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Juan Carlos Bagnell
@somegadgetguy.com
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Former commercial casting director, turned cranky tech pundit and consumer electronics geek.
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My hope for you every day (but especially on the special days) that you are safe, warm, well fed, and spending time with people who care about you.
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I really hate AI search.
I searched to see if a Japanese film had been released on blu ray yet. "Yes, "The Exit 8" is available on Blu-ray. You can find it on platforms like Amazon and Best Buy. The Blu-ray release date is currently to be announced, but it is expected to be available in Q1 2026."
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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HA! The Article of the DMA that "encourages" Apple to allow for better compatibility with competing products (like earbuds, watches, and services like AirDrop) is Article 6(7)!
SIX SEVEN YALL!!!
Benefits for business and end users What does this mean for me as an iPhone user? The objective of Article 6(7) DMA is that devices, apps and products from third parties can be used on an iPhone as seamlessly as Apple’s own products. The specification decisions adopted today support Apple in achieving this objective, by detailing how to securely allow third parties to use certain features that are so far only available to Apple devices. For example, the specification decision on connected devices aims to enable, amongst others, the following improvements: iPhone users will have enhanced possibilities to receive push notifications including pictures on their non-Apple smartwatch and reply to these notifications. iPhone users will also be able to pair their non-Apple connected devices such as headphones and smartwatches more seamlessly and easily with the iPhone. Non-Apple devices such as virtual reality headsets will benefit from better and faster data connections with the iPhone. Developers will be able to integrate alternative solutions to Apple’s AirDrop and AirPlay services on the iPhone. As a result, iPhone users will be able to choose from different and innovative services to share files with other users and cast media content from their iPhones to TVs. Thanks to these new possibilities, in the future new and innovative devices may be developed for the iPhone users, something which was until now constrained by the lack of full interoperability.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the first Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. 😊
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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#SGGQA 420: Tim Cook Stepping Down, Android Sideloading and, I'm Still Geeking Out on Steam Frame!

#tech #technology #technews #business #apple #google #valve #steam #gaming #gamingnews #android #podcast #livestream
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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#SGGQA 419: Apple Pays Google for AI, Meta Earns on Ad Fraud, Vivo X300 Pro and OnePlus 15 Are Here!

#tech #technology #technews #business #geek #gadgets #podcast #livestream #Apple #google #oneplus #android
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A little lichen patch on some dry desert rocks. Tele macro shot from the Vivo X300 Pro
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#photo #photography #macro #macromonday #nature #android #androidography #bokeh
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#SGGQA 418: OnePlus 15, Meta Layoffs, Apple Flops, and Scary Movies!

#tech #technology #technews #geek #gadgets #smartphone #android #oneplus #oneplus15 #apple #visionpro #livestream #podcast #meta #ai #ar #VR
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I have no idea if this show will stream! AWS IS DOWN! We're gonna try any way, so give us a share and come join the chat!
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#SGGQA 417: AI is Gross and Floundering, Apple and Samsung Thin Phones Flop
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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More of this please! Despite tech influencers glowing on thin phones, sales of the iPhone Air are performing below Apple's expectations. Samsung is cancelling the Galaxy S26 Edge.

I love seeing people vote with their wallets. Maybe these companies can start innovating on features again...
October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Google wont EVER sell me on their AI apps until they can create a filter that weeds out the HUNDREDS of BS crypto scam comments I get on my YouTube videos.

Making me manually scrub all this trash while pretending there's NO WAY they can automate this just proves to me AI is a stupid useless bubble.
October 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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SGGQA 416: Vivo Announces X300 Series, AI Lies MORE When You Reward It, FCC Lets ISPs Charge Hidden Fees Again!

#tech #technology #technews #business #geek #gadgets #podcast #livestream #android #ai #smartphone
October 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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This week, the FCC attacks school WiFi funding, Microsoft hiking Game Pass prices, Xiaomi's pokey benchmarks, and how poor is the Pixel 10 at gaming?
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I like what I've seen of Audacity 4 so far. It's a beloved audio editing app that's been in need of an update. I kinda hate this logo though...
The new audacity logo which takes an abstract approach to headphones, and starts to look more like a sperm than audio hardware...
October 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Anyone want to tell him? Maybe give him a hint what kind of chip is in the Switch 2? Anyone?

It's encouraging that someone is interested in the really fun nerdy stuff we can do with phones, but it's also frustrating that same person really isn't much curious to know what tech is in our gadgets...
I shot a video showing actual PC games being played on a phone, and was commenting on the power draw of a game like Crysis Remastered. It's impressive because a phone has to PRETEND to be a PC and it still delivers surprisingly good performance at low power. This person left the following comment: "I mean the Switch 2 can handle Cyberpunk at 9 watts. Until I see a ARM chip do that I think APU's are safe for now. That said I am completely open to ARM getting more love but I don't see it happening anytime soon." The Switch and Switch 2 both use ARM chips.
October 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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My favorite image from my memory card editorial. It's pretty neat we can buy a 1 TERABYTE Micro SD card for under $100.
Lemme just check how much a storage upgrade will cost me on the Pixel 10...
Picture of the google store page for the pixel 10 showing a 128GB storage increase for $100. Text slapped on top of the image saying: ONE HUNDRED FRACKING DOLLARS! ARE YOU CRAZY?!?!? THIS IS STUPID!!!"
September 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This week chatting the new phone and laptop chips from Qualcomm, and the reveal of the OnePlus 15!

#tech #technology #technews #android #geek #gadgets #qualcomm #oneplus #windows #livestream #podcast
September 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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#SGGQA 413: NVIDIA's Stake in Intel, Samsung Fridge Ads, MediaTek's NEW DIMENSITY 9500

PLUS Google faces more Antitrust Issues, and TikTok's algorithm will be handed over to Oracle?
September 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Aw man! Went the whole show this week and forgot to show off the new shirt my Mom sent me!
A wacky novelty shirt featuring a daleck holding a coffee cup yelling "CAFFEINATE!"
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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SGGQA 412: iPhone Repair Costs, XPERIA 10 Looks Like a Pixel, Korea Halts US Investments

#tech #technology #podcast #iphone #android #nintendo
September 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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This comment on my India cloud computing video broke my brain.
Do I spend six hours in a random spot and THEN ten minutes after six hours I'll get it?
Do I plan to stay for six hours, but I'll get it in ten minutes, and then I need to waste five hours and fifty minutes?
I'm so confused...
September 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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WILD week for Google, ups and downs with regulators, and we're gonna check out those leaks from Xiaomi, Samsung, and APple!

#tech #technology #technews #business #podcast #livestream #google #samsung #android #apple
September 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Dear iQOO,
You never should have abandoned this design. This is one of the prettiest phones you've ever made, and now both Samsung and Apple are going to be cribbing this look.
You were ahead of the game here.
Love,
Juan

#android #tech #geek #gadgets
September 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Available for paid AND free subscribers on my Patreon!
Of course Phone specs still matter. It’s silly to argue otherwise.
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“Reviewing the new Corvette, I only drove 5 miles under the speed limit during morning stop-and-go commuting. That’s what AVURAJ drivers do..."
September 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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She's so excited. It's HER dog. She fell in love with this little shelter mutt. Here he is getting really into the score of Star Trek II 😄
August 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM