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OgasaWalrus Podcast 20080716 (#2)

ogasawalrus — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:21:08 +0200

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OgasaWalrus Podcast #2 includes two annoucements, 10 freeware/Open Source/web services commentaries, software of the week, and podcast of the week. Show notes are on OgasaWalrus.com

posted by ogasawalrus on Jul 16, 2008 6:21 PM

OgasaWalrus Podcast 20080701

ogasawalrus — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:17:15 +0200

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Tools to make this Podcast: Garageband, Audacity, and Levelator. Audio recording hardware included an HTC Vox smartphone, Dell Axim X51v Pocket PC, and a Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000. Open Source/Freeware app of the week is Sun's Virtual Box. Podcast of the week is NPR's Science Friday.

posted by ogasawalrus on Jul 1, 2008 8:17 PM

MobileViews Podcast 2

ogasawalrus — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:06:13 +0100

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Summary of items from MobileViews.com/blog for the week ending Dec. 29, 2007.

posted by ogasawalrus on Dec 30, 2007 11:06 PM

OgasaWalrus Mac Mini-Cast #1 - Testing M...

ogasawalrus — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:04:10 +0100

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Brief audio recording using a Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 USB headset/microphone and an Apple Macbook running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

posted by ogasawalrus on Dec 30, 2007 12:04 AM

MobileViews Podcast 1

ogasawalrus — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:48:34 +0100

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Podcast topics from the MobileViews.com Blog.

Back to Basics: Is Turning ClearType On Actually Useful?
Sony Playstation Portable 3.73 Firmware Update vs. WiFi Settings
Back to Basics: Touch Screen Alignment
ClearType Color Artifacts
Official Google Mobile Blog
Word Mobile vs. Word Mobile
YouTube Demo: Windows Mobile Live Search vs. Google Maps for Windows Mobile Zoom Feature
Wired Vaporware 2007: Windows Mobile 6 for Samsung BlackJack
Back to Basics: Unfocused Smartphone Browser Text Boxes
Zune Diagnostics Tool? What About an ActiveSync/WMDC Tool?

posted by ogasawalrus on Dec 23, 2007 11:48 PM

MobileViews Mini-cast 5

ogasawalrus — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:15:44 +0100

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Testing Vito Technology SoundExplorer audio recorder for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs.

posted by ogasawalrus on Nov 9, 2007 12:15 AM

MobileViews Mini-cast 4: Blogr email pod...

ogasawalrus — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:31:02 +0200

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Testing 1 2 3

dashblogrtest (wav, 320 KB)

posted by ogasawalrus on Aug 14, 2007 4:31 PM

MobileViews Mini-cast 3: Pocket PC w/Ext...

ogasawalrus — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:51:17 +0200

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Psionandy asked if I had tried using an external microphone to make an audio recording with a Pocket PC. Most Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones do not support using an external microphone to make audio recording (although they do support it for phone calls). However, I do have one Pocket PC that does provide this feature: An old Dell Axim X50v Pocket PC. The first segment of this recording was made using the Axim's internal mic. The second segment use a wired dynamic mic plugged in to the headphone jacks. You can hear a couple of drop-out in that segment. I'm not sure what caused it.

posted by ogasawalrus on Aug 12, 2007 1:51 PM

MobileViews.com Minicast 2: Testing HTC...

ogasawalrus — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:32:59 +0200

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I recorded this sample audio file on an HTC S710 (Vox) Windows Mobile 6 smartphone. Audacity was used to convert the WAV audio file to an MP3 file. I also used Audacity's Normalize function which increased the volume a bit.

Sidenote: Audacity 1.26 does not run under Windows Vista. However, the 1.3.3 Beta release does run under Vista.

posted by ogasawalrus on Aug 12, 2007 12:32 AM

Windows Mobile Pocket PC Sound Quality C...

ogasawalrus — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:42:45 +0200

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This audio file contains two brief segments. The first segment was recorded using a Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 USB microphone. The second segment was recorded using a Windows Mobile 6 Pocket PC with automatic audio gain turned on. Both were recorded in the same room with a large Voronado fan turned on to simulate a noisy environment. The purpose of this test is to help determine if a Pocket PC or Smartphone could be used as an audio recording device to create a podcast.

posted by ogasawalrus on Aug 8, 2007 1:42 AM