May 6, 2012

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Episode 117
LAME
Sunday May 6, 2012

MISC 

• The Kindle Fire is no longer on fire…sales share drops to 4%
• Draw Something loses 5M daily users (15M down to 10M) in 30 days.  Are people getting bored with it or is it Zynga?
• eye controlled user interface coming, among others in windows 8, google glasess, etc, Eurotrash company from Sweden works on it: http://www.tobii.com/ – not science fiction!
• How many times does your cell phone ring before it goes to voicemail? Why do the carriers now allow consumers to control this?
• iDrive – http://t.co/61UzR50k 5 GB free for starters, $4.99/month. Actual automatic backup.

Apple 

• Edward: apple is manufacturing iPad 2 units with new technology: less power consumption and slightly faster processor but only after unpacking unit and going to settings one can recognize whether old or new iPad 2 is given unit
• Samsung loses major defense in patent infringement case due to delay in providing mandated code.

Google and Android

• Samsung event and overkill?
• Sprint confirmed that Epic Touch (a.k.a. Galaxy S II) users will get an OTA ICS update, but still refuses to give a date, despite over a dozen leaked builds
• LG give Samsung something to think about by announcing the Optimus LTE 2 with 2GB of RAM (twice the 1GB in the Galaxy S3)
• Flipboard coming to Android at last
• Edward: many people say that HTC One X is still (after S3) the best Android phone just because they are being bribed by HTC (free HTC units, intercontinental flights and hotel at Frequencies conference)
• Edward: German magazine “connect” in list of top smartphones still has Galaxy Note in place number one and Edward seen Note in hands of teenagers and women too – in public here – this phone is NOT TOO BIG. If somebody says it is too big, then this somebody is simply stupid or midget or both.

Microsoft 

• Nook and Windows, sittin’ in a tree! And this love affair is only costing MSFT $30 million. Perfect for college textbooks and competition for iBooks.
• Windows 8 will not play DVDs natively (except for Media Center version)
• Edward: HTC One X android super phone (by some considered better than S3) goes on sale in USA at AT&T on Sunday May 5 (when we are recording the podcast), it’s already beating nokia on amazon (1st and 2nd: htc one x: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell-Phones-Accessories-AT/zgbs/wireless/2422313011/ref=pd_ts_zgc_cps_2422313011_morl?pf_rd_p=1279002702&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=2422313011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1QQFSZBBJP7A54XB7PF7#1 )
• Edward: Nokia sued by investor for Elop/CEO lying about outlooks: http://www.rgrdlaw.com/media/cases/140_Complaint.pdf , http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403989,00.asp
• screenshot taker installed by Joel (via remote developer unlock with Joel’s ID) failed after making too many screenshots at once, now crashing – big problem of windows phone: no integrated screenshot taker and no  apps in marketplace (the existing screen capture apps demand developer unlocked phones and does not work with most games)
• Diana spotted a Windows phone on a major network television show…on air just long enough to see the tiles, but not long enough to try and determine brand - just not long enough

App Picks

• Diana – Plan B https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=more_from_developer
• Alli – Hulu Plus http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hulu-plus/id376510438?mt=8
• Edward Windows Phone pick – Tip Tap Tones (learning Chinese sounds as e.g. Japanese language is super easy pronunciation-wise but Chinese is very difficult pronunciation-wise due to having 4 intonation types for each word / , \ , — and /\ .
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/e2a8f396-4b2d-4fe5-8c5f-069a79914d6a
• Edward iOS pick: Voice Reader – high quality OFFLINE text-to-speech in many languages:
  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-reader-text-to-speech/id422829104?mt=8

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