Simulcast 131: Fire Extinguisher
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on November 16, 2011
This week on The Simulcast 131 we talk about Google’s new music store, the Amazon Kindle Fire, Halo Anniversary, and more listener emailsGoogleGoogle Music launches 11/16, free song of the day?
Netflix updates app for Android tablets
Dave’s new Tab 10.1 LTE
Lenovo launching quad-core, 2GB RAM ICS-wielding tablet monster?
Droid RAZR launches
Adobe releases Photoshop Touch for Honeycomb
Xoom Family Edition
Amazon Kindle Fire released, Bill goes hands-on
Kindle Fire already rooted
Samsung says “Game On” for modified Tab 10.1N sales in Germany
New Nook tablet has only 1gb of 16gb internal storage available for non B&N content
Apple
iOS 5.01 released, still doesn’t fix battery issues
iOS 5.02 coming soon? 5.1 to bring more Siri integration to 4S?
Siri hacked to work on any device
Gmail iOS app back in the App Store
Steve Jobs wanted to create his own MVNO
Levinson named Apple chairman and Bob Iger (Disney CEO) joins Apple Board
Microsoft
Xbox 720 at CES 2012?
Gaming
Halo: Anniversary released!
Infinity Blade II for iOS release date confirmed for Dec 1
Miscellaneous
Researchers increase Lithium Ion battery life and charging speed to 10x current technology
We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app!
Email
Hey guys,
It seems like the Pogoplug has fallen out of favor with you, as far as online storage is concerned, and since mine just up and died the other day , I’m curious as to what y’all use for cloud storage, and/or what you would recommend. I could probably get away with 50GB or so and free would be great, but most importantly ease of access of the information, with streaming being a possibility. An Android app (like Pogoplugs) would be nice
As a side note, I don’t hear much about the Acer Iconia A500 tablet and I just wanted to tout it’s exceptional performance. I have Transformer and Galaxy tablets in the house (and of course the obligatory “Dumb-pad”) and it easily outperforms them all. Plus it was only $299 on sale! Just my 2 cents, Thanks for the info-tainment!
Bruce
What are we playing with/watching/reading this week?
Bill – Halo: Anniversary, Kindle Fire, Adobe Photoshop Touch
Dave – MW3
Patrick – MW3, No Ordinary Family (Netflix)
Geoff – Halo Anniversary Edition, Battlefield 3, Home front, Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels, Breaking Bad
Picks of the week
Bill – Polk Audio Monitor 70 Series II home theater tower speakers
Dave – Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE
Patrick – Nothing!
Geoff – Motorola Xoom Family Edition and Halo AE
Simulcast 130: Bi-tech-ual
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on November 9, 2011
This week on The Simulcast 130 we are joined by Brian Feldhaus, we talk about the HTC Rezound, the death of Flash, Modern Warfare 3, and more listener emailsHTC Rezound
HTC starts announcing ICS updates
Adobe stops developing Flash for mobile
HTC Ville coming next year?
Droid 4 (w LTE) shows up in Verizon system, coming soon?
Gingerbread update finally hits the the OG Epic 4G on Sprint
Google pulling support for Blackberry Gmail App (download now or be stuck with web app)
Apple
No plans for Siri on older devices May be linked to 4S’ unique proximity sensor GREED?
Amazon buys voice recognition startup Yap to counter Apple’s Siri
Australian court forces Apple to hand over private operator iPhone business terms
Microsoft
HTC Titan to hit AT&T shelves on November 20 for $199
Tango video calling app now in Windows Phone Market
Microsoft planning to combat Windows Phone app piracy with new encryption
Gaming
Modern Warfare 3 – our review and thoughts
Apple’s iOS & Google Android command 58% of US portable game revenue
Miscellaneous
Verizon offering a double data promotion
Barnes & Noble announced Nook 2
Fedora 16 comes out and brings a heavy dose of cloud processing and storage support
We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app!
Email
Hi guys, me again!
On holiday this week so in a chilled out mood and had time to put a question to you
Firstly, a big thanks to all you guys as you’ve helped me out again. I started by just listening to these podcasts and it’s amazing that it feels like I know you all personally now. You’ve all dug me out out the crap on various occasions and I just wish I could return the favour somehow? This time it was Dave and all I have to say is having a rummage in Daves Dropbox i felt like a kid in a sweet shop!
Having said all that, I do actually have a question. On these holidays I like to send pictures and videos during the week mainly to make my mates who are still at work jealous !!
I would love an app or service (for iOS of course!) that I could post a photo or video clip and it sent it to twitter, Facebook, Google+. blogs etc. I use pixelpipe and it comes close but only stills and not compatible with Google+.
Any ideas would be most welcome!
Gotta go, my beer has just arrived!
Gordy
Sent from my iPhone
What are we playing with/watching/reading this week?
Bill – Modern Warfare 3
Dave – Modern Warfare 3 duh
Patrick – MW3
Brian – L.A. Noire The complete edition/ B&B
Picks of the week
Bill – joemobi.com
Dave – Modern Warfare 3
Patrick – Inheritance (Final Book of Eragon Series)
Brian – Nexus S & iTap Keyboard
Simulcast 129: Android Docked
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on November 2, 2011
This week on The Simulcast we talk about the massive Google apps update, iPhone 4S battery issues, we have an epic listener voicemail, and more emailsLots of Google Apps updated this week:
Samsung confirms Android ICS 4.0 for several devices
Flipboard-like Propeller launching soon?
AT&T gets first LTE phone, SGSII Skyrocket
GoogleTV finally gets Honeycomb update, Sony version gets it first
Galaxy Nexus not arriving until after Black Friday?
Apple
Native Gmail for iOS, pulled due to notification bug, Google promises quick fix
Apple shows off Siri, new camera in commercials
Self checkout at Apple stores?
Apple confirms iOS 5 bugs causing battery drain, promises fix
Apple seeds iOS 5.0.1 to devs
Plugbug adds usb charging port (iPad compatible) to apple laptop ac adapter
Gaming
Uncharted 3 this week
MW3 Next week
Gears of War 3 “Horde Command” DLC Now out
Miscellaneous
Nokia Maps to be available on Windows phone 7 handsets
Voicemail
Email
Hey guys,
Thought I would send in an email with a question for you guys… what other podcasts do you guys listen to and what application do you use to listen to them?
Always looking forward to Wednesday nights,
Rob
What are we playing with/watching/reading this week?
Bill – Shadowgun
Dave – Capt. America / Steve Jobs
Patrick – GOW 3, Prototype / Last Starfighter, Big Trouble in Little China
Geoff – Battlefield 3, Duke Nuke Forever (beat it, bye-bye), Street Kings 2 (Netflix)
Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com
Bill – ROM Manager
Dave – Rivet
Patrick – Slingbox Player (iOS) + Verizon LTE now I can watch the LSU v Bama game on the road!
Geoff – Skyraider ROM for Thunderbolt
Simulcast 128: Sick Remix
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on October 26, 2011
This week on The Simulcast we talk about the upcoming Google devices, Apple’s “new” patent, Steve Jobs’ biography, and Nokiasoft’s new offerings.No Gorilla Glass on the Galaxy Nexus?
HTC announcing Rezound on Nov 3rd?
No ICS for Nexus One?
Droid RAZR available for pre-order, delivers no later than Nov 10th
I’mWatch Android powered watch inches closer to reality
Google sends out invite to Google’s Real-Time Analytics Beta email disclosing ~500 email addresses
Apple
Apple award Slide-to-Unlock patent
Sprint CEO states that iPhone’s efficient data use will help Sprint keep unlimited data plans.
Steve Jobs Biography is on pace to be Year’s top selling book
Microsoft
Nokia finally announces their first two Windows Phone offerings:
Nokia Lumia 800
Nokia Lumia 710
Gaming
EA’s Battlefield 3 servers buckle under first day pressures (GOW 3 working fine, it was EA). They are working fine the next day.
Miscellaneous
German Institute working on recycling computer heat to power internal components.
Verizon’s LTE Rollout is ahead of schedule
Missouri Department of Conservation provides hunters and fishermen tips on identifying and dealing with Zombies
What are we playing/watching/reading this week?
Steve – Ghost in the wires & Steve Jobs
Bill – Shadowgun, Wind-up Knight ,Sprinkle
Dave – Steve Jobs eb00k
Patrick – GOW 3/ Reboot (Netflix)/ Steve Jobs Biography
Geoff – Battlefield 3, Duke Nukem Forever, Breaking Bad
Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com
Steve – Words with friends
Bill – Galaxy Nexus
Dave – Steve Jobs eb00k
Patrick – Scribblenauts Remix (iOS)
Geoff -Battlefield 3 (Xbox 360)
Simulcast 127: Ice Cream Sammiches
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on October 19, 2011
This week on The Simulcast we talk about Ice Cream Sandwiches, Galaxy Nexus, new Motorola hardware, and 1 week with iPhone 4SGalaxy Nexus
LTE Galaxy Nexus will be a little thicker
ICS announcements
ICS Tablet stuff
Droid RAZR revealed and first hands-on
Netflix finally official on Honeycomb
Google Music launching soon with a twist
Apple
iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S sells 4 million in 3 days
Apple holds memorial for steve jobs
Apple Shares see biggest one day dollar loss ever
Security hole in iPhone 4S allows Siri to access password protected phones
Microsoft
Nokia 800 pictures leaked
Gaming
New Portal 2 DLC released for free
Steve – iWoz
Bill – Gears 3, Portal 2
Dave – Green Lantern
Geoff- Duke Nukem Forever, Sonic 4 WP7, Breaking Bad (started season 2), Red State
Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com
Steve – gmusic
Bill – Obihai 110
Dave – Box.net
Geoff – Scribblenauts Remix for iOS
Simulcast 126: Six Cats
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on October 12, 2011
This week on The Simulcast we talk about iPhone 4S preorders, iOS 5, more Netflix questionable decisions, the Nexus Prime, and Geoff is playing with his 6 cats.AppleiPhone 4S preorders break records
iLatitude Find my Friends now available
CDMA carriers offer GSM unlocked iPhone 4S (Update Sprint’s will be locked/ unremovable)
Unlocked iPhone 4S will only work on GSM carriers in the US (no Sprint or Verizon service)
Alien Dalvik runs Android apps on iPad
Early speed tests show iPhone 4S slower than iPad 2 but way faster than iPhone 4.
You can now buy ringtones and text alerts RIGHT ON YOUR IPHONE!!!
Google
Nexus Prime revealed and ICS screenshots
ICS event rescheduled for October 19th?
SlingPlayer for Android tablets released, costs $30
Microsoft
Yep, Geoff wasn’t here tonight. Sorry WP7 fans!
Gaming
Sony hacked again (surprise surprise) and locks over 90,000 PSN/SOE accounts
Miscellaneous
Netflix changes mind again, Qwikster now defunct, might not rent video games either #FAIL
Blackberry’s outages spread to US and Canada
Sony initiates recall of some Bravia TV sets due to melting components
US Drone Fleet Hacked
What are we playing/watching/reading this week?
Steve – iWoz
Bill – Gears 3 Beast Mode
Patrick – Gears of War 3 (Beast and Horde Mode)
Dave – Fast Five (ah-mazing) iSoccer MOM
Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com
Steve – iOS 5
Bill – AirDrop
Patrick – iOS 5 (only took 11 upgrade attempts)/ Air Video
Dave – Legacy Blade (www.gryphonsroar.com) (www.facebook.com/legacyblade)
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