{"id":3542,"date":"2017-10-29T21:08:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T07:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2017-10-29T21:08:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T07:08:02","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-228-google-pixel-2-initial-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/29\/mobileviews-podcast-228-google-pixel-2-initial-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 228: Google Pixel 2 initial impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ut7pk-79b1a8?from=yiiadmin' data-link='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ut7pk-79b1a8?from=yiiadmin' height='100' width='100%' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' data-name='pb-iframe-player' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Jon &#8211; iPhone X<\/li>\n<li>NoteShelf. Recent update supports iPhone in addition to iPad. Tested with JotScript stylus.<\/li>\n<li>TOdd &#8211; Google (HTC) Pixel 2<\/li>\n<li>USB-C only. No mini-jack for headphones. No headphones. It ships with mini-plug to USB-C and USB-A to USB-C adapters<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.otterbox.com\/en-us\/pixel-2\/defender-series-case\/ggl2-pixel-2.html\">Otterbox Defender for Pixel 2<\/a> $50<br \/>\nNo useful paper or web instructions for how to take this thing apart. Turns out there are 5 clips to pop to separate the plastic case after removing the outer rubber case. After the ordeal of taking it apart and putting it on the Pixel 2, here&#8217;s what I learned. One good, one bad.<br \/>\nThe squeeze to activate Google Assistant works with the case on- a little too well. I need to reduce its sensitivity<br \/>\nThe built-in transparent screen protector is not perfectly flat against the screen which makes typing on the visual keyboard difficult. Note: The much less expensive (about $20) Unicorn Beetle case I&#8217;ve used on my Nexus 6 for more than two years also has a built-in screen protector. And, it works perfectly.<br \/>\nBelt clip is useless<\/li>\n<li>Impressed by the photos it takes. No second lens. So, no optical zoom.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/4nY3Mr\">Google Pixel 2 vs. iPhone 7+: Photographing a bright red hibiscus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The fingerprint reader works better than I expected. And, its placement on the back of the phone is not as awkward as I expected.<\/li>\n<li>Good battery life so far<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon &#8211; iPhone X NoteShelf. Recent update supports iPhone in addition to iPad. Tested with JotScript stylus. TOdd &#8211; Google (HTC) Pixel 2 USB-C only. No mini-jack for headphones. No headphones. It ships with mini-plug to USB-C and USB-A to USB-C adapters Otterbox Defender for Pixel 2 $50 No useful paper or web instructions for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[174,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android-mobile-devices","category-podcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ppKRG-V8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3544,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3542\/revisions\/3544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}