{"id":3709,"date":"2018-09-09T12:11:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T22:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2018-09-09T12:14:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T22:14:40","slug":"podcast267","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/09\/podcast267\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 267: Lenovo Smart Display with Google Assistant &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/denjd-9956e9?from=yiiadmin' data-link='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/denjd-9956e9?from=yiiadmin' height='100' width='100%' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' data-name='pb-iframe-player' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lenovosmartdisplay-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lenovosmartdisplay-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lenovosmartdisplay-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lenovosmartdisplay-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>No speculation discussion! Leave that for other podcasts<br \/>\nSept. 12 Apple event &#8211; iPhone and other stuff<br \/>\nOct. 2 Microsoft event &#8211; Surface<br \/>\nOct. 9 Google event &#8211; Pixel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.skype.com\/news\/2018\/09\/04\/introducing-skype-call-recording-now-you-can-capture-save-and-share-special-moments\/\">Introducing Skype call recording<\/a><br \/>\nStores to MP4 format<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/gordonkelly\/2018\/09\/08\/microsoft-windows-7-monthly-charge-windows-10-free-upgrade-cost\/#109ee9eb2db1\">Microsoft &#8216;Confirms&#8217; Windows 7 New Monthly Charge<\/a> starting January 14, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Jon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tech Find of the week: QNAP Nas Units can easily schedule services!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/09\/05\/technology\/anchorfree-vpn-hotspot-shield.html\">AnchorFree, Maker of a Top Online Privacy App, Raises $295 Million<\/a>\n<p>AnchorFree, the maker of Hotspot Shield, one of the oldest VPN apps, said Wednesday that it had raised $295 million. The round brings AnchorFree\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s total funding to $358 million, far outpacing any of its competitors.<\/p>\n<p>The investment in AnchorFree suggests that the VPN category is becoming more mainstream. Investors previously avoided it in part because relatively few users have adopted the technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2NrLzWg\">MobileViews Podcast 23: Hotspot Shield \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Free Ad-supported VPN \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A Conversation with AnchorFree\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s CEO<\/a> David Gorodyansky &#8211; April 18, 2009<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very skeptical of the service before speaking with David. But, I developed a level of comfort after speaking with him and am running their software and using their service on my Asus Eee PC 1000HA netbook running Windows 7 Beta.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lenovo.com\/us\/en\/smart-display\/\">Lenovo Smart Display<\/a> Bought the 10-inch model for $230 at Sams Club. It came bundled with a Google Home Mini.\n<p>Has a physical front facing camera shutter for privacy. Also a microphone mute.<br \/>\nSnapdragon\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 624, Octa-Core A53 1.8 GHz<br \/>\nBeautiful 1920&#215;1200 display.<br \/>\n2&#8243; 10W Full Range Speaker\u00e2\u20ac\u2039, 2 x Passive Tweeters\u00e2\u20ac\u2039<br \/>\n2 x 2 Dual Microphone Arrays<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staceyoniot.com\/lenovo-smart-display-review-an-intelligent-and-entertaining-google-assistant\/\">Kevin Tofel&#8217;s Lenovo Smart Display review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Has portrait mode but it only works with Google Duo calls.<br \/>\nRule 1: The main thing to remember is this: Even though it has a touch display, try to ignore it as a UI option. Use your voice as much as possible.<br \/>\nRule 2: If you are invested in the Google environment, this is for you. Google Play Movies &#038; TV, YouTube Premium, YouTube TV? Yes. Amazon Prime and Netflix? No. Lenovo is cagey about Netflix though. It can stream radio stations through iHeartRadio though.<br \/>\nRule 3: If there is more than one person in your home, be sure they all register with their Google account and train the smart display with their voice &#8211; Voice Match.<\/p>\n<p>Observations:<br \/>\nCasting to the smart display<br \/>\nWeather for my area is still near useless. Temperature is off (lower) 5 to 8 degrees consistently<br \/>\nSynthetic voice is not quite as &#8220;natural&#8221; as the Amazon Echo&#8217;s<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Available via <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen?u=0&#038;gclid=COid8dLi6s0CFQrQfgodJ_8CsA&#038;gclsrc=ds#\/ps\/Ioaoswyblmdonyb42jg6stsl6om\">Google Music Podcasts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss: No speculation discussion! 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