Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn @backlon

Damn Amazon is being SUPER aggressive with pricing on the new Echo Buds. @chriswelch has the write up: they have proper venting, are smaller, drop the glossy finish, and have better noise cancellation. A big yikes for smaller Bluetooth headphone brands. https://t.co/8eoa6z6F8R — PolitiTweet.org

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I still don’t think 5G is a must must have, but in 2021 a phone really should have it figured out. And yet with the Xperia 1 III AT&T wont’ support 5G on it, nobody will sell it directly, and there’s only sub-6 5G on the rest. Weird! — PolitiTweet.org

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But really, Sony’s biggest problem isn’t the price or even necessarily the camera quality, it’s that it has no carrier support from carriers in the US. — PolitiTweet.org

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But if Sony can improve either (or both!) of those, that equation could change. Moving its phones ever closer to its cameras is a really fascinating idea I got into last year when I reviewed the Xperia 1 II alongside the Sony ZV-1 camera. https://t.co/H0r2sGw7jl — PolitiTweet.org

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My experience with the new generation of Xperia phones is that I love everything about them except the price and the performance of the basic camera — both of which are just a huge problem for recommending them to all but a very nice audience. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sony announced new Xperia phones last night and once again they’re pushing their cameras in unique directions, leaning in to their pro features like eye AF and shooting multiple frames per second. They want to make it a true creator’s phone https://t.co/H4K8URkO61 — PolitiTweet.org

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@sippey THANK YOU! GOD. — PolitiTweet.org

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First Amazon pulled product details from emails, now it won’t provide a tracking number without a login. Has Shop really rattled Amazon this much? Sad that other apps like OneTracker are caught in the crossfire. https://t.co/9iQS3ifgdH — PolitiTweet.org

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@paulomalley oh that’s pretty hot. — PolitiTweet.org

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Samsung’s teaser video here is fun but also, uh….. there are FCC regulatious about preventing radio interference in consumer electronics for a reason lol https://t.co/9OiI2Wfg0i — PolitiTweet.org

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One tiny bit of news, AT&T finally committed and gave us virtually the same statement Verizon did. It's also done with the CCMI https://t.co/Fe2PmOT9VE — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s my latest RCS take, inspired by @mikeddano’s reporting on the end of CCMI. To me this is GOOD news for RCS, as it’s the end of a very bad plan. Whether Verizon or AT&T have a better plan remains to be seen though. https://t.co/qRZOLvCnEp — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s my latest RCS take, inspired by @mikeddano’s reporting on the end of CCMI. To me this is GOOD news for RCS, as it’s the end of a very bad plan. Whether Verizon or AT&T have a better plan remains to be seen though. https://t.co/eSBZTd7ZvG https://t.co/AiVJX6dQnq — PolitiTweet.org

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Rumors of RCS’ death are much exaggerated. This is actually GOOD news. CCMI was always a boondoggle and would have meant custom carrier-made apps for Android. Yuck. Instead Android Messages will become the norm. RCS is coming slowly but it’s still coming. https://t.co/J5zilQ9Q2A — PolitiTweet.org

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@afollestad that’s where I was until last night and figured I’d switch it up a bit. — PolitiTweet.org

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@historia_stan Went with Clear Spaces because it was simple but would be interested in a nicer one if it’s not too much hassle to set up! — PolitiTweet.org

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New home screens for you all to be aghast at. I still find making a nice looking home screen in the iPhone to be such a challenge that I inevitably give up trying before I achieve my desired result. https://t.co/3YFYYz2i5Q — PolitiTweet.org

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@theMrMobile did you almost type irrelevant instead of irreverent tell the truth? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jjvincent: For many, it seems Google has seriously undermined its credibility. As a professor at Cornell told me: "I trust that things… — PolitiTweet.org

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Setting up a new M1 MacBook Air and friends it took less than three minutes for me to try to tap a button on the screen because Big Sur buttons very much look like they should be touched. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ashleyrcarman: SCOOP: facebook is testing a video speed dating app called Sparked that'll cycle people through four-minute video dates… — PolitiTweet.org

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I feel I’m fairly-well educated on the vaccines and understand the risk of bad side effects are miniscule, but nevertheless my animal brain reacted strongly to the J&J pause. Thankfully @NicoleWetsman does an excellent job putting everything in context: https://t.co/YvxRcM3oab — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @evnjnsn: @backlon Springs....suspensions have springs....cars have suspensions...Apple car confirmed https://t.co/L8IglFWXjp — PolitiTweet.org

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And I’m sorry but the 4/20 jokes aren’t landing for me. That’s just not Apple’s vibe. Apple tried CBD once but didn’t like it and went back to just having a Heineken before bed. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reads to me like Apple plans on announcing a lot of things: Spring, Loaded. That, or everybody on stage is going to super drunk. https://t.co/CGgni2QFny — PolitiTweet.org

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Androd lol tweets but editable — PolitiTweet.org

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Thomas Piketty please explain why the market won’t create a good Android Smartwatch. Joe Biden put good Androd Smartwatches into the infrastructure bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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At this point we need a gold star panel of economists to explain why the market hasn’t created the incentives to push any company to make a great wearable for Android users. Is there really not enough demand? Is the diffuse Android model unable to do it? — PolitiTweet.org

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@dcseifert At this point we need a gold start panel of economists to explain why the market hasn’t created the incentives to push any company to make a great wearable for Android users. Is there really not enough demand? Is the diffuse Android model unable to do it? — PolitiTweet.org

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@dcseifert I keep going back to this, but three years ago I laid out the issues and options for Android users who want a smartwatch and all of them were deeply compromised in some way. And yet, very little has been fixed since then. https://t.co/ibmGrhOjvP — PolitiTweet.org