Most of this episode focused on discussing the Google I/O 2015 event. Kevin is also quite impressed with a new low cost smartphone from ASUS.
Google held its I/O conference this past week so Kevin and I spent most of MobileTechRoundup show #347 discussing what was revealed by Google. Show topics include:
Running time: 63 minutes
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