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Speaker 1 (00:04):
My thoughts on the iPhone se after going hands on,
Voodoo is acquired by Fandango, Nintendo tells you to turn
on two factor authentication and much more.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
What's going on.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I'm Rich Dmiro and this is Rich on Tech, the
podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think
you should know about, and I also answer the questions
that you send me, and believe me, you send a
lot of them. My name is Rich Demiro, tech reporter
at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles, Staying safe at
Home this week this is going to be an episode
(00:38):
with your live calls, so I have this broadcasting live
on Facebook. I've got the phone number ready to go.
You can call in with your tech questions at five
one six three eight seven thirteen twenty six. Again five
one six three eight seven thirteen twenty six. If you're
listening on the podcast, you pray play on your phone.
(01:01):
That means you can't call in because it's been pre recorded.
But for everyone else watching right now live on Facebook,
you can call in with your tech questions, and I
hope that you do. Let's get to the big story
of the week. The iPhone S has launched. Apple sent
me one to test out and I will tell you
(01:21):
Apple really did a nice job with this device, because
here's the thing they did that they didn't have to do,
but they did, and it makes a world of difference.
It makes a difference between me actually recommending this device
and not recommending it. And at this point, I'm pretty
much going to recommend this device to anyone who wants
a phone at a good price. And you know, pictures
(01:44):
are probably not the most important thing to them. They're important,
but they just want an iPhone and they want a
good smartphone in general. This is this actually goes past
just the iPhone. This is probably the best four hundred
dollars phone you can get at this point, because because
even when it comes to Android phones, when you look
at four hundred dollars Android phones, the closest comparison I
(02:06):
have is the is the Pixel three A, which is
about that price. But the problem is, even when they
come out with the fur A, which is their cheaper
version of the Pixel, it's still not going to be
as good as this device because you're getting an iPhone.
And when you have an iPhone, what do you have?
(02:26):
You have the best access to the best apps, the
best accessories, the best other Apple products, so you can
do things like finally get an Apple Watch. And it's
a lot of little things that add up to this
being a really good deal at four hundred dollars. So
I have the phone in my hand, I've been playing
(02:46):
with it, and it's a smaller device.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
It only has one camera.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And in my story on KTLA today, I explain kind
of all the differences, the things that you're getting, the
things that you're not getting, and I kind of went
through that in the last podcast as well. But the
reality is this is a fantastic device.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
It's small, The screen is.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Smaller than we're used to on a lot of these
big screen phones, especially on the Android side of things.
But overall, I can't say enough good things about this device.
It has the latest processor that Apple has, which means
this phone is going to last you three years minimum.
You can use this phone for four hundred dollars for
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the next three years, and by the way, it's going
to get Apple's software updates for that time, which is
a huge deal. You buy a Samsung, you buy another
device you don't know when your next software update is coming.
Besides the Pixel, So I love the Pixel and I
love OnePlus those are the two brands that I think
are really very compelling when it comes to Android devices.
(03:49):
But with that said, you still don't have the range
of accessories that you get when it comes to an
Apple device. And you can call me an Apple lover,
you can call me Apple fanboy. I am not believe me.
I love Android. I actually love the Android operating system.
The architecture of that system I love. In fact, I
think it's more flexible. But I will say in recent years,
(04:12):
Apple has really done a good job of integrating things
in almost a better way than Android does. And I
just think that this phone at four hundred dollars is
a fantastic device, and I can't imagine not recommending it
to folks.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
And that's kind of the bottom line.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
You don't get the wide angle camera, you know, you
get wireless charging, you don't get a headphone jack, but
no phone has a headphone jack. You get good battery life,
you get I think it really comes down to that processor.
The fact that you can get the latest processor on
this device, to me, is probably the best thing about it.
(04:53):
So iPhone S is a winner in my book. And
let's see, can I hear this?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I do that?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, there we go. iPhone se is a winner in
my book, and I think that Apple when they come
out with their earnings, mark my words, they will sell
so many of these devices it is not even funny.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
It's going to eclipse what they sold.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
When it comes to regular iPhones, for sure, iPhone eleven,
it's going to sell more than those because there's so
many people out there that pent up demand for an
inexpensive iPhone is there. And believe me, this hits it.
Phone lines are open five one, six, three, eight, seven,
thirteen twenty six. We've got nine five one on the line.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Hello?
Speaker 4 (05:43):
This is Carolyn.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Carolyn. How are you?
Speaker 4 (05:48):
I'm doing pretty good?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Good? What's on your mind?
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Well? I have a I don't know whether you deal
with tech questions with Facebook?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Oh of course I love Facebook.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Okay, Well, I have my Facebook account. It has three
names attached to it. I mean, you know, I have
a first name, a maid name, and my last name. Okay, okay.
Sometimes at one point I opened it under Safari on
an iPhone and now it's just my first name and
(06:25):
my last name. But I cannot put it onto a
new I cannot put I cannot get the app to
work on a new phone. So you've got a new
iPhone because it somebody has taken over me or something.
And Facebook does not answer questions.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
No, they do not.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Good luck. I get a lot of emails from people
who so I just can't access that Facebook.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Account, yah phone number in the password I put in
the email and the password and nothing is worth it.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
So what happens when you do when you try to
do a password recover? What happens when you type in
your email address and you say I forgot my password?
Speaker 2 (07:04):
What? What does Facebook tell you?
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Well, at one point I tried that about a month ago,
and it, uh, I just changed the.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Password, sure, and what happens? You can't get in?
Speaker 4 (07:24):
And but I just got a new phone and I'm
trying to put it in get the app of the
Facebook app to work, and it doesn't work. Now this
is a spare phone for me, so I already haven't
set up on my main phone, right right, So you
do have to put it on the spare So.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
You have access to your Facebook on one in one place,
but you want to get it in the other place
and you can't seem to do that.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
Why have access on it on a iPad right, an iPhone, okay,
and then I want to put it onto an iPhone right, Well.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
You should you should be able to do that for sure.
Well okay, so here's here's what I would recommend doing.
And it could be a little dicey because if you
can't get access to your account, you could be locked
out of all these devices. But what I would say
is what you need to do is go to your
desktop computer. Okay, go to Facebook and I would go
(08:24):
in there and I would make sure like log out
and then say, forgot my password, and then I would
reset my password. They're going to send you an email
to your email account. You're going to come up with
a new password. Write that password down. Now, go to
the other devices. Log out of Facebook. Once you're you know,
into the other one, You've everything's worked out, and then
(08:44):
I would go log into those two devices, and I
think that's going to fix everything. The only issue is
if there is some sort of problem or issue with
your account and you get logged out, locked out, you
may not be able to get into any of your accounts.
But it sounds like you don't have any issues with account.
It's just more of a every nothing's in sync right now,
And it might be that you just need to kind
(09:06):
of reset your password, like log out of everything, reset
your password and get back in.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
That's what I would say. Does that sound like something
you want to try?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
I will try that out, all right, Carolyn.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Let me know if that works. Okay, okay, all right.
I want to hear.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
I want to hear because much because we need our
Facebook especially right now. How would you be watching me
if you didn't have Facebook? Right right?
Speaker 4 (09:32):
I just pat down to take a break in. You're
here and I went watch your show every morning, well
whenever you're on on channel five.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Yes, well, thanks for finding me here. I appreciate it.
It's kind of fun. Right What else?
Speaker 2 (09:44):
What else am I going to do on a Friday afternoon?
Speaker 4 (09:50):
But thank you very much?
Speaker 2 (09:51):
All right, Carolyn, take care all right?
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Phone lines are open area code five one six three
eight seven thirteen twenty six five six, three eight seven
thirteen twenty six. Let's see what's the other big story
of the week.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
HBO Max.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
You guys ready for another streaming service. HBO Max says
that they are going to launch on May twenty seventh,
and HBO Max is another streaming service from kind of Time, Warner,
Warner Brothers, whatever the companies are called. There's so many
companies that have merged these days. But it's I guess
Warner Media, which I think is owned by AT and
(10:32):
T if I'm not mistaken. So this is WarnerMedia, which
is HBO. And let me tell you the brands that
they're in here. So ten thousand hours of premium content, okay,
including new stuff. So some of the brands that are
in this lineup include HBO, Warner Brothers, TNT, TBS, True TV, CNN, DC,
(10:56):
New Line, Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Under Classic Movies,
and others. And yes, WarnerMedia is a part of AT
and T. So this is going to cost fifteen dollars
a month when it launches, and you're gonna have ten
thousand hours of content and all kinds of stuff. I mean,
they have a lot of original things. They have friends.
(11:19):
Obviously that's gonna be a big one because you can
watch that West World, Big Little Lies, All the HBO
stuff is going to be on there, Big Bang Theory,
The Bachelor, Sesame Street, The Bachelor, who wants to rewatch
that after its air? And I don't know, not me,
The OC Gossip Girl, Crazy Rich Asians, A Star is Born, Aquaman, Joker,
(11:40):
seven hundred Blood, two thousand movies in the first year.
I mean, this is a lot of stuff. Then they
have some classic things like let's see what I just see, Casablanca,
Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, the Goonies, Lego movies. I mean,
this is this is a lot. But it's again, it's
fifteen dollars a month. So are you willing to spend
(12:00):
another fifteen bucks a month? I don't know about you,
but I did tweet recently all the streaming services that
I subscribe to, and it's kind of a lot. The
bills are kind of I looked at my credit card
today and it's literally everything on there is a streaming service, Hulu,
Hbo Go. What else do we have? YouTube? We've got Netflix,
(12:24):
We've got I mean, all these little things add up. Now,
they're not adding up to that much, but it's still
a lot when you do fifteen bucks a month, seven
dollars a month, seventeen dollars a month.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I just did.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Hulu that was twelve bucks a month for the commercial
free one. So my question is, are you willing to
pay another fifteen dollars a month for another streaming service.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
I don't know. It seems like they have a lot
of stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
And I think what's gonna work here is that you
have so many people that are already subscribed to HBO
that I think HBO Max will be a natural progression
for them because they can just go and put that
fifteen dollars towards her, and HBO has a lot of customers.
So we'll see HBO Max again. Launches May twenty seventh,
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which can't come fast enough in these COVID times Area
code seven six zero. You are on with Rich. Who
am I speaking with? Seven six zero?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
You're on with Rich? Hello?
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Do we have you? Oh?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
I might have to go to the next person. Okay,
let's go to nine oh nine. You're on with Rich.
Nine oh nine. You're on with Rich.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Hello, Hey Rich, this is Sam from Pomona.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Hey, Sam, wouldn't be a show without you, my friend.
How you doing?
Speaker 3 (13:44):
That's true? Trying to stay cool?
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Oh yeah, this is uh, this is actually I think
the air conditioning kicked on in my little room here,
but it's it's it's wild. We went for I actually
went for a run today and it was. I think
I got double the workout because I did that.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
How are you doing? How's Pomona?
Speaker 1 (14:06):
I remember going to the Pomona What is it the
Pomona Racetrack. What's the thing? The Pomona Fairgrounds?
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Yeah, La County fair Grounds.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Yeah, I remember going to that many years ago and
it was very hot.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Oh yeah, they always have it in September and it's
the hottest time of the year.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Yes, Why is that in La September October always the
hottest part of the year.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
What's on your mind today?
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Anything anyway?
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Yeah? About a year or so ago, I got a
deal on one of these Google wi fis, you know,
the three pack.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
I walked into a best Buy and the guy, the salesman,
looks at me and goes, hey, you want to buy
one of these for one hundred and nineteen dollars.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Evidently somebody online, some big company mispriced it. So I said, hey,
for one hundred nineteen dollars for three pack, I'll buy it. Yeah.
That brought us a great price up. The problem was
is that all my two point four gigahertz stuff wouldn't connect.
The five point six stuff worked great, so I called Google,
(15:20):
and they really didn't have an answer. They gave me
some bs you know, well, you know, go a far
away distance and maybe it'll hook up, and it never did.
So that's been sitting in a box in my house,
and I was wondering, do you know if they've ever
fixed that problem?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Now? Is this the original or is this the new one?
Is Google?
Speaker 1 (15:43):
No?
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Is the original?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
So it's the original. Okay.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
I'm looking up my Nest Wi Fi information because they
did change it to Nest Now it's called Nest Wi Fi, right,
and so it's a little bit different than the original.
I'm looking up my my press information I got from
from Google about the Nest Wi Fi. Let's see Nest
(16:08):
Wi Fi tech specs. This is the stuff that you're
really you know, if you're really feeling lonely on a
Friday night, you can jump into all right, let's see.
So Nest Wi Fi router yep, it now has five
gigahertz and two point four simultaneous dual band.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
So that is the answer.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Oh well then what's I mean? So then why didn't connect?
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Well that was my question. I have a bunch of
IP cameras here that are all two point four. Yeah,
and I'm not going to go out and rebuy those,
you know.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Yeah, the IP cameras, I've gotten a lot of I've
got a lot of questions about that because I remember
when the little Wise camera came out. It was I
think on two point four, and a lot of people
were telling me it wasn't working with their system.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I don't know why that is.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
I don't I think on an ideal world, you'd be
able to choose which Wi Fi signal it kind of
attached itself to. But in you know, I know, on
Android phones when they give you some of that functionality,
you can, but I know that some of these smaller
IP devices just don't let you do it, you know,
some of the lesser expensive devices.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
So I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
It does support both, but I think that the problem
is that it's putting out both those signals, but you
can't choose on that device which signal you want to
latch onto. I think that is the problem.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Now.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
You would think in the settings on that device you
would say, hey, I only want to go to the
two point four setting, But I don't know. It's it's
kind of a mystery, but that's unfortunate. So you've never
you bought the one hundred and twenty dollars thing, but you
never were able to use it.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
Yeah. Well, I have a Netgear night Hawk and an extender,
and my house isn't that big, so I get pretty
good coverage with what I've got. But I've noticed though
that you know, they went from a two band to
a three band. Is there any big advantage to going
to a three band at this point?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
What's the third band?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Honestly, I think when they I think the the if
it says try band, I think of that means, is
that that's what it's using to communicate Because I know
these little mesh systems use like a tryband system to
communicate to each other, but I don't.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
I honestly don't know on that one.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
So it just sounds better, right, I mean, tryband sounds
better than dual band, so anything that's more is better,
I guess so, Sam, I think one of these days,
one of these days will solve all your Wi Fi woes,
but I don't know if that day is today.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
All right, Well, thanks and stay cool.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
All right, Sam? Stay cool, Sam and Pomona.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
I feel like we need like a music for Sam
ifmoona Okay, I would give out the phone number again,
but we have so many calls, I don't know if
I need to. So my plan with this podcast is
to usually do a story and then that's you know,
the regular format is where I do a story and
then I do a question from a listener. So that's
kind of the format. I'm going to continue on here
(19:18):
because I just, you know, think that's a good one.
All right, So I thought this was interesting. This week,
Samsung announced that they are offering free repairs of their
devices for first responders and healthcare professionals. And I think
this is really really important because if you are a doctor,
a nurse, firefighter, and I'll go through the list of
(19:39):
everyone who's affected, you can bring your Samsung device into
a store and get it fixed. Crackscreen, dead, battery, batteries
not lasting very long. Take advantage of this program. It's
called free Repairs for the Frontline. And what they're doing
is they're partnering with you Break I Fix And if
you have a s Msung device it's got a crackscreen
(20:02):
or a battery replacement, needs a battery replacement, go into
the store by June thirtieth and you can get it
done for free.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Here's who qualifies.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Doctors, nurses, hospital workers, EMTs, police officers, firefighters with valid
ID eligible for one free repair of their Samsung smartphone.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Do this.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Tell your friends that are a healthcare responder to do
this because this is a this is a big deal.
This could be a fifty dollars one hundred and fifty
dollars fix for free, and it's at a limited time only.
So if you're saying, rich, are you crazy, I'm not
going into a store right now, Well, you can mail
it in as well. So if you feel better mailing
it in, you can do that. But the problem with
(20:44):
mailing in a phone is like, let's be honest, you're
not going to have your phone for a while, so personally,
I'd rather just bring it in there, wear a mask
and you break eye. Fix is open, it says, and
they are taking the proper precautions to make sure everything
is okay. All right, Phone lines are open. Area code
five one, six, three, eight, seven, thirteen, twenty six nine.
(21:06):
We're gonna try again, nine four nine.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
What's up?
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Hello, Rick? How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (21:12):
This is Jimmy, Jimmy, how you doing.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
I'm doing well, I'm doing well.
Speaker 5 (21:18):
How about yourself.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
I am fantastic. What's on your mind today?
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Okay, I got a question for you. I find myself
often on my iPad in my bedroom and I'd like
to know if there's a way to mirror what's on
my on my iPad to my fire TV.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Ooh okay, uh Fire TV and iPad. So you know
that the fire TV is Amazon and the iPad is Apple,
So if you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
There's there's two things you can do.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
So sometimes apps have the ability built in to mirror
the screen, you know, like if Netflix you can cast
it what they.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Call it, to the TV.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
But overall when it comes to just like a blanket mirroring,
you would have to have an Apple TV for that.
As far as I know now, there may be a
program that does something similar. There used to be one
I had a long time ago that would that would
kind of do this, but I I see I think
it was called all Cast. Let me see if that's
(22:20):
still around. It looks like it's around. It says send
videos and photos to your TV, So this may this
may be a solution. You can try that, but the
problem is if you're looking at casting your screen specifically,
usually that is an Apple specific thing that you need
(22:40):
to get. So, are you trying to cast something on
your screen? Yes, yeah, that's so if it's not inside
a specific app, then I would probably say you're going
to need an Apple TV to do that.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
That's as far as I know.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
But if you want to try something like all Cast,
you can check that out and see. But I don't
think it can do your screen because that is a
Apple specific thing because it needs access to your screen
and it's you know, but if you have an iPhone
or an iPad and an Apple TV, it's really easy.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
It's just you already have your Fire TV. I doubt
you want to.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Get a new device just to do this solution. But again,
inside regular apps, it does. It does work a lot
of times, and I find that, you know, sometimes it's
very confusing because I have a Chrome Cast and a
Fire TV on my TV in the bedroom, and I
never know which one I'm going to when I try.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
To like cast something from my phone.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
So you know, that's another that's that's not your problem,
that's just my problem. But yeah, that's that's kind of
the best thing I can think of. And I'm trying
to see if there's anything there's another one. Let's see,
I'm seeing all connect but I don't know if that one.
I think when it comes to the mirroring, it's really
going to be I think it's just built into IF
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into Apple, and I'm just not sure that that's gonna
there's not really a way around that, you know.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Okay, Well, thanks a lot. I appreciate your help.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
All right, Jimmy, take care and thanks for calling in
on this, uh this show today. I appreciate it. There
you go, very cool. Phone number is five one, six, three, eight, seven,
thirteen twenty six. I see you guys on hold. I
got you there, and uh, I am not forgetting about you,
all right. This week, Google announced that you can finally
(24:40):
adjust the sensitivity for your Google devices. So if you
have one of these Google speakers in your home, and
you know this has happened to you, because it happens
to me all the time Google Home, you can now
adjust the sensitivity of your device, and it's in the settings,
in the device settings, and you basically look for the
(25:00):
h Google Sensitivity and you can go through and make
it least sensitive, default or most sensitive. And personally, I
would probably do least sensitive for some of the rooms,
like maybe in my kids room, least sensitive because I
don't need that one to kind of fire up when
I'm talking, and maybe most sensitive for the ones I
use the most, like the one in my kitchen is
(25:22):
the one that I usually like to respond. But again,
that is a new feature. It's rolling out gradually, so
you might not have access to it right away. But
if you go into your Google Home app and you
look under device settings and let's see, is there is
there like specific Yeah, it just looks like device settings,
and then go into notef Hey Google, Op, I didn't
(25:44):
I didn't want to say that. Sorry, my gosh, I
did not want to say that. But if you go
into there, you can you can adjust your sensitivity. And
I'm just reading some of the comments on the Facebook
Live about the Amazon TV thing. So Daniel says, there's
an app called Mirror for Amazon fire and it says
(26:06):
start by installing it on your fireTV. Open the app
and enable it on your as a device on a receiver.
Then grab your iPhone and enable airplay. Choose Fire TV
from the all Play receiver Airplay receiver list, connect the devices,
then pick your content on your iOS hardware and start casting.
That may work, but the problem is, I think that's
still just airplay. So if an app is airplay enabled,
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it will enable that. I think what Jimmy wanted was
to be able to mirror his screen. And when you
mirror your screen, you can literally just see your iPhone
or you know, iPad screen right on the TV screen, which.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Maybe I'm wrong, but if you if you can get
that going with just a third party app, that would
be pretty cool. So I think, yeah, eight oh five,
you're on with Rich eight oh five. This is Rich.
Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 4 (26:57):
Hey Rich, My name is Rachel.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Hey Rachel, how are you doing? Where are you calling from?
Speaker 6 (27:03):
I am actually calling from Woodland Hills, which is eight
one eight, but I have an eight or five number,
So I'm sweating out at ninety nine degree weather or
something out here in Woodland Hills.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Yeah, it is wild today. Huh oh my gosh. It's
like it went from such nice weather to crazy. So
the good news is I heard that heat in sunlight
kills coronavirus, so maybe maybe LA is getting disinfected right now.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I don't know. I'm not going as far as drinking
any bleach.
Speaker 6 (27:30):
So I'll tell you that that would be nice.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
What's on your mind?
Speaker 4 (27:35):
So my question to.
Speaker 6 (27:36):
You is, I have a dedicated sounds on user. I
have a Note eight right now, and I've actually smashed
the screen like three times, and you break. I fix
it fixes things. They do them fast. I use them twice.
I don't want to use them a third time now.
But it's because I can't get a good screen protector
for this curved screen. So I'd like to move to
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another phone that has a flat screen with out those
stupid curved edges where I cannot get a screen protector
to work. They're just terrible. And it's hard to research
this online because I can't find I can't figure out
who someone told me the Note ten had a flat screen,
though I looked again it doesn't. So it's very difficult
for me to find something online when I can't go
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into the briding store.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
So I was just wondering if.
Speaker 6 (28:22):
You knew anything off the top of your head. I
was thinking pixel, but I've had some friends say that
they don't think the rules that great with hardware, so
I don't know. I'm an Android person.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Well what okay?
Speaker 2 (28:33):
I mean?
Speaker 1 (28:33):
I think the pixel is an amazing device, and it
is a flat screen and it's okay. I mean, I
can't fully recommend the Pixel four because it's not the
best device in the world, but it does it will
take amazing pictures.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
It really, what do you want to do on your phone?
Speaker 6 (28:54):
It's just the usual stuff, you know, surfing the web,
using my apps for social media, taking pictures. I'm not
going to be doing any high powered like you know,
I don't even want to note because I don't need
that pen. I'm not going to be doing anything.
Speaker 4 (29:08):
And it's just personal use.
Speaker 6 (29:10):
Nothing high powered or professional or anything like that.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
They're not like an influencer on like Instagram or something
that needs like you know, video.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
Editing that.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Well.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
I mean, I think the Pixel for Xcel probably would
be a decent device. Now it's it's a good device,
it's not I don't know if the screen size is
as big as the phone that.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
You have right now.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Let me see, no day screen size. So that is
a six point three in screen and let's see what
the pixel is pixel for Excel screen size. Uh, that's
a let's see, Oh gosh, where is it? Screen size?
Six point three? Yeah, so it's about the same screen size.
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So I don't know, and I love the pixel the software. Now,
are you dedicated to SAMs Because if you love Samsung,
like if there's certain little features, because they have a
lot of little things in their software, it's you know,
you're not going to get all those features. But it's
a very clean and the best way I can describe
a Google Pixel versus a Samsung. Google Pixel is very
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calming because there's not a lot going on, Whereas the
Samsung there is a lot going on. You're always getting
notifications from Samsung things and telling you to sign up
for Samsung Pay and it's whoa, oh god, yes, So
you know, having reviewed many phones over the years, that's
the best way I can describe it. The Pixel is
is calm. It's just it's just simple.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
It works.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
It just sits there and waits until you need to
do something. Whereas the Samsung, I feel like it's always
bugging me to do something.
Speaker 6 (30:40):
You know what. Yes, And that's not a bad thing, honestly,
because like I hate the Bixi thing that's on my phone.
Speaker 4 (30:48):
I've never used it.
Speaker 6 (30:49):
I don't need to learn another piece of software. I'm
just I'm just an Android person, you know. I don't
I've never used an iPhone. I wanted to go that route,
so I think you sold me on the Pixel for no.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
I think I think you might want to check it out. Now.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
The pictures, I hope you're prepared, because they are gonna
be fantastic. I mean, so my mom, she regularly uses
a pixel. I get her a Pixel usually every other model,
and I recently got her the h I think it
was a three XL that I was using and I
gave it to her, and I mean, she doesn't want
to switch because she loves the pictures. Every time she
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takes a picture, everyone's like, why is your picture so good?
Speaker 2 (31:25):
And it is. It is amazing.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
I mean, you're gonna be really impressed with the pictures
on that thing. And I think, again, the calm, the
calm nature of that device, and you know, I think
I think you'll like it.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
And it is flat.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Now, the case I recommend that if you drop your
phone it's gonna be fine is the spec Presidio Grip.
And I really like that case because it it really
just it's it just really makes that phone. It makes
the phone just so like it's just it's it's a
little bit bigger, but it's not as big as like
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a giant case, and it just makes the phone, so
you're not gonna drop it. Everything's gonna be good, and
it's just a really nice little device. So I would
recommend that. That's that's my recommendation for you.
Speaker 6 (32:07):
So that's what I needed to hear because I'm stuck
trying to research things online and I'm like, I don't
know what to do. I can't go to the store
and talk to people, like.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
No, I can't. I can't take a look at the phones.
Speaker 4 (32:19):
That's exactly what I needed.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
Rich awesome.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
All right, Well, Rachel, thanks for calling in and good luck,
and I hope you give me an update on what
you think.
Speaker 6 (32:28):
Okay, I will thank you so much. I have a
great afternoon.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
Stay cool, stay.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Cool, all right, moving right along with the show. So
phone lines are open five to one, six, three eighty seven,
thirteen twenty six. Oh wow, we're almost done with the show.
I can't believe it. This thing goes fast this week.
Let's see, Voodoo is being acquired by Fandango. So Voodoo
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near and dear to my heart, because this was a
company that kind of revolutionized streaming video and specifically movies
so back in the day, this is I'm talking back
in like two thousand and eight.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
This was a new concept.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
To have every movie in the world available on your
TV at any time just by pressing the button on
your remote was a new concept. People did not know
what this was all about. Back in the day, you
had to download things from iTunes and that took a
long time. Even if you had an Apple TV, you
had to download at least a portion of the file
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before you can start playing the movie. And that might
take a long time because guess what, you didn't have
the fastest internet connection. Then Voodoo comes along and this
was a startup. They came out with a box that
did something pretty smart. It would preload a portion of
the movies in the background, so that when you went
on the box, it would say, well, we kind of
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know a lot of people are watching trolls right now,
so let's just download, like, you know, a little bit
of trolls that when you press play, you can start
watching that movie instantly, and then your internet connection has
time in the background while you're watching to catch up
with the rest of the download.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
And this was a.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Pretty new idea back then. And actually Amazon fireTV when
it first came out, had that same technology. I'm not
sure if they still use that technology because now our
internet connections are so fast that it may not matter,
but this is the reality of it. And I tested
this out with my friend Bald Brian, and he did
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not like it because his Internet was so slow. It
did not work at all, so he gave it a
terrible review. And maybe it was indicative of voodoo struggles
over the years because Voodoo kind of did not get
the proper reception it deserved for coming up with this
amazing technology. And I think they're there to thank for
(34:48):
what we have today. And Voodoo ended up being acquired
by Walmart. Walmart never seemed to do anything big with them.
It just didn't really work out. They never integrated them
in a big way into their offerings or the synergy
wasn't there with the stores. And now Fandango is buying them.
So now Fandango's buying Voodoo, And long story short, if
you have movies on Voodoo, they're gonna be okay. They're
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going to transfer it to Fandango, And I don't know
if the Voodoo name is going to stick or if
they're going to move it over to Fandango now, but
for now it's going to stay. But just know that
your movies are going to be safe. If you're doing
a movie collection at all, and you've got various movies
in different places like I did back in the day,
check out an app called Movies Anywhere. And what Movies
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Anywhere does is it aggregates all of your movies from
everywhere and anywhere, I should have said, and it puts
them all in one place. And so if you have
movies on Amazon, on Voodoo, on iTunes, it supports let's see,
I'm gonna tell you all the different things. It supports
a lot of services. And this company was amazing, was
(35:56):
it still is. It's actually owned by Disney. It was
started by Disney. So it works with Apple TV, so iTunes,
Prime Video, Voodoo, Google Play YouTube, Verizon, Fandango now Xfinity,
and Microsoft Movies and TV.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
So all those.
Speaker 1 (36:11):
Movies you can have in one place and not just
like you don't actually even have to go to the
app to play the movies. You can just go to
the individual apps and they're all synced up. So it's
kind of cool. There is one holdout, and that is
Paramount Studios. They are not a part of this. So
almost every movie is except anything you have paramount. So
if you have any paramount stuff, it's just not gonna work.
(36:33):
All right, enough of an old man Rich giving history lessons,
So six ' three to one, you're on with Rich
six ' three to one. Hang on before you come on,
six to three one. I just saw a question on
the Facebook Live Sissy says, why are you not using
wireless earplugs?
Speaker 2 (36:48):
Isn't that the best way to go?
Speaker 1 (36:50):
Yes, normally, and I do love my AirPods, but the
problem is I've got too many Bluetooth things here, and
so my AirPods kind of bounce between some of these things.
And so when I wire in, I know exactly what
I'm hearing and what I can troubleshoot much easier when
I'm on a podcast. There's a lot of stuff going
on here. I know it sounds easy to you guys
as you're watching, because you hear your stuff and you
(37:11):
call in like a radio station. But to be able
to do this at home by yourself is kind of
a lot. And so I need to make sure that
I have as many issues minimized as possible. So that's
why I do the wired earplugs and not wireless.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
All right, six three one, you're on with Rich? Who
am I speaking with? Sixt three to one? Hello?
Speaker 4 (37:33):
Hello?
Speaker 3 (37:33):
Hello?
Speaker 2 (37:33):
Are you there?
Speaker 8 (37:36):
Hello?
Speaker 3 (37:37):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (37:42):
Yeah? Yes, I'm calling because I have a question about
the iPhone. It's okay, and I just receive an iPhone eleven,
but I ask a question about iPhone s E and
they don't give me much information about it. Can you
tell me more about.
Speaker 1 (38:01):
What is the difference the difference between the iPhone eleven
and the iPhone SE. So the iPhone eleven is going
to have a bigger screen, it's going to have more camera,
so you get a wide angle and you're going to
get a wide angle lens with that device, so you
can take wide angle pictures.
Speaker 2 (38:21):
Let's see.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
Other than that, that is the biggest difference that I
can think of off the top of my head. So
you're getting and you're also.
Speaker 8 (38:29):
Getting a better campray earlier, I'm sorry you say earlier
that the SE the last three years? Right, So how
long does the iPhone eleven last?
Speaker 1 (38:42):
I would say about the same, because they're they're both
running the same processor. The three year kind of timeline
I gave was based on the brand new processor and
kind of the track record of Apple with iOS software updates.
So generally, you know, we've got phones that are about
four years old that are just kind of edging out
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of the update approval process. I guess you can say
like they you know, you can no longer get iOS
thirteen on a certain device. I think it's about a
four year old device.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
So when it.
Speaker 1 (39:14):
Comes to that, that's kind of what I was basing
it on.
Speaker 8 (39:19):
Okay, so I think, do you think that SE is
much better than iPhone eleven? Right?
Speaker 1 (39:25):
No, the SE I don't think is better than the
iPhone eleven because the iPhone eleven you get more with
that device because it is a bigger screen and it
is a better camera. So again it really comes down
to the price. The iPhone eleven is also more expensive
than this phone. So if you want the iPhone eleven,
I believe the entry level price is six hundred and
(39:47):
fifty dollars, And so if you're if you're talking six
fifty versus four hundred, you know that's a that's a
considerable amount of money.
Speaker 2 (39:56):
So it is, but it depends what you need. I
didn't catch your name. What your name.
Speaker 1 (40:02):
Myra, Myra, So sorry, the iPhone eleven starts at six
ninety nine, so you're talking a three hundred dollars difference. So, Myra,
my advice to you if you're trying to decide between
these two things is do you need a bigger screen
and do you need a better camera with a wide
angle lens? Those are the two things that set the
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iPhone eleven apart from the iPhone se. But again you're
going to be paying three hundred dollars more for those
two things.
Speaker 7 (40:31):
Yeah, because I am Ruben.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
On the live representative, and Ruben on the live actually mentioned.
Speaker 8 (40:37):
Idea as well in size and he said that it
will be almost the same as the iPhone No eleven.
Speaker 2 (40:47):
No, that's not true.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Screen size on the iPhone eleven is is six inches
and the other one is four point seven. So there
it's a it's significantly larger screen. So yeah, there you go,
Roger says, put the phone on the screen. So there
it is. So this is the iPhone se and it
is considerably smaller than this is my that's my iPhone
(41:14):
and the iPhone eleven Pro Mac. So that's going to
be you know, you're talking, this is this is a
little bit bigger than the iPhone eleven, but it's still
I mean you could see the screen is is gonna
be a lot. It's going to be bigger on the
iPhone eleven, that's for sure. So again I guess, I guess.
And also the face I D which Rubin brought up,
(41:34):
which I kind of forgot. The face ID is also
another one. So do you want that face I D? Personally,
I don't think face ID is. I don't think that's
a feature that you need. I actually personally like the
touch I D sensor better because you control when your
phone is unlocked much in a much more clear way
than the than the face I D.
Speaker 2 (41:55):
So does that help?
Speaker 8 (41:59):
Yeah, thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (42:01):
What do you think you're gonna go with?
Speaker 8 (42:04):
H the SE? I believe because he mis explaining what
whatever the difference is between the screen and the one
I have is iPhone seven plus, but he told me
that it was bigger the iPhone. I don't know. And
I want the same size, well, I want.
Speaker 2 (42:23):
You want if you want the same size plus, if
you want.
Speaker 1 (42:26):
The same size as the seven plus, I would recommend
going the iPhone eleven because the SE is going to
be considerably smaller, I mean considerably smaller.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
So a little bit smaller, I'd say considerably considerably.
Speaker 1 (42:38):
Yes, So if you want that big screen life, I
think you got to go with the iPhone eleven. And
if you trade in your phone by the way, are
you going to trade in your device?
Speaker 8 (42:50):
No? No, I am keeping it.
Speaker 1 (42:52):
Oh you're keeping it, okay. I was gonna say, cause
you can get a little trade in. Yeah, I myra
I would recommend the iPhone eleven just because if you
want that big screen, if you're used to it, I
would say that's probably the way to go. So good question.
And Reuben, thanks for getting me on the face I
d I guess I don't really see that as a
benefit per se. I mean, I like the face ID,
but I'm not, like, you know, I'm not, you know,
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totally in love with it. I think it's cool, but
it's not like a must have feature for me.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
All right.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
Nintendo, if you have a Nintendo account, run, do not walk,
Run and set up two factor authentication on that account,
because apparently a lot of accounts are getting hacked. And
I checked this morning on my Nintendo account, and a
lot of times. The reason most of the time, if
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you get hacked on like a random account, not that
big of a deal if it's something that's not very exciting.
But with a Nintendo account, you probably have a credit
card link to that account if you ever purchased something
from Nintendo, like coins or whatever, an app anything, So
I would go in right now to your Nintendo account
and set up two steps authentication now, and I did it.
(44:03):
I had to use a an authentication app, which I
was looking online to see if they actually will send
you a text message, which it doesn't seem like they will.
So an authentication app is a little trickier than just
setting up like you know, where they text you a
message and it has a little number in it. You've
seen that before, so it is a little bit more
(44:25):
involved if you if if it's true that they can't
do that. I did not see that option because I
was all prepared to just put in my phone number
and have them text me when I you know, when
someone logs in. But apparently you need one of these apps,
and you can use a couple. There's some Google authenticator,
but the one I like is called auth au Thy.
So if you're doing two factor authentication, authe is really good.
(44:47):
And I find that it's better than Google Authenticator, So
I would check out auth the au thy and please
set up two factor authentication on your Nintendo account as
soon as you can. If you got one for your kids,
please please please do that. All right, Oh my gosh,
we're almost to the end of the show. Should I
take one more call? Let's see? Um five six two
(45:11):
you're on with Rich. Five six two.
Speaker 2 (45:12):
You're on with Rich?
Speaker 1 (45:13):
Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 9 (45:17):
Hey?
Speaker 3 (45:17):
Rich?
Speaker 7 (45:18):
This is Alan, Hey Allen, Long Beach.
Speaker 2 (45:20):
What's going on?
Speaker 7 (45:24):
Hot?
Speaker 2 (45:27):
Even in Long Beach?
Speaker 1 (45:28):
It's hot, isn't that?
Speaker 2 (45:30):
That's scary?
Speaker 7 (45:31):
Yeah, we always get a little hot out here because
the way we're positioned.
Speaker 2 (45:34):
So o interesting. I didn't know that. So Long Beach
is hotter than other beaches.
Speaker 3 (45:38):
Huh.
Speaker 7 (45:41):
Usually Long Beach we've gotten into triple digits. Manhattan Beach,
were down to Beach, Formosa Beach, Sunset Beach, Newport Beach.
To Beach could be twenty degrees cooler. It's just the
way we're being faced.
Speaker 3 (45:52):
I guess.
Speaker 1 (45:52):
Oh, I did not know that. Okay, well, good to know. Well,
what's on your mind?
Speaker 3 (45:57):
Yep?
Speaker 7 (45:59):
Well, I have a question with regards to some wireless
earbuds I've been very prone to using bows. I like
the sound. I like the way their ear pieces fit
in the ear. It's kind of a secure as you're talking,
it doesn't fall out. I just recently had the wired
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ones and I usually keep my phone in my back
pocket and I sat down and I heard a snap
and that was in of the pin that went in.
I'm currently using a brand called Aeroplex by Aftershock, which
is the one that I guess sits on your right
by your ear the sound bone, and you can hear
(46:43):
pretty good, but the quality is not that great. I
did buy a pair of Jabra sixty five t Elite.
I didn't like the sound on that, and half the
time the left side would never connect. So what do
you I'm using an Android, uh, and I was just wondering,
what do you recommend? The Aniplex is kind of cool
(47:04):
because you know, you can still hear, but it vibrates
on your your sound bone, and sometimes I get a little.
Speaker 1 (47:11):
Bit like, you know, it's a little bit much. I
can see that. Have you thought of these Samsung ear pods.
Speaker 3 (47:20):
Now?
Speaker 4 (47:21):
You know?
Speaker 7 (47:21):
Again, I like the way that I know boses are
very over christ but the sound quality is good. And
I like the way the ear pieces sit in your
ear because they get that little flange that goes in
your ear.
Speaker 1 (47:34):
Well, the Galaxy the Galaxy buds sort of do that,
and in fact, I think they do that more than
the AirPods, so I mean from you know, really yeah,
I mean it's that's like the new ones at least
they definitely like they pop into your ear. So there's
actually a piece that goes into your ear and kind
of holds holds the bud there, and it's very small,
very minimalistic. I think the sound quality is very good,
(47:58):
and they just come out with the new version, so
I mean, I I don't know, I'd recommend those, especially
if you have a Samsung device. It's gonna work really
nicely because you get all the extra kind of Samsung
goodness built in. You kind of discounted them, so I'm curious.
Why is it just because the way they fit in
your ear?
Speaker 9 (48:15):
You think, uh, well, other like like other earbuds, whiles
earbuds that I've used before, you know.
Speaker 7 (48:25):
As you're talking and your jaws moving, fallen.
Speaker 3 (48:28):
Out pop out, I will tell you that's the.
Speaker 7 (48:30):
Way that that happens. When the Bears had it in. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (48:35):
Yeah, well that happens to me on like almost every
set of earbuds that I test. But I will tell you,
out of all of them, I felt like the Galaxy
Buds actually fell out the least out of any that
I tested. So I I, you know, I'm kind of like,
I come from a place of I don't like the
things to sit in your ear. So when AirPods came out,
I was actually very impressed that they sat in my
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ear and stayed there because I run a lot too,
so I need something that sits in my ears when
I run, and I.
Speaker 2 (49:02):
Did run with the Galaxy buds.
Speaker 1 (49:04):
I will say when I got sweaty a little bit,
I was having trouble with one of them popping out
a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (49:10):
But they they really stayed in.
Speaker 1 (49:13):
I mean, I was pretty impressed with these things. So
I would take a look at those. The problem with
these earbuds is you can't really try them on, and
you know, I mean especially now with the stores being
closed and you know, all this stuff. But I don't know,
I would take a look at those and see what
you think. Because I was very impressed with them. I
would recommend them. I have no reservations recommending those over
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a lot. And I'm believing I've tried the jabras.
Speaker 2 (49:38):
I do. There is one Jabra though you didn't like.
Speaker 1 (49:40):
See I had a problem with the job or too
that I just they weren't as good as I thought
they would be.
Speaker 2 (49:44):
But yeah, because I did.
Speaker 1 (49:47):
Like, there's one Jabra that actually came over my ear,
like at the back of it and it held it
in place really well.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
But I just didn't like the whole thing.
Speaker 1 (49:56):
I just didn't like as much.
Speaker 7 (50:00):
The only the only problem I had with the Jabra
was the sound. Sound quality wasn't that great, but I
kept losing the connection on the left side and I
could never get it to reconnect.
Speaker 1 (50:14):
Yeah, I feel like I've heard that before with Jabra,
and that's that's very frustrating, especially with wireless, which but
that happens with my AirPods sometimes. I you know, sometimes
I go out of my house, I start a run
and next thing you know, one of the air buds
goes out and it's like, oh, it's a whole big thing.
I got to go back to my house and it's
it's a it's a whole big thing. But uh, well,
I hope that helps with with some of your thoughts.
(50:34):
I would check out the Galaxy Buds for sure. I
think that you'll be pretty happy with them, and I'm
sure they have a return policy if you're not and
it doesn't work out. But I have I think those
are some of the best after the AirPods. Can you
believe it? That's gonna do it for this show. Thanks
so much for listening. For links to anything I talked about, well,
take a look at the show notes. But if you
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listen to the show regularly, you know that I don't
actually put anything in there. Maybe I'll start. If you
have a question for me, you can find me at
richon tech dot tv.
Speaker 2 (51:04):
I know this episode was a little bit.
Speaker 1 (51:07):
Different, and I'm gonna stay online for just a little
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My thoughts on the iPhone se after going hands on,
Voodoo is acquired by Fandango, Nintendo tells you to turn
on two factor authentication and much more.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
What's going on.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I'm Rich Dmiro and this is Rich on Tech, the
podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think
you should know about, and I also answer the questions
that you send me, and believe me, you send a
lot of them. My name is Rich Demiro, tech reporter
at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles, Staying safe at
Home this week this is going to be an episode
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with your live calls, so I have this broadcasting live
on Facebook. I've got the phone number ready to go.
You can call in with your tech questions at five
one six three eight seven thirteen twenty six. Again five
one six three eight seven thirteen twenty six. If you're
listening on the podcast, you pray play on your phone.
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That means you can't call in because it's been pre recorded.
But for everyone else watching right now live on Facebook,
you can call in with your tech questions, and I
hope that you do. Let's get to the big story
of the week. The iPhone S has launched. Apple sent
me one to test out and I will tell you
(01:21):
Apple really did a nice job with this device, because
here's the thing they did that they didn't have to do,
but they did, and it makes a world of difference.
It makes a difference between me actually recommending this device
and not recommending it. And at this point, I'm pretty
much going to recommend this device to anyone who wants
a phone at a good price. And you know, pictures
(01:44):
are probably not the most important thing to them. They're important,
but they just want an iPhone and they want a
good smartphone in general. This is this actually goes past
just the iPhone. This is probably the best four hundred
dollars phone you can get at this point, because because
even when it comes to Android phones, when you look
at four hundred dollars Android phones, the closest comparison I
(02:06):
have is the is the Pixel three A, which is
about that price. But the problem is, even when they
come out with the fur A, which is their cheaper
version of the Pixel, it's still not going to be
as good as this device because you're getting an iPhone.
And when you have an iPhone, what do you have?
(02:26):
You have the best access to the best apps, the
best accessories, the best other Apple products, so you can
do things like finally get an Apple Watch. And it's
a lot of little things that add up to this
being a really good deal at four hundred dollars. So
I have the phone in my hand, I've been playing
(02:46):
with it, and it's a smaller device.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
It only has one camera.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And in my story on KTLA today, I explain kind
of all the differences, the things that you're getting, the
things that you're not getting, and I kind of went
through that in the last podcast as well. But the
reality is this is a fantastic device.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
It's small, The screen is.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Smaller than we're used to on a lot of these
big screen phones, especially on the Android side of things.
But overall, I can't say enough good things about this device.
It has the latest processor that Apple has, which means
this phone is going to last you three years minimum.
You can use this phone for four hundred dollars for
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the next three years, and by the way, it's going
to get Apple's software updates for that time, which is
a huge deal. You buy a Samsung, you buy another
device you don't know when your next software update is coming.
Besides the Pixel, So I love the Pixel and I
love OnePlus those are the two brands that I think
are really very compelling when it comes to Android devices.
(03:49):
But with that said, you still don't have the range
of accessories that you get when it comes to an
Apple device. And you can call me an Apple lover,
you can call me Apple fanboy. I am not believe me.
I love Android. I actually love the Android operating system.
The architecture of that system I love. In fact, I
think it's more flexible. But I will say in recent years,
(04:12):
Apple has really done a good job of integrating things
in almost a better way than Android does. And I
just think that this phone at four hundred dollars is
a fantastic device, and I can't imagine not recommending it
to folks.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
And that's kind of the bottom line.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
You don't get the wide angle camera, you know, you
get wireless charging, you don't get a headphone jack, but
no phone has a headphone jack. You get good battery life,
you get I think it really comes down to that processor.
The fact that you can get the latest processor on
this device, to me, is probably the best thing about it.
(04:53):
So iPhone S is a winner in my book. And
let's see, can I hear this?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I do that?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, there we go. iPhone se is a winner in
my book, and I think that Apple when they come
out with their earnings, mark my words, they will sell
so many of these devices it is not even funny.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
It's going to eclipse what they sold.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
When it comes to regular iPhones, for sure, iPhone eleven,
it's going to sell more than those because there's so
many people out there that pent up demand for an
inexpensive iPhone is there. And believe me, this hits it.
Phone lines are open five one, six, three, eight, seven,
thirteen twenty six. We've got nine five one on the line.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Hello?
Speaker 4 (05:43):
This is Carolyn.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Carolyn. How are you?
Speaker 4 (05:48):
I'm doing pretty good?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Good? What's on your mind?
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Well? I have a I don't know whether you deal
with tech questions with Facebook?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Oh of course I love Facebook.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Okay, Well, I have my Facebook account. It has three
names attached to it. I mean, you know, I have
a first name, a maid name, and my last name. Okay, okay.
Sometimes at one point I opened it under Safari on
an iPhone and now it's just my first name and
(06:25):
my last name. But I cannot put it onto a
new I cannot put I cannot get the app to
work on a new phone. So you've got a new
iPhone because it somebody has taken over me or something.
And Facebook does not answer questions.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
No, they do not.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Good luck. I get a lot of emails from people
who so I just can't access that Facebook.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Account, yah phone number in the password I put in
the email and the password and nothing is worth it.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
So what happens when you do when you try to
do a password recover? What happens when you type in
your email address and you say I forgot my password?
Speaker 2 (07:04):
What? What does Facebook tell you?
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Well, at one point I tried that about a month ago,
and it, uh, I just changed the.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Password, sure, and what happens? You can't get in?
Speaker 4 (07:24):
And but I just got a new phone and I'm
trying to put it in get the app of the
Facebook app to work, and it doesn't work. Now this
is a spare phone for me, so I already haven't
set up on my main phone, right right, So you
do have to put it on the spare So.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
You have access to your Facebook on one in one place,
but you want to get it in the other place
and you can't seem to do that.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
Why have access on it on a iPad right, an iPhone, okay,
and then I want to put it onto an iPhone right, Well.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
You should you should be able to do that for sure.
Well okay, so here's here's what I would recommend doing.
And it could be a little dicey because if you
can't get access to your account, you could be locked
out of all these devices. But what I would say
is what you need to do is go to your
desktop computer. Okay, go to Facebook and I would go
(08:24):
in there and I would make sure like log out
and then say, forgot my password, and then I would
reset my password. They're going to send you an email
to your email account. You're going to come up with
a new password. Write that password down. Now, go to
the other devices. Log out of Facebook. Once you're you know,
into the other one, You've everything's worked out, and then
(08:44):
I would go log into those two devices, and I
think that's going to fix everything. The only issue is
if there is some sort of problem or issue with
your account and you get logged out, locked out, you
may not be able to get into any of your accounts.
But it sounds like you don't have any issues with account.
It's just more of a every nothing's in sync right now,
And it might be that you just need to kind
(09:06):
of reset your password, like log out of everything, reset
your password and get back in.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
That's what I would say. Does that sound like something
you want to try?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
I will try that out, all right, Carolyn.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Let me know if that works. Okay, okay, all right.
I want to hear.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
I want to hear because much because we need our
Facebook especially right now. How would you be watching me
if you didn't have Facebook? Right right?
Speaker 4 (09:32):
I just pat down to take a break in. You're
here and I went watch your show every morning, well
whenever you're on on channel five.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Yes, well, thanks for finding me here. I appreciate it.
It's kind of fun. Right What else?
Speaker 2 (09:44):
What else am I going to do on a Friday afternoon?
Speaker 4 (09:50):
But thank you very much?
Speaker 2 (09:51):
All right, Carolyn, take care all right?
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Phone lines are open area code five one six three
eight seven thirteen twenty six five six, three eight seven
thirteen twenty six. Let's see what's the other big story
of the week.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
HBO Max.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
You guys ready for another streaming service. HBO Max says
that they are going to launch on May twenty seventh,
and HBO Max is another streaming service from kind of Time, Warner,
Warner Brothers, whatever the companies are called. There's so many
companies that have merged these days. But it's I guess
Warner Media, which I think is owned by AT and
(10:32):
T if I'm not mistaken. So this is WarnerMedia, which
is HBO. And let me tell you the brands that
they're in here. So ten thousand hours of premium content, okay,
including new stuff. So some of the brands that are
in this lineup include HBO, Warner Brothers, TNT, TBS, True TV, CNN, DC,
(10:56):
New Line, Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Under Classic Movies,
and others. And yes, WarnerMedia is a part of AT
and T. So this is going to cost fifteen dollars
a month when it launches, and you're gonna have ten
thousand hours of content and all kinds of stuff. I mean,
they have a lot of original things. They have friends.
(11:19):
Obviously that's gonna be a big one because you can
watch that West World, Big Little Lies, All the HBO
stuff is going to be on there, Big Bang Theory,
The Bachelor, Sesame Street, The Bachelor, who wants to rewatch
that after its air? And I don't know, not me,
The OC Gossip Girl, Crazy Rich Asians, A Star is Born, Aquaman, Joker,
(11:40):
seven hundred Blood, two thousand movies in the first year.
I mean, this is a lot of stuff. Then they
have some classic things like let's see what I just see, Casablanca,
Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, the Goonies, Lego movies. I mean,
this is this is a lot. But it's again, it's
fifteen dollars a month. So are you willing to spend
(12:00):
another fifteen bucks a month? I don't know about you,
but I did tweet recently all the streaming services that
I subscribe to, and it's kind of a lot. The
bills are kind of I looked at my credit card
today and it's literally everything on there is a streaming service, Hulu,
Hbo Go. What else do we have? YouTube? We've got Netflix,
(12:24):
We've got I mean, all these little things add up. Now,
they're not adding up to that much, but it's still
a lot when you do fifteen bucks a month, seven
dollars a month, seventeen dollars a month.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I just did.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Hulu that was twelve bucks a month for the commercial
free one. So my question is, are you willing to
pay another fifteen dollars a month for another streaming service.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
I don't know. It seems like they have a lot
of stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
And I think what's gonna work here is that you
have so many people that are already subscribed to HBO
that I think HBO Max will be a natural progression
for them because they can just go and put that
fifteen dollars towards her, and HBO has a lot of customers.
So we'll see HBO Max again. Launches May twenty seventh,
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which can't come fast enough in these COVID times Area
code seven six zero. You are on with Rich. Who
am I speaking with? Seven six zero?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
You're on with Rich? Hello?
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Do we have you? Oh?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
I might have to go to the next person. Okay,
let's go to nine oh nine. You're on with Rich.
Nine oh nine. You're on with Rich.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Hello, Hey Rich, this is Sam from Pomona.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Hey, Sam, wouldn't be a show without you, my friend.
How you doing?
Speaker 3 (13:44):
That's true? Trying to stay cool?
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Oh yeah, this is uh, this is actually I think
the air conditioning kicked on in my little room here,
but it's it's it's wild. We went for I actually
went for a run today and it was. I think
I got double the workout because I did that.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
How are you doing? How's Pomona?
Speaker 1 (14:06):
I remember going to the Pomona What is it the
Pomona Racetrack. What's the thing? The Pomona Fairgrounds?
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Yeah, La County fair Grounds.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Yeah, I remember going to that many years ago and
it was very hot.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Oh yeah, they always have it in September and it's
the hottest time of the year.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Yes, Why is that in La September October always the
hottest part of the year.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
What's on your mind today?
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Anything anyway?
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Yeah? About a year or so ago, I got a
deal on one of these Google wi fis, you know,
the three pack.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
I walked into a best Buy and the guy, the salesman,
looks at me and goes, hey, you want to buy
one of these for one hundred and nineteen dollars.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Evidently somebody online, some big company mispriced it. So I said, hey,
for one hundred nineteen dollars for three pack, I'll buy it. Yeah.
That brought us a great price up. The problem was
is that all my two point four gigahertz stuff wouldn't connect.
The five point six stuff worked great, so I called Google,
(15:20):
and they really didn't have an answer. They gave me
some bs you know, well, you know, go a far
away distance and maybe it'll hook up, and it never did.
So that's been sitting in a box in my house,
and I was wondering, do you know if they've ever
fixed that problem?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Now? Is this the original or is this the new one?
Is Google?
Speaker 1 (15:43):
No?
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Is the original?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
So it's the original. Okay.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
I'm looking up my Nest Wi Fi information because they
did change it to Nest Now it's called Nest Wi Fi, right,
and so it's a little bit different than the original.
I'm looking up my my press information I got from
from Google about the Nest Wi Fi. Let's see Nest
(16:08):
Wi Fi tech specs. This is the stuff that you're
really you know, if you're really feeling lonely on a
Friday night, you can jump into all right, let's see.
So Nest Wi Fi router yep, it now has five
gigahertz and two point four simultaneous dual band.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
So that is the answer.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Oh well then what's I mean? So then why didn't connect?
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Well that was my question. I have a bunch of
IP cameras here that are all two point four. Yeah,
and I'm not going to go out and rebuy those,
you know.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Yeah, the IP cameras, I've gotten a lot of I've
got a lot of questions about that because I remember
when the little Wise camera came out. It was I
think on two point four, and a lot of people
were telling me it wasn't working with their system.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I don't know why that is.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
I don't I think on an ideal world, you'd be
able to choose which Wi Fi signal it kind of
attached itself to. But in you know, I know, on
Android phones when they give you some of that functionality,
you can, but I know that some of these smaller
IP devices just don't let you do it, you know,
some of the lesser expensive devices.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
So I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
It does support both, but I think that the problem
is that it's putting out both those signals, but you
can't choose on that device which signal you want to
latch onto. I think that is the problem.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Now.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
You would think in the settings on that device you
would say, hey, I only want to go to the
two point four setting, But I don't know. It's it's
kind of a mystery, but that's unfortunate. So you've never
you bought the one hundred and twenty dollars thing, but you
never were able to use it.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
Yeah. Well, I have a Netgear night Hawk and an extender,
and my house isn't that big, so I get pretty
good coverage with what I've got. But I've noticed though
that you know, they went from a two band to
a three band. Is there any big advantage to going
to a three band at this point?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
What's the third band?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Honestly, I think when they I think the the if
it says try band, I think of that means, is
that that's what it's using to communicate Because I know
these little mesh systems use like a tryband system to
communicate to each other, but I don't.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
I honestly don't know on that one.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
So it just sounds better, right, I mean, tryband sounds
better than dual band, so anything that's more is better,
I guess so, Sam, I think one of these days,
one of these days will solve all your Wi Fi woes,
but I don't know if that day is today.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
All right, Well, thanks and stay cool.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
All right, Sam? Stay cool, Sam and Pomona.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
I feel like we need like a music for Sam
ifmoona Okay, I would give out the phone number again,
but we have so many calls, I don't know if
I need to. So my plan with this podcast is
to usually do a story and then that's you know,
the regular format is where I do a story and
then I do a question from a listener. So that's
kind of the format. I'm going to continue on here
(19:18):
because I just, you know, think that's a good one.
All right, So I thought this was interesting. This week,
Samsung announced that they are offering free repairs of their
devices for first responders and healthcare professionals. And I think
this is really really important because if you are a doctor,
a nurse, firefighter, and I'll go through the list of
(19:39):
everyone who's affected, you can bring your Samsung device into
a store and get it fixed. Crackscreen, dead, battery, batteries
not lasting very long. Take advantage of this program. It's
called free Repairs for the Frontline. And what they're doing
is they're partnering with you Break I Fix And if
you have a s Msung device it's got a crackscreen
(20:02):
or a battery replacement, needs a battery replacement, go into
the store by June thirtieth and you can get it
done for free.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Here's who qualifies.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Doctors, nurses, hospital workers, EMTs, police officers, firefighters with valid
ID eligible for one free repair of their Samsung smartphone.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Do this.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Tell your friends that are a healthcare responder to do
this because this is a this is a big deal.
This could be a fifty dollars one hundred and fifty
dollars fix for free, and it's at a limited time only.
So if you're saying, rich, are you crazy, I'm not
going into a store right now, Well, you can mail
it in as well. So if you feel better mailing
it in, you can do that. But the problem with
(20:44):
mailing in a phone is like, let's be honest, you're
not going to have your phone for a while, so personally,
I'd rather just bring it in there, wear a mask
and you break eye. Fix is open, it says, and
they are taking the proper precautions to make sure everything
is okay. All right, Phone lines are open. Area code
five one, six, three, eight, seven, thirteen, twenty six nine.
(21:06):
We're gonna try again, nine four nine.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
What's up?
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Hello, Rick? How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (21:12):
This is Jimmy, Jimmy, how you doing.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
I'm doing well, I'm doing well.
Speaker 5 (21:18):
How about yourself.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
I am fantastic. What's on your mind today?
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Okay, I got a question for you. I find myself
often on my iPad in my bedroom and I'd like
to know if there's a way to mirror what's on
my on my iPad to my fire TV.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Ooh okay, uh Fire TV and iPad. So you know
that the fire TV is Amazon and the iPad is Apple,
So if you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
There's there's two things you can do.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
So sometimes apps have the ability built in to mirror
the screen, you know, like if Netflix you can cast
it what they.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Call it, to the TV.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
But overall when it comes to just like a blanket mirroring,
you would have to have an Apple TV for that.
As far as I know now, there may be a
program that does something similar. There used to be one
I had a long time ago that would that would
kind of do this, but I I see I think
it was called all Cast. Let me see if that's
(22:20):
still around. It looks like it's around. It says send
videos and photos to your TV, So this may this
may be a solution. You can try that, but the
problem is if you're looking at casting your screen specifically,
usually that is an Apple specific thing that you need
(22:40):
to get. So, are you trying to cast something on
your screen? Yes, yeah, that's so if it's not inside
a specific app, then I would probably say you're going
to need an Apple TV to do that.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
That's as far as I know.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
But if you want to try something like all Cast,
you can check that out and see. But I don't
think it can do your screen because that is a
Apple specific thing because it needs access to your screen
and it's you know, but if you have an iPhone
or an iPad and an Apple TV, it's really easy.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
It's just you already have your Fire TV. I doubt
you want to.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Get a new device just to do this solution. But again,
inside regular apps, it does. It does work a lot
of times, and I find that, you know, sometimes it's
very confusing because I have a Chrome Cast and a
Fire TV on my TV in the bedroom, and I
never know which one I'm going to when I try.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
To like cast something from my phone.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
So you know, that's another that's that's not your problem,
that's just my problem. But yeah, that's that's kind of
the best thing I can think of. And I'm trying
to see if there's anything there's another one. Let's see,
I'm seeing all connect but I don't know if that one.
I think when it comes to the mirroring, it's really
going to be I think it's just built into IF
(24:04):
into Apple, and I'm just not sure that that's gonna
there's not really a way around that, you know.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Okay, Well, thanks a lot. I appreciate your help.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
All right, Jimmy, take care and thanks for calling in
on this, uh this show today. I appreciate it. There
you go, very cool. Phone number is five one, six, three, eight, seven,
thirteen twenty six. I see you guys on hold. I
got you there, and uh, I am not forgetting about you,
all right. This week, Google announced that you can finally
(24:40):
adjust the sensitivity for your Google devices. So if you
have one of these Google speakers in your home, and
you know this has happened to you, because it happens
to me all the time Google Home, you can now
adjust the sensitivity of your device, and it's in the settings,
in the device settings, and you basically look for the
(25:00):
h Google Sensitivity and you can go through and make
it least sensitive, default or most sensitive. And personally, I
would probably do least sensitive for some of the rooms,
like maybe in my kids room, least sensitive because I
don't need that one to kind of fire up when
I'm talking, and maybe most sensitive for the ones I
use the most, like the one in my kitchen is
(25:22):
the one that I usually like to respond. But again,
that is a new feature. It's rolling out gradually, so
you might not have access to it right away. But
if you go into your Google Home app and you
look under device settings and let's see, is there is
there like specific Yeah, it just looks like device settings,
and then go into notef Hey Google, Op, I didn't
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I didn't want to say that. Sorry, my gosh, I
did not want to say that. But if you go
into there, you can you can adjust your sensitivity. And
I'm just reading some of the comments on the Facebook
Live about the Amazon TV thing. So Daniel says, there's
an app called Mirror for Amazon fire and it says
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start by installing it on your fireTV. Open the app
and enable it on your as a device on a receiver.
Then grab your iPhone and enable airplay. Choose Fire TV
from the all Play receiver Airplay receiver list, connect the devices,
then pick your content on your iOS hardware and start casting.
That may work, but the problem is, I think that's
still just airplay. So if an app is airplay enabled,
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it will enable that. I think what Jimmy wanted was
to be able to mirror his screen. And when you
mirror your screen, you can literally just see your iPhone
or you know, iPad screen right on the TV screen, which.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Maybe I'm wrong, but if you if you can get
that going with just a third party app, that would
be pretty cool. So I think, yeah, eight oh five,
you're on with Rich eight oh five. This is Rich.
Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 4 (26:57):
Hey Rich, My name is Rachel.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Hey Rachel, how are you doing? Where are you calling from?
Speaker 6 (27:03):
I am actually calling from Woodland Hills, which is eight
one eight, but I have an eight or five number,
So I'm sweating out at ninety nine degree weather or
something out here in Woodland Hills.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Yeah, it is wild today. Huh oh my gosh. It's
like it went from such nice weather to crazy. So
the good news is I heard that heat in sunlight
kills coronavirus, so maybe maybe LA is getting disinfected right now.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I don't know. I'm not going as far as drinking
any bleach.
Speaker 6 (27:30):
So I'll tell you that that would be nice.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
What's on your mind?
Speaker 4 (27:35):
So my question to.
Speaker 6 (27:36):
You is, I have a dedicated sounds on user. I
have a Note eight right now, and I've actually smashed
the screen like three times, and you break. I fix
it fixes things. They do them fast. I use them twice.
I don't want to use them a third time now.
But it's because I can't get a good screen protector
for this curved screen. So I'd like to move to
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another phone that has a flat screen with out those
stupid curved edges where I cannot get a screen protector
to work. They're just terrible. And it's hard to research
this online because I can't find I can't figure out
who someone told me the Note ten had a flat screen,
though I looked again it doesn't. So it's very difficult
for me to find something online when I can't go
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into the briding store.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
So I was just wondering if.
Speaker 6 (28:22):
You knew anything off the top of your head. I
was thinking pixel, but I've had some friends say that
they don't think the rules that great with hardware, so
I don't know. I'm an Android person.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Well what okay?
Speaker 2 (28:33):
I mean?
Speaker 1 (28:33):
I think the pixel is an amazing device, and it
is a flat screen and it's okay. I mean, I
can't fully recommend the Pixel four because it's not the
best device in the world, but it does it will
take amazing pictures.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
It really, what do you want to do on your phone?
Speaker 6 (28:54):
It's just the usual stuff, you know, surfing the web,
using my apps for social media, taking pictures. I'm not
going to be doing any high powered like you know,
I don't even want to note because I don't need
that pen. I'm not going to be doing anything.
Speaker 4 (29:08):
And it's just personal use.
Speaker 6 (29:10):
Nothing high powered or professional or anything like that.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
They're not like an influencer on like Instagram or something
that needs like you know, video.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
Editing that.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Well.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
I mean, I think the Pixel for Xcel probably would
be a decent device. Now it's it's a good device,
it's not I don't know if the screen size is
as big as the phone that.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
You have right now.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Let me see, no day screen size. So that is
a six point three in screen and let's see what
the pixel is pixel for Excel screen size. Uh, that's
a let's see, Oh gosh, where is it? Screen size?
Six point three? Yeah, so it's about the same screen size.
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So I don't know, and I love the pixel the software. Now,
are you dedicated to SAMs Because if you love Samsung,
like if there's certain little features, because they have a
lot of little things in their software, it's you know,
you're not going to get all those features. But it's
a very clean and the best way I can describe
a Google Pixel versus a Samsung. Google Pixel is very
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calming because there's not a lot going on, Whereas the
Samsung there is a lot going on. You're always getting
notifications from Samsung things and telling you to sign up
for Samsung Pay and it's whoa, oh god, yes, So
you know, having reviewed many phones over the years, that's
the best way I can describe it. The Pixel is
is calm. It's just it's just simple.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
It works.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
It just sits there and waits until you need to
do something. Whereas the Samsung, I feel like it's always
bugging me to do something.
Speaker 6 (30:40):
You know what. Yes, And that's not a bad thing, honestly,
because like I hate the Bixi thing that's on my phone.
Speaker 4 (30:48):
I've never used it.
Speaker 6 (30:49):
I don't need to learn another piece of software. I'm
just I'm just an Android person, you know. I don't
I've never used an iPhone. I wanted to go that route,
so I think you sold me on the Pixel for no.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
I think I think you might want to check it out. Now.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
The pictures, I hope you're prepared, because they are gonna
be fantastic. I mean, so my mom, she regularly uses
a pixel. I get her a Pixel usually every other model,
and I recently got her the h I think it
was a three XL that I was using and I
gave it to her, and I mean, she doesn't want
to switch because she loves the pictures. Every time she
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takes a picture, everyone's like, why is your picture so good?
Speaker 2 (31:25):
And it is. It is amazing.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
I mean, you're gonna be really impressed with the pictures
on that thing. And I think, again, the calm, the
calm nature of that device, and you know, I think
I think you'll like it.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
And it is flat.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Now, the case I recommend that if you drop your
phone it's gonna be fine is the spec Presidio Grip.
And I really like that case because it it really
just it's it just really makes that phone. It makes
the phone just so like it's just it's it's a
little bit bigger, but it's not as big as like
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a giant case, and it just makes the phone, so
you're not gonna drop it. Everything's gonna be good, and
it's just a really nice little device. So I would
recommend that. That's that's my recommendation for you.
Speaker 6 (32:07):
So that's what I needed to hear because I'm stuck
trying to research things online and I'm like, I don't
know what to do. I can't go to the store
and talk to people, like.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
No, I can't. I can't take a look at the phones.
Speaker 4 (32:19):
That's exactly what I needed.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
Rich awesome.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
All right, Well, Rachel, thanks for calling in and good luck,
and I hope you give me an update on what
you think.
Speaker 6 (32:28):
Okay, I will thank you so much. I have a
great afternoon.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
Stay cool, stay.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Cool, all right, moving right along with the show. So
phone lines are open five to one, six, three eighty seven,
thirteen twenty six. Oh wow, we're almost done with the show.
I can't believe it. This thing goes fast this week.
Let's see, Voodoo is being acquired by Fandango. So Voodoo
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near and dear to my heart, because this was a
company that kind of revolutionized streaming video and specifically movies
so back in the day, this is I'm talking back
in like two thousand and eight.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
This was a new concept.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
To have every movie in the world available on your
TV at any time just by pressing the button on
your remote was a new concept. People did not know
what this was all about. Back in the day, you
had to download things from iTunes and that took a
long time. Even if you had an Apple TV, you
had to download at least a portion of the file
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before you can start playing the movie. And that might
take a long time because guess what, you didn't have
the fastest internet connection. Then Voodoo comes along and this
was a startup. They came out with a box that
did something pretty smart. It would preload a portion of
the movies in the background, so that when you went
on the box, it would say, well, we kind of
(33:52):
know a lot of people are watching trolls right now,
so let's just download, like, you know, a little bit
of trolls that when you press play, you can start
watching that movie instantly, and then your internet connection has
time in the background while you're watching to catch up
with the rest of the download.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
And this was a.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Pretty new idea back then. And actually Amazon fireTV when
it first came out, had that same technology. I'm not
sure if they still use that technology because now our
internet connections are so fast that it may not matter,
but this is the reality of it. And I tested
this out with my friend Bald Brian, and he did
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not like it because his Internet was so slow. It
did not work at all, so he gave it a
terrible review. And maybe it was indicative of voodoo struggles
over the years because Voodoo kind of did not get
the proper reception it deserved for coming up with this
amazing technology. And I think they're there to thank for
(34:48):
what we have today. And Voodoo ended up being acquired
by Walmart. Walmart never seemed to do anything big with them.
It just didn't really work out. They never integrated them
in a big way into their offerings or the synergy
wasn't there with the stores. And now Fandango is buying them.
So now Fandango's buying Voodoo, And long story short, if
you have movies on Voodoo, they're gonna be okay. They're
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going to transfer it to Fandango, And I don't know
if the Voodoo name is going to stick or if
they're going to move it over to Fandango now, but
for now it's going to stay. But just know that
your movies are going to be safe. If you're doing
a movie collection at all, and you've got various movies
in different places like I did back in the day,
check out an app called Movies Anywhere. And what Movies
(35:33):
Anywhere does is it aggregates all of your movies from
everywhere and anywhere, I should have said, and it puts
them all in one place. And so if you have
movies on Amazon, on Voodoo, on iTunes, it supports let's see,
I'm gonna tell you all the different things. It supports
a lot of services. And this company was amazing, was
(35:56):
it still is. It's actually owned by Disney. It was
started by Disney. So it works with Apple TV, so iTunes,
Prime Video, Voodoo, Google Play YouTube, Verizon, Fandango now Xfinity,
and Microsoft Movies and TV.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
So all those.
Speaker 1 (36:11):
Movies you can have in one place and not just
like you don't actually even have to go to the
app to play the movies. You can just go to
the individual apps and they're all synced up. So it's
kind of cool. There is one holdout, and that is
Paramount Studios. They are not a part of this. So
almost every movie is except anything you have paramount. So
if you have any paramount stuff, it's just not gonna work.
(36:33):
All right, enough of an old man Rich giving history lessons,
So six ' three to one, you're on with Rich
six ' three to one. Hang on before you come on,
six to three one. I just saw a question on
the Facebook Live Sissy says, why are you not using
wireless earplugs?
Speaker 2 (36:48):
Isn't that the best way to go?
Speaker 1 (36:50):
Yes, normally, and I do love my AirPods, but the
problem is I've got too many Bluetooth things here, and
so my AirPods kind of bounce between some of these things.
And so when I wire in, I know exactly what
I'm hearing and what I can troubleshoot much easier when
I'm on a podcast. There's a lot of stuff going
on here. I know it sounds easy to you guys
as you're watching, because you hear your stuff and you
(37:11):
call in like a radio station. But to be able
to do this at home by yourself is kind of
a lot. And so I need to make sure that
I have as many issues minimized as possible. So that's
why I do the wired earplugs and not wireless.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
All right, six three one, you're on with Rich? Who
am I speaking with? Sixt three to one? Hello?
Speaker 4 (37:33):
Hello?
Speaker 3 (37:33):
Hello?
Speaker 2 (37:33):
Are you there?
Speaker 8 (37:36):
Hello?
Speaker 3 (37:37):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (37:38):
Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (37:42):
Yeah? Yes, I'm calling because I have a question about
the iPhone. It's okay, and I just receive an iPhone eleven,
but I ask a question about iPhone s E and
they don't give me much information about it. Can you
tell me more about.
Speaker 1 (38:01):
What is the difference the difference between the iPhone eleven
and the iPhone SE. So the iPhone eleven is going
to have a bigger screen, it's going to have more camera,
so you get a wide angle and you're going to
get a wide angle lens with that device, so you
can take wide angle pictures.
Speaker 2 (38:21):
Let's see.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
Other than that, that is the biggest difference that I
can think of off the top of my head. So
you're getting and you're also.
Speaker 8 (38:29):
Getting a better campray earlier, I'm sorry you say earlier
that the SE the last three years? Right, So how
long does the iPhone eleven last?
Speaker 1 (38:42):
I would say about the same, because they're they're both
running the same processor. The three year kind of timeline
I gave was based on the brand new processor and
kind of the track record of Apple with iOS software updates.
So generally, you know, we've got phones that are about
four years old that are just kind of edging out
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of the update approval process. I guess you can say
like they you know, you can no longer get iOS
thirteen on a certain device. I think it's about a
four year old device.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
So when it.
Speaker 1 (39:14):
Comes to that, that's kind of what I was basing
it on.
Speaker 8 (39:19):
Okay, so I think, do you think that SE is
much better than iPhone eleven? Right?
Speaker 1 (39:25):
No, the SE I don't think is better than the
iPhone eleven because the iPhone eleven you get more with
that device because it is a bigger screen and it
is a better camera. So again it really comes down
to the price. The iPhone eleven is also more expensive
than this phone. So if you want the iPhone eleven,
I believe the entry level price is six hundred and
(39:47):
fifty dollars, And so if you're if you're talking six
fifty versus four hundred, you know that's a that's a
considerable amount of money.
Speaker 2 (39:56):
So it is, but it depends what you need. I
didn't catch your name. What your name.
Speaker 1 (40:02):
Myra, Myra, So sorry, the iPhone eleven starts at six
ninety nine, so you're talking a three hundred dollars difference. So, Myra,
my advice to you if you're trying to decide between
these two things is do you need a bigger screen
and do you need a better camera with a wide
angle lens? Those are the two things that set the
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iPhone eleven apart from the iPhone se. But again you're
going to be paying three hundred dollars more for those
two things.
Speaker 7 (40:31):
Yeah, because I am Ruben.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
On the live representative, and Ruben on the live actually mentioned.
Speaker 8 (40:37):
Idea as well in size and he said that it
will be almost the same as the iPhone No eleven.
Speaker 2 (40:47):
No, that's not true.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Screen size on the iPhone eleven is is six inches
and the other one is four point seven. So there
it's a it's significantly larger screen. So yeah, there you go,
Roger says, put the phone on the screen. So there
it is. So this is the iPhone se and it
is considerably smaller than this is my that's my iPhone
(41:14):
and the iPhone eleven Pro Mac. So that's going to
be you know, you're talking, this is this is a
little bit bigger than the iPhone eleven, but it's still
I mean you could see the screen is is gonna
be a lot. It's going to be bigger on the
iPhone eleven, that's for sure. So again I guess, I guess.
And also the face I D which Rubin brought up,
(41:34):
which I kind of forgot. The face ID is also
another one. So do you want that face I D? Personally,
I don't think face ID is. I don't think that's
a feature that you need. I actually personally like the
touch I D sensor better because you control when your
phone is unlocked much in a much more clear way
than the than the face I D.
Speaker 2 (41:55):
So does that help?
Speaker 8 (41:59):
Yeah, thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (42:01):
What do you think you're gonna go with?
Speaker 8 (42:04):
H the SE? I believe because he mis explaining what
whatever the difference is between the screen and the one
I have is iPhone seven plus, but he told me
that it was bigger the iPhone. I don't know. And
I want the same size, well, I want.
Speaker 2 (42:23):
You want if you want the same size plus, if
you want.
Speaker 1 (42:26):
The same size as the seven plus, I would recommend
going the iPhone eleven because the SE is going to
be considerably smaller, I mean considerably smaller.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
So a little bit smaller, I'd say considerably considerably.
Speaker 1 (42:38):
Yes, So if you want that big screen life, I
think you got to go with the iPhone eleven. And
if you trade in your phone by the way, are
you going to trade in your device?
Speaker 8 (42:50):
No? No, I am keeping it.
Speaker 1 (42:52):
Oh you're keeping it, okay. I was gonna say, cause
you can get a little trade in. Yeah, I myra
I would recommend the iPhone eleven just because if you
want that big screen, if you're used to it, I
would say that's probably the way to go. So good question.
And Reuben, thanks for getting me on the face I
d I guess I don't really see that as a
benefit per se. I mean, I like the face ID,
but I'm not, like, you know, I'm not, you know,
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totally in love with it. I think it's cool, but
it's not like a must have feature for me.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
All right.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
Nintendo, if you have a Nintendo account, run, do not walk,
Run and set up two factor authentication on that account,
because apparently a lot of accounts are getting hacked. And
I checked this morning on my Nintendo account, and a
lot of times. The reason most of the time, if
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you get hacked on like a random account, not that
big of a deal if it's something that's not very exciting.
But with a Nintendo account, you probably have a credit
card link to that account if you ever purchased something
from Nintendo, like coins or whatever, an app anything, So
I would go in right now to your Nintendo account
and set up two steps authentication now, and I did it.
(44:03):
I had to use a an authentication app, which I
was looking online to see if they actually will send
you a text message, which it doesn't seem like they will.
So an authentication app is a little trickier than just
setting up like you know, where they text you a
message and it has a little number in it. You've
seen that before, so it is a little bit more
(44:25):
involved if you if if it's true that they can't
do that. I did not see that option because I
was all prepared to just put in my phone number
and have them text me when I you know, when
someone logs in. But apparently you need one of these apps,
and you can use a couple. There's some Google authenticator,
but the one I like is called auth au Thy.
So if you're doing two factor authentication, authe is really good.
(44:47):
And I find that it's better than Google Authenticator, So
I would check out auth the au thy and please
set up two factor authentication on your Nintendo account as
soon as you can. If you got one for your kids,
please please please do that. All right, Oh my gosh,
we're almost to the end of the show. Should I
take one more call? Let's see? Um five six two
(45:11):
you're on with Rich. Five six two.
Speaker 2 (45:12):
You're on with Rich?
Speaker 1 (45:13):
Who am I speaking with?
Speaker 9 (45:17):
Hey?
Speaker 3 (45:17):
Rich?
Speaker 7 (45:18):
This is Alan, Hey Allen, Long Beach.
Speaker 2 (45:20):
What's going on?
Speaker 7 (45:24):
Hot?
Speaker 2 (45:27):
Even in Long Beach?
Speaker 1 (45:28):
It's hot, isn't that?
Speaker 2 (45:30):
That's scary?
Speaker 7 (45:31):
Yeah, we always get a little hot out here because
the way we're positioned.
Speaker 2 (45:34):
So o interesting. I didn't know that. So Long Beach
is hotter than other beaches.
Speaker 3 (45:38):
Huh.
Speaker 7 (45:41):
Usually Long Beach we've gotten into triple digits. Manhattan Beach,
were down to Beach, Formosa Beach, Sunset Beach, Newport Beach.
To Beach could be twenty degrees cooler. It's just the
way we're being faced.
Speaker 3 (45:52):
I guess.
Speaker 1 (45:52):
Oh, I did not know that. Okay, well, good to know. Well,
what's on your mind?
Speaker 3 (45:57):
Yep?
Speaker 7 (45:59):
Well, I have a question with regards to some wireless
earbuds I've been very prone to using bows. I like
the sound. I like the way their ear pieces fit
in the ear. It's kind of a secure as you're talking,
it doesn't fall out. I just recently had the wired
(46:22):
ones and I usually keep my phone in my back
pocket and I sat down and I heard a snap
and that was in of the pin that went in.
I'm currently using a brand called Aeroplex by Aftershock, which
is the one that I guess sits on your right
by your ear the sound bone, and you can hear
(46:43):
pretty good, but the quality is not that great. I
did buy a pair of Jabra sixty five t Elite.
I didn't like the sound on that, and half the
time the left side would never connect. So what do
you I'm using an Android, uh, and I was just wondering,
what do you recommend? The Aniplex is kind of cool
(47:04):
because you know, you can still hear, but it vibrates
on your your sound bone, and sometimes I get a little.
Speaker 1 (47:11):
Bit like, you know, it's a little bit much. I
can see that. Have you thought of these Samsung ear pods.
Speaker 3 (47:20):
Now?
Speaker 4 (47:21):
You know?
Speaker 7 (47:21):
Again, I like the way that I know boses are
very over christ but the sound quality is good. And
I like the way the ear pieces sit in your
ear because they get that little flange that goes in
your ear.
Speaker 1 (47:34):
Well, the Galaxy the Galaxy buds sort of do that,
and in fact, I think they do that more than
the AirPods, so I mean from you know, really yeah,
I mean it's that's like the new ones at least
they definitely like they pop into your ear. So there's
actually a piece that goes into your ear and kind
of holds holds the bud there, and it's very small,
very minimalistic. I think the sound quality is very good,
(47:58):
and they just come out with the new version, so
I mean, I I don't know, I'd recommend those, especially
if you have a Samsung device. It's gonna work really
nicely because you get all the extra kind of Samsung
goodness built in. You kind of discounted them, so I'm curious.
Why is it just because the way they fit in
your ear?
Speaker 9 (48:15):
You think, uh, well, other like like other earbuds, whiles
earbuds that I've used before, you know.
Speaker 7 (48:25):
As you're talking and your jaws moving, fallen.
Speaker 3 (48:28):
Out pop out, I will tell you that's the.
Speaker 7 (48:30):
Way that that happens. When the Bears had it in. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (48:35):
Yeah, well that happens to me on like almost every
set of earbuds that I test. But I will tell you,
out of all of them, I felt like the Galaxy
Buds actually fell out the least out of any that
I tested. So I I, you know, I'm kind of like,
I come from a place of I don't like the
things to sit in your ear. So when AirPods came out,
I was actually very impressed that they sat in my
(48:57):
ear and stayed there because I run a lot too,
so I need something that sits in my ears when
I run, and I.
Speaker 2 (49:02):
Did run with the Galaxy buds.
Speaker 1 (49:04):
I will say when I got sweaty a little bit,
I was having trouble with one of them popping out
a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (49:10):
But they they really stayed in.
Speaker 1 (49:13):
I mean, I was pretty impressed with these things. So
I would take a look at those. The problem with
these earbuds is you can't really try them on, and
you know, I mean especially now with the stores being
closed and you know, all this stuff. But I don't know,
I would take a look at those and see what
you think. Because I was very impressed with them. I
would recommend them. I have no reservations recommending those over
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a lot. And I'm believing I've tried the jabras.
Speaker 2 (49:38):
I do. There is one Jabra though you didn't like.
Speaker 1 (49:40):
See I had a problem with the job or too
that I just they weren't as good as I thought
they would be.
Speaker 2 (49:44):
But yeah, because I did.
Speaker 1 (49:47):
Like, there's one Jabra that actually came over my ear,
like at the back of it and it held it
in place really well.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
But I just didn't like the whole thing.
Speaker 1 (49:56):
I just didn't like as much.
Speaker 7 (50:00):
The only the only problem I had with the Jabra
was the sound. Sound quality wasn't that great, but I
kept losing the connection on the left side and I
could never get it to reconnect.
Speaker 1 (50:14):
Yeah, I feel like I've heard that before with Jabra,
and that's that's very frustrating, especially with wireless, which but
that happens with my AirPods sometimes. I you know, sometimes
I go out of my house, I start a run
and next thing you know, one of the air buds
goes out and it's like, oh, it's a whole big thing.
I got to go back to my house and it's
it's a it's a whole big thing. But uh, well,
I hope that helps with with some of your thoughts.
(50:34):
I would check out the Galaxy Buds for sure. I
think that you'll be pretty happy with them, and I'm
sure they have a return policy if you're not and
it doesn't work out. But I have I think those
are some of the best after the AirPods. Can you
believe it? That's gonna do it for this show. Thanks
so much for listening. For links to anything I talked about, well,
take a look at the show notes. But if you
(50:54):
listen to the show regularly, you know that I don't
actually put anything in there. Maybe I'll start. If you
have a question for me, you can find me at
richon tech dot tv.
Speaker 2 (51:04):
I know this episode was a little bit.
Speaker 1 (51:07):
Different, and I'm gonna stay online for just a little
bit for the Facebook folks, but I got to end
the podcast. When people see a podcast that's like two
hours in their podcast thing, who wants to listen to that? No,
So I try to keep it to a certain time
and we're already over. But if you have a question
for me, you can go to my website rich on
tech dot tv. If you like this podcast, please rate
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(51:30):
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I think we'll talk to you real soon. And stay safe.
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