why are Microsoft tablets sales still low/flat? (Ref: Computerworld article)
– Evernote, Keep, and other cloud note platforms
– Springpad
– Evernote is now on Pebble smart watch
Jon’s App Pick of the Week: Drafts (iOS), Specifically custom URL actions to Evernote notebooks, ToodleDo to do lists
Todd’s Anti-app pick: Apps for Chromecast (iOS/Android)