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I REALLY needed a break and wanted to play some Tetris with some pals. This is probably one of the WORST audio podcasts I’ve ever produced, but it was exactly the kind of casual show I needed. The video replay will make a LOT more sense as we play a few rounds and chat about some tech gear.
We’ll be back next week with a proper list of links and stories!
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Happy Monday! Last Monday of the month! It’s a Pajama Podcast show!
This week we’re playing some Tetris while we chat about the news! This might be one of the poorer podcasts for audio listeners in my replay crew!
We’ll go wherever the chat wants to go, and we have a TON of topics we might cover. Asus might be killing the ZenFone line. Sony bought my favorite headphone manufacturer. Google and Samsung have a TERRIBLE plan for AR goggles.
AND CAN ANYONE BEAT ME IN TETRIS???
Let’s get our tech week started right!
AR glasses manufacturers are taking matters into their own hands.
I’ve spent some time using the XREAL Air and the Rokid Max glasses, and both companies have recently started shipping “brain” computers to help people use these glasses more easily.
I have separate videos on the XREAL and Rokid “brains”, and I collaborated with TK Bay to do a combo of comparison videos for the glasses and the “brains”.
I expect I’ll be talking about these glasses a lot over the next year, as we wait for the really expensive Mixed Reality headsets to arrive. Consumers might be interested in trying a more “price accessible” portable face display.
But who are these “brain” computers even for?!?!? Why not just use your phone?!?!? UGGGGGHHHH!!! Continue reading “Why Buy an XREAL Beam or Rokid Station for Your AR Glasses (When You Can Just Buy a REALLY Expensive phone)???”
Dear Samsung and Google,
This is a bad idea.
Trying to make a copycat Mixed Reality headset to compete against the Vision Pro is a bad idea.
Augmented reality could be so much more, but we need to cover the basics first.
Be the Anti-Apple.
Love,
Juan
Continue reading “Dear Google and Samsung: Copying Apple Vision Pro is a DUMB Move…”
A quick look at my favorite desktop mode. Now that the Edge+ is FINALLY running Android 13, I’m happy to see that ReadyFor has gotten a little attention too!
There’s still plenty of room to improve desktop modes. These little iterative improvements are welcome! Continue reading “Moto ReadyFor on Android 13: The Best Desktop Mode Gets a Little Better!”
We have to start this off asking a MAJOR question:
Putting my bias up front, I’m not particularly impressed with tablet conversations fixated on basic use and “hand feel”. I don’t think that’s good criteria to judge the value of a premium purchase. If a tablet costs as much or more than a game console, it needs to do more than just stream some Netflix and “feel nice”.
Tablets have incredible processors, and GPUs, and RAM, and storage, and batteries. In a remarkably thin shell, we’ll find performance that often rivals similarly priced Chromebooks. These products are terrific general compute platforms, and it seems like such a waste to relegate them to the lowest level use.
Tablets are “solutions in search of problems”, but they can solve a LOT more of those problems than many people realize.
Tablets can DO stuff, and these two are great examples of “doing stuff” slates. They make for an interesting comparison because they’re so different. Continue reading “Pixel Tablet vs Robo and Kala: A Totally UNFAIR Fight!”
Happy Monday!
What a crazy weekend. We had a tropical storm and an earthquake!
Plus, Twitter continues to dumpster dive to lower and lower depths. Apple devices are easy to game with some basic Bluetooth hardware. Sandisk drives are failing. Courts rule AI art can’t be copyrighted.
And we have to chat about this new gaming handheld from Lenovo!
Let’s get our tech week started right!
Apple needs to be held to the standard they advertise for themselves. When they slip, they should be criticized harder than any other consumer tech brand operating today. When they make mistakes, they deliver those mistakes at a scale no other brand can approach.
The potential for consumer harm from an Apple mistake is an order of magnitude higher than any other competitor, and Apple has a clear track record of trying to break standards to sell proprietary solutions for their own benefit.
AirTags are a really cool idea. Continue reading “We ALL Suffer When Apple Products DON’T “Just Work””