WEBVTT - Hands on iPhone 13 and new gadgets from Facebook, Wyze & Amazon 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:14.680 Hands on with the new iPhone, thirteen models, iOS, fifteen 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:19.360 features to try out, Kindle gets a big upgrade, plus 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:21.400 your tech questions answered. 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:22.239 What's going on? 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:24.680 I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech. 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:25.560 This is the. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:27.520 Podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:30.360 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:33.760 answer the questions you send me. I'm the tech reporter 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:37.680 at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles, Hollywood, California. 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:40.159 Yeah, we are literally in the middle of. 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:44.400 Hollywood, one of the last TV stations sets in Hollywood. 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.279 In fact, used to be a couple of them, and 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:51.560 I think, yeah, at least one more, but I don't know. Yeah, 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:53.680 I guess they were all in the same area. What 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:57.800 a great start to the show. Anyway, I digress. So 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.440 this is the time of the year when and tech 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:05.240 companies just roll out more gadgets than any human tech 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:09.080 reviewer can handle. I mean, just alone with Apple last 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.040 week we had all kinds of iPhones and iPads and 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.720 this and that, and they're still not done apparently, still 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:18.360 some things perhaps in the works by the end of 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:21.319 the year, we don't know. But now next week we 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:25.520 have Amazon. Even though this week Amazon revealed like three, 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.920 let's see three new gadgets, plus another like an echo 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.280 that has the face of Billie Eilish on it. So 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:34.640 you've got to be a true fan to get that speaker. 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.200 And then we have the Pixel still coming. We had 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.920 Facebook with new devices. I mean, just so many devices. 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:45.040 I'm trying to keep up, and I'll talk about some 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:47.120 of them in this show. But just to kind of 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.920 follow up on last week's show, so I told you 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:53.880 about the whole is selling my car and getting a 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:57.240 new one. So I will say that I absolutely love 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:01.600 the new Tesla. It is far a seeded my expectations 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:03.960 and it's just such. 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:04.680 A pleasure to drive. 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:06.600 It's the first time I think I've ever driven a 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:11.160 car that I actually really really like, and it's it's 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.120 just really been a nice experience. And I think the 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.480 reason why I like it even more so than just 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.200 the fact that it's a cool, high tech car, is 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.800 because it feels like I'm on the verge of something new, 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:24.200 Like I remember when I got the first iPhone and 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:26.960 I just kind of could not get enough of diving 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.280 into the features and seeing what it can do and 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:33.600 discussing it with people. And by the way, thirteen years later, 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.600 it's still like that. But the Tesla is a whole 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.440 nother beast. I mean, it's like I've been on YouTube 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.760 watching all the videos and just every day I kind 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:43.480 of find something new that the car can do. And 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:47.079 also it's given me a new kind of perspective on 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:53.400 just electric cars and the whole entire ecosystem of cars 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:54.040 in general. 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.320 And I think that the Tesla is just the beginning. 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:00.440 We are going to see a lot of disruption coming 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:04.200 our way, and the Tesla is literally just at the 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:07.200 forefront of it. And kind of like with phones, I 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:11.400 mean with iPhone, it spawned an entire new category of 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.960 phone and device, and that's kind of the way I 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.880 see the Tesla. But it's also a challenge for these 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.000 companies to stay ahead, and I think Tesla is pretty 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:23.120 far ahead with the whole supercharger network and the way 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:24.800 that they do things and the fact that they built 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.520 a company from the ground up. So anyway, I will 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.960 continue to talk about it on the podcast because it's 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.920 just fascinating to me, the whole idea that I leave 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.120 work every day with a full tank of gas, so 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:39.000 to say, it's just such a new thing to me, 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.640 and like last weekend we drove around. We didn't use 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.520 a sip of gas because my wife's car, we just 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.280 you shelved it for the weekend because we wanted to 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:50.360 take mine. By the way, I want to follow up 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:52.920 on I talked about how I sold my old car 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:57.120 using Shift dot Com and I will say that it 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:58.600 all worked out. 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:00.200 It was amazing. 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:02.520 So I couldn't believe it because Shift was willing to 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.839 pay a little bit more than Carvana, so I went 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.880 with Shift. But the difference is when my friend sold 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:11.800 his car with Carvana, he had his money by the 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:14.120 time they left the driveway, and Shift said, well, we 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.720 take your car, we do a final inspection at the headquarters, 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.279 and then you should have your money within a week. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.880 And I said, I'm like handing over this slip, you know, 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:26.279 this DMV pink slip. And I just felt worried. But 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.760 I will tell you that I by the time I 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:30.920 woke up in the morning, well maybe not I wake 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.560 up pretty early, but I would say the next morning, 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.280 after the guy drove my car off, I had an 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:39.839 email that said, hey, your car passed final inspection. This 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.760 was like eight am, nine am. The next day, your 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.960 car passed final inspection and payment will be sent and 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.520 then I would say either the next day or the 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.159 next day payment was in my account, like cleared my 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:55.880 bank account. So I was very impressed with Shift. I'll 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.040 put a link in the show notes. I can put 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.599 a referral. I think you get an extra hundred bucks. 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.840 I'm not just saying this because of that, but if 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:04.919 you want, you know, like every little dollar counts, Like 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.039 if you're thinking of selling your car, it's a really 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:09.960 good time. Like they gave me more for my car 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.560 than I expected, because cars are so hard to come by, 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.400 and I keep, I keep take good care of my stuff. 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:18.960 So whoever gets my car next will will really get 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.320 a nice deal because they have a car that has 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:23.159 low mileage and it's. 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:25.280 A nice you know. I mean, I don't think it's 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.200 a nice car, but it's it's a I mean, it's 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:28.800 a nice car. 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:32.040 It's a car that gets you around, so anyway, I 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.080 can't I very very impressed with the fact that we 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.039 live in a world where you can sell your car. 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.920 Someone will come to your place, pay you more than 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.640 you think, and take it away and your money is 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:44.080 in there. You don't have to deal with people coming 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.159 to your house for you know, test drives and you know, 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.159 asking questions about it. I mean, these companies are so 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.880 far advanced. They do all the research. I had a 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.200 little fender bender on my car and it was in 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.800 the car fax, no problem. It even said when I 0:05:57.839 --> 0:05:59.960 got my last oil change, I was so impressed with 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:01.760 the whole thing. So these companies know that's how they 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:03.800 can value your car so quickly. They're not like a 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.120 regular person that has to like figure this stuff out. 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.640 They have data behind them. 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.000 So let's get to the big story of the week. 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:17.000 The iPhone thirteen releases this week, and already a bunch 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:20.279 of reviewers got them early. I got mine probably a 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.440 week after the you know, I always say I'm on 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:26.839 the B or C team with the reviewers, and so 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.800 I'd say with Apple, probably a solid B. Because the 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.280 A listers got theirs, they must have gotten them the 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.479 day of the event or the day after, because already 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.359 the reviews are out less than a week later. I 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:42.040 get mine, you know, like a week after. So that's fine. 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:45.159 You know, how do you do a review in the week. 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.080 I don't know. I mean, that's really tough. But here 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:48.000 is the bottom line. 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:52.120 The early reviews say that the cameras are great on 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:55.640 the iPhone thirteen. The battery life is great, there's double 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.039 the base storage, which is nice. 0:06:58.480 --> 0:06:59.960 The front camera no different. 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.839 Refresh rate on the iPhone thirteen is still the same 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:08.520 sixty hurtz And as I confirm with Apple, the iPhone 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.640 twelve cases do not fit, so there's always a slight 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.320 difference in your case. Even though the phone looks the same, 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.200 there's always a slight difference where your case does not fit. 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:18.160 Funny how that works. 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:20.920 So even after you spend another eight hundred dollars, you 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.080 still got a spring for another fifty bucks for a case. 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.160 But I don't buy the expensive cases most of the time. 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:28.640 Most of the time I'll buy like a thirty. It 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.520 just depends. It depends on if I had a mag 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:33.240 Safe case. Yes, those are going to be a little 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.840 bit more expensive. But there are some good cases out 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.480 there that are not as expensive. Like I got my 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:42.720 wife the Smartish case, which is really good and it's 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:44.800 like thirteen bucks and it's got a great grip on it. 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:49.239 I like the Spegan cases, it's like a standard case. Okay, 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.520 iPhone thirteen Pro this is the one that I'm most 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:57.640 interested in because the cameras are much more improved. The 0:07:57.680 --> 0:07:59.960 battery of course is improved as well. It's got that 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.360 high refresh rate for the display, so it's one hundred 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:06.400 and twenty hurts and it adjusts. 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:07.960 And then the. 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:11.600 Front camera I still think it's the same, and that 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.640 cinematic mode. This is the big new thing that people 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:16.560 are talking about now. I have the phones and I've 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:18.800 been playing with them, and I'll do I'll tell you 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:22.400 a couple things. Number one, the iPhone thirteen is kind 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.400 of like a standard phone. So to me, if you 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.040 are upgrading from last year, you don't need to go 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.560 with the iPhone thirteen. But if you're upgrading from a 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.400 couple of years ago, yeah, you gonna you're gonna love 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.439 the iPhone thirteen. The cameras are gonna be improved, it's 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:37.280 gonna be better. The battery life is gonna be better 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:40.360 than last year. Last year, I think, and I mentioned 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.200 this in my review last year, that the battery life 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.480 was just not very good on the iPhone twelve or 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:50.319 twelve pro. And Apple definitely figured that out. They went 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.679 back to the drawing board, they put bigger batteries in, 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.400 They tweaked the software so that it helps, you know, 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:01.080 keep the battery going longer. And I just know in 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.360 my use of the iPhone twelve Pro that by the 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.400 end of the day, like I'm talking, you know, three 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.640 o'clock whatever, my phone is, actually even halfway through the day, 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.120 my phone's just hurting. And I never noticed that on 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.000 an iPhone before. Like my wife was telling her that 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:16.760 last night, how annoying that is. And she's like, oh, 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.200 that must be so annoying because she's got the iPhone 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:23.480 eleven Pro Max and the battery on that thing is 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:25.280 a champ. Now there's no five G and I think 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:27.960 that's the main differentiator here. 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.800 But hopefully Apple has figured out the battery. 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.800 I've not had the phone, like using it long enough 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.000 in a day to figure out the battery situation, but 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.880 hopefully it's better now. The thing I did test out, 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.440 I took the iPhone thirteen Pro and I took it 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:47.040 out outside and I compared it against the iPhone twelve 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:52.320 Pro and then the Samsung S twenty one Ultra. And 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.520 so I will tell you that I thought that the 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.360 I thought that it was just gonna be kind of 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:03.680 blown away. The which one am I talking about here? Sorry, 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.200 I got off track here. I thought I was gonna 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:10.360 be blown away by the iPhone thirteen Pro because of 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:15.160 all this talk about the cameras, and I'll be honest, 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.640 I'm not as blown away as I thought. Now I 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:19.959 need more time with these things, and yes, it'll take 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:21.800 a while to figure it all out, but I do. 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:25.360 I will say that I just think like it should 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.960 have been better like it seems. And here's the thing, 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.080 I'm not knocking it. I think that when it comes 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:32.760 to phones, out of all the phones I test, the 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:36.200 phone that will give you the most reliable, every day 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:37.760 great pictures. 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:38.959 Is always the iPhone. 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.640 Samsung has a lot more going on with their camera, 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.040 and yes you can flex it in different ways that 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:48.640 lets you have more fun with it. But the iPhone 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.160 is just kind of this standard thing that just always works, 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.720 and the apps are optimized for it, so that's always nice. 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:55.520 But I will tell you, and you can look at 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:57.800 these results. I have them on the website ktla dot com, 0:10:57.800 --> 0:10:59.600 slash or just go to my website rich on Tech 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:04.920 dot ta and look for the link that says iPhone 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:08.400 thirteen Pro photo comparison. And if you look at these pictures, 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.320 you would not sit there and say Oh wow, clear winner. 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:12.600 I mean, look at. 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.400 All the pictures and they're all nearly identical except for 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:17.640 the picture I took of the moon, which is really 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.280 where the iPhone are the S twenty one Ultra Excels. 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.319 But who's taking pictures of the moon every day? I mean, 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.240 you take one picture of the moon you've got doesn't change. 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.560 So you've got a picture of the moon. 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.520 You're good. You don't really need to take more of those. 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:31.880 So you can see a couple of things you've got 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.160 my hands on with all four of the new devices 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.480 on my Instagram at rich on Tech, I've got pictures 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.400 on the website rich on Tech dot tv for you 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:43.360 to compare. I will continue to compare these devices and 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.400 kind of form my opinions on them. But the reality is, 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.720 the way I see things is that most people are 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:53.040 wondering if they need a reason to upgrade, and so 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:56.240 if you're a camera enthusiast, of course you always want 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:57.679 the absolute. 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:58.080 Best that's out there. 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.760 Otherwise, I mean, it's one of those things where the 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:05.280 iterations at this point, unless they're adding a big new feature, 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.120 is just kind of like it's there and it will 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:09.920 be there when you're ready to upgrade the phone will 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.120 be great, and of course the latest and the latest 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.319 phone will always be pretty darn good. So one thing 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.600 I will say is that the camera bumps on the 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:22.240 new Pro models are significantly bigger than last year's. Apple 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.760 just continues to push the envelope with these camera bumps. 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:28.200 They're just they get bigger and bigger, and you know, 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:30.719 it's like, I get it because they want to make 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:34.440 this thing as good as possible, but it's a big bump. 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.600 The other thing is that cinematic mode real quick and 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.120 just I need to test it more, but it's definitely 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:40.959 not a feature that you would buy a phone for. 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:44.000 It's cool, it's portrait mode for your video, but it's 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:45.840 not something that you need to like rush out and 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:51.559 upgrade for. All right, let's get to the first question 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.319 of the day. Michael says, Hey, Rich, I have an 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:57.360 old cell phone, an old Samsung tablet, and two old 0:12:57.440 --> 0:12:59.679 laptop computers. Do you have any suggestions on how to 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.959 dispose of them safely and perhaps be useful to someone 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:06.199 who guts who uses the guts from these items. Please 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:07.760 let me know when you have a moment. Thanks for 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.800 doing such a great job on Katla I've been watching 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:11.480 you for years and glad to see that you are 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:15.800 back in the studio. Thanks again, Michael. All right, Michael, 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:17.480 A couple of things you can do with this. If 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:19.640 you just want to get rid of these and recycle them, 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:23.480 you can take them somewhere like a Staples. And Staples 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:29.080 has a pretty robust recycling program, and they stopped it 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.559 for a while, but they might have started it again. 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.520 They stopped it during COVID, but let me see if 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:38.280 they started accepting it again. It looks like they have 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:44.200 started accepting it again, so I would go there and 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.320 it looks yeah, it looks like they're there, So I 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:50.040 would go there and let me just see one more 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:50.720 thing real quick. 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.440 Oh hold on, Nope. Sorry. 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.400 In an effort to keep our customers and associates safe, 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:00.880 our tech recycling program has been temporarily spend it. So 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:04.319 I guess they don't want to accept electronics that are 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.360 from people's homes right now. So with that said, I 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:09.360 would just go to my second choice, which is a 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.240 gizmo go And this is a website that I did 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:17.520 a story with. They have, you know, proven themselves to 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.600 be pretty worthy of this. They will either give you 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.160 money for these devices. You can type them in the website, 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.280 or you can just send them in and they will 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:28.000 properly dispose of them. Now you say you have two 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.960 old laptop computers. If you're if you're watching me on KTLA, 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:32.920 that leads me to believe you're in Los Angeles. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:34.760 So I would lead you to someone called. 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:42.160 The Laptop Elf and they will he will will take 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:47.080 your stuff and basically refactory format it and kind of 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.920 fix it up and then give it to someone in need. 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:54.360 So that's a cool that's a cool little program. David Lombard. 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.040 So he runs something called the Laptop Elf Project. So 0:14:58.160 --> 0:14:58.760 check that out. 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.720 And I think you bring laptops there, you send the 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.120 other stuff to gizmo Go, and you're good. Now if 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:06.840 you just want to bring it locally, Best Buy does recycling, 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.400 but again you have to check with these companies to 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:13.120 see exactly what they'll accept. I was recycling some batteries 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.600 and you know, I thought, I can bring them into 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.200 this store, this battery store, and they said, now we 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.760 don't accept those, so but you can go to the library. 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.200 And I went to the library. They had a little 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.640 drop box outside, dump the batteries in and boom, felt 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:28.800 a little better about myself because I used to throw 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.600 out batteries all the time until I did a story 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:35.280 about recycling batteries, and I had no idea that you 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:38.000 should not throw your double a's and triple as in 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.880 the trash. And so I felt really bad the fact 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.240 that I've been doing that, and I vowed to never 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:47.040 do it again. And so now I keep a Mason jar, 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:49.040 and I go through a lot of batteries in this 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.040 house with all the electronics and the kids and all 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.720 that stuff. So when the batteries go dead, you throw 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:55.400 them in the jar, and then when the jar fills up, 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:57.800 you put them in a plastic bag, bring them somewhere. 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.840 And as some people pointed out on my Twitter, Rich, 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:02.680 you're not supposed to put the plastic bag. 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:03.960 In the bin, And I said, I didn't. 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:06.440 I dumped the batteries out of the plastic bag, and 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:08.680 then I put the plastic bag in another recycling bin. 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:10.120 So yeah, I got you. 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:12.880 But Michael, that's what I would recommend. I'll put all 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.360 the links in the show notes. Okay, let's talk about 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:20.120 iOS fifteen. Since you've probably downloaded it and installed it 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.160 on your phone. I'll just talk about some of the 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.640 features that are new that you're aware of so you 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:28.000 can check them out. The number one biggest feature is 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.200 this thing called Focus Mode, which I think is a 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:33.440 lot of busy work, but it has the potential to 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.840 be useful, but it seems like a lot. So Focus 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:41.560 Mode helps you create different profiles for your phone, kind 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.920 of like do not Disturb, but amped to the max. 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.640 So you can now have focus modes for fitness, for reading, 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:51.440 for wellness, for friends and family, for your weekend, for 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.200 your morning, for your afternoon, for your commute. And it's 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:56.800 just like the idea is that you would set up 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.280 all these modes and only the apps that you want 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.360 would send you notifications. Only the people that you want 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:07.119 could call you and text you. But it's a lot 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.280 to set up. In fact, I was worried that when 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:13.000 I was testing the iPhone thirteen that my phone would 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.480 you know, when I upgrade, sorry, when I upgraded to 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:18.160 iOS fifteen and I was, you know, going to sleep 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:20.440 for the first time, I was like, is my phone 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:22.320 gonna ring this alarm in the morning because I have 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:24.760 no idea what sort of mode I'm on? Because they 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:27.119 do not Disturb has been replaced with this focus, and 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:29.520 it's kind of like a it's a whole big thing now, 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:31.879 and so I'm not convinced that this is what I 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:33.640 want to do is sit there and set this all up. 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:35.400 But if you want to, you can. 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.720 You go into control, Center, Focus, and then are sorry, 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.240 go into settings and then focus, and then you can 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.720 choose all your different focuses to get started. 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:44.240 Now. 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:47.960 With FaceTime, they've got spatial audio, so voices sound like 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:51.040 they're coming from the direction that they're on the screen. 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:52.800 Okay, that's cool, that's small. 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:55.199 You can also use face Time with friends and family 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:58.280 who are on Windows devices, like if you're going through 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.920 that much trouble to send them a link from FaceTime. 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:02.600 I mean, yeah, it'll work in a pinch if you 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:04.479 don't really want to install a different program. But by 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:06.800 this point aren't we all on zoom? Like, do you 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.280 really need to use FaceTime with like a friend that's 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:13.680 not on Android or not on on iPhone? I mean, 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:16.879 use something like Google Duo. I don't think that the 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.600 FaceTime link. I think that's kind of like a last 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:22.280 ditch effort if the person is like, I'm not downloading 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.399 anything new on my phone or actually, hold on, let 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:28.000 me think about this. If your FaceTime, Oh yeah, you 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.239 would be the one that doesn't want to download anything new. 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.399 Your friend that's on Android is using Duo or something else, 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:35.920 but you're the one that's on iPhone. You're like, I'm 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.159 not I'm not game. I already have FaceTime. What do 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:41.320 I need another video chat app for? Oh, it'd be 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.480 nice to have one that's crossed platform, like natively. I mean, yes, 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:47.120 you can send a device a link to another device, 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:49.920 but and it looks fine. I tried it. It's fine, 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:53.280 it's just not my preferred way of chatting. Uh, let's 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:56.359 see shared with Oh this is kind of cool. They've 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.199 got this little section called shared with You. And so 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:01.399 now when you you know how people like text you 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:03.679 something like an article and you look at it, but 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:05.240 you're at work and you kind of forget about it 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:06.960 until like two weeks later when you go back to 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:09.399 their text and you're like, oh, totally forgot about that 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:11.960 article they sent me and I never even commented on it. Well, 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:15.000 Apple knows that this must happen a lot, and so 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:18.080 now they have this thing called Shared with You. So 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:23.000 inside Apple News, Safari Photos, Apple TV podcasts, and Apple Music, 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:28.440 notice they are all Apple programs. Whenever someone sends you something, 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:30.480 it will sort of go in this little section, so 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:32.560 that when you open up Apple News, Oh there's that 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:34.240 article someone sent me on Apple News. 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:35.080 You open up. 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:38.040 Safari, Oh there's that link that Jim sent me last 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:40.359 week that I never opened. Oh there's that photo that 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:43.360 I never commented on. There's that podcast that never listened to, And. 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:44.199 I opened up my podcast. 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:46.159 I had a podcast from my friend John that he 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:48.120 sent me like months ago that. 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:48.960 I never listened to. 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:51.359 And because I just forgot about it, what do you 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:53.280 How do you bookmark it? I mean, you just forget 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:55.959 about it as soon as someone texts you. And then 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:58.160 of course with music, that's pretty handy too. That would 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:00.840 actually be probably the most useful because people can send 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:03.080 you songs. But again, if you notice, this is all 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:05.239 from native apps, so if you're not using all these 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:08.280 native apps, then it doesn't really help you. 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:11.280 So I still think it's a cool feature though. 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.800 It's nice to have, And definitely all your old links, 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:17.240 by the way, are indexed and they're now available. So 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:20.600 if someone sent you something previously, if you go into 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.320 any of these apps, you will see the stuff that 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.399 people sent you previously. Now, the other big new feature 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:28.600 on iOS fifteen is called live text, and this is 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:30.919 big and I got a hand it to Apple. They 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:34.080 did a really really fantastic job of this. So you 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:37.440 can now aim your camera at something and the text 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:39.960 will light up and you can highlight it and copy. 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:40.560 And paste and whatever. 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:43.600 Or you can take a picture and then press this 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:46.160 little text button in the right hand lower right hand 0:20:46.160 --> 0:20:48.800 corner and it will highlight all the things that you 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:51.600 can do with this picture, which is copy and paste text. 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:53.480 You can tap a phone number to call it, you 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:55.320 can tap a website to go to it. You can 0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:58.080 tap an email address to send an email. And they 0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:03.000 nailed it. They did really really good and so I'm 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.720 very impressed. And Google's had this forever, but I would 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:08.720 say that Apple, I think, might have done a better 0:21:08.800 --> 0:21:10.760 job at implementing this than Google. 0:21:11.040 --> 0:21:11.560 And it's so. 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:14.119 Funny because Google is so scared to like ever build 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:18.160 anything into like the core functionality of Android because they're 0:21:18.200 --> 0:21:20.679 worried about like anti trust and all this stuff. So 0:21:20.720 --> 0:21:23.440 they always dance around like putting these features in places 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:26.119 that like make it, you know, a little bit tougher 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:27.800 for you to find because they want to make sure 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:30.320 that they're not like pushing their own products. But Apple 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:32.720 they could care less. They just push all their own stuff. 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:36.840 So they put this this feature front and center. It's 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:41.080 right on the native camera and it works phenomenally, and honestly, 0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:44.119 Google should build this right into their native camera. They 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:45.879 do in certain ways, but you still kind of have 0:21:45.880 --> 0:21:49.000 to press this lens button. And they just finally put 0:21:49.040 --> 0:21:52.399 Google Lens on the search bar on Android phones, which 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:57.960 took forever too. So hopefully now that Apple has put 0:21:58.000 --> 0:22:01.239 this front and center, they will I'll also put this 0:22:01.280 --> 0:22:03.560 front and center on the Google phones. 0:22:03.720 --> 0:22:04.840 Because it is very handy. 0:22:05.640 --> 0:22:08.119 Apple Maps, you know, all the headlines are like Apple 0:22:08.160 --> 0:22:11.320 Maps is now on par with Google Maps. That is 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:15.679 not true in any way, shape or form. Google Maps 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:19.840 has information on pretty much the whole world. Apple Maps 0:22:19.880 --> 0:22:23.600 has been upgraded for LA, New York, San Francisco, and London. 0:22:24.119 --> 0:22:25.520 So I'm sorry. 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:27.639 I live in LA, which is great, and the maps 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:31.000 look amazing here, but you go anywhere outside LA and 0:22:31.000 --> 0:22:31.400 they're not. 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:32.480 Going to be as good. 0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:36.040 And honestly, I just I can tell you from personal experience, 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:38.840 I like the look of Apple Maps better, but the 0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:42.240 raw data that they have is just not there. Google 0:22:42.400 --> 0:22:45.800 has so much data about businesses and up to the 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:50.120 minute data about everything that Apple just doesn't really compete with. 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:50.800 Now. 0:22:51.359 --> 0:22:54.000 I don't think that that's gonna happen forever, but I 0:22:54.000 --> 0:22:56.439 think at this point, Google Maps is still kind of 0:22:56.480 --> 0:22:58.520 like a gold standard when it comes to mapping, and 0:22:58.560 --> 0:23:02.120 I really just trust that, and I can't bring myself 0:23:02.160 --> 0:23:04.680 to trust Apple Maps. I just can't because there's just 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:07.159 too many times when I've typed in something and it 0:23:07.240 --> 0:23:09.720 just doesn't figure it out right, and I'm like, all right, sorry, 0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:11.520 going back to Apple, I mean, going back to Google. 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:16.359 The weather app totally redesigned. It looks pretty cool, and 0:23:16.440 --> 0:23:19.000 now it'll tell you when it's gonna rain or snow. 0:23:19.280 --> 0:23:21.760 It also has new big maps that show you how 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:25.280 hot or cold it is. The notes app now is 0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:29.119 pretty good. I mean, I would love you, No, I 0:23:29.119 --> 0:23:31.200 would love to use the notes app. I switched back 0:23:31.240 --> 0:23:33.520 to every Note because I just can't get my brain 0:23:33.680 --> 0:23:37.600 around apps that are only on one platform. And Notes 0:23:37.640 --> 0:23:40.440 is really nice, but if I'm using an Android phone, 0:23:40.480 --> 0:23:42.760 I can't access any of my notes, and I just 0:23:42.760 --> 0:23:45.240 don't like that. If I'm on the web somewhere and 0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:47.320 I need to like somehow get a note. I can't 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:49.280 do that with Notes, and maybe you can. I don't 0:23:49.320 --> 0:23:52.159 think it's an iCloud, but maybe it is. It might be, 0:23:52.280 --> 0:23:54.840 you know what, Notes might be an iCloud. But my 0:23:54.880 --> 0:23:56.639 point is it's one of these things where it's very 0:23:56.720 --> 0:23:58.560 much written for the Mac, it's written for the iPhone, 0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:00.280 it's written for the iPad, which is great if you 0:24:00.359 --> 0:24:03.119 only use Apple stuff, but I like to I'd like 0:24:03.200 --> 0:24:06.000 to try to remain platform agnostic as much as possible 0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:09.399 because that allows me to choose the best product for 0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:11.920 the job and not just something that's convenient. 0:24:12.200 --> 0:24:13.520 And Notes is very convenient. 0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:15.160 It's built in and it does a lot of stuff, 0:24:15.160 --> 0:24:18.480 and it's free and it's nice, but I just can't 0:24:18.480 --> 0:24:22.520 bring myself to use it in a big way. The 0:24:22.560 --> 0:24:24.720 thing that they added to Notes is you can now 0:24:25.040 --> 0:24:28.119 use hashtags, which is really cool because that helps you 0:24:28.200 --> 0:24:30.560 automatically organize notes. So when you're typing a note in 0:24:30.680 --> 0:24:32.359 just type of hashtag, and now you can see that 0:24:32.400 --> 0:24:36.600 hashtag along with other notes that have that hashtag. The 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:38.440 email I got the most was from a bunch of 0:24:38.440 --> 0:24:40.840 people saying, Rich, what's up with this iCloud. I've been 0:24:41.119 --> 0:24:43.160 Apple sent out an email it said you've been upgraded 0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:45.000 for free to iCloud plus. 0:24:45.040 --> 0:24:45.639 Oh my gosh. 0:24:45.640 --> 0:24:48.720 It sounds so fancy, but I mean, come on, it's 0:24:48.760 --> 0:24:51.479 like you're already. This is only for paying members of iCloud. 0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:54.800 So if you're paying for iCloud, you now get a 0:24:54.800 --> 0:24:58.080 couple of new features. Which is the most notable to 0:24:58.160 --> 0:25:00.560 me is hide my Email, which it allows you to 0:25:00.640 --> 0:25:04.399 generate disposable email addresses, and that's kind of cool. So 0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:08.480 you can go into your settings iCloud password I think 0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:11.600 it's or I forget it's one of those, and you 0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:15.320 can generate a one time it's not really a one 0:25:15.320 --> 0:25:18.120 time use. It's just an email address that stays good 0:25:18.240 --> 0:25:20.679 until you delete it, and then it forwards that whatever 0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:23.280 email comes into that email to your real email. So 0:25:23.359 --> 0:25:25.080 the way that you'd use that is if you sign 0:25:25.200 --> 0:25:28.280 up for you know, like let's say you want to 0:25:28.320 --> 0:25:31.040 buy something on wayfair dot com and you just can't 0:25:31.040 --> 0:25:33.040 stand getting emails from them for the rest of your life. 0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:36.399 You can use one of these private email addresses and 0:25:36.960 --> 0:25:39.440 make your order, do all your stuff, and then once 0:25:39.480 --> 0:25:42.320 your order is gotten to your place safely, you turn 0:25:42.320 --> 0:25:44.199 off that email address and you don't really ever have 0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:47.120 to hear from Wayfair again, I guess on the side note, 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:49.239 if you need a quick email address to sign up 0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:51.720 for like a new coupon or a promo code, that 0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:53.920 would be an easy way to do it. So if 0:25:53.920 --> 0:25:57.120 you need to, you know, get a ten percent off 0:25:57.200 --> 0:25:59.159 or something, and you need a new email address like 0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:01.080 a new sign up, that could be a way to 0:26:01.080 --> 0:26:01.280 do it. 0:26:01.320 --> 0:26:02.240 The other thing they do. 0:26:02.200 --> 0:26:05.960 Is private relay, and this is kind of like a VPN, 0:26:06.920 --> 0:26:08.960 but they're not calling it a VPN, so clearly it's 0:26:09.000 --> 0:26:12.080 not a VPN, But the way that Apple describes it, 0:26:12.000 --> 0:26:15.479 it says, when private relay is enabled, your requests are 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:19.000 sent through two separate secure Internet relays. Your IP address 0:26:19.080 --> 0:26:21.800 is visible to your network provider. So I think that's 0:26:21.840 --> 0:26:25.239 the difference between the VPN, because I don't think it 0:26:25.320 --> 0:26:29.160 is immediately and to the first relay, which is operated 0:26:29.200 --> 0:26:31.800 by Apple, which aka they can see your IP address 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:34.800 as well, but your DNS records are encrypted, so neither 0:26:34.840 --> 0:26:37.080 party can see the address of the website you're trying 0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:37.560 to visit. 0:26:37.920 --> 0:26:38.520 Oh okay. 0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:41.560 The second relay, which is operated by a third party 0:26:41.640 --> 0:26:45.480 content provider, generates a temporary IP address decrypts the name 0:26:45.480 --> 0:26:48.239 of the website you requested, and connects you. All this 0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:51.879 is done to maintain high performance browsing and protect your privacy. 0:26:52.119 --> 0:26:54.800 So it's kind of like a VPN, but a little 0:26:54.800 --> 0:26:59.600 bit less secure because Apple can theoretically see your IP address, 0:27:01.440 --> 0:27:07.680 and so can your network provider, which you know is fine. Well, 0:27:07.720 --> 0:27:10.960 I guess it depends what you're doing. So if you're 0:27:10.960 --> 0:27:14.240 a real privacy fiend, you won't want to do that, 0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:17.080 But if you're just kind of like casually trying to 0:27:17.080 --> 0:27:19.000 protect your tracks, you know, this will be a nice 0:27:19.000 --> 0:27:19.719 thing to enable. 0:27:20.240 --> 0:27:21.080 I'll have to check that out. 0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:22.800 I'm not sure if I need that on my phone, 0:27:22.840 --> 0:27:24.840 but it's kind of I guess it's one more way 0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:26.719 to just kind of keep things private on there, right, 0:27:33.400 --> 0:27:37.520 all right. Next question from Maricarr. Hey, Rich, I hope 0:27:37.520 --> 0:27:39.679 this email finds you well. I wanted to ask what 0:27:39.720 --> 0:27:42.000 a good Wi Fi extender would be for me to use. 0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:44.359 I live in a two bedroom apartment. There are literally 0:27:44.400 --> 0:27:46.679 dead zones in my dining area and in one of 0:27:46.680 --> 0:27:49.080 the bedrooms. I'd like for my Wi Fi to reach 0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:52.639 throughout my place, but honestly, it's driving me crazy how 0:27:52.720 --> 0:27:54.840 slow it is. In some areas, can you recommend a 0:27:54.840 --> 0:27:57.080 good one. I have Spectrum for my internet service, if 0:27:57.119 --> 0:28:00.639 that makes a difference. Thanks so much, Maricar. Okay, So 0:28:01.040 --> 0:28:04.360 I did a story on this. It's a Villo Vlo 0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:10.760 and it is a sixty dollars mesh Wi Fi network, and. 0:28:12.119 --> 0:28:13.080 I did the review on this. 0:28:13.280 --> 0:28:15.960 I found it to be great, especially for standard Wi Fi. 0:28:16.000 --> 0:28:18.080 If you need something that's if you told me you 0:28:18.119 --> 0:28:21.080 had like gigabit internet or like a huge house or something, 0:28:21.080 --> 0:28:24.520 I'd probably recommend euro But this is perfect for your 0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:26.080 two bedroom apartment. 0:28:26.600 --> 0:28:28.639 And there's three. 0:28:28.440 --> 0:28:30.800 Units that you get for sixty dollars, and what you 0:28:30.840 --> 0:28:32.520 do is you put the first one by your modem, 0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:35.360 then you put the other two in the other far 0:28:35.440 --> 0:28:39.400 reaches of your house and this will create a mesh network. 0:28:39.480 --> 0:28:42.320 So these things all communicate with each other to blanket 0:28:42.400 --> 0:28:46.320 your house in a nice network of Wi Fi that 0:28:46.440 --> 0:28:47.400 works the same. 0:28:47.240 --> 0:28:48.240 Pretty much everywhere. 0:28:48.680 --> 0:28:51.520 And the reviews I got on this are pretty good, 0:28:51.560 --> 0:28:53.360 like the people that like I test this stuff, but 0:28:53.400 --> 0:28:56.480 I'm just one person, and so when people get this 0:28:56.560 --> 0:28:59.000 in their houses and they write me emails, so far, 0:28:59.280 --> 0:29:01.479 I think with the ex option of one person, everyone 0:29:01.520 --> 0:29:03.000 said they really like how this works. 0:29:03.120 --> 0:29:04.240 So for sixty. 0:29:03.920 --> 0:29:07.400 Dollars, you can't really go wrong because that is a 0:29:07.400 --> 0:29:10.560 pretty good price on a better Wi Fi for your 0:29:10.600 --> 0:29:12.960 whole house. So that's what I recommend. Check it out 0:29:13.200 --> 0:29:15.600 and once you get it installed, let me know what you. 0:29:15.520 --> 0:29:15.959 Think of it. 0:29:18.040 --> 0:29:21.800 New kindles are out first time since twenty eighteen. These 0:29:21.880 --> 0:29:24.360 kindles got a big new update, the Kindle paper White. 0:29:25.040 --> 0:29:27.320 I'll just go over this quickly what the new features are, 0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:30.400 because in fact, my wife scratched the heck out of 0:29:30.400 --> 0:29:32.760 the screen on her Kindle, so I've got to get 0:29:32.760 --> 0:29:34.560 her a new one. And it's funny because I have 0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:36.800 a case for my Kindle, which I get it. It 0:29:36.800 --> 0:29:39.080 makes it heavier and not as nice. But I've had 0:29:39.080 --> 0:29:41.640 this case on it since I've got it, and it's 0:29:41.720 --> 0:29:44.400 kept this thing pristine. I mean, it's my Kindle is perfect, 0:29:44.440 --> 0:29:47.080 and it's like a couple of years old, and it's like, 0:29:47.120 --> 0:29:48.640 I want an excuse to buy a new one, but 0:29:48.680 --> 0:29:51.960 I don't need it. But my wife she scratched hers, 0:29:52.320 --> 0:29:54.640 and I said, I told you to get the case, 0:29:54.880 --> 0:29:56.880 and she didn't want it because she said I don't 0:29:56.880 --> 0:29:58.880 need it. I don't bring my kindle anywhere it's fine. 0:29:59.240 --> 0:30:02.080 Well, sure enough, a huge scratch across the screen. So 0:30:02.640 --> 0:30:03.280 get a case. 0:30:03.720 --> 0:30:05.880 The one I bought is really inexpensive. It was like 0:30:06.120 --> 0:30:08.280 had like eleven thousand reviews or something, and it was 0:30:08.320 --> 0:30:11.040 super cheap. It was like ten bucks. It's not the 0:30:11.080 --> 0:30:12.960 Amazon official but it was like ten bucks in. 0:30:13.000 --> 0:30:14.880 It really did a great job. 0:30:15.040 --> 0:30:16.640 And of course I know I'm gonna get a million 0:30:16.680 --> 0:30:20.160 emails from people saying, rich, which kindle case did you get? 0:30:20.240 --> 0:30:21.680 So I will go ahead. 0:30:21.400 --> 0:30:24.840 And look inside my Kindle order and see what the 0:30:24.920 --> 0:30:26.959 name of this case is if I can find it. 0:30:27.040 --> 0:30:29.160 But I'm gonna have to go. I'm gonna have to 0:30:29.200 --> 0:30:29.920 go way back. 0:30:31.440 --> 0:30:35.720 Moco case fits Kindle paper white, eleven dollars and ninety 0:30:35.800 --> 0:30:40.280 nine cents, so perfect, perfect, perfect, Get it and protect 0:30:40.280 --> 0:30:41.720 your kindle. But anyway, let me go over the new 0:30:41.800 --> 0:30:44.480 Kindle features. Okay, so the number one new feature is 0:30:44.480 --> 0:30:47.080 that these Kindles have USB C on them, which is 0:30:47.880 --> 0:30:50.480 long time coming. Everyone else in the world has switched 0:30:50.480 --> 0:30:53.920 to USBC, except the Kindles were still shipping with micro USB. 0:30:54.520 --> 0:30:57.280 And that's fine because the Kindle battery lasts so long 0:30:57.360 --> 0:30:59.560 you don't really need to charge it very often. But 0:30:59.680 --> 0:31:02.560 for me, that is pretty much the last thing that 0:31:02.640 --> 0:31:06.840 I have that uses micro USB, so I when I 0:31:06.880 --> 0:31:09.040 finally get a new Kindle, we'll retire that and go 0:31:09.080 --> 0:31:11.600 to USBC. And the other flip side is that I 0:31:11.640 --> 0:31:13.520 would always charge my Kindle before I went out of 0:31:13.600 --> 0:31:16.600 trip or vacation. And yes, the battery lasts so long, 0:31:16.640 --> 0:31:18.200 I didn't really have to worry about it much, but 0:31:18.560 --> 0:31:20.760 I didn't want to bring an extra cable. So you know, 0:31:20.840 --> 0:31:22.760 now that I can have USBC, I don't really have 0:31:22.800 --> 0:31:25.440 to worry about making sure that it's super charged up 0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:28.160 right before I go on a trip. So the Kindle 0:31:28.200 --> 0:31:30.840 Paper White is going to have twenty percent faster page turns, 0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:33.320 up to ten weeks of battery life up from six weeks. 0:31:33.640 --> 0:31:36.440 It's waterproof, It has everything you need for one hundred 0:31:36.480 --> 0:31:38.840 and forty dollars. And my warning to you is don't 0:31:38.840 --> 0:31:41.800 pay full price. These things go on sale all the time, 0:31:42.200 --> 0:31:45.320 so set a price drop alert on Honey or Camel 0:31:45.360 --> 0:31:48.200 Camel Camel, and buy it when this thing goes on 0:31:48.240 --> 0:31:51.600 sale sometime over the holidays. They always go on sale. 0:31:51.680 --> 0:31:53.440 Next up, if you want to step up, is the 0:31:53.600 --> 0:31:57.440 Kindle Paper White Signature Edition, and this has the they 0:31:57.440 --> 0:31:59.880 both have the front light, but this one has the sensor, 0:32:00.360 --> 0:32:04.200 and so the front light adjusts automatically and it will 0:32:04.240 --> 0:32:07.160 adjust depending on how dark or light the room you're 0:32:07.200 --> 0:32:10.680 in is. And then it also has wireless charging, which 0:32:11.280 --> 0:32:13.400 I guess that's cool. I don't really see that as 0:32:13.400 --> 0:32:16.040 a big feature on the Kindle because you're not the 0:32:16.080 --> 0:32:19.040 battery lasts so long. Like wireless charging is good when 0:32:19.040 --> 0:32:21.360 you're trying to keep your phone charged all day, but 0:32:21.800 --> 0:32:23.520 for a Kindle, I don't really see the point of that. 0:32:23.600 --> 0:32:25.480 And then you get more storage thirty two gigs. 0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:27.760 But again, who has more than one book on their 0:32:27.840 --> 0:32:29.960 kindle at any given time? Do you really need to 0:32:30.040 --> 0:32:31.480 store more than one. 0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:31.920 Book on there? 0:32:32.000 --> 0:32:35.400 I don't think so, So that's one ninety So really 0:32:35.440 --> 0:32:38.160 the only thing you need there is the auto adjusting 0:32:38.160 --> 0:32:41.479 front light sensor, which quite honestly, my Kindle has that, 0:32:41.680 --> 0:32:44.280 and I still adjust the light manually because I find 0:32:44.320 --> 0:32:47.160 that the censor is not all that great. The other 0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:49.680 thing they came out with is the Kindle Paper White Kids. 0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:54.880 This is the first ever waterproof kindle for kids, no distractions, 0:32:54.920 --> 0:32:56.680 not like an iPad where it's got games and all 0:32:56.720 --> 0:32:57.200 these other things. 0:32:57.240 --> 0:32:58.280 I want to buy all the time. 0:32:58.560 --> 0:33:01.280 It includes a one year subscription to Amazon Kids Plus, 0:33:01.320 --> 0:33:02.680 which has thousands of books. 0:33:03.520 --> 0:33:04.800 Personally, I don't know. 0:33:04.880 --> 0:33:06.520 I mean, some of those books are probably good, some 0:33:06.560 --> 0:33:09.000 of them probably are not very good. And then this 0:33:09.040 --> 0:33:11.360 is one hundred and sixty dollars, which sounds expensive for 0:33:11.360 --> 0:33:15.920 a kid's kindle. But again, find these things on sale. 0:33:16.000 --> 0:33:18.520 That's my advice. With the kindles, they go on sale 0:33:18.720 --> 0:33:20.800 late October. By the way, you can pre order them now. 0:33:20.960 --> 0:33:27.280 They'll be available before the holidays. 0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:30.320 Next question from Lisa hey Rich. 0:33:30.360 --> 0:33:32.240 You did a segment a few months ago about being 0:33:32.240 --> 0:33:35.760 able to download unlimited amounts of digital photos for ten 0:33:35.840 --> 0:33:38.000 dollars a year. Can you send me that information if 0:33:38.040 --> 0:33:43.320 it's still available. Sure, the website is called I drive. 0:33:43.920 --> 0:33:46.200 Now it's not downloading. I mean, I guess you could download, 0:33:46.240 --> 0:33:49.240 but it's really about uploading the unlimited photos. 0:33:49.240 --> 0:33:49.320 So. 0:33:49.440 --> 0:33:52.880 I drive is a company based here in the Los 0:33:52.880 --> 0:33:56.960 Angeles area, and they're known for their backups for like 0:33:57.080 --> 0:34:00.840 enterprise computers and also desktop computers. But they saw a 0:34:00.960 --> 0:34:04.160 need to do something when Google raised all their prices 0:34:04.680 --> 0:34:09.200 to introduce full resolution backup that's unlimited for ten dollars 0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:11.920 a year, and I got to say, I'm impressed it 0:34:11.960 --> 0:34:14.960 looks the app is very simple, but it does exactly 0:34:15.000 --> 0:34:17.239 what you need. So if you download this app to 0:34:17.239 --> 0:34:20.640 your iPhone or your Android, it will take in all 0:34:20.719 --> 0:34:23.800 the pictures on your phone, upload them to the cloud 0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:27.439 in full resolution and videos by the way, And it's 0:34:27.480 --> 0:34:30.560 ten dollars a year. And when you get a new phone, 0:34:30.960 --> 0:34:33.160 the other little party trick it has built in is 0:34:33.160 --> 0:34:36.440 that it can download all those photos to your camera 0:34:36.560 --> 0:34:38.160 role on your new phone. Now, I don't know why 0:34:38.200 --> 0:34:41.319 you'd want to do that necessarily unless you like all 0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:44.959 your pictures on your physical device, but I mean maybe 0:34:45.000 --> 0:34:46.839 you do. I don't know, but I think that them 0:34:46.880 --> 0:34:48.520 being in the cloud is a better place for them. 0:34:49.080 --> 0:34:51.479 But this is a great thing. It's ten dollars a year. 0:34:51.600 --> 0:34:54.920 I recommend it, and I of course, because you know, 0:34:55.040 --> 0:34:57.080 no matter what, if you have your photos somewhere, I 0:34:57.120 --> 0:34:59.600 recommend a second place where you have them. And I'll 0:34:59.600 --> 0:35:01.439 be quite a honest with you, I don't right now 0:35:01.520 --> 0:35:03.960 I need to get this set up because I've got 0:35:03.960 --> 0:35:06.640 my photos in one place, Google Photos, and I'm really 0:35:06.800 --> 0:35:10.040 really concerned about that because I have some old backups here, 0:35:10.320 --> 0:35:12.959 but I don't have a current backup that's like every day, 0:35:13.000 --> 0:35:15.480 and I need to do that very soon. I need 0:35:15.520 --> 0:35:18.040 to set that up, so don't be like me get 0:35:18.080 --> 0:35:20.080 your photos in two different places. I just happen to 0:35:20.080 --> 0:35:22.960 have a large, large, large amount of photos. So my 0:35:23.040 --> 0:35:25.000 solution just takes a little bit longer because it's kind 0:35:25.000 --> 0:35:27.520 of expensive and I just don't feel like spending the 0:35:27.560 --> 0:35:28.000 money to. 0:35:27.920 --> 0:35:28.400 Set it up. 0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:30.960 But I don't want to lose my picture, So you 0:35:31.000 --> 0:35:32.759 know what, I need to set that up very soon. 0:35:33.320 --> 0:35:34.279 So that's what it's called. 0:35:34.360 --> 0:35:37.440 I drive Photos and I will put the link, of 0:35:37.480 --> 0:35:41.160 course in the show notes. Facebook this week came out 0:35:41.160 --> 0:35:45.200 with two new devices. They're portal devices. So if you 0:35:45.239 --> 0:35:47.600 remember last week or the week before, Facebook came out 0:35:47.600 --> 0:35:49.880 with sunglasses, now they've got two new. 0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:53.040 Video chat devices. These are called portals. Now. 0:35:53.440 --> 0:35:55.800 I was there for the launch of the first generation 0:35:55.880 --> 0:36:01.720 of devices, and honestly, the reception was chilli at best. 0:36:01.920 --> 0:36:06.600 I mean, I've never seen the media knock down a company, 0:36:06.920 --> 0:36:11.239 and Facebook cannot catch a break at this point. The 0:36:11.280 --> 0:36:14.200 company has I don't know what they're gonna do to 0:36:15.040 --> 0:36:19.520 get on the positive side of things with people, but 0:36:19.600 --> 0:36:22.040 it's interesting because people I look at face, I look 0:36:22.080 --> 0:36:24.000 at people's phones all the time when I'm out and about. 0:36:24.239 --> 0:36:26.920 People are on Facebook all the time. People are on 0:36:27.000 --> 0:36:30.279 Instagram all the time. Instagram's owned by Facebook. But yet 0:36:30.320 --> 0:36:32.720 somehow people always say, like I see in the media 0:36:32.760 --> 0:36:35.759 how much people hate Facebook. So do you hate it 0:36:36.000 --> 0:36:38.120 or do you like it? Because a lot of people 0:36:38.160 --> 0:36:40.800 are using it. This platform has two point seven billion 0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:43.880 people on it. I think it's amazing because it connects 0:36:43.880 --> 0:36:46.160 people and it allows you to do things like I 0:36:46.200 --> 0:36:48.000 personally have a Facebook page that has a lot of 0:36:48.000 --> 0:36:51.120 followers on it, and I love the fact that I 0:36:51.120 --> 0:36:55.040 can reach people around the world because of this free product, 0:36:55.760 --> 0:36:58.399 and it's amazing. I've had videos go viral on there 0:36:58.440 --> 0:37:00.880 that do so many views, it's like mind boggling. 0:37:01.480 --> 0:37:03.560 It is. It is a huge platform. 0:37:04.200 --> 0:37:07.120 And if you're discounting it and saying that they're you know, oh, 0:37:07.160 --> 0:37:10.240 they're just in it for your you know, data, and they're. 0:37:10.040 --> 0:37:10.960 In it, yes they are. 0:37:11.560 --> 0:37:15.080 But at the same time, they do provide a service 0:37:15.120 --> 0:37:17.920 to people, and that is connecting people and now keeping 0:37:17.920 --> 0:37:20.080 people informed is a little bit different. Yes, people get 0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:22.520 a lot of stuff from Facebook, but it's not always 0:37:22.520 --> 0:37:25.480 the best stuff, and that's a problem. Yes, and I 0:37:25.640 --> 0:37:27.640 but I But at the same time, the fact that 0:37:27.719 --> 0:37:31.000 I can disseminate a story on Facebook just as well 0:37:31.040 --> 0:37:34.160 as anyone else in the world is pretty cool. It's 0:37:34.239 --> 0:37:37.000 just I don't know what the solution is to the 0:37:37.040 --> 0:37:41.399 fact that people get their news nowadays from Facebook, Instagram 0:37:41.440 --> 0:37:46.200 and TikTok I mean, no joke people and YouTube, and 0:37:46.280 --> 0:37:49.280 the problem is there's just no editor. I'm nothing against 0:37:49.320 --> 0:37:52.200 all this information out there, it's amazing, but when you 0:37:52.239 --> 0:37:56.160 get your information from a company like the company I 0:37:56.239 --> 0:38:00.960 work for, like KTLA, we have systems, we have processes 0:38:01.000 --> 0:38:04.919 for getting information on TV and writing information on the web, 0:38:05.000 --> 0:38:06.640 and what we're allowed to do and what we're not 0:38:06.719 --> 0:38:09.000 allowed to do, and what we are comfortable with doing. 0:38:09.280 --> 0:38:13.080 But if you're just some random Joe Schmoe on Instagram, 0:38:13.080 --> 0:38:16.600 TikTok or Facebook or Twitter, you can do whatever you want. 0:38:17.040 --> 0:38:20.360 You can say the sky is green and that's because 0:38:20.440 --> 0:38:24.600 there are you know, particles that the government sprays into 0:38:24.600 --> 0:38:26.640 the sky every day to make it blue, but it's 0:38:26.680 --> 0:38:29.319 actually green. I mean, you can say that it's free 0:38:29.320 --> 0:38:33.520 speech whatever. Well free speech doesn't really apply to social media, 0:38:33.600 --> 0:38:35.839 but you know what I mean, My point is it's 0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:39.000 not fact checked necessarily, and these social media networks are 0:38:39.080 --> 0:38:41.600 trying to do that, but it is an uphill battle. 0:38:41.680 --> 0:38:44.160 It's the stuff that I hear people say to me 0:38:44.719 --> 0:38:50.400 that is so un grounded or grounded in nothing is 0:38:50.600 --> 0:38:53.400 just wild. I mean, look at the Apple rumors alone 0:38:53.440 --> 0:38:56.000 that we see that are published on big blogs and 0:38:56.040 --> 0:38:57.480 this and that, and half of them turn out to 0:38:57.480 --> 0:39:01.200 not be true. So I used to never cover Apple 0:39:01.280 --> 0:39:03.680 rumors for a long time, in fact, probably the first 0:39:03.719 --> 0:39:06.319 like eight years of my job at KTLA, because I 0:39:06.360 --> 0:39:09.200 was like, this is a rumor. I don't cover rumors. 0:39:09.280 --> 0:39:13.040 I am a journalist that covers actual stories. And the 0:39:13.080 --> 0:39:16.000 problem became so many people are interested in the rumors 0:39:16.000 --> 0:39:18.799 and it's being reported everywhere. You look like you don't 0:39:18.800 --> 0:39:20.680 know what you're talking about because you're not talking about 0:39:20.680 --> 0:39:23.879 the rumors. And so I'm very clear when I talk 0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:28.200 about the fact that these are rumors or analysts, you know, 0:39:28.320 --> 0:39:30.000 analyst predictions or whatever. 0:39:30.080 --> 0:39:31.480 I mean, that's really what the rumors are. 0:39:31.480 --> 0:39:36.560 Now they're analysts and analyst says Okay, portal Go, Let's 0:39:36.560 --> 0:39:39.080 talk about these two new devices from Facebook. So portal 0:39:39.120 --> 0:39:43.600 Go is a ten inch screen, it's portable. So this 0:39:43.719 --> 0:39:46.439 means that this little device can be taken from room 0:39:46.440 --> 0:39:48.960 to room, so when it's not being used, it sits 0:39:48.960 --> 0:39:51.759 on a wireless charger or some sort of charger. Maybe 0:39:51.760 --> 0:39:53.799 it's a contact charger. I'm not really sure. I haven't 0:39:53.800 --> 0:39:56.120 seen this in person yet, but you take it from 0:39:56.200 --> 0:39:58.080 room to room. So if your kids want a video 0:39:58.120 --> 0:40:00.359 chat with Grandma in their bedroom, read them a book 0:40:00.360 --> 0:40:03.960 at night, whatever you can. It's got a twelve megapixel 0:40:04.120 --> 0:40:06.600 smart camera which has an ultra wide field of view, 0:40:06.960 --> 0:40:09.480 which means it follows you around the room. Like so 0:40:09.520 --> 0:40:11.279 you got that video that kind of like moves around, 0:40:11.320 --> 0:40:13.480 it zooms into like where the person is on the screen. 0:40:13.880 --> 0:40:16.239 And this is a cool little touch. This doubles as 0:40:16.280 --> 0:40:20.160 a portable speaker. So pretty smart because it is wireless 0:40:20.160 --> 0:40:22.720 and you can take it anywhere. That is a nice 0:40:23.760 --> 0:40:26.919 I think that's a brilliant side use of this thing. 0:40:27.320 --> 0:40:30.960 This is one hundred and ninety nine dollars and available soon. 0:40:31.560 --> 0:40:33.200 The Portal Plus. 0:40:33.080 --> 0:40:36.440 Is a fourteen inch screen and it's stationary, but the 0:40:36.440 --> 0:40:39.320 screen does tilt up and down, and that's three hundred 0:40:39.360 --> 0:40:40.360 and fifty dollars. 0:40:40.800 --> 0:40:43.759 This is really for the This is like Portal Go. 0:40:43.880 --> 0:40:46.080 I think would be for most people. This is kind 0:40:46.080 --> 0:40:49.359 of like high end. Three fifty is a lot, and 0:40:49.480 --> 0:40:52.160 this can let you zoom with twenty five people at 0:40:52.200 --> 0:40:55.279 once on the screen. And so this is for someone 0:40:55.320 --> 0:40:57.120 who might want to keep this on their desk. Maybe 0:40:57.160 --> 0:40:59.960 we're talking like a work at home situation. You want 0:41:00.080 --> 0:41:01.840 they use it for zoom. It's a little bit I 0:41:01.880 --> 0:41:04.600 hope it's a little bit higher powered than the portal Go. 0:41:04.880 --> 0:41:08.040 When I played with the devices when they first launched, 0:41:08.840 --> 0:41:11.000 I think this was pre pandemic. Oh my gosh, was 0:41:11.000 --> 0:41:14.640 it really that long ago. They were not well received, 0:41:14.760 --> 0:41:16.719 and honestly, when I played with them, they seem to 0:41:16.760 --> 0:41:20.720 be a little bit underpowered. And I feel like that's 0:41:20.880 --> 0:41:24.120 kind of a theme I've seen with all of these 0:41:24.160 --> 0:41:26.360 like little devices that you put around your house, like 0:41:26.400 --> 0:41:29.560 the smart screens. They all seem to be just have 0:41:29.680 --> 0:41:32.719 a little bit less horsepower than you'd like. And I 0:41:32.760 --> 0:41:34.880 think they do that because they're using cheap chips inside, 0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:37.279 because they're mass producing these things. But and we're also 0:41:37.320 --> 0:41:40.680 spoiled from our iPhones and androids that are so fast 0:41:40.719 --> 0:41:43.600 and snappy these days that these screens don't look like 0:41:43.600 --> 0:41:44.800 they're as fast. 0:41:44.880 --> 0:41:46.760 But those are the portal devices. 0:41:46.840 --> 0:41:50.120 I think they're really cool because everyone has a Facebook account, 0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:52.920 it's easy to get someone on board. But honestly, I 0:41:52.920 --> 0:41:57.000 don't think they've sold as well as Facebook wants. But 0:41:57.080 --> 0:41:58.640 they're going to continue to make them because I do 0:41:58.680 --> 0:42:00.520 think it's a bedrock of what they do do. They 0:42:00.520 --> 0:42:03.480 want to have this thing in the house, easy to chat, 0:42:03.560 --> 0:42:06.920 easy to connect, show your pictures, it can show your status, updates, whatever, 0:42:08.000 --> 0:42:09.600 and I think that it's a cool product. I just 0:42:09.640 --> 0:42:12.600 think it's the problem of getting over that whole we 0:42:12.640 --> 0:42:19.480 don't trust Facebook kind of thing with these subject line 0:42:19.560 --> 0:42:21.880 is printers high rich. I moved across country and the 0:42:21.920 --> 0:42:23.920 printer I've had for years didn't quite make it. 0:42:24.080 --> 0:42:24.440 Lol. 0:42:24.560 --> 0:42:27.359 My HP eighty six twenty has worked great over the years, 0:42:27.360 --> 0:42:30.040 but for some reason only prints some items. A friend 0:42:30.040 --> 0:42:32.799 said it might be a quote unquote chrome issue. I 0:42:32.880 --> 0:42:35.680 tried to update it, but my computer won't even recognize it. 0:42:35.760 --> 0:42:38.719 Needless to say, I need a new printer now on 0:42:38.760 --> 0:42:41.439 the East Coast. Not knowing anyone, you're the only one 0:42:41.440 --> 0:42:43.120 I can think of that might be able to help. 0:42:43.160 --> 0:42:45.279 Do you have any suggestions for a good all in one? 0:42:45.320 --> 0:42:49.800 Thanks for the time, Sincerely, Jamie Jamie, your question couldn't 0:42:49.840 --> 0:42:52.359 have come at a better time. I just purchased a 0:42:52.680 --> 0:42:59.239 new printer, and I got mine at Costco, and it's 0:42:59.600 --> 0:43:03.320 a highlight rated printer, and it might be overkill for 0:43:03.400 --> 0:43:08.480 what you need. But I got the HP. It's hold on, 0:43:08.520 --> 0:43:09.919 I got to look up what I got here because 0:43:09.960 --> 0:43:11.880 I have it written down. 0:43:13.400 --> 0:43:19.440 Let's see here, printers, Let's see. Okay, where is it? 0:43:20.080 --> 0:43:21.480 Well I thought I had it. There we go. 0:43:21.560 --> 0:43:24.799 Okay, so I got the HP nine zero one eight. 0:43:24.920 --> 0:43:27.319 Now this might be a little overkill. It's only like 0:43:27.320 --> 0:43:30.160 two hundred bucks at Costco, and so a couple things here. 0:43:30.280 --> 0:43:32.360 Number one, you kind of have to decide do you 0:43:32.440 --> 0:43:34.799 want to go. There's a couple of major manufacturers. Well, 0:43:34.800 --> 0:43:36.400 there's a couple types of printers. Do you want to 0:43:36.440 --> 0:43:38.960 go with a laser jet or do you want to 0:43:39.000 --> 0:43:42.520 go with a ink jet? Now I had laser jet 0:43:42.520 --> 0:43:44.600 for many years. I had a brother printer that lasted me. 0:43:45.160 --> 0:43:46.840 I think it was twelve years and. 0:43:47.520 --> 0:43:49.320 All right, wait when did I get it twenty thirteen? 0:43:49.880 --> 0:43:52.000 Anyway, I got a long time ago, and it was 0:43:52.040 --> 0:43:55.000 great and it's it's lasted me forever. But the kids 0:43:55.080 --> 0:43:57.799 really wanted a color printer so they can print all 0:43:57.800 --> 0:43:59.359 they want. And so I was like, all right, fine, 0:44:00.200 --> 0:44:04.399 color laser is cool, but I figured the ink jet 0:44:04.440 --> 0:44:05.120 was better because. 0:44:04.920 --> 0:44:06.319 I wanted to print pictures at home. 0:44:07.000 --> 0:44:10.640 So with that in mind, you really have a choice 0:44:10.680 --> 0:44:13.520 of like you have Canon, you have HP, and you 0:44:13.600 --> 0:44:17.320 have epsin. Canon I haven't really heard much from lately, 0:44:17.400 --> 0:44:19.560 so really it comes down to Epsen and HP for me. 0:44:20.280 --> 0:44:23.680 HP to me is synonymous with really expensive printer cartridges, 0:44:23.680 --> 0:44:25.200 but they've been around forever and they kind of know 0:44:25.200 --> 0:44:28.160 what they're doing, whereas epsin is really pushing this whole 0:44:28.840 --> 0:44:32.760 freefillable ink well kind of concept where you just squeeze 0:44:32.760 --> 0:44:35.080 new ink into the well. And I like that because 0:44:35.080 --> 0:44:39.399 it appeals to my frugal side and I like when 0:44:39.440 --> 0:44:41.240 companies are kind of like in the number two position 0:44:41.280 --> 0:44:43.120 where they, you know, will do things a little bit 0:44:43.120 --> 0:44:45.120 different to try to make it better. But at the 0:44:45.200 --> 0:44:46.919 end of the day, I did go with HP because 0:44:46.960 --> 0:44:49.200 I just figured, you know, HP has been around forever 0:44:49.400 --> 0:44:51.759 and this was highly rated and let me do it. 0:44:52.120 --> 0:44:54.200 So that's what I got, and I think that you 0:44:54.239 --> 0:44:56.600 can look for one along that line. I got the 0:44:56.640 --> 0:44:58.600 kind of the Pro series, but maybe you don't need 0:44:58.640 --> 0:45:00.239 the pro depends what you're doing with this thing. 0:45:01.520 --> 0:45:03.319 But I would go to Costco if you can. 0:45:03.400 --> 0:45:06.040 I know you're on the East Coast at Costco. What 0:45:06.120 --> 0:45:08.319 I love about them, and I talk about them on 0:45:08.360 --> 0:45:10.359 the show a lot, is that when it comes to electronics, 0:45:10.719 --> 0:45:13.799 they don't have a huge selection, but the selection they 0:45:13.880 --> 0:45:17.560 do have is really good, and so whatever you get 0:45:17.600 --> 0:45:19.879 there is going to be a little bit better than 0:45:20.160 --> 0:45:24.719 say another place, now best Buy. You'll notice this is 0:45:24.719 --> 0:45:27.400 what I don't want you to do. Don't just find 0:45:27.440 --> 0:45:31.640 the cheapest printer that's on sale for sixty sixty seven 0:45:32.000 --> 0:45:34.640 ninety dollars at best Buy on an end cap, because 0:45:34.680 --> 0:45:37.240 what happens there is that you're going to get subpar 0:45:37.400 --> 0:45:40.680 quality and you're going to be using the ink on 0:45:40.719 --> 0:45:42.400 that that's a razor blade, you know what I mean. 0:45:42.760 --> 0:45:45.719 Or that's a razor handle, and the blades are where 0:45:45.719 --> 0:45:47.400 they make a lot of the money. Now on my printer, 0:45:47.520 --> 0:45:50.560 same thing, but it is a very nice printer and 0:45:50.560 --> 0:45:53.480 it has a lot of great features and it's high end. 0:45:53.600 --> 0:45:57.759 So these cheap O printers, they're cutting corners somewhere, and 0:45:57.800 --> 0:46:00.160 that's probably in the quality of the print or the 0:46:00.200 --> 0:46:02.799 cartridges that are going to be a little bit more 0:46:02.840 --> 0:46:06.359 expensive whatever, So I would be just don't get that one. 0:46:07.360 --> 0:46:09.640 The other thing that I did, which I this is 0:46:09.719 --> 0:46:13.600 news to me, But HP has this subscription service called 0:46:13.640 --> 0:46:17.319 like HP Instant Inc. I think it's called HP Instant Inc. 0:46:17.360 --> 0:46:21.160 And it's so wild because it's basically a subscription. So 0:46:21.239 --> 0:46:23.879 my my printer, I'm getting this free for six months, 0:46:23.920 --> 0:46:26.480 by the way, and again I'll put a referral link 0:46:26.520 --> 0:46:27.880 if you want to try it with your printer. But 0:46:28.520 --> 0:46:32.320 in the show notes, but it's I am. My printer 0:46:32.520 --> 0:46:35.080 is not my own. It's connected to the internet. And 0:46:35.120 --> 0:46:37.359 once you sign up for this program, you pay a 0:46:37.360 --> 0:46:40.440 monthly fee, and for that monthly fee, you get to 0:46:40.440 --> 0:46:42.239 print a certain amount of pages. They don't care how 0:46:42.320 --> 0:46:45.399 much ink it takes, so for instance, you can pay 0:46:45.400 --> 0:46:47.279 I think on mine, I'm doing five dollars a month 0:46:47.320 --> 0:46:50.359 for one hundred pages, and so I can print one 0:46:50.400 --> 0:46:53.400 hundred pages of pictures. I can print one hundred pages 0:46:53.520 --> 0:46:57.000 of whatever I want as long as I'm you know, 0:46:57.080 --> 0:47:00.200 paying that five dollars a month. Now, they send you 0:47:00.440 --> 0:47:03.440 unlimited ink to do that, so they don't go buy 0:47:03.520 --> 0:47:06.279 the ink cartridge price. You're just they just send you 0:47:06.320 --> 0:47:08.880 a bunch of ink and you pop it in your machine, 0:47:08.960 --> 0:47:12.840 and your machine talks back to the internet and reports 0:47:12.880 --> 0:47:16.000 every time you print a page. So as of right now, 0:47:16.120 --> 0:47:19.440 I can tell you how many pages I have printed 0:47:19.480 --> 0:47:22.320 on my printer and if I'm getting up against my limit, 0:47:22.680 --> 0:47:23.880 and so I don't know if. 0:47:23.719 --> 0:47:24.880 This is going to last. I don't know if I'm 0:47:24.920 --> 0:47:27.040 gonna do this forever. But I don't know. I'm trying 0:47:27.080 --> 0:47:28.040 to figure out if it's cheaper. 0:47:28.040 --> 0:47:31.160 It seems like it might be cheaper than you know, 0:47:31.320 --> 0:47:34.960 buying ink all the time. So it says you're saving 0:47:35.000 --> 0:47:37.759 up to fifty percent on ink and toner, and you 0:47:37.760 --> 0:47:39.719 can also print from anywhere, which is kind of cool. 0:47:40.360 --> 0:47:43.279 And I've printed thirty nine pages this month. 0:47:43.520 --> 0:47:47.799 So it's just such a weird kind of it's such 0:47:47.800 --> 0:47:50.840 a weird system, Like it's I'm kind of like, I 0:47:50.840 --> 0:47:52.560 feel like I work in an office where someone else, 0:47:52.640 --> 0:47:54.879 like a third party's like managing my printer, even though 0:47:54.920 --> 0:47:55.880 I purchase this printer. 0:47:56.360 --> 0:47:57.719 But I hope I answered your question. 0:47:57.760 --> 0:47:59.879 I've got thirty six out of one hundred pages this month, 0:48:00.560 --> 0:48:03.920 and oh yeah, four ninety nine, So four ninety nine 0:48:03.960 --> 0:48:05.399 for one hundred pages a month. So if the kids 0:48:05.480 --> 0:48:07.160 end up printing more than that, Now, to me, that's 0:48:07.160 --> 0:48:10.600 sixty dollars a year. Five times twelve is sixty. That 0:48:10.800 --> 0:48:13.160 sounds like it's the price of an inkjet cartridge. And 0:48:13.560 --> 0:48:16.040 I don't know how much inkjet cartridge cartridges are. 0:48:15.960 --> 0:48:17.960 For my computer. It might be more, might be less. 0:48:18.000 --> 0:48:21.200 But I think that this is a cool little a 0:48:21.239 --> 0:48:24.680 cool little system to go with. All right, let's see, 0:48:24.719 --> 0:48:26.640 let's go to the next question or not that we're 0:48:26.640 --> 0:48:30.279 going to next story here. Wisecam has come out with 0:48:30.280 --> 0:48:32.479 a new version, the wise Campan two. 0:48:33.960 --> 0:48:35.800 This is the wisecam I did. 0:48:35.640 --> 0:48:37.880 A story on many many years ago before this company 0:48:37.960 --> 0:48:40.320 was a big thing and people could not believe that 0:48:40.360 --> 0:48:42.440 you can get a camera for twenty bucks. Then they 0:48:42.440 --> 0:48:44.760 came out with some other products. I think the Wisecampan 0:48:44.920 --> 0:48:47.160 was their second product, and this was a little bit 0:48:47.200 --> 0:48:49.040 more expensive, but it was a camera that would move 0:48:49.160 --> 0:48:52.480 like on its base. It would you know, move left, right, up, down, whatever. 0:48:52.960 --> 0:48:54.799 So now they have a new version of that and 0:48:54.920 --> 0:48:57.399 this I'll tell you about the feature. So number one, 0:48:57.680 --> 0:49:00.239 you could see the whole room in three seconds. It's 0:49:00.280 --> 0:49:02.880 got a three hundred and sixty degree horizontal coverage and 0:49:03.000 --> 0:49:07.279 ninety three degrees vertical coverage, so it goes up, down, left, right, 0:49:07.360 --> 0:49:10.520 you can just kind of pan see everything. There's this 0:49:10.640 --> 0:49:14.640 pan scan mode which patrols your room, so you can 0:49:14.960 --> 0:49:17.799 set up to four custom waypoints and kind of like 0:49:17.800 --> 0:49:21.319 those security cameras of the mall that just rotate left, right, up, down, 0:49:21.680 --> 0:49:22.879 you can have that in your house. 0:49:22.920 --> 0:49:24.520 So this thing just does that by itself. 0:49:25.520 --> 0:49:29.600 Color night vision, so they use this starlight sensor which 0:49:29.640 --> 0:49:33.160 illuminates details in full color even in the dark. So 0:49:33.239 --> 0:49:35.800 you know, most cameras at night are black and white, 0:49:35.800 --> 0:49:38.359 but this one you can see things in color. Those 0:49:38.400 --> 0:49:40.960 infrared lights are not visible to the naked eye. 0:49:41.000 --> 0:49:42.120 So I know my kids when. 0:49:41.960 --> 0:49:44.000 They were little with a little camera in their room, 0:49:44.040 --> 0:49:46.400 the kids cam, they were like, Dad, I don't like 0:49:46.400 --> 0:49:47.600 those little lights on the thing. 0:49:47.640 --> 0:49:49.640 And I'd be like, oh, they're okay, don't worry about it. 0:49:49.680 --> 0:49:51.000 But really I'm like, oh my god, that's like the 0:49:51.080 --> 0:49:53.960 scariest thing I've ever seen for a little tiny kid. 0:49:54.280 --> 0:49:58.160 But somehow my kids made it through. And Wi Pan 0:49:58.640 --> 0:50:01.080 V two does not have those lights on them, so 0:50:01.120 --> 0:50:04.440 it's invisible or I guess the infrared lights are not 0:50:04.520 --> 0:50:08.720 visible to the naked eye for night vision motion tracking. 0:50:08.880 --> 0:50:13.439 It'll track things so if something's detected, it will pan 0:50:14.200 --> 0:50:16.640 across as a as an object moves across, So if 0:50:16.680 --> 0:50:19.200 you have like bigfoot spoted in your yard, it will 0:50:19.239 --> 0:50:21.960 follow it until it goes out of the frame. And 0:50:22.000 --> 0:50:25.000 then two way audio and a little siren so you 0:50:25.040 --> 0:50:27.200 can chat two way audio. If you've got like a 0:50:27.200 --> 0:50:29.319 pet at home you want to chat with, you can 0:50:29.360 --> 0:50:32.239 talk two ways with them and hear them bark back. 0:50:32.360 --> 0:50:34.759 And then there's also a siren button and they call 0:50:34.760 --> 0:50:36.480 it a mini siren. So clearly it's not gonna be 0:50:36.520 --> 0:50:39.200 that loud, but at least it's I haven't tested this, 0:50:39.280 --> 0:50:40.759 but at least it's going to be loud enough where 0:50:40.800 --> 0:50:42.360 you have a nice little siren if you need to 0:50:43.160 --> 0:50:43.800 ring the alarm. 0:50:43.840 --> 0:50:45.240 As we say, this. 0:50:45.120 --> 0:50:48.919 Camera is forty dollars plus shipping, so it'll be available soon. 0:50:49.400 --> 0:50:54.560 But wise cam Pan V two. I love why stuff. 0:50:54.600 --> 0:50:55.600 They do a really nice job. 0:50:55.640 --> 0:51:01.359 I gotta say, Okay, Earl Gee, good day, Hello Rich. 0:51:01.400 --> 0:51:03.360 I hope you're doing well. I'm Earl Gee. 0:51:03.520 --> 0:51:06.279 I hope I'm saying that right From Philippines. I work 0:51:06.320 --> 0:51:08.839 on the I Store Service center. I Store is an 0:51:08.880 --> 0:51:12.240 authorized service provider of Apple. I always watch your videos 0:51:12.239 --> 0:51:15.000 because I've learned a lot of things for additional learning. 0:51:15.400 --> 0:51:18.239 Thanks Earl. Gee ah, well, thank you. 0:51:19.200 --> 0:51:19.680 It's funny. 0:51:19.719 --> 0:51:22.360 I do have a lot of followers in various countries 0:51:22.400 --> 0:51:24.240 because some of the videos I've done have gone viral, 0:51:24.320 --> 0:51:26.919 and you know, people, I mean, if someone is good, 0:51:26.960 --> 0:51:28.480 like you care if they live in the US or 0:51:28.680 --> 0:51:31.200 you know, wherever they live. I follow some you know, 0:51:31.239 --> 0:51:35.160 YouTube ers are in different countries, and so I love 0:51:35.200 --> 0:51:38.040 the fact that people watch in different countries. That's pretty cool. 0:51:38.520 --> 0:51:41.120 So thank you for watching, and I'm glad you like 0:51:41.160 --> 0:51:43.840 the videos. I always I always keep if you notice, 0:51:43.880 --> 0:51:46.640 with my videos, I always keep in mind that not 0:51:46.800 --> 0:51:49.560 everyone watching is in Los Angeles. I mean, even though 0:51:49.640 --> 0:51:52.800 I'm based in Los Angeles. You know, with the web, 0:51:53.000 --> 0:51:55.239 things are everywhere and not just in the US. It's 0:51:55.280 --> 0:51:57.920 like international, and so I try to keep that in mind, 0:51:58.520 --> 0:52:01.960 and it doesn't always work, but I try to do that. 0:52:03.000 --> 0:52:06.080 Speaking of a US centric story, starting November first T 0:52:06.239 --> 0:52:09.799 Mobile will now have in store device repairs at five 0:52:09.880 --> 0:52:12.719 hundred stores across the country. This is the first time 0:52:12.760 --> 0:52:16.240 they've done this and service locations are coming to nearly 0:52:16.280 --> 0:52:18.840 every major city across the country, so chances are this 0:52:18.880 --> 0:52:23.160 will be coming to you starting November first. Customers with 0:52:23.280 --> 0:52:27.560 Protection three sixty can find the authorized location use the 0:52:27.600 --> 0:52:30.120 online appointment tool to make a same. 0:52:30.000 --> 0:52:31.200 Day repair schedule. 0:52:32.600 --> 0:52:35.640 It's the repairs are coming from Assurant, which I'm assuming 0:52:35.760 --> 0:52:38.879 is the backers of this insurance. And honestly, I don't 0:52:38.880 --> 0:52:42.080 really typically recommend getting the protection plans on gadgets, but 0:52:43.760 --> 0:52:46.080 you know, if you can get them repaired in store 0:52:46.120 --> 0:52:47.920 at T Mobile and you're with T Mobile, that's a 0:52:47.960 --> 0:52:51.080 pretty good deal because nobody wants to be without their phone. 0:52:51.560 --> 0:52:52.560 And I did the math. 0:52:52.640 --> 0:52:56.920 This is about seven dollars a month, which is pretty 0:52:56.960 --> 0:52:59.040 inexpensive when you think about it. I mean, you buy, 0:52:59.080 --> 0:53:01.280 like I bought a Starbucks yesterday, it was five dollars. 0:53:01.719 --> 0:53:04.319 So clearly I can afford the seven dollars a month 0:53:04.400 --> 0:53:07.480 for this protection. And the fact that they will now 0:53:07.520 --> 0:53:09.760 repair these things in store, I think is really cool. 0:53:10.560 --> 0:53:11.520 You also get up. 0:53:11.400 --> 0:53:14.480 To five claims per year, so that's good, So you 0:53:14.520 --> 0:53:17.239 can for that seven dollars a month. Now, I don't 0:53:17.239 --> 0:53:19.640 know what it depends on. You know, the seven dollars. 0:53:20.160 --> 0:53:21.880 I don't know what that How if there's like a 0:53:21.880 --> 0:53:23.960 deductible if you have to pay stuff, you know, every 0:53:23.960 --> 0:53:28.160 time you break something, but says you get accidental damage, 0:53:28.239 --> 0:53:31.759 loss and theft coverage, including next business day replacements. 0:53:31.760 --> 0:53:32.920 So that's cool. 0:53:33.000 --> 0:53:35.719 You get Apple Care for eligible Apple devices, You get 0:53:35.800 --> 0:53:38.560 unlimited screen protector replacements and they will put it on 0:53:38.680 --> 0:53:42.600 for you. They get hardware service coverage like a mechanical 0:53:42.640 --> 0:53:46.799 breakdown included jump upgrades, which lets you get the atest, 0:53:46.840 --> 0:53:50.000 the latest and greatest device sooner tech support, and you 0:53:50.040 --> 0:53:53.080 can add the protection three sixty when you buy a 0:53:53.120 --> 0:53:57.319 new device, you complete a repair lease or finance up 0:53:57.320 --> 0:53:58.320 to thirty days later. 0:53:58.840 --> 0:54:00.560 So I think this is cool. 0:54:00.560 --> 0:54:02.880 I'm glad they're doing this because a lot of times, 0:54:03.280 --> 0:54:07.520 you know, authorized service centers are kind of limited to 0:54:08.239 --> 0:54:11.000 either an individual shop or you break eye fixed. But 0:54:11.080 --> 0:54:13.360 this is just one more way of getting your device fixed. 0:54:13.400 --> 0:54:15.480 And the fact that you know people will probably roll 0:54:15.520 --> 0:54:18.359 this protection three sixty. It's on their monthly bill, so 0:54:18.400 --> 0:54:20.760 it's just simpler that it's like one one stop shop 0:54:20.800 --> 0:54:24.880 for everything and you get your phone fixed. And I 0:54:24.920 --> 0:54:27.800 really like that, so good good job TEA Mobile, Like 0:54:27.880 --> 0:54:29.319 I hope. I don't know if all the carriers are 0:54:29.320 --> 0:54:34.239 doing that. June, why or June says, hey, Rich, my 0:54:34.280 --> 0:54:35.439 wife bought a Tesla Model. 0:54:35.520 --> 0:54:37.000 Oh, my wife. 0:54:36.800 --> 0:54:39.800 Bought a Tesla Model three Standard range plus. We're currently 0:54:39.800 --> 0:54:42.080 looking for car insurance. Maybe you have a recommendation for us. 0:54:42.120 --> 0:54:44.320 We don't drive that much since we are currently teleworking. 0:54:44.719 --> 0:54:48.839 Thank you have a great day, best June. Jun Well, June, 0:54:48.840 --> 0:54:51.080 I would check out metro mile and this is the 0:54:51.200 --> 0:54:56.560 company that does insurance by the mile, and so you 0:54:56.600 --> 0:54:58.400 put like you used to be, you put this little 0:54:58.440 --> 0:55:01.960 like thing in your car, but maybe they do it 0:55:01.960 --> 0:55:03.319 with your cell phone now. I don't know how it 0:55:03.360 --> 0:55:05.240 works at this point, but I was an early tester 0:55:05.360 --> 0:55:07.279 of this, and it was like they sent me this 0:55:07.320 --> 0:55:11.440 little gadget that you would plug into your like I 0:55:11.480 --> 0:55:11.839 don't know. 0:55:12.560 --> 0:55:14.840 I think it was called like an ODB. 0:55:14.360 --> 0:55:16.480 Port or something like that. I can't remember what it's called, 0:55:17.040 --> 0:55:20.080 but it's a port on your car that you know 0:55:20.160 --> 0:55:24.600 has all the let me see car port ob ob 0:55:24.880 --> 0:55:28.080 D Okay, maybe it's ob D yeah, ob D. And 0:55:28.160 --> 0:55:31.680 so you put this little thing in this let me see? 0:55:31.719 --> 0:55:34.360 Is that really what it's called. I think that's what 0:55:34.400 --> 0:55:35.200 it's called. 0:55:36.520 --> 0:55:37.719 Yeah, I don't know. 0:55:37.880 --> 0:55:40.040 Anyway you put it, you put this little thing in there, 0:55:40.040 --> 0:55:41.719 but I don't think that Tesla has that. But I 0:55:41.760 --> 0:55:44.799 know metro mile works with Tesla, but I would look 0:55:44.840 --> 0:55:48.160 at that. And so it says you pay twenty nine 0:55:48.239 --> 0:55:51.800 dollars monthly rate. Oh, we base your rates on age, 0:55:51.800 --> 0:55:54.799 credit score, and zip code and then we consider real 0:55:54.840 --> 0:55:57.479 time data like the miles you drive. So you pay 0:55:57.520 --> 0:56:01.560 like a certain monthly rate and then you pay per 0:56:01.600 --> 0:56:04.560 the mile. I mean, it's really pretty straightforward. And those 0:56:04.600 --> 0:56:07.319 prices I think depend on you know, what you're like, 0:56:07.360 --> 0:56:09.920 I said, your credit rate and all that stuff. But anyway, 0:56:09.960 --> 0:56:11.640 I would look at Metrobile. The other thing I like 0:56:11.760 --> 0:56:15.440 is called gabby Gabi dot com. You can compare insurance 0:56:15.440 --> 0:56:18.279 from various places and as you found out, as I 0:56:18.360 --> 0:56:23.040 found out, ensuring a Tesla three is quite expensive because 0:56:23.800 --> 0:56:27.160 they're safe, but the repairs are expensive because you have 0:56:27.239 --> 0:56:28.759 to have Tesla do it, and a lot of the 0:56:28.760 --> 0:56:33.320 repairs are very technical because of all of the gadgets involved. 0:56:33.520 --> 0:56:36.920 All right, one more question from Mark. Hey, Rich, I 0:56:36.920 --> 0:56:39.480 love following you for all your updates and tips. Do 0:56:39.520 --> 0:56:41.400 you know is there a way to clean out duplicate 0:56:41.440 --> 0:56:44.760 photos on my main album Thank You sent for my iPhone. Yes, 0:56:45.160 --> 0:56:47.960 I've gotten this question a lot because so many people 0:56:48.000 --> 0:56:50.200 are upgrading to iPhones. But I like the app called 0:56:50.239 --> 0:56:54.919 Gemini Photos. G E M I NI Gemini Photos, and 0:56:55.440 --> 0:56:57.400 it's I don't know how much does it cost. 0:56:57.960 --> 0:57:01.920 It's a one time fee, I believe in app purchases. 0:57:02.880 --> 0:57:03.560 It's probably not. 0:57:03.760 --> 0:57:06.960 It probably changed it because everything is now a subscription. Yeah, 0:57:07.160 --> 0:57:10.280 monthly okay, one time purchase is thirty five dollars annual 0:57:10.360 --> 0:57:13.920 twenty monthly five so it removes similar pictures. 0:57:14.239 --> 0:57:15.080 But I would just be. 0:57:15.120 --> 0:57:18.320 Very careful anytime that you are deleting pictures off your phone, 0:57:18.360 --> 0:57:20.280 just be very careful because I don't want you to 0:57:20.320 --> 0:57:23.800 delete anything that might not be a duplicate or it's 0:57:23.840 --> 0:57:25.439 something that you can't get back. 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