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Speaker 1: Elon takes over Twitter, Duo Lingo takes over Math, and

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Speaker 1: Plus your tech questions answered? What's going on? I'm Rich

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Speaker 1: Dumiro and this is Rich on Tech, the podcast where

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Speaker 1: I talk about the tech stuff I think you should

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Speaker 1: know about. It's also the place where I answer the

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Speaker 1: questions you send me, and yes, you send me a

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Speaker 1: lot of them. I'm the tech reporter for KTLA Channel

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Speaker 1: five in Los Angeles, California, United States, North America. The World, Earth,

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Speaker 1: the galaxy? What galaxy are we in? Do we have

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Speaker 1: should probably know that. Oh my gosh, welcome to the show.

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Speaker 1: I know it's been a bit since I've done a podcast,

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Speaker 1: and I officially apologized for that. But it's just one

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Speaker 1: then I was in Tokyo and then I don't you know.

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Speaker 1: It's just it's a lot sometimes. So I do appreciate

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Speaker 1: Milky Way Galaxy. Oh is that what we're in the

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Speaker 1: Milky Way. Okay, is that the Milky Way? I thought

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Speaker 1: Speaking of galaxies, I was in Japan. In case you

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Speaker 1: all been sort of international in scope. Was in Japan

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Speaker 1: like tech that's going to change our lives. So that

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Speaker 1: of course you know it didn't include the wireless phone,

430
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Speaker 1: but you know, include a phone line, which nobody needed.

431
00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:52,880
Speaker 1: By the way, it was cheaper to have the phone

432
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Speaker 1: line with the triple play than it was to not

433
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,080
Speaker 1: have a phone line. Like I remember calling the cable

434
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,119
Speaker 1: company and they would say, oh, you got to keep

435
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Speaker 1: the phone line. It's it's cheaper to have the phone line.

436
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:06,400
Speaker 1: Otherwise you have to pay extra. Okay, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot says,

437
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,560
Speaker 1: Spectrum charges a sixteen dollars ninety seven fee for broadcasting taxes.

438
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 1: That is crazy. Wow, that is crazy. So you know,

439
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,479
Speaker 1: this is the other thing that these companies they charge,

440
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 1: you know, these administration fees, and they raise the administration

441
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Speaker 1: fees and it's just you know, it's one of those

442
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,919
Speaker 1: things that it's just not fun when fees go up,

443
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,520
Speaker 1: it's not fun. Oh there's Michael. Michael says, greetings from

444
00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,480
Speaker 1: Park City. Michael was the guy I was telling you about.

445
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,040
Speaker 1: He just joined the Instagram chat. He was the guy

446
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,479
Speaker 1: I was telling you about was hanging out with in Japan,

447
00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,119
Speaker 1: and he was the one who told me, you know,

448
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: you can just turn on Wi Fi calling and get

449
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,879
Speaker 1: your texts. And I was like, what, how did I

450
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:48,000
Speaker 1: not know that? All right, let's get to the next question.

451
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Speaker 1: Paul says, have you heard about these things called signal tech?

452
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,320
Speaker 1: I'm wondering if it's legit or an internet scam thing,

453
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Speaker 1: or can I even buy this at bet spy And

454
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,280
Speaker 1: let's see, let's look up what signal tech is. It

455
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 1: is a signal booster, and it says it can eliminate

456
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 1: dead spots and rooms with weak Wi Fi coverage with

457
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,159
Speaker 1: signal tech. And it's got a whole bunch of people

458
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,280
Speaker 1: on there that say it works amazingly. And then it

459
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,439
Speaker 1: says get yours now, And there's a little pop up

460
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,880
Speaker 1: that says Michael just bought one in Missouri. Oh. Now,

461
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,720
Speaker 1: it says stock is extremely limited, sell out risk high

462
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 1: what oh and you could buy two oh and another

463
00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,000
Speaker 1: person just bought one. Oh same guy, Paul and Jackson, Mississippi,

464
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Speaker 1: two signal boosters for seventy dollars thirty five dollars each

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Speaker 1: plus free shipping. Oh Oscar and San Diego just bought

466
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Speaker 1: one thirty seven minutes ago. Okay, let me tell you

467
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Speaker 1: about these websites. So nothing against signal Tech. I don't

468
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Speaker 1: know if this product works well or not, but the

469
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Speaker 1: way it's presented, the way that it is on this website,

470
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Speaker 1: I don't like, and it raises a major red flag

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Speaker 1: to me. I am I'm not going to be forced

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00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: into buying something online because of a ticking clock, which,

473
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 1: by the way, I think Amazon does that too with

474
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,840
Speaker 1: their Lightning deals. So yeah, I mean it's like the

475
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 1: QVC model. You know, it's like these things are selling out,

476
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: these things are going you got to buy this right now.

477
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 1: I like to do my research. I like to talk

478
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Speaker 1: to people. I like to see kind of like what

479
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 1: people are saying about stuff before I buy. If you

480
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: see an ad on Instagram, it brings you to a

481
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Speaker 1: website where there's a countdown clock and it says it's

482
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Speaker 1: selling out soon, and there's one page that sort of

483
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,639
Speaker 1: has everything on it like the entire like check out

484
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Speaker 1: process is all on one page. To me, those are

485
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Speaker 1: all big red flags. And number one, I would always

486
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,399
Speaker 1: look for the return instructions, like what is the return policy? Okay,

487
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,440
Speaker 1: so I'm looking for return policy. I don't see that.

488
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 1: I'm looking for an address, a physical address. I don't.

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Speaker 1: Let's see if do they have a physical address? Oh,

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Speaker 1: San Diego? Okay, Bizarre Innovations. Let's see what that is.

491
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 1: Bizarre innovations leading direct to consumer development company. So it

492
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,000
Speaker 1: looks like it's one of those like as seen on

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Speaker 1: TV companies. So okay, yeah, they have a whole bunch

494
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Speaker 1: of stuff signal tech. I wear glow birds. I mean, look,

495
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,359
Speaker 1: it's probably not the worst thing in the world, but

496
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 1: I think that you can probably just get this from

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Speaker 1: best Buy. And so what I would recommend is go

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Speaker 1: with a product that is I don't really recommend signal

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Speaker 1: boosters in general, but I if you need one, if

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Speaker 1: you don't want to go with a new mesh, you know,

501
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,119
Speaker 1: Wi Fi router and all that stuff, then if you

502
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Speaker 1: want to go with a booster and try that, I

503
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,959
Speaker 1: don't think they boost the signal very well. But you know,

504
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 1: with today's gadgets whatever. It just doesn't work as well

505
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,640
Speaker 1: as it used to. But if you're going to get one,

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00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:51,600
Speaker 1: I would recommend one from tp link. Tp Link makes

507
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: a lot of networking products. I think they're pretty good

508
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,520
Speaker 1: and they're very reasonable. They make one the Wi Fi.

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00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 1: They make a whole bunch of Wi Fi range extenders.

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00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 1: Pick one that you like and go with it. I'm

511
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 1: looking at this popular one on Amazon. It is twenty

512
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 1: two dollars and ninety nine cents, so about the same price,

513
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit cheaper. Amazon Limited time offer says

514
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,160
Speaker 1: it covers up to twelve hundred square feet to increase

515
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: your boost of your Wi Fi signal. So again, I

516
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: just I get a lot of emails from people that

517
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 1: they send me these products they get on as ads

518
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 1: on Instagram and Facebook or any sort of social media,

519
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 1: and I can always tell it's the same kind of website.

520
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 1: It's the same website that just tries to force you

521
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: to buy real quick, and it's not always the best

522
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 1: product out there. So there you go. All right, let's

523
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Speaker 1: get to the next story. Galaxy S twenty two can

524
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 1: now take pictures of the stars, and so this is

525
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: kind of cool. Astrophotography is a feature that is built

526
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:54,399
Speaker 1: into the pixel from Google and it's something that the

527
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Speaker 1: other phones have really not done. The Samsungs have done

528
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: pictures of the moon, but you know, when it comes

529
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 1: to the stars, they don't necessarily. But now they added

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00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: the ability to take photos of the stars. So they

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Speaker 1: call it astro photography. Astro photo they call it. And

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00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: this is it's interesting because they did this not with

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00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: a software update, but by downloading an app. So you

534
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,199
Speaker 1: download what's called the Expert Raw app, and this is

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00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,639
Speaker 1: in the Samsung I know it's confusing. On Samsung sou

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00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 1: they have Google Play, but then they also have their

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00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 1: own Galaxy App Store. So you download this Expert Raw

538
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,199
Speaker 1: app in the Galaxy App Store and then you install

539
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: it and it adds extra things to your camera. And

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00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: then there's also another app called Camera Assistant, which you

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00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,959
Speaker 1: don't need to get, but if you want extra features,

542
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: you can do that too. So anyway, once you install

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00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 1: this Expert Raw, you can point your phone at the

544
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: sky and it will take pictures of the stars. It

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00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 1: will hold the phone, it will hold the exposure for

546
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,160
Speaker 1: anywhere between like four and I think ten minutes, which

547
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 1: ten minutes is wild. I tried this the other night.

548
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 1: By the way, I have too much light where I live,

549
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: so I can't really get a good photo, but it

550
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 1: definitely you know, it worked. And the coolest thing about

551
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 1: Samsung's implementation of this versus Google is that on Samsung

552
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,680
Speaker 1: you've got an overlay of a sky guide. So I

553
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: don't know if you've downloaded one of those apps that

554
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,160
Speaker 1: lets you see the stars in the sky, but Samsung

555
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: just built that into the actual expert Raw app. So

556
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,640
Speaker 1: when you aim this up at the sky, you can

557
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 1: see an overlay of the constellations and the stars, which

558
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: I thought was really really cool, so you can take

559
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: the pictures you want of the stars you want. Anyway,

560
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: check it out Expert Raw if you have an S

561
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: twenty two series. They're also they have this new Camera

562
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 1: Assistant app which adds new features to the camera, which

563
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: auto HDR. You can turn that on or off now

564
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: soften pictures. You can turn on auto lens switching. You

565
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: can turn off video recording and photo mode. You can

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00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 1: turn off number of pictures you take after timer. You

567
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: can change you can make the shutter faster. You can

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00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: select tell it takes for the camera app. The previous

569
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Speaker 1: screen to time out, and you can enable a clean

570
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: preview on HDMI display, So no menuser buttons when you

571
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: connect to an HDMI output. And again those are all

572
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: features that are really aimed towards someone that's using the

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00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 1: Samsung Galaxy phones as a you know, as a real

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00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: pro camera. And so yeah, and folks are asking on

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00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: the Instagram, not on iPhone. No iPhone has no ability.

576
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: Shouldn't say no ability iPhone? Can you know? It won't

577
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: take really great pictures of the night sky, but it

578
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: will do it. It's just not as good as what

579
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: the pixel can do or what the s twenty two

580
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 1: can now do, so check it out. Always cool when

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00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: they add ability for these phones to do things just

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Speaker 1: with a software update, which is kind of the way

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00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: the world now, all right. Next question comes from Gene

584
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 1: Gene says, can you suggest some good free password managers

585
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: for both iOS and Android. I used UPM, but the

586
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 1: developer no longer supports it, although he's kept the app open.

587
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: I'd expect to use Excel, but it's not secure. Thanks

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00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 1: gene Gene. I agree, do not use Excel, although if

589
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: that's your only way of keeping track of passwords, it's

590
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: better than nothing. But I would not not recommend that.

591
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 1: I would recommend a secured password manager for sure, and

592
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,320
Speaker 1: definitely don't use the same password over and over for

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00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: any website. Use a complex password that is I would

594
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 1: say at least eleven characters minimum, maybe twelve, I don't know.

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00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 1: Twelve to sixteen is probably the sweet spot for something

596
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 1: that's that's uncrackable by a lot of systems UPM I'm

597
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: not familiar with. But here's what I recommend when it

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00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: comes to password managers. So if you are just on iOS,

599
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: so if everything is iOS your computer and you know,

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00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 1: you're using Safari on your computer, and you're using iOS

601
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: on your phone, you know, and Safari on your phone,

602
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 1: go ahead and just use apples built in password manager,

603
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: which I think is called like iCloud keychain. So that's

604
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 1: super sick bolt, super easy. You can use that. Uh.

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00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: If you want something that is cross platform that is free,

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00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 1: I would recommend Bitwarden. They are sort of an open

607
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: source company. They are I don't if they're open source,

608
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: but they're they're anyway, it's is it open source? It

609
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,720
Speaker 1: might be I think it is open source. Actually, yeah,

610
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 1: it is open source. So that means that other people

611
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: can kind of look at the code behind the password

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00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: manager and you know, make sure that it's good and

613
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 1: make sure that it's secure, and so that's really good.

614
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: And they have a free fee. They have a completely

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00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: free version. Yes, you don't get access to all of

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00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 1: the features of the paid version, but it's enough for like,

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00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 1: you know, some people that just need something very simple

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00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: to get by. And of course it's a freemium model,

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00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 1: so eventually they want you to use it. And then

620
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: you run up into a wall and say, ah, it'd

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00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: be really nice if I have this feature, and they say, well,

622
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: for a couple bucks a month, you can have that feature,

623
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: and you go, oh, where if you've been all my

624
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: life and then now you convert to a paying customer.

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00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 1: That's what freemium means. Otherwise, I like dash Lane for

626
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 1: a full featured but very expensive password manager. I think

627
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 1: they do a really nice job of you know, updating

628
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: their apps. They have like a VPN that's included, there's

629
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: a couple of features like very it's a very premium

630
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: password manager and you're gonna pay. I think it's like

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00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: fifty sixty bucks a year for that password manager. So

632
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: we did a story with them a couple of years ago.

633
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: It was very impressed, and so I like them as well.

634
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: But I think for a lot of people, if you

635
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: are using Chrome on your desktop computer and an iPhone,

636
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: you can use Google's password manager. If you don't mind Google,

637
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 1: you know, you don't have something against Google. They just

638
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 1: change their password manager on Chrome to work natively across

639
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: the entire iPhone ecosystem, so not just in Chrome like

640
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,959
Speaker 1: you used to work in Chrome, but now their passwords

641
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: will fill across any app. And so this is a

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Speaker 1: free service. You know, it's kind of cool because it

643
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Speaker 1: works on your you know, for me personally, if I'm

644
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: using an iPhone and I'm also using Chrome on my desktop,

645
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: i could switch to this and use this. But it's

646
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: one of those things where you have to really like

647
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: Google because you're kind of putting a lot into Google.

648
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: You can always export your passwords from any of these

649
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Speaker 1: services and start with a new one, but it's kind

650
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: of a little bit of a process. So but that's

651
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Speaker 1: what i'd recommend. So if you want something completely free,

652
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 1: cross platform independent, I'd go with Bitwarden. If you want

653
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Speaker 1: something that's dependent on an operating system and your only

654
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,840
Speaker 1: Apple products, I would go with iCloud Keychain Manager or

655
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: keychain whatever, it's called Cloud Keychain. And then if you

656
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Speaker 1: want something that is sort of also independent but priceier

657
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 1: in premium, I'd go with dash Lane. And if you

658
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: want something that is it works across platforms, but it's

659
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: still put out by a big company like Google, you

660
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: can go with Google's password manager. Those are some great options.

661
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: Whatever you do, definitely use a password manager. I highly

662
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: recommend it. Do not use the same password for various websites.

663
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 1: Make sure that you use two factor authen indication when

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Speaker 1: you can, and just be very vigilant about passwords because

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00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: I know it's a pain. Believe me, When I sign

666
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,759
Speaker 1: up for a website and I have to go through

667
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 1: that process of you know, signing up with a unique password,

668
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,240
Speaker 1: it is a pain. It takes longer than just clicking

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00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: log in with Google or Apple or any of those things,

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Speaker 1: which I don't recommend doing because I don't think all

671
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 1: your login should be should be linked to another website,

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00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 1: but I just I get it. It takes a long time.

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00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: It's annoying. It takes a long time to retrieve the password,

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00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 1: It takes a long time to copy and baste, it

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00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: but just please do it. I'm telling you, if there's

676
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 1: a breach of a website and a password gets out

677
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: there and it's something simple that can be used across

678
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: other websites, you don't want that to happen to you. So,

679
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,400
Speaker 1: you know, just just take the extra three seconds to

680
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: use a password manager and to really really just embrace it,

681
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 1: and you'll be a happier, safer, more secure person. All right.

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00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 1: Next story up. Apple announces they had a bunch of

683
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 1: new products this weekend, a bunch of new software as well.

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Speaker 1: So let's see what do they do. They released mac

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00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 1: os Ventura, they released the iPad os I think it's

686
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: I don't know whatever they're up to on the iPad,

687
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,399
Speaker 1: and then a couple of new products, including a new

688
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 1: iPad was it two new iPads, and also new Apple TV.

689
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: So this is kind of like, you know, the end

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00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: of the year where they just kind of like dump

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00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff on us, like a, here's the

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00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: rest of our stuff, you know, after the iPhone, and

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00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: it's all stuff that people like and buy and purchase,

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Speaker 1: and the software is great. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: I think that you know, these are sort of the

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Speaker 1: lesser announcements towards the end of the year. You know,

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Speaker 1: most people buy an Apple TV if they even get

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Speaker 1: an Apple TV, because it's kind of expensive and they

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00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: don't replace it for five, you know, five years. iPad

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Speaker 1: is one of those things when you need one, you

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00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 1: just kind of go in and see, like, okay, here's

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00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: the price points, what do I need, and you make

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00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 1: your purchase decision. It's not like a lot of people

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00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: are waiting for these products to come out so they

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00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 1: can upgrade, right, and then the software is great. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the iPad software Stage Manager is one of the big

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00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,880
Speaker 1: new features, but it kind of got a lukewarm reception.

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00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: And then macOS Ventura. It's like, I've gotten to the

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00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: point and I'm a tech person and I love new

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00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: technology and I love new software, but I've gotten to

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Speaker 1: the point where I'm like, all right, Apple, you know,

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00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 1: I just got used to the current macOS, which I

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Speaker 1: can't even tell you the name of it. Let's see

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Speaker 1: what it's called, Monterey. So I'm just getting used to

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Speaker 1: mac Os Monterey. Now you're springing Ventura on me, and

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00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 1: it's like, do I really need anything new on my

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00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: desktop unless it's gonna change the way I compute, or

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00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,800
Speaker 1: make my Gmail faster, which is super slow on Chrome.

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00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 1: You know, we'll see or my battery life better anyway.

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Speaker 1: So the thing I think is important is the Apple

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00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,399
Speaker 1: TV four K so new model with a new chip

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00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 1: inside the A fifteen Bionic. It's got support for HDR

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00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: ten plus, It's got a new or an updated series remote. Oh,

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00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 1: I didn't know I had an updated remote. So faster performance. Okay,

725
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: I mean my TV works just fine. But the interesting

726
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: thing is that the actual physical Apple TV is thinner,

727
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: it's lighter, it's it's fanless for the first time, which

728
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: is kind of cool. Used to have this big fan

729
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: on the bottom. Uses thirty percent less power than the

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Speaker 1: last generation. It's got HDR. Oh, I see the serial

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00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: remote has USB c now instead of USB lightning. Okay,

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00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: that's interesting. Comes in a sixty four gigabyte configuration for

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Speaker 1: Wi Fi for one hundred and twenty nine dollars. One

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00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,800
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty eight gigabyte configuration has an Ethernet port

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00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 1: and thread networking. They'll arrive on November fourth, that's a Friday. Again.

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Speaker 1: Something that you know. Number one, I rarely get questions

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00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 1: about Apple TV. I think that most most people that

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00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,359
Speaker 1: I talk with want either Roku or the Fire TV

739
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 1: sticks because they're cheap, and Apple TV is something that

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00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 1: you want to get if you want something that's a

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00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: bit more premium, or you're in that Apple ecosystem and

742
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: you know, you just want all things Apple and it's nice.

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00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 1: I mean, look, if you have an Apple TV and

744
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: you have AirPods, it's amazing. You sit on your couch

745
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 1: and you know, just watch a show in total peace

746
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: without disturbing anyone around you. You also have airplay, you know,

747
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: if you're using Eyecloud, you can see your pictures on there.

748
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 1: The apps are robust, but you can do a lot

749
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 1: of the same things with Roku. Don't get me wrong.

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00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 1: You can plug headphones into the Roku remote for many years,

751
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 1: so I thought it was really cool. And Fire TV

752
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: lets you link up headphones with Bluetooth too, So it's

753
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 1: not like you can't do these things. It's just more

754
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: of like a it's more of an ecosystem play. If

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00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: you're getting an Apple TV, you want all things Apple

756
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 1: in your life, which you know, fine, that's that's basically it.

757
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: I haven't tested it, so I will tell you more

758
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: once I test the Apple TV to see Ronzie says,

759
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: does Apple make iPhones last up to two years intentionally

760
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 1: so customers by the next level, No, I would actually

761
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: disagree with that. I think that as opposed to Android phones,

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00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:05,400
Speaker 1: which I feel like nowadays they've gotten better for sure,

763
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: But you know, you buy an Android phone, like an

764
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: iPhone can last like five years, like legitimately the software

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00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: and the hardware, I mean, the camera, like iPhones last

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00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,719
Speaker 1: on average, people are now spending over three years with

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00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,760
Speaker 1: them before they upgrade. It used to be a yearly

768
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,800
Speaker 1: upgrade cycle, and then it got a little bit longer

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00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: to two years. Now we're up to I think, you know,

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00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: thirty eight months or something like that. So I think

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00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: the iPhone is actually when you do the price of

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00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: the iPhone, I get that it's expensive, but when you

773
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: parse that out over the amount of years that that

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00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 1: phone can last, it is quite a good deal. And

775
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: by the way, not just how long it lasts, but

776
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,799
Speaker 1: the resale value of that iPhone. So if you look

777
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 1: at the resale value of any Android, you know, get

778
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 1: the best Samsung Galaxy S twenty two Ultra, and look

779
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: at that resale price a year later from anyone besides Samsung.

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00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: That's trying to get you to upgrade to a new phone.

781
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: It's not very good. Whereas the iPhone. You can go

782
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: on Facebook today and post to your family and friends

783
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: and say, hey, I'm selling my iPhone and someone will

784
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: purchase that phone for a family member that needs one

785
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,799
Speaker 1: at a discounted price, or you can sell it a

786
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,359
Speaker 1: million other ways. So I really disagree with the fact

787
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: that you know, yes, I get it. The software. You know,

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00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: people say it slows down. It does, like I've noticed

789
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 1: that on my phone, But it's not the software that's

790
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: slowing down. It's these apps. Have you noticed how big

791
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:34,399
Speaker 1: apps are getting and how processor intense they've gotten over

792
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: the years. It used to be, you know, Instagram, Facebook,

793
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,680
Speaker 1: they were like ten megabyte apps. Now you're talking. You

794
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: look to download some of these apps are like three

795
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: hundred megabytes. You're like, wait what I mean? Because think

796
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,760
Speaker 1: something like Instagram. If you look at it or TikTok,

797
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: there's entire video editing systems built into that app. So

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00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: it's not just an app for posting pictures. It is

799
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,240
Speaker 1: now become an app that helps you create an entire

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00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: video edited reel that is no easy feet and it's

801
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,320
Speaker 1: just like that with all these other apps. It's like

802
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 1: they're doing so much. So I know it's easy to

803
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 1: make fun of Apple, and it's easy to, you know,

804
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 1: talk about how expensive everything is. But I see things

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00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: a different way. I think that you can get a

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00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: lot of use out of these phones in a in

807
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: a big way for many, many years, and if you

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00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:21,960
Speaker 1: like to upgrade every year, sure it could be expensive.

809
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: Phil says, I don't understand the need for an Apple

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00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: TV box when it's an app. That's a good, very

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00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 1: good question. That's and I agree. I think it's very

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00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 1: confusing because Apple decided to call Apple TV plus Apple

813
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,760
Speaker 1: TV plus, and then you have the Apple TV app

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00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: that runs Apple TV plus, and then you also have

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Speaker 1: an Apple TV box. Let's break it down. The Apple

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00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: TV box is a streaming device that runs Apple TV

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00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: Apple TV plus, and it also runs any other streaming

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00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 1: app or any other Apple or any other app in

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00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: the Apple App Store for that matter, that works on

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00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: that TV. So that is a physical device. The Apple

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Speaker 1: Apple TV is an app that lives on a kdub

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Speaker 1: twenty one seventy five. So some still anti Apple too

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00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: much money, okay. Apple TV is an app that lives

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00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: on the iPhone and on the Apple TV that is

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00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: more of a curated destination for streaming. So Apple TV

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00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,319
Speaker 1: has a bunch of different products inside of it, so

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Speaker 1: it may have the Stars Network, it may have HBO.

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00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: You know. It also helps you figure out what's streaming

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00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 1: on different services, and that's a whole nother thing. And

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00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 1: by the way, Apple does a really good job on that.

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Speaker 1: The notable exception is Netflix. Netflix is not integrated with

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00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 1: Apple TV the app. So if you're looking, like, you know,

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00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,360
Speaker 1: Apple TV the app, you can go on there and

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00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 1: it'll say like, oh, here's a whole bunch of cool

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00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,799
Speaker 1: Halloween movies that are streaming. Well, that's great, but it's

836
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:03,640
Speaker 1: never going to show you anything else on Netflix because

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00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: Apple and Netflix are like this, you know, they're front

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00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: of mees, just like Apple and every other company at

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00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,760
Speaker 1: this point for some reason. What's the reason for that, Apple,

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00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:17,760
Speaker 1: Let's see. And then Apple TV Plus is a streaming service,

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00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: and so Apple TV Plus is a streaming service that

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00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: you can pay for that has its own content. And

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Speaker 1: Brian Rose eighty bought a badge. Thank you so much,

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00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: Brian for buying that badge. That's always fun. I don't

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00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 1: know exactly what the badges mean. I think they benefit

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00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,440
Speaker 1: me in some way, but it's like one of those things.

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00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:36,839
Speaker 1: At the end of the month will be like people

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00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 1: will be like our Facebook will be like, hey, these

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00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:43,439
Speaker 1: people bought you badges. George says, I'm doing a course

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00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 1: on swift with Swift with Apple, and it says apps

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00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: should be made with size and power concern, but the

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00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 1: apps are actually the opposite. Yes, that is true. I

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Speaker 1: get it. And I'm not a developer of an app,

854
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: so I'm sure there's something in the idea of you know,

855
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 1: a bigger app is probably less effort to code because

856
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 1: you just kind of keep adding code to it. But

857
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,799
Speaker 1: the best apps are probably the leanest apps that are

858
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,360
Speaker 1: you know, you code with less and I guess it

859
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 1: takes up less you know, space and resources. But I

860
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Speaker 1: get it. All this stuff, it all comes down to money,

861
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Speaker 1: all right. Do we have another question? I saw someone

862
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: else bought a badge. Actually Liz bought a badge. Oh,

863
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Speaker 1: I don't know. Two hearts that must be needed even

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Speaker 1: better badge, So thank you? I need like, do I

865
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Speaker 1: have like applause? Let me see what I have here? Hello?

866
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Speaker 1: What's that? I think that was like a viewer question

867
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Speaker 1: like on tape. Okay, hold on, okay, there we go.

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Speaker 1: Is that when you buy a badge, I give you

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00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 1: that I need a badge like a Okay, that was

870
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Speaker 1: another thing. Okay, so I don't have anything. This is

871
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Speaker 1: I guess that's the badge. I need like an applause

872
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:51,879
Speaker 1: for the badge. So thank you. All right, let's get

873
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Speaker 1: to the next question of the podcast. Let's see. Uh,

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00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: Janice says, oh, Robert says, you know what, I'll okay,

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00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: let's do Robert's question. Good morning, rich I enjoy the

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00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 1: knowledge I received from your rich on Tech. I was

877
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 1: just wondering how come you never review the Samsung tablets

878
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 1: as you have done for the new Amazon kindle. I

879
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:17,480
Speaker 1: feel that some of the segments are very narrow with

880
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 1: some bias, which I guess is somewhat expected. You do

881
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 1: great justice to the Samsung line of phones, however, never

882
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,399
Speaker 1: or very anemic reviews of their tablets. Robert sent from

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Speaker 1: my Verizon Samsung Galaxy smartphone get outlook for Android. Okay, oh, hey,

884
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: Seuss just bought three hearts. Oh my gosh, let's go.

885
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Oh my, Okay, there we go. We'll give

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Speaker 1: you the little Once we receive them, the whole podcast

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Speaker 1: is going to be that three. That's amazing. Okay, So Robert,

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Speaker 1: I one hundred percent understand where you're coming from. I

889
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 1: get it. If I am mentioning Apple Apple Apple on TV,

890
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,399
Speaker 1: people say I'm an Apple fanboy. All all I care

891
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:03,959
Speaker 1: about is Apple, Apple pays me. Oh my gosh, I'm

892
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 1: you know, Apple, Apple Apple, And I get it. I

893
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,360
Speaker 1: get how that can seem to be the case. But

894
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,919
Speaker 1: you have to understand where I'm coming from. Number One,

895
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Speaker 1: I get two minutes on TV. Right in those two minutes,

896
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 1: I have to make an impact on you. I have

897
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:19,800
Speaker 1: to tell you what's good. I have to tell you

898
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,319
Speaker 1: what's bad. And it's really really tricky sometimes because my

899
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 1: audience on TV is a very broad audience. It is

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00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:29,919
Speaker 1: people that don't even care about technology. Sometimes it's people

901
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 1: that are just sitting there watching the news and they

902
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,319
Speaker 1: see me come up and they go, oh, what's this

903
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:38,359
Speaker 1: guy talking about? Oh? Apple Apple again. Well, you know,

904
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Speaker 1: Apple comes out with a lot of products every year. Now, specifically,

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Speaker 1: you're asking why I did not cover the Samsung tablets

906
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Speaker 1: and why I covered the Amazon tablet, And I'll get

907
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 1: to my Amazon tablet review in just a moment. Easy

908
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 1: Amazon tablet is one hundred dollars. By the way, it'll

909
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Speaker 1: be even cheaper over the holidays. So I'm anticipating that

910
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 1: we have a lot of Amazon shop the watching TV.

911
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,879
Speaker 1: That tablet is gonna be on their home screen all

912
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Speaker 1: throughout the holidays. It's gonna be fifty dollars, it's gonna

913
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Speaker 1: be seventy five dollars, and people are going, wait, do

914
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Speaker 1: I get this? This is a tablet for seventy five

915
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Speaker 1: bucks one hundred bucks. And so what they're gonna do

916
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Speaker 1: is they're gonna google rich on Tech, Amazon Kindle tablet

917
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: or Fire tablet, and they're gonna see my review, and

918
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 1: now they can see what I think about that one

919
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Speaker 1: hundred dollars tablet. Samsung tablets. You know, there's also a

920
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:28,880
Speaker 1: bit of curation that goes along in what I choose

921
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:32,600
Speaker 1: to cover. Samsung tablets. I don't recommend typically because I

922
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Speaker 1: think they're way too expensive for what you get, and

923
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Speaker 1: I think an iPad is better. If I'm spending three

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Speaker 1: hundred dollars on a tablet, I'm gonna recommend an iPad

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Speaker 1: every single day of the week. And the reason for

926
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Speaker 1: that is because the ecosystem, the apps, the accessories, it's Apple.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna run better, it's gonna last many more years.

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Speaker 1: The Samsung tablets, and yes it's been a while since

929
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: I've tested one, they're just way too expensive for an

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Speaker 1: Android ecosystem that almost barely exists on a tablet. There

931
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Speaker 1: are so many amazing applications for an iPad, like I'm

932
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Speaker 1: talking world class tablet applications. You go to Android and

933
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Speaker 1: you go to download the same apps if they're even available,

934
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Speaker 1: and they're horrible. And I'm not knocking what Samsung's doing.

935
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Speaker 1: It's just a bigger problem of the Android ecosystem. It

936
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Speaker 1: doesn't exist for tablets. It's someplace that has just really

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Speaker 1: not gone over very well. Now is that not to

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Speaker 1: say that if you bought a Samsung tablet, and I'm

939
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Speaker 1: not judging you if you did, I think it's fine

940
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Speaker 1: that things like Netflix are gonna work just fine, things

941
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 1: like Hulu are gonna work fine. Absolutely, But then I

942
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Speaker 1: go back to my original argument, which is, go for

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Speaker 1: the Kindle tablet if you're just reading a Kindle book,

944
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Speaker 1: if you're just reading, or the fire tablet. I should say,

945
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Speaker 1: if you're just watching shows and movies. You don't need

946
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Speaker 1: something that is the Samsung level of price. And I

947
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Speaker 1: looked up the Samsung ones. It's about three hundred dollars.

948
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Speaker 1: That's a lot of money for a tablet that I

949
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Speaker 1: feel like just doesn't have the apps to back it up.

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Speaker 1: So I hope that explains your question. I'm believe me.

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00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not gonna say my job is, you know, like,

952
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Speaker 1: don't cry for me. Like I love my job. I

953
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Speaker 1: love what I do. But there is some curation involved

954
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Speaker 1: in number one. Anything I mentioned on TV, whether it

955
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Speaker 1: is good or bad, people go out and buy it,

956
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:25,440
Speaker 1: and so I've got to take that into consideration. Like

957
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Speaker 1: if I'm featuring a Samsung tablet, people are just gonna

958
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Speaker 1: see the fact that I'm talking about it and they're

959
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:31,840
Speaker 1: gonna buy it without even listening to what I have

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00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:34,880
Speaker 1: to say about it. So if you listen to my reports,

961
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,240
Speaker 1: I really do try to give you like the good

962
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,880
Speaker 1: and the bad in a very short amount of time.

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00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,319
Speaker 1: If you read my longer reviews online, I typically try

964
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 1: to give you a little bit more perspective. And then

965
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:48,439
Speaker 1: if you listen to my podcast, you really truly sort

966
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 1: of understand where I'm coming from because I get a

967
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,320
Speaker 1: lot longer to explain kind of my basis for things.

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Speaker 1: So I get that it just looks like I cover

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00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 1: a lot of Apple stuff, a lot of Amazon stuff,

970
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: a lot of Google stuff. But these are the products

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00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:00,880
Speaker 1: that I feel like want to put out there for

972
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: people to know that I'm covering because I do think

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Speaker 1: that they are the better choices in some of these circumstances.

974
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Speaker 1: And Robert who I just I believe that's who. I

975
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Speaker 1: just answered your question, just gave me three stars, and

976
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 1: so wow, that's amazing. So I hope I answered your

977
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 1: question and you're still a fan because I just kind

978
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,839
Speaker 1: of went off. That's what I do sometimes. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's get so. Speaking of iPad iPad, Dan Seaffert in

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Speaker 1: The Verge says, and I didn't review this iPad, so

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Speaker 1: I can't. I can't tell you if it's good or not.

982
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: But basically the standard iPad, which is kind of like

983
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Speaker 1: the the you know, the iPad that is the regular iPad.

984
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:46,240
Speaker 1: I call it the standard. It's called the tenth generation iPad.

985
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:50,719
Speaker 1: They just gave it an update this week and it

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00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:54,800
Speaker 1: got USBC great performance in battery. Lots of good apps.

987
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,759
Speaker 1: Accessories are confusing and expensive. Yes, the price is high

988
00:50:57,760 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: and displays average, so that kind of sums it up.

989
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,640
Speaker 1: And look again, this goes back to my idea of

990
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: like the iPad is this amazing tablet, Like it is

991
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:09,879
Speaker 1: the best tablet in the world. Apple invented it, and

992
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:13,560
Speaker 1: I will never forget sitting there watching them unveil the

993
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 1: tablet Steve Jobs on stage. I think it was more

994
00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:19,359
Speaker 1: than ten years ago. I was working at the time

995
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:25,080
Speaker 1: at a website called tech Meme and this blew my mind.

996
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: I'm sitting there just thinking about, oh my gosh, this

997
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,399
Speaker 1: giant screen is going to become everything. It's a movie theater,

998
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:36,320
Speaker 1: it's a book, it's a magazine, it's a news I

999
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,839
Speaker 1: already say newspaper. It's a drawing tablet. Even though back

1000
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:41,960
Speaker 1: then he didn't really believe in the stylist. That's come

1001
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,240
Speaker 1: full circle. This is going to revolutionize everything. It's a screen.

1002
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 1: You could do work on it, you can write your emails,

1003
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,640
Speaker 1: whatever it is. I mean, it's still to this day

1004
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:52,719
Speaker 1: the most amazing, I think, the most amazing gadgets, one

1005
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:54,560
Speaker 1: of the most amazing gadgets in the world outside of

1006
00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:56,960
Speaker 1: the iPhone. But again, it's one of those things that

1007
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,359
Speaker 1: you buy when you need it and it's expensive. They

1008
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,799
Speaker 1: raised the ice basically by over one hundred dollars. So

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Speaker 1: the entry level price on this this iPad is, you know,

1010
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 1: it's like four hundred and I think like four thirty

1011
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 1: or four fifty. Now, I mean that's a lot of

1012
00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:13,759
Speaker 1: money for an iPad. And by the way, that's just

1013
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,600
Speaker 1: the iPad doesn't include the case, doesn't include the pencil

1014
00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 1: if you want, it, doesn't include a keyboard. So these

1015
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:22,360
Speaker 1: iPads can get very, very expensive. But I think for

1016
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: the average person who's not video editing and and doesn't

1017
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:29,400
Speaker 1: need a computer, they're really really good. And it's kind

1018
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,080
Speaker 1: of a one size fits all kind of thing, or

1019
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:33,000
Speaker 1: not one size fits all, because there's a lot of

1020
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:35,200
Speaker 1: different iPads to choose from, but I think it's something

1021
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:37,279
Speaker 1: that you know, you can use for a lot of

1022
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,160
Speaker 1: different things. All Right, we're getting a lot of questions

1023
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 1: on the live chat here. RW says, how do you

1024
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: feel about the new in home cellular connectivity Internet by

1025
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:49,200
Speaker 1: T Mobile and Verizon. I think it is amazing if

1026
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:51,480
Speaker 1: you can switch to it and the connection is fast

1027
00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:56,080
Speaker 1: in your home, absolutely enjoy the quote unquote free ride.

1028
00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:58,279
Speaker 1: We're getting right now because again this goes back to

1029
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:01,280
Speaker 1: the streaming services. If you buy internet from T Mobile

1030
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 1: or Verizon their new wireless home internet, it is way

1031
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:09,319
Speaker 1: cheaper than internet you can get anywhere else. Why you ask,

1032
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: because they're trying to get people to use it. In

1033
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:15,400
Speaker 1: three years, it'll be just as expensive as internet that

1034
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 1: you got through your home in a wire in a cable.

1035
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:21,680
Speaker 1: But right now, ride that free ride because you're getting

1036
00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:25,200
Speaker 1: you know, thirty to you know, twenty to thirty to

1037
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:28,320
Speaker 1: fifty dollars off every month on your home internet because

1038
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:31,839
Speaker 1: the price point is way cheaper than what it will

1039
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:35,239
Speaker 1: be later on when adoption is at a place when

1040
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: T Mobile and Verizon are much more comfortable with and

1041
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:39,840
Speaker 1: they feel like they can jack up the prices. So

1042
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:41,960
Speaker 1: right now it's cheap. If it works and you have

1043
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:46,800
Speaker 1: a good signal at your house, absolutely get it. Coco says,

1044
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:48,759
Speaker 1: I got the air iPad Air. I use it all

1045
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 1: the time. Laura says, I just noticed eighty dollars in subscriptions,

1046
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:57,480
Speaker 1: yet I don't use cancel those subscriptions. You can always resubscribe.

1047
00:53:57,560 --> 00:54:00,120
Speaker 1: Believe me. It feels like a big deal, but you

1048
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: kind of get rid of something like a service like

1049
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,560
Speaker 1: a Hulu or a Spotify or whatever it is, and

1050
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: you just kind of forget. It's like, okay, I'll use

1051
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,840
Speaker 1: something else. Like right now, I'm paying for both Apple

1052
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 1: Music and YouTube Music, and you know now that they're

1053
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,360
Speaker 1: both really expensive, I kind of have to make a decision.

1054
00:54:15,560 --> 00:54:17,480
Speaker 1: The reason I liked Apple Music is because it worked

1055
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:19,640
Speaker 1: on the Apple Watch. But maybe I don't need it

1056
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:21,640
Speaker 1: on the Apple Watch. Maybe I just have to deal

1057
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:24,280
Speaker 1: with you know, YouTube music that you know is included

1058
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 1: with my YouTube and it, you know, doesn't work as simple.

1059
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:31,600
Speaker 1: Our subscriptions needed to use Echo, No, they are not.

1060
00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 1: You do not need a subscription to use the Amazon Echo.

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00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:38,560
Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about the Speaking of tablets, let's

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Speaker 1: talk about the Amazon Fire HD eight. This is a

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Speaker 1: one hundred dollars tablet. I tested it. I brought it

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Speaker 1: on my trip to Japan as my only entertainment option

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Speaker 1: on the plane, and it was a little nerve racking

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Speaker 1: because I'm typically, you know, an iPad person, and it

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Speaker 1: was just fine. It was totally fine. The Fire HD

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Speaker 1: eight has an eight in screen, it's got USBC charging,

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Speaker 1: it's faster, it's thinner, it's lighter, it's got thirteen hour

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Speaker 1: battery life, which the battery was just fine. I tested

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Speaker 1: the Plus version, which is twenty dollars more. It has

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Speaker 1: one gigabyte more of RAM, which I'd probably recommend getting, honestly,

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Speaker 1: a better rear camera. You're not gonna be taking pictures

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Speaker 1: with this thing. Faster charging, and also wireless charging. They

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Speaker 1: have a kids version, which I really don't recommend if

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Speaker 1: your kids are playing Roadblocks and Minecraft. I really think

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Speaker 1: an iPad is the best thing, even though I'm not

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Speaker 1: a fan of Roadblocks to this day. I download a

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Speaker 1: bunch of video apps. I took it on my flight.

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Speaker 1: It worked great. There's this weird, annoying unlock screen with

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Speaker 1: an AD on it. Every time you go to unlock it,

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Speaker 1: it's like a new ad that's like moving. It's either

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Speaker 1: for a book or a movie, or a Prime show

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Speaker 1: or a game. It's very distracting. But you just swipe

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Speaker 1: out and unlock your tablet. You're fine. You can pay

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Speaker 1: Amazon I think fifteen dollars to get rid of that.

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Speaker 1: The home screen, I was surprised to find, only gives

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Speaker 1: a certain level of customization. You can't delete some of

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Speaker 1: theilon apps, which I thought was weird. Search is bing

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Speaker 1: which not really a fan of Google. This is the

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Speaker 1: biggest thing about the the the Amazon tablet, and this

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Speaker 1: would be if you really love Amazon or Google apps,

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Speaker 1: why you might want a Samsung tablet is that Google

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Speaker 1: Play is not on this tablet. Like again, Google and Amazon,

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Speaker 1: you know, frenemies like every other tech business. And you

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Speaker 1: can't install Google apps easily like Maps, Gmail YouTube. I mean,

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Speaker 1: come on, in the year twenty twenty two, why is

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Speaker 1: that you can use web versions? They're just not very good.

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Speaker 1: I mean they're fine, but it's just not the same

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Speaker 1: as a native app. So default memory thirty two sixty

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Speaker 1: four gigs. You could put a memory card in up

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Speaker 1: to a terabyte. Let me just explain what this is

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Speaker 1: all about. This tablet is for content creation. It is

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Speaker 1: not for content It's sorry. This is not for content creation.

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Speaker 1: It's for content consumption. So if you are reading books,

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Speaker 1: watching movie, watching TV shows, listening to music, listening to Audible,

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Speaker 1: the fire HD eight for one hundred bucks or less,

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Speaker 1: I would say, wait for this thing to go on sale.

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Speaker 1: It will go on sale. Amazing deal. There is even

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Speaker 1: a headphone jack so you can plug in headphones. There's

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Speaker 1: also a feature called tap to Alexa, which expands accessibility.

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Speaker 1: It basically lets you interact with Alexa using your a

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Speaker 1: tap versus your voice. And overall it's just a it's

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Speaker 1: an inexpensive tablet. It's good for just watching shows, if

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Speaker 1: you just want something to bring on the plane, or

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Speaker 1: just you know, sit on your couch and watch content.

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Speaker 1: It's great. Or read. I personally like a regular Kindle

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Speaker 1: to read. I like the screen on the regular Kindle.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's that, all right. Let me get through

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Speaker 1: a couple more things I just wanted to mention here.

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Speaker 1: Duo Lingo now has a math app, so definitely download

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Speaker 1: Duo Lingo Math. I've been playing with it and I've

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Speaker 1: gotten to the second level above easy and it's it's

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Speaker 1: pretty cool. So it's just like a little refresher for math,

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Speaker 1: just like kind of learning a languae, except applying that

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Speaker 1: same magic to math. And if you have a kid, definitely,

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Speaker 1: definitely definitely download Duo Lingo Math for them. It is fantastic.

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Speaker 1: I got both of my kids to use it over

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Speaker 1: the past couple of days and they both loved it.

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Speaker 1: Not just liked it, they loved it. You know, a

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Speaker 1: lot of apps I have them test out or try

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Speaker 1: you know, they play for a minute and then they

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Speaker 1: move on. They loved this app and I love that

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Speaker 1: my kids are playing a quote unquote game that involves math.

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Speaker 1: So that is a win win win situation in my book.

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Speaker 1: All Right, what else do I want to talk about

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Speaker 1: before I go? One more story we did on KTLA.

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Speaker 1: This was really cool. It's called Flytographer, and I've got

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Speaker 1: to give a shout out to my pal Johnny Jet

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Speaker 1: for telling me about this in his newsletter. If you

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Speaker 1: don't get his travel newsletter, go ahead and subscribe to that.

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Speaker 1: But Flytographer is basically a website that helps you hire

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Speaker 1: a professional photographer in any city that you travel to.

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Speaker 1: And so you can do this. We've been doing this

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Speaker 1: in various cities that we've gone on family vacations. You

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Speaker 1: hire a photography, they take family pictures, use them as

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Speaker 1: your your Christmas card or your holiday card, and it's great.

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Speaker 1: But this just makes that a little bit easier because

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Speaker 1: you could just type in Maui, you can type in Rome,

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Speaker 1: you can type in Honolulu, you can type in Tokyo,

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Speaker 1: and it gives you a couple of photographers. You can

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Speaker 1: see what kind of their world is what they you know,

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Speaker 1: their style of photography, and then you can hire them

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Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty dollars. Our two hundred and eighty

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Speaker 1: five dollars for a half an hour session is the minimum.

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Speaker 1: You can get that cheaper through a referral link. I've

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Speaker 1: got that on my Instagram stories. It's like takes some

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Speaker 1: money off of that and that'll get you fifteen curated

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Speaker 1: photos you can download. So I like that you get

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Speaker 1: your digital files. Liz says she saw my pictures and

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Speaker 1: she likes them, thank you. And it's just it's really cool.

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Speaker 1: I had a blast doing this in Tokyo. It's such

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Speaker 1: a good idea. I think that it's it's one of

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Speaker 1: those things where, yes, you can take selfies wherever you

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Speaker 1: but if you're you know, a family picture, is really

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Speaker 1: is it worth three hundred dollars? Yeah, that's expensive. It's

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Speaker 1: a splurgch there's no doubt about it. But you're gonna

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Speaker 1: use this thing, You're gonna frame this picture. You're gonna

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Speaker 1: have better memories than you can get on your smartphone.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean maybe the next step of this

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Speaker 1: is to just have someone take your iPhone and take

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Speaker 1: or your Samsung and take a bunch of pictures of you.

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Speaker 1: That's not a bad idea, but you know, it beats

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Speaker 1: taking selfies, it beats taking you know, asking a stranger.

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Speaker 1: It was seriously, seriously cool. All right Before I go,

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Speaker 1: let me just answer a couple of these questions I'm

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Speaker 1: seeing percolating on here. The math app is called Duo

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Speaker 1: Lingo d U O l I n g O Duo

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Speaker 1: Lingo Math. They have a language app that's also good,

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Speaker 1: but this is brand new. It's called Dual Lingo Math.

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Speaker 1: HEYESU says, do you think DGI drones are worth it?

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Speaker 1: I have a Magic Air first generation. Absolutely. My kid

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Speaker 1: is a huge fan of flying drones I have. I've

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Speaker 1: had a couple of them over the years. The Dji

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Speaker 1: is absolutely the best when we've used I think it

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Speaker 1: was the Mavick, the little tiny one. I had to

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Speaker 1: send it back to Dji, but it's actually on my

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Speaker 1: don't tell him, but it's on my Christmas list because

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Speaker 1: he is a drone whiz and it's you know, these

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Speaker 1: other drones are fun, but they're only you know, only

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Speaker 1: a little bit. You know, it's only a you can

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Speaker 1: only go so far with them. But Dji is like,

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Speaker 1: you know, the best, and so I think definitely go

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Speaker 1: with that. Frank says, should I switch to Google Fi?

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Speaker 1: I think if you're on a Google phone, I think

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Speaker 1: like a pixel, I think Google Fi is worth it. Otherwise,

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Speaker 1: I think there's better options out there. I think that

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Speaker 1: Mint Mobile is excellent for a low cost carrier. US

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Speaker 1: Mobile is really really good for a low cost carrier.

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Speaker 1: Cricket is really good if you want the AT and

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Speaker 1: T network. Also, don't discount Boost Mobile. Boost Mobile has

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Speaker 1: a twenty five dollars unlimited plan that I tested and

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Speaker 1: it was excellent. They're also coming out with this plan

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Speaker 1: called Boost Infinity or Infinite. I forget what it's called,

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Speaker 1: but I would wait for that to see what the

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Speaker 1: details are. It sounds like it's a Google Fi competitor,

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Speaker 1: and you know, Google Fi is good, but it's not

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Speaker 1: cheap anymore. It used to be like really kind of

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Speaker 1: like inexpensive. Now I feel like it's kind of the

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Speaker 1: same price as as a you know, a regular carrier,

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Speaker 1: and the benefit is not really there because it's just

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Speaker 1: basically T Mobile repurpose. So if you want that, just

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Speaker 1: maybe just go T Mobile directly. You know, Oh gosh,

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Speaker 1: what does that sound mean, that means that's going to

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