1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: Samsung ready to launch a new phone, and it's not 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: the Fold, the new app that lets you stream all 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: of your local channels for free. Walmart has a sixty 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: four dollars tablet, and my opinion of it might surprise you. 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 2: We're gonna take a trip. 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: Down memory lane with the Walkman and answer your pressing 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: tech questions. 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 2: What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro. 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: This is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I talk 10 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: about this stuff I think you should know about happening 11 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: in the tech world. Plus, as you know, I answer 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: your tech questions. Producer Megan is on vacation this week, 13 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: so I will be handling the entire show solo this 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: time around, and I say, we just jump right into things. 15 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: We've got Samsung with their announcement that their next event 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: will be happening August seventh in New York City. They 17 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: call these Unpacked events. I got the invitation. It's happening 18 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: at the same place it happened last year. I feel 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 1: like I was just in New York shown off the 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: Note nine, but now we're going to see the Note ten. Well, 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: we think we're going to see the Note ten. They 22 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,119 Speaker 1: don't necessarily say what they're going to unveil at these things, but. 23 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 2: We're pretty sure it's the Note ten. 24 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: The invitation was a stylust that was animated showing a 25 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: stylus kind of touching what looks to be a camera 26 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: that was centered on a white background. So this of 27 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: course made people speculate what that could mean. Is there 28 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: a centered selfie cam? Are there four cameras? Is there 29 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:27,919 Speaker 1: a camera on the stylus? 30 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: We don't know. 31 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: But what we do know about the Note ten and 32 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: the Note in general, is that this is where Samsung 33 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: unveils all of their latest and greatest technology. All the 34 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: innovations happen on the Note ten or the Note and 35 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: then they trickle down into the Samsung Galaxy S line. 36 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: Now this is a little. 37 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: Bit different, and this is kind of an awkward situation 38 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: for Samsung because they've got the Galaxy Fold, which is 39 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: kind of a failure to launch. So they launched, They 40 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: tried to launch that a couple months back. 41 00:01:58,520 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 2: That didn't work. 42 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: They recalled it from reporters that they sent it out to, 43 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: and they kind of did some more work on it, 44 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: and I'm seeing reports that say they've figured out the problem. 45 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: They've made this hinge work better. They've made it so 46 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: the hinge does not impact the screen on that device, 47 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: so they're ready to relaunch it. But are they going 48 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: to do that now right before the August seventh event? 49 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: I mean, they only have four weeks to do that, 50 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: So this is kind of an awkward situation for Samsung. 51 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: Not sure what they're going to do or how they're 52 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: going to handle this. Maybe they'll launch both devices at 53 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: the same time at the event, so they'll tell us 54 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 1: what happened with the fold and explain that and apologize, 55 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: and then of course launched the Note ten as well. 56 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: But last year's Note nine was an expensive device, over 57 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: one thousand bucks, and I think we're going to see 58 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: that same thing happen here. But what can they add 59 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: to the Note ten to make it crazier, to make 60 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: it better? I mean, the cameras have gotten so good 61 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: on these devices. I mean, clearly there's always room for 62 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: improvement with the cameras, though, to make them even better 63 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: at full proof pictures. The screens are just phenomenal at 64 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: this point. Battery life, I mean, if you have a 65 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: Note you've got such a large battery in there, the 66 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: battery life isn't even an issue, so what could they 67 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: do to really make this thing better? 68 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: I don't know. 69 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: Could they make the stylists better, could they make software better? 70 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: Could they make the camera lenses even crazier? So maybe 71 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: get four or five holographic screens and longer batteries. That's 72 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: what I'm saying we need on these new devices, But 73 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: who knows. So we'll see Samsung again Unpacked event happening 74 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: August seventh in New York City Barclay Center in Brooklyn. 75 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: And I get excited over these things, even though these 76 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: launches have not gotten The excitement of these launches has 77 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: sort of toned down over the years because people know 78 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: it's another phone. There's a lot of leaks before it 79 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: is unveiled. But I still get excited because it's still 80 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: fun to actually see the device that these companies have 81 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: been working on for a while and actually see it 82 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: in reality. 83 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: So I'm looking forward to that one. All right. 84 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: So let's take a quest question. This is from Nelly. 85 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: This is from Nelly on Let's see. She just emailed me. 86 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: She says, Hey, Rich, can you tell me about WhatsApp 87 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: taking out of service people with old phones? I have 88 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: a Samsung S five and this took me. I had 89 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: to do a little research on this because I didn't 90 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: see anything about this. I haven't heard of WhatsApp, but 91 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: I guess if you're using WhatsApp, maybe you've got a 92 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: notification or something. But here's the deal. So I did 93 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: some research and here's what I found. WhatsApp is apparently 94 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: dropping support for older phone models and anytime that you 95 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: have a headline like this and a napp like WhatsApp, 96 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: which a lot of people use. Not so much in 97 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: the US. I mean, if you have an international friend, 98 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: you probably use it. But in the US I messages 99 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: king when it comes to messaging, but internationally WhatsApp is very, 100 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: very strong and very prevalent. So clearly this is happening, 101 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: and it's happening. Let's see it's happening February first, twenty two, 102 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: so you have some time, but you've got the recommended 103 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: requirements for WhatsApp is Android four point zero, which is 104 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: super old, iOS eight plus which is super old, and 105 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: Windows Phone eight one, so WhatsApp will no longer support 106 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: phones running Android two, Windows Phone eight, iPhone three GS 107 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: and iOS six and BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry ten. So 108 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: the reality is especially for you, Nelly, you said, you 109 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: have a Samsung S five, You are going to be 110 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: just fine. They're not taking away support for the S 111 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: five anytime soon. I think the reality is with this 112 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 1: update is that they just want WhatsApp to run and 113 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: be able to do everything and can do smoothly on 114 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: a variety of phones, and some of these older phones 115 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: with the especially with the security and stuff, they're just 116 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: not supporting the newer features. But you're talking really old 117 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: phones here, I mean Android two, I don't even know. 118 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: I mean, when did that launch? I mean that had 119 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: to be a long long time ago. I mean I 120 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: don't even know what that was. But yeah, that's that's 121 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: a while ago. So you're gonna be just okay. 122 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: All right. So what happened? Man? 123 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: This was This was wild if you were following things 124 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: or tried to access social media, depending on when you 125 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: listen to this, this happened yesterday, but you know you 126 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: probably have it in recent memory. But Facebook, Instagram and 127 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: other social networks all went down, including WhatsApp and also 128 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: Facebook Messenger, and they all went down. This was on Wednesday, 129 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: July third. They went down for a really long time. 130 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: And I know how I figured this out. I was 131 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: trying to upload a story to Instagram and it was 132 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: from my niece, whose birthday it was, and I kept, 133 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: you know, uploading the story, and it just would not work. 134 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: I was uploading a picture and I was convinced it 135 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: was the phone I was. I was using an Android device, 136 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: and I was like, you gotta be kidding me this. 137 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: I can't believe this doesn't work. Watch how easy this 138 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: is on the iPhone. And I switched to my iPhone 139 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: and the same thing happens. I got an upload failed, 140 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 1: and I was like, okay, well, clearly it's not these things. 141 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: Then I checked my WiFi and I said, okay, well, 142 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: maybe I'm on corporate Wi Fi. Maybe that's not working. 143 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: Turn that off. Nope, still didn't load. Okay, well, maybe 144 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: Verizon's having a problem. Maybe the Verizon network's not working. 145 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 2: All these things. 146 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: Until I do a quick little search on Twitter and 147 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: find out that yes, a lot of people were having 148 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: problem with Instagram and Facebook. 149 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 2: Again, this was early in the morning. 150 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: You know, I'm on the early news, So I discovered 151 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: this early, and then clearly throughout the day it just 152 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: kept going and going and going. And so what did 153 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: people see? They saw blank pictures? You couldn't scroll your 154 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: likes and all that stuff wasn't being updated. Now, this 155 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: wasn't something where it was totally out one hundred percent. 156 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: Some things and some aspects still worked, and they worked intermittently, 157 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: but overall a lot of people had trouble accessing these 158 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: social networks. So the Next Web did a great little 159 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: article about how to know if this is happening. So 160 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: if I was smart, I would have gone right to 161 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: Facebook's Developer dashboard, which is what they recommend, And if 162 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: you want to get that, you can just google Facebook 163 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: Developer Dashboard and it gives you a status update of 164 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: everything that's going on. 165 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 2: And the reason why they have this not. 166 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: Really for regular people, but regular people can use it. It's 167 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: for app developers. So if you have an app and 168 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: something's a little wonky with the app, you can go 169 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: to the app dashboard and see or sorry, the developer, 170 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: let's see first. You can head to Yeah, so you 171 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: can go to the developer dashboard and kind of see, hey, 172 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: what's going on here, like what's going on? Platform status 173 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: it's called and so Facebook platform is healthy since ten 174 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: hours ago, so clearly things were messed up, and it 175 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: gives you a history of the downtime and what happened, 176 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: and it said degraded performance across platform resolved, and so 177 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: that was the big issue there. Twitter has a developer 178 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: status board for its APIs. Then there's a website called 179 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: down Detector. You probably see this quoted in the news 180 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: a lot. Down Detector kind of just sees what people 181 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: are doing with various websites and if it's working. And 182 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: I guess pings the websites regularly and just figures out 183 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: if people are having problems with them. But you can 184 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: go on there and see a little line of if 185 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: people are having trouble with accessing some of these services, 186 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 1: and they give some of the big services Spectrum, Verizon, Comcast, 187 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: T Mobile, Sprint, COS, Snapchat, Google, YouTube, everything is pretty 188 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: much represented on there, so you can figure out if 189 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: it's me and not you, or if it's them and 190 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: not you. 191 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 2: I should say, by the way, there's also Apple dot com. 192 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 2: This is a good one. 193 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: If your I message isn't working or something's a little 194 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: crazy on your iPhone, you can go to Apple dot 195 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: com slash support slash system status and that's a good 196 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: one because it tells you what's going on with all 197 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: of your stuff on your iPhone, so system status and 198 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: so you can see if I Message is working. I 199 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: mean it has everything, so there's a green dot if 200 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: things are working properly. But it's everything from Apple TV 201 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 1: to Beats one to I Message to Siri to map 202 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: search to Maps traffic. So again, these are good little 203 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: tools to know about in case you have a problem 204 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: with something and you can actually. 205 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 2: See if it's you there. Used to be I used 206 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 2: to use. 207 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: This thing called like down for okay, here it is 208 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: down for everyone or just me. That's a good one. 209 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: Down for everyone or just me. And now you go 210 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: to that website and you type in something like snapchat 211 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: and then it says, is Snapchat. 212 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 2: Down right now? Nope, it's just you. Snapchat is up. 213 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: So it actually checks the website for you to see 214 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: if it's down for everyone or. 215 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 2: If it's just you. So if it's just you, you 216 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 2: know that. 217 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: There's something wrong with your internet connection or your setup 218 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: and not the setup of the servers on their end. 219 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: Oh sorry, wrong one doing the show myself today. This 220 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: is what happens folks. All right, this message comes in 221 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: from not a David she said, mentioned on KFI this morning. 222 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,239 Speaker 1: So you guys know, I do a segment on KFI 223 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: on twoesday morning and Wednesday morning. 224 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 2: Tuesday morning, I'm on with. 225 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: Bill Handle at eight let's see it's eight am. And 226 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: then on Wednesday I'm on with Jennifer Jones Lee at 227 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: five twenty am, right before I go on KTLA. So 228 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: I talk about, you know, all the stuff in the 229 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: news happening in the tech world there as well. It's 230 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. So if you're listening to KFI, 231 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: you hear me there. I get a lot of people 232 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: that come up to me and say, oh, I hear 233 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: you on KFI. So a lot of people listen to that. Okay, 234 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: so not a David said, Hello, I cannot find this 235 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: on your website, but this morning you mentioned an app 236 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: that can be downloaded to watch local TV channels for free. 237 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: Would you please send me the name of that app. 238 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: The app is called low cast, and I discovered this 239 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: I saw an article in I think it was TV 240 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: news Check, one of the TV industry websites that I 241 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: read on a daily basis, and it just had a 242 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: small mention for this low cast dot org. But it 243 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 1: mentioned that you can stream your local channels and that 244 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: it launched in La. I was like, oh, that's interesting. 245 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: So I went and I checked it out, and sure 246 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: enough ktla is on there, which is really rare because 247 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: ktla is not on any of the streaming services. So 248 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: did a little research and found out that this operates 249 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 1: kind of how this other service used to operate called 250 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: hos it Areo, and this was a service that they 251 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: were They were oh gosh, I forget what the what 252 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: it was called exactly areo antenna. Yeah, areo, and so 253 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: what they did this is really interesting. 254 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: So this was a company. 255 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: Back in the day that would set up like a 256 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: farm of tiny little antennas on a roof and then 257 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: stream and then take each one of the feeds from 258 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: those antennas and stream it to people and sell them 259 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: service so they can get all their local channels. 260 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: For whatever it was, five six, seven, eight bucks a month. 261 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,719 Speaker 1: Well, the cable companies and the TV companies were like, 262 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: uh uh uh, not so fast, that's not really how 263 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: this works, and so they actually shut down that company. 264 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: So now low Cast is taking a different approach. This 265 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: is a nonprofit and they're doing this as quote a 266 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: public service so that people who cut the cord and 267 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: don't have an antenna, can still watch the local channels. 268 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: How long is this gonna last? I don't know, but 269 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: it seems legit. The guy who's running it is a 270 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: former executive with some TV companies and cable companies, so 271 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: it seems legitimate. Will it last, I'm not sure, but 272 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: at this point it works, and it works really well. 273 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: So you can download the low cast app for fireTV, 274 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: Apple TV, the iPad, the iPhone, Android. It works across 275 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 1: pretty much everything, and you log in, you create a 276 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: sign up, They beg you and beg you and beg 277 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: you to donate five bucks a month or more to 278 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: help the service run. And after a little fifteen second 279 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: spot to help you, you know, to ask you to donate, 280 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: next thing, you know, you are watching the local channel. 281 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: So again, this works for all the local channels in LA, 282 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: including like the dot the dot channels which I call 283 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: like you know, like like five, dot one, four, dot two, eleven, 284 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: dot three whatever they have. Those are there as well, 285 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: and so it works. It's nice the pictures in HD. 286 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: It seems legitimate, and I mean I don't have a 287 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: use for it because I've got an antenna along with 288 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 1: Amazon TV, fire Recast TV, but it is a great 289 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: thing to have and it's really simple. So again, you 290 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: do have to sign up though, and some people said that, 291 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: you know, I was getting some feedback because I put 292 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: this video on my Instagram at rich On Tech, and 293 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: I got some feedback from folks and they were saying that, oh, 294 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: it only. 295 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: Works for fifteen minutes and then they bug you again. 296 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: So I don't know. I'm not watching this thing for 297 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: a long period of time. So I have no idea 298 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: how if they limit you to, say, you know, a 299 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: couple hours a week before you have to pay or donate. 300 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: But again, check it out if you want. It's low cast. 301 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: Lcast dot org is the website. If you have one 302 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: of those Amazon Echo devices, you might be wondering just 303 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: how long that Amazon keeps the things that you say. 304 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 2: To you know who. I'm not going to say her name. 305 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: I don't want to activate her in all of your houses. 306 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: But a congress person, let's see a Democrat Senator Chris 307 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: Coons sent a letter to Amazon asking how long voice 308 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: recordings and transcripts are kept when you talk to this device? 309 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: And guess what the answer was. They keep them forever 310 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: unless you delete them. So the thing is a lot 311 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: of us now that we have these microphones in our homes. 312 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: We've got these phones that are tracking us. 313 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 2: Everywhere we go. 314 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: America and the world at large is sort of having 315 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: a better understanding. We're just Privacy is at the forefront now. 316 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: In Europe, they've got these crazy laws that are very 317 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: strict about privacy, and a lot of that is trickling 318 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: down into America because they're shining the light on these 319 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: tech companies over there because they have to. But then 320 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: Americans are saying, oh, interesting, I didn't know that was happening. 321 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: I didn't know that was going on. And so we 322 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: may not have the same types of laws here, but 323 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: people have a heightened awaywareness here because of the fact 324 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: that things are happening over there regulation wise. So we understand, 325 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: you know, we just have a better understanding over here. 326 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: So the thing about Amazon, so if you do delete 327 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: the recordings, the other thing is that the transcripts are 328 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: still kept, which is kind of odd. So even if 329 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: you let's say, you know, you said something to your 330 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: echo and you say, okay, I want to get that 331 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: out of the system, and you delete that using Amazon's website, 332 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: the transcript of that is still kept seemingly indefinitely, and 333 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: so why do they keep that, Well, they use that 334 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: for training purposes to see when you asked, you know, 335 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: your echo a certain thing, did they respond in the 336 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: right way. And so they have people that go through 337 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: these transcripts to see what you said and how the 338 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: device responded. And apparently a lot of those transcripts are 339 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: they're not anonymous, fully, but they do have some identifying 340 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: information on them, which again makes people a little bit weary. 341 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 2: So if you do want to. 342 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 1: Check out your Alexa privacy settings, there's a separate website 343 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: that Amazon set up. It's called Amazon dot com Slash 344 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: Alexa Privacy Settings, And if you go to Amazon dot 345 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: com Slash Alexa Privacy Settings, that will take you to 346 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: all of the privacy settings and most importantly where you 347 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,479 Speaker 1: can see a list of all of your recordings, all 348 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: the things you've said to her, and then you can 349 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: go through and delete those as well. So really interesting. 350 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I personally, I find this fascinating because while 351 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 1: you may not think, you know, I'm not doing anything 352 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: wrong in my house, whatever, the reality is it's kind 353 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: of weird to think that someone has access to what 354 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: you're saying in your private residence. And I get that 355 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: for transcription, I get for like making these products better. 356 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: At some point, some people do have to listen to 357 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: these recordings. But I do like the idea of having 358 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: the ability to delete things and have them gone. And 359 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: I'm not sure at this point if that's ever truly 360 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: the case. So you just have to be aware that 361 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: this this thing is not this system is not foolproof, 362 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 1: and it's very new, so it's it's still evolving. Got 363 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: a message from Sue Vance who wrote me on my 364 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: website rich on tech dot TV. She said, is there 365 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 1: a lens you can connect to a phone to have 366 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 1: better quality and zoom in pictures? My phone is an Android, 367 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 1: a Moto five. First time on your site, some really 368 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: great info. Hoping to get the time to check it out. 369 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: Thanks Sue. So we did a story with a company 370 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: that makes they made the first lens, the first snap 371 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: on lens for the iPhone called Oloclip. 372 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 2: They are a O L L O clip. So Oloclip 373 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 2: made the first snap on lens. 374 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, this was a while ago. I think it 375 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: was for the iPhone like five. And we did a 376 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: story and the guy just hography guy and just wanted 377 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: to make a you know, he loves the iPhone, big 378 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 1: Apple fan, and just wanted to make it better and 379 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: easier to have wide angle, macro, all kinds of different lenses. 380 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: I mean it started out I think with just like 381 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: a sort of fish fish eye, and it's expanded way 382 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: way way past that. So that's the biggest company is Oloclip. 383 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 1: You snap these things on. They used to start at 384 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: fifty bucks. I think now they're like, you know, some 385 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: of the nicer ones are one hundred dollars, but you 386 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: snap this onto your phone and this one. They have 387 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 1: support right now for the iPhone ten R ten, s 388 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: iPhone ten eight seven, and se. So they do not 389 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: have they were going to have interesting, they still don't have. Samsung. 390 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: They were, oh, multi device, here we go. They do 391 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: have a multi device, so there is a device that 392 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: works with multi a clip that works with multiple devices 393 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: and over many thin cases. So they do have that, 394 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: and I think this would work on your device, So Sue, 395 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: I think that would work. 396 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 2: It depends. Now here's the thing. 397 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: It all depends on where the lens is located on 398 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: your phone. And here's the thing I figured out about 399 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 1: these clip on because I was gonna say. You can 400 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: also go to Amazon and just search for something like 401 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: clip on phone lens. But the problem is what I 402 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: found with these clip on lenses, You're gonna use it 403 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: once and you're never gonna use it again because the 404 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: problem is, and I'm not talking oloclip the ones that 405 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: are made specifically for device, but the multi device clips 406 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: are very tricky because you have to see these things 407 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: on your camera lens just right, and you don't want 408 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 1: them to move. If they move, you're gonna have a 409 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: black ring on the side of your photos, or you're 410 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 1: gonna have just some of the photo might be there 411 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: might be a blockage of the lens because this thing 412 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: moves ever so slightly, and then it's not perfectly centered 413 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: on your lens. So I think these things are great. 414 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: When I did the story with oloclip, I had used 415 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: it in the past, and I used it for a 416 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: while after that, and I think if you're a creator 417 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: and you're trying to get different angles and you're trying 418 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: to get you know, your your stuff to look different 419 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: than everyone else's stuff, I think that these are fantastic. 420 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: But for the average person that's. 421 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: Just taking pictures and posting to Instagram and is not 422 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: trying to stand out, you know, in front of the world, 423 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: in front of everyone. Then you know these things are 424 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: they've kind of become unnecessary and they kind of end 425 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: up in a drawer. So that's just kind of my 426 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: overall advice. But look at the types of lenses they 427 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: have with oloclip now they have fish eye, Macro, Macro 428 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: seven times, Macro, ten times, Macro, fourteen, fifteen, and twenty 429 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: one times, Telephoto, two times telephoto, two times, Pro Wide Angle, 430 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 1: Wide Angle, Intro, super Wide, super Wide, Pro, and Ultra wide. 431 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: So they have a lot to choose from if you 432 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: want your pictures to look different. And again, if you're 433 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: a creator, you're making videos and you want to create 434 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 1: everything right through your iPhone, these are going to be fantastic. 435 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 2: Something like a Moto five, it's going to. 436 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: Be a little bit tougher because you need one of 437 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: these clip on lenses and they just might not work 438 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: as well with your phone. With that said, there's a 439 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: lot of companies that make these things. Moment is another one, 440 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: and they have lenses, and the secret with a lot 441 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: of these companies is they're making cases that let you 442 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: screw on the lens or clip the lens in a 443 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: way that it does not move, so it's very fixed 444 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: and in that case's going to work fine. Then you 445 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: have something else happening, which is the makers of the 446 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: cell phones. The manufacturers like Samsung and Huawei and all 447 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 1: these other companies and Apple, they're all making two, three 448 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: four lenses on phones now, so there's less of a 449 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: need for separate lenses that you clip on because, for instance, 450 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: on the Samsung Galaxy S ten plus, you've got a 451 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 1: wide angle, you've got your standard, and you've got a 452 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: two time zoom. On the one plus you've got a 453 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: three time zoom plus a wide angle plus the standard. 454 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: So again, a lot of times you don't need these 455 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: with the new devices, which puts these makers in an 456 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: interest position. They're becoming more creator devices and more expensive 457 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: because they're making them more premium and kind of giving 458 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: you an advantage that you wouldn't get if you just 459 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: used one of these cheap things or the included lens 460 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 1: on the phone. Walmart has a new tablet that's just 461 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: sixty four dollars, and they sent me two of these 462 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: tablets to check out, and one was an eight inch 463 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: tablet that's sixty four dollars. These are Android tablets, obviously. 464 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: Another one is a ten point one inch tablet, which 465 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: is just seventy nine dollars. So compare that to the 466 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: price of the entry level iPad, which is three hundred 467 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: and twenty nine dollars, you're talking a deal now. In general, 468 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: I do not recommend Android tablets at all. I just 469 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: don't even recommend them because they're so terrible, they're so cheap, 470 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: and they just are not very good. 471 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 2: When you look at the iPad. 472 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: The beauty of the iPad is not just the design, 473 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: but it's also the apps that you can get on 474 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 1: the iPad. And because there's not a huge market for 475 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 1: Android tablets, I'll get outside of the Amazon Fire tablets 476 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: and I'll get to that in a second. There's not 477 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 1: that many good Android apps for tablets, and yes, you'll 478 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: find some of the basic ones covered, but after that 479 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: it really goes downhill. Whereas with the iPad, you're getting 480 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: really really good apps that were developed for the iPad 481 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 1: from a wide range of app developers, and so I 482 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: generally recommend and three hundred and twenty nine dollars, I 483 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: know sounds like a lot, but when you really do 484 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: the math on an iPad, they can last four, maybe 485 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: even longer years, And so when you do the math, 486 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: divide it up, it's really not a bad deal and 487 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: you're getting a far superior product. 488 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 2: Now at all. With all that said, the Walmart tablet is. 489 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: Actually pretty good because it's an Android tablet that does 490 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: the trick. It's just a simple tablet that lets you 491 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 1: surf the web, it lets you watch videos, it lets 492 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: you look at social media, and that's about it. You 493 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: don't want to do much more on this device. Someone 494 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: asked me, can you play Candy Crush? I downloaded Candy 495 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: Crush to it. It works just fine. It wasn't hesitating, 496 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: so you can play simple games on it as well. 497 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: But again that's where it ends. But for sixty four dollars, 498 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: not a bad deal. Now what's the lifetime on this tablet? 499 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 2: I'm not sure. 500 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it might last two years, three years, who knows, 501 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: depending on how. 502 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 2: You use it. I will tell you that it's super 503 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 2: slow right out of the box. 504 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 1: So you're getting a pretty bad processor one point three 505 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: gigahertz quad core processor. You're getting a screen that has 506 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: eight hundred by twelve eighty ips. You're getting a cameras 507 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: that are just a joke. A third of a megapixel 508 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: on the front and two megapixels on the back. That's 509 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: what I had, I think on my Motorola queue back 510 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: in I think like two thousand and five or two 511 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 1: thousand and three or two thousand and six, whatever it was. 512 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: You're getting a phone that or a camera that's just terrible. 513 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: So don't buy this thing for the camera. Two gigs 514 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: a RAM, but also sixteen gigs of storage. Now, the 515 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: sixteen gigs of storage I can look past because you 516 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: are getting expandable memory on this device. You can just 517 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 1: add an SD card and you'll be fine. 518 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 2: But here's the beauty. 519 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: They're running Android nine point zero PI, which is the 520 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: latest version of that operating system. The other thing I 521 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: liked about this is that there's an FM tuner inside, 522 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: so you can plug in headphones and just listen to 523 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: the radio. There's not a lot of bloatwear, so a 524 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,919 Speaker 1: lot of these cheap. What happens during the holidays. You 525 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: see fifty dollars tablets, twenty five dollars tablets. All these 526 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: stores have tablets. Every store in America is selling an 527 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: Android tablet for fifty bucks. They're all crap, and they 528 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: have a lot of bloatwear on them as well. This 529 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: has almost no bloatwear, but it does have a bunch 530 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: of Walmart apps preinstalled Walmart, Walmart Grocery, Walmart Ebooks, Sam's Club, 531 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: and Voodoo. And there's even an extra little button at 532 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: the bottom that brings you to those apps immediately, which 533 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: I don't like. But again, the advantage of this tablet 534 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: over Amazon's Fire tablet, which I would argue is probably 535 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 1: slightly better, is that this has full access to the 536 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: Google Play Store, which Amazon's tablets do not. Now because 537 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 1: they're Android, you can still sideload, which means you can 538 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 1: put any app you want on there, but you have 539 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: to go outside of the App store, which is not 540 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: an easy thing for most average people to do. So 541 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: on the Walmart tablet, you get Google Play, you search 542 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: for an app, any app that Google has available on 543 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,479 Speaker 1: Google Play you can install on the Walmart tablet very 544 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: quickly and very easily. 545 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 2: So for that reason, I do like. 546 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: These tablets, and for sixty four dollars, I think that 547 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: is not too bad of a deal. Question again through email. 548 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: This comes in through my website, rich on tech dot 549 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: TV with a subject line, I can't send a fax. 550 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 2: This is from Dori. 551 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: She says, Hey, Rich, I will I watch you on 552 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: KTLA and I look forward to what new tech items 553 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: you introduce us to. 554 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 2: But I have a problem. 555 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: I have an all in one HP I can ePrint 556 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: from my cell and laptop. But since I switched my 557 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 1: phone to Spectrum, I have not been able to send 558 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,479 Speaker 1: a fax. I've spoken with HP for remote help. Okay, 559 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 1: I've had Spectrum over twice to check the setup. I 560 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,239 Speaker 1: haven't gotten any help. And each one points fingers at 561 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: each other. The bottom line is no dial tone is detected. 562 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,919 Speaker 1: If Google trying to find a solution, I've encountered numerous 563 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: queries of frustrating folks just like me in search of help, 564 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: Can you help me? And others that struggle to do 565 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: something simple like sending a FAXT please. So I have 566 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: not sent a fact through a machine like this in 567 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: a very long time. So my immediate thought is that 568 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 1: because with Spectrum phone, you say you switched over, they're 569 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: delivering phone service voiceover IP. And the way that a 570 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: fax machine works is over analog. So a fax machine 571 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:45,479 Speaker 1: takes an image, converts it into an analog waveform, and 572 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: sends that waveform out over the regular phone line. The 573 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: other FACTS machine listens to that waveform and then converts 574 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: that back into something that is visible and printable, and 575 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: they print out the image. So the thing that I 576 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: see happening here is that Spectrum is doing voiceover IP, 577 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: which means there's no I think at the end of 578 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: the day, if your machine detected the dial tone, it 579 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: would probably work. But because it's not detecting a dial tone, 580 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: it's not going to work. 581 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 2: So my thing, what my. 582 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: Theory is here is that your hp printer is probably 583 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: older and not equipped to handle VOIPE faxing. And I 584 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: did a quick little search about voipe faxing, and it 585 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: seems like it's hit or miss. Sometimes it works, sometimes 586 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: it doesn't work, depending on the setup of the machine 587 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: and also the VOIPE line. 588 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 2: So I'll tell you what I use. I use something 589 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 2: called Hello Facts. 590 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: And if you already have a cell phone and your 591 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: eprinting from there, what I would recommend is just scan 592 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: whatever you need to fax through your smartphone, which do 593 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: you have an iPhone? Yeah, you have an iPhone, So 594 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: just scan on your iPhone, go into notes, compose a 595 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: new note, or you know it, just go ahead and 596 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: get the app called Scannable, which is a great little app. 597 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: You scan it through there and make PDF out of it, 598 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: do whatever you need to do, sign it, fill it out, whatever, 599 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: and then you can send that through Hello Facts and 600 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: just download the PDF there and it's it's very easy. 601 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: That's what I use, and it's it's super simple. I 602 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: looked up another one. There's let's see, there's facts Burner, 603 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: which that also that's free. So factx burner is free 604 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: to send and receive faxes and basically you get twenty 605 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: five pages inbound per month and five pages outbound and 606 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: they just give you a disposable phone number you send 607 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: your facts. It's on its way and that's it. If 608 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: you want to upgrade, if you need to do more, 609 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: it's ten dollars a month. I know you probably don't 610 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: want to pay that, so I wouldn't recommend that. And 611 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: then e facts is the other one that was man 612 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: remember when e fax came out was. 613 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 2: Like such a big deal. 614 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: That of course is still around but clearly not as popular. 615 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: But it's even more expensive. Epax Plus is sixteen ninety 616 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: five a month or twenty dollars a month. 617 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 2: Do they have have. 618 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: Efacts for free anymore. I don't even think they have 619 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: a free they might not even have a free service anymore. 620 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: So if they don't, you might be able to sign 621 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: up for a free trial and see if that works. 622 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 2: But this was crazy. So I was at a doctor's. 623 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: Office one time, getting like a I think it was 624 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: an X ray or something, whatever it was. I needed 625 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: the either a prescription or whatever something that my doctor 626 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 1: gave me I needed to give to this X ray 627 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: clinic right, And I didn't have it on me, but 628 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: I scan everything into my phone and so I said, well, 629 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: can you accept a fax? And she said sure. And 630 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: I'd never done this before, but I actually downloaded an 631 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: app on my Android phone and it was called tiny Facts, 632 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,719 Speaker 1: and I just found the document in Google Drive and 633 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: I said, okay, what's your number. I popped it into 634 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: tiny facts and it worked. It sent her to the 635 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: facts and I said, can I just see it? I 636 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: want to see what it looks like. I was so 637 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: impressed with myself, and she was actually very nice, the receptionist, 638 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: so she was playing along and she was sharing my enthusiasm. 639 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: She was like, that's pretty cool that you were just 640 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: able to that. I'm like Oh, nobody sends faxes from 641 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: their phone. She's like, no, that's the first time I've 642 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: seen that. But you know, I'm the tech guy, so 643 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: I love doing stuff like that. But I like having options, 644 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: and so I get it. There are times when you 645 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: still need to send a fax. There are definitely those 646 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: little companies and transactions that require a fax machine. So again, 647 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: check out Hello Facts. That's one of my favorites. Hello Facts. 648 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: Hellofax dot com is their website. Then you've got faxburner 649 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 1: dot com. And the app I used on Android was 650 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: called tiny Facts. I don't know. Do they have a 651 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: tiny fax for iPhone. I don't know. Let's see if 652 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 1: they do. I'm looking to see productivity. I don't know 653 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: if they have one for it, but I'm sure I'm 654 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: sure you can find one for iPhone. There's so many 655 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: of these types of things for iPhone. 656 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 2: So there you have it. Good question. 657 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: I know faxes are going out, but there are still 658 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: times when you need them. Speaking of the iPhone, there 659 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: is a this is creepy new feature in iOS thirteen. 660 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: So do you ever notice when you are facetiming and 661 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,959 Speaker 1: you're not really looking at the person on the screen 662 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: like you can't really make eye contact with them because 663 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,719 Speaker 1: you're looking at yourself or you're looking in the corner 664 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: at their picture. So Apple is gonna correct this with 665 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 1: a feature called FaceTime Eye Contact Correction. And what this 666 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: does is it uses augmented reality to literally lift your 667 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: eyeballs up and make them look like you are looking 668 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: at the other person. How creepy is that? So according 669 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: to nine to five Mac who tested it out, what 670 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: this does or they I guess they looked at a 671 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: report of it. I don't know if they've actually tried it, 672 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: but it makes real time adjustments the image of your 673 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: eyes so that you appear to be looking at the 674 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: camera rather than the screen. This means you'll appear to 675 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 1: be making eye contact. I mean, it's so weird. And 676 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: the guy who this guy named Will Sigmund tweeted and 677 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: he raised and lowered a pair of frames like eyeglass 678 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 1: frames over his eyes and you could see the frame 679 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,760 Speaker 1: kind of bending up a little bit through augmented reality. 680 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,800 Speaker 2: So I just I find this super weird. 681 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: I actually downloaded the beta of iOS thirteen, so I 682 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:18,839 Speaker 1: need to try this out. 683 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 2: But it's super weird. Oh. 684 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:24,879 Speaker 1: Dave Shulkin, Dave Shuken was the guy who tried it out, 685 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:26,919 Speaker 1: and it's just you gotta look at his little demo. 686 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 1: Took me a while to figure out what was going on. 687 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: One of the developer notes that it might be limited 688 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,359 Speaker 1: to the iPhone ten S and Max and ten are 689 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: and it might not work on the iPhone ten because 690 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 1: it uses ar Kit three, which is the latest version 691 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 1: of Apple's augmented reality tools. 692 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 2: But it's a weird thing, and I get it. 693 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like this is a problem with 694 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,439 Speaker 1: I feel like, in general, I'm just not a fan 695 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: of FaceTime and all these video chats because I feel 696 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 1: like people are just not You're not trained to look 697 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: through a screen at someone else. It gets boring when 698 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: you're talking on the phone. You can talk on the 699 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: phone for an hour. When I'm on a video call, 700 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 1: I just feel the need to like get off the 701 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: phone or you know, just stop the call, because I 702 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,839 Speaker 1: just don't I just don't feel like I can go 703 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: as long as I can on a phone call on 704 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: a video call. And maybe I'm the only one that 705 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: feels that way, but I just that's just the feeling 706 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: I get when I'm doing this. 707 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 2: Now. 708 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: Maybe that's because I'm not making it eye contact with 709 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: the person, and so maybe my body is thinking, well, 710 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 1: this is not a face to face thing, so let's 711 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: just finish this up. 712 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 2: But maybe this will help. I don't know. 713 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,760 Speaker 1: Got a note from Kevin through my website. Kevin said 714 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: the subject line was dji Osmo action please update your segment. 715 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: The dji Osmo action does let you change screens with 716 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,320 Speaker 1: a verbal command, along with other functions. Frank Buckley even 717 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 1: suggested this option, and you still have an update dated 718 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 1: the info on subsequent segments. Okay, I will take the 719 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,279 Speaker 1: good and take the bad, and Kevin, you have a 720 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 1: good point. So I did miss this in my review 721 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: of the dji Osmo cam. I reviewed this this week, 722 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 1: and the dji Osmo Action Cam is basically a go 723 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: pro with a front facing screen as well. So you've 724 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,799 Speaker 1: got two screens on the front and the back. And 725 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: what that means is that if you want a vlog 726 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,480 Speaker 1: or just in general get yourself into the shot, you 727 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: can just spin the camera around and then you have 728 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 1: the front facing screen and you can see yourself and 729 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,840 Speaker 1: you can frame yourself up perfectly, which. 730 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 2: Is a huge deal, especially if you're vlogging. 731 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,440 Speaker 1: If you're trying to vlog, or even if you're out 732 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,479 Speaker 1: with a family, you're on a ski trip or something 733 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 1: and you're using this action cam and you just want 734 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 1: to be in the shot. You can be in the 735 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 1: shot now because you can spin this thing around and 736 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:49,319 Speaker 1: see yourself. Well, my big problem with this feature was 737 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,720 Speaker 1: that it was clunky to actually see the front facing 738 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,400 Speaker 1: screen because you'd start out recording on the back screen, 739 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 1: you know, holding the camera your typical way, and then 740 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 1: you flip it around to the front. You have to 741 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: either tap on the back screen twice with two fingers fast, 742 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: and it took me a while to get the hang 743 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,879 Speaker 1: of that one. Or you have to press this little 744 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: side button for two seconds, press and hold that and 745 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: that flips around to the front screen. 746 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:13,440 Speaker 2: Or you can use your voice. Now. 747 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: I did not include the voice in there because I 748 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: hate voice commands on these things and I think they're 749 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: very clunky, so I didn't even include it in there. 750 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 2: But yes, you can use your voice. 751 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: And it became this whole thing with Frank Buckley, our 752 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,239 Speaker 1: anchor here at Katla, saying Rich they should just make 753 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: it voice activated, and I should have said yes, but 754 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,799 Speaker 1: I said no. I said they should just make it 755 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,240 Speaker 1: so that the camera senses when you flip it around 756 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 1: and aim it towards yourself. There's a little sensor inside 757 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 1: that notices that and actually just flips the screen to 758 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: the front screen. There's a lot of ways to tackle 759 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:49,000 Speaker 1: this one, but Kevin, you're right. I did make a 760 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 1: mistake on that one, and I did miss that in 761 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,279 Speaker 1: my report. But I didn't think that a lot of 762 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,879 Speaker 1: people would use that feature. Maybe they would, but you're right. 763 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: It is good to list all of the options, especially 764 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,680 Speaker 1: when I'm critiquing it. So I get that and duly noted. 765 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 1: But overall, the Dji Osmo Action Cam, I'll give it 766 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: the same review I give all these things that that 767 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:13,720 Speaker 1: mimic your cell phone. Your cell phone is easier, all 768 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,359 Speaker 1: these little gadgets and doodads that you add to your 769 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 1: phone or that you use, you know, in addition to 770 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,680 Speaker 1: your phone. At the end of the day, I find 771 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,319 Speaker 1: that it's just easier to use your phone. And that's 772 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: what I found with the Dji Osmo Action Cam. If 773 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:32,920 Speaker 1: you're a snowboarder, skateboarder, surfer, action sports guy, gal, whatever, 774 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna love this thing. And it's fantastic But if 775 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,520 Speaker 1: you're just a regular person that is thinking they're going 776 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 1: to use this on their vacation once a year, you're not, 777 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 1: because when you go to Hawaii, you're gonna use this 778 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,840 Speaker 1: thing once and then you're gonna realize that everything else 779 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 1: your your you know, your batteries out, whatever, Your phone 780 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,960 Speaker 1: is always charged, it works, it's always with you. And 781 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,960 Speaker 1: guess what, it's way easier to share videos from your 782 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,360 Speaker 1: phone than it is from one of these little cameras 783 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,840 Speaker 1: because you have to transfer them somehow, so I always 784 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,359 Speaker 1: end up just defaulting to my phone. And that's kind 785 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,879 Speaker 1: of like I feel like a lot of people are 786 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:06,920 Speaker 1: like that these things. 787 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:07,520 Speaker 2: Do you buy them? 788 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,880 Speaker 1: The cameras three hundred and fifty dollars and next thing know, 789 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,040 Speaker 1: it sits in a drawer, just like I talked about 790 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:17,200 Speaker 1: those clips for the camera lens. So just keep that 791 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,160 Speaker 1: in mind when you're thinking about buying some of these things, 792 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,839 Speaker 1: even something as simple as a Bluetooth speaker. I mean, yes, 793 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: when I'm out by the pool, I love having a 794 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,439 Speaker 1: Bluetooth speaker, but like ninety nine percent of the time, 795 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: it's just easier to just put your phone really loud 796 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: wherever you are and you know, if you're not having 797 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,759 Speaker 1: a giant party, it's really not that big of a deal. 798 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 2: Use your phone. 799 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:41,200 Speaker 1: So again, it's like all these little things like microphones 800 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,400 Speaker 1: and stuff. It's like, sometimes I just find it's easier 801 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,279 Speaker 1: just to use what's built into the phone. And I'm 802 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:47,960 Speaker 1: just giving you that advice because it might save you 803 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,360 Speaker 1: some money. All right, let's take a trip down memory 804 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 1: lane real quick. The Walkman turned forty this month, and 805 00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:01,760 Speaker 1: I have very fun memories of the Walkman. My first 806 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,160 Speaker 1: one from Sony was a CD player. I'll never forget 807 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 1: purchasing this from my friends. I don't know if it 808 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,040 Speaker 1: was his uncle or something. I was in Florida on 809 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,960 Speaker 1: a family trip with them, and his uncle had a 810 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: CD player from Sony and he said, I'll sell it 811 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: to you for twenty bucks. 812 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,479 Speaker 2: And I said done, And I bought this thing. 813 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 1: And you couldn't walk around with this thing not skipping 814 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 1: for five seconds. I mean you just just the way 815 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:25,640 Speaker 1: they were back then, you would. 816 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,880 Speaker 2: I put it in my car. I had to like mount. 817 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,440 Speaker 1: It perfectly so that it wouldn't skip, and it just 818 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,080 Speaker 1: just skipped all the time. You couldn't run with it. 819 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,799 Speaker 1: You can do anything. Then, I'm trying to remember what 820 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,160 Speaker 1: I did between that. That was high school and college. 821 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,800 Speaker 1: I don't really remember college too much with with music, 822 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,080 Speaker 1: but I do remember out of college. As soon as 823 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:45,400 Speaker 1: I got out, I did have the Rio, which was 824 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,920 Speaker 1: that it was like Diamond Multimedia. 825 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:49,480 Speaker 2: I think it was this little red player and I. 826 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: Thought it was so cool because you could add a 827 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,080 Speaker 1: memory card to it and have unlimited storage and MP 828 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 1: three's and this and that. 829 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,520 Speaker 2: It was so great. Of course, transferring music to it 830 00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:58,680 Speaker 2: was a pain. All that could stuff. 831 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,080 Speaker 1: Then, of course I I had newer CD players that 832 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,480 Speaker 1: didn't skip as much. I tried running with those that 833 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,000 Speaker 1: didn't work. Then I got the mini disc player from Sony, 834 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,319 Speaker 1: and I remember thinking, oh my gosh, this is the 835 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,279 Speaker 1: future because you knew how a mini disc that didn't 836 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,120 Speaker 1: skip as much. And I ran with that thing, and 837 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,319 Speaker 1: that was a pain. And I went through a whole 838 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:21,439 Speaker 1: bunch of iterations until I saw the iPad. A girl 839 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: in the airplane next to me was using the brand 840 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,000 Speaker 1: new iPod. It was like one of those little iPod 841 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:27,759 Speaker 1: minis that they had in different colors. I think she 842 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,000 Speaker 1: had a pink one and I saw that and I said, 843 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:34,359 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, what is that? And she explained it 844 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,319 Speaker 1: was an iPod and I said, oh my gosh, I've 845 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,640 Speaker 1: seen commercials for it, and you know what, I'm buying 846 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,960 Speaker 1: this thing. And so I went out the next day 847 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:45,080 Speaker 1: and I totally bought an iPod Mini for myself and 848 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:46,520 Speaker 1: my wife. I think they were two hundred and fifty 849 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:47,879 Speaker 1: dollars each at Best Buy. 850 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:49,080 Speaker 2: And that was it. 851 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,879 Speaker 1: That was the That was all I needed to say 852 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,759 Speaker 1: goodbye to the whole Walkman and all my issues with 853 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,000 Speaker 1: running and you know now, I mean, oh my gosh, 854 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,319 Speaker 1: if you keep going. Now I've got the Apple I mean, 855 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,120 Speaker 1: for a while I had my phone, which i'd run 856 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,880 Speaker 1: in a band, you know, around my waist. And now 857 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 1: I literally walk out of my house with my AirPods 858 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: in and my Apple Watch and that's it. And I've 859 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:13,840 Speaker 1: got Apple Music on the watch, cull other on the watch, 860 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,840 Speaker 1: and the air pods and it's totally magical. And I 861 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,120 Speaker 1: think back twenty years to when I was using the 862 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,080 Speaker 1: CD player and the Rio and all the frustrations of 863 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 1: these music devices and how easy it is now. We 864 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,920 Speaker 1: have come a long way since the Walkman launched forty 865 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,440 Speaker 1: years ago, and it had its point in life. It 866 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:35,080 Speaker 1: had its place in life, but it just didn't. Sony 867 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,640 Speaker 1: just didn't get it right. I remember when Sony's Music 868 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,560 Speaker 1: store came out compared to Apple's and it. 869 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:41,360 Speaker 2: Was just a joke. 870 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,200 Speaker 1: You couldn't even do anything on it. It was such 871 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,200 Speaker 1: a pain to buy the music and a pain to 872 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,919 Speaker 1: transfer the music. And it was just one of those 873 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:53,160 Speaker 1: things where Apple did it right and it just worked 874 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,160 Speaker 1: all right. One more question real quick before we go. 875 00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:59,040 Speaker 1: MS Jean says, have you done the Apple Beta update? 876 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 1: It's actually really good and on my Apple TV too. Yes, 877 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:06,120 Speaker 1: I did the beta update on my iPhone because I'm 878 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:07,560 Speaker 1: trying to figure out from going to write my new 879 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,759 Speaker 1: book or not. I did start it a little bit, 880 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:12,319 Speaker 1: and I went through all the new features on the 881 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:16,640 Speaker 1: iOS thirteen and I found sixty eight so far new 882 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:20,520 Speaker 1: features that are pretty compelling. And they did a nice job. 883 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,200 Speaker 1: They did a lot of stuff. Some of them are 884 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:26,359 Speaker 1: bigger than others. Like share your ETA with people. I mean, 885 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: you could do that in Google Maps forever. Let's see 886 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,719 Speaker 1: what I'll search in messages? You can, it's easier now, 887 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,440 Speaker 1: remember and messages. In my first book, one hundred and 888 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,640 Speaker 1: one Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone. I talked about 889 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,200 Speaker 1: how you could search your messages, but you really can 890 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,040 Speaker 1: only search like one word at a time. So now 891 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,000 Speaker 1: Messages is making it a lot easier to search. You've 892 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,480 Speaker 1: got quick path, which means you can swipe along the keyboard. 893 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,520 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of stuff. But yes, I have 894 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:51,719 Speaker 1: not installed it on the iPad. That's another project. And 895 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:53,200 Speaker 1: Apple TV. I don't know if I'll do it on 896 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,920 Speaker 1: Apple TV, but maybe I will, just to see what 897 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,719 Speaker 1: that's all about. Well, thanks so much for listening. That's 898 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:01,239 Speaker 1: going to do it for this show. Please subscribe if 899 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,319 Speaker 1: you haven't done so already. All you have to do 900 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,320 Speaker 1: is search rich on Tech in your favorite podcast app. 901 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:11,040 Speaker 1: That's Apple Podcasts, pocket Casts, and Overcast. Those are a 902 00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,279 Speaker 1: few of the good ones. Don't forget to sign up 903 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,759 Speaker 1: for my newsletter at richontech dot tv. 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I'm just gonna 915 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,239 Speaker 1: speak for her and say that she did not like 916 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,680 Speaker 1: it because she was not in the show. So it 917 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:50,600 Speaker 1: definitely is a little bit tougher to do it myself. 918 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,880 Speaker 1: But I you know, I think I survived, all right, 919 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,320 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. I think that's going to 920 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,759 Speaker 1: do it. I'm Richdimiro. Have a fantastic day. I'll talk 921 00:44:58,800 --> 00:44:59,719 Speaker 1: to you real soon. 922 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:04,320 Speaker 2: The sto