Category Archives: Mobile Devices

MobileViews Podcast 463: Google Pixel Tablet & post-WWDC discussion with Steve Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli


Jon Westfall and I were joined by Steve Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. We discussed the recently launched Google Pixel Tablet and the recent Apple WWDC product announcements.

  1. Every Mastodon User Has an RSS Feed
  2. Google Pixel Tablet
    Penoval USI 2.0 stylus
    HiPaint for Android
  3. WWDC 2023
    WWDC23 highlights
  4. Vision Pro, $3499
  5. iOS 17
  6. New health related features/support
  7. macOS Sonomo
  8. 15-inch MacBook Air
  9. Mac Studio & Mac Pro

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MobileViews Podcast 454: Google Drive file limit; Bard updates; Steve Jobs free book; CrowPi2 laptop; & more


CrowPi2 laptop

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

Bing Creator: Squirrel & man discussing politics

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MobileViews Podcast 451: Guest Paul Lawler-A look back at the Amazon Echo & other audio assistants



Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest co-host Paul Lawler for this podcast. They spend most of the podcast discussion their years of use of the Amazon Echo and other audio assistants.

  • Microsoft Lists Preview for Office 365 consumer accounts available now. Power Automate too.
  • Google VPN rolling out to all Google One tiers
    Currently only included with Google One 1TB tier

    Starting today, and rolling out over the next few weeks, we’re expanding VPN access to all Google One plans, including the Basic plan that starts at $1.99/mo. The VPN will be available in 22 countries across Android, iOS, Windows and Mac devices. You can also share the VPN with up to five others if they’re on your Google One plan.

  • Star Trek discussion interlude: Star Trek(s) Discovery, Strange New Worlds, Picard, Lower Deck

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MobileViews Podcast 439: Testing Cleanfeed for podcasting; the end of 3G; City of Heroes redux


Cleanfeed.net

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I recorded the first few minutes of the session using Cleanfeed.net and then switched to Microsoft Teams for an A-B audio comparison.

The last 3G network in the US (Verizon’s) is turned off
Ourodev.com: Install your own City of Heroes server
Jon’s 22 year old shareware is still available on Archive.org
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MobileViews Podcast 438: Hawaii Techies Edition #6 w/Guest Paul Lawler -2022 favs. Farewell to Dark Sky & Slingbox


Guest: Paul Lawler

Frequent podcast guest panelist Paul Lawler joins me for MobileViews Podcast 438 Hawaii Techies Edition #6. Our wide ranging discussion includes:

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MobileViews Podcast 436: Hawaii Techies #5 guest Ryan Ozawa-from Meta to Substack

Ryan Ozawa

Ryan Ozawa

This is my first retirement podcast! It is also the first time I’ve originated a Zoom call to record a podcast. And, I learned, Zoom asks you to update itself if it finds itself installed on an M1-based Mac. It is also the first podcast recorded on a Mac running MacOS 13.x. Audio software tends to get fussy when Apple updates MacOS, so I still haven’t updated my “production” Mac used for every podcast in the past couple of years. Rogue Amoeba Audio Hijack Pro only recently was updated to support MacOS 13.1. And, it requires reducing security in MacOS to be used. I also learned that its recommended workflow for recording a podcast using Zoom is rubbish. Using Rogue Amoeba’s recommended template results in an echo of the person running Audio Hijack. Removing that part of the workflow removes that problem.

Audio Hijack Pro 4 workflow to use with Zoom for recording podcasts

Questions for Ryan Ozawa

  • Moving Hawaii Bulletin from Meta Bulletin to Substack
  • Hawaii in-person tech events
  • Twitter alternatives: Mastadon and Post
  • Have you tried the Arc browser? I’m on the waiting list