This week we have a special guest - Matt Birchler, which joins us to talk about the his impressions of the Pixel 2 - Matt’s annual Android experiment, the experience of  using an Android device with an Apple Watch, and the Pixel 2’s shortages that come up only when using the device (hint: the camera).

Also, we continue with the world’s longest follow-up about Qualcomm and talk about the iPhone X, and the Watch Series 3.

 

Special Guest: Matt Birchler

• Twitter: @mattbirchler
• BirchTree: https://birchtree.me
• The BirchTree Podcast: http://birchtree.libsyn.com/
• Today's Forecast app: https://forecast-app.com

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

  

Follow up

• No doubt Nathan Wants to talk about Qualcomm!
  • Broadcom considers acquiring Qualcomm
• Greg’s iPhone X impressions take 2

 

Topics

• Pixel 2
  • Matts opinions on Pixel 2 from an iPhone user perspective
    • Using a squeezable smartphone
    • Is it really a smarter device?
    • The camera and Portrait mode
    • The Android's ecosystem app situation

• iPhone X
  • Developing for iPhone X - how long do we think it will take for apps to update. 
  • Now easy was it to update Today’s Forecast?

• iOS 11
  • iOS 11.1.1 Unicode bug fix

• Apple Watch
  • Series 3 opinions
  • Apple Watch to surpass iPod's peak revenue
  • WatchOS 4 review