The Tech Addicts Podcast

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Feedback on Ticwatch - Android wear and Youtube Music

Hardline on the hardware:

Xiaomi Mi Band 7 design teased w/ China launch coming 24th May

Motorola Teases the RAZR 3

Motorola is Launching a 200MP Cameraphone in July - the Frontier?

Realme Pad X

Raspberry Petabyte Pi Project features 60 HDD or 1.2 Petabytes of storage

Logitech launches new MX Master mouse and mechanical keyboards

Corsair's first gaming laptop puts Elgato Stream Deck tech in its touch bar

Poco F4 GT, Poco Watch launch in the UK with early bird pricing until May 30 - Specs

Leaked Specs Shed More Light on Upcoming Galaxy XCover Phone

Zotac's minuscule Windows 11 Pro desktop PC is only slightly bigger than your phone

Flap your trap about an App:

Plex Finally Has a Linux Desktop Player - I know nothing about Linux, so ditch or lead!

Sony pledges to double its games for mobile by 2025

Google Introduces Standard Copy/Paste Keyboard Shortcuts for GDrive

Google Assistant 'Personalized speech recognition' in the works

Google TV is finally rolling out profiles for a more 'personalized space'

ChromeOS News

Chrome OS to Get an Audio Settings Page

Google Docs update makes formatting multiple groups of text a lot easier

The Chromebook virtual keyboard is getting a Material You makeover

Hark Back:

Sony MVC-CD1000 Review

Sony Mavica MVC-CD1000

Sony MVC-CD1000 Digital Camera Review

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

AUKEY Basix Wireless Charging Stand / Power Bank (PB-WL02) - 10000mAh / Qi 3.0 / PD Output - £15.98 Delivered Using Code from MyMemory - HUKDAPB

JBL Reflect Flow Pro £99 down from £129 - Superb battery life (10hrs just the buds)

2021 Apple Watch SE (GPS, 44mm) - Silver Aluminium Case with Abyss Blue Sport Band - Regular - £219.00 (Was: £299.00) 5 monthly payments with Amazon of £43.80

Sony PlayStation DualSense Midnight Black Wireless Controller £47 from £60

Crucial P2 CT2000P2SSD8 2 TB Internal SSD, Up to 2400 MB/s (3D NAND, NVMe, PCIe, M.2) £129.99 (WAS: £196.79 ) - 5 monthly payments with Amazon of £26.00

Pixel 6 £499 save £100

Pixel 6 Pro 128GB £699 save £150

Pixel 6 Pro 256GB £799 save £150

SanDisk Ultra Fit 128 GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive Up to 130 MB/s Read, Black £14.89

(Was: £28.99)

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Evercade Customer Service

Steve Heinrich on AlternativeTo

Crowdsourced Software Recommendations

A helpful website that I've used over the years (and much better these days than it used to be) for finding alternatives to lots of mainstream software and services for all platforms. Punch in a piece of software or an online service and it spits back all sorts of other options in the same realm. The results are generally a good mix of open-source and paid alternatives. The site has introduced me to a lot of software and services that I didn't know existed. Handy link to have in your bookmarks to browse on a rainy day... or when you're thinking about abandoning Google services for the millionth time 😉

Logitech MX Master 3

Hardline on the hardware:

LG gets extra weird with 360-degree folding phone display concept

OPPO Pad Air specifications leak ahead of launch

Astell & Kern Kann Max portable music player - Techradar

Pebble founder wants to make a small Android phone

and

This Android app developer wants to create its own open source phone

Honor 70 series

Acer's new Predator Helios 300 SpatialLabs Edition has a 3D screen

Acer launching premium Chromebook Spin 714 w/ stowable stylus

Acer's new Chromebook Tab 510

Kwumsy K2 mechanical keyboard with 12.6" touchscreen review - it's not just a keyboard, it's a monitor too!

Pixel Smartphone Sales Explode by 220% in the UK

AYA Neo Slide handheld gaming PC

Ayn's Odin is the retro gaming handheld to beat

CD sales are on the rise and the new Marantz CD 60 player is here for it

Flap your trap about an App:

Google says it's trying to help fix Android's background app issues

Older people using TikTok to defy ageist stereotypes, research finds

ChromeOS News

Chomebook App Launcher

Parallels for ChromeOS expands support to more CPUs

The HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook will start at $1,149

Hark Back:

The Answering Machine

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Microsoft 365 Family | Office 365 apps | up to 6 users | 1 year subscription - Was: £87.99 Now: £50.99

Soundcore Motion+ reduced from £109.99 to £79.99.

OnePlus Nord 2 5G - Was: £399.00 Now: £299.99

OnePlus Nord 2 Pac-Man Edition - Was: £489.97 Now: £369.99

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G 256GB - £100 off + Trade-In. £649 from £749

Amazon Basics 63W Two-Port GaN Wall Charger - £20.35

Razer Nommo - 2.0 Gaming Speakers - reduced from £88.99 to £69.99

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Feedback and Contributions:

Jeremy Harpham on USB C and Proprietary Chargers

Try thinking the other way round... For example my OnePlus and Xiaomi rapid chargers work as standard USB-C chargers with other devices. The dedicated cables for the super fast charging were so that the thermal management could be in the power brick and not in the phone. I believe USB Power Delivery cables now do something similar.

Gavin Fabiani-Laymond's thoughts on Google I/O 2022

Lots of software stuff. It will be interesting to see what comes and when and if it's any good. And what Google decides to remove. Holistically it looks like Google is trying to copy Apple with a hardware portfolio of products. Nothing wrong with that.

Pixel 6A, Pixel 7/7 Pro, Pixel Watch, Pixel Buds Pro, Pixel Tablet

The new Pixel tablet's only chance at success might be sneaking in the smart-home back door

Special Mention for the End of the AllAbout sites and Steve Litchfield 'half retiring'

Hardline on the hardware:

Sony Xperia 1 IV unveiled with revolutionary continuous zoom camera

Sony Xperia 10 IV in for review

Sony launches WH-1000XM5 wireless noise-cancelling headphones

Sony Wena 3 Ultraman Edition: Unique smartwatch and wristwatch combination launches

Sharp Aquos R7 launches w/ huge 1-inch 47.2MP sensor, 240Hz AMOLED display

Unihertz Titan Slim review: Back to the future

Soundcore Motion Boom Plus is a waterproof boombox for the 21st century

SanDisk modular SSD storage solutions

The End Of iPod: Apple Suddenly Announces Surprise Cancellation Of iPod Touch

Three UK and Vodafone merger being considered - "Unconfirmed reports"

Realme 9 and 9 5G come to Europe joined by Pad Mini

Nokia N73: HMD Global rumoured to be bringing back classic smartphone with Samsung's 200 MP ISOCELL HP1 sensor

Honor Magic4 Pro - Specs

Flap your trap about an App:

Windows 11 is getting a new Sound Recorder app, rolling out to Insiders

Mozilla's Thunderbird is going mobile, ten years too late - Chromebook too

Dolby Atmos coming to podcasts with Wondery as first supported platform

Google Keep is getting ready to add text formatting almost a decade after launch

ChromeOS News

Android tablets are exciting again, but Chrome hasn't kept up

This one, small, upcoming change to Chrome's Side Panel will finally make it worth using

Phone Hub will soon let you stream your messaging apps to your Chromebook

Hark Back:

Casio TV-470

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Apple AirPods Max - Silver - £368 at Amazon (Was £549.00)

Xiaomi Spring Sale - Changes every 24hrs - Today…Redmi Note 10 5G, 4GB+128GB £129 from £209

LG 34WP550-B 34" 21:9 UltraWide Full HD IPS Monitor with AMD FreeSync - Now: £279.99 Was : £345.99 (saving £66.00)

Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 £24 off again, £116 (but only in white)

SanDisk Extreme PRO 500 GB M.2 NVMe 3D SSD - Was: £55.40 Now: £46.97

WD_BLUE SN570 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 NVMe up to 3500 MB/s read speed - Was: £92.99 Now: £69.99

Free WH-1000XM4 Headphones! Well, if you buy a Sony Xperia 1 IV at £1,299

Blue Yeti USB Microphone £84.99, £35 off

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Matt Jones

After much deliberation I bit the bullet and bought an iPad mini 6, with a view to trying to use it as my main phone. I have succumbed to the fact I am going to be best-off carrying a second device as a safety net, but we'll see how far I can go with it.

USB Type-C cables with support for 240W power delivery start to show up

Hardline on the hardware:

Razer co-founder and gaming mouse inventor Robert Krakoff has passed away

EU claims Apple breaking competition law over contactless payments

Playdate

Mele Quieter3 Windows mini PC

Nokia G21 and the C21 plus

Marshall takes the wraps off its new Willen and Emberton II Bluetooth speakers

New Analog Disc Music Medium Combining CD + Vinyl Coming Soon

Razer brings new Blade 15 with 240Hz OLED screen and 12th gen Intel i9 CPU - Do You Need a High Refresh Rate Gaming Monitor?

Samsung says its new Pro Endurance microSD cards can write for 16 years straight

Lenovo's New Laptop with Glass Lid

Acer Enduro Urban T3

Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones are coming next week

Samsung Heart Watches instead of 5?

Pixel 7 Pro Cases Leaked

Lenovo announces Yoga AIO 7 desktop system with 27-inch 4K screen, AMD Ryzen 6000H processors and up to a Radeon RX 6600M dGPU

Google previews how password-killing 'passkeys' will work on Android, Chrome

The New Case Against Mechanical Keyboards

Flap your trap about an App:

Jam.gg lets you play couch co-op retro games with your friends right through the browser

The Amazon Kindle will support EPUB in late 2022

Skyline is an in-development Nintendo Switch emulator that actually works

Twitter tests a way to share with small groups that's giving us serious Google+ flashbacks What are Chrome Journeys and how do you use them?

TCL Google TVs pick up a new update w/ performance improvements, April security patch

ChromeOS News

You can now set end dates directly on recurring Google Tasks

Chrome Screenshot Editor Coming

Hark Back:

The Car Stereo

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Kioxia LTC10Z480GG8 EXCERIA 480 GB 2.5 Inch SSD - £34 delivered Amazon

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G 256GB with £100 Off Now £618 for a few days. The S21 FE was significantly smaller than the S20 FE

Logitech K780 Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard - £41.99 Was: £74.99

Logitech G305 gaming mouse for £24 (but only the black one) - AmazonUK

Acer Nitro 49 inch Ultrawide Double Full HD Curved Gaming Monitor - £598.99 Was: £819.99

WD 16 TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive £244. I paid £269 when I bought mine, but never seen it this low. RRP £407(!)

WD 28 TB My Book Duo Desktop RAID USB 3.1 External Hard Drive and Auto Backup Software - Was: £765.99 Now: £519.99

Night Light Bluetooth Speaker £30 from £50 40% off

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Feedback and Contributions:

Matt Jones

I enjoyed the bit about Pocket PC's on the last show! I jumped onboard with the original XDA, and Jumped off right at the end with the HTC HD2! I had pretty much every incarnation in between, including the iMate Jam Ted mentioned. My personal favourite was the HTC Advantage that had a 4GB HDD (Yes, spinning HDD)! Along with the Battery life not being great, I recall the XDA also had volatile memory! So, if your battery hit zero, you would lose all your data, messages etc. until you synced with your PC! Any messages that you had received after the last sync would be lost forever! Kids don't know they are born today 😂 Tech was so much more fun then though.

We do feel for people having to endure ludicrous heat in India during this current peak, including one of our PSC Group members Babul Mohanty who asks…

…how hot should we allow our batteries to be? My battery frequently crosses 40°C while fast (15W) or wireless charging (5W) in the daytime. I believe Samsung's recommendation of 10-40°C is about ambient temperature. And even if outside it is 40°C+, inside the house it will be much less. Also the phone regulates its battery temperature by slowing down charging as it gets hotter. Still I would like to know at what battery temperature it starts to affect it adversely. A few days ago I was fast wireless charging (10W) at noon and the battery temperature reached 45°C and it stopped charging. I have stopped wireless charging completely. I use the 25W charger only in emergencies, and only inside an Air-conditioned room. I use the 15W charger mostly.

Ian Chapple

Hard to know what the manufacturers can do, apart from throttling charging to keep temperatures down, whether wireless or wired. It's not easy to improve/increase the cooling within the phone itself.

Kurt Kaufman

You're probably doing the right thing by using slow charging wherever possible, as that will produce the least amount of heat.

AJ Santos

I had that problem with my Pixel 3 XL in India when I was there a few years ago.

Quick fix I found was to charge with the cable and have the phone on surfaces like kitchen floor tiles, kitchen top, marble, that type of surface. That helped to dissipate heat from the back of the mobile or the screen and bring the phone temperature down and worked quite quickly.

Insteon:

Richard Yates

Not sure where you've been looking, but search on "Insteon" on Twitter or Reddit going back two weeks, and you'll find plenty of outrage. This affects thousands and thousands of customers.

Hardline on the hardware:

Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn - Elon, Twitter is not the town square – it's just a private shop. The square belongs to us all

At least two across-the-room wireless charging products coming this year

Poco's new gaming phone sounds like it could also be handy for everyday use

Dell introduces its new premium 13-inch business laptop, the Latitude 9330

Full-colour night vision pocket camera turns night into day

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3: Premium earbuds launch with up to 28 hours of battery life and Hybrid Adaptive ANC for US$249.95

Snap introduces a cute little drone called Pixy - 2nd article

Huawei Mate XS 2 launched: Why have two screens when one will do?

10.1-Inch Huawei MatePad SE Coming the First Week Of May

nubia Red Magic 7 Pro goes on sale in international markets

ZTE Axon 40 arriving on May 9 with new under-display camera

Sony to announce new Xperia phones on 11th May

Flap your trap about an App:

No cookies for you google to have a reject all button for web

YouTube fully rolls out Super Thanks, here's how to enable it for your channel

YouTube Shorts starts running ads as daily views pass 30 billion on the TikTok competitor

You can now ask Google to remove your phone number from search

Netflix's Android game library could soon be hard to ignore

Jaleco 1 and Gaelco 2 Arcade Collections head to Evercade for a golden summer

ChromeOS News

How to Turn on Dark Mode in Google Docs

ChromeOS Sessions at Google I/O on 11th May

• What's new in ChromeOS (Keynote)
• Developing for 50 million Chromebooks in the classroom (Technical Session)
• Expand your game with ChromeOS (Technical Session)
• Introduction to counter-abuse technology at Google (Technical Session)
• TensorFlow.js: From prototype to production, what's new in 2022? (Technical Session)

It seems like Google is puring tons of resources into Chrome OS lately, building it out as a platform that supports almost all use cases you could imagine on desktops and tablets. The company only recently revealed that it's adding Steam support, and there are a lot of other upcoming features that were already teased during CES 2022, like deeper integration with Android phones such as the capability to interact with your mobile device's screen right on your Chromebook.

Hark Back:

Sony Discman

Panasonic SL-CT582V

Panasonic SL-MP30

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Microsoft Xbox Series S 512GB SSD Digital Console £227.50 on Amazon

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ 5G Android Tablet £649 (5G) and £564 (WiFi)

TP-Link Nano USB Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter - Now £6.99 Was: £12.99

Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Chromebook - £299 from £379

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Ultra-Thin 12.4" Touchscreen Laptop - Was: £699.00 Now: £549.00

Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 Super-Thin 13.5 Inch Touchscreen Laptop - Was: £1,269.00 Now: £879.00

OPPO Find X3 Pro (Amazon Europe Import) £793 from £1,049

Apple AirPods Pro with MagSafe charging case (2021) - Was: £239.00 Now: £170.10

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Jeremy Harpham says Sinclair's 8-bit home computer, ZX Spectrum, turns 40

My first real intro to computing, as I owned it (if I forget the occasional acoustic coupler experience). And lucky enough to be in the first few months of deliveries, meaning that I started at 16K and eventually moved up to 48k, microdrives, et al. Only replaced 6 years later with an Atari ST - I sold the last one, one broke but I still have a Spectrum Plus 48K in the attic. Might have to dig it out, complete with tape recorder. What was your first foray into computing?

Ted Salmon

I think it was a BBC Micro (or Acorn) at home and IBM XT at work. Mid-80's.

Adrian Brain

Mine was the Sinclair ZX81, after having played with my (at the time) girlfriend's brother's ZX80, which he assembled himself.

Phillip Wray

Vic-20 for me. After polytechnic I became a software engineer so multiple other types of machines mainly DEC before PCs came along!

Wayne Kelly

Vic 20 for me too. We used to have zx80 and zx81s at school running on old massive black and white TVs. Always thought the zx80 looked better and more futuristic than the zx81.

Chris Kelly

The first I had at home was the ZX80 but before that I had used the Commodore PET to learn BASIC (Beginners' All Purpose Instruction Code) at college in the late 70's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET?wprov=sfti1

Matt Jones

I was a ZX81 guy! A while back I discovered a ZX81 emulator on the iPad, and managed to remember enough to write a simple program that ran first time with no syntax errors ! I was really impressed considering it was nearly 40 years ago and I was only about 12 at the time, and have had nothing to do with even trying to program these things since. 😂

Xerxes Hodivala

ZX81, Acorn Atom, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800XL. They were all great in their way but then I switched up to an Atari ST when I went to uni. That machine was in a different league. I learned four different programming languages on it.

Object Desktop - SpaceMonger

UGreen 100W USB-C Charger

Hardline on the hardware:

Pixel Watch Watching - Here, here and here

GameSir X3 gaming controller for Android launches on IndieGogo, adds cooling fan

Anker releases the 551 8-in-1 USB-C Hub and tablet stand with pass-through charging

Shameful: Insteon looks dead—just like its users' smart homes

Surface Duo Slim fan concept shows a different kind of folding phone from Microsoft

First foldable display Asus ZenBook laptop nears limited release with PI film cover for its flexible OLED screen

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 to bring 108MP main camera

Motorola Moto E32 leaks with a familiar design and four cameras - Motorola E30 vs E32

Model canceling, flagship naming, fast charging, case leaking, Google Assistant button removing, and US$1,600 Xperia 1 IV pricing

Xiaomi launches the Smart Home Screen 10 with a built-in camera and microphone

Razer Leviathan V2 soundbar unveiled

Nitecore's latest battery has a built-in USB-C charging port

Google researching hidden displays and interfaces for Ambient Computing

Flap your trap about an App:

New Play Store policy will kill third-party call recording apps starting May 11

Facebook's starting to realise that everyone already has their preferred way to access podcasts

How Limited Run's New Engine Respects The Legacy Of Classic Games

Apple to launch nudity detection internationally

ChromeOS News

New Chrome Web Store badges make discovering safe and helpful extensions a lot easier

This handy ChromeOS screenshot trick can really boost your productivity

Hark Back:

HP Ipaq

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Premium Google One subscribers can get a free Titan 2FA key

Razer Kraken - Cross-Platform Wired Gaming Headset - Was: £79.99 Now: £34.99

Sony WF-1000XM4 £204.05 from £250

Lenovo G32qc-10 31.5 Inch QHD Curved Monitor - Was: £349.99 Now: £249.00

USB C 12-in-1 docking station £37 now, 20% off, with another 10% voucher making it £33.65

OnePlus 9 Pro 5G - Was: £829.00 Now: £543.96

Lenovo Tab P12 Pro reduced from £749 to £599 (this is the one you can get Android 12L onto)

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Feedback and Contributions:

Phillip Wray says that regarding records after death from the last show, I use my OneDrive as a mirrored backup of all of my files on the PC so all of my data is locally available. The low cost of storage these days means that putting an extra drive in your PC and mirroring your cloud storage is a simple and cheap solution to this problem.

Phillip Wray on Point and click adventures - the Tex Murphy series are my favourites!

Frank Niethardt

I loved adventures back in the 90s. All of the titles that Gareth spoke about rang a bell somewhere. Most of them I played as well. In recent years I found it hard to find anything comparable. The Deponia series was recommended to me and I can recommend it myself. Could be a good starting point for Ted.

Object Desktop: A Powerful suite of Windows desktop enhancements

Hardline on the hardware:

Amazon might have accidentally leaked the Oneplus 10R - Rumoured Specs

USA teens don't care about the Metaverse

Casio's solar-powered G-Shock is an octagonal 90s throwback with bonus Bluetooth smarts

Pocket USB C cable tester

The Pixel 6a lands at the FCC with four different models - Rumoured Specs

7" vivo X Note with SD 8 Gen 1 unveiled, SD870-powered vivo Pad follows

These Android phones emit the most radiation, study claims

PC market on the decline as Chromebook sales slide from their pandemic peak

Google's Little Signals experiment uses air to send distraction-less notifications

TheA500 Mini Update

Flap your trap about an App:

Plex is dropping podcast support

Windows 11's new feature warns users if they store passwords in random apps

YouTube Shorts is bringing its addictive scrolling energy to your Android tablet

Third-party Windows 11 widgets may soon be a reality

Return to Monkey Island - The long-awaited follow-up to the legendary Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge has been announced!

ChromeOS News

Google Lens for desktop Chrome just got a whole lot more useful

This small Google Chrome OS 102 change brings a huge benefit

Hark Back:

Kindle Keyboard

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

The Kindle deals have finished but the Fire Tablet ones continue and if you're into Alexa, the Echo range up to 40% off

Samsung Official S22 Ultra Leather Cover Black - Was: £44.99 Now: £12.50

Microsoft Surface Pro 8 13" Deals at Amazon

New Apple AirPods (3rd generation) - £94.77 Was: £169.00

Garmin Vivoactive Smartwatch range - c.50% off

Razer Viper Ultimate - Wireless Gaming Mouse with Dock Station (HyperSpeed Wireless Technology, Ambidextrous, Light and Fast, 20,000 Dpi Optical Sensor, RGB Chroma) Black - Was:£86.45 Now: £64.99

UGreen 100W USB-C Charger (Steve's link) Plug 4-Port GaN Type C Fast Wall Power Adapter 20% voucher so £63.99 Steve Litchfield's Review

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Logitech Pop Keys!

Trump's Truth Disaster

Chad Dixon

Another entertaining and informative show gentleman. Some feedback for Gareth regarding my mobile gaming experiences. I had a ZX Spectrum back in the early 80's and loved playing those cassette-loaded games. However I never was a fan of pc or console gaming and hence never used independent joysticks. My first foray into gaming on-the-go was when I got a PSP. I think SSX on Tour Snowboarding was my favourite as it had a brilliant soundtrack. Since then I've done all my gaming exclusively on smartphones because I always have one with me and the recent models' processors can handle the intense graphics. I have been known to be playing Call of Duty Mobile for three hours straight on my Samsung Galaxy S20FE and not suffer any RSI.

Matthew Jones on the Yamaha Organ

Very enjoyable show. The Yamaha organ part was a nice trip down memory lane too and it's amazing how far that particular tech has come. Despite not being able to play properly, I had Keyboards, Drum machines, an Atari 1040ste and lots of midi cables in my failed attempts of Bedroom music production! I'd guess about £1,500 of kit, and this was considered not even entry level, probably more like "toy" level. Fast forward to 2022, and a £50 (used) iPhone 6S and Garageband can do a way better job than all my old kit did! Look on YouTube at a channel called iSongs. It blew my mind and shows quite how powerful this tech has become. (I recommend Sweet Home Alabama 😉)

Shaun Day on https://m.imgur.com/a/oADH8GT

65" 1080p multitouch, Samsung DeX powered sit/stand gaming table.

I want one sooo much!

Phil Hendy on FPS and Pixel 6/6 Pro

April Google Security update arrived. Looking for any improvement to FPS. Logged in successfully 100% of 20 attempts, that's with me using 4 imprints and my wife just 1 on her unit. You need to be patient and to not move your finger. Also when you lift-screen-to-wake if AOD is not enabled, you need to allow time for the target area to appear. When my 6 Pro arrived last October I simply could not get my right thumb print to read better than 50% of the time. It'll never be as lightning quick as capacitive - but no in-screen FPS is. Fingers do need to be clean and dry.

Hardline on the hardware:

Valve aims to ramp up Steam Deck shipments

What do you get inside the Valve Steam Deck retail box?

Oppo Reno 8 is the OnePlus 10 (non-Pro)? - OnePlus 10 Pro Specs

OnePlus shows off first official Nord N20 photo along with some specs

Upon my death, delete: how to plan your digital legacy

China expected to have 6B abandoned handsets by 2025

World's first 200TB SSD is nearly here, but you can't use it

A500 mini in the house

Flap your trap about an App:

Google Maps brings traffic-light and stop-sign icons to navigation

Samsung Dex on its way out

Plex discover update fixes streaming's biggest problem

Windows 11 is getting a full-screen Widgets page with support for work and personal accounts

Google is going to hide outdated apps from new users on the Play Store this year

New Google Play Store rules complicate the question of what's appropriate app content where you live

Google crackdown kicks a bunch of data-stealing malware off the Play Store

Mac's Peek for PowerToys

Microsoft releases PowerToys v0.57.0 - Adrian Brian uses the bulk file renamer

Opera's paid Android VPN secures your entire device

Rant: Google News Desktop

ChromeOS News

How to see if your Chromebook got the new Android ARCVM container in ChromeOS 100

Google Chrome side panel getting private user notes and Read Anywhere to replace Reader Mode

Hark Back:

The grand adventure, Point and Click

Android games - Whisper of a Machine - Kathy Rain - Thimbleweed Park

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

Crucial SSD Sale on Amazon - 2TB £151 from £247 Save 39%

Google Pixel 6 – 128 GB – Stormy Black - Was: £599.00 Now: £549.00

Google Store UK - reductions all-round incl. £50 off Pixel 6

PreSonus Eris E5 XT, 5.25", 2-way, Active Studio Monitor with EBM Waveguide - £105.00

Kindle! Save £30, now £39.99 + £10 for No Ads.

New Apple AirTag, Bluetooth Item Finder and Key Finder (4 pack) - Now - £79.69 Was: £99.00

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Hacked!

Hardline on the hardware:

Black Shark 5 Pro unveiled with SD 8 Gen 1, SSD+UFS storage

Xiaomi launches new e-scooter, NAVEE N65, with 40 mile range

The UK video games market is worth a record £7.16bn

Realme Pad Mini will launch on April 4, full specs sheet leaks

vivo X Fold launch date confirmed - it is April 11

New Samsung M8 Smart Monitor unveiled

Apple will no longer repair iPhones reported as lost or stolen

Replaceable Batteries Are Coming Back To Phones If The Eu Gets Its Way

Flap your trap about an App:

The original Angry Birds is back, and it's as great as ever

Russian developers are creating their own alternative to the Google Play Store

Amazon Luna hands-on: Shooting for the moon

Windows 11 stops growing while Windows 10 21H2 takes the top spot, according to AdDuplex

It took 37 years to find this Easter egg in Windows 1.0

Microsoft rebrands its Android Your Phone companion app to Phone Link

Apple and Facebook reportedly provided personal user data to hackers posing as law enforcement

A Facebook bug promoted posts containing nudity, violence, and misinformation over the past 6 months, new report says

Google Play Store policy change means you can't buy Audible or Barnes & Noble books on Android

ChromeOS News

Chrome OS 100 is official and filled to the brim with new features

How to identify images in Chrome using Google Lens

Hark Back:

Yamaha Home Organ - A Selection

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab S8 11" Tablet - 128 GB, Grey or Silver - £551.65 with code from Currys - SAMSUNG15

Samsung AKG Y400

Amazon Basics 20W One-Port USB-C Wall Charger, Non-GaN, UK Plug £7.17 at Amazon £7.17

Sony Xperia 5iii and Sony Xperia 1iii - both £300 off, £699 and £899

Logitech R400 Wireless Presentation Remote - Was: £44.73 Now: £12.99

POCO M4 Pro - Smartphone 8+256GB, 6.43" 90Hz AMOLED DotDisplay, MediaTek Helio G96, 64MP Triple Camera, 5000mAh, Power Black (UK Version + 2 Years Warranty) £189

Crucial CT4000X6SSD9 X6 4TB Portable SSD - Was: £428.39 Now: £251.99

Razer Kishi for Android £66.99 from £89.99

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Ian Barton on Google Photos Bug

Nobody is able to download Google Photos Without Losing location data from the EXIF. I was going to use rclone to make a backup copy of all my photos uploaded to Google (a topic we touched on in the last show). However, it seems if you try to do this, Google strips all the location information from the photos’ EXIF data. This is a bug that was reported to Google more than three years ago. (I’ll maybe try Google Takeout and see if it does the same.)

John Husband on Linux and Chromebook update

Yesterday I decided to turn Linux on my LENOVO IdeaPad Duet and have a play. I am not a Linux expert but have a basic understanding of how Linux works. Using the terminal I have installed Libre Office and Gimp and both packages loaded with no issues. Libre Office Writer runs well but I have not fully tested Gimp. Once you have downloaded the software it places them in a Linux app folder on the desktop where you can easily access them. I then discovered the following video that shows you how to add two Linux App Stores onto your Chromebook (Very easy video to follow) and allows downloading of software without using the Linux terminal. Although the guy who did the video does mention not all software downloaded from Linux App Stores will run on Chromebook as it is still in beta.

Hardline on the hardware:

The UK May Build a £16 Billion Solar Power Station in Space

Apple has resolved the outage affecting iMessage, Apple Music, the App Store, and other services

The OPPO Find X5 series is officially on sale in the UK - Oppo Find X5 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

GIF creator Stephen Wilhite has died 

Europe agrees new law to curb Big Tech dominance - More - More

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Exynos 2300 tipped to be even less efficient thanks to thirsty Cortex-X3 cores

Drones with Hoses Saving Lives in Fires

OnePlus Pad 5G: Pricing and specifications emerge for upcoming Android 12 tablet

OnePlus Pad 5G Specs Leaked

The First Official Vivo Pad Images Released Today

Flap your trap about an App:

Flickr is paywalling the ability to upload NSFW photos

Netflix is getting three more mobile games, including its first FPS

Google's Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history

ChromeOS News

Chrome for Mac, Windows, & CrOS add Side Panel for accessing bookmarks, Reading List

Microsoft is bringing Windows 11's Fluent (dynamic) scrollbars to Google Chrome

Steam on Chrome OS: Here’s what games and Chromebooks are supported - known issues

Hark Back: 

Web rings

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

ViewSonic Elite XG270QC 27-inch WQHD Curved Gaming Monitor with FreeSync Premium Pro - Now: £292.98 Was: £392.00

Beats Studio3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Over-Ear Headphones - now £239 but still a 20% saving

SanDisk Ultra 512GB microSDXC Memory Card - Was: £70.40 Now: £49.99 

USB C Docking Station £15 Voucher, £114.99

WD My Passport Portable SSD 2TB with NVMe Technology - Was £161.00 Now: £269.99

96W USB-C Power Was £50 now £33 less 10% = c.£30

Anker Wireless Charger, PowerWave Pad - Was: £15.99 Now: £9.99

Redragon K551 £54 less 15% voucher = £46.74

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