The iPhone 4 is now available for pre-order (well sort-of if you’ve been following the AT&T ordering fiasco). In this week’s Buzzword Bingo, we explore the iPhone 4. What features are compelling? Is it worth the upgrade? What is the media saying about it? We’ll discuss this and more with a terrific cast of characters. Jeremy Laurenson (Cisco Technology Solutions Architect) and Andy Waschick (Owner – Gestalt, Inc.) join Jason and Mike. As always, we rant, we opine and we make fools of ourselves (all in good geek fun, of course). The call-to-action will definitely make you ROFL (everyone knows what that stands for by now, right?).

Show #14 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: iPhone 4
  • iphone_4_vs_android_tech_specs.jpg 698×803 pixels
  • Retina Display
  • A4 Processor
  • Front and Rear Camera
  • HD Video Recording
  • 2nd mic for noise canceling
  • B/G/N Wireless
    • AppleInsider | iPhone 4 keynote plagued by high-tech Wi-Fi meltdown
  • iOS
    • Cisco IOS Technologies – Cisco Systems
  • FaceTime
    • Skype won’t use FaceTime, still hints at iPhone 4 video chat
  • The Walled Garden – Neven Mrgan’s tumbl
  • AT&T Tethering (for a $20 Fee of course)
    • AT&T: No iPhone-iPad tethering
  • AT&T Tiered Bandwidth $15/200MB $25/2GB
    • AT&T Learns Exactly The Wrong Thing About Data Usage « Design By Gravity
  • Gawker Crap
    • iPad security breach: Who’s at fault? [Updated] | TechBlog | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
    • Don’t blame Apple for AT&T’s security ineptitude
    • How Apple Tricks You
    • Steve Jobs Bragged About Privacy—Days Ago
• Mike’s Rant:
  • I’m a Fanboy (of technology)
  • From late last night: You’re Damn Right I’m A Fanboy
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Government Agency Efficiency
• Jeremy’s Rant:
  • IM Losers
• Andy’s Rant:
  • Wow. I’m in the future
• Call-to-Action:
  • Toby Turner: YouTube – FARMVILLE Commercial!! (Facebook Parody #1)

Running time: 00:58:18
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We’re not just Apple fanboys on Buzzword Bingo. A new breed of fanboy has emerged: the Android fanboy. We have two awesome guests on the show to discuss Android phones, tablets and other tech gadgets. All the way from Amsterdam this week we have Jan-Willem Ruys and Jerry de Boer. JW and Jerry are both Consulting Systems Engineers with Cisco focused on Collaboration and Mobility. They have been using the HTC Desire for a month now and they share their opinions of Android as compared to the iPhone. Plus, we all share our rants and another musical call-to-action mashup.

Show #13 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: Android Impressions
  • HTC Desire Pros and Cons
  • Buzz by Robert Scoble (EVO 4G Pros and Cons)
  • Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes only use cellphones
  • Android demolishing iPhone in sales
  • Android and Flash: Is it needed?
    • H.264 Already Won—Makes Up 66 Percent Of Web Videos
    • Flash Crash on Android tablet
  • EVO’s Qik Video Chat to Cost an Extra $5 a Month
  • Android Fanboys
    • Android Fanboys Have Arrived. And That’s A Good Thing
    • An iPhone Lover’s Take On The HTC EVO 4G
    • Android Fanboys Have Arrived. And That’s A Good Thing
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Apps that change your screen focus
• Mike’s Rant:
  • Toy Packaging
• Jerry’s Rant:
  • Virtual Everything
• JW’s Rant:
  • HTC needs “manly” product names
• Call-to-Action:
  • Paul Dateh: Telephone Violin Mashup

Running time: 00:58:18
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Apple recently shipped the iPad and everyone is talking about it from the consumer perspective. But what about it’s use in the enterprise? How well does it function as an email client with a corporate Exchange environment? The three amigos: Mike, Jason and Corey tackle these questions and also discuss Apple as a company. Plus, don’t miss this week’s Rants and a very complex but kewl Call-To-Action.

Show #12 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: iPad – An Enterprise Perspective
  • Hands-On with the iPad
  • Is Apple Evil?
  • Response to Jeff Jarvis Reboxing Video
  • iPad Competition from Android/ICD: Gemini
  • What about a stylus?
    • YouTube – Manual Deskterity: An Exploration of Simultaneous Pen + Touch Direct Input

    • Viddler.com – Courier Pagestream UI demo – Uploaded by engadget
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Stop killing trees with junk mail!
• Corey’s Rant:
  • Taxis from the cloud
• Mike’s Rant:
  • My opinion is simply that: My Opinion
• Call-to-Action:
  • YouTube – OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – Rube Goldberg Machine version – Official

Running time: 00:53:29
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With the recent Apple iPad announcement, tablets have once again been the topic of conversation in tech circles. In this week’s episode, we talk about tablets in the Enterprise and how they might be utilized effectively. We also share our specific opinions about the iPad.

We’ve decided to shorten the show format. There are lots of great tech news podcasts out there. So we’ve dropped the Net-Net-News segment. We’re keeping the main topic, rants and call-to-action. In fact, this week’s call-to-action is sure to make you smile.

Show #11 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: Tablets in the Enterprise
  • Apple iPad opinions and impressions
  • Other examples tablet uses in the Enterprise
  • 10 things missing from the iPad
• Mike’s Rant:
  • “Twenty-Ten” people, not “Two-Thousand-Ten”
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Software that doesn’t auto-update
• Michael’s Rant:
  • CIO Magazine doesn’t make you an expert
• Josh’s Rant:
  • Technological Invisibility
• Call-to-Action:
  • YouTube – The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody [1080p]

Running time: 00:52:15
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We’re back with our usual enterprise-focused banter. This week we tackle the latest buzzword in the industry: The Real-Time Web. We attempt to define it and discuss what technologies are used to deliver it. Back on the show this week are two web experts: Jeremy Laurenson (Cisco Technology Solutions Architect) and Andy Waschick (Owner – Gestalt, Inc.). Plus, don’t miss Net-Net-News, Rants and a gamer-geek’d-out Call-To-Action (No Avatars were harmed during the making of this video).

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Show #9 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: The Real-Time Web
  • Why should the end-user care?
  • Open Standards
  • Plugins vs Native features
    • I hate plugins
  • Developers
  • Features and advantages
  • Performance
  • What are good/bad examples of dynamic web applications?
    • http://www.screenjelly.com/
    • HTML 5 Canvas Example
    • Noodles & Company – Home
• Net-Net News:
  • Snow Leopard or Snow Job?
    • http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
  • YouTube – Bare essentials of safety from Air New Zealand
  • Apple: We Didn’t Block Google Voice App, Still Studying It
  • Utah Law Punishes Texters As Much As Drunks In Driving Fatalities
• Mike’s Rant:
  • Pets on Twitter
  • @pantherthecat
  • Leo’s Dog @therealozzie
• Jeremy’s Rant:
  • Twitter Ticks
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Billboards – visual pollution
  • Personalized In-Game Advertising In Upcoming Titles
• Andy’s Rant:
  • WordPress is not the solution to every problem
• Call-to-Action:
  • YouTube – The Guild – Do You Wanna Date My Avatar

Running time: 01:24:54
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