January 2018 – MobileTechRoundup

MobileTechRoundup 420: Nuheara IQBuds, Apple HomePod, Pixel 2 (it’s back!) and the Galaxy S9

There’s some audio focus to this week’s show as we discuss the Apple HomePod and augmented hearing wireless earbuds. Matt also got a Pixel 2 in Kinda Blue and we’re already hearing about the Samsung Galaxy S9 / S9+.

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MoTR 420 is 79 minutes long and is a 91 MB file in MP3 format.

HOSTS: Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)

TOPICS:

Who ordered a HomePod?
Matt has a new Pixel 2 in Kinda Blue
Wirecutter pulls “best Android phone” ranking from OnePlus 5T
Galaxy S9 and S9+ coming soon
Kevin bought smart headphones to improve his hearing.
Google Clips is now available for wait-list ordering at $249
Kevin got Gigabit Fiber this week but…..

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MobileTechRoundup 419: What we saw at CES 2018

Matt and Kevin are back from CES 2018 with thoughts on what they did (and didn’t see) at the big show. It was all about adding smarts to more devices although there were some traditional gadgets to see as well.

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MoTR 419 is 76 minutes long and is a 87 MB file in MP3 format.

HOSTS: Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)

TOPICS:

An overview of this year’s CES experience
Samsung’s world is powered by SmartThings
Matt went running with the Garmin 645 Music on the Vegas strip
Few new Chromebooks or Windows 10 on ARM devices
Huawei’s CES doesn’t quite turn out as planned
Google Assistant powered smart screens (like this nifty one from Lenovo) take on Amazon Show
The Razer Project Linda looks interesting

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MobileTechRoundup 418: CES 2018 pre-show thoughts and plans

Here’s our early thoughts, preparations and gear that’s going to CES 2018, along with some early product announcements from the show already.

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MoTR 418 is 76 minutes long and is a 76 MB file in MP3 format.

HOSTS: Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)

TOPICS:

Here comes CES! What we’re taking and going to see
Heroz wearable locks your phone when it goes out of BT range
Samsung redid the Chromebook Pro/Plus for Windows 10: Spin 7
Acer has the “thinnest laptop in the world“: Do we need them thinner?
Google will be at CES (sorta) and sold 6M Google Home Mini devices
WeMo is finally getting HomeKit support
Chrome Legacy Browser extension is for web apps designed to run on old versions of IE and other browsers (but requires a managed Chrome device). IE Tab may be a better solution for most.

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