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 Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  T-Mobile wants to be more than your mobile phone company.  Not only is it branching out into home TV service…it is jumping into banking as well with T-Mobile Money.  T-Mobile’s Director of Marketing for Financial Services Tiffany Minor says the idea was to take some of the pain points out of personal checking…

“And so we created a no fee, no minimums, checking account paying 4 percent interest up to three thousand dollars and 1 percent thereafter for the everyday checking account and with an ATM network bigger than B of A, Chase or Wells.”

Through a partnership with Bank Mobile.  To get the higher interest rate, you do need to be a T-Mobile phone subscriber.  There’s more info at www.T-MobileMoney.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.

 GEIO battling robots feature AR fun and more.    

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Battling robots have been made popular on TV…and while you may not be ready for a circular saw robot in the family room…GEIO has created a fun and safe alternative with it’s AR Battle Robots.  They are equipped with sensors and cameras and artificial intelligence.  And combined with the app that turns your mobile device into a controller…they can use augmented reality to make the battles even more fun.  And seem more real.  With a single GEIO Robot you can play against virtual enemies…but the real fun comes when battling head to head.  And on top of that…the robots can be programmed through a graphical interface…making them great for learning as well.  The price….about 200 dollars …on Amazon. 

You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Chances are learning to play the guitar has been one of your long lost goals.  Well, with online learning, maybe it’s time to get busy. The folks at Fender …have updated Fender Play…and it is designed to help get you started…and keep on going… (sound)  Ethan Kaplan is the Chief Digital Officer at Fender…

“When you first load up Fender Play it shows you exactly what you’ve learned, where you left off, if there are some lessons that you didn’t focus on, lets you jump right back to them.”

What I like is that you can tailor the lessons to your schedule…and you can use just about any digital screen.  You can try it for free for two weeks…at www.Fender.com/play…after that the price is about ten dollars a month.

You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.