{"id":4585,"date":"2022-11-13T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T23:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2022-11-13T13:42:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T23:42:46","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-430","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/13\/mobileviews-podcast-430\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 430: Guest Sven Johannsen; holiday tech gift ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MobileViews Podcast 430: Guest Sven Johannsen - holiday gift ideas\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=d2asr-13128aa-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4586\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Beelink-minis-n5095.png\" alt=\"Beelink Mini S PC\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Beelink-minis-n5095.png 640w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Beelink-minis-n5095-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beelink Mini-S Mini PC<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nFrequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen joins Jon Westfall and me for this podcast. We discuss holiday tech gift ideas based on products we have bought and used. We also discussed tolerable (or even welcome) vs. annoying digital advertisements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fitbit Charge 5. Thanks again to Fitbit for giving me a significant discount to replace my out of warranty Fitbit Charge 4 with a non-functioning display. As one might expect, the 5 has a number of enhancements compared to the 4 including a color display instead of grayscale. Surprisingly, it actually lost a feature that is on the 4 and other previous Fitbit devices I&#8217;ve used:  It does NOT count floors climbed.<\/li>\n<li>The USB-C tester\/multimeter that I mentioned in podcast 429 broke after just a few days of use. Sigh<\/li>\n<li>Still impressed with the Anker 727 Charging Station ( GaNPrime 100W ), Compact Power Strip for Travel and Work, 5ft Detachable Extension Cord<\/li>\n<li>Pleased with the $160 Beelink mini-PC with Windows 11 Pro so far. I wish it had a USB-C port and could be powered via USB-C PD. Hard to complain for $160.<\/li>\n<li>Also pleased with the $80 Acer 21-inch thin display. I kind of wish I had looked for a low-cost monitor with speakers. I ended up pairing the PC with a spare Bluetooth speaker.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/deals\">Amazon Early Black Friday deals<\/a><\/li>\n<p><strong>Jon\u2019s Picks<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\u201dhttps:\/\/www.lttstore.com\/products\/backpack\u201d>Linus Tech Tips Backpack<\/a> Must mean something that I haven\u2019t switched away from it since receiving in mid September.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\u201dhttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09MQD24MH?psc=1&#038;ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_detailss\u201d>Advertising LED Sign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\u201d https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07JQ8Q6X6\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s000?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1\u201d>Tunai Button Bluetooth Remote Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\u201d https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09FHRB4ZF\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s000?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1>INNOPAW Hand Warmers<\/a><\/li>\n<p><strong>Sven<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belkin.com\/pr-new-iphone-mount-with-magsafe-designed-for-apples-continuity-camera.html?irgwc=1&#038;clickid=yupQEX0PSxyNWLvzYHRCr0UcUkDSA4ymPxpgWM0&#038;utm_campaign=Belkin%20Sale%20Page&#038;utm_medium=affiliate&#038;utm_source=impactradius&#038;utm_content=TEXT_LINK_217048\">Belkin Magsafe Continuity camera Mount<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BCW7BXFB?psc=1&#038;ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details\">Mac iPhone Continuity Camera Mount<\/a>. Only fits on a MacBook. Not an iPad<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Amazon-Official-Site-Fire-HD-8-Pro-Tablet-8-inch-Display-2022-release\/dp\/B099Z93WD9\/ref=sr_1_11_sspa?crid=1FDTAPBVFQBT4&#038;keywords=fire+tablet+8+plus&#038;qid=1668362254&#038;sprefix=fire+tablet+8+plus%2Caps%2C146&#038;sr=8-11-spons&#038;sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&#038;psc=1\">Fire Tablet 8\u201d HD PLUS 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Made-Amazon-Wireless-Charging-compatible\/dp\/B085RVS6FV\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CQJ66PNU12FO&#038;keywords=fire+tablet+8+plus+dock&#038;qid=1668362309&#038;sprefix=fire+tablet+8+plus+dock%2Caps%2C250&#038;sr=8-1\">Fire Tablet Wireless Charging Dock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09P55QZGN\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1\">USB C cable with meter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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<p><a href=\u201chttps:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/MobileViewscom-Podcast-Podcast\/B08K565TQS?qid=1640555789&#038;sr=1-1&#038;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&#038;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&#038;pf_rd_r=TXEJVWB2VW471GJ9XQQ0\u201d<\/a>MobileViews Podcast from Audible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen joins Jon Westfall and me for this podcast. We discuss holiday tech gift ideas based on products we have bought and used. We also discussed tolerable (or even welcome) vs. annoying digital advertisements. Fitbit Charge 5. Thanks again to Fitbit for giving me a significant discount to replace my out [&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":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ppKRG-1bX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585","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=4585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4589,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions\/4589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}