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Rob and Mark discuss the latest Apple news, rumours and half-truths.
Episodes
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
In today's show, Rob and Mark discuss Mark's recent travels, the brilliance of the Google Pixel 7 Pro, and Rob's new headphones before getting immensely grumpy about Apple's iPad antics.
Links
- Mark’s Apple Watch Ultra hike: https://youtu.be/S_FNf9H0eVo
- Rob’s Samsung Galaxy S22 settings
- Enable dev options (Settings > About Phone > Software information > tap Build number a bunch of times)
- New settings menu Developer Options appears - Developer Options > Window Animation Scale/Transition Animation Scale/Animator set to 0.5X
- Battery and device care > Battery > More Battery Settings > Processing speed > Maximum
- Accessibility > Visibility Enhancements > Remove animations, Reduce transparency and blur
- Accessibility > Interaction and Dexterity > Touch and hold delay > Very short
- Get Good Lock from Samsung App Store
- Home Up plugin
- After Steve book: https://amzn.to/3saHEQx (affiliate link)
- Belkin iPhone Mount with MagSafe: https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/HQ642ZM/A/belkin-iphone-mount-with-magsafe-for-mac-notebooks
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Oct 08, 2022
Saturday Oct 08, 2022
In today's show, we hear all about Rob's experiences with his shiny new iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the Google Pixel event is fully dissected and pondered.
Links
- Mark’s new video style https://youtu.be/J1PevveyB_E
- Tube Talk interview https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tubetalk-your-youtube-how-to-guide/id740234896?i=1000580293617
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Sep 24, 2022
Saturday Sep 24, 2022
In today's episode, Rob and Mark discuss the iPhone 14 Pro Max, Samsung stuff (finally), Mark's incoming Apple Watch Ultra, and check off a few gadgets that have been wallowing at the bottom of the show outline for months.
Links
- Jonathan Morrison’s video: https://youtu.be/b4kOwK39nIQ
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
In this episode, Rob and Mark pay their respects to the Queen and discuss Mark's trip to Paris, Mark's dodgy eye, the Apple event (and why Mark is desperately excited about his Apple Watch Ultra), and Rob's continued frustrations with all things Android.
Links
- Shout out for Mark’s channel from Oppo on teh Twitters:
- Mark spotted at the Oppo event:
- ASBYT channel:
- Justin Tse:
- Apple Watch Band collection app:
- Sinclair (as in ZX Spectrum and C5) Black Watch with red display from the 70s:
- Weird AirPods 3rd Gen non-magsafe case option quietly introduced:
- Ritchie Blackmore (in case anyone didn’t get this reference):
- Ben Nevis:
- Scafell:
- Oppo Enco X2 wireless earbuds:
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
In today's show, Rob and Mark discuss Mark's first ever press junket, the pros and many cons of diving into Samsung World, and why Mark suddenly loves massive smartphones.
Links
- Oppo Event where you might see Mark in the audience:
- Delivery Tracking:
- Deliveries:
- https://deliveries.app/en.html
- Shipping companies not cooperating, according to the developer:
- Parcels - as recommended by Louise Findlay from the Discord Server!
- AfterShip - Rob’s been using this on Android, it’s quite good (but a bit slurpy with the clipboard):
- Deliveries:
- TickTick to do app:
- Things to do app:
- Samsung Global Goals:
- Apple Event 7th September - YouTube warmup stream started, can sign up to notifications when actual show goes live:
- Design the next iPhone:
- Return to Monkey Island now available for pre-order:
- Official website:
- Steam (Mac/PC):
- Nintendo Switch:
- Monkey Island Collection 85% discount (about £4) until 28th August 2022 (PC only, largely incompatible with Steam Deck):
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
In today's show, Rob and Mark react to the Samsung Unpacked event and Mark reveals what he's pre-ordered. Mark's questionable new music bed strategy is also dissected, and MKBHD royally destroyed (only joking - we love the guy).
Links
- Samsung Unpacked 2022 event:
- Galaxy Watch 5 customiser is better than Apple Watch Studio - give it a go!
- Get Galaxy Watch stuff to work on non-Samsung phones:
- LG Tone head-tracked spatial audio earbuds tuned by Meridian:
- Allegedly truly lossless earbuds from Nura:
- Oppo Enco X2 tuned by Dynaudio:
- MKBHD’s Back to School video:
- Artlist royalty-free music and sound effects:
- A better battery level and percentage concept for iOS 16:
- Mac-shaped 35W GaN Charger:
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shargeek-retro-35-gan-charger/
- Note: UK Type G adaptor is an optional extra if you’re thinking of buying one - you can select it during checkout.
- Fun Apple Watch charging stands:
- Tom Dixon / Native Union see-through Qi charger (I didn’t pay that for it obviously):
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
We're back! In today's show, Rob and Mark talk about fatherhood, Insta360, Mark being 'all up in the TikToks', the Nothing Phone (1), and the M2 MacBook Air!
Links
- Mark’s new TikTok:
- Mark’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markellisreviews/
- Mark’s Medium Webinar replays:
- Session 1: https://my.demio.com/recording/GEuVc8pz
- Session 2: https://my.demio.com/recording/Wm1Mw78W
- The Wonder Weeks:
- Insta360:
- Go 2 (tiny action cam):
- ONE X2 (360 cam):
- ONE RS 1-inch Leica (fancy 360 cam):
- Link (new 4K gimbal webcam):
- Nothing phone (1):
- Dipping your toe in Android land as an iPhone user toolkit:
- Shortcuts equivalents:
- Macrodroid:
- Tasker:
- iMessage on Android (waitlist):
- Airdrop/universal copy and paste/continuity equivalent (and a bunch of other stuff):
- https://www.airdroid.com
- Use a different browser with sync, like Chrome, Edge or Firefox
- Note: Firefox is one of very few Android browsers that lets you put the URL bar and controls at the bottom. Y’know, where you can actually reach them.
- Shortcuts equivalents:
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
Saturday Jul 09, 2022
It's a big one this week, folks! We're delighted to welcome none other than Vadim Yuryev from Max Tech onto Eight or Sixteen! As you might guess, the topic of discussion was the Apple M2 chip. You do NOT want to miss this one!
Links
- Max Tech on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaxTechOfficial/
- Mark's reaction video: https://youtu.be/zWa0CPS2ypc
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
In this week's episode, we welcome back writer and business owner Justin Cox! Topics include Justin's brilliant new book, the highs and lows of writing online, Medium, the importance of your own website, and why we want Rob to finally start his own blog. We do some Mac stuff at the end, though - don't worry.
Links
- Buy Justin’s book, “Write Now - how to pursue your dream and start writing today” - available on Kindle and also in paperback:
- Where to find Justin Cox:
- Website: https://justincox.com
- Medium: https://justincox.medium.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/justincox
- Justin’s online writing community, The Writing Cooperative:
- Newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/writingcoop
- Website: https://writingcooperative.com
- Buy Mark’s guide to success on Medium:
- Register for Mark’s “How to become successful on Medium” webinar, two sessions available - Wednesday 29th June 2022 and Thursday 30th June, 8PM BST, limited spaces left:
- Follow Rob’s journey to becoming a writer as he works his way through the top notch advice set out in Justin and Mark’s books:
- Justin’s Day One Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/be459b29d6db4c9db7374b073267d72f
If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com
Saturday Jun 18, 2022
Saturday Jun 18, 2022
In part two of our WWDC reaction, we talk about macOS Ventura, iPadOS 16, the curious case of the missing Mac Pro, and MKBHD's dirty sensor. Enjoy.
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If you'd like to get in touch with Rob and Mark, you can email them at contact@eightorsixteen.com.
Eight or Sixteen is a Mark Ellis Reviews production: https://markellisreviews.com