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Santiago in Quebec, Canada listens to the podcast asked: “Looking for an app that can create presets on my phone to change settings when I get home or to work, like Wi-Fi and battery settings. Instead of having to access each setting whenever I get home or to work. Is there an app I can download?”
If you have an Android phone, there are a couple of options you can consider.
JuiceDefender comes with presets from “Balanced” to “Extreme” that turn off more and more features to keep your phone alive, depending on whether or not your phone is rooted, it can even slow down your processor to save power.
Easy Battery Saver uses a similar idea, it will give you a list of presets, each one designed to save more battery than the last, and it will let you use custom settings as well.
We should mention that neither one of those will work on iPhone, and you won’t find any iPhone options unless you jailbreak, the most powerful Android features are also only accessible for rooted users.
For more information, tune in to Hour 3 of our podcast.
“IFA History Feature” brought to you by Messe-Berlin
Since the compact disc was such a huge success, the industry tried to develop the technology further. A photo CD for pictures, an interactive CD-I and a CD video format for up to 74 minutes of video were developed, but the capacity was limited at 900MB. So the industry jointly worked on a new system, based on the CD technology but with much higher capacity. In 1995 the Digital Video Disc, sometimes also referred to as Digital Versatile Disc, with a capacity of 4.7 GB was defined, nearly double that capacity in a double layer version. Of course IFA was the stage for the new DVD technology.
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| Ross Rubin, Principal Analyst – Reticle Research | Jay McLellan, Chairman of the Consumer Electronics Association & President of Security and Automation of Leviton | Nick Colsey, Vice President of Business Development – Sony Electronics |
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Giovanni – left a comment on our ITTV Video on YouTube asked: “Dave, if I subscribe to Boingo, can I use it for just home use with my laptop pc? Will I need some kind of a router? I am currently paying $35 a month for dry loop DSL with AT&T. I have just got to find a cheaper way to use the net. Please let me know.”
Boingo lets you connect to private hotpots for a monthly fee, it won’t give you internet at home, unless you’re within range of one of their hotspots, it’s not ISP, it just gives you access to more hotspots.
$35 a month is not too bad a price for broadband access, you may be able to find 4G MiFi devices for slightly less, but your data will be capped at very low allowances, and your service may be very bad, depending on signal strength and network quality. Cheaper networks tend to give pretty slow access.
You may find temporary, one year or 6 month lower priced promotions, but odds are that you won’t be able to go very far below $35 a month for a reliable service, at least not outside of a limited promotion.
For more information, tune in to Hour 3 of our podcast.
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This Week’s Prizes for Our Listeners
Scottevest: Lola Puff Jackets for Women & Puffer Jackets for Men – Complete with pockets for all your gadgets.
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