Podcasts Technology Technology Distilled Episode 030 - Phone It In - These are the Dave's I know

Episode 030 - Phone It In - These are the Dave's I know

Published: March 27, 2016, 11:07 p.m.

00:00 - Intro

02:00 – Follow-up to David's "Broken SurfaceBook Rant"

  • It was replaced with a brand new (and upgraded) Surface Book in 5 weeks

02:45 – Tip of the Week – Windows 10 Mobility Center

  • A Windows 10 Utility to manage all your Mobility Settings!
  • Run, or create a short-cut Create a shortcut to %SystemRoot%\System32\mblctr.exe


4:00 - News

    • BTW – Intel was founded in 1968 – Way to Go Colin!
  • Apple Event Monday March 21st, 2016
    • 9.7" iPad Pro $599 ($799 CDN)
    • iPhone SE $399 ($899 CDN Unlocked)
      Correction – Now $529 CDN Unlocked on Apple.ca
    • Apple iPad Air 2 price reduced 399 ($499 CDN)
  • What's coming in Redstone?
    • Removal of control panel
    • Location and facial recognition search in photos
  • SP4 biometric Keyboard is available in Canada but only in black

11:00 – Special Guest – David Lewis

20:00 - Phone Segment

28:00 – Phone Face Off

  • Colin bought an iPhone, David bought a Samsung Galaxy S7
  • Service better with iPhone, Samsung less money
  • Colin still pines for Windows Phone
  • Colin is "Holding his car wrong"!
  • Colin predicts a Windows "Atom based phone" will be released.
  • David predicts if an "Atom based phone exists" corporations would look at it!

1:08:00 - Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please…

1:10:00 - Whiskey of the Week

Figure 1- Samsung S7 Photo

Figure 2- Lumia 830 Photo

Figure 3- iPhone 6S Plus Photo