MobileViews.com Podcast

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

Ooma VoIP for home phones

Why use a ChatGPT app instead of Bing Copilot?

Copilot for Power Automate

Google's new Play Store for large screens

Google's tablet creativity apps recommendations

After being available for nearly a year, is Apple's Freeform still a solution in search of a problem?

Concepts app for Android tablets

In this podcast, Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

Echo Dot 5th generation has a thermometer (but it is not accurate)

Absgeega K61 wireless lavalier microphones

Digital subscriptions all seem being raised in 2023

Is Apple finally going to give poor Siri a cognitive upgrade?

Meta Llama 2 free for research and commercial use

What features announced over the past year lived up to the hype?

The earlier Absgeega wireless lavalier mic I bought worked well with Android devices. However, when using an iPhone or iPad, the recorded volume was extremely low. After noting this in a 3-star Amazon review, Absgeega contacted me and offered a refund. However, since I was able to use it to record in-person podcasts using an Android-based Pixel 7a, I turned down that offer. They then offered to send a newer model after it became available. The Absgeega K61 appeared a few days ago. This mini-podcast was recorded outdoors using it with an iPad mini 6 and an audio recording app named Just Press Record.

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss their test switch from Microsoft Teams to Apple FaceTime to record this podcast (also why we couldn't use Google Meet); the Writers Guild of America's AI-related concerns; Stability AI's Clipdrop Stable Doodle free AI-doodle web app; waiting for Google's NotebookLM; the Phomemo thermal printer

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

Replacing Microsoft Teams as this podcast's venue?

Apple Vision Pro appointment-only purchase process in 2024

Amazon Echo Dot for $23 as an Eero Mesh WiFi component

Meta Threads launch

Jon's Rayban Stories bluetooth camera glasses (powered by Meta software)

Jon's logo creation adventure using Microsoft Image Creator and Canva

Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest co-host Jared Kuroiwa. They discuss AR/VR glasses in context of Apple's Vision Pro announcement and Jared's purchase and use (both work and personal) of Meta Quest 2, Xreal Air, and Rokid Max glasses.

 

They also briefly discuss the earlier than expected release of Meta's Threads micro-blogging service/app.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Steve Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli to discuss the recently launched Google Pixel Tablet and a roundup of thoughts about the 2023 Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) product announcements.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

Todd's Samsung Chromebook Plus' ChromeOS supports ends, as scheduled long ago, in August 2023

Google shutting down its Album Archive on July 19, 2023

Google shutting down Google Domains in September 2023 and selling its assets to SquareSpace

Jon's spring/summer beach tech

Jon's interesting donut shop find

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss the Google Pixel 7a running hot; iOS 17 smart display rumor; Windows 11 getting cloud backup.

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Paul Lawler recorded a podcast outdoors using a pair of wireless lav microphones connected to a Google Pixel 7a Android smartphone and Google's Recorder app. This very brief (just over a minute) mini-podcast was recorded while walking outdoors. In Part A, both Todd and Paul were sitting outdoors.