
Episode 034 - The Candy Man
05/10/16 • 41 min
1:00 - Intro
- Welcome to the Show
- Today's Hosts Colin Smith, David Smith and our special guest Joel Rushworth
- We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
- Word of the Week is "McLaren"
- Is there really a good reason for Microsoft to create an Atom based phone?
- Is the iPhone a Life Style Company or a technology company?
- Would you hack your Windows RT Tablet to run Windows 10 Mobile?
- McLaren - Nokia 1030 - The Phone that never was
- BOGO "Buy One, Get One", Lumia 950 XL comes with a free 950
- Neither of us are tempted to get one
- Should drive Windows Phone sales up!
- Cortana talks to a Canadian "Can't get it in Canada"
- Monthly guest of Radio Show "Tech Talk" in Victoria
- Joel loves SMR Podcast
- Let's Meet Joel
- First Computer - Commodore 64 one of the very first ones!
- Current Job - Territory Manager for Confectionary Company
- Daily Phone Lumia 950
- Daily Computer Surface Pro 1
- Favorite Sandwich - Montreal Smoked Meat on Rye and Crispy Crunch for Dessert!
- Favorite Feature of Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
30:00- Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please...
- Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
- Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
- Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
- Email [email protected]
- Purchase Amazon A Store
- Listen to us on Google Play
- Listen to Joel on TechTalk Radio
- Follow Joel on Twitter @Gwydonjhr
- Dillions White Rye
- Joined by Joel – Drinking Lighthouse Beacon ESB
1:00 - Intro
- Welcome to the Show
- Today's Hosts Colin Smith, David Smith and our special guest Joel Rushworth
- We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
- Word of the Week is "McLaren"
- Is there really a good reason for Microsoft to create an Atom based phone?
- Is the iPhone a Life Style Company or a technology company?
- Would you hack your Windows RT Tablet to run Windows 10 Mobile?
- McLaren - Nokia 1030 - The Phone that never was
- BOGO "Buy One, Get One", Lumia 950 XL comes with a free 950
- Neither of us are tempted to get one
- Should drive Windows Phone sales up!
- Cortana talks to a Canadian "Can't get it in Canada"
- Monthly guest of Radio Show "Tech Talk" in Victoria
- Joel loves SMR Podcast
- Let's Meet Joel
- First Computer - Commodore 64 one of the very first ones!
- Current Job - Territory Manager for Confectionary Company
- Daily Phone Lumia 950
- Daily Computer Surface Pro 1
- Favorite Sandwich - Montreal Smoked Meat on Rye and Crispy Crunch for Dessert!
- Favorite Feature of Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
30:00- Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please...
- Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
- Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
- Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
- Email [email protected]
- Purchase Amazon A Store
- Listen to us on Google Play
- Listen to Joel on TechTalk Radio
- Follow Joel on Twitter @Gwydonjhr
- Dillions White Rye
- Joined by Joel – Drinking Lighthouse Beacon ESB
Previous Episode

Episode 033 - Goodbye Hotbag
1:00 - Intro
- Welcome to the Show
- Today's Hosts Colin Smith, David Smith and Cortana Smith
- We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
- New format is weekly releases with a cadence of "Interview" one week and "News and Rumors" the next.
- Word of the Week is "Update"
- BOGO "Buy One, Get One", Lumia 950 XL comes with a free 950
- Neither of us are tempted to get one
- Should drive Windows Phone sales up!
- Acer is now Jade Primo
- A Windows Phone with Continuum
- Not shipping in Canada or US yet
- We have asked for an evaluation unit when available
- Surface Phone Rumored for 2017
- New Snapdragon 830 added to Windows Mobile Support
- Microsoft finally puts Surface Book, Surface Pro, Power Woes
- Some camera woes
- Surface Dock updates too
- Android Apps coming to Windows, OSX and Chromebooks
- Microsoft Wordflow Keyboard announced for iOS
- Not in Canada – just to piss off Colin
- Microsoft Q3 Earnings - Heavy on the Cloud
- Skype Universal Windows App
- Skype Universal Windows Program
- All-in-one (again)
Note: It does not detach
Windows 10 Anniversary Update- Inking
- Start Improvements Tablet mode has been improved to better take advantage of onscreen space onscreen and to make the environment more immersive, Microsoft says.
- Cortana Search Improvements
- Setting Improvements
- App reset to fix broken Apps
- Windows Insider Page
- PC to PC Casting
- New Delay feature in Snipping Tool
25:00- Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please...
- Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
- Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
- Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
- Email [email protected]
- Purchase Amazon A Store
- Listen to us on Google Play
- Elijah Craig
- Joined by Joel – from the future!
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Episode 035 - Hololens
0:00 - Intro
- Welcome to the Show
- Today's Hosts Colin , David, Cortana Smith
- Word of the Week "Canada"
- We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
- Data residency is now available in Canada.
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