Posts Tagged Tablet
Simulcast 138: Joe has a LELO
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on January 11, 2012
This week on Simulcast 138, we’re not at CES and we’re pretty bummed. However, we have newsreaders and we’re ready to talk about all the fabulous news from CES. We have a special guest, and we should have one of our GGN cohorts calling in live from CES!
Apple
Bill bought a Nano/watch
Amazon introduces a touch-friendly web-based Kindle store for iPad users
Ion’s Docs 2 Go & Pics 2 Go scanner docks bring digital scanning to iPad & iPhone 4/4S
Snapseed Photo Editor coming to Mac App Store
Joe Lombardo calls in
Google
OnLive bringing console class gaming to GoogleTV
Motorola and Intel Announce Multi-Year Partnership to Produce Android Mobile Devices
Huawei Ascend is 6.68mm thin. What? 1/4in
Transformer Prime TF700T with a 1080p screen. What?
Sprint Galaxy Nexus with Google Wallet onboard! (Sprint confirms it will have 32 GB storage)
Galaxy Note for AT&T announced with LTE support
Sony wants in on the iWatch/MotoACTV scene.
Polaroid announces 16MP Android powered Smart Camera for 2012
Viewsonic announces 7” e70 Tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich for late Q1 2012 for $170
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 releasing on Verizon with LTE soon (Launching with Honeycomb 3.2)
Verizon announces Purple Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx (bigger battery and 32 GB storage)
Verizon announces launch of Droid 4 with LTE and QWERTY keyboard
Miscellaneous
Vizio has PCs and laptops that are sexy. What?
Warner Bros Studio now has 56 day delay for Netflix (Still 28 days for Redbox (for now))
Dell Announces XPS 13 Ultrabook for $999
RIM bringing Playbook OS 2.0 to the masses in Feb (actually has native email client, gasp)
Canon announces Powershot G1X point and shoot camera with 14.3 MP 1.5” CMOS for $799
Microsoft
Nokia & Microsoft announce ATT Exclusive Lumia 900 (w/ LTE) (Rumor: March 18th Release)
ATT announces HTC Titan 2 bringing LTE and 16MP camera to WP7 (Q2 2012 release)
Gaming
Sony’s Kazou Hirai officially announces there will be no Playstation 4 announcements at E3
Turtle Beach introduces the XP400 gaming headset (brings long awaited 2.4/5 ghz support)
MW3 C.O.D. Elite members to get 20 DLCs in next 9 Months (starting with 2 new maps on 1/24)
Listener Email
Hey Simulcasters – quick question… have you used the Amazon Kindle app on an Android tablet that’s not running Honeycomb/ICS?
We’re looking at getting the Lenovo Thinkpad A1, mainly as a compromise (I want to get a Kindle, the wife wants a tablet that isn’t a slow piece of crap… we’d gotten her mum the Thinkpad for Christmas, and so far so good). I’m just wondering whether it blows up to full screen – i.e. more lines per page – or whether it just has the same number of lines as on the mobile phone app, just in much bigger text?
Cheers,
Ian
We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app!
What are we playing with /watching/reading this week?
Dave – Columbiana, Straw Dogs
Patrick – Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z
Nic – The Hunger Games Trilogy/MW3
Bill – The Help, Halo
Picks of the week
Dave – Vulkano Flow ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxDRcyl2OB4) And Google TV ( Logitech Revue)
Nic – TheGadgetGurus.net
Patrick – AIPTEK Action-HD HDMI 1080p (iPad CCK & iMovie for iOS compatible)
Bill – tagsfordroid.com
Simulcast 137: Overslept
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on January 4, 2012
This week on Simulcast 137, nobody bothered to put anything in the show notes. Sweet.Apple
Google
Asus Transformer Prime bootloader locked, Asus says to relax, Bootloader unlock coming
ICS coming to Transformer January 12th
Google buys up 217 IBM patents
Galaxy S owners win…… Nothing (No ICS, No 4.0 lite value pack)
Logitech Revue (Google TV)
Bill’s MotoACTV
Miscellaneous
Netflix original series Lilyhammer available February 6th
Roku on a stick!
Gaming
DVR feature in new Xbox?
Vita sales figures drop after first weekend
Listener Email
Hello gentlemen
Several months ago I contacted the Simulcast guru’s to see if there was a solution to using my Airport express in conjunction with windows media player.
At that time you had no answer so this old fart persisted and found a program called “AirFoil” haven’t been using long but seems to work fine takes a bit to get accustomed to but solved an issue for me.
- Bob
Listener Pluses
Why does the stock Android alarm stop ringing after 30 seconds and not even snooze, even if you don’t respond to it? Slept through the first alarm this morning, woke up 45 mins late. Not too happy… Anyone got any recommendations for another Android alarm clock application that can handle multiple alarms and rings until you switch it off? +The Simulcast and +Bill Stebbins I’m looking at you! 
-Ian
Our favorites of 2011
CES 2012 Predictions
We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app!
What are we playing with /watching/reading this week?
Bill – Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows
Dave – Modern Combat 3
Patrick – Harry Potter 1-8 / Logitech Revue
Steve -Big Bang Theory
Geoff – Alan Wake (beat it), Deus Ex Human Revolution, Cthulu Saves the World
Picks of the week
Bill – Browser Plus adds more quick controls to ICS browser
Dave – Browser Plus.. (Yes I’m copying off of Bill)
Steve -Jailbreak for iPhone 4 / Walther P22
Geoff – Panasonic TC-P55GT30 55” Plasma,Playback for Mac/PC
Patrick – Captain’s Blog (iPad) / DBZ.tv (Dragonball, DragonballZ, Dragonball GT)
Amazon Kindle Fire Overview and Walkthrough
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Android, Review, video, YouTube on November 17, 2011
I purchased the Amazon Kindle Fire and have unboxed it on video for you.
I walk through the operation and give an overview of the hardware.
You can make your own decisions as to whether this Kindle will meet your needs.
ProClip Tablet Headrest Mount for iPad 2
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Apple, Review, Simulcast Jr, video, YouTube on October 10, 2011
ProClipUSA.com sent me a review unit for their new tablet headrest mount and device holder. This particular holder is for the iPad 2, but they have a selection for several different tablet models. This has the same great quality as the rest of their products, and it’s going to be a great addition to the rear seat passenger in my wife’s Cadillac.
If you’re not yet familiar with ProClip, they offer a wide variety of mounts for various electronic devices for most vehicles. You need a vehicle mount which is always custom fit for your specific make and model, and you need a device holder which will fit your phone, tablet, or GPS perfectly. Check out their complete line of vehicle mounts and device holders-I highly recommend their entire line of mounting accessories. They look and fit like factory.
Brianna approves!
Simulcast 115: Happy Birthday Bill
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on July 27, 2011
Like sands through the hourglass, so is The Simulcast. We are back as always with more tech news and opinions. We have not one but two listener emails, and a hefty dose of sarcasm sprinkled in.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL!!!!!
Apple
Kindle App updated to meet Apple’s new policy: No more buying books through the app.
Apple rumored to be developing 15 and 17 laptops in the mold of the Macbook Air
Performance variations found in the SSDs shipping in the new Macbook Airs.
Future iPhones, like Superman, to be powered by the sun?
Apple Charges Customer 122 Times for Lion
Survey: 35% of U.S. Consumers Planning to Purchase Next-Generation iPhone
Miscellaneous
Bill’s new MacBook Air – thoughts
Walmart taking another crack at challenging Netflix
New Device can test for recent drug use through your fingerprint
Sandybridge processors now in budget end (<$400) HP and Toshiba laptops
Google
Galaxy S2 coming to Verizon first?
Tensions flair as Google deletes Google+ users accounts with fake names
Google Exec calls for US Patent Law reform after Nortel sale loss.
Gaming
Phantasy Star Online 2 alpha tests to start this summer
Avatar Kinect is up and running
Listener email
Follow-up to last’s week email:
The marketenabler did the job- no trouble. though it needed root access so i had to root my archos also. anyway, theres plenty of other benefits to that also so it would only have been a matter of time. regarding my accent i’m half danish, half inuit (greenland) and i learned most of my english watching american cartoons in the mid and late 80′s so maybe it’s mostly a zentraedi or autobotian accent 
my danish accent is definately worse than my english. i’d definitelt be happy if you would send me the new android market anyway, though marketenabler does say it wornt work with the latest version.
anyway, thanks for your advice.
arne
New question:
Greetings from across the pond again here, cheers again for the iTunes voucher thing the other day! Kids off school so the apple TV is getting a pounding!
Have a listener question/challenge for you!
Now I’ve upgraded my iMac to Lion, i seem to have lost the Time machine client for my Media Smart Server.
It runs and confirms there is a server there but all the options are greyed out for setting a partition etc.
Long story short I don’t have a backup right now!
I looked on some forums and apparently that is a consequence of Lion and the HP Media Smart server team have been disbanded to work on Web OS so there is unlikely to be a new update!
Did you use your MSS as a time machine for your macs or did you have another solution?
I’m about to go out and buy yet another plug in Hard Disk to be a time machine but to be honest I liked the way the HP Server backed up everything in one place.
If you know of a workaround or a fix then I would be extremely impressed and grateful!
PS, Love the Screen video, and I’m so jealous of the new macbook air that i’ve decided to definitely get one, Did you get the faster processor? there was an option to get an I7 or an I5?
Cheers for now
Gordy
What are we playing/watching/reading this week?
Dave – Duke Nukem, Sucker Punch
Bill – Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2
Patrick – Naruto Shippuden (on Season 9) Free via Crunchyroll.com
Steve – Chuck/ The Cuckoo’s Egg – Cliff Stol
Picks of the week
Dave – Beats by Dre
Bill – new 13” MacBook Air
Patrick – 2.7ghz i7 Mac Mini
Steve – Tout
Simulcast 113: Where’s My Facetime for Android?
Posted by Bill Stebbins in Podcast on July 13, 2011
We are back for the another wonderful Simulcast episode. We are still gaga over Google Plus, and we give away some more invites! Some fan boys are upset no iOS app for it yet.
Google
Spam filter now preventing unwanted calls in Google Voice
Google updates the Android Market App: Adds Books and Movies Tabs
Xoom getting 3.2 and FCC approves LTE module
Apple
TIVO remote app now on iphone and ipod touch
Apple to bring back backlit keyboards on the Macbook Air?
Lion GM build out. Who has it and thoughts?
Microsoft
Windows 8 to bring 360 compatibility?
Gaming
Netflix (assuming you don’t cancel) coming soon to a Nintendo 3DS near you?
EA announces latest list of games to lose online support
Miscellaneous
Netflix introducing new rates and raising rates. Boo
Court case may determine if 5th Amendment protects your right to withhold decryption password
Ad-sponsored Kindle 3G announced for $139
Listener email
What are we playing/watching this week?
Dave – The Rite
Bill – The Lincoln Lawyer
Patrick – Finishing up Stargate SG1 – then on to Stargate Atlantis
Steve – Hangover 2
Picks of the week
Dave – Lion GM
Bill – Verizon iPhone 4
Patrick – Flipboard
Steve – Lion/Tout
Simulcast 113: Where's My Facetime for Android? [ 1:14:44 | 34.31 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadGadgetGurusNetwork.com
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