WEBVTT - New Software to Remove PC Bloatware 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:07.640 A free way to speed up your sluggish PC. Direct 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:11.639 tv Now is changing its name. Samsung has a new tablet. 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:16.280 Google reveals more features on Pixel four, and we're answering 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:18.320 your pressing tech questions. 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:19.760 What's going on. I'm Rich damiro. 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:22.280 This is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I talk 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:25.080 about this stuff I think you should know about happening 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:28.680 in the tech world. Plus I'm answering your tech questions. 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.240 Joining me is producer Megan. Welcome to the show. 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:32.520 Hello, how's it going. 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:36.440 It is going well, although I will tell you, Producer Megan, 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:40.440 I am not feeling so well today. Why well, I 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:43.680 have a story to tell you. And this is very embarrassing. 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:45.040 Oh no, yeah. 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.239 So it's my kid's birthday this weekend and. 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:53.960 Well soon okay, And I was at Target yesterday just 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:55.680 do my normal. You know, sometimes you want to go 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:57.400 on a target run, right You ever feel that way? 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.320 I feel like that, Okay, Well I haven't had that 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:02.960 urge until just like this week for some reason. So 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:05.160 I go to Target and I'm thinking I'm like Dad 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.280 of the Year because I'm like buying wrapping paper for 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.520 his gifts, and I'm like, you know what I'm gonna get? 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:11.560 My kid a card, and so I look at all 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.479 the cards I see, like the ones for little boys 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:15.200 or whatever, and it's like, you know, they have a 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:18.119 whole bunch that like, you know, when they're turning like five, six, seven, eight, whatever. 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.800 So I get a card that has a seven on 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:22.200 it and I'm like, this is It's like a big 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:24.680 cutout of a seven. And I texted to my wife 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:26.600 thinking she's gonna be like, oh my gosh, you're so 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:27.640 I can't believe you would. 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.600 Even think to do that, right, Yeah. 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:33.440 I get a text back and she says, well, he's eight, 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.360 So I'm basically buying a card that I should have 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:38.440 bought last year. 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:42.160 Yeah, this is Yeah, So how did that make me feel? 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:42.600 As a dad? 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:44.759 Like I, you know, I love technology and I've got 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:49.360 all that figured out right, not everything, but here it 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:50.880 is my personal life. I'm just like a. 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.880 Mess focus clearly I'm a mess. 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.200 No, But you know what, at the end of the day, 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.520 the thought was there you were you were trying to 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:00.480 be a good dad. I was trying to be and 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:04.160 you know what, like he won't ever find out, he. 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:07.360 Will never listen to this podcast in thirty year. Could 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.720 you imagine let me just go through the archives. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:11.679 Of Dad and I mean, you know seven and eight. 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:15.200 Yeah, it's it's understand he is currently seventh. 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.320 You had his age correct, all right? 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:21.600 Now, well let's talk about the Galaxy tab s six. 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:23.240 Get that number right. 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.839 Samsung, ahead of their event that's happening in New York 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.959 next week, is announcing a tablet. Now, why would you 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.400 do that? Why don't you just wait until the event 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:35.960 so we have something fun for the event. So Samsung 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.520 has their big unveiling next week in New York City 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:41.680 and they are announcing the tablet that. 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:42.399 They're going to show there. 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:46.360 So anyway, it's the Galaxy tab s six and it 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.959 kind of sounds like the competitor to the iPad pro. 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.920 It's got a s pen which is a stylist that 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:55.720 magnetically attaches for charging, so it attaches to the side 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:59.120 of the tablet. It also has Bluetooth remote control functionality 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:03.000 air Action, which lets you take a selfie from the pen. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.520 You just click the little clicker on there. They have 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.960 this Samsung decks which lets you plug the tablet into 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.800 a monitor and it turns that monitor into like a 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:15.880 desktop computer. I don't know if anyone's using that feature. 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:17.919 Samsung really tries to sell this every time we go 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:19.640 to a Samsung event. I don't know if anyone's actually 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:22.600 using that. It's got a new processor, it's got good 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.680 lag free game experience. It's five point seven millimeters, so 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.720 it's slim. It does have a dual camera. Now they 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:30.960 put in the ultra wide lens which is one hundred 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.840 and twenty three degrees, which is very similar to what 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.360 they have in the Galaxy S ten. And you can 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:39.400 also unlock it through an on screen fingerprint scanner, which 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.320 also sounds like the Samsung Galaxy S ten. This is 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:46.400 like a giant phone. It's gonna be available September sixth 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:50.480 in gray, blue and rose. It's going to be available 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.600 for pre order on August twenty third in stores again 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:55.360 September six for six hundred and. 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:56.960 Forty nine dollars. 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:00.760 That is an insane amount of money to spend on 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:06.200 an Android tablet. Here's why there are no apps for 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:10.040 Android tablets. If you look at what the iPad has done, 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.560 I think the iPad is the gold standard for tablets, 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:17.240 and I almost never recommend an Android tablet because the 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:19.480 tablet might be fine. And this sounds like a great, 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.839 nice screen, high powered, it's got the stylus. But when 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:25.360 you go to look at the apps, go to find 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:27.800 an app like from the top, big apps like you know, 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.160 I'm talking all the news apps, all the video apps 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.839 like Netflix is there, right, It's just like I mean, 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:35.599 if you're going to spend six hundred and fifty dollars 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.599 to watch Netflix, you can get a fire tab for 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:42.599 sixty bucks from Amazon. So my point is that I 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.599 don't think you should be spending six hundred and fifty 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.360 dollars on Android tablet. I just don't think the support 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.560 system is there, whereas if you're spending three hundred and 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.800 twenty nine dollars on the iPad, the inexpensive entry level, 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:56.840 which I know you want. Yeah, that's a much better 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:01.080 deal right now because it's been out for while. Yeah, 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:02.960 So two hundred and fifty bucks for a tablet that's 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.080 gonna blow away this brand new Samsung tablet. 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:06.400 And I'm not hating on Samsung. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.080 You guys know, if you listen to the podcast I 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:09.440 hate on everything. 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.440 He's just critical, like that's his job. 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.320 But I'm just trying to tell you you're spending all 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:15.800 this money, it's better placed. 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:16.120 On an iPad. 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:16.560 Yeah. 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.440 Do you think that they're trying to deter everyone's attention 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:21.440 from the foldable phone. 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.120 I don't think so, because that's still coming out in 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:23.880 September as well. 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:27.040 But maybe they're like, but let's focus on our you know, well, 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:28.920 they've got Samsung has a couple of things coming out. 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.880 They've got the new tablet, they've got the new foldable phone, 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:35.279 and they have the new note, right, a couple of 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:36.760 things in the pipeline for Samsung. 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.000 They're all coming out very soon. 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:38.800 Yeah. 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.000 I think Samsung is a numbers game, and they're the 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:44.040 number two number. I think they're number one or number 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:47.520 two worldwide with phones. Yeah, certainly ahead of Apple in 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.800 terms of worldwide sales. And I think they're just they're 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:51.440 just playing the numbers game. They put out a lot 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.640 of stuff, A lot of people around the world by it. 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:55.760 Yeah. 0:05:56.160 --> 0:06:00.920 All right, So our first question comes from Danetta Jones. 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.400 Can you recommend a program for writing other than Office 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:09.279 three sixty five. I have it, but cannot use it 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:12.120 if I if I am not connected to the internet. 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:15.720 I am really tempted to just try and find a typewriter. 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:18.960 I just want to try. I just want to write 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.680 without all the hassle. Thank you to Netta. 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:24.040 I think I have something that's a little bit easier 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:27.120 than a typewriter, and I would recommend Google Docs. Google 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.560 Docs is available for free. It is what I've been 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:34.000 using for I can't remember the last time I fired 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.920 up Microsoft Word or any other word processing app. Although 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.960 I did write my book in the Apple Notes app 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.359 on my computer last year, I'm not sure why this 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:44.360 year I'm writing it in Google Docs. 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:45.200 Yeah, I don't know why. 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:47.920 I felt like, since I was writing a book about iOS, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:49.880 I should write it in an iOS app. 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:50.520 I don't know. 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:51.800 Able notes app. 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.320 I just I see the notes app as just being 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:55.880 like a notes app. 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:57.919 I wouldn't associate that with like writing. 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:00.520 I think what I liked about it is that you 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:01.920 know how you have all your notes on the left 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.320 hand side, like it's so. I had like a folder, 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.480 and then each tip was in a separate, little kind 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.360 of note itself, and I can count them up really easily, 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:11.560 because I was trying to get to one hundred and 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:13.920 one tips, so it took a while to do that. 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.280 But Google Docs works offline. I use this on the 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.800 plane all the time. The only thing I would have 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:22.440 to check to see is if Google Docs works offline 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:24.920 on all web browsers or just Google Chrome. 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.720 So that would be the only thing for who is it. 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:32.720 Again, Janetta Donetta, So I would say that's the only 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:34.240 thing you really need to kind of look out for, 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:36.240 is if you might have to switch to the Chrome 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.600 web browser to make the offline functionality work. But otherwise 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.920 you can use everything offline and when you get back online, 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:44.560 it just kind of sinks it all up. It stores 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.920 it in the background on your computer, and it works 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:48.920 really well. Like the first time I try this out, 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:50.840 which by the way, this might have been a year 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:51.360 or two ago. 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.400 Offline mode, Yeah, I was so impressed. 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.400 I didn't know that they had a lot. 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:56.440 I don't think a lot of people do. 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.720 So is it just a like a switch like, No, 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:00.080 it's just. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:01.480 It does it all automatically. 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:03.480 So if you have a bookmark, which I have a 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.880 bookmark for a new Google document, if I press that 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:07.880 on the plane, it'll make a new document. I can 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.080 copy it, I can make it whatever I want, and 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.880 then when I get back to the you know, regular internet, boom, 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.160 it all syncs up with the cloud very. 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:16.720 Very works well. Google Docs. 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.240 It's all free and you know, you don't necessarily need 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:24.560 anything else. Speaking of computers, you've got a computer that 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:27.720 has probably slowed down over the years, or maybe it 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:31.000 just bought your computer and it's already slow. This happened 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.160 to me with my mom. I bought her a new computer, 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:35.080 and my brother and I sort of went a little 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.600 cheap on it, and my mom is not one to complain, 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.520 and she complained about it, and I went over there, 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.720 she lives in New Jersey, and I checked it out, 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.360 and sure enough, this thing was so slow. It was 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.160 ridiculously slow. Like I couldn't believe that Dell would sell 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:53.200 a computer this slow. How old, brand new, it was 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:54.160 slow out of the box. 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:55.480 Yeah. 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.120 So one of the problems with some of these computers 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:01.800 is that the manufacturers are paid to install a bunch 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:05.000 of software on computers, not necessarily when you get a Mac, 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.240 but on the Windows side. So you might get a 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.800 brand new Windows computer and it comes with all these 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.880 weird apps that you never recognize, a photo editing app, 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.679 some sort of control panel app, all these weird things 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.119 games that are on your desktop, stuff. 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.240 That you just don't need. What do you need nowadays. 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.200 Just a place to put your photos. 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:25.319 A web browser, web. 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:26.600 Browser like, that's it. 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:29.600 That's like, I only use Chrome pretty much. That's all 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:29.920 you need. 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:30.200 Yeah. 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:34.280 So ADW Cleaner is a program from malware Bytes, which 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.360 is a respected software company, and they now have a 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:41.000 feature inside the latest ADW Cleaner seven point four point 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.280 zero that will go through your computer and scan it 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.000 and not just find the malware and all of the 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.280 garbage stuff that you don't need, but it will now 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.720 detect pre installed software on your computer that you might 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.600 not need to run your computer. And for a lot 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:56.880 of computers, it's going to find some stuff and you 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:58.880 have the option to get rid of that. Now, if 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.480 you're like me, this is something that you know, like 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.880 I would go through my computer and get rid of 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.240 all the stuff that I don't recognize or don't need because. 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.960 I'm a power user. But for the average person, they 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:10.240 don't necessarily know how to do that. 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:13.160 It's intimidating. You might think you're gonna break something. So 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.440 this program sort of cuts through all that and it says, 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:17.480 you know what, you can get rid of this stuff, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.520 and by the way, we will keep a copy of 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:21.640 it in the background, but it's not gonna be running. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.120 So if you ever do something wrong. You can easily 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:24.600 get it back. 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:25.280 That's cool. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:25.960 That nice. 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:31.199 Yeah, it's a free program. It's called malware Bytes adw Cleaner. 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:33.880 The seven point four point zero is the one that 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:37.040 detects pre installed software, and pre installed software can have 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.679 a real negative effect on your computer. It can be 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.720 running in the background. It could be hogging your processor, 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.320 your memory. You don't want stuff running on your computer 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.920 that you don't need running, and that's what this kind 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.120 of keeps from happening. And the company in their blog 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.319 post at malwarebytes dot com says, let's be clear, pre 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:58.680 installed software is not malicious. It's not like adware. Adware 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.560 is something that hijacks your browser. When you go to 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.440 search on Google, it might redirect you to bing or 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.400 Yahoo or something like that, and they make a little 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.880 bit of money off the ads you click. Pre Installed 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.959 software is just stuff you don't really need. A company 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:15.400 might pay that manufacturer to put their app there because 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:16.960 they want it in front of a lot of people, 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:21.560 especially when you buy computers from big box stores if 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:22.599 you buy them online. 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:24.599 There is a little tip I got a couple of 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:25.080 years ago. 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:28.280 If you buy a Windows computer from the Microsoft store, 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:31.960 this specific one they don't allow these manufacturers to put 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:33.320 these third party apps on there. 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:35.120 So that's a little hint for you. 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:37.959 If you want to buy a computer, maybe instead of 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.559 Best Buy, go check the Microsoft store and save yourself 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:41.040 a headache. 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.719 Oh interesting, Yeah, Oh cool. 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.240 I think that's it on this program. But really cool. 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:46.560 Yeah. 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.160 I love that idea because I think for so many 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:52.719 people it's just very it's very nerve racking to make 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.440 any changes on your computer and to have a program 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.079 like ADW Cleaner do it for you and to kind 0:11:58.120 --> 0:11:59.720 of be confident in that. 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.600 Yeah, definitely. All right. 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:06.200 So this next question was written on your Facebook from 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:10.760 Don Heaton. Good morning, Rich, I was thinking about buying 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.760 one of the Verizon five G jet packs. Can you 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.880 explain the difference between that and the hot spot on 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.280 my phone? All I want to do is watch a 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:23.679 few movies in my motor home while traveling, and maybe 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.480 a laptop here and there. With my phone, I always 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:30.360 have issues with buffering. Thank you for your time, Don, Don. 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:34.800 So let's see the hot spot now, he says, the 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.280 five G hot spot, So I would actually one hundred 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:40.480 percent recommend that. The Only problem is you're not going 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.800 to find five G anywhere you go, especially in an 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.679 RV five G if you find it in a city 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.760 right now, is relegated to the usually the city centers, 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:52.920 and even there not very much. There's not a wide 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.080 swath of five G just yet. So I don't think 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:57.640 that the five G is going to be the best 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:00.760 bet for you if you want to get it, because 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.560 if it handles a four G connection, which I would 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:07.800 assume it does, you can I assume it handles for 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.120 four G LTE as well, like it falls back if 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:12.680 it doesn't find it. So if you want a future, 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:14.400 proof yourself and buy this thing now. 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:15.280 But you're talking. 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.679 It's a four hundred, five hundred dollars on a two 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.160 year contract for this hot spot, whereas you can get 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.960 a regular hot spot for much cheaper than that. So 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.000 I would definitely recommend the hot spot. And here's the 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.240 reason why hotspot is going to have a better antenna 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.800 inside for both receiving the signal and sending it out, 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:35.280 because it's a hot spot. It's meant for that purpose. 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.040 Whereas your phone can function as a hot spot and 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.200 it's fine. Ninety nine percent of the time, your phone 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:41.360 is going to be fine. We use it with our 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:43.000 kids all the time they're on their iPads in the 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:45.400 back seat. My wife turns her phone on and it's 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.679 a hot spot and it works great. It's not going 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.720 to be as powerful in all situations using your phone 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.559 as it is a dedicated hot spot. And if you're 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.440 talking about an RV, it's probably way easier to just 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.120 have a hot spot in your RV close to the 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.920 window so it gets a nice signal from outside. So 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:04.160 use some of those command strips or something to stick 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:06.000 it up on the window. Then you can plug it 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.480 into a plug in the RV so it always has power. 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:10.320 And now you don't have to worry about your phone 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:12.480 and you can use your phone. You don't have to 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.240 turn it on and off. Just leave this thing powered 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:16.360 on at all times. It will be picking up that 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.400 signal and broadcasting it out and you'll have a nice 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.360 hot spot in your RV. So I wouldn't necessarily recommend 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:23.680 the five G my Fi hot spot, but if you 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.440 want to go with a Verizon hotspot, sure, Now I 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:29.080 would ask the Verizon folks if the five G falls 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.920 back onto four G, which, of course, like I said, 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.880 I assume it does. But it's expensive and it's brand 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.120 new technologies. You're probably just better off getting a regular 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:41.000 hot spot. I think that's probably your best bet. Good question. 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:46.440 So the Pixel four is Google's next smartphone, and Google 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.640 is doing something really strange with this smartphone. Megan, what 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:51.240 do you know about the Pixel? Just off the top 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:54.440 of your head, great camera, that's it. The marketing has 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.040 worked from Google. Now, it's not just the marketing, it's 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.400 the truth, you know. I test every phone out there. 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:01.840 You loved the pixel. 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:05.120 I love the pixel, Pixel four, Pixel three, Pixel three. 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:08.720 Ye. Yeah, I've loved all the pixels. Yeah there's three pixels. Yeah, 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:10.760 they are near and dear to my heart. But the 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:12.960 problem with the Pixel is that I call it a 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:16.840 one trick pony. Amazing camera. The rest of it just 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.360 not very good. And it's one of those phones that 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:25.560 it's an amazing camera, amazing software, but the rest of 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.560 the phone leaves a little bit to be desired. And 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.720 that's really frustrating. Because the features on the Pixel are 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:34.560 so cool. Google makes this software so clean. They have 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:38.040 great ambient display that shows you stuff all the time 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.360 on your screen, like your time and your weather, and 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.560 your notifications and your next calendar appointment. 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:45.000 But the phone overall. 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.000 Just isn't as polished as some of the other phones 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:49.320 on the market, like from Samsung and some of the 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:53.600 other manufacturers like OnePlus, which has arguably better, cleaner, faster 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:58.360 running software. Anyway, I digress Pixel four is coming out 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.800 and Google's doing something weird to hype it up. They're 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.480 letting us know the features before it comes out. 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.440 Who does that backwards? 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:11.040 So the new features that they announced are radar, which 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:15.920 they're calling solely and the radar will detect movement around 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.520 the phone, which means you can use hand gestures to 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:23.520 do things like skip songs, snooze alarms, and silence phone 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.240 calls just by waving your hand in front of the screen. 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.440 Interesting. Does that make you want to buy a phone? 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:31.920 I don't think so, not really, because I feel like 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:34.600 I would mess with I would accidentally. 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:37.720 Is it really necessary? It's unnecessary. 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:40.240 It's cool and it reminds me of the future, but 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.520 it's not something that's going to make people buy this phone. 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:44.880 The other thing they're doing is adding face on lock, 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:48.600 which I mean, hello, Apple to have that for two 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:49.560 generations now. 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:51.520 But here's Google. 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.040 Here's how they knock face on lock on the iPhone. 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.440 They say, our face on lock is better because it's 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.280 ready the second you're near your phone. Because the phone 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:01.880 has the radar, so it knows when you're nearby, it 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:04.119 turns it on, and it unlocks your phone in a 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.960 variety of positions. Your phone could be upside down, so 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:09.760 I'm not talking face down, but just upside down. 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:11.560 Oh oh, upside down and you can. 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.760 Still yeah you thought face down? 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:18.000 Yeah, yeah, So it works in any orientation, which again, 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.840 I mean, now I have picked up my iPhone and 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.760 it's flipped over because it's kind of like a symmetrical 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:26.720 piece of glass at this point. So I have picked 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:28.240 it up and you have to flip it over before 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:29.760 it unlocks. I mean, give me a break. And the 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:31.920 other thing you have to do that the Google said 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:34.560 is on other phones you have to swipe up to 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.240 access to home screen. Our home screen will just appear 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:41.320