WEBVTT - Palm Comes Back, Adobe Premieres Rush & Your Emails 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:07.400 What's going on. I'm rich Damiro. This is rich on 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:10.200 Tech trying something just a little different this time around. 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:11.760 So let me know what you think of it, whether 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:13.840 you like it, you hate it, or you want more. 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:16.360 This is going to be kind of a roundup of 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:18.480 some of the things that are happening in the tech world, 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:20.800 just some stories that I come across, some my daily 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:23.440 research that I think are interesting and you should know about. 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:25.599 So let's just get right into it and start with 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:29.080 the Google Pixel three. All of the reviews are out, 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:31.760 the embargo has been lifted, and we're getting a lot 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:34.360 of different opinions on this phone, but they all seem 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.560 to center around the same thing. The camera, of course, 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.559 is amazing. There are little tweaks, little things that have 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:42.839 been improved, and of course there are some things that 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.640 people don't like, most notably the notch. Everyone's going crazy 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:50.120 over that. Now. Personally, I've been testing the smaller of 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:52.760 the two, the Google Pixel three. I will say that 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.160 Google has improved pretty much everything that I had a 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:58.560 problem with personally on the last devices. So for me, 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.279 it was mainly the fact that I could not use 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.280 this as a content creation tool because it did not 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.560 have the ability to have an external mic input on 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:10.720 the native camera app, and I am very excited to 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:13.680 announce that, yes, you can finally use an external mic 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:17.560 input on the video camera. Now for most people that's 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.319 not a big deal, but for me it is. And 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:21.280 I also think it's a bigger deal in the scheme 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:23.640 of things because think about it. When you think about 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:26.360 all these YouTubers, what phone are they using. They're all 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:30.959 using the iPhone because they're plugging accessories in, they're recording themselves, 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:34.240 they're vlogging. And if you try out a PIXEL and 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.680 you realize that you can't do these things with it, well, 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:38.320 guess what, You're not really going to use it much. 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.800 So in my day to day I will say that 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.520 I found that the phone is a bit laggy, which 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:46.880 is kind of odd, and I feel like it wasn't 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:50.400 laggy before. So maybe in the next couple of days, 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.840 when Google puts out their big software update for day 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.480 one of the Pixel, some of those things will be fixed. 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.760 But I actually had to reformat my device, so I 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:01.160 said it up when I was in New York when 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.200 I got it, and then when I got home, I 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.560 just could not deal with what kind of like the 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.320 jumpiness that was happening on it, and so I ended 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.400 up wiping it clean, and instead of doing a restore 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:14.560 for my old device, my old Android, I just ended 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.200 up installing everything again, which is kind of a pain 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:19.600 because you have to log into every app and download 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:21.640 every app, and set up your home screens and go 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:24.640 through every single alarm and every single setting and redo 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:26.919 it all. And I don't particularly like doing that every 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:29.000 single time. But I felt like I wanted to give 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.240 this thing the full benefit of the doubt and see 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.200 if it was something that got transferred over that was 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.560 kind of weird, or if it was the actual device. 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:38.639 I would say I'm getting less of the problem now, 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.920 but it's still a little bit jumpy compared to the 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.320 way I think it should be, and I think that 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.639 hopefully that will be improved. But otherwise, so what can 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:50.640 I say about the Pixel? I mean, personally, I think 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.520 I'm gonna start recommending this device more so than ever 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:57.240 because I find that it really does everything you need, 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:00.639 and I think the camera is really amazing. Software is 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.960 nice and polished, the apps they leave a little bit 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.240 to be desired. I know that's not Google's fault, but 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.560 when you look at what you can accomplish on the 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.880 apps on the iPhone, they're just better. I mean almost 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.720 every single app that is made by a big company 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.799 outside of Google. So when you look at Google apps, 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:20.520 those are all better on Android. When it comes to Gmail, 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.800 when it comes to things like Google Voice, when it 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:26.840 comes to Google Photos, Calendar maps, all of those things 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:30.520 are better on the Android. But when it comes to 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:35.080 these other apps like Instagram and Twitter, even something like 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:38.600 Audible which I use for my audiobooks, Spotify kind of 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:40.960 on the fence. I think that works very similar on 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:45.800 both of them. Yelp pretty similar, Netflix, pretty similar. YouTube. 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.880 Obviously Google apps, so that's going to work better. The 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.400 one app that I have a major problem with is Facebook. 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.680 I use Creator on the iPhone and it's just amazing. 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:56.360 If you want to keep in touch with people, keep 0:03:56.400 --> 0:04:00.960 in touch with your fans, Facebook Pages is terrible on 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:04.920 the Android, and so is the Creator port so to me, 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.600 and again, I'm coming from sort of the content creator 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:11.360 journalism kind of world where I am looking to do 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.800 content creation on my devices. So for the average person, 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.479 probably the camera is going to be the most important 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:20.280 aspect in some of these other apps. But I understand 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.880 when it comes from switching to the Android platform from 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:27.559 the iOS platform. It's tough, and especially giving up things 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:31.600 like FaceTime and I Message. I Message. You can basically 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:34.400 I message almost anyone in the world, right because they 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.159 seem to be on there. And when it comes to Android, 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.720 it's like, you know, when I go to text someone, 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.880 I'm not really sure which number is the right one. 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.159 On iOS, it just sort of highlights in blue the 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.160 number that's the right one for them get to get 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.719 to their I message, and that's really helpful. I just 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:51.360 find that I kind of missed that when I'm using 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.960 my Android device. So not a deal breaker, but it's 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.040 definitely one of those things that does make life a 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.200 little more complicated. And then FaceTime. Of course, you know, 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:02.400 my entire f family is on iPhone back in New Jersey, 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:04.839 and you know, I'm not gonna it's really tough to 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.360 get them to download Duo. I was talking to someone 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:09.320 at work today and he was joking that, you know 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.040 who's on duo, you know, like, who says duo me? 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.560 No one that never comes up. Taking a look at 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.680 some of the headlines on tech meme, so, I mean 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:21.839 the Verge saying the best camera gets a better phone 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.039 with a far better screen, loud speakers, but the notch 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.200 is doofy. I don't know. I don't have the one 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:30.680 with the notch, so I really can't talk much about that. 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:32.800 I don't find the notches on any other device has 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:34.599 ever bothered me, so it's really not that big of 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:39.160 a deal. The screen is definitely better the phone. You know. 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.440 Here's the thing. I call this a sort of boring device, 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.080 and it kind of is. It's not the most exciting 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.640 device out there, but it's it's like a quiet confidence. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.919 Like I've said before in my previous podcast, it's just 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.360 one of these things that it works. The pictures are 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.560 pretty amazing, the software works overall, and it's just one 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.880 of these devices that just kind of you don't have 0:05:59.960 --> 0:06:02.000 to think much about it. Can you do as many 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.159 of the crazy cool things you can do on the iPhone? 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:07.240 Probably not, but in other aspects it does really cool 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:11.480 things like the call screening feature. So generally I'm always 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:14.240 kind of avoiding those calls, which I kind of still 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.200 believe you should because if you think about it, when 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.240 you get scam calls and spam calls and robo calls, 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.159 I've always recommended to people to never pick them up, 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.960 because if you pick them up, it signifies to them 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:29.000 that your phone number is live, right. And I'm sure 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:32.479 if these people have these computer systems, maybe they're not 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.800 that sophisticated to know that, okay, this number picked up, 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:37.960 let's hammer them now with a lot more calls. Maybe 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.479 they're not that smart, but to me, it seems like 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.520 they probably are. And I've noticed, you know, I get 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.960 a couple of these robo calls, you know, every couple 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:48.360 of days, and I've been using the screen, the call 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.640 screen feature on the PIXEL, and it's actually kind of fun, 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.720 and I don't mind having the computer pick it up 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.440 because at least I know if the call is is 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:58.400 a robo call or not, and I can kind of 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.640 decide whether to answer it. So today I had a 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.239 call that I was unsure of came from a number 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.279 that was near mind, and I was like, I don't know, 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:06.880 it could be someone that I called, could be a 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:10.000 person called me back. But the other thing on the 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:13.320 PIXEL is that if you have you know, basically Pixel 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.720 has like free caller ID, and if a phone number 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.800 comes in without any call or ID on it, it's 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.120 kind of a giveaway that that's going to be a problem. 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:24.120 Let's see what else c neet Pixel three XL big 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:27.880 phone with a fantastic camera and a big notch Gizmoto 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.680 the other way to make a killer phone. And by 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:34.080 that they're probably alluding to the software versus the hardware, 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.440 because the hardware on the Pixel is not anything special. 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.880 I mean, I'm happy that they upgraded the processor, but 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.120 it's not like it's not like where the iPhone kind 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.080 of evolves and just gets better and better with all 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.000 these cool new features. No, it looks almost identical to 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:50.920 last year's model. And Gadget says Google's hardware takes a 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:54.440 backseat to software. Android Police says, come for the camera, 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:58.480 stay for everything else. Ours Technica says Google software deserves 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.200 better than this hardware. I agree. If it was up 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:05.560 to me, I would go with the Samsung hardware and 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.240 the Google software. That to me is kind of the 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:12.000 killer Android combination. And I remember back in the day, 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.120 I had one of those I bought back when Samsung 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:17.760 was doing this. They would do a gosh I forget 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.040 what it was called. It was like a not pure Android. 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.640 It was vanilla Android. It maybe it was pure. Basically, 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:27.200 they were installing Stock Android on a Galaxy device and 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.280 I can't remember which one I bought. That was it. 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.360 It was like, you know, eight hundred bucks or something 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:33.600 like that, and I scratched the screen and I was 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:35.240 so mad because I really that was like one of 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.680 my favorite devices because I had the Google Stock software, 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.960 but I had the beauty of being the Samsung hardware. 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.840 And I think that Google and and Samsung should really 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.880 think about this a little bit harder because Samsung is 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:52.320 just killing it with the hardware and Google is just 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:54.880 killing it with the software. So why don't we bring 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.400 something back like this? I mean, we're trying to compete 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:02.640 against iOS and iPhone dominance, and I get it dominance, 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.439 I mean here in the US. But the reality is 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.240 why not put everything you got towards that and do 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:12.880 something like a stock Android version of a Samsung device? 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.080 And the other thing. The other idea is why not 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:20.320 make the pixel camera you know, ported officially to these 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.040 other devices and make it an option, because it seems 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.640 like a lot of this stuff is software oriented. People 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:29.960 are already porting the camera app to other devices like 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.679 the Essential and the one plus phone, So why not 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:37.720 just give these phonemakers access to this camera and kind 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.800 of I think it would just expand the Android kind 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.800 of ecosystem in a much better way. And I think 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.360 more people would would kind of take it more seriously 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.320 if they knew they were getting an amazing device that 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:51.120 has the hardware, amazing software that has the hardware that 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.679 they want. One thing that's been kind of hit or 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:57.200 missed for me personally on the Pixel three is the 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:00.360 charging stand. So I actually had to move it away 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.120 from my bed and into my office because it was 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:07.920 just unreliable. So the Pixel charging stand is basically a 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:11.000 new wireless charging stand for the Pixel that kind of 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.439 reacts specifically to it. So when you place your phone 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.960 on there, up pops a special screen that you can 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:18.480 kind of set up so you can have it become 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.959 a photo frame while you're not using it. You can 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:24.040 have it basically it displays a couple of little assistant 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.040 one touch features down below, so you can, you know, 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.200 play your favorite playlist, whatever it predicts or thinks that 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.040 you want to do. Those buttons will be right on screen. 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:34.760 And I love this, and I love the fact that 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.400 they added wireless charging to the Pixel three, but I 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:41.120 still think in general wireless charging is very unreliable because 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.600 if your phone is off the charger, even by a 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:48.880 mirror like a millimeter, it's like your phone may not charge. 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:51.679 And to me, I thought my phone was charging. There 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:55.360 was two nights out of like maybe five nights where 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.920 it just didn't charge, and that's very unacceptable. I woke 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.240 up with a sixty percent battery, which was basically where 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:05.200 I went to sleep on the thing, and that's a surprise, 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:07.520 and I found that I was like trying to recover 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:10.640 the whole day. When you don't start with a full battery, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.800 you're trying to recover the whole day basically from that 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:18.040 battery situation. So I moved the pixel the charging stand 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.160 to my office, so I like my phone on there 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.760 as kind of a place to see it and just 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.040 kind of have it charging and I can monitor it 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:26.719 more like I just popped it on there and it's 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.040 it says charging rapidly. And the thing that popped up 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:33.080 with the assistant is tell me a joke, So I 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.920 guess it thinks that in the afternoon on a Monday, 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:37.840 I want to hear a joke from my phone. So 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.920 that's eighty dollars. I definitely recommend it. I mean, if 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.800 you don't care about the stuff on screen, the special 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.200 kind of assistant mode that it pops into, you can 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.920 use any wireless charger with the PIXEL you'll be just fine. 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:53.800 But again, personally, I think at night bedside, I'm just 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.080 going with the regular plug in charge because that, to me, 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.040 is more reliable. I know my phone is plugged in, 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:00.840 I know it's going to work, and I don't really 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.800 have to think about it. But bottom line, and I can't, 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:05.920 you know, say one hundred percent. I've only been using 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:07.760 the phone for a couple of days, but I will 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:11.560 say that for me personally, the Pixel, other than all 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:13.960 little issues that I mentioned when it comes to software 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.520 and some of the bigger features on it, for me, 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.160 they have fixed a lot of the stuff that would 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:23.480 keep me on the iPhone side. So personally, I like 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:26.600 the way that the Android operating system is more cohesive 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.480 than iOS iOS. I always feel like apps are trying 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.320 to fit into that whole sandbox that Apple puts them in, 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.360 which is great for security, but not so good for 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.800 things like, you know, just various little tasks that you're 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.960 trying to do on the iPhone sometimes can be more complicated. 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:43.839 I think on the flip side, a lot of things 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.280 are simpler because of the way they set things up, 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.520 where you know that everything is just kind of sandboxed, 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:52.439 and that's the way it is, right. So but personally 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.760 I will be recommending the Pixel for sure. I think 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.120 that a lot of people will be happy with it. 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.720 I'm glad they added headphones. That was an another big thing, 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:02.719 because what a pain just to get a pair of 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:06.280 headphones for this thing, right, I mean, USBC, I get it. 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.480 Not everyone's plugging in headphones anymore, but the reality is 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.280 it's nice to have a pair of headphones in the 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.960 box when you purchase a smartphone. I've been wearing the 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:16.760 headphones a lot, even though I have a pair of 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.880 AirPods that I can pair with my androids, But I 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.160 really like the idea of just plugging in the headphones 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.240 and they work and you go right, and plus they 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.960 have assistant built in, which is really nice. So I 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.880 think that overall, for the price and the features and 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:34.920 what you're getting, especially when it comes to the camera, 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:37.920 the Pixel is really nice. I think that the iPhone 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.480 is still the gold standard when it comes to mobile devices, 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.440 but I think like the Pixel is definitely is definitely 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.960 giving people a second option, you know, especially with Samsung 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:51.200 out there. Samsung is great, but there's some little things 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.040 I don't like about Samsung, and I think that the 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.520 Pixel kind of addresses those. And again, like I said, 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.240 for all the little things they corrected for me personally, 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.200 I think that they did a really nice job. And 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.760 if you can live without the I Message of the 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.200 World and the FaceTime of the world, and all the 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:10.240 amazing app features that come with iOS and all of 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.560 the slick integration with things like the Apple Watch and 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:17.000 you know, your computer and your messages I Message on computer, 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.440 all those little things, if you can live without those, 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.040 the Pixel is kind of a nice alter. Now let's 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:25.600 move on to a phone that's making a comeback. The Palm. 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:30.240 They are returning as a sort of a small what 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:34.920 they're calling ultramobile smartphone. So this is a tiny, little 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.560 palm sized device literally fits in the palm of your hand. 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:42.040 It has just a tiny display three point three inches 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:45.200 and this is being now produced by TCL. So that's 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.840 the big Chinese conglomerate. They have some really popular TVs. 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:52.400 They're a big electronics maker. They also own BlackBerry. They 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:56.760 also own Alcatel, so all these brands in the mobile space, 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.520 that's the company behind them. But this new little phone 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.600 is three hundred and fifty dollars and it's being seen 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:07.240 as an accessory. So the common complaint nowadays is that 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.960 we're all on our phones way too much, and on 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:13.880 the weekends. And I've had this kind of this little 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.080 theory too, is that you know, maybe on the weekends, 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.600 i'd have a secondary phone. You know, have you have 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:20.720 you heard of that light phone. It's kind of like 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:24.360 that phone that just has a dial tone, you know, 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:26.360 or so to say, it's just a phone that can 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:30.800 dial numbers. Right, So no camera, no no MP three player, 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:33.440 no nothing. Now, the Palm does have a camera, it 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.840 does have Android on it, so it is a real phone, 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.040 but it's not meant to be your primary phone. So 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:42.400 you actually it's exclusive to Verizon and you link it 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:45.840 up using I don't know what Verizon calls it, the 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.880 number share kind of thing, where it's basically you're activating 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:52.520 a second line, but it's the same phone number as 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.120 your primary line. So that's an additional ten dollars a month. 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.280 It's kind of like what the Apple Watch does with 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:01.200 the iPhone and the Apple Watch cellular is kind of 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:04.000 the closest thing I can think of to this scenario 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.520 where we're so addicted to our devices we actually have 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:11.080 to rescue ourselves from ourselves, right, So if we're out 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:12.840 of sight, out of mind, you don't really think about 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.280 it as much. So if you're wearing the Apple Watch 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.160 with the cellular, you can still go out, enjoy your day, 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:21.080 enjoy your life with your kids, but also be connected 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:22.840 in case of an emergency or if you need a 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:25.760 cell phone for anything. The downside to that is that 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:29.280 there's no camera on the Apple Watch, and that's one 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:31.440 of the main reasons people have a cell phone now 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:33.480 on them is we want to be able to take 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:37.560 pictures wherever we go. So this palm kind of addresses that. 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.480 But the reality is I find this to be way 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.760 too complicated. I mean, two different cell phone devices are 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.400 kind of crazy to have. You're gonna keep swapping them out, 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.000 You're gonna keep what Okay, oh wait, I'm going hold on, 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:50.680 let me think where I'm going tonight. Okay, do I 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:53.360 want to take good pictures? Because you know, the camera 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.080 on this thing is not going to be very good, right, 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:58.880 So it doesn't even matter what the megapixels are, But 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:01.920 the reality is it's a small device. It's not meant 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:05.399 as your primary device. It's just not going to be 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:09.399 as capable as your normal phone. But it's one of 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:12.480 those ideas that I can understand why people like the 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:15.760 idea of it, right, they like the fantasy of having 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.639 less distractions in their life. But the reality is we 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.080 can't go without our phones. You know, it's kind of tough, 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:24.320 especially your primary device. And then all of a sudden, 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.320 now you're setting up two different devices. So every time 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:29.200 you switch between them, you're thinking. You know, your muscle 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:31.840 memory is changing, the way you're using it is changing. 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:33.800 You have to think about, oh, do I need Uber 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.359 on this device? Yes, okay, it's it linked to my 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:37.760 Uber account. It's just too much to think about. So 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:40.240 I don't think this thing is going to do very well. 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:42.879 I think it might have a lot of interest in 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:46.320 circles where people talk about it, talk about wanting something 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.320 like this, but no one's going to actually get this thing. 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:51.240 And three hundred and fifty dollars is a lot of 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.480 money for a secondary device, and it's got a very 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:59.520 underpowered processor. It's got a a last year's processor, so 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:01.760 it just doesn't seem like something that a lot of 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:05.000 people would get, but it seems like something that is 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:09.679 solving a problem that we have, but the solution is 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:11.560 not very good. So I think the solution in the 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:15.560 future will probably probably be more kind of connected smart 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:19.960 watches and not something like this. Now, an app that 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.600 was launched today was really interesting. This is from Adobe, 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:28.000 and this is really cool for the content creators out there, 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.880 including myself. And this is another problem that we have 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.879 is you want to be able to create content on 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:36.520 the go. And for me, I always talk about how 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:40.240 I'm kind of locked into using a MacBook Pro right 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.640 because a MacBook Pro gives me Final Cut, and that's 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.679 the program that I use to edit my videos. Right now, 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.359 I'm not sitting there editing crazy amounts of videos, but 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:51.479 I do want to make some things for social media, 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:55.320 do a quick quick cut here and there, maybe add 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:58.480 some graphics. Recently, I did a story on going to 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:02.720 the the Amazon four Star store in New York City. 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:04.200 If you haven't watched that, you can find it in 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:07.320 the show notes. But that did take a lot of 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:09.600 horsepower because I edited a whole bunch of stuff on 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:13.239 Final Cut, but most of the time. I don't need 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:17.040 all that horsepower. And so this Adobe premiere rush CC 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:21.000 is basically a little tiny app that works across all 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:23.880 your platforms. So right now they're launching it on sort 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.960 of the iPhone and the iPad, and it's going to 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:30.280 be a desktop app and also on Android. And in 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:33.840 the video they show, they show the social influencer that's 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:37.080 using this kind of starting a video on her iPhone 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:39.800 and then finishing it on her computer. And I find 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.800 that really fascinating because that's not a bad idea at all, 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:46.880 something that I've never done. And the idea is that 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:50.760