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The Simulcast audio podcast where we discuss technology, gadgets, mobile phones, computers, home theater, and anything else fun
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Simulcast 157: GeoffsList | This week on Simulcast 157, we have a ton of good news - Android is off the hook, the Galaxy SIII is unleashed in Dubai, Apple is trying to ban another Android device, and Apple might finally be releasing a phone with a larger screen. We’ll talk about it all, right here on the Simulcast. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 156: Unlimited | This week on Simulcast 156, we have another castaway from the iOSDocked podcast. Apple blocks HTC phones with lame patents, Verizon wants to take away your unlimited data plan, and much more! We’ll talk about it all, right here on the Simulcast. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 155: Undocked | This week on Simulcast 155, our buddy Clay Russell from iOSDocked joins us to talk about his new Android-powered HTC One-X. Patrick checks in from the CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans, lots of software updates and much more! We’ll talk about it all, right here on the Simulcast. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 154: WAKE UP! | This week on Simulcast 154, RIM staged a lame protest, the Verizon GNex FINALLY gets an update, and Black Ops 2 releases this holiday. We’ll talk about it all, right here on the Simulcast. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 153: Drive Me Crazy | This week on Simulcast 153, Google Drive FINALLY launches, Apple makes even more truckloads of money, and the Galaxy SIII is on the horizon. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 152: Holographic Dave | This week on Simulcast 152, we have one lowly piece of Apple news, and a bunch of Google news. Patrick, Bill, and Geoff talk about some Windows 8, a Pax East recap, and Bill has a Verizon rant. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 151: The Reacharound | This week on Simulcast 151, the three amigos ride again. We recap a rather slow news week and provide our highly entertaining opinions in the process! Apple Apple CEO Tim Cook to open D10 conference AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th (update) Apple publishes support page for Flashback malware, is working on a fix US sues Apple and publishers over ebook pricing Google Major Google+ redesign puts focus on discovery, lets users customize layout Toshiba unveils new tablets including a 13 inch monster Amazon App Store now has in-app purchases, we still won’t use it Google simplifies multiple account interface Samsung prices the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1″ at $400, Galaxy Tab 2 7″ $250 Miscellaneous Verizon Wireless introduces $30 upgrade fee (Follow up:)-Not a Fan of Verizon’s New Upgrade Fee? There are Already a Handful of Petitions for That Twitter files suit against spam bot distributors Facebook to Buy Instagram for $1 Billion Netflix for Xbox 360 updates with better contrast and episode navigation Samsung rolls out Ultra High Speed microSD cards destined for LTE phones and tablets Asus readying cloud computing solution to be unveiled in June 500px launches $19.95 image hosting plan to compete with Flickr Pro Maryland passes law prohibiting employers from asking for social network passwords Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint team with FCC to track stolen cellphones in the US Bill’s Gadget Gurus appearance New Simulcast Jr We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app! You can also email us podcast@thesimulcast.com – Call us 203-903-CAST Listener Questions (from the chatroom) Best remote desktop software for noobs? -Daniel Koos Logmein or TeamViewer Listener Email Hey Simulcast. Once again greetings from southern Europe. Just following up on my last mail regarding the Gnote. Sorry if I’m a bit long winded here but I am that way I’m now pretty much settled on the Gnote, and writing to see if you’ll shoot me down on my arguments for it. It’s good to see the general public is warning up to it, noting that even Micky and Joey over at The Cellphone Junkie think positive of it. Most positive comments say that it’s actually not as big as it sounds. Me, I’m opposite and get absolutely amazed at just how big it is in actual life. In some ways it’s not that it is a great sized phone but rather an (almost) perfect sized portable tablet. I’ve long thought that 6 inches is the ideal size for a portable one, and 13 is the perfect size for the the lab or table at home. Next is the battery, which seems closely linked to size. It’s original is 2500mAh which ain’t all that bad, but all over ebay you find double sized ones with capacities all the way up to 5200mAh. At 5200mAh you can basically keep this thing on from dusk till dawn (great movie by the way). And since it’ll power an external 1.8 inch pocket drive I can pretty much have all the media with me as I can consume :-p Secondarily it can charge my bluetooth headset on the go, and about once a month that ability will come in real handy. Last there is the storage. It’s internal 16gig can be augmented with sdcards, external flash drives and even the aforementioned pocket drive. My though is to keep the internal storage free for torrent downloading and the sdcard I’ll fill with music, music videos and audio and Ebooks. The extended battery backs can be found with kickstand which is more than a little cool, though at roughly 7 ounces I don’t see many complain about holding this in their hand for extended periods of time. I’ve been going on for quite long but at least your podcast doesn’t have time limits, though your patience might… As for coming on the podcast I’d have to get over my stage fright and it’d probably be difficult to do without waking my 10 month old daughter. Your recording time translates into 5am[...] | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast Jr 9: Episode 150.5 | In this episode of Simulcast Jr, Brianna talks about her experience with her Kindle Fire. She discusses the Casecrown case she got for it, and her thoughts on this tablet. She and Bill discuss/argue about Temple Run, and Bri confesses her love for Android. They talk about their thoughts on the “new” iPad, and Bri talks about her review of the Accell cable. You can visit Brianna’s website at http://briscrafts.com or http://briannastebbins.com | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 150: Instagrammed | This week on this milestone Simulcast 150, Sprint has a new EVO, Android gets Instagrammed, the PS3 gets Amazon Video, and we’re consuming alcohol in celebration of this 150th show... | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 149: Apple +1 | This week on Simulcast 149, we’re seeing a page not found error on the Android update for the Verizon GNex, Apple has a ton of patents, more ICS updates, we’re on Google Plus bitching about Apple, and so much more... | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 148: Hawtness | This week on Simulcast 148, some of us still have new iPads. Want to know what we think? Stick around and find out! | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 147: White Ice | This week on Simulcast 147, we’re enjoying Pi Day and several of us eagerly await new iPads this Friday. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 146: Marsupials | This week on Simulcast 146, we’re back and we have Apple news this week! new iPad has been announced and iOS 5.1 gives AT&T users 4G!! There’s no limit to what Apple can do through the power of software... | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 145: Alone in the Dark | This week on Simulcast 145, we’re back with lots of news from Mobile World Congress. We discuss Windows 8 and iPad 3 while we wonder where the hell Geoff went... | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 144: Googlesoft | This week on Simulcast 144, we’re back on Vokle and still loving it. Steve is back and we have no idea what we did to scare Geoff away. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 143: BoomExplode! | This week on Simulcast 143, the four of us are giddy with excitement about Geoff’s big announcement. You’ll notice a new look to our own website, and we’re trying to rock out on a new video host that might just trump UStream (Vokle ROCKS!) | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 142: Boo-frickin-who | This week on Simulcast 142, the big game may be over, but only one of us is crying. BOOM! We have lots of Google updates, Apple TV news, and even some Microsoft news! Google Chrome Beta released for Android – ICS only Google Voice update brings Honeycomb and ICS UI updates and Asynchronous SMS Samsung Galaxy SIII will be 7mm thin, May release? Report: Google hires Apple exec to work on ‘secret project’ HP releases Android Kernel for Touchpad Apple Apple 42 inch TV in Best Buy survey for $1499 Motorola wins permanent injunction against Apple’s iCloud in German court (update: ban lifted) Tweetbot for iPad released and update for iPhone app Miscellaneous Verizon and Redbox team up to launch streaming and physical media service later this year Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwidth use on movie night Verizon double data returns Friday Vonage Mobile App allows free calls and texts worldwide to fellow Android and iOS app users Amazon and Viacom make deal to bring more TV shows to Amazon Prime Instant Video Service Sony announces that “UMD Passport” service will not be offered in the US for Vita Microsoft Stepto leaving Microsoft for parts unknown Microsoft to lauch Windows 8 Consumer Preview at Mobile World Congress on Feb 29th Preinstalled Windows 8 consumer preview apps revealed We have our own Google+ page! and an updated Android app! You can also email us podcast@thesimulcast.com What are we playing with /watching/reading this week? Bill – Chrome beta for Android Geoff – Back To The Future The Game Episode 1 and 2 (there are 5 total), Dungeon Siege 3, The Tester Season 3 Patrick – Transformers Seasons 1-4 (Gen 1), Technician Class Amateur Radio Study Guide Picks of the week Bill – Monoprice.com Geoff – Playstation Plus Patrick – OneNote Mobile for Android | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 141: Who is Football? | This week on Simulcast 141, we have a ton of news. Stay tuned to find out if Geoff is still with his Galaxy Nexus, and if Steve has a 5th iPhone. Apple Apple releases updated Final Cut Pro X, brings multicam support, broadcast monitoring love Apple hires former Dixons CEO John Browett as senior VP of Retail iPad 3 rumors swirl on that non-news news site OS X 10.7.3 released with bug fixes aplenty Google Google strikes deal to bring 27,000 Chromebooks to US schools in three states Google adding Public Alerts to Maps, keeps you in the loop in times of worry HTC Ville caught on camera before MWC Motorola’s RAZR with unlockable bootloader and no warranty Symantec was wrong Google’s new privacy policy Galaxy Note for $299 on AT&T Feb 19 No SGS 3 announcement at MWC Miscellaneous Verizon finally launching shared family data plans? Redbox ditches Warner Bros and 56 day waiting period T-Mobile brings Square to select small businesses, does the mobile payment thing WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone in 60 seconds North Carolina launches FCC-approved TV White Space network in Wilmington RIM has lost it Angry Birds on a Blackberry Nintendo officially announces Nintendo Network, promises personal accounts for Wii U Breaking Bad RPG reinterprets the series Microsoft GeoffEff wins a free Windows Phone for expressing his #DROIDRAGE Kinect for Windows now available – for $249 Listener Voicemail We have our own Google+ page! and an updated Android app! You can also email us podcast@thesimulcast.com What are we playing with /watching/reading this week? Dave – Spartacus Season 1 Steve – War Games Bill – Alcatraz ←——- love this show! Geoff – The Tester Season 2, Skyrim (finishing up side quests), Starhawk beta, Twisted Metal demo Picks of the week Dave – Nova Launcher Steve – Intelliscreen X Call bar Bill – RND Power desktop dock for Galaxy Nexus Geoff – Starhawk beta | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 140: No Introduction Needed | This week on Simulcast 140, MegaUpload may be down, but we’re still talking tech. We’re all here this week, and we have a ton of news to talk about. Apple iBooks 2 / iTunes U (Thoughts?) iBooks Author reaches 600K Downloads, iTunes U nets 3 Million Dutch court rejects Apple appeal, says Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is legal VoiceUtils makes your iPhone 4S wish into a Siri command German court shoots down Samsung’s 3G patent lawsuit against Apple Rumor: Foxconn source says “iPhone 5″ gearing up for production with Summer 2012 release Google G+ finally allows nicknames and pseudonyms HTC and IBM hooking up to charm commercial clients Galaxy Note launching Feb 18th on AT&T Miscellaneous SITA and Orange develop NFC-based airport check-ins, let you bump the TSA AT&T and T-Mobile file request for FCC approval of spectrum transfer KDDI putting ads in the notification bar on Android phones ( This is the s**t I DONT want!) Supreme Court says police must get search warrant to use GPS tracking devices Verizon reportedly trials VoLTE services in two cities, eyes nationwide rollout next year HP pays $425K to US Consumer Product Safety Commission to settle defective battery issue Federal Judge requires that a defendant decrypt laptop in response to discovery request, says does not violate self-incrimination (5th amendment) protections. Gaming Microsoft eliminating virtual currency? Rumor: New Xbox in Fall 2013? Blizzard auctioning off retired WOW blade servers to raise money for St. Judes LEGO has given approval for Minecraft-themed LEGO sets. BlizzCon 2012 Cancelled, show will resume in 2013 Listener Email Greetings from southern Europe. Though I love it I’m having some trouble with my nexus s. It won’t let me unlock the bootloader. I’ve tried both the official “fastboot OEM unlock” and the one click unlock, but it simply stops at the main fastboot menu- no question about wanting to unlock. Instead I put the official ICS on it and that runs just fine (ICS runs soooo damed smooth, love it soooo much). Since I have a 9220 SLCD version, ICS has coursed some trouble for my future messing around in the the bootloader menus. It turns off the backlighting. It is possible to put a LED torch up against the screen and front light it but the dammed thing is made to resist reflections so it’s a real pain. Any good advice? Do you know a fix for the 9220′s backlight trouble? It used to be locked to the carrier “3″ in Denmark. Could they have blocked off the unlock option? Would it help to roll it back to a stock gingerbread build? Love ICS so I’m not in any hurry, but this is a nexus and so the universe is just a bit off as long as it is still locked… Regards, Arne, Cyprus. PS: I’d like to send you a voicemail and pronounce my name for you but alas, while I DO have a face for radio i don’t have the voice for it. I guess I can’t win them all, and will just have to be content with whichever way you pronounce it We have our own Google+ page! and an updated Android app! What are we playing with /watching/reading this week? Dave – “First Week In” & MW3 Patrick – DC Universe Online and MW3 Steve – Chuck Season 4 Bill – 50/50 and Killer Elite Geoff – Uncharted 3 started DC Universe Picks of the week Dave – Tiny Flashlight Patrick – ZAGGfolio for iPad 2/ CardMunch (iOS) Steve – EVI Bill – Booq Boa Nerve M backpack Geoff – Samsung Galaxy Nexus OEM extended battery | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 139: Blackout | This week on Simulcast 139, we’re going to talk a bit about SOPA. We’re also going to talk about gadgets, and Geoff has news from a Playstation Vita event. Apple Nissan’s self-healing iPhone case Apple patents clothes that track how you wear them, tell you when it’s time to update your wardrobe Apple announcing GarageBand tool for eBooks? or A new textbook format? IK Multimedia iRig PRE to allow use of XLR mics with iOS devices Google Galaxy Note could be the Galaxy Journal on VZW CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 brings ICS to HP Touchpad Miscellaneous AT&T increases data prices and allowances T-Mobile, Walmart do another kumbaya with contract-free unlimited family plan for 3G users Samsung wasn’t interested in buying RIM, still isn’t interested in buying RIM Kodak joins the party and sues Samsung for patent infringement Microsoft Tritton Warhead 7.1 Headset for Xbox 360 brings direct connection to Xbox 360 Gaming Geoff and the PS Vita Call of Duty Elite App out for iOS and Android Listener Email Email #1 Hello Simulcast crew, I have a question regarding blogging. I have a friend that wants to start a blog, and being the local geek, she’s turned to me. I’ve read blogs forever, but never thought about starting one for myself or anyone else. From searching around I have seen services like Blogger and WordPress. Do you guys have any good recommendations and why do you prefer that service? Thanks for your help, and love the show. Rob (@brat1475) Email #2 I was wondering if you could do a compare and contrast on the Roku vs Apple TV. What do i get on the Roku but not on the Apple? What can the Apple TV do the Roku cannot? The old Roku I think had a dual band built in but the Roku 2 does not, is there any loss of value as a result? If i were to dump cable, which would make me happier? Also, how can I get a better signal from my wireless router? It appears to reach throughout the house most of the time, but does drop off to the back of the house at times. How can i tell if my problem is placement of the router vs the need for more bandwidth? Thanks Frank ‘Butch’ Bruscato We have our own Google+ page! and an updated Android app! What are we playing with /watching/reading this week? Dave - Patrick – MW3 Steve – MW3for Playstation Infinity Blade II Bill – Cowboys and Aliens Geoff – Dragon Age II (catching up), Kingdoms of Amalur Demo, Darkness II demo and Uncharted 3 Picks of the week Dave - Patrick – Downcast (iOS) (thanks to @colmination for the suggestion) Steve – Playstation 3, Not the element case Vapor 4 Bill – CWM Recovery Touch for Galaxy Nexus Geoff – PS Vita and Pocketcasts | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 138: Joe has a LELO | 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 | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast Jr 8: Episode 137.5 | In this episode of Simulcast Jr, Brianna and Bill are back after a 10 month hiatus. We cover a variety of topics. We won’t be gone so long next time. We promise! Happy New Year My Websites briscrafts.com and briannastebbins.com and mirandastebbins.com teacher’s pet Google TV Our new TV Samsung 55” D8000 Steve Jobs new mixer for show Dad’s new headphones Kube new iPod4 and iPhone 4S Google Voice, Obihai 110 VoIP router my MacBook Pro Dad’s new MacBook Air Kinectimals for iOS Dropbox NFC tags Galaxy Nexus | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 137: Overslept | This week on Simulcast 137, nobody bothered to put anything in the show notes. Sweet. Apple Apple prepping TVs? CloudON 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) | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 136: wwebsite as on the internet | This week on Simulcast 136, Bill is back from vacation, we’re celebrating the holidays, and we are seriously enjoying some Ice Cream Sandwiches and jailbreaks. We’ll never wwebsite as on the internet! ←bonus! Apple Untethered iOS5 jailbreak now available (Only A4 not A5) (Fragmentation?) SOL Airtight Android app brings iOS device Airplay to Google TV New Apple ID Phishing Scam Google Galaxy Nexus + ICS Samsung rethinks ICS upgrade for Galaxy S and Tab – should consumers expect updates? Galaxy S and OG Tab users, Samsung says no upgrade for you; oh here’s a value pack Google Nexus Tablet in next 6 Months according to Eric Schmidt Bob’s Your Uncle Google Android Market music sale continues Google+ surpasses 62 Million users All newer HTC devices now unlockable on HTCdev website Miscellaneous Penny Arcade vs Ocean Marketing New Dropbox beta adds photo and video import ANOTHER VERIZON 4G OUTAGE. WTF? NFC Tags We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app! What are we playing with/watching/reading this week? Bill – Galaxy Nexus Dave – Puss in Boots, Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, Friends with Benefits Patrick – MW3, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Storage Wars Picks of the week Bill – Tagstand.com Dave – Galaxy Nexus ICS, Patrick – MW3 Delta Edition Turtle Beach Headset | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 135: ATM | This week on The Simulcast 135 we care about nothing but the Galaxy Nexus. Apple Netflix brings new UI in update for iPad Google VZW Galaxy Nexus launches December 15, gets pre-emptive update to 4.0.2 Logitech Revue gets Honeycomb update, we’re hands-on Android’s voice actions to get update Google+ app getting update, initiate Hangouts from your phone Google buys “Alfred” app developer Clever-Sense Google extends free Gmail VoIP domestic calling in US & Canada through 2012 Miscellaneous O2 allows phone leasing YouTube app rolls out to Xbox 360 owners Verizon to buy Netflix for $4.6B? FCC passes rules restricting audio levels of commercials LED film may soon bring nighttime reading to an E-ink reader near you Microsoft Nokia Lumia 710 Announced for T-Mobile $49 on contract Gaming Microsoft releases Kinectimals to iOS App Store Sony 1 – Consumers 0 Nintendo to release 3DS Circle Pad Pro (Slidepad) for $20 at Gamestop 2/7/12 Early 3DS adopters to get GBA Games this week VGAs last weekend did anyone watch? We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app! What are we playing with/watching/reading this week? Bill – Galaxy Nexus Dave – Walking Dead ( Season 2 ep 1-7 ) Patrick – Big Bang Theory / Enders Game Geoff – Skyrim, Enslaved: Lost Odyssey Steve – Mirrors Edge Picks of the week Bill – ADW EX Launcher for Honeycomb Dave – GALAXY NEXUS!!!!!!!! Patrick- Chronotrigger (iOS) Geoff – Age of Zombies Steve – Sirius iOS App thunderbird | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 134: Failure to Launch | This week on The Simulcast 134 we are Steveless and filled with anticipation rage. Geoff has a new phone, and we will try our best to contain our excitement rage. Apple Siri ported to other iOS devices [guide] Apple hiring more Siri engineers – what features would we like? Did Apple rig eBook prices? Flipboard for iPhone launched Google 10 Days of $0.10 Premium Android Apps to celebrate 10 Billions Downloads VZW Galaxy Nexus December 9th? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE MAKE IT SO! More evidence of December 9th NOOOOOOOOOOO! VZW Galaxy Nexus won’t support Google Wallet Verizon announces 2 new LTE tablets and a white Droid RAZR Blind Type is the ICS keyboard Logitech Revue getting Honeycomb update Listener Email Hey guys, just got a quick question on a week where the show’ll be full of Android users. Does using CyanogenMod void any warranties on your handset? The HTC Desire Z that I got for the wife a few months ago has been working fine, but ever since we updated it to Gingerbread (OTA) there’s been plenty of annoying bugs on the phone, not to mention the fact that the handset is stuck on the old Android market. Pretty much every time the home button is pressed (to exit Market, e-mails, browsing, some apps), the screen flashes white with the HTC logo, before the phone performs a mini reboot and goes back to the home screen. Downloading app updates is hit and miss too; the Market says it’s updating, but an update for a 6Mb app claims to take overnight (although it’s downloaded and installed in a minute according to the notifications bar, the Market app insists it’ll still be downloading and updating the following morning). It’s to the point where using the phone as a smartphone is pretty annoying – would rooting void any warranty on the handset, and would I be able to keep any apps bought on the Google market after rooting? Thanks for your help guys, I always go out of my way to grab the show on Thursday mornings to listen to at work. By the way, if anyone wants to attempt to do an accent for myself or Chris Oldroyd, they’re both pretty similar (although my Sunderland accent is apparently better). Just say: “Haway the Lads!” and you’ll sound like someone from the North East of England! Cheers Ian Hamilton Listener Voicemail Thanks Clay! Gaming Xbox 360 update – who got it and what do you think? Xbox 360 gets new content partners We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app! What are we playing with/watching/reading this week? Bill – 30 Seconds or Less Dave – Walking Dead Season 1 Patrick – MW3 Geoff – Limitless, Skyrim Picks of the week Bill – Christmas HD Live Wallpaper. 10 cents in the Market Dave – Go Launcher Patrick – Xbox Live App (iOS) Geoff – Xbox Live Update | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 133: Hell or High Water | This week on The Simulcast 133 we have recovered from our turkey hangovers, we have listener email, it’s Dave’s birthday, and we have lots of the week’s tech news! Apple Apple seeds 5.1 beta to devs Apple approves subscription based iPad gaming service Rumors starting to surface that Microsoft Office may be coming to the iPad Converting protected iTunes songs through iTunes Match Zagg.com starts iPad2 a day giveaway (Today – Dec 31) Google AT&T releasing LG Nitro on December 4th Google Catalogs released for Android tablets Google Maps 6.0 update brings indoor navigation CM7 lights up the Kindle Fire Samsung wins a patent battle to sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, war with Apple not over Apple seeking to ban sales of Modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N in Germany Miscellaneous Update on Bill’s home phone number porting to Google Voice and Obihai 110 Crapgadget: ‘you really shouldn’t have’ edition Verizon and Cricket proposing Spectrum Swap to FCC Spotify unveils developer platform to allow 3rd party apps using its service Facebook settles its FTC privacy complaints AT&T and Deutsche Telekom now talking joint venture partnership (Plan B?) We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app! Email #1 Hi Guys, Need your help again! Have an Uncle in Canada who has just been over to us here in the UK. While he was here I lent him a MiFi of mine so that he wouldn’t get shafted with using his iPhone on data roaming charges and to be able to use his laptop. I used a “Pay as You Go” sim card on a Data only deal (similar tariff to those for the iPad) and in fact the £15 credit i put on lasted him all month! He was very impressed with the MiFi and the way it works. Now here’s where I need you! He’s off to Phoenix at the end of the year for 3 months and would like a Mifi to use there in the same way. Q1 Can he buy a MiFi outright in the US that would still work when he brought it back to canada. (or even the other way round) http://www.amazon.com/Novatel-Wireless-MiFi-2372-Unlocked/dp/B0039ZLMK0 Q2 What are the deals (and are there any) on Pay as you go basis for Data only rather than signing up for a contract. Q3 What are the best networks? Q4 He does have an iPhone with Telus. Would tethering be an option, I would doubt it myself as once he uses in the States he’s going to get charged international rates I assume?? Anyway I think you get the picture! Any suggestions? Gordy Email #2 Hey Guys, Great podcast, love listening every week; even though Steve is the only one with anything decent to say (Bloody Android Fanbois!) Anyway I have a question about Sling Player, specifically the iPad app. My setup is quite simple; I have a Slingbox Solo HD connected to a Sky HD satellite box via component connections. The SlingSolo is wired with Cat5E to a Netgear 5GHz N access point which is only there for the Sling Box. Watching Sling via the PC the picture is perfect and the iPhone app is pretty good too. My complaint is with the iPad app, it looks like s**t, its jerky and just plain bad. I actually use the iPhone version on my iPad in 2X mode as it is way better than the iPad app. My question is do you think this is just another crappy job from Sling or is it a problem with my setup, the app shows great bandwidth so I thinks it’s the former. What does the Android tablet version look like particular with fast moving sports action? Would be interesting to know what you guys think! Cheers guys Chris Oldroyd What are we playing with/watching/reading this week? Bill – Shadowgun, Boardwalk Empire Dave – Misfits (Tv Show) Patrick – How I Met Your Mother, Game of Thrones Geoff – Walking Dead, The IT Crowd and Skyrim Steve – Walking Dead Picks of the week Bill – Quick settings app for iOS – brdrck.me Dave – CM7 for LG Optimus Patrick – Noteshelf (iPad) Geoff – GrooVe IP for Honeycomb Tablets Steve – ifrogz Backbone for iPad 2[...] | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 132: Stuffed | This week on The Simulcast 132 we get back to basics and talk about the worlds greatest company Apple! (If you haven’t noticed, Steve is back this week). We also talk about the Galaxy Nexus delays, and more tech news than you can handle. Apple Apple approves subscription based iPad gaming service Apple’s Black Friday 2011 deals revealed: discounts on iPad, iPod, iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and accessories iPad 3 To Get Thinner, Have Sharper Display Dear Steve Jobs: Apple Founder’s Greatest Email Hits Collected in Ebook Samsung Galaxy S II ad mocks iPhone line-waiters Tascam unveils iM2 microphone add-on for iOS devices ($80) iOS 5.0.2 update on hold? Google Google TV Youtube and Photos updates Flash not dead on ICS, coming by end of year ICS supports mass storage mode, but Galaxy Nexus doesn’t. Duh. Galaxy Nexus volume fix in the works, Google confirms Gaming Xbox Live dashboard update coming December 6th Xbox Live Users Scammed in Phishing Attack Call of Duty Elite hits 1 million paid subscribers Doom 3 source code goes GPL now available to public for customization Miscellaneous FCC chairman opposes AT&T takeover of T-Mobile New ASUS Tablet Has Quad-Core Chip Malls track shoppers’ cell phones on Black Friday EU signs off on Western Digital purchase of Hitachi Hard Drive Division Japanese manufacturer produces affordable terahertz wireless chip, could deliver 30Gbps Analysts predict that Amazon may sell 12 million Kindle Fires in 2012 Netflix brings “Just for Kids” section to its Wii app. Attempted hack of ATT customer accounts, ATT says no accounts compromised We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app! What are we playing with/watching/reading this week? Bill – Halo: Anniversary rant Dave – MW3/ Shadow Gun Patrick – MW3 Geoff – Halo Anniversary and Skyrim Steve – Uberstrike Picks of the week Bill – Obihai 110 VoIP router Dave – Swiss Army Tablet bag for Tab Patrick – Notability (iPad) Geoff – Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Steve – iPad 2 with smartcover | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 131: Fire Extinguisher | This week on The Simulcast 131 we talk about Google’s new music store, the Amazon Kindle Fire, Halo Anniversary, and more listener emailsGoogle Google Music launches 11/16, free song of the day? Netflix updates app for Android tablets Dave’s new Tab 10.1 LTE Lenovo launching quad-core, 2GB RAM ICS-wielding tablet monster? Droid RAZR launches Adobe releases Photoshop Touch for Honeycomb Xoom Family Edition Amazon Kindle Fire released, Bill goes hands-on Kindle Fire already rooted Samsung says “Game On” for modified Tab 10.1N sales in Germany New Nook tablet has only 1gb of 16gb internal storage available for non B&N content Apple iOS 5.01 released, still doesn’t fix battery issues iOS 5.02 coming soon? 5.1 to bring more Siri integration to 4S? Siri hacked to work on any device Gmail iOS app back in the App Store Steve Jobs wanted to create his own MVNO Levinson named Apple chairman and Bob Iger (Disney CEO) joins Apple Board Microsoft Xbox 720 at CES 2012? Gaming Halo: Anniversary released! Infinity Blade II for iOS release date confirmed for Dec 1 Miscellaneous Researchers increase Lithium Ion battery life and charging speed to 10x current technology We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app! Email Hey guys, It seems like the Pogoplug has fallen out of favor with you, as far as online storage is concerned, and since mine just up and died the other day , I’m curious as to what y’all use for cloud storage, and/or what you would recommend. I could probably get away with 50GB or so and free would be great, but most importantly ease of access of the information, with streaming being a possibility. An Android app (like Pogoplugs) would be nice As a side note, I don’t hear much about the Acer Iconia A500 tablet and I just wanted to tout it’s exceptional performance. I have Transformer and Galaxy tablets in the house (and of course the obligatory “Dumb-pad”) and it easily outperforms them all. Plus it was only $299 on sale! Just my 2 cents, Thanks for the info-tainment! Bruce What are we playing with/watching/reading this week? Bill – Halo: Anniversary, Kindle Fire, Adobe Photoshop Touch Dave – MW3 Patrick – MW3, No Ordinary Family (Netflix) Geoff – Halo Anniversary Edition, Battlefield 3, Home front, Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels, Breaking Bad Picks of the week Bill – Polk Audio Monitor 70 Series II home theater tower speakers Dave – Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE Patrick – Nothing! Geoff – Motorola Xoom Family Edition and Halo AE | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 130: Bi-tech-ual | This week on The Simulcast 130 we are joined by Brian Feldhaus, we talk about the HTC Rezound, the death of Flash, Modern Warfare 3, and more listener emails Google HTC Rezound HTC starts announcing ICS updates Adobe stops developing Flash for mobile HTC Ville coming next year? Droid 4 (w LTE) shows up in Verizon system, coming soon? Gingerbread update finally hits the the OG Epic 4G on Sprint Google pulling support for Blackberry Gmail App (download now or be stuck with web app) Apple No plans for Siri on older devices May be linked to 4S’ unique proximity sensor GREED? Amazon buys voice recognition startup Yap to counter Apple’s Siri Australian court forces Apple to hand over private operator iPhone business terms Microsoft HTC Titan to hit AT&T shelves on November 20 for $199 Tango video calling app now in Windows Phone Market Microsoft planning to combat Windows Phone app piracy with new encryption Gaming Modern Warfare 3 – our review and thoughts Apple’s iOS & Google Android command 58% of US portable game revenue Miscellaneous Verizon offering a double data promotion Barnes & Noble announced Nook 2 Fedora 16 comes out and brings a heavy dose of cloud processing and storage support We have our own Google+ page! and an Android app! Email Hi guys, me again! On holiday this week so in a chilled out mood and had time to put a question to you Firstly, a big thanks to all you guys as you’ve helped me out again. I started by just listening to these podcasts and it’s amazing that it feels like I know you all personally now. You’ve all dug me out out the crap on various occasions and I just wish I could return the favour somehow? This time it was Dave and all I have to say is having a rummage in Daves Dropbox i felt like a kid in a sweet shop! Having said all that, I do actually have a question. On these holidays I like to send pictures and videos during the week mainly to make my mates who are still at work jealous !! I would love an app or service (for iOS of course!) that I could post a photo or video clip and it sent it to twitter, Facebook, Google+. blogs etc. I use pixelpipe and it comes close but only stills and not compatible with Google+. Any ideas would be most welcome! Gotta go, my beer has just arrived! Gordy Sent from my iPhone What are we playing with/watching/reading this week? Bill – Modern Warfare 3 Dave – Modern Warfare 3 duh Patrick – MW3 Brian – L.A. Noire The complete edition/ B&B Picks of the week Bill – joemobi.com Dave – Modern Warfare 3 Patrick – Inheritance (Final Book of Eragon Series) Brian – Nexus S & iTap Keyboard | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 129: Android Docked | This week on The Simulcast we talk about the massive Google apps update, iPhone 4S battery issues, we have an epic listener voicemail, and more emails Google Lots of Google Apps updated this week: Google+ Reader Gmail Android Market (3.3.11) Samsung confirms Android ICS 4.0 for several devices Flipboard-like Propeller launching soon? AT&T gets first LTE phone, SGSII Skyrocket GoogleTV finally gets Honeycomb update, Sony version gets it first Galaxy Nexus not arriving until after Black Friday? Apple Native Gmail for iOS, pulled due to notification bug, Google promises quick fix Apple shows off Siri, new camera in commercials Self checkout at Apple stores? Apple confirms iOS 5 bugs causing battery drain, promises fix Apple seeds iOS 5.0.1 to devs Plugbug adds usb charging port (iPad compatible) to apple laptop ac adapter Gaming Uncharted 3 this week MW3 Next week Gears of War 3 “Horde Command” DLC Now out Miscellaneous Nokia Maps to be available on Windows phone 7 handsets Voicemail Email Hey guys, Thought I would send in an email with a question for you guys… what other podcasts do you guys listen to and what application do you use to listen to them? Always looking forward to Wednesday nights, Rob What are we playing with/watching/reading this week? Bill – Shadowgun Dave – Capt. America / Steve Jobs Patrick – GOW 3, Prototype / Last Starfighter, Big Trouble in Little China Geoff – Battlefield 3, Duke Nuke Forever (beat it, bye-bye), Street Kings 2 (Netflix) Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com Bill – ROM Manager Dave – Rivet Patrick – Slingbox Player (iOS) + Verizon LTE now I can watch the LSU v Bama game on the road! Geoff – Skyraider ROM for Thunderbolt | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 128: Sick Remix | This week on The Simulcast we talk about the upcoming Google devices, Apple’s “new” patent, Steve Jobs’ biography, and Nokiasoft’s new offerings. Google No Gorilla Glass on the Galaxy Nexus? HTC announcing Rezound on Nov 3rd? No ICS for Nexus One? Droid RAZR available for pre-order, delivers no later than Nov 10th I’mWatch Android powered watch inches closer to reality Google sends out invite to Google’s Real-Time Analytics Beta email disclosing ~500 email addresses Apple Apple award Slide-to-Unlock patent Sprint CEO states that iPhone’s efficient data use will help Sprint keep unlimited data plans. Steve Jobs Biography is on pace to be Year’s top selling book Microsoft Nokia finally announces their first two Windows Phone offerings: Nokia Lumia 800 Nokia Lumia 710 Gaming EA’s Battlefield 3 servers buckle under first day pressures (GOW 3 working fine, it was EA). They are working fine the next day. Miscellaneous German Institute working on recycling computer heat to power internal components. Verizon’s LTE Rollout is ahead of schedule Missouri Department of Conservation provides hunters and fishermen tips on identifying and dealing with Zombies What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Steve – Ghost in the wires & Steve Jobs Bill – Shadowgun, Wind-up Knight ,Sprinkle Dave – Steve Jobs eb00k Patrick – GOW 3/ Reboot (Netflix)/ Steve Jobs Biography Geoff – Battlefield 3, Duke Nukem Forever, Breaking Bad Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com Steve – Words with friends Bill – Galaxy Nexus Dave – Steve Jobs eb00k Patrick – Scribblenauts Remix (iOS) Geoff -Battlefield 3 (Xbox 360) | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 127: Ice Cream Sammiches | This week on The Simulcast we talk about Ice Cream Sandwiches, Galaxy Nexus, new Motorola hardware, and 1 week with iPhone 4S Google Galaxy Nexus LTE Galaxy Nexus will be a little thicker ICS announcements ICS Tablet stuff Droid RAZR revealed and first hands-on Netflix finally official on Honeycomb Google Music launching soon with a twist Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S sells 4 million in 3 days Apple holds memorial for steve jobs Apple Shares see biggest one day dollar loss ever Security hole in iPhone 4S allows Siri to access password protected phones Microsoft Nokia 800 pictures leaked Gaming New Portal 2 DLC released for free Voicemail!!! What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Steve – iWoz Bill – Gears 3, Portal 2 Dave – Green Lantern Geoff- Duke Nukem Forever, Sonic 4 WP7, Breaking Bad (started season 2), Red State Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com Steve – gmusic Bill – Obihai 110 Dave – Box.net Geoff – Scribblenauts Remix for iOS | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSimulcast 126: Six Cats | This week on The Simulcast we talk about iPhone 4S preorders, iOS 5, more Netflix questionable decisions, the Nexus Prime, and Geoff is playing with his 6 cats.Apple iPhone 4S preorders break records iLatitude Find my Friends now available CDMA carriers offer GSM unlocked iPhone 4S (Update Sprint’s will be locked/ unremovable) Unlocked iPhone 4S will only work on GSM carriers in the US (no Sprint or Verizon service) Alien Dalvik runs Android apps on iPad Early speed tests show iPhone 4S slower than iPad 2 but way faster than iPhone 4. You can now buy ringtones and text alerts RIGHT ON YOUR IPHONE!!! Google Nexus Prime revealed and ICS screenshots ICS event rescheduled for October 19th? SlingPlayer for Android tablets released, costs $30 Microsoft Yep, Geoff wasn’t here tonight. Sorry WP7 fans! Gaming Sony hacked again (surprise surprise) and locks over 90,000 PSN/SOE accounts Miscellaneous Netflix changes mind again, Qwikster now defunct, might not rent video games either #FAIL Blackberry’s outages spread to US and Canada Sony initiates recall of some Bravia TV sets due to melting components US Drone Fleet Hacked What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Steve – iWoz Bill – Gears 3 Beast Mode Patrick – Gears of War 3 (Beast and Horde Mode) Dave – Fast Five (ah-mazing) iSoccer MOM Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com Steve – iOS 5 Bill – AirDrop Patrick – iOS 5 (only took 11 upgrade attempts)/ Air Video Dave – Legacy Blade (www.gryphonsroar.com) (www.facebook.com/legacyblade) | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 125: End of an Era | This week on The Simulcast we talk about the loss of Steve Jobs, iPhone 4S announcements, the Nexus Prime, and we have even MORE listener mail!Apple Steve Jobs has died at 56 of cancer. (Moment of silence) iPhone 4S announced, same great look, new internals – what do we think? 10th Anniversary of iPod brings.. White iPod Touch, minor price changes, and Nano software update. Sprint will offer unlimited data plan for iPhone 4S (same rates) Samsung pulls a play from the Apple playbook and seeks to block 4S sales in France & Italy Apple Cards App allows for custom greeting cards to be created and sent from iOS device for $2.99 in US $4.99 international. Look out Hallmark. Apple offering Micro USB Adapters for European iPhone 4S Owners (Required by EU Law; Works on iphone 4, 3GS, and 3G) Google Nexus Prime teased in video, curved screen and contact charging pictured Nexus Prime will dock in a tablet? Shadowgun for tablets coming soon Adobe announces Photoshop Touch for Android $10 available soon Microsoft Xbox 360 will transform TV – tipsters says Lovefilm will hit before EOY, possibly in dash update Xbox companion will let you control your Xbox from your WP7 device The iPhone 4S is Microsoft’s chance to catch up to Apple Miscellaneous Showtime launches Anytime streaming portal, social iPad app Early Android Emulation App appears for TouchPad Boogie Board Rip ($130) preorders begin, brings storage and porting options. Listener email Hi guys, I am looking for some suggestions for a good video editing package for windows. I know most (if not all) of you mainly use Apple machines but I just wondered if any of you did have any experience with video editing on the windows platform. I have recently launched my website for covering news and reviews in the gaming world (cheap plug). I am seriously considering doing some video reviews as well as old fashioned text based and I have started to look at capture cards (if you have any info in this area that would also be greatly appreciated!) As you can see the site is still fairly empty but we are trying to get more content onto it as quickly as possible. Anyway, as always keep up the good work and have a great weekend Your friend in Glasgow Scotland Chris @Gamer_Chris What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Steve – Chuck Season 4 Bill – Gears 3/Boardwalk Empire Patrick – Gears 3/ Lion King BLU-Ray/ Son of Neptune Dave – Tanked/ Gears 3 Geoff -Started Breaking Bad Season 1, Playing RAGE, Vanquish, Portal 1, Battlefield 3 Beta Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com Steve – Nuvi GPS Bill – Proclip Tablet Headrest Mount Patrick – 8gb Ram Upgrade for Mac Mini ($44.99 from New Egg) Dave – Mirage for Mac Geoff – RAGE/Zune Pass | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 124: Fire the Horde | This week on The Simulcast we talk about the Amazon tablets, our anticipation for the iPhone announcements, Gears of War 3, we’re all here, and we have even MORE listener mail!Amazon tablet and Kindle Touch zomg!!!1! – what are our thoughts? Apple Apple event to be held in Cupertino? – confirmed for October 4th LOVEFilm offers iPad app, Europeans rejoice Apple killing off the shuffle and classic ipod? Google Ice Cream Sandwich to be revealed October 11th SGS II surpasses 10 million sold Verizon HTC Vigor pictures and specs leak Bill likey! HTC Thunderbolt Gingerbread OTA Update now available! Flickr App for Android goes live Microsoft Windows Phone Marketplace on the Web Windows 8 log in via WindowsLive Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” released worldwide Microsoft announced Windows Phone Suggestion Box Geoff’s new Trophy, and Mango! Gaming Patrick and Bill beat Gears 3 Campaign. Miscellaneous Bill was on the Gadget Gurus Sunday – LISTEN Listener email Hi gents enjoy the podcast from up here in Vancouver. I have an Airport express with reasonably good speakers, is there a way to listen to radio broadcasts live that use in one case Windows Media player through the Airport speakers rather than the laptop speakers? If I didn’t want to listen live I could wait for the one program until posted on iTunes or listen to the other via my iPhone. I may have just answered my own question Bob Bill: Not sure if this will work? http://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/index.php/2011/09/24/aerodrom-brings-airplay-video-photos-music-and-slide-shows-to-windows/ Email #2 Hey guys, Seeing that a few of you often throw in video games in your pick of the week selections, I thought I’d e-mail and ask if any of you had any experience with the cloud gaming platform called “OnLive”? The system launched in the UK last week, and I’ve been lucky enough to try it out after picking up a free console at a video game expo in London last weekend. On paper, it seems like a good idea, but in execution – especially with the state of broadband internet in the UK – it’s not that great. I’ve written two stories on it on my own blog at www.theianhamilton.com – but it seems that OnLive’s servers have struggled to cope with the high demand created by giving out 12,000 consoles for free on launch weekend. The selection of games, whilst not triple-A level, are pretty respectable, but given the reactions I’ve read in the first few days, it isn’t cut out for the UK just yet. Is OnLive mainstream at all in the US, or do you think that it’s a niche that will only take off once another company jumps on the idea? Ian What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Steve – Still stuck on Tiny Wings Bill – Gears 3 – Horde mode rocks! Patrick – Gears 3 – Horde Mode Weak Link Dave – Gears 3 (Of course) Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com Steve – 240GB SSD Drive Bill – CyberPower CP625 battery backup Patrick – Flickr App for Android Dave – Gears 3 (Of course) Geoff – Windows Phone 7.5 Mango | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 123: Back with a Vengeance | This week on The Simulcast we talk about the Netflix debacle, Gears of War 3, Steve is back, and we have even MORE listener mail and a freakin’ voicemail! Apple Apple event scheduled for October 4th? iPhone 4s the only planned hardware? Google HTC Rhyme, a phone for women who like phones with tentacles HTC Beat a competitor to the iPod Touch? Google+ Hangouts on Mobile and now open for all! Samsung Galaxy S II coming to AT&T October 2nd on contract for $199 Microsoft Mango confirmed to begin rollout in the next 1-2 weeks Xbox LIVE outages the day after Gears 3? Live TV coming to Xbox 360 from Comcast and Verizon? Gaming Gears of War 3 released officially, Bill and Patrick go Lancers-on Sony announces that DC Universe Online (PS3) will be free ( free download & no subscription required ala WOW) Miscellaneous Netflix splits streaming and DVDs, comes up with terrible name for DVDs by mail (adds Discovery Content to Streaming Service) Verizon begins throttling data for top users (4G handsets not included) Pandora rolls out HTML5 redesign to everyone and drops 40 hour listening cap for free users Amazon Kindle expands library checkouts beyond Seattle to one of 11,000 library sites near you. AOC’s 16” USB Powered Monitor could make portable dual screen laptops a workable reality A use for NFC beyond Google Wallet Instead of shipping box for broken computer, Sony accidentally has other people’s broken laptops sent to customer’s house Listener Voicemail!!!!!! Listener email Email#1 Greetings from the Cyprus. Still loving the show and i play it every week without fail. I was wondering if you have any good recommendations for some starting tech for my daughter. I’m a little late out of the gate as she is already 3 (months) but hoping to get caught up on it. Bear in mind that ios products here have no access to the app store, and all ios of them are sold jailbroken here. Other than that, we’re open to suggestions. She’ll be growing up tri-lingual as my wife speaks turkish, I speak danish, and between us we speak english. Probably the danish will be of least focus, but I’m hoping to push english early. I’m heavily into android though hoping my asus transformer will dual boot win8 at some point. Are there any good apps for learning english? And are there any good apps to aid in our new parenthood? Though we have hit an aging 34 already this is our first child. If you still have any invites left for Google+ I’d gladly take one off your hands. If I may also make a couple of recommendations: 1. the asus transformer with its keyboard dock. Though the use case is somewhat specific, i really love its abilities as a portable consumption device. I rooted it and loaded a “revolver” custom rom on it, and it runs sweet. It’s only a 16gig version but stuck a 32gig MicroSD in it, and an old 8gig in the dock (what else use is there for the old cards?) The real kicker though is a piece of velcro on the bottom of the dock. A short usb cable with on-off switch, and a 500gig usb drive… Anyway my audiobooks alone would take up most of its internal space not to mention my music. And I need some of the internal space free for BitTorrent also of course. For connectivity it relies on my trusty XPERIA X10, using either wifi hotspot, or if I know I’ll be long from a fresh charge I’ll connecting via USB is the way to go. Let the docks battery charge the phone’s while it’s at it. Granted my use case here is primarily consumption and maybe some of the cloud services in the states might suit you better. But here I need to rely on less than awesome 3g and the only cloud service in the country IS BitTorrent (any dvd you buy in a shop here is a burned torrent file anyway and often enough a cam-rip on top of that- imagine! ). And the dock is a must, for the connectivity. As for this, the asus transformer performs quite well. 2. Mortplayer for android is really nice. By[...] | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 122: Illegal Bass | This week on The Simulcast we talk about hardware, Steve is absent, but Dave is back, Brian joins us for another week, and Bill is rocking a new microphone and mixer! We have listener mail, and we do have Google Plus invites. Who needs one? Apple HTC exec: iPhones are for old people NBC, TNT, and TBS bring full episodes to ipad apps. Google HTC announces Sensation XE with Beats audio CM7 available for Sensation and EVO 3D HTC Bliss and Runnymede leak, Bill reminisces about his Nexus One Google announces flight search service Gamestop will have an Android gaming tablet next year? Philadelphia Media Company launches $99. Android Tablet – Spec Sheet Microsoft Windows 8 tablet shown off on video Windows has 500K downloads of Windows 8* in 12 hours. * Developer Preview Miscellaneous Amazon preparing “Netflix for books”? Logitech announces new bluetooth headphones (with boom mic) and boombox for tablets and smartphones. Patrick wants the headset for his iPad2 Youtube now allows online editing of posted videos (<1000 views and no copyright id claims) Qualcomm announces Snapdragon processor roadmap, 2.5GHz quad-core devices coming early 2012 if true, this is sick for mobile devices Listener email Hey guys – just thought I’d give you an update… after a lot of research, I finally got the HTC Desire Z (aka the T-Mobile G2 in the US) for my wife. She’s been using the phone for about a fortnight now, after some issues with our mobile phone network. So far, she’s had no problems with it, despite it being her first Android phone. Save for a rookie wi-fi error (forgetting to turn Wi-Fi off in the morning meant that the battery went from 100% to 15% in four hours!), the only problem we’ve found had been with my phone: despite the Desire Z being almost a year old, it can run several apps that my brand new Galaxy S II can’t – such as the new Madden NFL game, and several others. She’s used an iPhone before (casually), and has found the Android a lot more user friendly and a lot easier to use than the iPhone, and the extra customisations are a bonus as well. It’s just a shame that the Desire Z has now been discontinued in Europe and is getting increasingly difficult to get hold of. Thanks for the advice guys – one last question for anyone who’s got/used a G2 (Brian…): do you recommend updating the firmware to Gingerbread? What changes does it make to the phone, and will all apps already on the device be lost in the upgrade? Cheers guys Ian in London We take a break to leave a voicemail for the Gurus. F yeah! What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Brian – Sons of Anarchy Bill – Home Theater Magazine Patrick – DC Universe Online (Fired up PS3 to make sure it still works)/ Halo: Reach Dave – Xmen First Class Geoff – Dead Space 2 and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (finishing up the rest of the achievements) Picks of the week – sponsored by BrianandDeniseHarris.com Brian – Has none but will use Ian’s email as pick Bill – Burn the City Patrick – Universal Laptop/Ipad Stand (iGobee) Dave – Juice Defender Geoff – Power support | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 121: The Brian Harris Show | This week on The Simulcast we talk about lawsuits, Brian Harris joins us as our September sponsor, and we still don’t have listener mail! Apple Confirmed: iPhone 5 takes nice pictures of sushi Deutsche Telekom offers customer opportunity to reserve iPhone 5 GameStop to carry iOS devices soon, begins trading-in used iPhones, iPads and iPods for in-store credits Judge (Australia) To Apple: Show Us Your iPad 2 Sales Numbers Google Droid Bionic launches tomorrow for $299 Droid Prime and Nexus Prime get certified Samsung Note fills that gap between phone and tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 has super awesome SAMOLED Plus display, unknown pricing Apple injunction pulls the Galaxy Tab 7.7 off IFA floor HTC sues Apple with Motorola patents obtained last week from Google Official Gingerbread update released for HTC Incredible What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Brian – Red Dwarf Bill – Top Gear USA, Portal 2, COD: BLOPS campaign completed Patrick – Man vs Food, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga Steve – 24 season 1 Geoff – Stargate SG-1, Halo Reach, BLOPS Picks of the week Brian – VPN Tracker 6 for Mac, Video Time Machine for iPad Bill – Lenovo N5902 Multimedia Keyboard Patrick – Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac Steve – Carbonite Geoff – Stargate SG-1, Google+ Photo Gallery | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSimulcast 120: Jose Valle | This week on The Simulcast we talk about the Samsung Galaxy S2 announcements, we get ready for a 3 day weekend, and we don’t have listener mail! Apple iPhone 5 to keep screen size, gain metal back? iPhone 5 icon leaks new design? Apple employee loses another iPhone 5 prototype in a bar? iPod touch to be replaced by cheap iPhone? Google Samsung SGS II LTE and Tab 8.9 LTE announced Samsung Droid Prime launching on Verizon in October? DROID Bionic releasing September 7 Offline Gmail goes live Miscellaneous US files antitrust complaint to block AT&T-Mobile merger Geoff’s new TouchPad – what does he think so far?-Editing this Google Doc right from the quickoffice app now since they added editing capabilities on Monday. CM7 booting on the TouchPad Will Samsung buy rights to WebOS? Wacom Inkling – Digitally capture drawings on any paper Dish Network’s Tailgater brings portable satellite tailgating solution What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Dave - Bill – Motocross Mayhem Patrick – Lego Starwars the Complete Saga (360) / “Swing Your Sword” by Mike Leach Steve Steve Jobs new book- Top Gun Geoff – The Expendables Picks of the week Dave – PC Mover Bill – Sprinkle for Honeycomb Patrick – US Dept of Justice Steve – camera sync Geoff – HP Touchpad? | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 119: Unicorn Tears | This week on The Simulcast we talk about the fallout from HP’s webOS debacle, we’re getting hyped for CES, we inch closer to a holiday weekend, and Steve Jobs resigns as Apple’s CEO! Apple Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple!! Tim Cook to take over as CEO, Jobs to be Chairman. Samsung starts with the 2001: A Space Odyssey Defense Apple wins preliminary ban on all Samsung Galaxy phones in EU? iPhone 5 to be a dual-mode phone? Google Google buys Motorola for $12.5B Google+ adds Celebrity Verification Policy, apparently forgets The Simulcast staff First US Galaxy S II coming to Sprint as Epic Touch 4G on Sept 9th? Leaked AT&T 2nd half of 2011 Roadmap shows lots of Android phones Asus Transformer gets update and Netflix Samsung announces its new naming convention for cellphones, everyone goes WTF? Microsoft HTC event will focus on Mango? Miscellaneous Devs begin porting Android to dead TouchPad AT&T getting rid of $10 Text Plan for new customers MP3Tunes lawsuit gives mixed results, possibly good news for cloud music business. Gaming Listener email What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Dave - Bill – Portal 2 – DONE! Patrick – Halo Reach, SGU (SG1 10 seasons & SGA 5 season already done) Steve - Geoff – Started watching SG-1 again, Sucker punch, Halo Reach Picks of the week Dave – ThinkTankDigital Holster 30 Bill – Tab for Google+ (Mac client) Patrick – CES Press Certified Steve – HP douchepad Geoff – iOS 5 Beta 6 | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 118: Breakin’ | The best podcast on GGN is most definitely The Simulcast, and we have a great show this week. We continue giving our opinions on tech news and telling you what you should buy. Apple Apple testing 4G LTE devices Starbucks to give away free iOS apps in store via “pick of the week” Google Google buys Motorola Mobility HTC Bootloader Unlock tool live on the web, for international customers German judge lifts ban on Tab 10.1 sales (Sales allowed in other EU countries, not Germany) HTC sues Apple for patent infringement Steve Kondik hired by Samsung Miscellaneous Obama joins Foursquare (How is this not a National Security Risk?) Gaming Gears of War 3 will be a (fake) 3D title Xbox going Matte, RIP Glossy? Kinect Star Wars (Enough said) PS3 price cut to $250 DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket on PS3 Hack your Wii : Homebrew Listener email Dearest Simulcast, Thanks for your previous advice. (insert accent as/if desired) Moving with the android world seems to give me continued need for your help, and since you seem to like listener emails why not keep bothering the **** out of you. When i wrote you a few weeks ago i was having trouble with my X10 running android 2.1 with 2.2 extentions and an archos tablet with 2.2, but time goes on and 2.3 came out for my phone and My primary tablet is an asus transformer with 3.2… While both are considerable upgrades it leaves me with two issues: 1. The market enabler doesn’t work with 3.2 for tablets. Do you know if work is being done to remedy it? Or if there is a comparable alternative elsewhere? 2. It seems my favorite music player Tinyplayer seems to work on none of them now. I loved it because it was crazy small, simple and based its library off of my file system and not the mess that is the mp3 tags of my files. Is there a good similar player that works on GB and HC? Lastly, may I suggest a pick of the week? It’s a free android app called swipepad, and it makes fast app switching a true breeze. Basically it allows you to put invisible touch fields on the edge and corners of your screen which stay present throughout the system. Touch the place that you preset and a launcher pops up with 12 shortcuts. You can set several different fields with different launchers or buy the add-ons that allow for more shortcuts in a launcher, a full applauncher shortcut, on-off widgets, and tasking. It’s some of the best money I’ve spent in the android platform, and the learning curve is in the minutes range. Again, thanks for the great show and keep up the good work. Arne, Cyprus. What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Dave – Step Up 3 Bill – Portal 2 – yes, I’m still trying to finish it ; Halo: Reach Patrick – Studying for Ham Radio License / Halo: Reach Rocket Hog Races Steve – hot tub time machine/Studying for my Technician class license Geoff – Hobo with a shotgun/New Madden 12 demo. It is garbage. Picks of the week Dave – FreeMusic (iOS) Bill – Do It Tomorrow for Android Patrick – Scrabble HD (iOS) Steve – iOS Apps Translate and transfer Geoff – OSX Lion (late to the game, finally upgraded) | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSimulcast 117: Stop or I’ll Sue! | The best podcast on GGN rolls on. We continue giving our opinions on tech news and telling you what you should buy. Apple Apple sued for Patent Infringement over OSX’s fastboot feature Apple releases utility to create Lion recovery USB key Skype 5.3 brings HD video calling, Lion Support iOS 5 Beta 5 gets tethered jailbreak (no ipad 2) Boxee for iPad is out Vudu now optimized for iPad (SD streaming only & no Disney content) Kindle Cloud Reader allows Amazon to sidestep Apple’s subscription rules. Google HTCDev.com up and running, will unlock bootloaders soon HTC holding teleconference tomorrow at 11:30am. What could it be? Google+ now on iPad & iPod Touch Apple blocks sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe too Miscellaneous Barnes & Noble giving away $100 in books & study guides with purchase of Nook & Nook Color Amazon cloud storage outage downs Netflix, Quora, Foursquare, and others Happy 20th Birthday World Wide Web – (August 6, 1991) FCC to review AT&T’s T-Mobile and Qualcomm deals together Hacker is able to unlock cars (make/model undisclosed) with a text message Nokia N9 not coming to America? Acer Aspire 3951 – PC clone of Macbook Air? Verizon joins AT&T in blocking unlicensed tethering apps Gaming Ten-year-old hacker exposes potential iOS and Android games exploit Listener email #1 I’ve been listening to your show since before the “Beachbody breakup” and I always listen to your show on Wednesday nights. The reason for my email is because I am looking for advice on upgrading my MacBook Pro. I am ripping DVDs with Handbrake and am close to running out of room on my Hitachi 5400 250GB hard drive. I was looking at OWC and there are so many choices, sizes and brands I have no clue even where to begin. Also my other question is regarding upgrading my RAM. I have 4GB DDR3 1066MhZ of RAM in my Mid 2010 13″ MacBook Pro and was wondering if it makes sense to upgrade to 8GB or even more if possible. Thanks again guys for any advice you can give and keep up the good work, Rob “Fubaracing” P.S. I’m glad Steve went back to the iPhone or I myself would have had to convert to Android. Thanks Steve!! #2 Hey guys – just an update on an e-mail I sent a few weeks back about the HTC Desire Z. Apparently in the US it was released as the T-Mobile G2 – knowing that, does anyone have any experiences of that handset, and does it change your original opinion to pick the HTC over a similar Sony Ericsson handset? Second question, my father, who knows of computers, but isn’t terribly computer literate beyond that, is looking to get a computer so he can browse the internet. Which would you say would be the best balance between a safe option and a cheap option? An Android tablet or a netbook? I was thinking an Android tablet as it will browse the internet, and some can output in HDMI (plus you can’t do that much damage just browsing, as compared to on a PC with various hijacked/booby trapped sites) – do you guys have any tips? Cheers Ian H (from near London, England – not affected by the riots, but a little too close to them for comfort!) What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Dave – Case 39 Bill – “Take the Money and Run” Patrick – 80s movies (Flight of the Navigator/ Something Wicked This Way Comes) Steve – all of the original Planet of the Apes Movies Picks of the week Dave – Optibay knockoff Bill – PhoneSuit Elite battery case for iPhone 4 Patrick – Moo.com Business card/ Stickers Steve – Otterbox box commuter for iPhone 4/ Netflix | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 116: Bomb Unit | The best podcast on GGN rolls on. We continue giving our opinions on tech news and telling you what you should buy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE! Apple Apple blocks sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia (Samsung vows to sell other versions anyway) Skype for iPad hits App Store Apple TV update adds streaming TV show purchases Analyst predicts an iPad Pro will be launched this quarter Apple iCloud goes live and pricing revealed Apple to launch iTunes Replay Service? Patrick’s thoughts on his new Mac Mini Google Google cries foul with Apple and Microsoft Amazon Appstore caught leaving Android App developers unpaid or is that article just ½ the truth? Newly discovered Android malware records your calls Android tablets go toddler Samsung announces new Tab 10.1 Accessories Touchwiz UX OTA update to go public 8/5 but Bill already has it Logitech Revue – Bill’s take Miscellaneous AT&T announces throttling plans, gently reminds us why the T-Mobile acquisition is so great OnStar Family Link to allow vehicle tracking HP Touchpad gets first OTA Gaming EA Season Ticket to offer pre-release games and cheaper DLC What are we playing/watching/reading this week? Dave – 30 Minutes or Less Bill – Take Me Home Tonight Patrick – Warehouse 13 Steve – Angry Birds Rio on the iPad Picks of the week Dave – Bomb Disposal Unit Bill – Samsung Galaxy Tab Pouch Patrick – Mac Mini (2011)/ AOL Editions App for iPad Steve – 8GB of ram for $42.00/ 3G unrestrictor | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 115: Happy Birthday Bill | 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 | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 114: Bill’s Revenge | We are back for the another wonderful Simulcast episode. While some of the crew was out on loan earlier this week, we all reconvene. Apple New Macs hit, Lion released into the wild, so long white Macbook (except for Ed. Institutions) iUsers brings multiple user profiles to jailbroken iPad Google Plus now available for iPhone users too Macbook Air refresh hits hard now Sandy Bridge BOOM! Mac Mini refresh! Who wants some cake? Miscellaneous Patrick’s appearance on The Gadget Gurus Bill’s appearance on iPhone Docked CES registration – who’s going? Spotify finally available in the US – do we care? Garmin GPS embraces the Darkside, and so can you for $13 Amazon Prime to stream CBS shows and complete StarTrek series (Netflix Alternative?) Google Schmidt: Competitors can’t innovate, so they sue HTC guilty of infringing Apple’s patents HTC Status Facebook phone now on sale Netflix update now brings streaming to 24 android devices and Tablets Chromium OS running on a Macbook Air (project for Bill’s old Macbook Air?) Gaming Listener email Hey guys, love the show. i have a problem regarding my android devices. (a rooted SE x10 and an archos 70 tablet) i’m danish and have a danish google account, but i live in northern cyprus and use my phone with a local sim card. the trouble is that my phone sees that i’m on a foreign sim card and will only let me access the free part of android market. i can remedy that by turning off my phone, putting in a danish sim card, rebooting, find a wifi access point, and logging in to google again. hardly ideal as my battery cover will only survive that for so long, and going through that while out and about is just not practical. i have tried two other things to get around the problem without luck. first i tried creating a turkish google account (phones in northen cyprus is seen by the world as turkish). and i have tried setting up a vpn to a danish server, but as i still have my cyprus sim in the phone no luck there either. do you know a way to make my phone and the android market disregard which sim is in use? i have the same problem with my tablet. i has no sim card so i guess it looks at which wifi it accesses, and it also only sees the free part of android market. my only solution is to download a paid app with my phone, back up the apk and send it to my drop box, and then install it from there to the archos. doable, but still far from ideal. and since i have an asus transformer wifi on it’s way from the states i’m gonna be in even bigger trouble getting honeycomb and tegra apps. i could just get pirated apps but i’d prefer to get them the right way. you don’t get developers to make better software by stealing the current ones right? thanks for your time and a great show, and i really hope you can help me. arne. What are we playing/watching this week? Dave - Bill – Hall Pass Patrick – BLOPs/ Stargate Atlantis Steve – fallingskies Geoff – DiRT 3 (Xbox 360) Picks of the week Dave - Bill – BlackRapid RS-4 Patrick – Padd App (ipad) / Air Video Steve -Verizon iPhone/Lion Geoff – DiRT 3 | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 113: Where’s My Facetime for Android? | 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 | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 112: Hangout | We are back for the another wonderful Simulcast. The gang’s not all here this week, but we hang out and plus up with Google Plus. Google Google Plus – our thoughts (Public Profile requirement) Federal Judge allows Google “Wi-Spy” lawsuit to continue Google Maps Transit Navigation beta for Android Google, MapQuest, Microsoft and Aol sued for allegedly infringing 3D mapping patent Google+ to require that profiles be visible to all, will boot private profiles after July 31st Apple Google Plus iOS app already submitted to Apple PDF exploit leaked then less than one week later jailbreakme.com releases for all idevices on 4.3x OS X Lion to allow running of multiple copies of Lion on same machine through virtualization Apple beats out Google for control of Nortel’s 4G patents Microsoft Gaming Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC) receives a Star Wars Mod Nintendo’s Wii U coming out sometime after April 1, 2012 (One big April Fools Joke?) Miscellaneous Verizon switching to tiered data July 7th The 3D Chocolate Printer: Food meets Technology Are Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player illegal? Facebook release video chat powered my Skype Amazon throws in unlimited storage if you buy $20 cloud plan Listener email Hey guys just wanted to send a quick email. I think one of my first emails to the simulcast crew was regarding my purchase of a Nexus One. I am sad to say that after 18 months I have now had to move on to something else…Don’t worry I didn’t get an iPhone. Eff that, I’m an android supporter through and through Instead I opted for the Galaxy S 2. So far I’m really impressed with it, I’ve never been a huge fan of Samsung mobile hardware and software but this phone is pretty awesome. Anyways, I just wanted to share my (albeit brief) story of me and my good friend N1. The next leg of the N1′s journey will be to eBay I think as I try to find a new loving home for it. Catch you later guys Chris, Scotland Twitter – @Gamer_Chris ————————————————————– Hey guys I’m looking to get an Android phone for my wife to replace her 2 year old Samsung featurephone… however, she’s not a big fan of touchscreens, and would prefer a mobile with a physical keyboard (as opposed to something cutting edge, like the Galaxy S II). So far I’ve only seen two phones available in the UK: the HTC Desire Z, and the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro. Throwing out the Sony Ericsson because of the size of the phone (far too small!), does anyone have any experience/thoughts on the Desire Z, and are there any new Android handsets coming out soon with a physical keyboard? Keep up the good work! Ian Hamilton (near London, England) What are we playing/watching this week? Dave – Black Ops Annihilation Map Pack Bill – The Last Three Days, Patrick – Galactic Warfare (Star Wars Mod of Modern Warfare) / BLOPs Annihilation Brian – Half life 2 on Steam Me want Xbox! Picks of the week Dave - Bill – MoboPlayer Android video player Patrick – Google + Brian – Podcast Box iOS | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simulcast 111: Sellout | We are back for the another wonderful Simulcast. Bill is in the great state of Texas and broadcasting live from his hotel room. Dave is working and Bill took long enough getting set up that Geoff had to take care of some things for his job. Apple iOS5 = no more untethered jailbreaks and downgrades? Singapore Army’s lastest equipment issued – iPad 2 Could Apple’s M********h be used as a tool to catch infringers? Steve’s iPhone 4 Google Nexus Prime will be a Samsung pure Google phone with Ice Cream Sandwich? Microsoft Microsoft part of effort to develop white space spectrum recapture to solve spectrum woes Gaming Gamers can apparently now add “Art Aficionado” to their resumes and bios. Geohot hired by Facebook. For Bill – R2D2 Operation – Nuff said. Miscellaneous Sony announces their own (non-Mac) Thunderbolt integration. Interesting developments in wireless computer docking technology. What are we playing/watching this week? Steve – Nada! Bill – Cut the Rope Patrick – BLOPS (New Annihilation Map Pack) Picks of the week Steve – iPhone 4 and iFrogz case Bill – Fring Patrick- Blogsy | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSimulcast 110: Deep Shot Your Admin | We are back for the 10th Simulcast north of the centennial. There is plenty of juicy information about our favorite tech giants plus what we’re playing, and picks of the week! Skype was not our friend this week, so bear with us! Apple Apple Mac Pro and Mac Mini Refreshes coming in August with Thunderbolt? iPhone 5 will have radical case design? Apple announces Lion Server Option along with Business and Educational pricing. Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, and Compressor 4 now in the Mac App Store. FCC Filing shows new AirPort Extreme refresh coming soon. Broad multitouch patent granted to Apple seen as ‘huge blow’ to rivals Geoff left AT&T and went back to the iPhone Google Bill’s new Galaxy Tab 10.1 – his thoughts – and it’s already rooted Android 3.2 coming this summer with 7inch tablet support and bugfixes Google buys Sage TV – GoogleDVR, anyone? Deep Shot – Think Chrome to Phone and throw in a camera. Google bringing WebRTC integration to Chrome. Microsoft Could Microsoft and the DMCA spell the end of 3rd party gaming peripherals? Gaming Redbox now has video games Been…?! in some areas (what normal people call test markets). now nationwide Black Ops Annihilation Map Pack (June 28th on Xbox 360) (This is b******t) Miscellaneous Verizon tiered data plans July 7th New Federal Law in the works to make illegal streaming of copyrighted material a Felony With all the hacking going on, CNET has a handy dandy chart to keep it all straight. Dropbox’s Security Glitch – Check your files. What are we playing this week? Steve - Dave – Infamous PS3 and Battlefield 2 Bad Company Bill – businessman Geoff – Dead Space, Illusia Patrick – DC Universe Online/ BLOPs (getting practice in before the new map packs hit) Picks of the week Steve – Weatherpro Dave – vTok, Splashtop RDP Bill – WiFi File Explorer Pro Geoff – Illusia and Airport Express Patrick- ZigZag Board App (ipad) | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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