#SGGQA 08: YOUR Questions on Podcast Microphones, Camera Stabilization, and Lenses!

On this week’s show I answer YOUR questions about microphones for home recording and podcasting! We’ll talk about smartphone image stabilization, and correct some misconceptions about camera lenses! Make sure you’re charged and ready! It’s podcast time!

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Friday Fun: Live Action 1st Person Shooter Played on Chatroulette!

chatroulette first person shooterThis is an incredible project.

The team at RealmPictures created a live action first person shooter with graphics, a Duke Nukem voice for the main character, hordes of zombies, weapon upgrades, and a killer boss battle.  All of this streaming live, with game play controlled via random strangers shouting commands on Chatroulette.

It looks like this would have been a really fun project to work on, and the responses from people playing are hilarious.

Google’s Project Sunroof Looks to Make Solar Panel Shopping Easier

Screenshot (3)It can sometimes be a bit difficult finding good information on installing solar panels. Google’s Project Sunroof hopes to make the process a bit easier.

Utilizing their mapping data, and monitoring trends from homes with panels already installed, Google will be creating a database for home owners to search. Answering questions like how much sun a roof might receive, what options they have for installation in their area, and what the costs versus savings might look like.

The project is only currently supporting three cities, Boston, San Francisco, and Fresno, but knowing Google’s ability to traffic this kind of data, I would imagine the project will grow quickly. How do you not easily add a city like Phoenix or Albuquerque right?

Hit the Project Sunroof site for more info.

The Next Version of Android Will be Called Marshmallow!

android marshmallowWe’ve been playing with the preview builds of Android M, but of course one of the most important points of speculation is what dessert name that “M” will stand for.

Google HQ took the wraps off a new lawn statue, and now we have our answer. Android M will be Marshmallow.

Hopefully the update will be more solid than the treat it’s named after 😉

Courtesy Dave Burke Twitter Account

#SGGQA 07: Birthday Contests! Galaxy Note 5 Impressions, Android Security, and YOUR Questions!

Gadget groupies! On this week’s show I answer YOUR questions about the Android security exploit Stagefright, share my thoughts on the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+, and talk a little about how terrible gadget geeks are at market research! Make sure you’re charged and ready! It’s podcast time!


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DINOSAURS in 4K! LA Natural History Museum (Shot on Galaxy S6 with KumbaCam Stabilizer)

Spent a day at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum with my Samsung Galaxy S6 and a KumbaCam smartphone steadicam stabilizer. It’s pretty incredible, the quality of footage we can achieve with consumer products these days…

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SomeGadgetGuy B-Day Contest 07: Rapid Fire Twitter Giveaways!

It’s my birthday, but YOU get the presents! Cases, Covers, VR Headsets, Flash Drives, a KILLER Microphone, Skins, and a Solar Battery! It’s time for a rapid fire Twitter Giveaway!


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Samsung Unveils the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+

Samsung-Galaxy-Note-5-and-S6-edge+Here we go folks! Samsung is pushing up the timetable on their large screen phones, and we’re getting our phablet fix a little earlier than last year.

We now have proper confirmation on specs for these two handsets, and it looks like the rumor train was pretty spot on.

The Galaxy Note 5 is following in the footsteps of the Galaxy S6. We’ll be continuing the more iPhone inspired lines wrapping around the edges of the phone. This means no removable back plate, no swappable battery, and to support Samsung’s internal storage file system, there will not be any MicroSD card expansion. Focusing on “THIN” means we do have a subtle bulge coming from the camera module on the back of the phone.

The battery will also shrink down to 3,000mAh from the Note 4’s 3,220 cell. Samsung is betting on fast charging, and wireless “fast” charging, over including a larger battery capacity. Full charge over USB cable in 90 minutes. Full charge wirelessly over two hours.

We stay with a 5.7″ Quad HD AMOLED screen (resolution of 2560×1440) and these phones will be powered by an Exynos Octa-Core processor and 4GB of RAM. Built in storage options are limited to 32GB and 64GB, which might be a bit lean for a phone with such a monster camera on board. The 16MP, half inch sensor, shooter with OIS returns. Now including an f/1.9 aperture for better low light performance and depth of field. We imagine it will perform very similarly to the camera on the Galaxy S6 (full camera review, KumbaCam samples). Continue reading “Samsung Unveils the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+”