{"id":5437,"date":"2024-12-01T12:35:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2024-12-01T12:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:35:09","slug":"mobileviews-539-affordable-tech-gifts-holiday-ideas-guest-don-sorcinelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/01\/mobileviews-539-affordable-tech-gifts-holiday-ideas-guest-don-sorcinelli\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews 539: Affordable tech gifts holiday ideas. Guest: Don Sorcinelli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px); height: 150px;\" title=\"MobileViews 539: Affordable tech gifts holiday ideas. Guest: Don Sorcinelli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=athfj-1757a75-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MViews-539-Jon-Don-me-1024x308.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MViews-539-Jon-Don-me-1024x308.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MViews-539-Jon-Don-me-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MViews-539-Jon-Don-me-768x231.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MViews-539-Jon-Don-me.png 1528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelist Don Sorcinelli. We discussed:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not a gift idea (unfortunately): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/21\/24302508\/google-pixel-tablet-2-canceled-rumor\">Google said to have stop developing future Android Pixel Tablets<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/docs\/answer\/14356410#dataanalysisandinsights&amp;zippy=%2Cgenerate-data-analysis-insights-with-gemini\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gemini (AI) now available in Google Sheets<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holiday tech gift ideas:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USB-C hubs wwith integrated NVMe SSD enclosures<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sub-$100 mechanical keyboards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High power (120K+ RPM) electric air dusters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full circle: Cash (distant past), gift cards (recent past), digital cash (current)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomatic.com\/collections\/collapsible-bags\">Nomatic collapsible collection of travel bags<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomatic.com\/collections\/sale\/products\/phone-wallet\">Nomatic MagSafe phone wallet<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A one-year AI service subscription bundled with personal tutorial for friends and family to learn how to make productive use the AI service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home automation pros and caveats<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5440\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vert-stand-usb-doc-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vert-stand-usb-doc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vert-stand-usb-doc-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vert-stand-usb-doc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vert-stand-usb-doc-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vert-stand-usb-doc-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vertical laptop stand with USB-C hub and integrated NVMe SSD enclosure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Available via <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ToddOgasawara\/podcasts\u201d\">MobileViews YouTube Podcasts channel <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/MobileViewscom-Podcast-Podcast\/B08K565TQS?qid=1640555789&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=TXEJVWB2VW471GJ9XQQ0\u201d&lt;\/a\">MobileViews Podcast on Audible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelist Don Sorcinelli. 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