1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: Samsung unveils the Galaxy Note ten, plus a watch, a laptop, 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: and more. Disney teases a killer bundle, Amazon has a 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: music deal for students, and new Verizon plans guaranteed to 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: confuse you. Plus I'm answering your pressing tech questions. What's 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: going on? I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech, 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: the podcast where I talk about the stuff I think 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: you should know about happening in the tech world. It's 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: also the place where I answer the tech questions you 9 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: send me, whether it's through email, my website, Facebook, Instagram, 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: DM however you get in touch with me, I answer 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: your questions right here in the show. I'm coming to 12 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: you now from Brooklyn, where I just got out of 13 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: the Samsung event. It's a rainy day here in Brooklyn, 14 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: but it was a good show and fun to see 15 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: what the company unveiled. Producer Megan meanwhile is on vacation 16 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: in Hawaii. She will be joining us on the next show. 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: So the show must go on here from New York. 18 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: And let's just start with samsung big event here at 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, where the company unveiled the 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 1: Galaxy Note ten. There's been lots of leaks about the phone, 21 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: but now we know officially. 22 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 2: What the device is all about. 23 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: Plus I had a chance to go hands on with 24 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: the device last week up in San Francisco, and it's 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: a good looking. 26 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 2: Device, it really is. 27 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: They did a very nice job on the design of 28 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: the Note ten, and for the first time ever, there 29 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: are actually two sizes of the Note ten, and if 30 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: you're counting for reels, there's kind of like three of 31 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: these devices because there's a Note ten, there's a Note 32 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: ten Plus, which has a bigger screen, and then there's 33 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: a Note ten plus five G say all that three 34 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 1: times fast, so quickly breaking it down, the Note ten 35 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: is the standard model, which has a six point three 36 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: inch screen. The Note ten Plus has a six point 37 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: eight inch screen. It just seems like if you add 38 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: up all these devices that Samsung has, between the S 39 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: ten and the Note ten and all of their lower phones, 40 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: they have a lot to choose from, and it just 41 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: seems like they are making something for everyone, no matter 42 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: what your price range is or what features you want. 43 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: Spoiler alert, there is one feature that is gone from 44 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: the Note ten lineup, and that is the headphone jack. 45 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: So there is no more headphone jack on both the 46 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: Note ten or the Note ten plus. Some of you 47 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: will be sad about that, and I'm kind of mixed. 48 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: I use Bluetooth headphones ninety nine percent of the time, 49 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: but there are those random times when it would be 50 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: nice to just be able to plug in something to 51 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: your phone. But we're not here to debate whether that's 52 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: coming back or going away forever. But I think it's 53 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: pretty much gone forever. If you look at the front 54 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: of these devices, they are just beautiful, and the back 55 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: they have this great display that just goes truly edge 56 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: to edge. They really push the boundaries of just how 57 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: far these screens can go to the edges. And the 58 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: only thing that's really interrupting the front screen on the 59 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: Notes is a tiny selfie cam on the front. So 60 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: you've got that ten megapixel camera on the front, and 61 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: then on the back you've got a three camera array, 62 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: which is a wide angle lens, a standard lens, and 63 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: then a telephoto lens. And it's gotten to the point 64 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: where nobody even mentions the megapixels on these things because 65 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: we're no longer interested in that. It either takes a 66 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: good picture or it doesn't take a good picture. And 67 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: these phones are taking really nice pictures. I think it's 68 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: pretty much the same cameras that are on the S 69 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: ten and the S ten Plus, but the big difference 70 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: here on the Note ten plus, you're kind of getting 71 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: everything the best. So it used to be that the 72 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: Note in general was always the best that Samsung had 73 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: to offer, but now it's the Note ten Plus that 74 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: has the best. So on the back you get an 75 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: extra depth camera and you also get more memory, so 76 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: eight gigabytes RAM on the Note ten with two fifty 77 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: six storage, and on the Note ten Plus there's twelve 78 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: gigabytes a RAM along with two fifty six gigs of 79 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: storage or five hundred and twelve. And on the Note 80 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: ten plus, if you want a memory card, it's there. 81 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: It is not there on the Note ten. So again 82 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: they're really dividing these two devices. So some of the 83 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: main features they showed off this is more of an 84 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: evolution than a revolution. So they have handwriting on there. 85 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: They've got the stylist. Now the handwriting converts the text 86 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: really quickly and you can export it to Microsoft Word. 87 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: They do these weird things with the spen, which are 88 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: actions which you can wave it around in the air 89 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: and control things on your phone, kind of like before, 90 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: except way more. I don't think anyone's gonna use that, 91 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: to be honest. The video stuff is really cool, so 92 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: if you're a video editor you're creating videos. They did 93 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: some nice stuff there. They put a screen recorder built in, 94 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: You've got a video editing app that's built in the 95 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: microphone zooms in to the audio when you zoom in 96 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: on the camera. And then they have this cool thing 97 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: called live focus video, which is kind of like the 98 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: live effect in a picture where you get that blurry background, 99 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,119 Speaker 1: but now they're doing that with video and that's pretty 100 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 1: impressive as well. There's also some cool things where you 101 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: can doodle on someone in three D and it shows 102 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: up on them. 103 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 2: That's kind of fun. 104 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: And you can also charge this The Note ten plus 105 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: at least faster than ever and now supports up to 106 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: forty five watts of charging, which just means that it's 107 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: really fast. The thing I'm most impressed with is the color. 108 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: They have this cool aura glow color which is just 109 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: so cool. It reminds me of when I was a kid, 110 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: we had these stickers that were they kind of reflected 111 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: the light in like a rainbow. They were like silver, 112 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: and they reflected the light iridescent kind of thing. So 113 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: they've got that color, which is really cool. They've got white, 114 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: they've got black, and it's gonna be on all the 115 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: major carriers on August twenty third is when it's in stores. 116 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 2: Of course, pre orders start. 117 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: Now and pricing is nine p fifty for the Note 118 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: ten ten ninety nine ninety nine for the Galaxy Note 119 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: ten Plus. And I love this. Whenever I'm at these events, 120 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 1: I always round this up, so ten ninety nine becomes 121 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: eleven hundred, and one of the Samsung people as I'm 122 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: talking for TV is like you missed. You said eleven hundred, 123 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: and I said, what do you mean, what I do wrong? 124 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: He said, well, it's ten ninety nine ninety nine. I mean, 125 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: come on, it's a penny more. I'm just rounding it up. 126 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 2: As always. 127 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: The best way to buy these things is really through 128 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: the pre order, which you will get the best deal 129 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: if you go to Samsung dot com and trade in 130 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: your old phone. Of course, I'm sure the carriers will 131 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: have some good deals as well. The other weird thing 132 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: that Samsung's doing with these devices is they're not putting 133 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: any in the hands of reviewers like myself until a 134 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: week later, so we're not going to get our hands 135 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: on these things for another week or so, which is 136 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: kind of different because generally you get them and you 137 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: start giving impressions of them immediately, but they're not doing that. 138 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see if that theory works 139 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: to sell more phones. I guess in the time that 140 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: you don't really hear much about them, or I guess 141 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 1: you don't really have much solid hands on time. All right, 142 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: let's get to our first question. This comes from Janet McKinnon. 143 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: Janet says, can you do a review on Anytime tv 144 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: dot us? Is this better than a monthly cable bill? 145 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: I understand it's just one seventy five a year, and 146 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: could you do a review and email it? Can you 147 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: recommend it or not? And also how to use it? 148 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: Thank you, Janet. So I looked up Anytime TV dot 149 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: us and I can tell you this number one. Do 150 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: not even go near this thing. There are so many 151 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: of these gray websites that are purporting to give free 152 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: TV and thousands of channels and every premium movie channel 153 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: reminds me of the just Scrambler boxes back in the day, 154 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: the black boxes people still get those things now they're 155 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: just using Amazon fireTV. I have not checked these things out. 156 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: I looked at the list of channels that they offer 157 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: on Anytime TV dot us and it's just it's every 158 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: channel in the world and every movie in the world. 159 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: How do you offer all that for one seventy five 160 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: a year. Well, it's bogus. So stay away from these things, 161 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: do not use them. They get shut down all the time. 162 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: So you may pay your one to seventy five for 163 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: the year and it may go under in the first week. 164 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: So definitely don't do this. And also these are a 165 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: lot of these things are either outright scams or all 166 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: they're doing is linking to the public websites that you 167 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: can stream stuff on anyway, and at the worst, they're 168 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: linking to movies that are on BitTorrent sites, So you're 169 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: getting stuff that is not official. It's not good, it's illegal, 170 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: it's operating in a gray area. So I would stay 171 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: away from these things. And I'm not just picking on 172 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: this one. There's so many of them. As people are 173 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: cutting the cord and they're looking for alternatives, they're looking 174 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 1: into anything they can get that's cheaper than cable and 175 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 1: you remember that old adage, if it sounds too good 176 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: to be true, it probably is. Well, if you're paying 177 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy five dollars a year, and when 178 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 1: I used to have cable, it was one hundred and 179 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: seventy five a month, something's wrong, especially when you're getting 180 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: or promised every channel in the entire world world. 181 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 2: So don't do it. Stay away. 182 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: And it's not just because it's in a gray zone. 183 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: It's just not good, not good at all. Let's talk 184 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: more about Samsung. They also unveiled several other things at 185 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: their event, including the galaxy Watch Active two. This is 186 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: a new version of their smart watch that they sort 187 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: of just released, I feel like very recently. But the 188 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: galaxy Watch Active two is further refined, as they say, 189 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: and this is the closest competitor, I'd say to the 190 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: Apple Watch. There's not many smart watches that are really 191 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: approaching the functionality of the Apple Watch. But the galaxy 192 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: Watch Active two looks really nice and it has a 193 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: lot of the features that you need. So it tracks 194 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: your sleep, attracks your fitness, it even tells you when 195 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: you're stressed. Out comes in two different sizes, a forty 196 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 1: four milimeter and a forty millimeter And the main thing 197 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: that's different on this is the signature rotating bezel that 198 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: they have. It is now digital, so it doesn't actually 199 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: physically rotate. You just kind of spin your finger around 200 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: the screen to navigate on the watch, and by the way, 201 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: you can navigate forward or backwards. The screen is really beautiful. 202 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: I still think that the Apple Watch. The physical look 203 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: of the Galaxy Watch is very nice. I think that 204 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: the look on the screen is not as polished as 205 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: the Apple Watch. But at the same time, if you 206 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: have an Android device, especially a Samsung phone, this is 207 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,079 Speaker 1: going to complement it very nicely. There's also this interesting 208 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: feature called my Style. You take a picture of your 209 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: outfit that you're wearing, and your watch face will change 210 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: to sort of match it up, which is kind of fun. 211 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: It manually tracks more than thirty nine different workouts, with 212 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: seven of them automatically activate it, so if you're running, walking, cycling, swimming, 213 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: rowing on the elliptical, or doing a workout, dynamic workout, 214 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: whatever that is, it will automatically start to track those. 215 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: The rest you have to manually track, and it also 216 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: tracks your real time stress levels and the one thing 217 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: it has that the Apple Watch does not is sleep analysis, 218 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: So the Apple Watch does not do anything with sleep 219 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: right now, but the Galaxy Watch Active two does. Man, 220 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: that's such a mouthful for that name. It also has 221 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: LTE connectivity, a version of it with LTE, so you 222 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 1: can get that, and apparently you're gonna be able to 223 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: watch YouTube on here, so I can't wait to see 224 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: how that works. 225 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 2: Now. 226 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: I'm reading through the release here and it says you 227 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: can watch a short video clip right from your wrist, 228 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 1: so I'm not sure if it's full YouTube or just 229 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: certain YouTube videos that are supported. This watch will start 230 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: at two seventy nine two eighty for the forty millimeter 231 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: and three hundred for the forty four milimeter beginning September 232 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 1: twenty seventh. If you want the LTE version, it's a 233 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: little bit more. I believe it was for something. I 234 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: have a picture I got to look at, but don't 235 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: quote me on that. But it's gonna be a little 236 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: bit more expensive, all right. Next question comes from Scott 237 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: Hey Rich, I'm looking at the cord with my cable 238 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: service spectrum, but that leads me dependent on internet service, 239 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 1: of which mine is very unreliable. 240 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 2: Spectrum. 241 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: Can you recommend any Internet services that are reliable and 242 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: constant in the Huntington. 243 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 2: Beach, California area? 244 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: Scott so Scott most of the time, and I'm sure 245 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: you figured this out by now. There are not many 246 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: options for cable, or i should say, for internet. 247 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 2: Where you'll live. 248 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: Usually there are best case scenario two options. Sometimes you 249 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: have a combination of something like the standard cable company 250 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: along with the phone company, depending on how much they've 251 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: wired your neighborhood. 252 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 2: So you can have Spectrum. 253 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: And you might have AT and T and you can 254 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: compare those against each other. So there's a website that 255 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: you can look at called high Speed Internet dot Com 256 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: and they will you pop in your zip code and 257 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: they will tell. 258 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 2: You if. 259 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: Let me see what Huntington Beach hun tang two. I'm 260 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: seeing what your zip code is in Huntington Beach, and 261 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: I'll pop it in here and we'll see if there's 262 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: anything in your area with respect to these providers. So 263 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 1: high Speed Internet dot Com has So you have Frontier 264 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: and Spectrum, so that's pretty good. Those are two different 265 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: choices that you do have, and one's fib or one's cable. 266 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: So that's what you have and this will tell you 267 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: the plans that they have and what's available in your 268 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: area high speed Internet dot com. And so I would 269 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: check that and see what you got, and I would 270 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: go with the lesser of the two evils, because right 271 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: now most of the time it's a lesser of two evils. 272 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: I'm perfectly happy with my spectrum coverage. I think my 273 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: spectrum is fine. I've got one hundred down. I don't 274 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: like the price I pay like sixty five dollars a month. 275 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: It used to be forty five, and it used to 276 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: be like thirty back in the day. But now that 277 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: the price for Internet is going up because all these 278 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: internet providers know that you're cutting the cord, and so 279 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: they raise the price on the internet to make up 280 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: for the price that they're losing on the cable service. 281 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: But again, high speed in com is the place to 282 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: look to see what's available in your area and compare them. 283 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: And I think that a lot of this is going 284 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: to change when five G comes out in a big 285 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: way because now the wireless companies like the AT and 286 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: T's of the world and the Verizons will be able 287 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: to deliver home high speed internet through wireless, which means 288 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: they can blanket the entire nation in high speed internet, 289 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: which is going to drive competition with the wired company. 290 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: So suddenly you're going to see a premium for the 291 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: wireless or you're going to see lower prices for the 292 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: wireless perhaps. But then of course as time goes on 293 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: and more people switch, things will level out. But when 294 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: five G comes out, we will see some good competition, 295 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: which will be good for all of our pocketbooks and 296 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: wallets because the prices will drive down just a little 297 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: bit before they level out later on. Speaking of cable, 298 00:14:55,200 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: Disney has unveiled a bundle which includes it's Disney Plus, 299 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: which is their upcoming Disney streaming service, along with Hulu 300 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: and ESPN Plus. That is all going to be bundled 301 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: for twelve ninety nine a month starting on November twelfth, 302 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: thirteen dollars a month. 303 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 2: For a lot of stuff. 304 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: You're talking Disney Plus, which is going to have all 305 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: kinds of Disney content for your kids, family programming. Then 306 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: you've got Hulu, which this is the kind of the standard, 307 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: low end ad supported Hulu, so not the expensive plan 308 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: has no commercials, or the Hulu with live TV. This 309 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: is the cheaper version, or I should say, the cheapest 310 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: version of Hulu. So it's not fantastic, but it's a start, 311 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: and it's there, and it gives you a lot of 312 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: the primetime TV shows. Then you also get ESPN Plus. 313 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: I'm not a sports guy, so I don't really know 314 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: what that's what they have on there, but I'm sure 315 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: they have a lot of games and things like that 316 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: on there, and a lot of documentaries and stuff. I 317 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 1: don't think ESPN Plus will have all of the best games, 318 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: like you're not gonna just survive if you love sports 319 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: on ESPN Plus. But for thirteen dollars a month, this 320 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: is very compelling, and my theory is that they are 321 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: starting out very aggressively to compete with all the other 322 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: offerings out there. So, for instance, you have Netflix, You've 323 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: got Direct TV now, all these other things that people 324 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: cobble together for their cable nowadays. But this is a 325 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: This covers a lot of bases. You've got Disney for 326 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: the family, You've got Hulu for mom and dad. When 327 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: the kids go to sleep, they can watch the primetime shows. 328 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: Then you've got ESPN Plus for the weekends when you 329 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: want to watch some of the sporting events. So for 330 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: thirteen dollars. That's not a bad deal. My thought is 331 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: that that price will go up as time goes on, 332 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: But for now, I see a lot of people kind 333 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: of ditching Netflix if they can go to something like 334 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: Disney Plus or this bundle, which gives them a lot 335 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: of options for cheaper than when I'm paying for Netflix. 336 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: I pay sixteen dollars for Netflix. This is thirteen for 337 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: what's seen. 338 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 2: To be more. 339 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: Unless you're really into some of the Netflix original shows, 340 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: then you're not gonna drop it. I know in my 341 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: house it's a debate. I want to drop Netflix, my 342 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: wife will not. Angel asks a question, do you what 343 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: do you know about the app Clarity Money? Is it 344 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: safe to sink financial info to it? The short of 345 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: it is, it's only as safe as the encryption we 346 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: have and as good as the password that you use, 347 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: so you have to do your homework with these things. 348 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: There are a lot of apps like Mint and Clarity 349 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: Money that will connect to your bank account and slice 350 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: and dice all of your information. I've used Clarity Money. 351 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: I think that it's really nice. It is it's sort 352 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: of aimed towards millennials, and it's really clean looking, so 353 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: it looks really good. 354 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 2: They do a nice job of If you. 355 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: Type in Starbucks, it'll tell you exactly how much you've 356 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: spent at Starbucks over the years. It organizes all kinds 357 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: of stuff. It gives you a little hint system how 358 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: you could save more money. I really like I don't 359 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: use it very much. I kind of tested it out, 360 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: but I found that I got bored with it. The 361 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: thing that I'm really liking right now is called Personal Capital, 362 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: and Personal Capital does a lot of these same things, 363 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: but it you know, you put all your accounts in there, 364 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: so you put your four O one k's, your investment accounts, 365 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: checking account, your credit cards, any assets that you have. 366 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: And this is much more powerful. This this kind of 367 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: gives you a real snapshot of just how much you owe, 368 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: how much you have, where your money is, how you're 369 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: doing compared to the stock market. So it's it's geared 370 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: a little bit more towards the investor. But it is 371 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: a fantastic product. And that's called Personal Capital. And again, 372 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: all these products, including Clarity Money, personal Capital, they all 373 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,719 Speaker 1: use the same kind of encryption. They all connect your 374 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: bank account. A lot of them use a service called 375 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: Stripe to connect your bank account so it's it's all 376 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: very similar. So is it safe? I mean, is anything 377 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: safe that's online. We are only as safe as the 378 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: precautions we take and the things that we do. But 379 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: is the app a scam? No, So if you trust 380 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: the app, you can sink your information to it and 381 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: go from there. But check out Personal Capital, Clarity Money, Mint. 382 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: I don't recommend anymore because I feel like I just 383 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: I don't see the value in Mint anymore. I feel 384 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: like they've really switched from being interesting and helpful to 385 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: just trying to sell me credit cards and stuff I 386 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: don't need, and I just find that I just don't 387 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: get the value out of Mint. In fact, I think 388 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: I deleted my account with Mint, but I was one 389 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: of the first to signed up. I remember I was 390 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: working at cakew when I signed up, and I thought 391 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: it was so cool to see everything on one page. 392 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: And now there are so many services that offer this 393 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: financial snapshot, including like your own bank. A lot of 394 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: banks will let you do this right through their website. 395 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: But check it out Clarity Money, Personal Capital, and there 396 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: are others out there. If you have one, let me 397 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: know if you like it. All right, So back to 398 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: the Samsung event, one more thing, and that's it. I'll 399 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: just talk about one more thing. If they announced this 400 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: is the Galaxy Book S, and I actually kind of 401 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: like this. This is a laptop that it's very powerful. 402 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: Well it's not as powerful as your standard laptop, but 403 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: it's got everything you need if you just need kind 404 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: of a in between things. So maybe you don't want 405 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: to buy a tablet, but you want your smartphone and 406 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: maybe a nice laptop that you can type on. 407 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 2: There's a trackpad, it's got a nice. 408 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: Thirteen inch touchscreen, it runs Windows ten. But the neat 409 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: thing about the Galaxy Book S is that there is 410 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: LTE built in. I've always wanted LTE built into my laptop. 411 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: It would just make so much sense when you travel 412 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: to not have to deal with all these Wi Fi 413 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: hotspots and you just are connected. And if you if 414 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: you have a good Wi Fi hot spot in your 415 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: hotel room, that's fine. But LTE is inherently more secure 416 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: because you're not connecting to some sketchy network. And I'm 417 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: not saying all Wi Fi networks are sketchy, but sometimes 418 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: you're desperate and you just find one that works and 419 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: you're willing to connect to it. So having that LTE 420 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 1: connection is nice and it's funny because as I saw this, 421 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: it just makes so much sense that all these cellular 422 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: companies love the trend of LTE in everything. You've got 423 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: LTE in your phone, You've got LTE in your car, 424 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: You've got LTE on your watch, You've got LTE on 425 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: your laptop. Now you've got lt on your tablet. Theoretically, 426 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: you could be walking around with your phone, your watch, 427 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: and your laptop all connected to LTE. That's three devices 428 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: that you're paying for now for an LTE connection versus 429 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: the old days when it was just one and you 430 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: could have more. You could have your car, you could 431 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: have your tablet. It gets a little crazy. You could 432 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: have your kid's phone. So it really is a little 433 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: nutty at this point. But you do have a thirteen 434 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: point three inch display, Like I said, that is a 435 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: touch screen. They say you get twenty three hours of 436 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 1: continuous video playback with one charge. 437 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 2: I don't know. 438 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: When I was looking at them in the demo area, 439 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: it was saying between seven and nine hours. 440 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 2: When I was actually. 441 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: Using it to do stuff, So I would take the 442 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: twenty three hours to the grain of salt. It's up 443 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: to a terabyte of expandable storage. And the way that 444 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: you charge it is through the same connector MICROUS or 445 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,719 Speaker 1: USB C that you would use on your phone, So 446 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: that's kind of nice. If you're traveling with this thing, 447 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: you can just literally use the same USB C connector 448 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: that you used to charge your phone to charge the laptop. 449 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 2: And it's really nice. 450 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: It comes in two colors, gold and gray, and it's 451 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: a beautiful laptop. It's very slim, very sleek, very lightweight. 452 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: It's got eight gigs a RAM. Let's see, okay, two 453 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: fifty six looks like the bottom of the storage five 454 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: twelve built in and then microSD slot up to a terabyte, 455 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: and of course that's going to be, you know, something 456 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: that you'd have to expand later. But it's got everything 457 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,959 Speaker 1: you need. It's got a fingerprint sensor, it's got Star speakers, 458 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: and it has a selfie camera as well. So this 459 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: is nice. I mean for nine to ninety nine starting price. 460 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: It's kind of aimed towards the person that just wants 461 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: something that works, like a laptop has Windows, does everything 462 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 1: they need, but doesn't have to be the most powerful 463 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: laptop out there. This is running a qualcom mobile chip inside, 464 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: so it's not not the standard chips that you might 465 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: find like in an Apple laptop or a Windows laptop. 466 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: All right, let's get to another question from Debbie. She says, 467 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: I have an iPhone six S and I'll be traveling 468 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,479 Speaker 1: to Europe and don't want to carry along a camera. 469 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: Can you tell me the best app that is going 470 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 1: to provide a better picture quality. I don't think that 471 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: any camera app is going to provide better picture quality 472 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: than the built in app on the iPhone. There are 473 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: apps that take advantage of what they call the iPhone 474 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: camera APIs, so they can be built specifically to take 475 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 1: advantage of the photography built into the iPhone. The app 476 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: that I would recommend if I had to is called 477 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: Halied Hlid, and the only reason I recommend it is 478 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: because it gives you more control over your pictures. You 479 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: can do a lot with this camera. There's a million 480 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: cameras for the iPhone out there. I wouldn't recommend any 481 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: of them, but the Halied one is pretty decent. It 482 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: was invented by a couple of guys that know a 483 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 1: thing or two about cameras because they were movie makers, 484 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: or they still are. I'm not sure, but there's a 485 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: lot of different features built into this camera that works. 486 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 2: So it also shoots in. 487 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: Raw and it just you know it. Let's see what 488 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: do you have here? Smart auto, so you've got an 489 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: auto feature, You've got focus parking or focus peaking. Rather, 490 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: you've got a histogram, grid and level raw plus JPEG. 491 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: I don't think you're going to need any of these. 492 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: I think you just take your phone. I mean, I've 493 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: been around the world and I've never taken a phone 494 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: out side of my camera. I mean, I've taken some 495 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 1: like go pros and stuff like that, but I've been 496 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: everywhere and I just think that the phone you have 497 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: in your pocket is going to be the best one. 498 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: I know people that want to bring DSLRs and SLRs, 499 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 1: but if you're a true photographer, you're gonna have one 500 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: of those. But if you're telling me you have an 501 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 1: iPhone success you're going to Europe, you don't want to 502 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: carry a camera, Just carry your iPhone. 503 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 2: You're gonna be just fine. 504 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: Now, when it comes to editing pictures, you can do 505 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: a lot after you take them, And the app I 506 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: recommend for that is called snapseed. 507 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 2: It's owned by Google. It is so smart, it is 508 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 2: so cool. 509 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: You will be amazed what you can do in post 510 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: processing with that app, with the pictures that you already 511 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: take right on the iPhone. So those are the two 512 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: things I recommend. Good luck and have a great trip. 513 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: I'm jealous. Where are you going in Europe? 514 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 2: I want to know. I want to go to Europe. 515 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 2: Let's see what else do we have to talk about. 516 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: Amazon introducing a new prime benefit for students, Amazon Music 517 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: Unlimited for justinety nine cents a month. This is a 518 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,199 Speaker 1: direct war against Spotify, which has a student plan for 519 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: five dollars a month. 520 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 2: But here's the catch. 521 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: You have to have a Prime student membership, which I 522 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: think is fifty percent off the normal prime so I 523 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: think it's about six dollars a month. But here's the thing. 524 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 1: When I was a college student, I was broke. I 525 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: didn't have money for a subscription to anything. And I 526 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: guess maybe a lot of students have a subscription to Amazon, 527 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: but I mean, really, I don't know if you need 528 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: a subscription to Amazon when you're a college student. I mean, 529 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: how much stuff can can you buy through there? I 530 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: wasn't doing a lot of online shopping. I wasn't doing 531 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: a lot of shopping at all, and I feel like 532 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: a lot of these students probably just latch onto mom 533 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: and Dad's Amazon Prime account. I know it used to 534 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: be easy to share your Prime account with other people, 535 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: especially those outside your household. Maybe Amazon has clamped down 536 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: on that just a little bit and made it tougher 537 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: and also made it more interesting that you can get 538 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 1: this Prime Student benefit. So the Prime Student membership plan 539 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 1: is I think it's free for six months. So you 540 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: can get a six month trial of Amazon Duck at 541 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: Amazon dot com slash Prime Student, and then you can 542 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: get the or hold on this. I'm trying to figure out, 543 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: is it. Yeah, college students can sign up for a 544 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: six month trial of Prime Student and enjoy fast free 545 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: delivery from Prime Plus movies, TV shows, and then the 546 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: music for a dollar extra per month, and this gives 547 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: you access to fifty million songs and the latest releases, 548 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: so sort of like Spotify. I don't know, I mean, 549 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: if you're paying for Spotify, I don't see a lot 550 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: of college students switching, but maybe if they are on 551 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: that Spotify subscription for five dollars a month, they would 552 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: rather have the ninety nine cents a month, and it's 553 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: definitely a savings but I feel like there's also a 554 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: cachet that comes along with having Spotify. It's sort of 555 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: the gold standard of music services, and I think a 556 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: lot of students, I don't know, maybe maybe they don't care. 557 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: But personally, I'm using Apple Music because it's free with 558 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: my Verizon account. So I switched from from the Spotify 559 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: plan when that came out to be free, and I 560 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: haven't really looked back because you know, to me, they're 561 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: all the same as long as you've got the playlist 562 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 1: that you like, I don't really see a difference. And 563 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: to me that the playlists on Apple Music are just fine. 564 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: They're not as far reaching as the ones that you 565 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: can get on Spotify. Spotify has a playlist for everything, 566 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: whereas Apple Music is a little simpler. 567 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 2: But it doesn't bother me. I'm just fine. 568 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: I've got my country playlist, I've got my pop playlist, 569 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: I've got my workout playlist, and I'm just trying to 570 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: back get back into the indie playlist as well. That's 571 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: not working too well. I'm kind of forgetting all the 572 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: bands I used to like. My wife got me into 573 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: country music, and so I've been listening to a lot 574 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: of country, and on Spotify they had a pop and 575 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: country mix that I really liked. And then when I 576 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 1: switched to the Apple Music there is no mix of 577 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: those two genres, but to me, a lot of the country, 578 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 1: the new country, I should say, is very poppy. So 579 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: but I used to only listen to indie music and 580 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: you know, like Lumineers and all that stuff and Cage 581 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: the Elephant, But now I don't really listen to that 582 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: anymore because I got into the country stuff. So do 583 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: you care? Do you care what I listened to? I 584 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: don't know, but I'll tell you what I don't listen to, 585 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: and that's hard rock, heavy metal, or I should say 586 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: heavy metal. I don't really listen to that stuff. But 587 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: the rest of it, I'm pretty open to a lot 588 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: of music. I like the coffee house on the weekends. 589 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: I like, you know, some classical. If I'm trying to work, 590 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: I like study beats. I like some of the chill music. 591 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: I'm kind of a fan of all music except for 592 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: the head banging stuff. Question from Darlene. Darlene says, I 593 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: I like to check things. I like to check off 594 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: things on a list. Currently, I use a notes app 595 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: to make my list, but there's no way to check them. 596 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 2: Off as I do it. 597 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: Does one exist that you can recommend? There are many 598 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: apps that will let you do this, but a very 599 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: simple one that's free and not a lot of fuss. 600 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 2: Is called Google Keep. 601 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: This is Google's note taking app. It works on both 602 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 1: iPhone and Android, and you can make a list like 603 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: my wife and I do. We make a list for 604 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: the grocery store, and you can check it off, and 605 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: you can. I believe there's an option to keep things 606 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: there when you check it off, and I believe there's 607 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: an option to also let it disappear, so I think 608 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: you can see it however you want. So if you 609 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: want to keep everything xed out, you can do that, 610 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: or if you're shopping, I find that it's really easy 611 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,239 Speaker 1: to let them disappear. So you make your list and 612 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: then as you buy the things on your list, you 613 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: just check them off and they disappear. So instead of 614 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: having to keep going through your list one hundred times 615 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: your head mentally remembering what you've gotten, already, everything's gone 616 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: that you've gotten, and I believe there's a way to 617 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: take it back. But why would you need to? So 618 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: I would just check out Google Keep. It's a great app, 619 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: it's free. There are a lot of other apps that 620 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: can do this, but most of them are a freemium app, 621 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: which means it's going to be free for the basic use, 622 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: but they're going to be nagging you to switch to 623 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: a paid version of that app at every step of 624 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: the way. So anything you want to do with this app, 625 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, they're gonna be like, well, can 626 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: you pay three dollars a month? Can you pay six 627 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: bucks for the year? Can you pay ten dollars for 628 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: the year? Whereas Google Keep is totally free and they 629 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: don't try to upsell you on anything. Verizon Verizon, Verizon, Man, 630 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: I don't even know where to start with this. Verizon 631 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: has new plans. It's so funny because unlimited does not 632 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: mean unlimited in today's world, and they have four new 633 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: unlimited plans through Verizon. How do you have four unlimited plants? 634 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: Unlimited should be unlimited, but no, it's unlimited with the 635 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: craziest names that make no sense. Let me go through 636 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: these names. Start Unlimited, play more unlimited, do more unlimited, 637 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: Get more unlimited, The start unlimited starts at thirty five 638 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: dollars a month. Hold on, let's go down to just 639 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: to Oh my gosh, let's just go to the single 640 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: plan because the other thing that these plans do is 641 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: they say one hundred and sixty dollars for four lines, 642 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: but not everyone needs four lines. I just need two. 643 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: But let's just go with one line. Start Unlimited is 644 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: seventy dollars a month. Play More Unlimited is eighty dollars 645 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: a month. Then it gets really confusing because Do More 646 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: Unlimited is also eighty dollars a month, and then Get 647 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: More Unlimited is ninety a month. 648 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 2: What do you get with these various plans? 649 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 1: The Start Unlimited is seventy dollars a month for unlimited 650 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 1: four GLTE data and DVD quality streaming, which is for 651 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 1: eighty p So I don't like that, and you get 652 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: Apple Music free for six months. Then play More Unlimited 653 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 1: gives you five G access for ten dollars a month, 654 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: which is free for a limited time. Unlimited four g 655 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: lt E plus twenty five gigs of premium data. What 656 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: does that mean if it's unlimited? What does that mean exactly? 657 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: So maybe it's unlimited up until twenty five gigs and 658 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,080 Speaker 1: then it might slow down after that. Then you have 659 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: unlimited hot Spot, which is actually not unlimited because it's 660 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: only up to fifteen gigs of four g LTE. So yes, 661 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: it's unlimited, but not at high speeds. This is so crazy. 662 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: Then you get seven to twenty HD streaming and Apple 663 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: Music is included. Then you jump up and do more 664 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: Unlimited its eighty dollars a month. That gives you five 665 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: g axs for ten dollars a month extra unlimited four 666 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: g lt E plus fifty gigs of premium data. So again, 667 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: I think you get fifty gigs before it might throttle 668 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: and slow down. Unlimited Mobile hot Spot up to fifteen 669 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 1: gigs of four GLTE. Now you're going back down to 670 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: DVD quality streaming, and then you have free music for 671 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: six months. I just don't understand why this plan would 672 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,800 Speaker 1: be more. And then you get five hundred gigs of 673 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: Verizon Cloud storage. Now that's actually interesting because I've not 674 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: used the Verizon storage, but that's not a bad amount 675 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 1: of Verizon storage. If you're trying to put all your 676 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: pictures or something in the Verizon cloud, I wouldn't recommend that, 677 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: but I'm sure some people do that, then you have 678 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 1: the top of the top, get more unlimited. This is 679 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,280 Speaker 1: ninety dollars a month. Five g access is ten dollars 680 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,319 Speaker 1: extra a month free for a limited time, unlimited four 681 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: g LTE, but you get seventy five gigs of premium data. 682 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 1: So again I think this will give you seventy five 683 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: gigs a full throttle, and then after that they might 684 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 1: slow you down. Then you get unlimited mobile hotspot up 685 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: to thirty gigs at four GLTE and you get back 686 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: up to seven twenty HD streaming and Apple Music is 687 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: included again, plus the five hundred gigs of Verizon Cloud storage. 688 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 2: And I believe that all of these. 689 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 1: Plans include a ten dollars a month discount if you 690 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: sign up for paper free billing and auto pay, So 691 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: if you didn't, you're actually looking at prices from eighty 692 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: dollars a month to one hundred dollars a month if 693 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: you don't, if you want to see your bill before 694 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: they charge you. And this is my favorite thing. Every 695 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: month I get my little thank you from Verizon, thank 696 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,320 Speaker 1: you for submitting your payment, and there's no thank you. 697 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 1: You took my checking card number because I have to 698 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 1: give my debit card number, and you just took the 699 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,919 Speaker 1: payment out of my debit card. I didn't have any 700 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,359 Speaker 1: option because am I really going to give up ten 701 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 1: dollars a month over a year. That's one hundred and 702 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,440 Speaker 1: twenty dollars a year to pay just to see my 703 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: bill before you take it, or for me to pay 704 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 1: my bill at my leisure. No, that would seem silly. 705 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 1: So you're not thanking me for anything. You kind of 706 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: forced me into it. Then there's one other plan called 707 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,799 Speaker 1: the Just Kids, which is fifty dollars a month, which 708 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: seems insane for a kid's plan. You would think a 709 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: kid's plan would be twenty dollars a month. By the way, 710 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,480 Speaker 1: the Kid's plan is terrible. It includes five gigs of 711 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: four GLTE data, DVD quality streaming, unlimited talk and text 712 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: to twenty contacts, and parental controls. That to me sounds 713 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,840 Speaker 1: like a twenty dollars a month plan. I don't know 714 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,479 Speaker 1: how they're getting fifty dollars a month for just five 715 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,840 Speaker 1: measly gigs of data and calls to only twenty people 716 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,239 Speaker 1: and DVD quality streaming. That is a terrible deal. This 717 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 1: makes me want to switch from Verizon immediately. But I 718 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: don't know where i'd go. I guess visible maybe, But 719 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:48,720 Speaker 1: I kind of use I use my Plan a lot, 720 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: so I shouldn't be talking so much garbage about them, 721 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,279 Speaker 1: because I actually do use a significant amount of my 722 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: Plan when I'm using it a lot. I've used up 723 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:03,720 Speaker 1: to like seventy five gigs a month. So anyway, that's 724 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 1: the new Verizon plans, which are overly complicated. I don't 725 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: know what's going on, but I will tell you this, 726 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: the four G LTE plans will take a nose dive 727 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: once five G comes out and everyone's promoting that four 728 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 1: G networks will be a dime a dozen. And I 729 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:21,840 Speaker 1: hope prices will go down a little bit in the 730 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,640 Speaker 1: future because everyone's going to be so fixated on five 731 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:27,480 Speaker 1: G and charging us more for those plans. You're already 732 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,319 Speaker 1: seeing that these are going up ten dollars a month 733 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: additional for five G, so hopefully the four G plans 734 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 1: will get just a little bit cheaper. Amazon is starting 735 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 1: autonomous robot deliveries in Irvine, California. I reported about this 736 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 1: on KTLA and on my social media a while back. 737 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:50,720 Speaker 1: This Amazon Scout device, which looks like a little robot 738 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,000 Speaker 1: kind of like a little Amazon Prime box on wheels. 739 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:58,320 Speaker 1: It rolls around the neighborhood and it delivers packages to houses. 740 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,280 Speaker 1: So originally they were doing this up in the Seattle area, 741 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: and I believe it was a city north of Seattle. 742 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,319 Speaker 1: Now they're doing Irvine, California. So I have to get 743 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: out to Irvine to test this out because I want 744 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,799 Speaker 1: to see how this thing delivers. I'm so curious to 745 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 1: see it in action. The video that they show you 746 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: online was recorded at Wisteria Lane at Universal Studios on 747 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: a backlot, which is highly controlled and clearly not real life. 748 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:28,560 Speaker 1: So in real life in Irvine, it's going to let's see, 749 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: what do they say. It's going to occur Monday through 750 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 1: Friday during daylight hours, and there's going to be an 751 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: Amazon Scout ambassador to make sure that deliveries go okay, 752 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,080 Speaker 1: at least initially. But I can't wait to see this 753 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 1: thing in action because it just sounds so cool and 754 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 1: so futuristic to have a little autonomous robot dropping off 755 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,759 Speaker 1: a package at your front door. I saw this thing 756 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:55,040 Speaker 1: at CS called the Animal, which is very similar to this, 757 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,759 Speaker 1: except it looks more like a dog with a what 758 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,000 Speaker 1: would you say, a basket on its back and it 759 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,279 Speaker 1: takes the package out of the truck. The idea is 760 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 1: that the delivery truck pulls up at the end of 761 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:09,400 Speaker 1: your street, package is loaded onto this little robot. Robot 762 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,239 Speaker 1: walks down your street, goes up to your front door. 763 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: In this case, it can walk up the steps with 764 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: this animal, and then it rings the doorbell with one 765 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,720 Speaker 1: of its arms and it falls over to the side 766 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,359 Speaker 1: to drop your package. So it sort of leans over 767 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,400 Speaker 1: and drops your package on the ground and then walks away. 768 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,560 Speaker 1: That's the demo I saw. It was really cool. It's 769 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: on my Instagram if you want to see it. This 770 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,200 Speaker 1: is a little bit different because I haven't really seen 771 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,440 Speaker 1: how this drops off the package if it rings your 772 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,799 Speaker 1: doorbell and then pops open. But at this point the 773 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,840 Speaker 1: Amazon delivery drivers are just leaving all the packages on 774 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: the front step. Anyway, I would say for ninety nine 775 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: percent of them, unless it's a super high value item. 776 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,920 Speaker 1: I think they've ring your doorbell and then wait for 777 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: a signature. But remember the day when you had to 778 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 1: sign for everything. Now, I think the way Amazon does 779 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,000 Speaker 1: it is they have a value li so if something 780 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,280 Speaker 1: is under a certain value, they don't care they're gonna 781 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: eat it if they're going to eat the cost if 782 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,760 Speaker 1: it gets stolen, or if someone claims it was stolen, 783 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 1: because they may say that they leave it on your doorstep, 784 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,040 Speaker 1: and you may say, oh, I didn't get it, and 785 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 1: I know that the delivery drivers are also taking pictures, 786 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,040 Speaker 1: but that still doesn't really hold up. If you say 787 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,959 Speaker 1: didn't get it, you didn't get it, if you didn't 788 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: sign for it. There's no proof even if you're lying. 789 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,200 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying you should do that, but I 790 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 1: think that Amazon just used an algorithm to kind of 791 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 1: figure out whether this thing is high value and whether 792 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,920 Speaker 1: they can leave it there or if they really need 793 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: to get a signature. And I'm not even sure they 794 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,400 Speaker 1: get signatures for it. I can't remember the last time 795 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,120 Speaker 1: they required a signature on anything that they've delivered. 796 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:41,200 Speaker 2: To my house. 797 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:45,799 Speaker 1: All right, final email from Shannon. I want to tell 798 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,360 Speaker 1: you how much I love, love, love your podcast and 799 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,440 Speaker 1: when you are on TV in Chicago. Thanks for all 800 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 1: you have helped me with just by listening to you. 801 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:55,240 Speaker 2: Well, Thank you, Shannon. 802 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 1: That is a great way to end the show. And 803 00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: yes I'm on TV in Chicago. W A lot of 804 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: the stations that are Tribune Company, which is the company 805 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,400 Speaker 1: I work for. KTLA is owned by them, soon to 806 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,680 Speaker 1: be a company called Nextstar, which I used to work for. 807 00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,759 Speaker 1: By the way, they run our stuff that we do, 808 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: so often you'll see me clarify where something is in California. 809 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 1: I'll say something like Irvine, California, because people in other 810 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: areas need to know that it's not just a local 811 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,840 Speaker 1: news kind of thing. So yes, WGN runs. Thank you 812 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,560 Speaker 1: so much for watching out there. 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