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Re: The 10 weirdest uses for a smartphone - 10 years ago

Those are great! Personally, I like the app that measures your pulse. That's pretty clever.

by bhaveshp - Tips and Deals

Re: Some decent deals on wifi routers, hdd, av receivers at newegg? - 10 years ago

QuoteM A V I C Quotebhaveshp QuoteM A V I C Quotebhaveshp QuoteM A V I C QuotepRICE cUBE The AC 1200 DIR 850L wifi router is 127.99 and come with a usb AC wifi adapter. Looks like the adapter is PC though. Would like to find an AC router that runs DD-WRT or Tomato. While the Almond+ is not out yet (Kickstarter), it will be an AC router running WRT: Securifi's existing Almond router

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Re: Some decent deals on wifi routers, hdd, av receivers at newegg? - 10 years ago

QuoteM A V I C Quotebhaveshp QuoteM A V I C QuotepRICE cUBE The AC 1200 DIR 850L wifi router is 127.99 and come with a usb AC wifi adapter. Looks like the adapter is PC though. Would like to find an AC router that runs DD-WRT or Tomato. While the Almond+ is not out yet (Kickstarter), it will be an AC router running WRT: Securifi's existing Almond router is highly rated on so I had

by bhaveshp - Tips and Deals

Re: Some decent deals on wifi routers, hdd, av receivers at newegg? - 10 years ago

QuoteM A V I C QuotepRICE cUBE The AC 1200 DIR 850L wifi router is 127.99 and come with a usb AC wifi adapter. Looks like the adapter is PC though. Would like to find an AC router that runs DD-WRT or Tomato. While the Almond+ is not out yet (Kickstarter), it will be an AC router running WRT: Securifi's existing Almond router is highly rated on so I had reasonably good confidence to g

by bhaveshp - Tips and Deals

Re: Follow-up * Two New Airport Extreme Base Stations in the house - 10 years ago

Just ordered TC and AE! Looking forward to the improved coverage and speed!

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Re: Tips on traveling with electronics - 10 years ago

Quoterichorlin Why do you need FOUR iPhones for an overseas trip. Oh my, that's going to cost you... I usually just take an old unlocked phone and buy a local SIM card when I travel overseas. Teens...they want their music and games, especially during travel. No SIMs for them. Agree on the local SIMs

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Re: Tips on traveling with electronics - 10 years ago

Sounds familiar. I take a travel power strip that has the chargers permanently on it so no charger gets left behind. The current overseas trip we are on, we really minimized: 4 iPhones 2 cameras: dslr, Sony nex iPad mini Kindle Weird to travel without a laptop to dump photos onto, but the many SD cards should hold up.

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Re: Off to Italy! - 10 years ago

Buon giorno da venezia! We just arrived here today for 2 weeks... With the teens (god help me). Venice->Cinque Terre->Florence->Rome. BTW, paid €30 for a TIM Nano SIM giving me 1 GB data for the month.

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Re: Laptop for college... - 10 years ago

My college bound son will be getting a 13" rMBP sometime after the expected refresh. I'm lobbying for the 13" MBA, but he wants the extra power. Hopefully the new one has an option for 16 GB RAM.

by bhaveshp - Tips and Deals

Re: Plex on Apple TV - No jailbreak required! - 10 years ago

So while I used Plex a few years back on a Mac Mini (as well as XBMC on an ATV2), I also found both to by very unfriendly. My wife would never navigate either interface. While this Plex connect provides a jailbreak free solution, it still requires Plex Media Server which needed a lot of manual massaging to get Files correctly categorized. These days for the occasional MKV obtained, I proces

by bhaveshp - Tips and Deals

Re: iCloud experts, friend has a question - 10 years ago

You can't sync iCloud data between iCloud accounts. However you can have Apps & Media from multiple iTunes accounts on a single iOS device. We use a single iMac, under a single login to sync all our apps & media. Everyone physically connects their device and updates what they want synced. On iOS devices, you can go to Settings -> iCloud and choose which data to sync to the iCl

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Plex on Apple TV - No jailbreak required! - 10 years ago

Plexconnect brings Plex to the Apple TV by bypassing Apples Trailers servers via a manual DNS entry. Very clever indeed! Overall story: Youtube demo: You still need to run the Plex server on a local computer.

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Re: Disney on a $100 a day... - 10 years ago

We are a big time Disney family. We make an annual trip and enjoy the Disney "magic." Next goal - hit the Asia Disney parks Here's a corresponding tongue-in-cheek comparison of Disney ticket increases vs the corresponding commodities:

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Re: Just posted by my niece, the teacher... - 10 years ago

I LOL'd My 5th grade teacher gave me #9 as a quiz on the first day of school.

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Re: iPhone photos - view EXIF data? - 10 years ago

ExifWizard - Free

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Re: Have to get Mom in law a laptop... suggestions? - 10 years ago

Does she have good Broadband / Wi-Fi where she lives? If so, from a maintenance perspective, I'd recommend the $250 Samsung Chromebook. Essentially zero maintenance and will run Google Docs for Word Processing & web apps.

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Re: Anyone streaming 1080P from Mac to Mac or Mac to ATV3? - 10 years ago

Option click on your Wi-Fi menu bar icon and see if you're actually connecting at N speeds and what your transmit rate is. N speeds vary greatly and don't have very good range. Best to hardwire if possible, especially for 1080p video.

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Re: Which version of iMovie to digitize old Hi-8 PAL videos - 10 years ago

May I suggest an alternative approach that may be quicker and lead to less frustration? IF, and only if, you don't plan to edit these files, then I would recommend avoiding iMovie altogether, and buying the following - El Gato Video Capture: Connect this between your camcorder and iMac. Pop in a 120 min tape, hit record on the iMac software, and 2 hours later you've got a ~ 1 GB H.264, MP4

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Re: Apple dividend is 2.8 Billion dollars!!! Dr. Evil would be thrilled - 10 years ago

QuoteArticle Accelerator QuoteIronMac The annual yield is only 2.8% based on todays closing price. Not great...not bad. Which blue chip companies pay more? Over half of them pay more than Apple: But I' m still happy to see a few extra bucks today

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Re: Anybody trying out the new Google Play Music All Access free trial? - 10 years ago

I wouldn't mind saving $2 over my Spotify subscription, but for now anyway, they haven't released an iOS app. When they release an iOS app, I'll probably give it a shot.

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Re: refinancing, closing, wire the money NEXT day? - 10 years ago

Quotespace-time Quotebhaveshp Just went through this last week. Closed on Tuesday. Had the option of receiving funds via check on Thursday or Wire Xfer on Thursday. .... thanks to you and others who replied. I am surprised they let you wire the funds AFTER closing. when we bought and when we refinanced first time, they wanted cashier's checks the before dotting the "I"s and crossin

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Re: refinancing, closing, wire the money NEXT day? - 10 years ago

Just went through this last week. Closed on Tuesday. Had the option of receiving funds via check on Thursday or Wire Xfer on Thursday. Chose Wire xfer ~ $30 in fees combined on both ends. But wanted to move the funds same day without having the 7 day check hold my bank would have placed.

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Re: Just saw Oblivion (hidden spoiler within) - 10 years ago

I liked it.. a decent Sci-Fi flick. Reminded a bit of the much lower budget "Moon."

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Google: Atari Breakout! - 10 years ago

Try this: Run a Google image search for "Atari Breakout" right now. Enjoy.

by bhaveshp - Tips and Deals

Re: iPad Mini & iPad 4th Gen - is the Verizon the best version for worldwide use? - 10 years ago

Both the AT&T and VZ iPad 4 and Mini work fine with "GSM" cellular networks for 3G coverage. You'll be fine with either one. The difference is which LTE bands are covered in which countries. If you don't care about LTE coverage/speeds, then don't worry about it. A1459 is AT&T and A1460 is the Verizon. Model A1459* GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA

by bhaveshp - Tips and Deals

Re: Media players - 10 years ago

Need more info to make a better recommendation. - How tied are you to the Apple ecosystem? - Do you subscribe to Amazon Prime? - Do you plan to use Youtube? - How about Airplay? - Does your TV have HDMI?

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Re: comparing performance of a few computers - 10 years ago

Ah, your mention of handbrake threw me off. Yep, the new SSD will hit the spot.

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Re: comparing performance of a few computers - 10 years ago

Quotedavemchine My CPU is slammed when using handbrake of course, transmission can be downloading at 3000KB/sec, and I can be rewriting mkv files to m4v Is there any particular reason you are re-encoding MKV files to m4v? Can you use iVI or several other apps to repackage the h.264 encoded video into the m4v wrapper?

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Re: One mans opinion of Apple's overpriced laptop - 10 years ago

QuoteMike Johnson But Google half-asses 80% of what they do. They introduce new services and abandon them a couple years later. They upgrade their apps to include new features but rarely address longstanding bugs. Are you sure you're not talking about Apple there? Hmm... iTools, .mac, Ping all looked to be pretty abandoned. And all software companies, Apple included, prioritize features over

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Re: Possible deal? iPhone 5 battery case... - 10 years ago

So is the Groupon deal better than the Amazon $50 price?

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