Convertcast Episode 103 Sunday, January 29, 2012 MISC  http://www.solidoodle.com/ 3D Printer - I’m not sure I understand how this thing works, but it looks really cool!! (A friend just bought a 3D printer - can't wait to check it out!) Would Barnes and Noble go bankrupt without the Nook?  Some analysts think so. new CEO of RIM arrived, doesn’t look like he has a vision and not changes enough 27 German publishers to combat Apple with open digital textbook platform http://9to5mac.com/2012/01/25/27-german-publishers-to-combat-apple-with-open-digital-textbook-platform/ Online Voting...


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Windows Phoneification will get you sooner or later, even if you never buy a Windows Phone at all. The first step was, obviously, the release of Windows Phone cellphones. But since Android and iPhone are much more popular it is rather unlikely you will have contact with them. However, many people have Xbox at home, many people use Windows-powered PCs at home and work, and now the look and feel of Windows Phone - tiles - is spreading like a disease. While it may be understandable why Apple is iOSinizing the Mac OS: the huge success of iPhone and iPad. It is strange why Microsoft is pushing the user...


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Convertcast Episode 102 Sunday, January 22, 2012     MISC Protect IP Act (PIPA), Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), OPEN Act - many sites go dark on 1/18/12 to protest (XDA developers, REDDIT, WikiPedia, CyanogenMod included) KODAK company goes bankrupt, some other companies like Microsoft and IBM fear they can long-term also share this destiny. Did you have Kodak camera or somethig? Kodak bankrupt because failed in TRANSITION from analog film to digital cameras. Android Some Sprint devices get Honeycomb update.  Evo 3d only gets an update that removes the embedded...


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Convertcast Episode 101 Sunday, January 15, 2012 MISC ICANN new domains - wtf?! Wasn't .xxx bad enough? thick whois system ICANN wants to indroduce - so no private whois and one needs to identify to registrars etc. the US embassy and terror alerts in Bangkok Was yours one of the disappearing 4Square accounts this week? SOPA samsung’s bada OS to merge with intel tizen OS (samsung is biggest maker of smarpthones globally!) http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2012/01/13/samsung-merging-its-bada-os-with-intel-backed-tizen-project/ Android CM lets you put ICS on HP Touchpad....


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Convertcast Episode 98 Dec. 14, 2011 Welcome back to the newest iPad convert - Diana NTSB wants to ban use of ALL electronic devices in cars. WTF?!?!?! American Airline pilots using iPads - passengers to use Galaxy Tab 10.2 (and if they're safe for pilots with WiFi off, then why can't the passengers use them?) Invasion of the iPhone News Readers - Flipboard, Zite come to the iPhone, Google Currents for iOS. Invasion of iOS from Microsoft - OneNote for iPad, Kinectimals, Skydrive (Yay!) come to iOS. Remember the days of paying 700 bucks for an unlocked devices?  - Galaxy Nexus Windows...


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Convertcast Episode 94 November 9, 2011 Special guest: Wyatt LeCadre Apple bringing cornerstone apps to all platforms http://wyattlecadre.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/apple-everywhere/ Adobe kills Flash mobile Windows Phone in NYC (Herald Square) Alli and the iPad http://squaretrade.extole.com/a/clk/35307 Let's talk apps: Zite - Flipboard - Pulse Tweetings TWC Newstand ESPN - NFL 2011 Gas Cubby WordPress Follow Jerry on Twitter Follow Alli on Twitter Follow Wyatt on Twitter Call the Just Another Geek Site Google Voice number, and leave us a message! (304)...


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3 years ago, in 2008, Apple started an app revolution (some say the 3rd computer revolution after the invention of the computer and the Internet) that has changed everything. Now we are reaching a phase in the app revolution where, metaphorically speaking, robots are making robots: apps can make apps inside of the mobile devices! Have you ever been commuting to work and thinking "if only I could spend this time interestingly?" or maybe you have been listening to a boring lecture of a professor and thought "I could play a game in my phone but it wouldn't be intellectually challenging enough..."?...


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We are now on the verge of the 3rd major phase of smartphone wars. Episode 3 if you like, or as I like to call it, Smartphone War 3. Let's take a short look back and let's predict what will be going on in smartphones in the next few years - after all how well one can predict is a primary measure of intelligence. Smartphone War 1 Before Smartphone War 1 started, Nokia-controlled Symbian (a mobile OS that originated from British EPOC mobile OS for PDAs) had the dominant market share. And as you can see from this graph, Microsoft's mobile operating system had a comfortable second or third...


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For the first time, Windows Phone can compete with Android and become a true smartphone (previously it was merely a lame feature phone) with Windows Phone Mango. Previously I have reviewed pre-mango Windows Phone 7 and now I am reviewing Mango itself! Mango is Windows Phone 7.5 where OS version is 7.10 to make things even more confusing (when developing apps for Mango developers must choose "7.10" and pre-Mango 7.0): The Mango update came to users via Zune software running on PC - such clone of iTunes - and users who didn't get it (because it was rolled out in waves) could enforce installation...


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The bottom line is: both Windows Phone 7 pre-mango as well as Windows Phone 7.5 post-mango are junk, don't even consider buying them! (more...)


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