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techADDICTION podcast re-launches as MobileTechRoundup

Globally Popular Mobile Technology Podcast "techADDICTION" Adds Third Host and Re-launches as the "MobileTechRoundup" Show

Recognizing the growing public need for mobile technology news, "techADDICTION" co-hosts James Kendrick and Kevin C. Tofel add another mobile device expert. David Ciccone of the leading iPAQ enthusiast site, "Dave's iPAQ", joins the three-person bi-weekly show now known as "MobileTechRoundup" (MoTR).

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) October 28, 2005 -- Currently enjoying an audience of tens of thousands around the world, the "techADDICTION" podcast is adding a third host, increasing the frequency of shows and re-launching independently as the "MobileTechRoundup" show. David Ciccone, owner and editor of the Dave's iPAQ website, joins "techADDICTION" co-hosts James Kendrick and Kevin C. Tofel for the new "MobileTechRoundup Podcast". The three mobile technology experts will record and release two 30-minute shows each week, starting with the inaugural episode on November 1, 2005.

"People are more connected and more mobile than ever," says co-host Kevin C. Tofel. "Our goal with the new show and additional host is to bring a broader perspective on mobile technology. The public is already riding the technology curve as more people utilize mobile devices everyday, ranging from cell- and SmartPhones, Personal Digital Assistants, Tablet PC's, iPods and numerous other small but powerful devices. Our goal is to educate and entertain our listeners by providing timely news, commentary, tips, tricks and product reviews to maximize the benefits of mobile technology."

James Kendrick offers this insight about the MoTR Podcast: "The addition of Dave Ciccone to the show is very exciting and I am thrilled. MoTR will be an informative podcast covering all facets of mobile technology with a humorous delivery by the three hosts. Kevin, Dave and I don't just talk about gadgets and mobile tech; we show how they can be used in innovative ways to make the listener's life a little easier. Most gadget consumers have limited budgets and on MoTR we tell listeners what works and more importantly what doesn't, so if we save listeners some of their hard earned money, we've done our jobs."

In addition to the show launch, "MobileTechRoundup" is proud to announce an advertising partnership with Battery Geek, Inc. Battery Geek, Inc. becomes the first sponsor of the new podcast, which will feature ads and product reviews of the company's external battery technology.

For additional information on the new mobile technology podcast visit http://mobiletechroundup.com/.

About "MobileTechRoundup":

MobileTechRoundup is a bi-weekly podcast devoted to educating consumers about mobile technologies and best practices for using those technologies.

Contact:

Kevin C. Tofel
Tel: 215-913-3347

About Battery Geek Inc.

Battery Geek Inc. specializes in super long life external portable lithium ion rechargeable battery packs for laptops, portable DVD players, iPods, Sony PSPs, cell phones and many other portable electronic devices. They offer a distinctive ultra high density lithium ion battery technology featuring very long run times at reasonable prices. They also offer a free battery audit service on their website to try and help consumers select the right battery model for their personalized requirements. For further information, please visit http://www.batterygeek.net .

Contact:

Melissa Badillo
Tel: 306-791-5138

TechADDICTION Show #22 is ready for you!

The techADDICTION Show #22 (MP3 - 15.8MB - 46min)

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Welcome back to techADDICTION #22- Kevin and I talk about mobile goodness from all walks of the tech world. This show had a TA first with a correction for something we said in error on the last show. JK is stalking Robin Williams, Kevin won’t say how his day is going and both of us are scratching our heads over the PalmSource deal. Enjoy the show and leave cards and letters on the blog and don’t forget to leave us a message on the techADDICTION Skype line.

00:00 Intro- James Kendrick & Kevin Tofel

Kevin’s blogging his typical day (he thinks we care so just go along with him on this)
iPod Nano error

04:20 Access buys PalmSource

Windows Mobile Treo

09:00 Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device

15:25 GeekPod 100 from batterygeek.net

21:00 Message from The Media Center Show

22:00 Fujitsu P1510D- now with Tablet Edition

Pictures on TabletPC 2

31:10 PocketPDF

34:30 Skype calls

Tim from Japan loves techADDICTION
Garry from Ohio teaches his wife how to use Skype
Len from Connecticut with backup advice

45:00 Wrap up

Get your techADDICTION #21 right here!

The techADDICTION Show #21 (MP3 - 17.2MB - 50min)

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What a great show as Kevin and I had an Apple session with discussion of Apple’s recent announcements of the nano, RoKR phone, and Harry Potter comes to iTunes. If you can afford it, that is. WiFi cameras, backup solutions and Ian Dixon on Channel 9. It’s all here on techADDICTION. Comments welcome and call the Skype line as we love to hear from you. Enjoy the show!

00:00 Intro- James Kendrick & Kevin Tofel

Apple’s big announcements

iPod nano & Motorola RoKR phone

10:40 Harry Potter comes to iTunes if you can afford it

15:30 FreeWallet

17:30 Migo on the iPod update

25:30 Message from The Media Center Show

26:10 Ian Dixon on Channel 9

27:30 Hit and run accident

29:50 Kevin’s Toyota Highlander Hybrid

36:45 Fastora ExBoot

39:00 Backup tips

Karen’s Replicator
SyncToy

44:10 Nikon’s WiFi cameras

Nikon Coolpix S4- 10x optical zoom

48:50 Wrap up

techADDICTION Show #20 - Steven Hughes

The techADDICTION Show #20 (MP3 - 18.4MB - 53:54 min)

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We’ve taken a two week summer vacation, but we’re back and we’re not alone! Joining us today is Steven Hughes from Boston Pocket PC.com! Listen in as Steven shares his extensive list of gear, as well as his thoughts on different mobile technologies. See if you can guess what Steven does for a living and listen carefully to learn the secret he uses to save up for the next mobile device! We round out the show with some Xbox 360 chatter as well as Steven’s thoughts on the OQO and other portables.

Don’t forget to leave your comments on our Skype line and to add us to iTunes!

techADDICTION Show #19 - soft and chewy?

The techADDICTION Show #19 (MP3 - 20.6MB - 59:50 min)

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Join us for a delicious, tasty start to our 19th show! Well, you have to hear the intro to understand that. We recap the updates since our customer service episode last week and then jump right into the mobile tech. There’s something for everyone as we discuss Apple’s iPod helping Microsoft get richer, leaking HP PDA’s, computers with soul, PSP enhancements and more! As an added bonus, we play the full version of our intro music, “Konundrums”, courtesy of One-Egg-Ticket! Don’t forget to leave your comments on our Skype line and to add us to iTunes!

00:00 Intro - Crunchy tech on the outside and chewy mobile goodness on the inside!

02:00 Follow up on our Plantronics and Toshiba customer service issues.

10:30 Does Apple owe Microsoft tons of money for a patent on audio playlists?

16:30 Will Google be selling iTunes music?

18:00 Plug your USB or other flash media into your car stereo.

20:00 HP hw6700 Mobile Messenger leaks, er, is leaked in the UK with a mini-SD slot.

26:00 Message from The Podcast Network followed by a full play of “Konundrums” by One-Egg-Ticket! OET Rocks!!!

30:00 IBM announces a new product that has soul. We like! We like!!

36:15 I go, you go, Migo. Carry your computing environment on your iPod or USB drive.

39:45 Sony’s PSP 2.0 upgrade. Where is it? What does it have? Where’s the e-mail and the viruses?

44:45 Freeware for the Pocket PC. Need a shopping list? How about best price searches and coupon codes? Yeah, we’ve got that.

46:30 Need a taxi in the UK? We tell you how to get one quicker using what else: mobile technology.

48:00 What screens does the Opera browser work with? All of them!

50:30 Skype VoiceMails! One from Len in CT (via EVDO in a moving car) and one from James?!?! James uses Bluetooth with Skype Headset.

58:00 Wrap up

Happy Birthday, Kevin!

Today is techADDICTION co-host Kevin Tofel's birthday so join me in sending him a giant raspberry!  Just remember Kevin, you're not getting older, you're....   oh who am I kidding.  You're getting really old.  Have a good one dude. 

techADDICTION Show #18 - let the ranting begin!

The techADDICTION Show #18 (MP3 - 16.2MB - 47min)

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It’s show #18 and Kevin and James are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore! This show is ranting and raving about problems with devices, poor customer support and a good example how to lose customers. Seriously, we have two bad Plantronics headsets, one dead Toshiba optical drive, and countless bad Intel wireless chipsets. Sounds like a rough one so buckle up and get ready for a wild ride.

NOTE: The audio file link is working now for those who had problems before.  Sorry for the inconvenience- it's what I get for uploading it at 1 am.

00:00 Intro- Kevin Tofel & James Kendrick (theme music by One Egg Ticket)

02:45 Ranting about Plantronic headsets

DSP-400 - Two dead (and counting)
Broken headset and a Super Bowl XXXVIII baseball cap

14:45 Toshiba M200 pen problem

18:30 Message from The Podcast Network

19:15 Toshiba optical drive problem

27:00 Customer service is king

28:30 Intel Pro/SET Wireless problem

Rob Bushway’s Motion LE1600 WiFi problem
HP W500 Wireless upgrade

42:00 Microsoft SyncToy

45:30 Wrap up

techADDICTION Show #17 - better listen!

The techADDICTION Show #17 (MP3 - 16.1MB - 47min)

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You are looking at techADDICTION #17, the show for those who can’t get enough of gadgets and mobile devices. Kevin and I have a good conversation about mobile power options, Internet appliances, Bluetooth stereo headsets and cool Konfabulator widgets (or is it Yahoo! widgets?). Join us and feel the geek love.   Thanks to One Egg Ticket for the sweet theme music!

00:00 Intro- James Kendrick & Kevin Tofel

01:45 Tekkeon portable battery pack

05:45 AquaPad+

Pepper Pad
Linspire notebook from Walmart

11:05 Konfabulator goes Yahoo!

systemDashboard widgets

16:00 Avant Go upgraded

20:25 Fujitsu LifeBook P1510 confirmed

Motion LS800

25:20 Motorola Q

30:45 Computer-on-a-stick

distrowatch.com

35:30 Security mouse

37:40 Plantronics DSP-400 headset

Plantronics Pulsar 590 Bluetooth stereo headset

42:15 Sony updating the U?

44:00 Vote for Dave’s Podcast for the Podcast awards!

Watch for an announcement from techADDICTION soon

46:00 Wrap up

techADDICTION Show #16 - Josh Bancroft joins us!

The techADDICTION Show #16 (MP3 - 15.2MB - 44min)

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Welcome to techADDICTION Show #16! Kevin and I had just started recording the show when I noticed Josh Bancroft of Tinyscreenfuls fame was online on Skype and he graciously agreed to come on the show for a while. We have a great conversation about all sorts of mobile gadgets and EVDO and other great stuff. Josh spends a good 15 minutes or so and we want to thank him for coming on the show. You should check out his blog and podcast right now! After Josh leaves us to eat dinner Kevin and I have a chat about synchronizing large contact databases with a Windows Mobile device and mention a couple of programs for blogging from your Pocket PC. Enjoy the show and leave us feedback!

00:00 Intro- Kevin Tofel & James Kendrick

LG vx8100 EVDO phone on Verizon

05:00 Josh Bancroft of Tinyscreenfuls.com & the TinyPodcast

Portable Media Center or Pocket PC?
Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC
Toshiba M200 Tablet PC
Josh is going to get a Samsung i730 EVDO Pocket PC Phone Edition
Dave’s iPAQ has a workaround for the Verizon cripple Bluetooth stack

24:00 Message from The Podcast Network

25:10 Chapura PocketMirror

33:20 PocketBlogger

Kevin steals WiFi at the dentist office and then tells them to lock down the network

35:55 Pocket Sharp MT

37:45 Bradcast- using ink without a Tablet PC

42:00 Wrap up- call the techADDICTION Skype line or leave comments or email us!

techADDICTION Show #15 - peek into our gadget bags

The techADDICTION Show #15 (MP3 - 21.5MB - 62min)

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Kevin and I used a completely different audio setup to record this show to go along with a different format to the show. Nothing like shaking it all up at once. This week we open up our respective gadget bags and talk about what we use every day and why. From Kevin’s stylish attache case to my Booq bag we cover it all. Join us for a trip through our gear and enjoy the show! You may even learn how to hide gadget purchases from your Significant Other. We get interrupted by Dave Ciccone who IMs Kevin from his Samsung i730 EVDO which is a cheap way to get into our podcast. Just kidding Dave. :) Dave has an audio file on his site for anyone wondering what the quality of EVDO Skyping sounds like. We round out the show with some great techADDICTION Skype line messages- thanks Jason, Paul and Phillip. A big shout out to One Egg Ticket for the sweet theme music!

NOTE: the clacking sound that happens occasionally was Kevin multitasking, not realizing everybody could hear his key clicking. :)

ANOTHER NOTE: due to time constraints I could not run down all the following links so you’ll have to Google them for yourself. Sorry.

Kevin’s gear

Attache case (what kind of gadget bag is that? Geek points -25)
Toshiba M205 Tablet PC
Dell Axim x50v Pocket PC
Motorola HS820 Bluetooth headset
Sena PPC case (no belt clip. Geek points -25)
Creative Muvo MP3 player (only 64 MB. Geek points -15)
Verizon EVDO Sierra Wireless PC5500 PC Card
Plantronics DSP-400 USB headset
Earbuds
Old LG cellphone
Dell DJ MP3 player (15 GB)
Rolls MX44 portable mixer (Geek points +35)
Two Audiotechnica AT35C Lavalier microphones (Geek points +20)
Abacus SPOT watch (Geek points +100)

James’ gear

Booq Boa XS backpack
HP tc1100 Tablet PC
Piel Frama Portfolio
Additional HP battery
Cross Executive Pen-enabled Tablet PC pen with eraser
Fellowes PDA Perfect Clean cloth
Verizon EVDO Merlin v620 PC Card
iPod 40 GB
Sony Fontopia earbuds
IOGear Bluetooth Mini Mouse
Soundmax SuperBeam dual array microphone
Motorola v710 Bluetooth cell phone
Canon i70 portable ink jet printer with battery
Toshiba e805 Pocket PC

(stuff I forgot to mention)
Creative Muvo MP3 player (128 MB)
Moleskine- small notebook

techADDICTION Show #14 - feel the geek love!

The techADDICTION Show #14 (MP3 - 21.1MB - 61min)

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Kevin and I are happy to present this 14th edition of techADDICTION, the podcast all about mobile gadgety techno-geek stuff. In today’s show we talk about the Handango Partner Summit I recently attended in Miami and recap my impressions while they are fresh still in my mind. In this show we talk about no fewer than ten different mobile gadgets, analyze the ringtone business and respond to some good email and Skype calls. Enjoy the show and tell us what you think on the techADDICTION Skype line. Thanks to One Egg Ticket for the sweet theme music!

00:00 Intro- Kevin Tofel & James Kendrick

01:45 Impressions of the Handango Partner Summit

Frank Gocinski spreads Tablet love at the Summit
Motion LE1600; Sahara i213; HP tc4200; HTC Universal; Blackberry 7100t; 7250
Diane Dumas’ Motorola Razr; Hal Goldstein, Publisher of Pocket PC Magazine

21:15 Ringtones are big business

Mobile TV will be huge

26:30 Intermission message from The Podcast Network

27:45 Broadband phones

RazrBerry?
How fast is EDGE? (70 - 135 kbps)
JK sent Kevin his dongle, someone steals it!
Samsung i730
Big screens for big pipes

40:50 Recyclable WiFi

43:00 Sony Cybershot DSC-T7

45:15 Emails and Skype calls

David wants to run two browsers
Where’s Paul Manoogian?
Phillip from the UK makes his first Skype call ever to techADDICTION
Al from Rhode Island tells us about Yahoo Messenger beta with voice
techADDICTION groupie at the Handango Summit
Paul from London Skypes from his Pocket PC

59:10 Wrap up

Get your techADDICTION Show #13 right here!

The techADDICTION Show #13 (MP3 - 19.6MB - 57min)

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It’s #13 for techADDICTION, but unlucky for Kevin as his practical joke on James backfires in the first two minutes of the show! Prepare yourself for mobility galore as the technical twosome cover topics such as faster WiFi on a chip, flexible display units, and Microsoft’s newest approach against software piracy. Not only does the dynamic duo fit a Skype VM in the show, but they take two e-mails as well! Is this the beginning of a new technical “help and how-to” series? Will Kevin ever disconnect his EVDO modem and see his family again? Can James sneak on as an extra to CSI: Miami during his trip next week? Listen in you mobile mavens and learn the answers to these questions and MORE in episode #13!

00:00 Intro - Kevin Tofel by himself? No, James is here too.

02:00 Everyday is Father’s Day!

02:30 Words to live by: “Mobile Broadband” (with Verizon EVDO). Good to have if tree-trimmers take out your power lines!

05:00 Intel adds another on-board letter to 802.11. “n” is coming soon on a single chip.

10:00 James wants WiMax from WalMart.

11:30 Canada welcomes XM and Sirius satellite radio! Ok, you hosers, get yer music, eh?

13:00 Is Kevin pirating satellite radio?!?!?

16:00 Samsung’s new 5 megapixel cameraphone has EVDO and proves that convergence can work. Model: SPH-V7800

17:30 Kevin believes that Samsung is an “up and comer” for consumer electronics. 50 new phones to be introduced this year from Samsung!

19:00 CVS introduces a disposable camcorder. 20 minutes of audio and video delivered to you on a DVD in 30 minutes.

22:00 Intermission - The Podcast Network

23:10 James brings us up to speed on flexible displays and why he thinks they may never deliver usable functionality. Can they meet the “hype”?

30:30 Kevin has misspelled too many blog posts, so he’s looking into IE Spell for IE and Spellbound for Mozilla.

34:40 Google’s Mobile Web index; for those who prefer a smaller screen! On sale now for……FREE!

36:15 James’s mouse has no wire. Neither do any in the PC Mag Notebook Mice roundup.

38:44 Skype VM from Paul in Manchester, UK. Great RSS and podcast aggregator for Palm called QuickNews. Where is Paul Manoogian, our roving Palm correspondent?

42:00 E-mail from Tony. What dedicated eBook readers are out there? We give three options: the Cybook, the Librie, and the eBookwise 1150.

46:15 E-mail from Ross. Bought a new 200GB hard drive, but would like to transfer applications, settings and data to the new drive. How can this be done? Plenty of options abound, many of which we discuss are covered in a recent PC Magazine article. James prefers the AlohaBob solution just because of the name.

51:20 James has “hard drive size envy”.

53:00 Microsoft’s new plan to combat software piracy: photon torpedos!

54:00 Look out Miami, James is on his way complete with mobile gear in his booq bag.

56:00 Wrap up

techADDICTION Show #12 - don't miss this one!

The techADDICTION Show #12 (MP3 - 18.8MB - 53min)

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Tech talk, mergers, and hybrids, oh my! Follow Kevin and me as we take another trip through the world of gadgets and you will almost hear the silence of Kevin’s hybrid engine. Should Yahoo buy Skype? Apple license the Mac OS? Or is all of this just a pain in the butt neck? Tune in for the scoop on all these issues before it’s too late! Don’t forget the comments and suggestions - we do listen to you!  Original music courtesy of One Egg Ticket.

00:00 Intro - James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel

01:20 Skype and Yahoo sitting in a tree

06:50 SanDisk SD/ USB card

10:00 Apple and Intel

I, Cringely

16:50 Kevin orders a Toyota Highlander Hybrid

Microsoft Streets & Trips with GPS
Tom Tom GPS

21:45 Intermission - The Podcast Network

23:00 Card Export II

26:40 LifeDrive slowdown

28:10 Seagate 160 GB 2.5 inch hard drive

31:30 Laptop users and RSI

35:20 techADDICTlON Skype messages

Peter on Puppy Linux
Linux User Show on The Podcast Network
Ian Dixon on SideWindow
MaxiVista
Media Center Show on The Podcast Network
Ed (from El Paso?) on PodProducer
Ed, where’s your podcast? We want to listen to it.
Feedburner

52:10 Wrap up

techADDICTION Show #11 is waiting for you!

The techADDICTION Show #011 (MP3 - 16.7MB - 48min 42sec)

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Welcome to techADDICTION Show #11 where the tech talk flies fast and furious. Find out if Bluetooth is safe, how many gadgets can you put in your pants, how to get HDTV to go, how to Skype your Outlook contacts, and where to get a cheap Linux PDA. Enjoy techADDICTION and be sure and give us your comments on the blog or you can call the techADDICTION Skype line and even be on the show!

00:00 Intro- Kevin Tofel and James Kendrick

01:45 Apple disses IBM, gets in bed with Intel

07:50 SpeakWire- is it autocasting?

RSS feeds for the vision impaired

11:25 100 GB in your shirt pocket

15:30 Primetime Podcast Receiver (PPR)

Kevin invents podcatchers

19:40 Intermissioning

21:10 Is Bluetooth safe?

Kevin wants his dongle

27:30 Neuros MPEG-4 digital video recorder

Kevin has small hands and we know what that means

33:40 FusionHDTV USB

37:30 Skype for Outlook

42:20 Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 for $165

44:55 Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks reviewed

47:00 Wrapup

techADDICTION Show #10 is oh, so live!

The techADDICTION Show #010- 29th May 2005 (46min 22sec)
MP3 - 15.9Mb

Show #10 is chock full of insightful commentary from our intrepid co-hosts James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel and you don’t want to miss it. Interesting topics from podcasts in iTunes to practicing safe computing are the rage in this show and there is also a great question posed to JK and KT that makes them think for a change. Hope you enjoy the show and as always, we love feedback so leave your thoughts, comments, suggestions and even gripes here on the blog or on the techADDICTION Skype line.

PS. I tried a new external microphone for this show and the JK audio is not quite up to par so I apologize for that. Guess it’s back to the headset from now on.

00:00 Intro- James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel

Kevin wants to be the Latvian idol

01:35 Kevin is interviewed on the Philly NBC news

02:20 iTunes 4.9 upcoming podcast support

iTunes plays most unprotected music, not just Apple’s format
techADDICTION on iTunes?

07:35 Windows Mobile RSS readers (free!)

pRSSreader
FeederReader does podcasts
Thanks Dave Winer for RSS

11:40 PalmOne LifeDrive Mobile Manager

Soon to be just Palm ($30 million lighter)

16:40 Samsung Flash-based hard drives

Good power savings
Fast transfer rates
16 GB
Kevin doesn’t like math
Digital cameras will love these

21:10 Message from The Podcast Network

22:35 Sena PDA case

Kevin loves his Dell Sena case
Steal Kevin’s PDA, get an extra bonus

26:25 Piel Frama HP tc1100 portfolio case

Practice safe computing, if you whip it out, cover it
Kevin is speechless for the very first time

28:10 IOGear Bluetooth Portable Mouse

Kevin needs Bluetooth, JK to the rescue with a dongle

32:00 techADDICTION Skype line call

Ian from the Isle of Wight poses a thought provoking question to JK & KT
KT wants standardized DRM
JK wants speech command and control on mobile devices

44:40 Podcast To Troops

Leave messages of encouragement for military personnel serving abroad

45:55 Wrap up

Kevin Tofel interviewed on Phillyfeed

Good buddy and co-host of techADDICTION Kevin Tofel was recently interviewed for a podcast in Philadelphia, Phillyfeed.  It's a great interview and if you listen very carefully to the entire interview you will hear exactly how old I am.  Good job, Kevin!

techADDICTION Show #9 is finally here!

The techADDICTION Show #009- 18th May 2005 (53min 48sec)
MP3 - 18.5MB

It’s been too long since the last show so Kevin and I decided to make it up to our loyal listeners with a bang-up great show! Windows Mobile 5.0 extravanganza followed by a special guest, Paul Manoogian of One Egg Ticket. Paul is the creative genius behind all the great theme music for techADDICTION and The Tablet PC Show and we had a fun chat with him about the band, the music and even switching from the Palm to Windows Mobile. Lots of good Skype calls round out the show with one of the messages coming from none other than Tracy Hooten of The Student Tablet PC blog. Hope you enjoy it and let’s get on with the show!

00:00 Intro- Kevin Tofel and James Kendrick (theme music by One Egg Ticket)

Long time no hear
Goodbye Sony hello HP

02:04 Windows Mobile 5.0 arrives

Kevin’s not happy with WM5?
Microsoft Keynote demonstrations
Better DRM?
Will smartphones pass the iPod?
Office Mobile is nice
PowerPoint is back- remember the HPC version?
ActiveSync 4.0 - no WiFi syncing anymore

23:06 Special guest Paul Manoogian- One Egg Ticket

Working with Alex Bach
Paul’s band is thick
Why the heck One Egg Ticket?
Paul’s podcast- The Drive By
Paul needs a Tablet PC
Up on the roof
Paul’s blog
Converting from Palm to Windows Mobile- Paul needs StyleTap
Paul makes a verbal contract to guest review StyleTap for techADDICTION

42:55 Skype calls

Michael from W. Va. SkypeHeadset update
Tracy from The Student Tablet PC blog! She needs a web cam.
Logitech Notebook Cam
Vic from Australia
We heart The Podcast Network

52:20 Wrap up

techADDICTION Show #8 is live!

The techADDICTION Show #008- 1st May 2005 (56min)
MP3 - 19.7MB

Kevin and I are happy to bring you this edition of the techADDICTION Show and feel this is our best show yet. Well, to tell you the truth our contract with The Podcast Network states we HAVE to tell you that. But really, it’s true! We made a concerted effort to keep this show shorter than past shows and Kevin even switched from martinis to wine for the recording since we always stop the show when Kevin runs dry. :) It didn’t work, this show is as long as the others but it’s so chock full of conversation about cool devices, what we’re looking for in mobile tech, and some of the best Skype calls ever. Hope you enjoy and as always we need your feedback!

00:00 Intro- Kevin and James- intro music by One Egg Ticket (it’s thick)

01:50 StyleTap- running Palm apps on your Pocket PC

From Windows CE handheld PCs to the OmniSky modem for the Palm XV

11:15 Nokia N91- cell phone with a 4 GB hard drive

Verizon phones and data plans
JK needs a Verizon phone with EVDO and bluetooth!

19:08 Spb Diary for the Pocket PC

PocketBreeze
Kevin’s #1
Good review of Spb Diary

25:05 Intermission- station break from The Podcast Network

25:35 Big mobile week at the WinHEC conference

Bill Gates’ ultra mobile PC (UMPC)
Comparison photos of UMPC and the Sony U750
Sony, please make a mini Tablet PC
uBoard thumb board for the Sony U

38:05 Let’s go to the techADDICTION Skype line

Ian Dixon- third time caller (but that doesn’t count)- Media Center Show interviews Orb
Michael from West Virginia- fellow Sony U owner disses SkypeHeadset
Echostore.com
Gary from Ohio- thinks JK is very knowledgable and “that other guy” is good too
Nate from Pennsylvania- questions about HDTVs and DVRs changing to MP4 format
Using rabbit ear antennas to get free HDTV

53:10 Wrap up and we are out of here

techADDICTION Show #6 is live!

April 19th, 2005 by James Kendrick

The techADDICTION Show #006- 19th April 2005 (49min 10sec)
MP3 - 17.2MB 

Kevin and I are back with a new techADDICTION Show and this one is full of cool gadgets, talk about prison, the cheapest M205 ever and much, much more. Listener comments are once again featured on the big show and we even take a look at fuel cell technology. Jack, our very first call-in ever, is back on this week’s show and we tell him what he’s won for being the first. If you can’t tell we had a blast doing this show and your suggestions, comments, kudos, and stop thats are very welcome in the comments on the techADDICTION blog and especially on the techADDICTION Skype line. Hope you like it!

00:00 Intro from the plush TPN studios in Houston, Texas and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Income tax or prison?
TurboTax- program or online?

03:00 Toshiba M205 Tablet PC for $1300 at compUSA

07:28 Fuel cell power source from IBM and Sanyo

11:00 I/O Magic GigaBank 6.0

13:10 Booting from memory cards

Knoppix SD card- emergency booting on Toshiba M205 (thanks Marc Orchant)

16:25 SkypeHeadset- Skype over Bluetooth

19:45 Message from The Podcast Network

20:00 Outlook Skype

Calls auto-log to Outlook Journal

24:10 MSN Messenger turns 7.0 this week

Trillian- no ink :(
Windows Messenger- inking without ads :)

27:40 Creative Nomad Muvo TX

WMA music files are about half the size of MP3s
JK’s 30 GB iPod is his preferred backup device

32:40 ephpod- Windows and the iPod perfected

34:30 eReader Pocket PC- now in VGA!

The power of the techADDICTION slap.

38:50 Listener comments from the TA Skype line

39: 40 Ian Dixon from the UK wants his free Tablet- Fat chance

42:07 Sandy from Joisy

43:50 Jack is back from El Paso

48:12 Wrap up

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techADDICTION Show #5 is live!

The techADDICTION Show #005- 10th April 2005 (56min 30sec)  MP3 - 19.5MB

Another good show this week where Kevin and I discuss a lot of Windows Mobile topics, play a few comments from the techADDICTION Skype line, talk about the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, lament a dead UPC, and offer up the first techADDICTION slap to a vendor. All in all just another good show. Comments and feedback are welcome as always.

00:25 Intro- Kevin Tofel & James Kendrick

JK not allowed in Pennsylvania

00:52 Sony U is a brick

Dynamism to the rescue

Indefinite battery life

07:20 We are the featured podcast of the month on podcasting.com!

09:39 Windows Mobile- BlackBerry killer

17:35 JK & KT debate Today Screen Plugins- use or not

JK wins (guess who did the show notes?)

21:55 Task Plus plugin for Windows Mobile

Pocket Informant

Call the techADDICTION Skype line

25:00 RooMobile

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

26:50 New Skype for Pocket PC

29:07 Skype used for music broadcasting

Be careful who is recording your Skype calls

Texas and recording phone calls

33:50 Brief pause for the cause

35:55 PocketMac for the PSP

38:20 HDTV USB stick

40:47 Messages to the TA Skype line

Ed from Florida
Mixcast Live

Ian from the UK
Motion Tablet PCs

The Tablet PC Show

Jack from somewhere
ereader.com

First techADDICTION slap- eReader Pro for Pocket PC

53:50 Wrap up- Music from One Egg Ticket

New techADDICTION Show available!

The techADDICTION Show #004- 31st March 2005 (43min 19sec)
MP3 - 16MB

Welcome back to The techADDICTION Show!

Kevin and I had a great time making this show and brought in special guest Dave Ciccone from Dave’s iPAQ, one of the longest running Pocket PC and iPAQ enthusiast web sites. He is also doing a great podcast called, wait, I remember, Dave’s iPAQ Podcast.

Dave is a walking encyclopedia about PDAs and mobile technology and the three of us had a great conversation about all of those topics. We discuss smartphones, PDAs and ultra-portable computers and had a blast. There’s a great discussion about the death of the PDA that you don’t want to miss, too. We even got Dave to give us a scoop about the future of Dave’s iPAQ.

Thanks to Dave for coming on the big show and as always we love to hear your feedback on the blog and the techADDICTION Skype line.

Enjoy the show.  (Here's the link to subscribe to the podcast feed)

techADDICTION interview with Dave Ciccone soon!

Keep an eye out for techADDICTION #4 as Kevin and I sat down with Dave Ciccone of Dave’s iPAQ and discussed PDAs, smartphones and Tablet PCs. It’s a great conversation between 3 people who have been involved in the mobile tech segment for a long time and we also discuss if the death of the PDA is near. We even got Dave to give us a scoop about the future of Dave’s iPAQ so don’t miss this show which should be available in the next few days.

techADDICTION #3 is live!

The third edition of The techADDICTION Show is now available for your listening pleasure. techADDICTION is hosted by The Podcast Network and brought to you by jkOnTheRun and KCT’s Digital World and chronicles the adventures of two tech heads totally addicted to tech. Follow Kevin and James on their never-ending quest for a twelve cell step program to help with their chronic problem. In this show we find our two heroes looking at remote control programs, Skyping from a Pocket PC and where to get 2.6 gigs of free music.

We also hear about the new techADDICTION Skype Line so listeners can call up and leave questions, comments and suggestions for the show. Enjoy!

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The techADDICTION Show - 22nd March 2005 (43min 19sec): MP3 - 14.9MB

00:16 Intro music- Konundrums by One Egg Ticket (thanks guys)

• Paul’s Blog
• Kevin watching NASCAR and podcasting

01:50 MyWebEx PC

• Kevin hacked JK’s computers

10:00 Skype on a Pocket PC with a Bluetooth headset

11:25 Skype recording over WiFi with a Bluetooth headset quality sample

13:40 How techADDICTION is recorded

• Skype
• KCT & JK are vain
• Audacity
• KCT & JK sound good
• A face for podcasting

16:25 The techADDICTION Skype line

17:55 Skype Answering Machine (SAM)

• New version- significant new features

22:25 Pause for the cause

23:30 RSS/ Podcatcher for the Pocket PC- FeederReader

27:18 Fictionwise has their own ebook reader device

• eBookwise-1150- electronic ebook reader for $100

31:25 2.6 gigs of free music!

• SXSW
• Robert Scoble
• BitTorrent

35:30 GM puts MP3 player jack in new cars

• Belkin TuneCast II

38:35 Cordless Skype Phone

• Seattle vs. the UK

41:00 Music kicks in!

• The Podcast Network Survey

Call the techADDICTION Skype line with your feedback, comments, questions

techADDICTION Skype line is open

So you want to ask Kevin and I questions about mobile tech?  Or you want to comment on something we talked about on one of the techADDICTION shows?  Or maybe suggest a topic for a future show so when it appeared on the podcast you could tell all your friends that it's YOUR topic?  Wouldn't it be cool if you could Skype your questions and comments to a techADDICTION answering machine and leave a message so we could maybe even put it on the show?  Live, er, recorded?  Wouldn't that be COOL?

Just Skype:  techaddiction

And yes, it IS cool.   :)

NOTE: If you don't want your name to be mentioned on the show or you would prefer not to have your voicemail on the show, please let us know. We'd love to have you and your questions on the podcast, but we certainly respect people's needs for privacy.

New techADDICTION Show up!

This edition of the techADDICTION Show is all about mobile technology and productivity and listeners should have no problem finding topics of particular interest. Kevin Tofel and I discuss everything from ebook readers to the iPod Shuffle in the ranging discussion of mobile goodness. We hope you enjoy this show and please leave your comments and feedback for us so we know how we’re doing and especially if you have particular topics you’d like us to discuss on future shows. Enjoy.

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The techAddiction Show - 13th March 2005 (47min 34sec): MP3 - 16.4MB

00:00 Intro- The Podcast Network, James Kendrick, Kevin Tofel

Listeners don’t care about us

01:40 Kevin reviews the Cybook from Bookeen

06:20 JK sighting in Starbucks; No ones knows what JK looks like; branding; internet company converts photos to icons; KCT is an icon in his own mind

10:00 Google Desktop Search goes gold; Copernic problems; GDS privacy concerns addressed?

19:00 Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 Linux based PDA

Thanks to Dynamism for review unit
Qtopia

25:40 No iPod video; KCT doesn’t like PMCs; iSod; iPod saved Apple

Pocket Music for the Pocket PC; streaming Shoutcast music streams to the PPC; no WiFiPod; will Apple Bluetooth headsets still be white?

iPod Shuffle

33:10 Agenda Fusion 7.0 new release; project management functions at last; Pocket Informant responds with beta then removes it

35:58 Battery extenders- batterygeek.net

37:30 iSun solar charger

39:05 JVC Interlink XP741 subnotebook from Dynamism

41:30 HeadsetPresenter- use BT headset as a PowerPoint remote control

42:55 Why does JK get all the cool Japanese toys?

Manufacturers and resellers- send us free stuff, we don’t mind.

44:20 Motorola HS820 Bluetooth headset with Skype on the PocketPC

45:30 Wrap up; check out the techADDICTION blog; KCT’s Digital World; jkOnTheRun; can’t fire unpaid podcasters

First techADDICTION podcast is out!

Well, the first techADDICTION Show is in the can and Kevin Tofel and I hope all you listeners find lots of useful information you can take away with you that will help you be more productive in your mobile lifestyle. Actually, we just had a lot of fun making this first show for your listening pleasure and don’t really care if you find it useful or not.   :) We do think you will find it entertaining and not your run-of-the-mill geek show, even though it is. We’ve written up some show notes for you so you can find the wheat amongst the chaff which you'll find after the jump.

The techADDICTION Show Blog is live!

I know you are waiting all aflutter for the first techAddiction Show to get ready for your listening pleasure and Kevin and I are working hard to make that happen.  In the meantime the techAddiction Show blog is now up on The Podcast Network site so head on over and see where the podcast will live.  Here's the TA RSS feed for you aggregators out there.  See you there!

jkOnTheRun joins The Podcast Network

The podcast world is all atwitter over the announcement over the weekend that The Podcast Network (TPN) has gone live and I am ecstatic to add two of my own announcements to that pot.  jkOnTheRun is proud to announce the soon to be released techADDICTION (TA) podcast as part of TPN and I am quite happy to join the team.  TPN is the endeavor of Cameron Reilly and Mick Stanic of G'Day World fame and the network is already shaping up to be an entertaining and informative source of podcasts that cover a wide range of topics.

I will be recording the techADDICTION show with good friend and brainy guy Kevin Tofel of kct's digital world and I can tell you we are both excited to be involved with Mick and Cam. TA will be a weekly show that discusses just about everything to do with mobile technology and how it relates to the real world.  We plan on having entertaining interviews of people you read every day and generally having a good time talking about subjects that get our motors running.  The first show should be appearing soon so check often so you can get your Doppler or iPodder (or your podcast engine of choice) tuned in so you won't miss an episode.  The techADDICTION show will nicely augment the jkOnTheRun experience and I am confident you will enjoy this audio extension of the site.  For those of you who might not be aware Kevin does a weekly Commute Cast available on his site that he records once a week while driving to work.  You should check it out and listen to all the near accidents he has because he's not paying attention to his driving.   :)

The second announcement is another one I am very excited about.  I will be hosting The Tablet PC Show on TPN, a show that will be the only podcast I am aware of that is devoted solely to the Tablet PC.  If you've been reading jkOTR for any length of time you know that I love the Tablet PC and how much it improves my mobile computing experience.  It is going to be a blast to do a show about these remarkable devices and I plan on covering a wide range of Tablet news and topics.  There will be regular interviews of people active in the Tablet PC community and who knows, maybe we'll even get Bill Gates on the show.  The Tablet PC Show should go live next week so check The Podcast Network blog often for news and of course, I'll keep you informed here.

Enjoy the shows!