Amazon has its first Kindle with a color screen, a new iPad many from Apple, but they didn't improve one key feature, and how to enable Android's new theft detection feature. Plus your tech questions answered. What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech. This is the show where I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe the tech should be interesting, useful and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at triple A Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. All right, we got some great guests this week. We're gonna talk to swan dot COM's CEO, Corey Clipston. He's gonna talk about bitcoin and the current state of the cryptocurrency market. I went to the Bitcoin Day this week, and uh, it's quite interesting to see all the bitcoin getting together. They are really into this stuff and it's kind of exciting.

Amazon has its first Kindle with a color screen, a new iPad many from Apple, but they didn't improve one key feature, and how to enable Android's new theft detection feature. Plus your tech questions answered. What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech. This is the show where I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe the tech should be interesting, useful and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at triple A Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. All right, we got some great guests this week. We're gonna talk to swan dot COM's CEO, Corey Clipston. He's gonna talk about bitcoin and the current state of the cryptocurrency market. I went to the Bitcoin Day this week, and uh, it's quite interesting to see all the bitcoin getting together. They are really into this stuff and it's kind of exciting.

So we'll talk to Corey.

So we'll talk to Corey.

Then later in the show, we've got Consumer Reports Suki Golatti to talk permission Slip. This is their tool to help you reduce your digital footprint and protect your online privacy. Suki will join us a little bit later in the show. Well, it is fall, it is spooky time, it's pumpkin patch time. Went to the pumpkin patch with the kids last night, had a nice time. It was a little emptier than previous years. But it's one of those traditions that I grew up on the East Coast, always going to the pumpkin patch and taken. We did a lot of haunted hay rides there. But my kids California, it's a little bit different because sometimes you go to the pumpkin patch and it's like eighty degrees. Thankfully, last night it was not. That was fun always, you know, it's just tradition. Gotta do the tradition. On Instagram, by the way, I was just posting something and I don't know if you noticed this, but when you go into your stories, when you look at the top, there's like little bats that fly around on the lettering.

Then later in the show, we've got Consumer Reports Suki Golatti to talk permission Slip. This is their tool to help you reduce your digital footprint and protect your online privacy. Suki will join us a little bit later in the show. Well, it is fall, it is spooky time, it's pumpkin patch time. Went to the pumpkin patch with the kids last night, had a nice time. It was a little emptier than previous years. But it's one of those traditions that I grew up on the East Coast, always going to the pumpkin patch and taken. We did a lot of haunted hay rides there. But my kids California, it's a little bit different because sometimes you go to the pumpkin patch and it's like eighty degrees. Thankfully, last night it was not. That was fun always, you know, it's just tradition. Gotta do the tradition. On Instagram, by the way, I was just posting something and I don't know if you noticed this, but when you go into your stories, when you look at the top, there's like little bats that fly around on the lettering.

So I was like, what is that? What is that? What is that?

So I was like, what is that? What is that? What is that?

And so if you look at that, it's actually Halloween writing. So if you go to my Instagram at rich On Tech you can see I used it.

And so if you look at that, it's actually Halloween writing. So if you go to my Instagram at rich On Tech you can see I used it.

I love it.

I love it.

It's a classic kind of like Halloween writing, and you have to scroll all the way to the left. Let's see what it's called. Let's see here, so go here create, let's see. Oh you got to post a picture first. Well, I'm glad I'm doing this on live radio. Very very exciting. All right, tap that. Oh it's just called Halloween writing.

It's a classic kind of like Halloween writing, and you have to scroll all the way to the left. Let's see what it's called. Let's see here, so go here create, let's see. Oh you got to post a picture first. Well, I'm glad I'm doing this on live radio. Very very exciting. All right, tap that. Oh it's just called Halloween writing.

There you go.

There you go.

It's funny too whenever I go to these events, I've been testing phones for so long. To me, it's all about when I look back in my pictures and my Google Photos, It's all about the progression of the cameras. Like I've been taking pictures of my kids at the same pumpkin patch for ten years, and it's like back in the day, the pictures were just so bad.

It's funny too whenever I go to these events, I've been testing phones for so long. To me, it's all about when I look back in my pictures and my Google Photos, It's all about the progression of the cameras. Like I've been taking pictures of my kids at the same pumpkin patch for ten years, and it's like back in the day, the pictures were just so bad.

They didn't look bad back then.

They didn't look bad back then.

Now they look bad, and so I see that progression of Like last night, I was using the new iPhone sixteen pro and it's like, oh, wow, these look pretty good. A little tip by the way, I was organizing. I'm always organizing my Google Photos collection.

Now they look bad, and so I see that progression of Like last night, I was using the new iPhone sixteen pro and it's like, oh, wow, these look pretty good. A little tip by the way, I was organizing. I'm always organizing my Google Photos collection.

You know.

You know.

Google Photos is my preferred way to store my photos. Always looking for ways to kind of like delete stuff out of there that I don't need anymore.

Google Photos is my preferred way to store my photos. Always looking for ways to kind of like delete stuff out of there that I don't need anymore.

And I found a pretty good search.

And I found a pretty good search.

Just search for the word blurry, and it'll bring up all the pictures that hurt, like nonsense, blurry pictures that you've taken over the years, and you could just go through and delete a bunch of those. It also brings up blurry videos, and that's a good way to just kind of prune. I love pruning. That's like in some people might prune their plants outside. No, I'm just pruning like my Google photos collection all day every day. I thought this was interesting. Today I was filling up my water bottle from the fridge and I noticed that the filter, which seems to go very fast, needed a replacement. And you know, I've got these Amazon Echoes around the house. I've been telling you about how I replaced a bunch of my Sono speakers, which I'm still enjoying, by the way. I love the voice control on those things. But every once in a while, the Amazon Echo will have like a green light on it and I'm like, all right, you got me, like, Alexa, what do you thinking?

Just search for the word blurry, and it'll bring up all the pictures that hurt, like nonsense, blurry pictures that you've taken over the years, and you could just go through and delete a bunch of those. It also brings up blurry videos, and that's a good way to just kind of prune. I love pruning. That's like in some people might prune their plants outside. No, I'm just pruning like my Google photos collection all day every day. I thought this was interesting. Today I was filling up my water bottle from the fridge and I noticed that the filter, which seems to go very fast, needed a replacement. And you know, I've got these Amazon Echoes around the house. I've been telling you about how I replaced a bunch of my Sono speakers, which I'm still enjoying, by the way. I love the voice control on those things. But every once in a while, the Amazon Echo will have like a green light on it and I'm like, all right, you got me, like, Alexa, what do you thinking?

And that's what I say to it.

And that's what I say to it.

And it's like, I've got a notification you seem to be running out of your whatever that you ordered six months ago, and it's been pretty spot on with some of the things. And I said, you know what, actually you can help me right now. Can you reorder my water filter for the fridge? And sure enough, she brought up the old one that I've ordered over the past couple of years and said, here it is. It's forty dollars. Would you like me to place the order for you? And I said sure. Well, first she said I'll put it in the car, and I said, well, actually, you can go ahead and order that, and so she just went ahead and said, okay, I have placed the order, which I thought was incredible. I mean, I get it. They put all these Alexas, these echo speakers in people's homes, hoping that they would one day order items from them.

And it's like, I've got a notification you seem to be running out of your whatever that you ordered six months ago, and it's been pretty spot on with some of the things. And I said, you know what, actually you can help me right now. Can you reorder my water filter for the fridge? And sure enough, she brought up the old one that I've ordered over the past couple of years and said, here it is. It's forty dollars. Would you like me to place the order for you? And I said sure. Well, first she said I'll put it in the car, and I said, well, actually, you can go ahead and order that, and so she just went ahead and said, okay, I have placed the order, which I thought was incredible. I mean, I get it. They put all these Alexas, these echo speakers in people's homes, hoping that they would one day order items from them.

I'm not sure how many.

I'm not sure how many.

People actually do that, but I did. And it's kind of fun, kind of easy because it knows what you've ordered in the past, so it just defaults to that. And so I thought of a cruel prank, which do not do this. But what if you were at someone's house and you just ordered stuff off their echo. I mean, are these things like linked to their actual voice. I'm not sure they are. Do not do this, Please, do not say, rich On Tech told you to do this, but I'm just you know, my mind goes to, like all the different ways that this could be used nefariously, and that's one of them. I mean, it's like, these things are everywhere anyway, don't do that. You can always cancel the order, but I mean, it's just kind of a weird prank to play on your friends. Something else I tried this week, I flew back to New Jersey.

People actually do that, but I did. And it's kind of fun, kind of easy because it knows what you've ordered in the past, so it just defaults to that. And so I thought of a cruel prank, which do not do this. But what if you were at someone's house and you just ordered stuff off their echo. I mean, are these things like linked to their actual voice. I'm not sure they are. Do not do this, Please, do not say, rich On Tech told you to do this, but I'm just you know, my mind goes to, like all the different ways that this could be used nefariously, and that's one of them. I mean, it's like, these things are everywhere anyway, don't do that. You can always cancel the order, but I mean, it's just kind of a weird prank to play on your friends. Something else I tried this week, I flew back to New Jersey.

Last week's show was from New Jersey.

Last week's show was from New Jersey.

You know, I do these shows live, so I love being live no matter where I am. But I'm back here in Los Angeles today. But I did try something new. I'm always trying something. Whatever is available, I will try it because I love technology. I'm just going to see how this stuff works. So TSA pre check they have this thing called touchless ID. While you're checking in, it's like, hey, do you want to go touchless? I'm like, all right, let me try it. I've tried the digital ID, I've tried just about everything they offer, but I was like, let me try touchless. So basically, you use your face for recognition at the TSA pre check line instead of your ID. And so I said, all right, let's try it. So I get to the pre check and there's two separate lines. One is the touchless ID which uses your face and your boarding pass has like a green outline around it to like signify that you've opted into this. Because you can't do it at the airport, you have to do it at check in. So the line was like significantly shorter than the regular pre check line, which is significantly shorter than the regular security line. And so I get up to the front and of course I'm like waiting for the person to be like, we don't do that, but they said, okay, stand there, take your picture.

You know, I do these shows live, so I love being live no matter where I am. But I'm back here in Los Angeles today. But I did try something new. I'm always trying something. Whatever is available, I will try it because I love technology. I'm just going to see how this stuff works. So TSA pre check they have this thing called touchless ID. While you're checking in, it's like, hey, do you want to go touchless? I'm like, all right, let me try it. I've tried the digital ID, I've tried just about everything they offer, but I was like, let me try touchless. So basically, you use your face for recognition at the TSA pre check line instead of your ID. And so I said, all right, let's try it. So I get to the pre check and there's two separate lines. One is the touchless ID which uses your face and your boarding pass has like a green outline around it to like signify that you've opted into this. Because you can't do it at the airport, you have to do it at check in. So the line was like significantly shorter than the regular pre check line, which is significantly shorter than the regular security line. And so I get up to the front and of course I'm like waiting for the person to be like, we don't do that, but they said, okay, stand there, take your picture.

You take a picture.

You take a picture.

You't have to take anything out, you don't have to show anything, and somehow it scans your face. Next thing, you know, okay, you can go checks against your boarding pass, which is pretty impressive. So I was wondering how this worked, right, because where do they get my picture from. I didn't submit a picture to anyone. I'll tell you about that in a second. But then when on the way back, I saw that you can do a self bag tag with just your face, and so I was like, all right, well, let me take this to the next level.

You't have to take anything out, you don't have to show anything, and somehow it scans your face. Next thing, you know, okay, you can go checks against your boarding pass, which is pretty impressive. So I was wondering how this worked, right, because where do they get my picture from. I didn't submit a picture to anyone. I'll tell you about that in a second. But then when on the way back, I saw that you can do a self bag tag with just your face, and so I was like, all right, well, let me take this to the next level.

Let me check in my bags without showing anything.

Let me check in my bags without showing anything.

You know, usually when you check in your bag, unless you're going like first class, you know you have a person. But usually if you're just going the regular class like everyone else like I am, typically you just go up to a little machine. You type in your number or you scan your barcode, and it spits out the bag tag and bag. Some places I've seen were actually tag it yourself, Like when I was coming back from Hawaii, I actually literally put the bag tag on my bag, like I am an airline employee now, like I'm trained to do this stuff, and you know, my bag made it. But you know, sometimes with the airline, usually the airline I fly typically has someone that does it for you. Anyway, I stand in front of this little machine, takes a picture of my face and it says okay, and it spits out the bagtag. Someone comes from behind the scenes and they put the thing on my bag and that's it. Didn't have to show my ID to verify it's me because they already did.

You know, usually when you check in your bag, unless you're going like first class, you know you have a person. But usually if you're just going the regular class like everyone else like I am, typically you just go up to a little machine. You type in your number or you scan your barcode, and it spits out the bag tag and bag. Some places I've seen were actually tag it yourself, Like when I was coming back from Hawaii, I actually literally put the bag tag on my bag, like I am an airline employee now, like I'm trained to do this stuff, and you know, my bag made it. But you know, sometimes with the airline, usually the airline I fly typically has someone that does it for you. Anyway, I stand in front of this little machine, takes a picture of my face and it says okay, and it spits out the bagtag. Someone comes from behind the scenes and they put the thing on my bag and that's it. Didn't have to show my ID to verify it's me because they already did.

So.

So.

I asked the person, I said, hey, where are you getting my picture from for all this technology? And they said, oh, it's from your passport, so yeah, sure enough. I looked up a little bit more information. TSA pre check touchless identity solution is being test. It's totally optional, it's opt in if you want to do it. It compares your live facial images to pre existing government photo IDs, So guessing that's your passport most of the time, unless you've submitted something else, maybe during pre check. I guess you did have to submit a picture. It's currently being tested at some airports with Delta and United. You can opt in during your mobile check in and they collect data including your live photo, your passport number, and your known traveler numbers. They say the information is anonymized, encrypted and deleted within one hundred and eighty days. And of course this is all aiming to enhance security and streamline the verification process. So I don't know, I mean, it's just these little things that are happening in our world that are just progressing.

I asked the person, I said, hey, where are you getting my picture from for all this technology? And they said, oh, it's from your passport, so yeah, sure enough. I looked up a little bit more information. TSA pre check touchless identity solution is being test. It's totally optional, it's opt in if you want to do it. It compares your live facial images to pre existing government photo IDs, So guessing that's your passport most of the time, unless you've submitted something else, maybe during pre check. I guess you did have to submit a picture. It's currently being tested at some airports with Delta and United. You can opt in during your mobile check in and they collect data including your live photo, your passport number, and your known traveler numbers. They say the information is anonymized, encrypted and deleted within one hundred and eighty days. And of course this is all aiming to enhance security and streamline the verification process. So I don't know, I mean, it's just these little things that are happening in our world that are just progressing.

I get it.

I get it.

There's a lot of pros and cons with all this facial technology, facial recognition, but the reality is they've got it. If you've been uploading your photos to Facebook, to Instagram, maybe even Twitter, all this stuff is being scanned for AI and it's being sliced and diced in a million different ways. Remember Facebook was tagging people in photos years ago. I mean we're talking probably a decade ago. All of a sudden you'd get a thing that said, hey, you showed up in someone's picture, and they'd be like, I didn't tag you in that. It was just automatically applying the tag. So the information's out there. I think moving forward, what's really important is how is this information used. Are the organizations thinking about the privacy of this information? And of course, when you share any information, always be thinking about how private it is, what the implications are of sharing that information, and what could go wrong if that information gets out If my photo that I took at the TSA pre check, you know, gets out there in the world. Not the end of the world. I mean, people already know what I look like. It's really just a general awareness I think you should have about how you're sharing your information and where I would actually argue that sharing your information for one of those like sweepstakes, when you go to like a football game or something. You know, it's like when this new car and you fill out this whole form with like all of your information and all of your identifying information and your your just everything you know how many kids live in your house, your household information. I feel like that is actually going into a bigger database that will be used against you than my photo at the TSA pre check.

There's a lot of pros and cons with all this facial technology, facial recognition, but the reality is they've got it. If you've been uploading your photos to Facebook, to Instagram, maybe even Twitter, all this stuff is being scanned for AI and it's being sliced and diced in a million different ways. Remember Facebook was tagging people in photos years ago. I mean we're talking probably a decade ago. All of a sudden you'd get a thing that said, hey, you showed up in someone's picture, and they'd be like, I didn't tag you in that. It was just automatically applying the tag. So the information's out there. I think moving forward, what's really important is how is this information used. Are the organizations thinking about the privacy of this information? And of course, when you share any information, always be thinking about how private it is, what the implications are of sharing that information, and what could go wrong if that information gets out If my photo that I took at the TSA pre check, you know, gets out there in the world. Not the end of the world. I mean, people already know what I look like. It's really just a general awareness I think you should have about how you're sharing your information and where I would actually argue that sharing your information for one of those like sweepstakes, when you go to like a football game or something. You know, it's like when this new car and you fill out this whole form with like all of your information and all of your identifying information and your your just everything you know how many kids live in your house, your household information. I feel like that is actually going into a bigger database that will be used against you than my photo at the TSA pre check.

But again, think about this stuff and be aware of this stuff. All right.

But again, think about this stuff and be aware of this stuff. All right.

Coming up on the show, we're going to talk a lot of stuff. We've got many many things coming up. I'm going to talk about the new color Kindle. We've got that. Apple also came out with a new iPad Mini, so we've got that. You've got the website that's rich on Tech dot TV. So if you want to go there get in touch with me, you can do that by hitting contact. You can get show notes there by hitting the light bulb, and you can give me a call. Eight to eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. My name is rich Darmiro. You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple eight rich.

Coming up on the show, we're going to talk a lot of stuff. We've got many many things coming up. I'm going to talk about the new color Kindle. We've got that. Apple also came out with a new iPad Mini, so we've got that. You've got the website that's rich on Tech dot TV. So if you want to go there get in touch with me, you can do that by hitting contact. You can get show notes there by hitting the light bulb, and you can give me a call. Eight to eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. My name is rich Darmiro. You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple eight rich.

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If you want to get in touch with me that way, go to the website rich on Tech dot TV hit contact and we got an email from Steve about the Alexa ordering. He said, I've never used it to order, but I do believe there's an optional pin that probably makes a lot of sense. In fact, if you do not live alone, I would probably enable that. Probably smarter to do that, although I have enabled the pin on the Amazon Prime Video because of my kids, and it's such a nightmare, Like every time I want to watch something, which is not very often, but this is probably why I don't watch a lot on Prime Video, I have to put in this pin that's like, you know, six digits on my remote control, and it just keeps me basically from watching anything on Amazon Prime. Speaking of Amazon, let's see here. Amazon updated their entire Kindle family, including the first ever color Kindle. Now I know the Kindle is known for having a page that looks just like the printed page. This still uses e ink, so I do like that. You've got four new Kindle models hitting the market, including that first ever color Kindle. They also reimagine the Kindle Scribe with some AI features. They've got the fastest Kindle paper white yet, and then they've got the new entry level Kindle in a fun Macha color I don't know if you know about this trend started on TikTok, where people they basically decorate their kindles. It's like a whole thing. I mean, books are popular now because of TikTok. They call it book talk. So these these people they recommend books that they're reading other people read them. Oh my gosh, what a concept, people reading books again.

If you want to get in touch with me that way, go to the website rich on Tech dot TV hit contact and we got an email from Steve about the Alexa ordering. He said, I've never used it to order, but I do believe there's an optional pin that probably makes a lot of sense. In fact, if you do not live alone, I would probably enable that. Probably smarter to do that, although I have enabled the pin on the Amazon Prime Video because of my kids, and it's such a nightmare, Like every time I want to watch something, which is not very often, but this is probably why I don't watch a lot on Prime Video, I have to put in this pin that's like, you know, six digits on my remote control, and it just keeps me basically from watching anything on Amazon Prime. Speaking of Amazon, let's see here. Amazon updated their entire Kindle family, including the first ever color Kindle. Now I know the Kindle is known for having a page that looks just like the printed page. This still uses e ink, so I do like that. You've got four new Kindle models hitting the market, including that first ever color Kindle. They also reimagine the Kindle Scribe with some AI features. They've got the fastest Kindle paper white yet, and then they've got the new entry level Kindle in a fun Macha color I don't know if you know about this trend started on TikTok, where people they basically decorate their kindles. It's like a whole thing. I mean, books are popular now because of TikTok. They call it book talk. So these these people they recommend books that they're reading other people read them. Oh my gosh, what a concept, people reading books again.

I love it.

I love it.

So the Kindle Colorsoft, I think is the most notable model here. This is the first kindle with a color display. So it's color pages, it's got color pictures. It's also got color on the screen. So if you want to look at the cover of your book in full color, you can do that, and then if you want to highlight in color, you can do that.

So the Kindle Colorsoft, I think is the most notable model here. This is the first kindle with a color display. So it's color pages, it's got color pictures. It's also got color on the screen. So if you want to look at the cover of your book in full color, you can do that, and then if you want to highlight in color, you can do that.

Now. Do I think this is necessary on the Kindle?

Now. Do I think this is necessary on the Kindle?

No?

No?

But is it nice to have. Sure, Like if you read graphic.

But is it nice to have. Sure, Like if you read graphic.

Novels, kids are reading books on there, that's kind of cool to have color for that. If you read comic books on there, I think this was inevitable to have the color Kindle.

Novels, kids are reading books on there, that's kind of cool to have color for that. If you read comic books on there, I think this was inevitable to have the color Kindle.

Do you need it tomorrow? Probably not.

Do you need it tomorrow? Probably not.

I can't think of a reason why I want the Color Kindle except for the fact that it's brand new and available, and I'm really fighting that urge to get one, because why do I need this thing. I've been reading books in black and white forever, and I like the fact that the kindle is closer to the printed page. It does not look like an iPad, It does not look like a smartphone screen, it does not look like a computer screen. So even when I'm reading my Kindle, I do not feel like I am engaging with technology. And that's the whole beauty of the Kindle is that, even though it is very high tech, the technology blends into the background and you actually just focus on reading. And I do love my Kindle. I really do prefer it over physical books a majority of the time. Let's see, okay, colorsoft is waterproof, which is nice. Bring it in the bath, you can bring it to the beach. It also has wireless charging, so they did that for a reason make it easier to charge, obviously, But this only gets eight weeks of battery life. And I know that sounds like a lot, but if you're like me, you don't charge your kindle very much. I don't, so eight weeks is noticeably shorter than say, the months that a standard kindle would last. Okay, Next up the Kindles Scribe, and I'll tell you the prices afterwards.

I can't think of a reason why I want the Color Kindle except for the fact that it's brand new and available, and I'm really fighting that urge to get one, because why do I need this thing. I've been reading books in black and white forever, and I like the fact that the kindle is closer to the printed page. It does not look like an iPad, It does not look like a smartphone screen, it does not look like a computer screen. So even when I'm reading my Kindle, I do not feel like I am engaging with technology. And that's the whole beauty of the Kindle is that, even though it is very high tech, the technology blends into the background and you actually just focus on reading. And I do love my Kindle. I really do prefer it over physical books a majority of the time. Let's see, okay, colorsoft is waterproof, which is nice. Bring it in the bath, you can bring it to the beach. It also has wireless charging, so they did that for a reason make it easier to charge, obviously, But this only gets eight weeks of battery life. And I know that sounds like a lot, but if you're like me, you don't charge your kindle very much. I don't, so eight weeks is noticeably shorter than say, the months that a standard kindle would last. Okay, Next up the Kindles Scribe, and I'll tell you the prices afterwards.

Kindlescribe.

Kindlescribe.

Remember this is the Kindle that is like a little bit bigger of a screen. You can write on it. It's almost like a notebook. So this has new borders, smaller borders in book writing experience. You can actually write inside the pages that you're reading and the text will wrap a it, which I thought was pretty cool. It's got an AI powered notebook for summarizing your own handwritten notes. This is for pre order. It will ship on December fourth. Then you've got the Kindle paper White. This is the Kindle I think that a majority of people should buy. This is the one that has a faster page turns. They're twenty five percent faster. It's got the highest contrast ratio of any Kindle. It's got a larger seven inch displace just a little bit larger there. But it's also the thinnest paper white ever, and that gets you up to three months of battery life. So for my money, I think the Kindle Paper White is probably the best bang for your buck for everyone because you're getting kind of like the best looking screen, the thinnest. Also, it's bigger, and so I think that that's going to be probably the best for most people. And then you've got the entry level kindle, which I get it's probably the most tempting because it goes on sale the most. It's obviously the cheapest, but I think if you spend just a little bit more, you're going to get that kindle. Paper white is just a better, better value for your money. But this is the smallest kindle, it's the most affordable. Obviously comes in that new Machta color. How do you say that Macha macha color? Not machta macha. It's like macha tea, Macha green tea. It's like a green, yeah, green, it's green. But you know, we gotta say macha because that's what the TikTokers are. You know, everything on Instagram is, you know, it's all about esthetics. It's aesthetics everything, Like there are literally people on Instagram where everything is just like a certain color or a certain vibe or a certain theme.

Remember this is the Kindle that is like a little bit bigger of a screen. You can write on it. It's almost like a notebook. So this has new borders, smaller borders in book writing experience. You can actually write inside the pages that you're reading and the text will wrap a it, which I thought was pretty cool. It's got an AI powered notebook for summarizing your own handwritten notes. This is for pre order. It will ship on December fourth. Then you've got the Kindle paper White. This is the Kindle I think that a majority of people should buy. This is the one that has a faster page turns. They're twenty five percent faster. It's got the highest contrast ratio of any Kindle. It's got a larger seven inch displace just a little bit larger there. But it's also the thinnest paper white ever, and that gets you up to three months of battery life. So for my money, I think the Kindle Paper White is probably the best bang for your buck for everyone because you're getting kind of like the best looking screen, the thinnest. Also, it's bigger, and so I think that that's going to be probably the best for most people. And then you've got the entry level kindle, which I get it's probably the most tempting because it goes on sale the most. It's obviously the cheapest, but I think if you spend just a little bit more, you're going to get that kindle. Paper white is just a better, better value for your money. But this is the smallest kindle, it's the most affordable. Obviously comes in that new Machta color. How do you say that Macha macha color? Not machta macha. It's like macha tea, Macha green tea. It's like a green, yeah, green, it's green. But you know, we gotta say macha because that's what the TikTokers are. You know, everything on Instagram is, you know, it's all about esthetics. It's aesthetics everything, Like there are literally people on Instagram where everything is just like a certain color or a certain vibe or a certain theme.

It's all about aesthetics.

It's all about aesthetics.

And they make a lot of money promoting just stuff that's aesthetically pleasing.

And they make a lot of money promoting just stuff that's aesthetically pleasing.

Yeah, it's a big thing.

Yeah, it's a big thing.

This has twenty five percent brighter front light, so that's the entry level kindle.

This has twenty five percent brighter front light, so that's the entry level kindle.

How much are these things?

How much are these things?

Entry level Kindle starts at one hundred and ten dollars, Kindle paper white starts at one hundred and sixty, the color soft with that color screen two hundred and eighty dollars, and then the Kindlescribe starts at four hundred dollars. Keep in mind you're gonna want a case for any of these things. That adds another fifty dollars to it, whatever, maybe twenty if you get the knockoff cases. But again, do not buy these things full price. Do not buy the kindles full price. They always go on sale, and you can trade in your old Kindle to get twenty percent off the nuance, So stack that with a sale. Put this thing in your Amazon cart, save it for later, watch.

Entry level Kindle starts at one hundred and ten dollars, Kindle paper white starts at one hundred and sixty, the color soft with that color screen two hundred and eighty dollars, and then the Kindlescribe starts at four hundred dollars. Keep in mind you're gonna want a case for any of these things. That adds another fifty dollars to it, whatever, maybe twenty if you get the knockoff cases. But again, do not buy these things full price. Do not buy the kindles full price. They always go on sale, and you can trade in your old Kindle to get twenty percent off the nuance, So stack that with a sale. Put this thing in your Amazon cart, save it for later, watch.

When it goes on sale.

When it goes on sale.

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Hi, Hi, Rich, I need some help in regard to telephones. All I have now is a landline. I'm a senior citizen, as you might guess, I have m acular degeneration, which means I need oversized numbers, letters, markings on it. My landline went out during the week and I was stuck here with no community vacation whatever, which made me realize it's a long overdue that I get a cell phone, a mobile phone, an iPhone what I referred to as magic machine for emergencies, and I'm hoping that you can make some suggestion emergencies and businesses. I don't need any colors, music, lights, whistles, anything like that.

Hi, Hi, Rich, I need some help in regard to telephones. All I have now is a landline. I'm a senior citizen, as you might guess, I have m acular degeneration, which means I need oversized numbers, letters, markings on it. My landline went out during the week and I was stuck here with no community vacation whatever, which made me realize it's a long overdue that I get a cell phone, a mobile phone, an iPhone what I referred to as magic machine for emergencies, and I'm hoping that you can make some suggestion emergencies and businesses. I don't need any colors, music, lights, whistles, anything like that.

Yeah, so you just want a simple phone that you can use to call in the event that your landline goes out.

Yeah, so you just want a simple phone that you can use to call in the event that your landline goes out.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Okay, Well, the website that I would check out is, well, there's a couple of things.

Okay, Well, the website that I would check out is, well, there's a couple of things.

So there's there's actually I have.

So there's there's actually I have.

No website, no computer, no TV, no you know, I barely have a doorbell I have I have I don't have any technology except for the landline, and I have indoor plumbing.

No website, no computer, no TV, no you know, I barely have a doorbell I have I have I don't have any technology except for the landline, and I have indoor plumbing.

Oh wow.

Oh wow.

Okay, well so then it sounds like you need to go.

Okay, well so then it sounds like you need to go.

Can you go? Can you make it into a store.

Can you go? Can you make it into a store.

Yeah, I have a caregiver.

Yeah, I have a caregiver.

Okay, okay, Well, I mean I would say for you, you probably want to get a phone that has large numbers on it, and that's basically it. Now, there is a phone that's made specifically for folks with a sort of a vision impairment or you know, so I'm trying to find it.

Okay, okay, Well, I mean I would say for you, you probably want to get a phone that has large numbers on it, and that's basically it. Now, there is a phone that's made specifically for folks with a sort of a vision impairment or you know, so I'm trying to find it.

I did a story with it.

I did a story with it.

Saw that the Great Sea Sun Assistive Tech conference, and they had all kinds of great stuff and this was one of them on display. Now, the problem is it's a little expensive, so I don't know how much you want to spend. But this phone, it's called Blind Shell B L I N D S H E l L. And what I like about this is that they specifically created the phone to work for users like yourself, and so all of the features on it are are really good. Not only are the buttons really big, but the you know, it's very simple. The letters on the screen are nice and big. But it also can call out everything that you do. So if you dial a number and you dial three, it will say the number three as you press it, which I really like as well. So that the problem with that is that it's a little pricey, and I wish they would come out with a simpler one. But that's that that would be the first thing I would tell your caregiver about.

Saw that the Great Sea Sun Assistive Tech conference, and they had all kinds of great stuff and this was one of them on display. Now, the problem is it's a little expensive, so I don't know how much you want to spend. But this phone, it's called Blind Shell B L I N D S H E l L. And what I like about this is that they specifically created the phone to work for users like yourself, and so all of the features on it are are really good. Not only are the buttons really big, but the you know, it's very simple. The letters on the screen are nice and big. But it also can call out everything that you do. So if you dial a number and you dial three, it will say the number three as you press it, which I really like as well. So that the problem with that is that it's a little pricey, and I wish they would come out with a simpler one. But that's that that would be the first thing I would tell your caregiver about.

Is blind Where do I find it?

Is blind Where do I find it?

That You're gonna have to get online?

That You're gonna have to get online?

Typically, so you got to tell the caregiver to to check out blind shell dot com. Okay, got that, so blindshell dot com the other website. Now, you can also walk into like a you know, a consumer cellular kind of place if you want to get a phone from them, or just go into like a Verizon store and see what's your You don't have a carrier at all.

Typically, so you got to tell the caregiver to to check out blind shell dot com. Okay, got that, so blindshell dot com the other website. Now, you can also walk into like a you know, a consumer cellular kind of place if you want to get a phone from them, or just go into like a Verizon store and see what's your You don't have a carrier at all.

Huh, I don't have a carrier, okay.

Huh, I don't have a carrier, okay.

So what I would do is look for, you know, maybe one of the carriers, whoever your your caregiver's carrier is, maybe walk into their store and they typically sell a couple of flip phones. You can even go into a Walmart and and just see, like what flip phones they have with big numbers. That's all I think you need at this point is just a flip phone with big numbers, and that's it. Okay, So and that's it, and then just get it activated, get it on a plan. It doesn't sound like you need a lot of minutes, so you can get it on a plan that's maybe prepaid for the whole year at once or monthly whatever you need, but you don't need like a big unlimited plan from something like a AT and T or Verizon, because it's just going to be wasteful. So get something maybe that's you know, even pre paid, but that you know, those those those will work for you. And I think the other website that I like if you want to look for phones that are just simple is Dumbwireless dot Com did a story with them. It's a couple in Los Angeles that's trying to, you know, help spread the word about these simple phones. And they've got a bunch on their website that at least can give you some ideas for the simple phones and you might end up purchasing one. So again, Dumb Wireless Consumer Cellular, check them out, blind Shell check them out, and maybe just go into a Walmart pick up a flip phone and just prepay it for the year and that'll be perfect if you ever need it in the event of emergency or if your phone goes out. Thanks for the call, Stephanie, do appreciate it, Mike writes in Let's see, I bought a Wi Fi extender antenna and now it's installed, but I don't know how to set it up.

So what I would do is look for, you know, maybe one of the carriers, whoever your your caregiver's carrier is, maybe walk into their store and they typically sell a couple of flip phones. You can even go into a Walmart and and just see, like what flip phones they have with big numbers. That's all I think you need at this point is just a flip phone with big numbers, and that's it. Okay, So and that's it, and then just get it activated, get it on a plan. It doesn't sound like you need a lot of minutes, so you can get it on a plan that's maybe prepaid for the whole year at once or monthly whatever you need, but you don't need like a big unlimited plan from something like a AT and T or Verizon, because it's just going to be wasteful. So get something maybe that's you know, even pre paid, but that you know, those those those will work for you. And I think the other website that I like if you want to look for phones that are just simple is Dumbwireless dot Com did a story with them. It's a couple in Los Angeles that's trying to, you know, help spread the word about these simple phones. And they've got a bunch on their website that at least can give you some ideas for the simple phones and you might end up purchasing one. So again, Dumb Wireless Consumer Cellular, check them out, blind Shell check them out, and maybe just go into a Walmart pick up a flip phone and just prepay it for the year and that'll be perfect if you ever need it in the event of emergency or if your phone goes out. Thanks for the call, Stephanie, do appreciate it, Mike writes in Let's see, I bought a Wi Fi extender antenna and now it's installed, but I don't know how to set it up.

With all the ring and r low equipment that I have.

With all the ring and r low equipment that I have.

My question is how to find someone to help me out, But I'm not even sure what to search home Wi Fi.

My question is how to find someone to help me out, But I'm not even sure what to search home Wi Fi.

Home security CCTV.

Home security CCTV.

I live near Santa Clarita and Palmdale on a large property, so extended Wi Fi is important to set up my security cameras.

I live near Santa Clarita and Palmdale on a large property, so extended Wi Fi is important to set up my security cameras.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

So, Mike, I would just search on Yelp for home network installation. So Yelp will have a great amount of people that do this stuff. Home network installation. You can search home automation. You can search TV mounting, a lot of those folks will do it as well, and security systems, so any of those searches will yield someone in your area. When it comes to selecting someone, what I like to do is not only look for nice reviews, but also call maybe the top two people that you decide on and just get a feel for them. So if they are nice to you on the phone, if they have time for you on the phone, if they answer your questions in a nice manner, then they will probably be nice when you actually need them to install this, and also afterwards if you have any problems with them, if.

So, Mike, I would just search on Yelp for home network installation. So Yelp will have a great amount of people that do this stuff. Home network installation. You can search home automation. You can search TV mounting, a lot of those folks will do it as well, and security systems, so any of those searches will yield someone in your area. When it comes to selecting someone, what I like to do is not only look for nice reviews, but also call maybe the top two people that you decide on and just get a feel for them. So if they are nice to you on the phone, if they have time for you on the phone, if they answer your questions in a nice manner, then they will probably be nice when you actually need them to install this, and also afterwards if you have any problems with them, if.

They're short with you. If they tell you, hey, can you send me a text?

They're short with you. If they tell you, hey, can you send me a text?

Whatever? Make this quick? You probably don't want to do business with them. So again, just search for those things. You might even just search for exactly what you're trying to do, ring cameras or r low cameras and put that into Yelp and see what happens there. But those are the way to do it, and that should be what you need.

Whatever? Make this quick? You probably don't want to do business with them. So again, just search for those things. You might even just search for exactly what you're trying to do, ring cameras or r low cameras and put that into Yelp and see what happens there. But those are the way to do it, and that should be what you need.

Let's see.

Let's see.

Lori writes in from Canal Fulton, Ohio. What's the next best Apple phone? After the twelve Mini? I prefer smaller phones, probably because I started with a BlackBerry. Any recommendations, Well, Laurie, what about the iPhone thirteen Mini? So if you go to Apple's website, they do not continue to sell the previous phones after the original the new phones are out. They only have a selection of them. So if you go to Apple dot com and you look at the phones that they sell after they release the new iPhone, they typically discontinue certain old phones. So right now they're selling the iPhone sixteen Pro, the iPhone sixteen, the iPhone fifteen, the iPhone fourteen, and the iPhone se. So my advice is go to a third party website get the iPhone thirteen Mini. So this phone was released about three years ago, which means is not gonna be the newest, not gonna be the best, but it's gonna be an upgrade over the twelve Mini, and I would say it probably has about three years of software updates left, so you can get this right now, and then what I would do is, you know, just use that for the next couple of years until it's discontinued. Now, there's a difference between a phone being discontinued software wise and hardware wise, So theoretically the iPhone or I guess currently the iPhone thirteen Mini is discontinued. Apple's no longer actively making new phones, they're not manufacturing those anymore, but they're still supporting it with software updates. So that means that you could get this phone today and you'll still be security wise and software wise fine for the next couple of years. Apple doesn't publish the amount of years they support the iPhones, but they will tell you when the iPhones are supported through the new updates of iOS. So if we look at the iOS eighteen right now, they are supporting phones all the way back to the iPhone ten R, the eleven, the twelve, the thirteen. So if we extrapolate, the thirteen is still one two three models ahead of the oldest phone, which means they usually drop off one one year every time. We're talking three more years of software updates, I would say.

Lori writes in from Canal Fulton, Ohio. What's the next best Apple phone? After the twelve Mini? I prefer smaller phones, probably because I started with a BlackBerry. Any recommendations, Well, Laurie, what about the iPhone thirteen Mini? So if you go to Apple's website, they do not continue to sell the previous phones after the original the new phones are out. They only have a selection of them. So if you go to Apple dot com and you look at the phones that they sell after they release the new iPhone, they typically discontinue certain old phones. So right now they're selling the iPhone sixteen Pro, the iPhone sixteen, the iPhone fifteen, the iPhone fourteen, and the iPhone se. So my advice is go to a third party website get the iPhone thirteen Mini. So this phone was released about three years ago, which means is not gonna be the newest, not gonna be the best, but it's gonna be an upgrade over the twelve Mini, and I would say it probably has about three years of software updates left, so you can get this right now, and then what I would do is, you know, just use that for the next couple of years until it's discontinued. Now, there's a difference between a phone being discontinued software wise and hardware wise, So theoretically the iPhone or I guess currently the iPhone thirteen Mini is discontinued. Apple's no longer actively making new phones, they're not manufacturing those anymore, but they're still supporting it with software updates. So that means that you could get this phone today and you'll still be security wise and software wise fine for the next couple of years. Apple doesn't publish the amount of years they support the iPhones, but they will tell you when the iPhones are supported through the new updates of iOS. So if we look at the iOS eighteen right now, they are supporting phones all the way back to the iPhone ten R, the eleven, the twelve, the thirteen. So if we extrapolate, the thirteen is still one two three models ahead of the oldest phone, which means they usually drop off one one year every time. We're talking three more years of software updates, I would say.

So.

So.

I looked up on Amazon. It's about three hundred and fifty dollars refurbished. So iPhone thirteen many perfect. It'll be a great solution for your iPhone twelve Mini. Nice replacement for that. And then what you can do is you can buy the iPhone S when the three or two years is up. Whenever you're done with this iPhone thirteen Mini, then you can go with the iPhone se which is.

I looked up on Amazon. It's about three hundred and fifty dollars refurbished. So iPhone thirteen many perfect. It'll be a great solution for your iPhone twelve Mini. Nice replacement for that. And then what you can do is you can buy the iPhone S when the three or two years is up. Whenever you're done with this iPhone thirteen Mini, then you can go with the iPhone se which is.

Expected to come out.

Expected to come out.

Let's see if you go to MacRumors Buyer's Guide Buyer's Guide dot MacRumors dot com, this is an excellent website. This will tell you the cycle of the phone. So right now, just to give you some perspective, iPhone sixteen pro says buy now in large green, and it's only been out for thirty six days.

Let's see if you go to MacRumors Buyer's Guide Buyer's Guide dot MacRumors dot com, this is an excellent website. This will tell you the cycle of the phone. So right now, just to give you some perspective, iPhone sixteen pro says buy now in large green, and it's only been out for thirty six days.

That's it.

That's it.

I can't believe I only had this for thirty six days and I actually got it two weeks early, so I've had this for a little bit longer. So iPhone S, on the other hand, has been out ready nine hundred and fifty six days. The average is seven hundred and twenty five days. This is what I love about the Internet. There's someone that sits there and tracks this stuff, so you don't have to and I don't have to. So again, buyer's guidet, MacRumors dot com. It's uh, they are rumoring that the iPhone S will be updated pretty much any day now, so we can expect this. Uh it's supposedly in the spring, but we can expect this just any moment now. iPhone se So again, that's the that's the one i'd wait for. Is for your replacement for this other one?

I can't believe I only had this for thirty six days and I actually got it two weeks early, so I've had this for a little bit longer. So iPhone S, on the other hand, has been out ready nine hundred and fifty six days. The average is seven hundred and twenty five days. This is what I love about the Internet. There's someone that sits there and tracks this stuff, so you don't have to and I don't have to. So again, buyer's guidet, MacRumors dot com. It's uh, they are rumoring that the iPhone S will be updated pretty much any day now, so we can expect this. Uh it's supposedly in the spring, but we can expect this just any moment now. iPhone se So again, that's the that's the one i'd wait for. Is for your replacement for this other one?

All right?

All right?

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Twenty seven days since they had a new one, but now it's available very soon. I will tell you what the iPad Mini has and what it doesn't have, coming.

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Up right here on rich On Tech. Let's see here.

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Let's go to uh Morgan, who wrote in from Thousand Oaks. Hey, rich I'm moving to a twenty three hundred square foot house and a five acre ranch surrounded by avocado trees, which means lots of coyotes. I want to get tracking callers from my two indoor kiddies in case they get out. There are so many options, I'm having difficulty deciding. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm a huge fan and trust your advice for keeping my kiddy safe.

Let's go to uh Morgan, who wrote in from Thousand Oaks. Hey, rich I'm moving to a twenty three hundred square foot house and a five acre ranch surrounded by avocado trees, which means lots of coyotes. I want to get tracking callers from my two indoor kiddies in case they get out. There are so many options, I'm having difficulty deciding. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm a huge fan and trust your advice for keeping my kiddy safe.

Okay, so Morgan, Okay, good.

Okay, so Morgan, Okay, good.

I was gonna say, I'm glad these are not outdoor cats because with coyotes not good, not a good mix. So and even if they get out, you got to keep them inside. You don't want these cats outside. So couple ways you can do this. So, just to give you a basis of understanding, there are a couple things going on here. There are callers for pets that have GPS built in.

I was gonna say, I'm glad these are not outdoor cats because with coyotes not good, not a good mix. So and even if they get out, you got to keep them inside. You don't want these cats outside. So couple ways you can do this. So, just to give you a basis of understanding, there are a couple things going on here. There are callers for pets that have GPS built in.

Now that is going to give you the absolute best.

Now that is going to give you the absolute best.

Precision location every second that this cat is moving anywhere they go, because that is actually going to have a cellular connection on it along with GP. Yes, that is going to be the most precise. It's also going to be the most expensive because they typically come with a monthly monitoring fee and the battery life is going to be the absolute worst out of all of the solutions. So I would say, at the very least, probably don't do that because it's probably not the best case scenario. So you're going to be charging this thing all the time, You're gonna be paying a monthly fee. And again you mentioned that these are indoor cats, so this is only if they get out you want an idea, but on the flip side, you get the best location tracking. So the two brands that are probably the tops for this are one called Tractive tr ac Tive and then Whistle Whistle. I've actually done a story with Whistle and their stuff is great. They mostly market it towards dogs, so if you'd probably want their smallest one, I would check to see what the weight limits are or what the suggested weight is, but there typically we did this story with a small dog and that was one of the issues is that the tracker is a little bit big, so but again that's gonna be the most precise. The thing is, the battery life is gonna be really bad. So I mean, once these things are on full GPS, you're gonna get about two days of battery life before this goes dead, which means if your cat got out and you didn't find them within two days, that's it.

Precision location every second that this cat is moving anywhere they go, because that is actually going to have a cellular connection on it along with GP. Yes, that is going to be the most precise. It's also going to be the most expensive because they typically come with a monthly monitoring fee and the battery life is going to be the absolute worst out of all of the solutions. So I would say, at the very least, probably don't do that because it's probably not the best case scenario. So you're going to be charging this thing all the time, You're gonna be paying a monthly fee. And again you mentioned that these are indoor cats, so this is only if they get out you want an idea, but on the flip side, you get the best location tracking. So the two brands that are probably the tops for this are one called Tractive tr ac Tive and then Whistle Whistle. I've actually done a story with Whistle and their stuff is great. They mostly market it towards dogs, so if you'd probably want their smallest one, I would check to see what the weight limits are or what the suggested weight is, but there typically we did this story with a small dog and that was one of the issues is that the tracker is a little bit big, so but again that's gonna be the most precise. The thing is, the battery life is gonna be really bad. So I mean, once these things are on full GPS, you're gonna get about two days of battery life before this goes dead, which means if your cat got out and you didn't find them within two days, that's it.

That collers one hundred percent useless.

That collers one hundred percent useless.

So you can extend that time by creating sort of like a geofence around your house, which means the caller, if it's in the area that you set for that geofence, will not use GPS, which means it's not going to use the battery up. It's gonna use Wi Fi around the house, which uses much less power. Now, the two other ways you can do this is with a tracking device like a tile or an air tag or a Google tracker or a Samsung tracker. Let me go through those real quick. So an air tag obviously is probably the most popular way people do this. You get an air tag collar on Amazon. You put the air tag on your cat cat gets outside. Anyone who has an iPhone nearby which Remember, you are in this big area, five acre ranch. There's not gonna be a lot of iPhones on that five acre ranch, so the chances of getting an update on where your cat is located in that area is going to be tricky. But the neat thing that the air tags have with the new iPhones is precision location. So if you are getting close, if you walk around your yard, your iPhone will tell you how close you are to your cat. So yesterday I left my phone somewhere around my house. I did not know where it was. I went on my Apple Watch I used to find my feature and it directed me to my phone which was sitting on the car seat outside in my car, and it said, Okay, your phone is thirty nine feet away, it's forty feet away, it's forty it's twenty feet away, it's ten feet away, it's five feet away. Okay, you're right there, and then you can ring it. Same thing with an air tag, you can use that to kind of get to the general location, and then you can ring it to see where your cat is. When it comes to tile, they don't have the precision finding, but they do have a very wide long rain for the tile tracker which is anywhere anywhere from three hundred and fifty to five I think it's up to five hundred feet, and so you can get a tile tracker hanging on your cat. Again, it's going to use all the other TILE users in the area to find it, but there's probably not going to be many, so you're going to be relying on your phone to help you find it. But the good news is you can ring it from far away and still find it because it's got that long tracking. Now, if I was going to do something, if you have a Samsung phone, I'd probably go with a Samsung specific tracker. They call them smart tags, I think, and are smart things, and those are going to be great because they also have the precision finding. So again my recommendation, if you've got an iPhone, probably go with an air tag. If you've got Samsung, go with their specific Samsung tag. And if you don't have one of those phones, you got a random Android phone, maybe go.

So you can extend that time by creating sort of like a geofence around your house, which means the caller, if it's in the area that you set for that geofence, will not use GPS, which means it's not going to use the battery up. It's gonna use Wi Fi around the house, which uses much less power. Now, the two other ways you can do this is with a tracking device like a tile or an air tag or a Google tracker or a Samsung tracker. Let me go through those real quick. So an air tag obviously is probably the most popular way people do this. You get an air tag collar on Amazon. You put the air tag on your cat cat gets outside. Anyone who has an iPhone nearby which Remember, you are in this big area, five acre ranch. There's not gonna be a lot of iPhones on that five acre ranch, so the chances of getting an update on where your cat is located in that area is going to be tricky. But the neat thing that the air tags have with the new iPhones is precision location. So if you are getting close, if you walk around your yard, your iPhone will tell you how close you are to your cat. So yesterday I left my phone somewhere around my house. I did not know where it was. I went on my Apple Watch I used to find my feature and it directed me to my phone which was sitting on the car seat outside in my car, and it said, Okay, your phone is thirty nine feet away, it's forty feet away, it's forty it's twenty feet away, it's ten feet away, it's five feet away. Okay, you're right there, and then you can ring it. Same thing with an air tag, you can use that to kind of get to the general location, and then you can ring it to see where your cat is. When it comes to tile, they don't have the precision finding, but they do have a very wide long rain for the tile tracker which is anywhere anywhere from three hundred and fifty to five I think it's up to five hundred feet, and so you can get a tile tracker hanging on your cat. Again, it's going to use all the other TILE users in the area to find it, but there's probably not going to be many, so you're going to be relying on your phone to help you find it. But the good news is you can ring it from far away and still find it because it's got that long tracking. Now, if I was going to do something, if you have a Samsung phone, I'd probably go with a Samsung specific tracker. They call them smart tags, I think, and are smart things, and those are going to be great because they also have the precision finding. So again my recommendation, if you've got an iPhone, probably go with an air tag. If you've got Samsung, go with their specific Samsung tag. And if you don't have one of those phones, you got a random Android phone, maybe go.

With the tile.

With the tile.

But I think this specific GPS tracking callers are going to be the most expensive solution and they're also going to be the best if your cat ever went missing. But it's also the most headaches because you're paying every month, and you're charging this thing all the time, which may not sound like a big deal right now, but I guarantee this eighty to eight. Rich one on one, thanks for the call or the email from Thousand Oaks. If you want to get your email in, go to rich on Tech dot tv, hit the website, hit contact there, and that's where you can find it. I'm gonna tell you about the iPad Mini coming up. iPad Mini has a brand new chip, it's got some new features, it's got the same price tag. But there's one thing in particular I don't like about what Apple did not improve. I'll explain coming up right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology on a beautiful fall weekend. Hopefully it's nice where you are. The weather is uh. This is like the perfect time of the year. It just really is. I Spring and fall are just two of my favorites. Rich on Tech dot tv is the website to go to. Let's see. You can hit the light bulb if you want links to anything I mentioned. I keep great show notes. This is show number ninety four, so you can go in there and check out anything that I mentioned. You can hit contact if you want to get in touch with me, which many of you do. And that's what I love about this show. You know, I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. You know, I cover this stuff, and there's so much more to it.

But I think this specific GPS tracking callers are going to be the most expensive solution and they're also going to be the best if your cat ever went missing. But it's also the most headaches because you're paying every month, and you're charging this thing all the time, which may not sound like a big deal right now, but I guarantee this eighty to eight. Rich one on one, thanks for the call or the email from Thousand Oaks. If you want to get your email in, go to rich on Tech dot tv, hit the website, hit contact there, and that's where you can find it. I'm gonna tell you about the iPad Mini coming up. iPad Mini has a brand new chip, it's got some new features, it's got the same price tag. But there's one thing in particular I don't like about what Apple did not improve. I'll explain coming up right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology on a beautiful fall weekend. Hopefully it's nice where you are. The weather is uh. This is like the perfect time of the year. It just really is. I Spring and fall are just two of my favorites. Rich on Tech dot tv is the website to go to. Let's see. You can hit the light bulb if you want links to anything I mentioned. I keep great show notes. This is show number ninety four, so you can go in there and check out anything that I mentioned. You can hit contact if you want to get in touch with me, which many of you do. And that's what I love about this show. You know, I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. You know, I cover this stuff, and there's so much more to it.

It's not just me.

It's not just me.

This is really like a community because I've got you listening, and you're also writing back to me saying, hey, Rich, let's mention this mention that. So I got a lot of emails about the question about the senior citizen who wanted just a simple phone for emergency. Stand Ward says, hey, Rich. Target sells consumer cellular prepaid plans. I've been with them four years. That's a record for me. Walmart has straight talk. I didn't care for them, only lasted two weeks for me. Let's see here. Thank you, stan Ward. Then we've got Randy said app Rich. Apple sells refurbished phones on their site. You can also get them from gazelle dot com. I buy mine and get a significant discount. The phones come packaged in a white box like new. You might see a spot or two, like a mild scratch, but the phone is brand new and worth the huge discount. They have Samsung and Google as well. I personally never buy new and I own the phone, so you can sell your old phone back to them. Randy, computer technical surgeon and computer angels. Wow, Randy sounds like he knows what he's doing. And yes, I one hundred percent agree, Randy, buy your stuff refurbished because you will save money. The problem is, we as Americans, are so in love with the finance plans and the installment plans that when you tell someone, hey, you could buy this phone out right for six hundred bucks on Gazelle, or you can walk into your AT and T store and pay thirty dollars a month for the next three years, nine times out of ten people want to pay thirty dollars a month for the next three years. Don't ask me why. That's not the way I am. That's not what I like to do. But I think buying the phone is great, and you made a great point. At the end, you own the phone, and you can sell your old phone back to them with a lot of these products, you know, installment upgrade plan things. You got to give the phone back to get your new phone. And so it's eighteen and T and Verizon they get to capture that. You know, it might be one hundred or two or two hundred dollars spread, but times millions of customers. They are really making out on all these installment plans that pretend to be zero percent or whatever, zero for thirty six months, but really at the end of the day, you're paying more for your plan, and you're also paying more when you give up that phone and give up that one hundred to two hundred dollars that you may get the spread between what they're going to resell it for and what you could have sold it for on your own. So highly recommended, Randy, I love your system. Gazell dot Com is great. Swapa is also a good one. That's a very popular site for buying things like phones and stuff like that. So just be sure that you're getting it from a respectable site, because you know, some of these phones, you want to make sure that they're they're on the up and up, and by going to a Gazell dot com or a Swapa they typically are, and of course of Apple's webs as well. Let's see Nika in Torren says Rich I've used track phone for twenty years. It's perfect. Verizon owns it, so no reception problems. Home Shopping Network in QBC sell with an entire year of service. I have a nice latest model Samsung, but for the woman who called a flip phone, will cost less than forty dollars with a year service plan after this nineteen ninety nine every three months ideal for an emergency phone. Love your show, great suggest in Nica. That is a good way to do it. I love having it the whole year in advance, right, very very simple. And Ralph in Van Buren Township, Michigan writes in to say there is a flip phone with features for the elderly. It's called the Jitterbug. It's a flip cell phone and camera with large number buttons.