{"id":5709,"date":"2025-07-20T18:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=5709"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:10:21","slug":"mobileview-571-no-evs-for-hawaii-rapidraw-image-editor-notebooklm-ipados-26-beta-oura-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/20\/mobileview-571-no-evs-for-hawaii-rapidraw-image-editor-notebooklm-ipados-26-beta-oura-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileView 571: No EVs for Hawaii? RapidRAW image editor; NotebookLM; iPadOS 26 beta; Oura Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px); height: 150px;\" title=\"MobileView 571: No EVs for Hawaii? RapidRAW image editor; NotebookLM; iPadOS 26 beta; Oura Ring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=cdf6v-190e78d-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&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-5711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MViews-571-Sven-Don-me-1024x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MViews-571-Sven-Don-me-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MViews-571-Sven-Don-me-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MViews-571-Sven-Don-me-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MViews-571-Sven-Don-me.png 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For MobileViews Podcast 571, I&#8217;m joined by guest co-hosts Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcinelli. We discuss:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitv.com\/news\/major-cargo-carrier-halts-ev-shipping-to-hawai-i\/article_8f5f5a50-f2fa-4f16-9224-c0dab1e66594.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matson, Hawaii\u2019s largest ocean cargo carrier, has <\/span><b>ceased accepting electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles for transport<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to and from the islands due to <\/span><b>mounting safety concerns over lithium-ion battery fires at sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a move expected to severely impact Hawaii&#8217;s car market. In a brighter tech development, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/CyberTimon\/RapidRAW\"><b>RapidRAW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a new <\/span><b>open-source RAW image editor<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was introduced as a high-performance, lightweight alternative to Adobe Lightroom\u00ae, impressively developed by an 18-year-old with <\/span><b>Google&#8217;s Gemini AI models<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and boasting <\/span><b>GPU-accelerated processing and AI masking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, Google\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/game-changing-notebooklm-workflows\/\"><b>NotebookLM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an <\/span><b>AI-powered personalized research assistant<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was praised as a &#8220;game-changer for productivity&#8221; due to its <\/span><b>source-grounded nature that minimizes &#8220;hallucinations&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; it proves valuable for streamlining tasks, managing finances, and facilitating <\/span><b>passive learning via &#8220;Audio Overviews&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> generated from user-fed sources. Its <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/google-labs\/notebooklm-featured-notebooks\/\">enhanced <\/a><\/span><b>NotebookLM Plus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers higher limits and a <\/span><b>50% student discount<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, complemented by new <\/span><b>curated &#8220;featured notebooks&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on expert topics like Shakespeare. Beyond specific applications, broader shifts in operating systems include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-combine-chrome-os-android-3577035\/\">Google\u2019s potential <\/a><\/span><b>merger of Chrome OS and Android<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into a unified platform, and advancements in tablet interfaces like <\/span><b>Apple\u2019s iPadOS 26 developer beta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with its <\/span><b>touch-first windowing capabilities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, alongside the anticipated <\/span><b>Android desktop mode<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (similar to Samsung&#8217;s Dex) for lightweight travel setups, though <\/span><b>consistent user concerns about effective file management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across these diverse platforms persist. Finally, the <\/span><b>Oura Ring<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was highlighted as a screen-less fitness tracker alternative, capable of monitoring parameters like pulse and oxygen, and suitable for restricted environments due to its lack of Wi-Fi\/cellular\/microphones\/cameras.<\/span><\/p>\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>For MobileViews Podcast 571, I&#8217;m joined by guest co-hosts Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcinelli. 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