January 8, 2012

Convertcast
Episode 100
Sunday, January 8, 2012

Edward – resident Windows Phone and Kinect expert
Diana – resident Android expert

What did you like best in the 2011 tech world?

I liked the push for competition, but not so much the litigation.

Plethora of e-readers.

the best in 2011: iCloud, iOS5, Windows Phone mango with multitasking and WiFi tethering, Kindle Touch, Kinect

Siri and clones like it

What do you want to see in 2012?

Whatever happened to those paper thin batteries?

One social network to rule them all, or updates to what we’ve got  so we can have the best of all worlds. Can we kill off Facebook, or will it see a renewal when it goes public? Facebook is still the only social network for many, will never die

Too many social networks for me to keep up with.  I’m having difficulty getting into google+.  Like Alli’s trouble with WhatsApp, hard to remember (or know from day to day) who is on which one.

Built-in cross platform messaging. I loved WhatsApp, but couldn’t’ keep track of who used it, or remembered to reinstall it.

I want to see in 2012: Ivy Bridge Intel processors so that next generation of notebooks has much longer battery life and much quieter fan/ventilator, more martial arts kinect games, apple TV that can run all iOS apps

A winning lottery ticket so that I can afford all this cool stuff!  I would like to  see better  updates to Android devices.

Windows Phone news last week:

- microsoft removes page about updates and says updates only on request from operators and then backs down from it but image lost
- everybody expects nokia lumia 900 at ces – rumors about it
- downfall of HTC continues (courtesy of samsung, nokia, lg)

recent Kinect news:
kinect star wars delayed from 2011 to February 2012 (possibly)
Edward enjoys self-defense camp kinect game
new packs in fruit ninja kinect

Kindle:
Edward loves Kindle touch despite owning ipad
Kindle tip: put “convert” in email with PDF to your kindle and PDF will be converted to “reflow PDF” – easy to read on kindle . can nook do it? -Not at this time (Diana)

iPad 3 rumors: digitimes is prolific in their creation, and they are often quoted.  However, they are just as often blasted for being totally in left field

Nook Tablet vs. Nook Color – where’s the beef?!?!

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