HOUR 2:
Tech News & Commentary
Terry in Bossier City, Louisiana asked: “I’d like to know the difference between a netbook computer and an iPad.”
A netbook is designed to look like a regular laptop computer, but smaller. An iPad is a hand-held tablet device and a larger version of an iPod touch.
Netbooks are great for people who need a lot of portability, but they don’t quite have all the features of a laptop. Many netbooks do not have a CD driver, although they do have USB ports that will allow you to connect an external CD or DVD drive. They also won’t have the processor speed, memory, or RAM of regular laptop.
For more information, tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast.
Tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast for more details.
“This Week in Tech History” Weekly Feature with Chris Graveline
Luke in Tyler, Texas listening on KTBB 92.1 FM: “I heard about the Mi-Fi. Can you connect an Android phone to your computer and use Wi-Fi from your computer to your Android phone?”
If you’ve got a Wi-Fi network that’s available to your computer, assuming you know the password, you should be able to use it on your Android phone without the need for a computer at all.
If what you want to do involves connecting the phone to the computer via Wi-Fi, it can indeed be done, and the computer can also share a “wired” network connection through it’s Wi-Fi adapter.
For example, if you get your Internet through a network cable connected to your computer, you can set that computer to act as a wireless access point and share it’s connection wirelessly with other devices, including your Android phone.
For more information, tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast.
Micah in Porterville, California listening on KTIP 1450 AM asked: “With the advent of Netflix streaming over an iPhone, I was trying to see if there was a cable or dock that would allow me to use my iPhone to project it onto a bigger screen.”
You can indeed buy a cable that will add video-out functionality to your iPhone. Just ask for an iPhone AV cable.
Apple sells it for a whopping $49.99, but if you look online (for example, at Amazon.com), you can find third party versions for as little as a fifth of that price.
These cables will enable your iPhone to display video on your TV, but your TV won’t always display what the iPhone screen’s showing. What we mean by this is: when you plug in your iPhone, if the video isn’t already playing, your TV will stay blank and it may even display a warning letting you know that it can’t find a signal. This is normal, your TV will show videos, movie and TV show rentals, photos, etc, but it won’t mirror the iPhone’s screen at all times, so while the video is not playing you may be facing a blank TV screen.
Tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast for more details.
Guest in this hour:
Jonas Forsberg, General Manager of Jabra, North America (Mobile) – Jabra
Are you suffering from “cellbow”? Jabra says it’s no joke. Just humerus.
“Into Tomorrow” Product Spotlight with Rob Almanza: Palm Pre Plus & Palm Pixie Plus
Patrick in Nashville, Tennessee listening on WTN 99.7 FM asked: “Blu-ray DVD Players. What about a PS3? How does it compare to the DVD players you were just talking about?”
PS3 game consoles make excellent Blu-ray players, and they incorporate many of the same streaming video features that we discussed on the high end stand alone players. Streaming Netflix, for example, works splendidly on the PS3.
Mark has said before that he would buy a PS3 for his Blu-ray player to get the game console along with it, and he still believes that’s what he’d do. But the price of the PS3 will be a bit higher than any of the stand-alone players.
Tune in to Hour 2 of our podcast for more details.
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