iPhone Event Set, Budget Wireless & Streaming Sports

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Apple announces the date for its next big iPhone event.
I'll tell you what surprises might be in store. Plus
a new tool promises to make finding your favorite sports
games easier than ever. I'll tell you how it works.
Vinyl record sales are seeing a big boost. I'll break
down the numbers behind this resurgence. Plus your tech questions answered.

(00:23):
What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich
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Speaker 2 (01:00):
Guests on the show.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
This week, we've got UCSF Pediatrics Professor doctor Jason Nagata.
He's going to discuss all of those recent school smartphone
bands and the impact on student well being. Plus we've
got Business Insider they're going to join us to talk
about mobile carriers Mint Mobile and Tello Mobile, comparing both
of them, and the TV answer man Philip Swan is

(01:24):
going to help you select the ideal sports streaming service
for your needs.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
It is the first week of college football.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
NFL is happening as well, and so you're probably looking
at some of these streaming services. I'll help you figure
out or he'll help you figure out which one is
best for you. This week, Apple sent out invitations for
its next big iPhone event. This is for the iPhone sixteen,
happening on September ninth. It's a little bit early this year,

(01:54):
not too much, but typically they do it on a Tuesday.
This year it's on a Monday. The reason the big
presidential debate is on that Tuesday, so they didn't want
to mess with that. It's September eleventh, on Wednesday, obviously
not the best day for an event, so Monday it
is Monday, September ninth. It's funny all of the major
tech events this year were earlier than originally scheduled or

(02:17):
originally when they typically are. So Apple's event will be
up in Cooper, Tino at their headquarters.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Yes, I'll be there.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
What are we expecting to see the iPhone sixteen and sixteen,
plus the iPhone sixteen Pro and iPhone sixteen Pro Max,
so four models of the iPhone sixteen. They will all
have that AI built in. But there's been some talk
about whether that AI will be available day one or
we're gonna have to wait a little bit longer for
that AI to come in a software update, maybe in

(02:47):
a month after the launch. Also on the docket Apple
Watch Series ten and then the Apple Watch Ultra three. Now,
of course this is all rumor and speculation. Apple never
confirms any thing before the actual event. But the highlights
of these new phones, as according to the rumor mill
a new A eighteen chip. We're already up to A

(03:09):
eighteen plus more RAM than ever eight gigabytes. Apple never
says how much RAM. They never actually give a lot
of specs for their phones besides the storage and the processor,
but these supposedly have more RAM, maybe to handle all
the AI stuff. A new action button across all of
the phones. This is a customizable button that you can

(03:31):
make do anything when you press it. You can make
it record a voice memo, or activate a smart assistant,
whatever you want. That's been available on the fifteen Pro models.
Now that's apparently coming to the whole lineup. Then you've
got a new capture button. Now, this is interesting. So
Apple might be going all in on making the iPhone
a camera, which it already is for many people, but

(03:54):
the dedicated capture button would be really interesting to have
on there. So I'm very curious if that's actually going
to happen, where they would put that and how that
would work.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
Let's see what else colors.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
I don't really care about the colors, but I know
a lot of people do, blue, green, pink, white, black.
Let's see what else. Oh, new larger displays. That's interesting.
These phones are getting even bigger, six point nine inches
on the high end. There five X zoom on the
Pro model, and the Apple Watch may be larger as well,

(04:26):
larger and thinner. And then, of course, if you're not
caring about the new iPhones, there will be a brand
new version of the software that runs on the iPhone
iOS eighteen. This will be available for the iPhone ten
R and up, which means if you have a phone
all the way from back in twenty eighteen, you're still
going to get a software update. That's pretty incredible. By

(04:47):
the way the event is called it's glow time. What
does that mean? Well, I think it means it's the
It refers to the look of Siri and all this AI.
Whenever you activate AI on the iPhone. As far as
I saw in demo that I got back in June,
it like the whole phone kind of glows, Like the
screen has this like magical glow to it. So I

(05:08):
think that's what glow time means. I don't think we're
gonna see glow in the dark iPhones. Don't think that's
gonna happen. All right, I'm excited for that. I know
it's a big date for a lot of people to
either upgrade or get that new software or just see
what Apple's doing. It's always kind of a big deal
when it's the number one top tech company in the
world revealing the new products. No matter what where you

(05:29):
stand on iPhone, good or bad, it's always a big day. Meanwhile,
AI obviously been the biggest thing on all of the
new smartphones this year. I told you last week that
it is propelling sales of smartphones. I've been using the
Pixel nine Pro and I think it is just absolutely incredible.
I think that that is the phone to be at

(05:50):
this point with for the average person, Like, if you
want a smartphone that is not Samsung, that's not Apple,
the Pixel is the way to go. Is there any
other choice, by the way, I don't think there is
at this point. But I think Samsung gets it in
the hardware. I think Apple gets it in kind of
the overall accessories and ease of use, and you can
walk into a store. They've got them everywhere if you

(06:11):
need help, So I think that's where they get it.
But Pixel is kind of like this sleeper phone that's
like it's really good, camera is amazing, the software is
really really good, it's smart, and it just feels like
a smartphone. But speaking of AI, California set to maybe
pass a landmark AI safety bill. This is SB ten

(06:34):
forty seven, a major AI regulation bill. The main thing
about this bill is that some lawmakers are trying to
implement safety measures for AI. So before these advanced AI
models go out into the world, they have to be
they have to be vetted, and these companies could be
held accountable for any mistakes they make. And they would

(06:58):
also have to have a kill switch, which means they
can shut them down quickly.

Speaker 2 (07:01):
If something goes wrong. What could possibly go wrong?

Speaker 1 (07:04):
Well, I don't know, taking over the entire world, trying
to kill US, bio warfare, election manipulation, I mean AI.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
If you're not playing.

Speaker 1 (07:13):
With it, it is incredible, It is incredibly useful, it
is incredibly smart, and we are just at the beginning.
So this bill in California, this wouldn't be for the
whole US, but because all of these tech companies are
headquartered in California, this would have nationwide ramifications. So who's
on the support side. Well, let me tell you who's

(07:35):
against it? First, Open AI makers of chat, GBT they
don't like it. Meta makers of Facebook, they don't like it.
Google makers of Google, they don't like it. Some politicians
who don't want to stifle innovation. California's Chamber of Commerce
all against this bill.

Speaker 2 (07:54):
Why don't they like it?

Speaker 1 (07:55):
Well, because it makes things tougher for these companies to
just do whatever they want to do. Who supports it? Interestingly,
Elon Musk. Now I mentioned that I just finished reading
his or listening to his biography by Walter Isaacson and
Elon Musk For all of the future thinking that he does,

(08:16):
he is actually very thoughtful about the implications of AI,
even though he has his own AI in Twitter or
x whatever it is called Grock. He says that he
does think that AI could have, you know, some issues,
some downsides if left unchecked, and so he is supporting
this bill. He says this should probably happen now. You

(08:38):
may argue, if you're a cynic, that he wants to
stifle the innovation of these big companies that are in
competition with him. So of course he's for this because
it would slow them down and give him time to
catch up. But that's a very cynical view of things.
Anthropic makers of Claude AI, which is my preferred AI,
known as a more safe and friendly AI, they are

(09:00):
also supporting this, and I love Anthropic. If you have
not tried Claude down, download this app to your phone
right now. Claude AI, make sure you get the official one.
It is incredible. I use this every day all day long.
It is just it's not as sexy as the other
AI's out there. It's Anthropic A N T H R

(09:21):
O P I C claude C l A U D E.
So look that up on your phone. It's available for
iPhone and Android and just get it on your phone again.
Not as sexy as chat gybt which has become Kleenex.
You know, it's not Google with their Gemini, it's not Samsung,
it's not Meta which forces it in your search bar.

(09:42):
But it's really good, and it's really good at just
thoughtful answers. Anyway, they are supporting this as well, so
it's not a done deal yet the governor. It's got
one more kind of step to go back to the
Senate before it will go to the Governor's desk. But
then the governor of California has until late September to
sign or veto the bill. And the thing that's interesting

(10:03):
about this is that Governor Newsom here in California has
not given any sort of like inkling to whether he
likes this or doesn't like it. And you have to
think where he's coming from. Obviously, he wants to set
you know, California likes the regulations, but he also does
not want to stifle the tech companies that are based
here and their growth because there are many other states

(10:24):
and there are many other countries that are ready to
jump in and say, hey, come on over here, you
can do all the stuff you want to do over here,
and you don't have to deal with all those zany
regulations that California has. So we'll see what happens there,
but you know, the outcome could set a precedent here
in the United States. All Right, I've got so much
more to talk about on the show today.

Speaker 2 (10:45):
I'm going to talk about.

Speaker 1 (10:46):
How I switched away from so NOS, why I had
to actually paid to rent a movie last night, my birthday,
clearing out voicemails on your phone, this new app that
I really love, and a.

Speaker 2 (10:59):
Very easy way to use AI.

Speaker 1 (11:00):
It's all coming up right here on rich On Tech
eight eight to eight rich one on one eight eight
eight seven four two four one zero one. Welcome back
to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you,
talking technology at Triple eight rich one oh one. That's
eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Well,

(11:21):
it is the start of football season, and uh, whether
you watch college or NFL something in between. ESPN has
launched a new feature called where to Watch. This is
the streaming slash TV database you have been looking for.
It's really really easy, it's very useful, but basically you

(11:43):
can see where your games are streaming or playing on
which TV channel. They've got broadcast networks, cable channels, regional
sports networks, streaming services, and you can get it from
the ESPN app or ESPN dot com. Very very simple,
and if you log into ESPN, you can even set
your teams that you want to watch and it will

(12:04):
show you where those are first. Super super easy. They've
got over two hundred and fifty sources for this. You
can just go to ESPN dot com slash where to
watch and it's it's great. It's game game changing, no
pun intended, but it's great because you can see all
the dates ahead of you. You can select the teams
that you want and those will be showed right at

(12:25):
the top, and it shows you every which way you
can watch them. So, for instance, Dodgers playing the Diamondbacks today,
you can watch it on the diamondbackstreaming DBAs dot TV, MLBtv,
or sportsnet LA. So it gives you all those options. Now,
I will say that with sports specifically, it is still
a it's still very confusing whether you can actually access

(12:47):
those games. For instance, this game is not going to
be on MLBtv if you are in the LA area,
as I understand because typically they black out the games
that are in your local area. This would be on
sports and at LA, which obviously you would need a
streaming service or a cable provider that has that channel
to see it. So we're almost there, but you know

(13:10):
the idea here, I mean, look at Okay, so there's
another thing on FM Championship LPGA. You can watch on
ESPN Golf channel or Peacock. Who would think that Peacock
would have all this stuff? Since when did Peacock get
so sporty? But now like half the NBC sports are
all on Peacock.

Speaker 3 (13:28):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (13:28):
Anyway, it's really handy. ESPN dot com Slash where to watch.
The other one I like is Fubo. Fubo has something
called Gamefinder, So if you go to Fubo dot tv slash,
I'll see if you can go directly, Yeah, Fubo dot
tv Slash Gamefinder. You enter your zip code and that
will tell you where the games are playing as well.

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So really really handy. It'll all be on my website,
rich on tech dot tv. If you want a link
to anything I mentioned here, just hit the light bulb
icon at the top. Let's go to Jason in a Equipment, Texas. Jason,
You're on with Rich.

Speaker 4 (14:05):
Hi.

Speaker 5 (14:05):
Hello, Rich?

Speaker 4 (14:06):
How are you?

Speaker 2 (14:07):
I'm doing excellent? What can I help you with?

Speaker 5 (14:09):
I'm the first time caller and I enjoy your show.

Speaker 2 (14:12):
And thank you.

Speaker 5 (14:15):
I have a thirteen inch MacBook Pro of twenty nineteen
with the Intel chip.

Speaker 2 (14:22):
Okay.

Speaker 5 (14:23):
I bought it new and bring a twenty twenty, and
I used it for a few months, and then I
put it up and didn't use it for probably two
or three years, and then I pulled it out last
year and updated it to the latest version. And the

(14:44):
battery won't charge anymore.

Speaker 2 (14:48):
Battery service batteries okay. So what can I help you with?

Speaker 5 (14:56):
I was saying, like, pick them the cock the count
and it says only.

Speaker 2 (15:10):
Fix okay.

Speaker 1 (15:12):
So it sounds like you're trying to figure out what
to do with this twenty nineteen MacBook Pro that will
not charge. So you are very correct in going into
the system information and checking the cycle count and the condition.
This is the health information of the battery. You can
access this by going to the Apple menu on your
computer upper left hand corner. You hold down the let's

(15:33):
see is it the option?

Speaker 2 (15:34):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (15:35):
So you hold down option, you tap that Apple and
it will switch from about this mac to system information.
You tap that, and then the left hand side it
says power and I can see my battery. I have
a brand new MacBook air cycle count nine. That means
I fully charged and discharged this battery nine times, which
I know it might sound like a lot, but that's

(15:56):
that's a cycle count is not how many days you've
had this computer and you've played it in. A cycle
is a little bit more than that, so it's like
the whole battery, So it's a little bit different than
just like, oh, I've plugged this in nine times and
then I've got conditioned normal maximum capacity one hundred percent.
Sounds like your battery is done. It's dead. So you
can either just leave this computer plugged in all the

(16:19):
time and use it that way. But keep in mind
if you unplug it, you're going to lose power instantly,
so you might want to put something like a ups
in between your computer and the wall so that way
you have a little bit of time to shut down
your computer if you yank out the cord. Otherwise, I
would recommend just bringing this computer in. It's a twenty nineteen,
You've still got plenty of life left on this computer.

(16:41):
I would bring it into the Apple Store, get a
quote from them, see how much it'll cost for them
to replace that battery. If you don't want to go there,
you can go to a local place that will replace
the battery. That's an authorized reseller, a best buy could
do it. Or you can go to a place like
you Break I Fix and they will give you a
free quote on how much it costs to replace the battery.
I'd say if it was about maybe three hundred dollars

(17:03):
or less, go ahead and do it. Because this is
a perfectly good computer. It's going to last you another
I'd say four or five years or so. Thanks for
the call, Jason, appreciate it. From there in Texas. Coming up,
we're going to talk to doctor Jason Nogada about the
recent school smartphone bands and the impact on students well being.
This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich On Tech.

(17:25):
Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at
triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight
seven four to two four one zero one. Give me
a call if you have a question about technology. We've
got lots to discuss on today's show. We'll get back
to the phone lines in just a moment. Joining me now,
UCSF Pediatrics Professor doctor Jason Nogada, thanks so much for

(17:46):
joining me today. Thanks so much for having me. So
this is an issue that's near and dear to my heart.
I've got two kids, they're both in school. They both
love their technology because they know who dad is and
they have a lot of access to it. I'm also
reading that book, The Anxious Generation, and it's making me
think twice about a lot of this stuff and the
manipulation by these social media companies and addicting our children. So,

(18:11):
first off, I know a lot of schools are starting
to ban smartphones during the day.

Speaker 2 (18:15):
What are your thoughts on that.

Speaker 6 (18:18):
Yeah, I think it's a great question, and as you mentioned,
many more school districts than schools are considering school bands.
I do think it's important to note that phones are
not inherently.

Speaker 7 (18:27):
Good or bad.

Speaker 6 (18:28):
There are some health risks that we know about that
we do want to minimize, but there are also some benefits,
including communication, socialization that you know children will have to
learn and to some extent, you know, technology is not
going to go away, and so in order for our
children to become functioning adults and able to function in society.
They will have to learn how to use technology and

(18:50):
phones to some extent. I do think that school cell
phone bands are relatively new, and there's not actually strong
evidence either way. So I think it is important that
aso are starting to implement these bands, that we really
study it rigorously so that we have hard data as
to whether or not it actually improves academic or health outcomes.

Speaker 2 (19:09):
That's so good. I like that.

Speaker 1 (19:10):
That's a good kind of like a nice way to
think about it, because you're right.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
I mean, there are so many benefits.

Speaker 1 (19:16):
We were discussing this last night with my kids because
they have watches, they don't have phones, but you know,
they can't use them during the day now. And you know,
my wife was like, well, you can call the school
if there's an emergency, and I said, well, no parent
wants to call the school in an emergency. They want
a direct line to their child. And I think that's
the biggest kind of flip side that parents, even though

(19:36):
they know these things could be rough on their kids,
they still want to be able to get in touch
with them during the day.

Speaker 2 (19:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (19:42):
Absolutely, I do think that that is one of their drawbacks,
so that I think there are risks and their benefits.
And you know, one of the key functions of phones
is for communication, and so if you want to be
able to communicate with your child, you know, with phones
being banned during the school day, you won't be able
to directly reach them throughout the day, especially in times
of emergencies.

Speaker 7 (20:01):
So I do think that that's one of the drawbacks.

Speaker 6 (20:04):
But you know, that being said, because all the kids
won't have access to phones, you know, none of them
will have they'll all be in the same situation and
they can all kind of socialize in person. So I
do think that there are some benefits that I'm really
encouraged kids to socialize like in person and also to
really fully focus on their studies during the in the

(20:24):
classroom without distractions. And while there's not a lot of data,
there have been some schools that have found that English
proficiency even has improved with the implementation of school bands
or school phone bands.

Speaker 1 (20:35):
And I think that's my biggest takeaway is that the
you know, these phones, like you said, they're not inherently
good or bad, but there are things that as human
beings that you know, with a brain and the way
that we think and do things. These phones attract our
attention a lot. I mean, you get these notifications throughout
the day, and of course these apps they want you

(20:57):
to be on there because that's their job is to
get you engaged. And so but kids, I feel like,
are a little bit and adults I see this as
with as well, is that we're we just can't handle it.

Speaker 2 (21:08):
Like we just you get that notification, you're gonna check it.

Speaker 1 (21:11):
Like I know, even this morning, I'm on a run
and I know that my family's just texting back and forth,
but my my watch keeps vibrating and I want to
check it.

Speaker 2 (21:19):
And that's pretty normal, right, It's pretty typical.

Speaker 6 (21:22):
Yeah, I mean I do think that, as you mentioned,
the technology is designed to you know, get you engage it,
to use more of it. And so just as you mentioned,
like more notifications you have, you know, you're we're naturally
designed in programmed to want to check it. And with
kids in social media, you know, if they've gotten a
like or a comment, they want to check it right
away and they want to respond to it. And so

(21:43):
I do think that there are things you know, inherent
and the technology design that are you know, have addictive natures,
and I do think that, you know, for kids and
adults to like, it's really hard to fight that. So
I do think that one, you know, very clear way
of addressing that is to just the devices altogether. And
so I do think that, you know, if during the

(22:04):
school day, kids aren't getting those notifications, then they can
really be present for the academic work ahead of them.
So that is one of the you know, I guess
the most effective way of getting rid of all those
distractions and notifications is actually to just remove the device.

Speaker 1 (22:17):
I mean, that may not be the best long term
because number one, as soon as the kid gets out
of school, they're back to their phone. So it's like
this weird and my wife and I have struggled this
with this with my kids. It's like, do you aban
the roadblocks during the week and just let them, you know,
play as much as they want on the weekends. It's like,
it's this weird thing because I get as an adult,
you have to learn to like manage your time and

(22:37):
you have to learn to like manage your attention. Are
kids just not equipped to do that yet at their age?
Is that why it's kind of very different? And I know,
not all adults can do that either easily.

Speaker 6 (22:48):
Yeah, I think you're absolutely right, And I do think
that there's not a one size fits all solution, even
for your own child, because I think actually your child's
age and development matters a whole lot. I do think
that as children become teenagers and you know, as you said,
transition to adults, ideally you want to provide them with
skills and their own decisions so that when they go off,

(23:11):
you know, when they move away from home and they're
working on their own or going to college, they're equipped
with the skills and the tools to be able to
balance and manage technology and their own you know, personal life,
you know, just like we're faced with as adults. So
I do think the ultimate goal is to get to
that stage where they can make healthy and good decisions
that really optimize their tech use while minimizing the risks.

(23:33):
But I do think that especially for younger children, you know,
who are really much more dependent on their parents and
do you know, often do.

Speaker 7 (23:41):
Better with rules.

Speaker 6 (23:42):
I do think that it makes more sense in general
to have more rules for younger children, who you know,
may not have the developments to be able to really
make some of these decisions on their own, just like
you wouldn't let a five year old, you know, we
don't let firo's drive cars or do.

Speaker 7 (23:55):
Other things like that.

Speaker 6 (23:56):
I do think that there is potentially a role for
a graduation and where you know, as kids are getting
older and able to make more decisions on their own,
you can provide them with a little bit more autonomy,
and eventually the goal is to get them to you know,
be able to function optimally on their own.

Speaker 1 (24:12):
So what should parents know about the effect of these
phones and all these social media apps on their kids
and give them some advice on how to deal with
this stuff.

Speaker 6 (24:21):
Yeah, I do think that in terms of the potential
health risks, you know, there has been a lot of
research on it, and there are some mixed findings, but overall,
you know, in some adolescents there are I think one
of the overall there are some like physical health consequences potentially,
I think the most important ones are maybe sleep, physical inactivity,

(24:42):
and potentially nutrition. So in terms of sleep, we already
know that more than a third of teenagers don't get
enough sleep, and I do think that phone use and
just device use in general is one really easy behavioral
strategy to improve sleep. We do know that when kids
or anyone is on their device right before bedtime, you know,
it's activating it. You know, really in general makes people

(25:07):
stay up later, they get poorer quality sleep, and for
growing children and adolescents, it's so important for their growth
development and even academic performance. So I do think that
particularly limiting screen use or phone use right before bedtime
is a.

Speaker 7 (25:23):
A good strategy.

Speaker 6 (25:24):
And actually kind of similar to the what we said
about having physical devices like away so that you don't
have my notifications, one of the most effective strategy is
actually to have your phone outside of your bedroom so
that you know you don't have the you know, you're
not nice to go check it in the middle of
the night.

Speaker 1 (25:42):
Yeah, we've all got out where you wake up in
the middle of the night and what do you do.
You roll over and you check your phone, like for
what reason?

Speaker 6 (25:49):
Yeah, exactly, and then you've then all of a sudden
you see all the messages or notifications that you missed
or work stuff, and then you know, now you're awake
again and you're thinking about dealing with that stuff. So
I do think that having the device is outside of
the room or completely off, you know, can help kids
and adults have better sleep.

Speaker 7 (26:07):
You know.

Speaker 6 (26:07):
Another potential reason why phones and other screen devices can
lead to poor health and teenagers is that they're just
spending a lot of time.

Speaker 7 (26:16):
On screens these days.

Speaker 6 (26:18):
The average teenager during the pandemic spent eight hours of
their recreational time, you know, on a device. It's obviously
lower than that now that we don't have the lockdowns
and social isolation, but it's.

Speaker 7 (26:29):
Still is very high.

Speaker 6 (26:31):
And if you think about you know, teenagers being on
their screens for four to eight hours a day, that's
four to eight hours in general that they're not you know,
being physically active or exercising or socializing with people in
real life. And so I think part of it is
like what else could you be doing with that time
when you're not in front of the screen, So it's
kind of displacing other activities that could be good for

(26:51):
your health. And then I think finally, in terms of nutrition,
there are studies that show that the more people are
on screens, especially watching you know, streaming movies or television
shows or watching television shows, the more likely they are
to overeat while they're distracted.

Speaker 7 (27:07):
So if you're you know, having a meal. While you're
watching TV.

Speaker 6 (27:10):
Or watching Netflix, you're more likely to overeat because you're
kind of distracted and not paying attention to your hunger cues,
so you're more likely to gain weights. And actually, we
recently had a study that showed that over time, young
adults who had more screen.

Speaker 7 (27:26):
Time thirty years later were actually more likely.

Speaker 6 (27:29):
Than to have heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
and even heart attacks. So I do think that the
more time that you're on screens, especially if you're sitting
and sedentary, over time, that can really lead to some
significant health consequences.

Speaker 2 (27:43):
All Right, we're going to leave it there.

Speaker 1 (27:45):
UCSF Pediatrics Professor, Doctor Jason Nagatta, thanks so much for
joining me today.

Speaker 2 (27:49):
I really appreciate the insights.

Speaker 7 (27:51):
Thanks so much for having me.

Speaker 1 (27:52):
All Right, parents, get those kids outside, have them play
with worms, just to uncover a rock. Just just lift
a rock and play with the things underneath. You're gonna
be okay. Get that dirt under your fingernails. I'm telling
you I did as a kid. I'm fine, and I
love my screens. Eighty eight rich one O one eight
eight eight seven four to two four one zero one.

(28:14):
Welcome back to rich on tech. Rich Demiro here hanging
out with you, talking technology at Triple A Rich one
O one eight eight eight seven four to two four
one zero one. Still lots of stories and news to
get to. Uh tell you about my switch away from
Sonos this week?

Speaker 2 (28:33):
What else? Oh why I had to rent a movie
last night? We got a lot to talk about.

Speaker 1 (28:37):
But let's go to the Nette in Los Angeles Thenett,
you're on with Rich.

Speaker 8 (28:42):
Hi and I mean your advice. I'm trying to decide
what to purchase between a MacBook are and with empty
chick or M three chick. Everything is the same, you know,
the CPU, the storage, the goodbye. The only difference is
that EMP two chip and M three chip. M two chip.

Speaker 1 (29:07):
Yeah, how much is the price difference on the M
three chip? I go, I'd go with the M three.
It's gonna be faster, It's just gonna be slightly faster.
I would say if the difference was like five hundred dollars,
I would go with the M two. But since you're
only paying one hundred dollars more to get the latest,
I have the M three.

Speaker 2 (29:26):
I just got it. It's fine.

Speaker 1 (29:28):
I mean it's not you know my old uh my
M two Pro was faster, but I think for the
one hundred dollars, I'd go with the M three, just
just to be on the current, you know, wave of
things you get one year newer technology. Again, if it
was more, if it was three five hundred dollars, i'd
say absolutely go with the M two. You'll be just fine.
But for a hundred bucks, easy decision, go with the

(29:49):
M three.

Speaker 8 (29:50):
I know that's what I was thinking when I just
needed aff confirmation.

Speaker 2 (29:53):
Yep, enjoy the new computer and that I think you're
gonna love it.

Speaker 8 (29:57):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 2 (29:58):
All Right, have a great day. Let's go to Sorry
about that.

Speaker 1 (30:01):
Let's a little fast on the trigger there, Let's go
to Gloria in Oxnard.

Speaker 2 (30:05):
Gloria, you're on with rich Ah.

Speaker 5 (30:07):
Yes, good afternoon. I have a question.

Speaker 9 (30:11):
I would send some legal documents, but on CD disc okay,
and now I don't have anything. I tried it on
my CD player that didn't work. But I needed to know,
could I if I wanted to hear these discs to
see what's on file?

Speaker 3 (30:31):
What I would saying?

Speaker 5 (30:32):
Could I use a DVD.

Speaker 2 (30:33):
Player like a standalone DVD player?

Speaker 9 (30:37):
Yeah, a little small ones, but no.

Speaker 1 (30:39):
That's not gonna that's not going to work for files. Yeah,
it's not going to display those because these are these
are documents on there?

Speaker 2 (30:46):
Are they pictures or what are they?

Speaker 9 (30:48):
No, they're just let's say, gibbis. I don't know whether
they're documents or not.

Speaker 4 (30:55):
But I know.

Speaker 9 (30:57):
I used to have a DVD player, a small portable
and I'm fall back and I could hear.

Speaker 5 (31:06):
It's not so much scene.

Speaker 9 (31:07):
I just want to know what's on them.

Speaker 2 (31:09):
Yeah, I would.

Speaker 1 (31:10):
I would find a computer with a with a disk
drive on it. So you're an Oxnard.

Speaker 9 (31:17):
The problem is I can't afford a computer.

Speaker 1 (31:19):
And no no, not that I'm not saying you got
to buy a computer. No, no, no, I'm trying to
figure out a place where you can go where you
can just so first off, I would tap friends, so,
you know, head onto your Facebook, your Instagram or your
social media, say hey, uh, anyone have a computer with
a with a disk drive a you know, CD or
DV Just say disk drive and see if anyone's got one. Hey,

(31:42):
can I come to your house? You put the disc
in the drive, you copy all that stuff and you
can upload it to the cloud, to a service if
you want something that's super easy wormhole dot app and
you can just drag and drop all the files there.
It's encrypted, and then you send yourself a link through email.
You'll have all the files you downloa them. Do you
have a computer at all?

Speaker 5 (32:03):
No?

Speaker 9 (32:03):
Even if I had a computer, it would be kind
of difficult for me because I do everything the audible unbeling.

Speaker 2 (32:09):
Oh oh got it? Okay?

Speaker 1 (32:11):
Oh so well, okay, so you're trying to read the
listen to these documents.

Speaker 5 (32:16):
I just want to listen to those.

Speaker 2 (32:17):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (32:18):
Well, unless they're audio files, you're going to need a
service to do that. So you've got to get these
files somehow. And then do you have a smartphone?

Speaker 10 (32:27):
Uh?

Speaker 5 (32:27):
No, I have a flip phone.

Speaker 2 (32:29):
You have a flip phone.

Speaker 1 (32:29):
Okay, Well, you've got to enlist the help of a
friend or family member or someone that you trust, and
you got to ask them to get these files into
you know, onto a flash drive or onto a place
where you can somehow convert them to listen to them.

Speaker 2 (32:46):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (32:47):
And there's there's some free services Speechify. That's a great
service that you can listen to these things on. I mean,
there's so many ways you can I'm sure you know
you can listen to things online.

Speaker 9 (32:57):
Well, I was going to go to bed By and
ask on what and take the diff and asked us
who was the best way I could hear the Well,
I don't hear them.

Speaker 1 (33:06):
I don't think best Buy is gonna really you know,
you're gonna you're gonna talk to the geek squad and
they're gonna, I mean, they may be able to do
that conversion for you, but I would I would start
with friends and family. I start with friends and family,
someone you know and schools like you know, maybe just
you know, some sort of resource like a group that

(33:26):
you're in or something, and just see who has you know,
a friendly helping hand. It's not too tough to to
transform these into a flash drive or some sort of clouds,
uh file, get the text, extract that, and then there's
even ways of converting that into you know, an audible file,
like a you know, recording that into an audio file.

(33:49):
I'm trying to remember there was actually a pretty cool
service that would transform your your text into a podcast,
and I got to remember I look up what that was.
But that was pretty neat, and that's one way of
doing it. But speech a fy, I think is probably
your best bet. Someone can get these documents into a
form where you can upload them to speech a fy

(34:11):
or they can, then you'll be able to listen to
all of these things.

Speaker 2 (34:14):
So a library might do it.

Speaker 1 (34:17):
I'm actually looking up the Oxnard Public Library and they
say that their computers don't have CD drives, so that's
not a good place to go. But you might want
to call them. There might be someone that might want
to help you. There a local university. They may help you.
But again, I think this is a situation where you've
got to tap into the friendliness of someone. If that
doesn't work, then I would just go on Yelp and

(34:37):
look for a place that does, you know, maybe some
conversions or an internet cafe near you that someone might
be able to help you do it that way. But
those are the best bets that I would think for this.
It's a kind of a tricky situation, but I think
those are the best way to do it. I don't
I wouldn't pay a lot for this, because you know,
it's just it doesn't sound like it's an easy situation
because you don't have a computer and you don't have

(34:59):
a phone, so someone has to help you with this
that's what I'm hearing here eighty eight rich.

Speaker 11 (35:06):
One O one.

Speaker 1 (35:07):
Thanks for the call today, Gloria eight eight eight rich
one O one eighty eight seven four to two four
one zero one. The website richon Tech dot TV coming up.

Speaker 2 (35:16):
I'll tell you.

Speaker 1 (35:16):
About my switch away from Sonos this week and when
I switch to and why I'm kind of loving it.
You're listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich
on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology.
The phone line is eight eight eight rich one O
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zero one. If you want to jump on the line,

(35:37):
ask me a question. Also got lots to talk about,
lots to discuss. This hour, my guest will be Business
Insiders Tech and Electronics Senior reporter Antonio villis Boas. He's
going to compare mobile carriers Mint Mobile and Tello Mobile.
Maybe you've heard a Mint, maybe you haven't heard of Tello.
But he's going to compare the pros and cons of each.

(36:00):
And then later we've got the TV answer man. He's
gonna talk about selecting the ideal sports streaming service. I
know I did, I jumped the gun. I guess I
chose that yesterday should have waited till today. But my
kid wants to watch the game, so I'll reveal what
I chose. Something else I did this week, I've gotten

(36:20):
kind of fed up with my Sons system at home.
If you've been following the drama, now, don't cry for
anyone with Sons because this is a very expensive system.

Speaker 2 (36:29):
So you know, I get it.

Speaker 1 (36:32):
I built mine over many years, and so I'm annoyed
because i loved it for so long. But now I'm
finding that my new solution is actually way better. So
so nos if you haven't been following it, they updated
their app and it just messed up every system nationwide.
You can't adjust the volume for me. What I've noticed
with my system is it's just completely unreliable. Number One,

(36:54):
I have no idea how to use the app anymore.
I have no idea how to group and ungroup my speakers.
What's amazing about it is that you can have a
speaker in every room and you can listen to individual
services on any of those speakers, or you can group
them all together, or you can group one or two
all together or together, and you have a selection of
every single music service in the world.

Speaker 2 (37:16):
You can all access it through their app.

Speaker 1 (37:17):
Well, they kind of threw all that out the window
and made it almost impossible to use. You can't group
an N group. I have no idea. The app is
so confusing. You try to play something, it takes forever.
Try to adjust the volume, good luck with that. It
doesn't work. And so it's just kind of ruined everything.
And so I've gotten so completely frustrated with this. I

(37:39):
actually pulled out two of my so No speakers in
my rooms and I replaced them with Amazon Echo speakers.
And I'm not kidding. It has been amazing. Why am
I so late? When did Amazon Echo launch? Amazon Echo
launch date November sixth, twenty fourteen. Okay, I'm just about

(37:59):
ten years late on the amazingness of this.

Speaker 4 (38:02):
Now.

Speaker 1 (38:02):
Yes, I have had Echo speakers since day one, but
I always thought they were inferior to Sons because it
just seemed like a gimmick compared to Sons and the
beautiful sound quality. But now I'm telling you I plugged
in this speaker that I must. I must have had
the speaker for five years. It's like one of the
old school Echoes. It sounds great and what I love
about it is the voice control. So now I come

(38:24):
home and I can immediately start playing a radio station
or some music just using my voice, and I move
around to different rooms and I just say what I
want to listen to in that room?

Speaker 2 (38:34):
Now? Can you group them?

Speaker 12 (38:35):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (38:36):
You can group them. Is it as easy as sons? No,
because you have to kind of choose the groups in advance.
But the point is I'm listening to more music faster
than I ever have. And by the way, I can
adjust the volume. And by the way I can adjust
the volume just by saying, Alex, ay put the volume up,
put the volume down, or stop, or play or changes
to the other room, whatever it is. It's pretty incredible.

Speaker 8 (38:57):
Now.

Speaker 1 (38:57):
Yes, I had to look at the flashing light on
top of the echo today and I said, okay, Alex,
say you got me what's.

Speaker 11 (39:03):
On your mind?

Speaker 1 (39:04):
And she's like, oh, I noticed there's two things in
your Amazon cart. Would you like to order those? I
can place that order right now. This is kind of
like the you know, the Nightmare of AI. It's like, oh,
I didn't think I needed those things, but sure place
that order. It also said the other day, I noticed
that you're you're based on my timeline, the filter and
your refrigerator might be up for renewal? Would you like

(39:25):
to order a new one now? And I'm like, You've
got to be kidding me. I see why they do this.
It Also one time I had it plugged in and
I said, we noticed the ink in your printer is
getting low. Do you liked us to order that ink cartridge?
I said, what now you're looking at my ink cartridges?
What else are you looking at?

Speaker 2 (39:42):
Rich?

Speaker 1 (39:42):
We noticed your sock drawers getting kind of low? Would
you like to do your laundry anyway? So?

Speaker 2 (39:49):
I love it.

Speaker 1 (39:49):
I've ordered so many of these speakers now. I just
went on Amazon and I ordered more of these echos.
So I think I'm gonna end up doing the whole house.
I will say yes, I'll probably come back to Sono
to some point, but I'm not sure at this point.
As long as I can have music in all my rooms,
even if I have it in what I've realized also
I probably don't need music in every room unless I'm
having people over, and then you want music, you know,

(40:10):
outside inside all these different places.

Speaker 2 (40:12):
But and I love Sonos, Don't get me wrong.

Speaker 1 (40:15):
I have been the biggest proponent of Sonos ever since
I took the first meeting in Trump Tower in New
York City. Yes, that's where they did the meeting now
that I think about it. They were showing off their system.
I think it was Trump Tower, I'm pretty sure it was,
or maybe it was Trump. Was there a hotel maybe
Trump Hotel, I don't know anyway, it was, yeah, I
know the one in Vegas, but I think there might
have been one of your anyway, Maybe it wasn't, maybe

(40:36):
it was near there. But I just remember going to
this like suite. It was like this beautiful suite and
they showed me the first Sonos system and I was like,
you want me to pay how much for what? It
was like twelve hundred dollars for the speakers and that
that like included this crazy controller that was proprietary. This
was before iPads, and I was like, twelve hundred dollars,

(40:57):
who's buying this? And you know, sure enough, they did
pretty well. But eventually when the phone became the controller,
that's what really made so Noos amazing because you could
now concentrate on buying these super expensive speakers, which yes,
we're very expensive, but you could use your phone to
control them and you could buy the speakers one by one,
and they ended up coming out with cheaper speakers over

(41:19):
the years, but they're still pretty expensive, like two hundred
bucks minimum.

Speaker 2 (41:22):
Might say.

Speaker 1 (41:23):
Anyway, I am loving the Echo. If you haven't jumped
on board, it's great. It works with all your streaming services,
all the music, all the radio stations.

Speaker 2 (41:30):
Is fantastic.

Speaker 1 (41:32):
Speaking of streaming, last night, we actually had to rent
pay to rent a movie. My kid wanted to see
Inside Out two, and so he's been asking and asking
and asking. We have not been able to make it
to the movie theater. And then when I went online
to buy tickets, I was like, hold on eighty bucks
for four of us to.

Speaker 2 (41:50):
See a movie.

Speaker 1 (41:51):
Nah, I'm just not paying that. And so and then
you got to pay for the popcorn and all that
other stuff that you got to get. My kids like
to get an icy which is like six bucks for
just pure sugar water that's colored.

Speaker 2 (42:03):
No, we're not doing that.

Speaker 1 (42:05):
So anyway, so I said, you know what, I'll pay
for the movie on the TV because you can't. This
is the thing that frustrates me. I subscribe to every
streaming service, Netflix, Paramount plus Peacock.

Speaker 2 (42:17):
What else is there. I don't know, there's so many
of them.

Speaker 1 (42:20):
I pay for all of them because I'm like, all right,
you know, hopefully the movie I want to watch is
on these things. Well, it turns out Inside Out two
is not on any of them, especially not Disney Plus.
So what they do now is they have it in
the theater, then they have it on streaming, like where
you can rent it or buy it for a couple
of months, and then it comes to Disney Plus. So
the price to rent this movie was what was it,

(42:42):
twenty five dollars, and the price to buy it was
thirty So of course what I say, all right, I'll
just buy it so thirty bucks. Now I ended up
having a ten dollars credit, so it was really twenty
dollars on Google Play, and we got to watch it.

Speaker 2 (42:53):
We had a fantastic family night.

Speaker 1 (42:55):
But my point is it's like, here I am paying
for all these streaming services, and still they managed to
eke another twenty dollars out of me. It's like they
will not quit until I don't know, Disney just has
another theme park somewhere, which I'm sure they're building anyway.

Speaker 2 (43:14):
All right, Why do I digress so much? On the show.

Speaker 1 (43:17):
Oh, we had a question from Gloria in the last segment.
She was asking about transforming some of her printed material
into text. And I couldn't remember the name of this service.
I mentioned Speechify, the other one that's really good. If
you have not downloaded this app, download it to your phone.
It's eleven Labs and it's completely free. But you feed

(43:37):
it any article and it will read you that article
in a very realistic voice, and you have your choice
of voices. It's free and it's incredible. It's AI Voice,
so I know, if you hate AI, don't download it.
But it's really unbelievable. It's remarkable how good this is.

Speaker 2 (43:53):
Now.

Speaker 1 (43:53):
The only downside to that is when you download an article,
it's gonna read all the nonsense in the article. At
to ignore some of that stuff, but articles are littered
with just nonsense nowadays, with like all this like promotional
stuff and things like that, so it will read some
of that, but when you get to the heart of
the article, it's actually quite incredible. So eleven Labs available
for iPhone. Don't know if it ever came to Android,

(44:15):
but let's see is it on Android yet? I don't
think it is I think it's just on Oh it
is on Android. Oh, I got to download that on
iPhone and Android eleven labs. I'll link it up on
the website. Rich on tech dot tv hit the light bulb.
This is show number eighty seven, so you can get
the show notes there. Now, the other one I mentioned

(44:35):
that can send it to a podcast. You can actually
create a podcast of articles that will go right to
your phone. This is called listen later dot net. Listen
later dot net Basically, whenever you come across an article
that you want to listen to on your phone, you
just send it to this email address and then it
gives you a custom podcast and you just feed that

(44:57):
into the podcast reader on your phone and I and
listen to these articles. It's pretty good, but the problem
is it is a little bit pricey. You got to
buy credits, so, you know, they basically you got to
pay by you know, you charge up like five, ten,
twenty dollars, and then each article has like a cost
associated with it. So if you want something that's completely free,

(45:19):
go the eleven laps because that one is free.

Speaker 2 (45:21):
It works really well, all.

Speaker 1 (45:23):
Right, eight eight to eight rich one on one eight
eight eight seven four two four one zero one, the
website rich On Tech dot TV.

Speaker 2 (45:30):
I see your calls and.

Speaker 1 (45:32):
We will get to them right after this.

Speaker 2 (45:35):
Plus I've got more to talk about and our guests.

Speaker 1 (45:39):
We're going to talk about Mint Mobile versus Tello and
Samsung and LG Smart TVs. They are at war. I'll
tell you what they're doing. That's a little bit different
coming up right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back
to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you,
talking technology at Triple eight rich one on one eight
eight eight seven four to two four one zero one.

(46:01):
James wrote in Hey, Rich, with Echo, you know you
can set them up automatically to start playing music when
you walk into a room and turn off automatically when
you leave the room.

Speaker 2 (46:08):
How neat Jim, Oh, that's cool. I got to do that.

Speaker 1 (46:12):
I've always wanted that with my so nos Steve said,
Echo isn't stereo. Yeah, I know, I know, I know
it's not perfect. It is not my sons, believe me.
It's not my same setup. But I'm just saying for
now it's working out. And yes I may go back,
but right now it's working. Let's go to Michael in

(46:33):
Anaheim Michael.

Speaker 3 (46:34):
You're on.

Speaker 2 (46:35):
What's up?

Speaker 5 (46:35):
Hey, rich?

Speaker 3 (46:36):
How you doing?

Speaker 2 (46:37):
I'm doing excellent. What can I help you with?

Speaker 11 (46:39):
Good to hear?

Speaker 3 (46:39):
Hey, my friend that is hoping you can help me
out with this annoying problem that I have. So whenever
I enter my car, the bluetooth automatically connects to the phone,
but then I don't get any audible alert when I
get a text message. And so I've been driving for
half an hour, forty five minutes missions three or four
text messages. Is there any way that you know of
to make if the phone's connected to the bluetooth of

(47:02):
the car, but also get the audible alert of the
text message. And I'm using Android phone?

Speaker 2 (47:08):
Oh you're on Android? Okay, so.

Speaker 1 (47:11):
Yeah Android, I mean in my car immediately. So I
was using iPhone and my car would not work. Apparently
it couldn't get the notifications from the iPhone, but on
Android it should be able to read those. Okay, are
you on Uh so, if you're on Android, there's a
you have to in your assistant. There's a feature that
says here personal results on your headphones. When your phone

(47:33):
is locked. You can try turning that on and see
if that would toggle these notifications to come on. Mine
is off, so I think that would read the notifications
from your phone.

Speaker 3 (47:48):
Yeah, and so I mean I'm it's so it would
say like let's say it's like new message received like
through like the infotainment system of the car. But like
as far as they're going to audio alert, I'm not
getting anything like my alert sound like when I give
a text message, So if it's not connected to Bluetooth,
someone sends me a text message that here is a

(48:09):
little chime. You know, I know I've received the message,
but if it's connected to Bluetooth, it doesn't make any
noise at all. And then sometimes you know, if you know,
I'm not using the Bluetooth part of the car at
that point, I'm not getting the audible alert.

Speaker 1 (48:24):
Yeah, that's well, the audible alert because the problem is
your phone's connected to Bluetooth, so all of the audio
is going through Bluetooth. Now, the good news is you
have an Android phone, so there are apps that could
that could help you route some of those things. And
even I'm looking in the settings of even on the
Android settings like they're pretty thorough with your audio routing.

(48:46):
But typically when you are connected to a device, the
audio is going to go through to that device no
matter what. It's not going to play your you know,
your notification sound through your phone and then everything else
goes through Bluetooth. So what what kind of phone is this?
Samsung or Apple?

Speaker 5 (49:04):
All right?

Speaker 3 (49:05):
Samshung some Sun GALAT'SY twenty two.

Speaker 1 (49:10):
Okay, maybe, So do you want you just want to
be able to hear the notification or do you want
to hear it read to you?

Speaker 3 (49:16):
No, I just want to hear the notification.

Speaker 2 (49:18):
Okay, I don't need it read to me.

Speaker 3 (49:20):
I just need to hear the audible alert.

Speaker 1 (49:22):
Oh okay, in that case, you may okay, you there there.
So what I would do is okay, so on my car,
I'm looking at it right now, and mine says media
audio turned on. I can turn that off, and I
would imagine that when I get a notification it might
just trigger on the phone itself versus the car. But again,

(49:46):
I think this is a matter of you've got to
look through every single setting on your car and on
your phone and figure out and if that doesn't work,
you know, there are third party apps that might be
able to kind of like handle this. I don't know
when off the top of my head. But like when
I I wanted my Samsung screen to light up when
I got a notification, I literally search for an app
and I found one that would light up the screen

(50:07):
when I get a notification. And so that's the beauty
of Android is that you can change things like that
versus iPhone doesn't really let you do that kind of
stuff unless Apple programs it in. So I'm looking at
there's like an app called Spoken Notifications that may help
where you can have you know that may it looks
like that, can you know, give you some notifications. It

(50:30):
looks a little old and it hasn't been updated in
a while. Let's see last update in March seventh, twenty
twenty four. So I might check that and see, because
that would you can probably program that or a similar
app to say, hey, when I get a notification, tell
me through the through the audio, you know.

Speaker 3 (50:47):
And what was the name of that app?

Speaker 1 (50:49):
Spoken Notifications by w d WD in Formatica, So you
know it's it's it's got a one hundred thousand downloads, it's
got decent review, it was recently update uploaded, updated, So
you might try something like that, and again it says,
you know, this app uses the device administrator permission, so

(51:10):
you have to be you know, whenever you do something
like this, you do have to be aware of the
privacy implications of this because this app, you know, you
got to put a little trust into it. But the
good news is you're on an Android. There's a way
to do this, and I think it's going to be
in your your audio settings, your notification settings, or your
Bluetooth settings, and somehow you just have to get that

(51:31):
toggle switch where it's going to route that information through
your Bluetooth and not through or through your phone and
not through the Bluetooth. There used to be when I
was listening to when I had my one of my
phones connected to my car, I had to toggle a
switch every time I connected a new phone to my
car to make sure that the audio routed through the
bluetooth and not through you know, just nothing. So again,

(51:56):
that's that's the problem, is that your phone is on
the Bluetooth and that's that's the issue there. So once
you get past that, figure out how to get around it,
you'll be just fine, and I think you will with
a with an Android phone. The other thing to look
into is Samsung has an app called routines they have
like these routines built in. You can maybe use that
to build a routine that would also alert you when

(52:18):
you get a notification. I check that first before you
download any app. All right, Michael, thanks for the call
today from Anaheim. Appreciate that. Eighty eight rich one oh
zero one. Coming up, we're going to talk Mint Mobile
versus Tello Mobile. So if you're looking to save some
money on your wireless carrier. Got an interesting conversation coming

(52:38):
up right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to
rich On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you,
talking technology at Triple eight rich one oh one eighty
eight seven four to two four one zero one. Got
a message from my little brother Justin. He's been on
this show before. My mom spilled coffee on her computer

(53:02):
this week. Just a reminder, by the way, when you
have an open coffee cup near your computer keyboard, you
are going to knock that coffee cup over and spill
it all over your keyboard. It's guaranteed. It has happened
to me, it happened to my mom, it's happened to everyone.
You will knock over your cup of coffee every single time.
So it happened to her and now her laptop. She

(53:23):
was all worried about it, and I told her, I said,
you know, turn it off, air it out, put it
upside down, let everything kind of come out of it.
And everything's working according to my brother who went over
to troubleshoot, but the touch pad is shot. And so
he told me he disabled the touchpad and plugged in
an external mouse and voila, it works again. So I said,
you should be hosting this show. I mean, why not anyway,

(53:48):
justin thanks for doing that. And just remember if you
have a coffee cup near your computer, I always put
it like just outside. Like I look where my hands
move when I go near the laptop keyboard, and I
put my coffee cup away like outside of that range,
because you will knock it over if it's inside that range.
All right, Joining me now, Antonio, Uh, this is a

(54:10):
Business Insiders Tech and Electronics Senior reporter Antonio villis Boas.

Speaker 4 (54:15):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (54:15):
He's going to talk about comparing Mint mobile and Tello Mobile.

Speaker 2 (54:18):
Antonio, Welcome to the show.

Speaker 13 (54:20):
Hey Rich, thanks for having me.

Speaker 1 (54:22):
By the way, I gotta say, I love Business Insider
great publication. I remember, I'm trying to remember what the
name was it like Silicon Alley Insider or something.

Speaker 2 (54:31):
What was it called before Business Insider?

Speaker 13 (54:34):
Yeah, Chilly com Alley Inside or something like that. Yeah, right,
that was like then I switched over, then I switched
again to Insider, and then back to back the Business Insider.

Speaker 1 (54:41):
Anyway, but you know, yeah, I like what you guys
do there. So let's talk about what made you compare
these two carriers? What was your thought on what why
why compare these two?

Speaker 13 (54:52):
Well, you know, I think there's a lot of value
and in checking out you know, cheaper, less expensive options
for everyone. And there's also value in sort of showing
people or revealings that the people a carrier that they
may not know that much about, like Tello for example.
I think Mint has some pretty good visibility out there,

(55:13):
you know a lot of publicity and marketing, you know,
with Ryan Reynolds on board and et cetera. So you
know a lot of people think about Mint, but you know,
maybe for some people just maybe another carrier has you know,
a better option.

Speaker 1 (55:26):
So with Mint Mobile and Tellomobile. So most people are
on these big, giant, unlimited plans that are pricey from
the main carriers, right, which is fine if you're you know,
business person whatever, you need all that hot spot and stuff,
but sometimes you don't need as much data.

Speaker 2 (55:40):
Do people use as much data as they think?

Speaker 13 (55:45):
I think, you know, that's going to depend for everybody, man.
I mean it's so you know, there's so many variables.
But I think a lot of people might be surprised
they think they need this big unlimited plan, and you
might be you know, check out your bill and you'll
be surprised by kind of how little data you use.
I use, you know, let's say I think they used
last I checked, twelve gigabytes. I mean, you know, to

(56:06):
be fair, I'm not commuting in every day, so I'm
not you know, on my phone, you know, during rush
hour or whatever. But still check out your bill and
see how much you actually use.

Speaker 2 (56:17):
And I think, but it's.

Speaker 13 (56:18):
Good to have. I think people feel a safety net
with the unlimited plans. You know, you kind of get
a buffer, you kind of get this feeling you're not
going to get paid over overages if you go over
your data limited and that kind of thing. So I
think that's why a lot of people go towards those
unlimited plans.

Speaker 1 (56:33):
Yeah, you're just paying more every month for that privilege.
So yeah, now okay, So so give me kind of
the skinny on Mint and Tello, Like, what what do
these offer that the big guys might not.

Speaker 13 (56:45):
I mean, at the end of the day, at lower prices,
you know, to put it very simply, they they have
sort of various sort of limited plans, I should say
very limited. They're they're sort of they let you pick
how much data you you know, you want on to
how much according to how much you think you're used.
So that's basically, you know, the skinny on Mint and Tello.

Speaker 1 (57:07):
So what I like about Tello is that what I
like about Mint is, you know, obviously they're own by
T Mobile now, so that's a bit of a change.
But I like that it's very simple, it works, it's
on T mobiles network. The pricing plans are pretty easy
to understand. Obviously if you appreciate their marketing. It's kind
of fun. You feel like you're on board with like
a kind of a challenger in the space.

Speaker 2 (57:28):
Right.

Speaker 1 (57:29):
What I like about Tello is that they let you
customize your plan, So talk about that a little bit.
You can have like a plan that literally has no
data and just has like calling and texting, right, yeah, you.

Speaker 13 (57:39):
Saw that, right. I love this about Tello. It's really
unique in the space. I can't say I've seen it
from other carriers, but yeah, it's called the bill your
own Plan, And yeah, you can actually get a plan
with no data and you know between one hundred I
think one hundred five hundred unlimited minutes that kind of thing.
A voice man that is literally voice calls, which is

(58:01):
funny because we haven't seen a limit on voice calls
in a while, right, right, so right, yeah, so but
you know you can customize that, like, you know, I
don't make that many calls and then maybe I use
a giga data a month or whatever. I really don't
use that much. So okay, I'll do that. I'm going
to do a plan with one giga data. I'm gonna
do a plan and I'm gonna put one hundred voice
minutes in there, and you can literally pay. You know,

(58:25):
it's incredible to think about a single digit phone bill,
you know, nine dollars per month, which is wild to
think about today.

Speaker 1 (58:33):
Yeah, I mean, if you have let's say you have
like a loved one that you are. You know, maybe
they're they just stay at home, they're on Wi Fi
all the time. You have an old iPhone or whatever.
You can give them a plan for like seven bucks
a month and then you know they're using just Wi
Fi in the house for the data and then they
can call and text you, you know, if they want to,
and yeah, it kind of be a landline. Yeah exactly.

(58:55):
So how did you test out these services? What did
you do and what was your findings.

Speaker 13 (58:59):
I mean, I kind of use them as my own,
like my own services for a while. I did not
pour my number that is, you know, maybe we'll get
into that later, but you know, I use them as
my own. I take them out for.

Speaker 2 (59:14):
A week or two.

Speaker 13 (59:14):
Mostly around the two weeks period, I do speed tests
at various locations, you know, in town, out more on
the Boonie, somewhere closer to the city, in the city
just and you know, I can do the official like
speed test, and then I just do stuff that everyone
else does, like you know, scrolling through Instagram or streaming
YouTube video and music or that kind of thing, making

(59:36):
phone calls, sending texts, so really just using it kind
of like how I think anyone else.

Speaker 1 (59:42):
Is and what were your conclusions? What conclusions did you
come to? Should people switch to these things?

Speaker 13 (59:50):
Well, there that is a question, rich, So you know,
there can be a lot of merit or a lot
of good reasons to go to Man and Tello. There's
a lot of reasons to stick to a major carrier too,
like T Mobile or Verizon or whoever, or AT and T.
But yeah, there's like, you know, there's what's the biggest downside.

(01:00:13):
What's the biggest downside of switching to something like this?
So we know the upside is you save a lot
of money, right.

Speaker 2 (01:00:22):
Right, that's the that's the upside.

Speaker 13 (01:00:24):
So okay, you can depend for some people for example,
like you know, on a major carrier T Mobile or Rizon,
AT and T, you get a lot more hot spot
data usually, right, people value that, And that's actually a
way that carriers make a lot of their money is
hotspot data. And another upside of going with you know,
sticking with the major carriers is smart watch and tablet connectivity,

(01:00:47):
isn't it?

Speaker 12 (01:00:48):
Yeah?

Speaker 13 (01:00:48):
Right, so yeah, meant and Tello, I don't believe have
a lot of options if any last time I checked
for smart watch or tablets.

Speaker 2 (01:00:58):
Now that's if you have.

Speaker 1 (01:00:59):
Just just to be clear, that's if you have a
cellular watch, right, so you're your regular Apple watch, if
it's just connected to your phone, it will work as
it typically does. But this is for someone who has
a cellular watch like myself that wants to go on
a run without their phone and have their texts and
calls still come through and data. So that's the difference there.
A lot of these mv and o's do not have that.

(01:01:20):
I think the only one I know that does is
is Visible allows and they actually include that in their
top in their main plan. Okay, so you have to
think about that. What about international data international plans?

Speaker 13 (01:01:33):
Yes, some major carriers or most major carriers have some
pretty decent you know, international sort of features.

Speaker 2 (01:01:39):
Usually almost every every carrier.

Speaker 13 (01:01:41):
Has something from Mexico and Canada, like there's something there
you can talk, you can call there and call back
texts and that kind of thing. It's usually okay, but
you know, and Minton Tello actually have pretty good international
open Actually sorry I should say Mints does really.

Speaker 2 (01:01:58):
Uh you know, they have sort of three set.

Speaker 13 (01:02:00):
Plans for varying amounts of days and data data and
calls and texts and it's actually pretty good value. And
I was looking at it myself and I was like,
maybe for my next chip, this is kind of a
good thing. Tello has options too. It's kind of like
a flat rate depending on which country you visit, but
it can cost the value is not there. That's just saying.

Speaker 1 (01:02:23):
Interesting there, so that's not good if you travel a lot.
And finally, customer service, because that's another thing. People like
to be able to walk into a store and get
help if they need it, you know, with Verizon, T Mobile,
AT and T with these two carriers, now Mint, I'm
not sure with their you know, can you walk into
a T Mobile store? I don't know because I know
they're owned by them now, but I don't think that's
the case. But you have to kind of you're on

(01:02:44):
your own, right.

Speaker 13 (01:02:46):
Yeah, that's kind Yeah, that's a good question about Mint
and whether you can just go head into a T
Mobile store. But yeah, that's that's one of the huge
things about major retailers or major carriers, sorry, is that
you can go to a physical store. It's kind of
like why I really like, you know, Apple iPhones, even
for someone who might like really like Android phones, there's
something about having a physical store to go to if

(01:03:06):
you have a problem. That's just so, you know, really
reassuring and good to have. But yeah, no, I mean
in terms of support. Actually, you know, Minton Tello have
a pretty decent little system going on. You know, they
have pretty good apps. Mint has a very good app,
i should say. And you can get in touch with
someone on the phone pretty easily, which I've tried myself.

(01:03:27):
You can do a little chat service so you can
talk to someone pretty quickly, and actually it's easier. I
found it easier to get in touch with an actual
person on Minton Tello than it was through you know, Verizon,
which is what I'm currently using for now.

Speaker 1 (01:03:40):
Yeah, but it's getting tougher and tougher on the on
the traditional carriers to reach someone in person, which is
kind of funny. Antonio, We're gonna leave it there, Antonio
villis Boas, thanks so much for joining me today.

Speaker 2 (01:03:52):
Thank you for having me.

Speaker 1 (01:03:53):
Rich Tech an electronics senior reporter at Business Insider. I'll
put a link to his article comparing Mint Mobile and
Tello Mobile on the website. Rich on tech dot TV
eight a eight rich one one eight eight eight seven
four to two four one zero one more rich on Tech,
more of your calls, and a lot more Right after this,
Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro. Here lots

(01:04:17):
of feedback on the caller who was blind and needed
some help with transferring documents. Let's see Melody says in
your show, you were contacted by a caller who was
trying to get info off a CD didn't have a
disk drive. Refer her to local Council for the to

(01:04:37):
her local Council for the Blind, and they would help
her resolve her problem. They have multiple resources for her
to tap into. There you go, Counsel for the Blind.

Speaker 4 (01:04:45):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (01:04:46):
And then Teresa says, you can have her reach out
to the Braille Institute in Santa Barbara. They have very
significant resources in the tech world for blind people these days.
There you go, thanks Teresa. Yeah, I mean that's that's
kind of what I was getting at. It has to
be some sort of community help because you know, I
don't You're not going to buy a new computer just

(01:05:06):
to do this.

Speaker 2 (01:05:07):
You gotta you gotta lean on someone.

Speaker 11 (01:05:09):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (01:05:10):
Did we just play that?

Speaker 4 (01:05:12):
Did you play?

Speaker 12 (01:05:13):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:05:13):
That's how I said that. That was definitely lean on me. See,
this is how the brain works. I look like I
wouldn't have said those words.

Speaker 1 (01:05:26):
Oh man, okay, Uh let's see Rich Randy said, I
wonder what took you so long? And using these echoes.
I have seven of them scattered all over the house.
I have several groups depending on how I want to
spread the content and where I have them in sync.
I'm sure you give them different names like I do,
so they respond to my command when I'm speaking to another.
I get clear sound even on the older models, but

(01:05:46):
I do know the premium ones are more vibrant, which
I do not have. Uh yeah, I'm wondering whether you
bought the more expensive or the very basic. I'm buying
them all. So I've got they've got like three different levels.
They've got like the tiny little dots, then and they've
got the Echo. Then they've got the Echo Premium, and
they've got that one giant soundbar or sound whatever you
call it.

Speaker 2 (01:06:07):
It's like two hundred bucks.

Speaker 1 (01:06:08):
So I'm gonna eventually get them all, but I'm doing it,
you know, I do things slow, so I'm getting like
one every week. Thanks for that, Randy. Let's go to
John in more Park. John, you're on with Rich.

Speaker 12 (01:06:20):
Yeah, Hi, Rich, Hi, thank you for taking my call.
I have I've had for seventeen years. I've had an
iPhone through AT and t okay, and I've just turned
eighty one. And I was thinking that in case I
fall in the shower, I was thinking it might be
an idea to get some kind of device to protect me. Yeah,

(01:06:43):
I was thinking whether a choice between an Apple walch
versus a metal alert watch. Apparently the two compete.

Speaker 11 (01:06:52):
With each other.

Speaker 12 (01:06:53):
One goes through the Apple system, the other goes through
the Metal Alert system. Do you have an opinion as to, uh,
which is a better viable choice?

Speaker 1 (01:07:04):
So the meta alert is that the brand name med alerts.

Speaker 12 (01:07:10):
A brand name. Okay, yeah, you're about ten different brands
out there. Met Alert, I think, is the one that's talented. Okay,
you're so Valley More Park Area. But they're all more
or less competitive.

Speaker 1 (01:07:23):
So my my thought on this is if you want
something that's simple and dedicated and doesn't really now how much.
See here's the thing. This meta alert watch is about
three hundred and fifty bucks. How much is the plan?

Speaker 2 (01:07:37):
Okay?

Speaker 5 (01:07:38):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (01:07:38):
After the first year?

Speaker 1 (01:07:39):
Okay, so the first year is included the four G
so that's good. After the first year, you have to
renew for twelve months at seventy five dollars.

Speaker 2 (01:07:47):
That's a pretty good deal.

Speaker 1 (01:07:49):
So my thought is that if you just want something
simple and easy and you don't want to have to
deal with the whole connection to the Apple iPhone and
all that stuff, I would say that this meta alert
looks pretty good. If you want all the extra features
that you get with an iPhone and an Apple Watch,
then maybe go with the Apple Watch. The battery life,

(01:08:12):
let's see, so the battery life, how long is the
battery on this thing?

Speaker 2 (01:08:17):
Oh, up to one hundred hours. That's like four days.
Let's see.

Speaker 12 (01:08:21):
Well, I already I already have an iPhone. I've had
an iPhone for seventeen years.

Speaker 2 (01:08:27):
Yeah, so I assume I just.

Speaker 12 (01:08:29):
Buy on my Apple Watch. How much does an Apple Watch?
The extra got to cost me.

Speaker 2 (01:08:35):
About three hundred bucks. But here's the thing.

Speaker 1 (01:08:37):
So with the fall detection on the Apple Watch, if
you want it to work everywhere you are and anywhere
you are, even if your phone is not nearby, you
have to get a cellular Apple Watch, which is a
little bit more, and then you have to pay ten
bucks usually ten to twenty dollars a month for that cellular.

Speaker 12 (01:08:54):
So you have to pay extra for a cellular Apple Watch.

Speaker 1 (01:08:58):
If okay, so let's just say you're in the shower,
your iPhone, your you have the Apple Watch on, and
the iPhone is nearby within range of the Apple Watch.
If you fell in that shower, your Apple Watch would
still communicate via bluetooth to your phone and say, okay,
let's call nine one one.

Speaker 2 (01:09:15):
Okay, that would work.

Speaker 1 (01:09:16):
But if your phone was in a different room or
it was too far away from your Apple Watch, it
may not make that connection. And that's what I'm concerned about.
So that's why when you have a cellular Apple Watch,
if you're specifically using it for sort of the emergency services,
that's what you want because it's it's gonna work no
matter what. It's gonna work because it has its own
connection two nine one one.

Speaker 12 (01:09:37):
It doesn't that that's what I want. I'll just go
Can I go to the AT and D store and
buy a cellular Apple Watch from them?

Speaker 2 (01:09:44):
Yeah? Yeah, absolutely, and they'll they'll be happy to sell
you that.

Speaker 12 (01:09:48):
Oh I don't care about three hundred and fifty dollars.
That makes yeah difference to me.

Speaker 1 (01:09:52):
I can afford that now are you do you are
you like, do you do any fitness stuff? Do you
walk or any do you do you care about any
of the fitness.

Speaker 12 (01:09:59):
Features W I had problems with my knees. Okay, I dive,
but I don't do a lot of walking.

Speaker 2 (01:10:06):
Okay, I mean, look the Apple Watch.

Speaker 1 (01:10:08):
If you get an Apple Watch cellular, you set up
the fall detection, it's going to do what you need
to do, and if you ever took a fall, hard fall,
it's going to dial nine one one. It's not perfect
it you know, it's not one hundred percent, but you'll
also be able to set it up where if you
need emergency medical assistance, you can press the button on
there five times fast and it will dial nine one
one for you. You can alert your emergency contacts if

(01:10:31):
you need that. It'll monitor your heart rate. If you
know something goes high low there, you can it'll send
you a notification. So the Apple Watch is going to
be if you have an iPhone, you've had it for
seventeen years, you're pretty familiar with this technology. I think
that yeah, I think maybe you just go with the
Apple Watch, and I think you'll find some other benefits
to the Apple Watch as well that you probably wouldn't

(01:10:51):
get from the metal alert device.

Speaker 12 (01:10:53):
And and I assume the AT and T score, which
set it all up for me ring the phone.

Speaker 5 (01:10:58):
And oh yeah, I can stay here.

Speaker 1 (01:11:00):
They'll they'll take that right, Yeah, they'll take that extra
step with you. Yeah, go to the AT and T store,
get the watch, and good thinking. I always wonder about that.
You know, you're in the shower. In Europe, they've got
these like pull strings you can pull that'll file for help.

Speaker 2 (01:11:14):
What would you do if you're alone? You just gotta
lay there until someone finds you.

Speaker 1 (01:11:17):
Ugh eighty eight Rich one on one. Welcome back to
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Because it is the season again, you're gonna gonna spend
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kid is into it. I told you I was never
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into basketball and football. I mean yes, throughout college I
went to all the football games, but I was never
like a you know, big fan. Now I'm like, I
know all these teams and all these players. Anyway, it

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my phone for safekeeping, and what were they? All the

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old birthday wishes I had from over the years. So
I went I started going through these. I have them
from my guyshold as like twenty eighteen or something. So anyway,
I go through the steps on how to back up
all of those voicemails, get them off your voicemail server
to free them up and have him for safekeeping forever.
Then I talk about some deals Amazon Prime for students
six month free trial, the stretching app that I'm absolutely

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loving right now, and then some other deals and things
that I talk about. The you shamnis. So anyway, Rich
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an email from Mary. She said, Hey, Rich, we're big fans.

(01:14:29):
I get the newsletter and I listen to you every Saturday.
I hate to be a Karen, But the caller who
called in because he wasn't getting alerted to his text
while driving, is it really a good thing to be
texting and driving? It is illegal, right? I agree, Mary,
Yes you should not be texting and driving. But here's
the deal. He wanted to be alerted when he got

(01:14:49):
a text, and so yes, that would lead me to
believe that he wants to hear that text or somehow
interact with the text.

Speaker 2 (01:14:57):
Now, I agree.

Speaker 1 (01:14:59):
I think that these the safest thing with your phone
is to not be using it at all while you're driving.
The reality is people do use their phones in safe ways,
which is CarPlay, Android Auto using your voice. But I
think that any level of using your phone in the
car is distracting. And I even find myself I have
my phone set to do not disturb while driving, and

(01:15:19):
I have all notifications sort of turned off, so I
don't even get tempted by them because here in La,
I don't know about your town. But what happens is
not only do I see everyone on their phone while
they're driving, which it is illegal, but when people come
to a stop light, what do they do? They pull
out their phone and then you get that person at
the stop light that's on their phone. The light changes

(01:15:40):
green and they just stopped there. And nine times out
of ten, what are they doing. They're just checking their Instagram,
their social media. Please be safe, And you're also distracted
when you're doing that, you know you're not focusing on
the task at hand. And I'll be honest, I'm guilty
of this myself sometimes where I just want to, you know,
look at my phone or see what's happening right, see
notification come through on my screen. It lights up, and

(01:16:03):
I really have to fight the urge, and I say,
I don't need to do that.

Speaker 2 (01:16:06):
Right now.

Speaker 1 (01:16:07):
I need to focus on driving, keeping myself alive, keeping
the people around me alive, not crashing.

Speaker 2 (01:16:12):
And it's it's tough.

Speaker 1 (01:16:14):
Our phones are very, very distracting in every aspect of
our lives. You're working, you're trying to write something, you're
trying to do something. So you get that notification. Next
thing you know, you're you're off and you check that notification,
and all of a sudden you start checking other things
on your phone.

Speaker 2 (01:16:29):
We all do it.

Speaker 1 (01:16:31):
Let's go to uh Lonnie in Riverside, Lonnie, you're on
with rich.

Speaker 2 (01:16:37):
Hello, Lonnie? Are you there? Did I do?

Speaker 5 (01:16:39):
Hello?

Speaker 4 (01:16:40):
One?

Speaker 2 (01:16:40):
There you are? You're on, You're live on.

Speaker 4 (01:16:47):
Get a little static in there. I have an issue.
I have I fourteen and I use that phone quat
for my driving for the Google Maps. In the last
couple of weeks, if not keeping up the date, keeping
up to where I'm I my location, and it keeps
paying proceed to root, proceed to root. And it just

(01:17:08):
happened boom one day I started doing that.

Speaker 2 (01:17:11):
Okay, it's sun.

Speaker 1 (01:17:13):
It sounds like you somehow either your phone either stopped
giving it access to the GPS and that that's my
initial thoughts. So there's a couple of things you can do.
First off, you can go to your Yeah, this is
Google Maps on your iPhone, you.

Speaker 4 (01:17:30):
Said, right, I mean it's the issue of tucted maps.
But it's my phone.

Speaker 1 (01:17:35):
I don't think it's your phone. I think, well, have
you tried to Have you tried Apple Maps? Does that work?

Speaker 4 (01:17:41):
I haven't?

Speaker 1 (01:17:41):
Okay, So first thing I would do just make sure
the GPS is actually working on your phone. So type
in maps on your phone. You should have Apple Maps there.
And you know the thing with any mapping program. So
there's a couple of things that happen. Number one, your
phone could get out of sync with the GPS if
it doesn't have a clear signal. Sometimes it could be laggy.
Like when I was in New York City. I'm not kidding.

(01:18:01):
I was walking and my phone could not get a
lock on the GPS. I'd never had that happen before,
and I said, what the heck is going on here?
And my friend that I was walking with, he's like, oh,
I've got a Samsung, let me try it online. And
he was like cause he kept like saying, Rich, what's
going on? You can't like, you can't follow maps on
your phone. I said, I've never had this problem in
my life. I go, I feel like we're in a

(01:18:22):
magnetic like black hole here, because it's just my phone
will not work. And so he took out his phone seriously,
and within three minutes he was like, Rich, I can't
get my maps either, Like I don't know what's going
on anyway, So that could happen. Now, it depends you're
in Riverside. You know, you're in a car, you got
wide open spaces. It's you know, that's probably not the issue.
But the thing is you can tap if you ever

(01:18:44):
need to do this, you can tap on the blue
dot on Google Maps and that will help your phone
get a lock on GPS. And sometimes it might say, hey,
can you do a figure eight with your phone, and
that will help your phone figure out where the GPS
is and get a better lock on the satellite signals.
So that's number one. Number two. When you're on your map,
sometimes you get turned around or you turn off that

(01:19:07):
little icon that says follow me, and that is the
icon in the right side.

Speaker 2 (01:19:12):
Of your phone.

Speaker 1 (01:19:13):
It looks like an arrow icon, and so if you
tap that, if you toggle it, that should also help
you get a lock on where your directions are and
where you're heading, and sometimes it'll bring you back to
like where you are and that will recenter everything. The
third thing to check is inside your settings. So if
you go into settings and then go scroll all the

(01:19:33):
way down until you see Google Maps, and I'm doing
this as we speak, and inside Google Maps there is
location access, and mine says the options are never, ask
next time or when I share while using the app,
or always, And then there's a further option that says
precise location. What you want this to say is while

(01:19:53):
using the app and precise location. And so if you want,
you know, I want Google Maps to always have access
to your location, even in the background, to get like
real time traffic updates and stuff, then I would select always.
But for me, I just need Maps to work when
I'm actually using the app, So select while using the
app and precise location. Now, Lannie, if all of those

(01:20:15):
things are selected on your phone and Maps is still
not working, what I would do is delete the Maps
app from your phone, restart your phone, reinstall it, and
that should take.

Speaker 2 (01:20:26):
Care of it.

Speaker 1 (01:20:26):
But those are the things that I would do to
make sure it's working. But there's no reason why Google
Maps would not be working on your phone unless the
GPS has burned out on your phone. But I think
you'll be able to figure that out pretty quickly when
you open up Yeah point, but start, yes, very much.
Start by checking that Apple Maps. Make sure that works.

(01:20:46):
And who knows, maybe when you open Apple Maps you'll say, oh,
I'm in love with this, I'll just switch to Apple Maps.

Speaker 2 (01:20:51):
That's what Apple wants you to do.

Speaker 1 (01:20:53):
I mean, I know people literally that think they're using
Google Maps and they're actually using Apple Maps. Because you know,
how do you know that? Unless you're like a tech person,
you really don't most of the time. Samsung and LG
News this week for their smart TV Samsung promised five
years of updates for their web os. They're celebrating let's

(01:21:14):
see ten years of webOS. That's their kind of like
smart TV system. They're doing a whole bunch of discounts
and things on their smart TVs from twenty eighteen and up.
Apple Tv three months free trial, Apple Music three months
free trial paramount plus fifty percent off an annual subscription.
That's a pretty good deal. Crunchy Roll thirty days free trial.

(01:21:35):
webOS will give new TVs five years of updates. Not
to be outdone, Samsung comes along and says, you know what,
We'll take your five years and we'll raise you. We'll
do seven years of updates. So now now we have
these smart TV wars because people use their their TV
for the smarts. They download the apps instead of getting

(01:21:56):
like a third party Roku or Fire TV stick or
Apple TV, they just use what's built in.

Speaker 2 (01:22:01):
I just switched to mine.

Speaker 1 (01:22:03):
I've got the high sense, and I just switched to
the Google TV built in.

Speaker 2 (01:22:05):
It's great.

Speaker 11 (01:22:08):
Now.

Speaker 1 (01:22:09):
Anyway, that's a whole nother discussion of whether to use
the built in or the third party. But anyway, Samsung
says they're trying to fend off these Chinese manufacturers, the
tcls of the world in the high sense because people
are switching to them. And so now they're giving seven
years of their ties in operating system updates. What they
used to do is just do a couple of years
of updates for their security updates. Now they're actually going

(01:22:31):
to upgrade that entire operating system, the one that powers
the smart TVs, because they know that people are using
their TVs for a long time and they're using that
TV software and they want to compete against the likes
of Roku and also Google TV, and also Apple TV
and what's the other one, Amazon. So it's a lot

(01:22:51):
of stuff, a lot of a lot of things happening here. Anyway,
it's a good thing for consumers. We're getting more updates
for our gadgets for long. It's a good thing because
we're keeping them longer. Eight a eight rich one on
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Coming up here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to

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Speaker 2 (01:23:39):
Uh ooh see, this is the thing.

Speaker 1 (01:23:42):
I think I take good notes until I get an
email like this from Zach. You mentioned you had a
good stretching app. I'm signed up to rich on Tech
and I can't find it anywhere. Uh, you gotta tap
when you go to the website, the main page, it
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Speaker 4 (01:24:04):
All right.

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Let's well, I didn't know. Did I not put it
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Speaker 4 (01:24:07):
Wait?

Speaker 2 (01:24:07):
I thought it did. Yeah I did.

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Get bend dot co. Get Bend dot Co. I paid
for the year, so I've been I've been telling my
wife every day. I'm like, you got to get this app.
You got to get this app. It's so great. I
love it. It's very simple. But if you're trying to
stretch more like I am. You know, I'm getting older.
I got older this week. You gotta stretch like Yet,

(01:24:31):
here's the thing that only happens when you get older.
You move a certain way and next thing you know,
you've got a crick in your neck. You're like, like,
one time, I'm not kidding, Bobo. You remember this.

Speaker 2 (01:24:42):
Remember when I came in here and Bobo looked at
me and goes, rich, what's what's wrong?

Speaker 10 (01:24:45):
Yep?

Speaker 1 (01:24:46):
And I was like, oh, I pulled my back, Like
I just moved wrong and I pulled my back.

Speaker 2 (01:24:51):
Have you ever had this happen? Yeah, you're too young.
Oh no, I've had it happen.

Speaker 11 (01:24:55):
I've had it up.

Speaker 2 (01:24:55):
My knee is my thing. My knee is what goes
out on me. I will literally just be sitting there
and go to stand up and my knee is buckles.

Speaker 1 (01:25:02):
Yeah. See, that's that's just weird. It's like the things
that don't happen when you're a kid.

Speaker 2 (01:25:06):
And then everybody you're going to the gym too much.

Speaker 1 (01:25:08):
It has nothing to do with the gym, Yeah, because
it's not even on a leg day when it happens.

Speaker 4 (01:25:12):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:25:15):
Yeah, if it buckles on the leg day, I get it.
You're like, Okay, I've done too much exactly. Let's go
to Patty and Van Eyes. Patty, you're on with Rich.

Speaker 14 (01:25:23):
Hi.

Speaker 8 (01:25:24):
Nice listening to your show.

Speaker 2 (01:25:26):
Thank you.

Speaker 14 (01:25:28):
I was wondering how I can get some original music
off of my parents old two thousand and two Gateway computer.

Speaker 2 (01:25:34):
Oh my gosh, Gateway.

Speaker 1 (01:25:36):
I loved my Gateway computer growing up. Remember, I don't
know if you remember this, Patty on ho how old
you are? But they They used to have this the
cow spots. That was like their big thing.

Speaker 14 (01:25:48):
That's what it has.

Speaker 2 (01:25:49):
Yes, Oh my.

Speaker 1 (01:25:50):
Gosh, I love Gateway Ted. Wait, Oh my gosh. I
used to wait for the my PC World magazine to
come in the mail. This is how old it was.
I told you I was getting older. I used to
wait for that magazine. In the middle of the magazine,
they must have bought out all the pages. It was
so thick you could put you can like, move right
to it. What horse, Yes, I used to yeah, the mail.

(01:26:12):
The male person used to come by horse and drop
it off of my house, horse and buggy, and it
was just, oh my gosh. I used to flip right
to that page that the center of the magazine, and
they had all these ads for Gateway two thousand.

Speaker 2 (01:26:22):
Anyway, go ahead, Patty, what's your question?

Speaker 9 (01:26:25):
And so so I have.

Speaker 14 (01:26:27):
Original music on there that I want to get off.
But the computer, because they didn't listen to me, is
infected with a trojan horse. When you turn the computer on,
it says it'll clear it, So it clears it and
then I can listen to the music. But I want
to I just want to get it off there and
transfer it and I wonder does that mean that I

(01:26:48):
would be transferring that Trojan horse to whatever I put
the music on.

Speaker 2 (01:26:53):
Good question.

Speaker 1 (01:26:55):
Maybe it depends how you know, how far that virus
is around that come. I yeah, I would definitely be
be careful. I think what you can do is probably
boot this computer into a into safe mode.

Speaker 2 (01:27:06):
Have you heard of that?

Speaker 8 (01:27:08):
Uh?

Speaker 12 (01:27:08):
Huh?

Speaker 1 (01:27:08):
And you know, first off, well, this computer is not
connected to the internet, is it Okay? So I would
just boot it into safe mode and then transfer the
files that way, and then once you get them on
the new computer, I would maybe transfer one and you know,
maybe run like a virus check on it, and then
you know, see where, see where it's at, see if
it comes up with anything. And then if it doesn't,

(01:27:29):
you know, I would transfer them all to a flask
drive and that should be good. The thing is, if
you're if you're only like transferring these files like these,
uh you know, like the main like are they m
P three's or.

Speaker 14 (01:27:41):
What I think they're m P three's, it's not a
a system called fat.

Speaker 8 (01:27:49):
Noise P H A T.

Speaker 1 (01:27:50):
I don't know your parents sound cool, I don't know.
That's if they're they got something fat with a pH
then they're cool. So uh but yeah, I would I
would just transfer just the MP three's and once you
get them, you know, onto a flash drive, I would
scan that flash drive with the new with the other
computer and see if anything comes up on the virus checker,

(01:28:12):
and then if not, you know, you should be okay.
But I would also maybe just drag them into the cloud.
And I think your cloud storage, I mean, it's probably
the virus is probably not gonna be attached to these
files unless it's in the file and it's inexecutable. So
I think you're probably gonna be okay. But I would
take those steps I mentioned. Thanks for the question, Patty.

(01:28:32):
Coming up, we're gonna help you choose the best streaming
service for sports. Right after this, welcome back to rich
on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology.
The website for the show rich on Tech dot tv.
There you can get in touch, look at the links
that I mentioned and all kinds of stuff. It's all

(01:28:55):
on the website right there. Tom Hanks has a warning
about a generated video ads. He took to his Instagram
to say, if you saw some videos promoting miracle cures
and wonder drugs. It's not me, And he said that
he has nothing to do with these ads or the
products they're promoting. He did say, and I did not
know this, that he has type two diabetes and works

(01:29:18):
with his doctor for treatment. He does not use all
these things that they were talking about in these ads.
So he urged folks not to be fooled or swindled
and not to lose their money on these fake products.
It's not the first time he's done this. In October,
he warned about an AI generated video promoting a dental plan. Man, AI,
I'm telling you this idea of misinformation thanks to AI

(01:29:40):
is going to get worse and worse. I will tell
you I have the AI image generation on the pixel phone.
It is absolutely incredible, Like you can generate any picture.
Well it's not perfect, but it's really really good. And
when we get to a level of video with this stuff,
it's going to be like really tough to tell the difference.

(01:30:01):
So when something seems too good to be true, this
is whereas humans we still have to go to that.
You know that age old adage, if something seems too
good to be true, it probably is. If someone's sending
you an email, saying, Hey, give me fifty grand, or
give me ten grand so I can send you fifty,
or let me send you fifty so I can set whatever.
However that scam works, it's a scam. Don't fall for it.

(01:30:25):
Just in time for football season, Apple Sports is updating
their iPhone app.

Speaker 2 (01:30:30):
So this app launched. I don't if it was earlier
this year.

Speaker 10 (01:30:33):
I guess.

Speaker 1 (01:30:35):
It's a very simple app for the iPhone provides real
time scores, stats, and more for various sports. They are
adding new features in time for NFL and college football.
Enhanced play by play with quick access to scoring drives,
a dynamic drive tracker so you can see where the
ball is on the field. You can follow the top

(01:30:55):
twenty five college football teams, real time score stats, and
live betting odds.

Speaker 2 (01:31:01):
And this is a moment of contention.

Speaker 1 (01:31:03):
Not everyone likes the betting odds inside this app, so
you can turn those off if you want. All right,
looks like our guest is here joining me now? Is
let's see Hold on, I gotta mute some stuff here
because I am Let's see there we go. Joining me
now is the TV answer man Philip Swan. Welcome to
the show, Philip How are you. I'm doing fantastic.

Speaker 11 (01:31:27):
I was back to your call, but don't worry about it.

Speaker 1 (01:31:31):
Yeah, we used to call our guests and now we
just kind of use Google Meet because it's easier. So
thanks for joining me no matter what. So I ended
up selecting my sports streaming service before I spoke to you.
I hope I made the right decision. So for us,
first off, let's talk about this idea of the streaming.
How where do we stand, Like, you know, the games,
they're kind of everywhere nowadays.

Speaker 10 (01:31:54):
They are, I mean, sports streaming right now is so
byzantine busit team being basically or split in so many
different ways. It's really hard for people to follow it
figure out what's on what service and when, and how
much it cost and how long.

Speaker 11 (01:32:09):
You should keep these services. So it's a very confusing
time for a lot of folks.

Speaker 1 (01:32:13):
And it's so confusing that I mentioned and I'm sure
you saw this obviously. ESPN this week came out with
their you know where to watch service, which is great,
and then you also have Fubo has one, and then
you know, there's a lot of different places you can
try to see where the game is on. But it
still doesn't get around the fact of all of these
blackouts and you can't necessarily watch every single game, and

(01:32:35):
some services have it if it's not on the local
channel in your area. I mean, it's really Is there
anything more confusing than finding your sports game on streaming
or you know, rock Cable?

Speaker 11 (01:32:47):
Probably not.

Speaker 10 (01:32:47):
You know, we've had blackouts for a long time, so
that's not terribly new. But what is new is that
exclusive rights to a lot of these games now. By example,
the first week of the Packards and Eagles on Friday
only on Peacock, not even NBC, So you have to
get Peacock. Peacock doesn't have a free trial, so you're

(01:33:11):
going to have to subscribe for at least a month
just to watch that one single game if it's important
to you. So that's the kind of thing that's going on.

Speaker 11 (01:33:18):
Then a lot of people very frustrated.

Speaker 10 (01:33:21):
Did you have to get at least a one month
subscription to something just to watch a single game?

Speaker 2 (01:33:25):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:33:26):
And I remember last year the Chiefs game was on
Peacock and I think it was exclusive.

Speaker 2 (01:33:30):
And my wife, you know, she was a big.

Speaker 1 (01:33:31):
Taylor Swift fan of course, traveled over to Kelsey and
so I was like, wait, you're telling me that this
game is on Peacock by like by itself, like it's
nowhere else, And she's like, yeah, I think it is.
I said, there's no way, and sure enough, I think
that's what's happening.

Speaker 11 (01:33:45):
One hundred and.

Speaker 10 (01:33:46):
Ten million dollars for the rights of that game. And
obviously they weren't going to give it away easily.

Speaker 1 (01:33:52):
No, And then you know Netflix has games, this year's
Prime Video has games. I mean, it's really all over
the play So what do you think is the best service?
How do we pick the service to subscribe to for
these games? Like, you can't just go with like YouTube
or direct TV or Fubo and get all of them.

Speaker 11 (01:34:10):
Huh No, you can't.

Speaker 10 (01:34:12):
And you know, you really couldn't do this before either
you couldn't get a single cable service or satellite service.

Speaker 11 (01:34:18):
It would necessarily get you every single game.

Speaker 10 (01:34:21):
To get every single game, you'd have to, by example,
in the old days, get Direct TV in the Sunday
ticket and pay a lot of money to do it.
So this is kind of a version of that that
you have to still spend a lot of money to
if you really want everything. But basically you got to
kind of break this down in two different ways. You
have national sports and regional sports. And if you're looking

(01:34:45):
basically for national sports, which would be ESPN, you know,
FS ONE, Fox, CBS, whatever, you can get pretty much
all of that from YouTube, TV, Direct TVs stream or
a cable or satellite service.

Speaker 11 (01:35:03):
But if you're looking for regional sports, or you're looking
for that exclusive game on Peacock or ESPN plus, that's
when it gets complicated and can get expensive.

Speaker 10 (01:35:15):
And by example, right now, I always say when people
ask me, what's the one sports service or one service
streaming service? You get to get all sports? And I
normally say direct TV stream because they have all the
national sports networks and they have almost every regional sports network.
But guess what might happen tomorrow? What they might go

(01:35:38):
blackout on the Disney Channel.

Speaker 1 (01:35:40):
Right because that was the thing with Fubo. I was
looking at Fubo yesterday. They don't have any of the
Warner channels like Food Network. Not that I want to
watch that, but my wife. If we're paying eighty bucks
a month for cable, my wife might be like, oh
cool and I can watch the Food Network.

Speaker 2 (01:35:52):
And I'm like, oh, actually, you can't.

Speaker 10 (01:35:55):
Yeah, if you have Fubo, you're gonna have to get
Max or you're gonna have to get some other service
that has the Turner Networks TV may lose ESPN and
all the Disney channels. And so if that occurs, I
won't be saying to people anymore, Hey, get direct TV
stream if you're just interested in national and regional sports.

Speaker 2 (01:36:17):
Now, how do you know if you need Sunday ticket that?

Speaker 13 (01:36:19):
If you?

Speaker 1 (01:36:19):
If you, is it one of those things where like
you know when you see it, like you just you
figure it out. Like if you're if you're living in
Los Angeles and you want to follow the Jets, is
that when you have to have the Sunday ticket.

Speaker 11 (01:36:30):
Yes, I've said this for years.

Speaker 10 (01:36:32):
A Sunday ticket is basically set up for the guy
or a girl who lives in Chicago and was a
Dolphins fan and got transplanted for a job or whatever,
and they boy, they miss their Dolphins and if they
get the Sunday ticket, they're gonna get it.

Speaker 11 (01:36:47):
They're gonna get that game.

Speaker 10 (01:36:48):
There's also, of course, an element for fantasy players and
gamblers who just simply want to watch a number of
games because they want to follow how their players do,
either through uh parlays or their.

Speaker 11 (01:36:59):
Fancy football teams. And that's a big thing for Sunday tickets,
a big thing for those folks. So but those are
kind of the audiences where the Sunday ticket works best.

Speaker 1 (01:37:10):
And finally, you know, I saw the the only league
that I know of that's done this is MLS. You know,
Apple bought the rights to that and they did what
I've wanted every league to do, which is you buy
that you know package from Apple, and you get every
single game. There are no more blockouts. That's just not
a thing on that service. If you've subscribed, you get everything.

(01:37:32):
Will that ever happen with the major leagues like the
NBA and NFL and you know, I don't know what
else whatever else there is out there.

Speaker 10 (01:37:40):
It's what Rob Bamford is really pushing forward Major League Baseball.

Speaker 11 (01:37:45):
He if he got his Christmas wish this year, it'll
be the Diamond Sports.

Speaker 10 (01:37:49):
The owner of the Valley Sports Networks goes bankrupt and
stays bank well they've already gone bankrupt, but they stay bankrupt,
and they turned the rights over to the MLB team
that they have the rights too, and they turn them
back to the league is man for it wants to
put together a package that he would sell through MLB
dot TV that would not have local blackouts, and you know,

(01:38:13):
you obviously would have to pay for that luxury, but yeah,
you would be able to do that.

Speaker 11 (01:38:17):
That's his wish.

Speaker 1 (01:38:18):
It would make life a whole lot simpler. And I
think with you know, with the way that this world
is going with all the streaming, there's so much money
like still like there's like by the NFL and all
these places selling off like a couple of games. They're
still making a lot of money by doing that.

Speaker 2 (01:38:33):
Huh. And that's really what it comes down to.

Speaker 11 (01:38:37):
Yeah, sports continues to be the driver of your ship.

Speaker 10 (01:38:40):
It's the one thing that the network, since services, can
guarantee will bring in a big audience. And consequently the
leaks now they can charge incredible amount of money for
the rights.

Speaker 1 (01:38:50):
Well it got me to subscribe to I ended up
going with YouTube TV for various reasons after a lot
of kind of thought. I think Fubo is a little
bit better in LA when when you need the regionals
like the if you want to watch like the Clippers
and the sports net.

Speaker 2 (01:39:05):
You know, rich, what's that.

Speaker 11 (01:39:09):
Direct TV Stream has a Spectrum Sports net and the
Lakers channel, so you can watch the Lakers and the
Dodgers on string direct TV stream not on Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:39:19):
I will tell you I did try direct TV stream
last year and the only the only downside I had
is that the app looks like it was created by
people who are not necessarily like you know, like, it
looked like, I don't know, like you know, how direct TV.

Speaker 2 (01:39:33):
It's just Direct TV.

Speaker 9 (01:39:34):
Like I.

Speaker 1 (01:39:34):
I think it's great with the coverage they have, but
the app could be better, whereas Fubo and YouTube are
very very high tech.

Speaker 10 (01:39:41):
I agree with you, it's clearly done by kind of
the old school, and in part because they're trying to
get direct TV satellite audience, which is obviously older to
come over to TV stream and so they feel more
comfortable with that old interface.

Speaker 3 (01:39:56):
Ah.

Speaker 1 (01:39:56):
There you have it all right. We're gonna leave it there,
Phillip Swan, thanks so much for joining me. Tvanswerman dot
com excellent, excellent website. Check it out Tvanswerman dot com.
Coming up, we're gonna open up the feedbag o their
worm scrolling out of that.

Speaker 2 (01:40:15):
You're listening to Rich on Tech.

Speaker 1 (01:40:17):
Welcome back to Rich on tech Rich DeMuro here with
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Speaker 1 (01:40:53):
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I'll tell you the price at the end, world's fastest
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if you run a company you're making, you know, billions
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Whoa pretty cool? All right, let's open up the feedbag.
These are the emails that you send me throughout the week.

(01:42:14):
Chris from Madison Rights in I have reservations about storing
my driver's license on a phone. Digital editing tools could
be potentially used to alter the photo of information on
a mobile license. While it's true that physical licenses can
also be forged, why provide another potential tool for wrongdoing.
I believe this digital option introduces unnecessary risks. What are

(01:42:35):
your thoughts on the security of mobile driver's licenses? They're
actually way more secure, Chris. I went through a whole
briefing on these things, and they are way more secure
than your actual physical license. The information never leaves your phone,
and it's not exchanged with whoever's checking the license. It's
actually pretty well done. So I actually think these are

(01:42:57):
a great thing, and hopefully more statesp them and hopefully
we can use them in more ways, like when you
get pulled over. Not that you ever want to get
pulled over, but if you ever do, be nice to
be able to use that as your complete replacement. Gail
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your Saturday broadcast. It motivated me to finally activate two
factor authentication, starting with my bank account. I must admit

(01:43:20):
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on my other accounts. Your information really pushed me to
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Thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:43:37):
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It's given new life to my old hardware. You should
try it out.

Speaker 10 (01:44:04):
Rich.

Speaker 2 (01:44:05):
Thanks for your show. Thanks for the email.

Speaker 12 (01:44:07):
Mark.

Speaker 1 (01:44:07):
We have talked about chromos Flex. I will admit I
have not personally installed it on a computer, but now
that you tell me that, actually I will because I
have an old Mac sitting around that I will test
it out on the first time I did it or
tried it was a little bit complicated because it was
brand new.

Speaker 2 (01:44:24):
Let's see.

Speaker 1 (01:44:25):
Mark writes in with a follow up on Hawaiian Airlines
Starlink Internet. I recently experienced Starlink on a Hawaiian Airlines
flight and it's impressive. The service works gate to gate,
unlike other airlines where you have to wait until you
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It's exciting to see this high quality internet becoming more
widely available on flights. Absolutely stand Word writes in, I'm

(01:44:47):
not impressed with the Tesla cyber truck. In my opinion,
Rivian trucks are much better looking and nicer overall. I'd
love to learn more about their underlying structure and design.
The Rivian has really caught my interest compared to Tesla.
I think Rivian has given Tesla a run for their money.
But the problem is those products are very, very expensive,
and they need to bring the prices down.

Speaker 2 (01:45:07):
But I love the Rivian one hundred percent.

Speaker 1 (01:45:10):
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DNS ad block hack in your recent newsletter. These small
but impactful tips really do make our lives better. I
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(01:45:52):
me on social media. I am at rich on Tech.
You can go to the website for more information about me.
Next week got a big one former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer.
She is going to talk about her tech career. She
started at Google, then went to become Yahoo's CEO, and
now she's got a new startup. She's going to talk

(01:46:12):
all about that. Looking forward to that conversation. Thank you
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can spend your time. I really appreciate you spending it
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