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Saturday 8 September 2007
- Show Audio
- Tech News
- Hour 1
- Mike from Santa Barbara - Enabling call blocking on cell phone?
- Lisa - Computer not able to restore to a restore point
- Mark - Having Word documents appear with formatting without attaching
- Dan from Barrington, RI - DirecTV HD TiVos
- Wants to do live streaming video with archiving for church services
- John - Wants to put video clips on his website
- Hour 2
- Hour 3
- Could the media be hyping the iPhone $200 price drop?
- Steve from L.A. asks is there an add on device that will pick up a wireless signal from a hotel room?
- Kay in the chat room wants to know how to restore data from her Carbonite backup software.
- Kay also wants to know how to move her iPod collection from a PC to a Mac.
- Zac - How to set up a blog?
- Zac also wants to know if there is a mono bluetooth headset that lets you also stream music.
- Scott - Will the iPhone will be available to other phone carriers?
- Scott also wants to know if Leo would recommend a smart phone.
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Tech News
On Wednesday, Apple announced a complete revamp to the iPod line. Leo’s predictions were almost completely wrong. There were no mentions of the Beatles at all!
What irked the most people, though, was a $200 price drop to $399 in the iPhone. All those people who waited hours in line were incredibly infuriated. A day later, however, Steve Jobs announced a $100 credit for iPhone owners who purchased before the price drop. Still, Apple is making a huge profit on the iPhone. The reason for the price drop was to have an enormous Christmas sales season.
Here is what Apple ended up releasing:
- iPod Nano
- Does video now
- 2 inch screen
- New interface
- Same 320×240 resolution as on 5g iPods
- 4gb for $149 and 8gb for $199
- iPod Classic
- Practically the same as the 5g iPod Video
- Brushed aluminum front
- New interface
- 80gb for $249 and a whopping 160gb for $349!
- iPod Touch
- Exact same thing as an iPhone…without the phone
- Completely flash-based
- Has a Safari web browser for surfing the web on WiFi
- Even has YouTube!
- 8mm thin
- 8gb for $299 and 16gb for $399
- iPod Shuffle
- Same thing, but new colors
- 1gb for $79
- iTunes WiFi Store
- Buy iTunes music on the fly!
- Can preview songs, view top lists, and search for songs
- Will work on iPhone and iPod Touch
- Songs will sync back to machine when iPod or iPhone is connected
- Starbucks partnership
- For iTunes WiFi store
- When using WiFi store in a Starbucks, Starbucks icon will appear
- Can see what is currently playing in Starbucks, and list of recently played tracks
- Then able to purchase those songs on your device
- iPhone Ringtones
- Can pick ringtone-enabled songs for 99 additional cents
- Ringtone editor opens in iTunes
- Allows you to pick up to 30-second clips anywhere in song with fade-ins and fade-outs
- Then choose which ringtones you make will sync to iPhone
Hour 1
Q Mike from Santa Barbara - Enabling call blocking on cell phone?
- Some cell phones can force people go to go voicemail depending on their phone number
- Not sure if the RAZR does that
- RAZR is limited in terms of software because it is not a smartphone
- Leo doesn’t know. Keep listening to hear if someone has an answer
- He is using a RAZR with AT&T
- Grandcentral gives you many features like this, but it requires you to get a beta invite as well as a new phone number.
Q Lisa - Computer not able to restore to a restore point
- Teenager has loaded her computer with tons of spyware
- Some malware destroys those restore points
- Only way to make sure you’re completely clean again is to back up and reinstall Windows
- Sorry!
Q Mark - Having Word documents appear with formatting without attaching
- Doesn’t want to attach documents
- Can use HTML mail
- But have to be careful about what fonts to use
- Can always use a PDF so everyone can view it
- But that requires attaching still
Q Dan from Barrington, RI - DirecTV HD TiVos
- DirecTV and TiVo have made up
- They will continue to use TiVos
- There is indeed an HD DirecTV TiVo
Q Wants to do live streaming video with archiving for church services
- Ustream allows people to stream using flash
- Has an option to record shows
- Your Vox blog has the option to embed flash objects
- So you can embed the Ustream video
Q John - Wants to put video clips on his website
- 90% of all computers have Flash
- You can upload to Youtube or Google Video which will allow you to embed on your site
- Leo uses VideoEgg
- Allows you to create video libraries
- Use their client to upload the video
- And then it will give you the embed code for a site
- No real VideoEgg branding
Hour 2
Bees may be missing due to cell phone towers? Sounds like one for snopes.com
Q Eighth grader Jacob wants everyone to know he’s set up a Leo fan site
Q Jim from Palmdale, CA - Norton saying ports 443 and 80 are wide open
- Norton is simply trying to scare you into renewing their service
- 443 and 80 are always open to surf the Internet
- Go ahead and uninstall it
- Leo recommends the sponsor NOD32
- You actually have to go and uninstall the trial
- Otherwise it will bug you for the rest of your life
- Use the Norton Removal Tool
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We heard some background from and about Scott Wilkinson then caller Aaron
Q Aaron has a SD card that won’t be recognized.
- Leo suggests an unerase program called Smart Recovery - http://pcinspector.de/
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Hour 3
Q Could the media be hyping the iPhone $200 price drop?
Leo says “That’s the way it is in technology”.
- Most iPhone users do not seem that upset.
There is an open letter from Steve Jobs on this very subject located here.
PC World reports that Most iPhone Owners Happy With $100 Credit.
More on this subject at Google News.
Q Steve from L.A. asks is there an add on device that will pick up a wireless signal from a hotel room?
There are two options, passive and active.
An antenna increases gain passively by being either larger or made of a higher quality material. There is also an active solution using a transmitter/receiver combination that will substantially increase the range.
Radio Labs makes a notebook extender for around $100.00.
Radio Labs Longest Range Notebook Wireless Kit
Q Kay in the chat room wants to know how to restore data from her Carbonite backup software.
Go to carbonite.com, Log on using your user name and password.
Follow instructions on restoring to your local drive.
There is an animated carbonite tutorial on restoring data available here.
Other backup software:
- SuperDuper v2.1.4
- ChronoSync - Like on-line backup except you can backup to a local drive.
Q Kay also wants to know how to move her iPod collection from a PC to a Mac.
iPodRip
iPodRip also lets you backup your play list. Most other solutions do not.
- Remember, do not synchronize or you will erase your current data.
iPodRip support available here.
Leo has tried them all and highly recommends WordPress.
- It’s free and easy to install.
You can download the latest version (2.2.3) from here.
Visit the WordPress support forums here.
Q Zac also wants to know if there is a mono bluetooth headset that lets you also stream music.
Leo is hard pressed to find one. Calls on the listeners for help.
EDIT: You might find the customer reviews for the Jabra BT8010 Stereo/Mono Bluetooth Headset useful. It provides both stereo and mono. Also can connect to two devices at once.
Q Scott - Will the iPhone will be available to other phone carriers?
AT&T has a five year contract with Apple. Although, there are ways to unlock the iPhone.
iPhone Sim Free states that they are about to release software to unlock the iPhone. They also state that they will be releasing this software to retailers only. So you will have to go to a local store in order to perform the unlocking. This solution, and iPhones for that matter, will only work with GSM networks.
Q Scott also wants to know if Leo would recommend a smart phone.
Leo says that he loves the HTC Mogul (PPC-6800).
For Verizon customers Leo also recommends the Verizon Wireless XV6700.
