Todd Ogasawara and his old friend and special guest, Jon Westfall, talk about their move from Windows Mobile/Phone to other mobile platforms, Microsoft Project Siena for Windows 8.1, and credit card security (COIN, Loop).
Category: Mobile Devices
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MobileViews Podcast 68: 2013 holiday mobile tech gift ideas
Todd Ogasawara and Jay Stone discuss seven (7) holiday mobile tech gift ideas in this podcast.
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1. Learning Resources Zoomy Handheld Microscope
2. Romo Smartphone Robot
3. Lytro cameraTodd
4. Windows 8.1 tablets like the Asus T100 and Dell Venue 8 Pro
5. Viki.com $3.99 per month subscription to TV shows and movies from all over the world (with subtitles)
6. Digital camera with a GPS data logger (e.g., Canon SX280)
7. Raspberry Pi with the new Wolfram Language and MathematicaFYI: You can subscribe to this podcast in iTunes. Search for MobileViews Podcast.
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Barometer sensor in Nexus 4
One of the things I found interesting about the old Motorola Xoom (one of the first Android tablets) was that it had a barometer sensor. It seemed like a great feature to enable crowdsourcing weather information. As the Xoom faded from my memory so did the notion of having a barometer on me all the time.
Listening to a discussion of all the sensors in the new Nexus 5, I wondered what sensors my previous generation Nexus 4 has. So, I installed CPU-Z and learned the 4 does indeed have a barometer. I haven’t found any app/service that crowdsources barometer sensor data. However, there are a few free Android apps that work with the sensor. I’m trying Barometer Monitor right now.
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MobileViews Podcast 67 & ComicsViews Podcast 43: iOS 7, Windows RT 8.1, Arrow, Agents of SHIELD
This special combined MobileViews and ComicsViews podcast let Todd Ogasawara, Jay Stone, and Emil Reyes catch up on iOS 7, Windows RT 81, Arrow (CW TV show) and Agents of Shield (ABC) in one podcast.
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FYI: Angry Birds Star Wars II for Android is free
The latest in the series of Angry Birds games is out for both iOS and Android devices. But, while it costs a very reasonable 99 cents for iOS, it is even more reasonably priced for Android users: Free.
Anyone try it with the new Telepod figures that interact with the digital game?
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Under review: ibattz portable USB charger pack
I brought in a portable USB battery charger into the office today. It can charge larger devices like tablets and has two USB charging ports.
More later…