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).
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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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Forecast.io says I live in the “Middle of Nowhere”
You know the saying “stuck in the middle of nowhere”? Well, according to Forecast.io I, apparently, am. Granted, Hawaii is the most remote island populated island chain in the world. And, Honolulu is the most remote major city with a population over 500,000 (ref: ESRI Blog: The World’s Most Remote Island Group: Hawaii?. But, still…
Note: Forecast.io is one of the best examples of an HTML5 site that is has both good functionality and a good user interface design.
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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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MobileViews Podcast 66: iOS 7 discussion. iPhone 5s fingerprint reader hacked already?
Todd Ogasawara and Emil Reyes discuss the pros and cons of the recently released iOS 7 for iPhone and iPad in this podcast. Neither one bought a new iPhone 5c or 5s. So, their experience is based on upgrades to the iPhone 5, iPad mini, and iPad 2.
They also devote a segment of the podcast to discuss the news that the Computer Chaos Club has found a way to fool the iPhone 5s’ fingerprint reader.