WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:09.119 H is Michael garfier of Michael Garfield. Michael Garfield's joining. 2 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:10.400 US and the high Tech Texan. 3 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:14.960 Michael Garfield is here with a high Tech Texans items 4 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:17.960 to make life easier, new technology, and Michael Garfield has 5 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.079 something you might want. Texas. 6 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:31.600 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texan, three decades helping 7 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:37.240 you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the 8 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:42.439 iHeartRadio add now your high tech Texan, Michael Garfield. 9 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:48.479 Well, can I officially welcome you to August finally? People, August, 10 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.479 my man, my women, marquid. So have you guys figured 11 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:56.799 out your fantasy football name yet? Hey, listen, it's still high. 12 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:01.159 But by the end of this month, football season is 13 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:07.760 gonna be back, and for that we should all be thankful, 14 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:09.840 you know, believe it or not. I don't know what 15 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.040 you guys been doing. I've actually been watching a little 16 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.879 of the Olympics. Didn't think I was gonna watch it, Tom, 17 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:20.079 But listen, this is a draft of sports just because 18 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:24.560 I'm not the biggest baseball fan, so it's actually been entertaining. Peacock. 19 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:28.239 If you subscribe to Peacock, part of the Infinity and 20 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:32.480 Comcast family, they've actually been chilling it. They've got dozens 21 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.840 of channels. I've been watching the Gold Zone, which is 22 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.519 pretty fun. Gotta big a big shout out. Congrats to 23 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:45.599 the USA women's gymnastics team, Simone Biles, Katie Leddeccy, two 24 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:48.040 names that we love, but we ain't gonna be hearing 25 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:51.280 for another four years, if not ever. In the regular 26 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:56.040 Olympic rotation, you got the rugby team, volleyball teams doing well. 27 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:00.319 Snoop Dogg man who has won the Olympics so far, 28 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:04.079 I mean just the overall went Snoop Dogg. He's pretty strong, 29 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:06.200 he's been he's been having a lot of fun. So 30 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:08.759 if you've been watching, if you want to share your thoughts, 31 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:11.360 if you're just bored, if if you're happy the freaking 32 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:14.520 sun is out, even though it's nasty hot, Why don't 33 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.120 you share your love with me? Why don't you share 34 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:20.520 what's up? Seven one three two one two five nine 35 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.599 five oh twenty three years been doing this yere on 36 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.479 the radio, KPRC nine fifty. That number, believe it or not, 37 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:29.919 has not changed. Believe it or not, that piece of 38 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.759 technology has never changed. We still actually do have phone calls. 39 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.280 Some of the things that's changed. Is we now had email? 40 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.400 I don't think when I started two plus decades ago. Yeah, 41 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:41.080 I guess I did have email, but no, we didn't 42 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:44.360 use it too much. People snail mail things. Snail mail 43 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.680 is still around the price of a snail mail forever. 44 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:49.919 Stamp went up about two weeks ago. I told you 45 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:53.159 what is like seventy eight cents, But the seven digits 46 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:56.240 have not changed. Seven one three, two one two five 47 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:59.960 nine five. Oh Callum Reid, were you born twenty three? 48 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.599 Three years ago I started this show. He's answering the phone, 49 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:06.840 he's pushing the buttons. We love to hear from you. 50 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:10.360 Do have some interesting fun takes for you, not all technology. 51 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:14.800 We've got this start of Houston Restaurant Weeks for the 52 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:18.800 next month. Some of your favorite restaurants I believe four 53 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:22.840 hundred plus have set some prefix a set the word 54 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:27.000 prefix a prefix menus where you can go try them. 55 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.919 We're gonna have a lit chat later. This is it 56 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:33.159 this our next hour. We'll do it this hour with 57 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:37.199 Katie Stone. Katie is the executive director of Houston Restaurant Weeks, 58 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.680 who took over for her her late mother. A good 59 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.599 friend of mine, cleverly Stone. She'll talk about some of 60 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:44.639 the reasons why she continued it and what are some 61 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:46.520 of the restaurants that are out there. They got some 62 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:48.960 new ones and some of your faves, and it's also 63 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:52.599 really to help the restaurant industry. August is August is 64 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.240 never the greatest month, and he is never the greatest month. 65 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:58.639 He's never the greatest month in Houston. Restaurants they probably, 66 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:01.240 you know, have a little slow down. It's hot, people 67 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:03.520 are out of town, they're prepping for back to school. 68 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:07.520 But it is a little way to get back into restaurants. 69 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:11.319 So we will yap about that. Product reviews, I'm gonna 70 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:13.879 have some chats with a kind of a tied end 71 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:16.759 to a back to school. Been playing with a new 72 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:19.279 laptop that I got about about what is about two 73 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:23.319 weeks ago and from a company called ass as Us. 74 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:26.959 I could not be more really more impressed with the 75 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.639 list laptop. It's really nice, light, it is thinning is 76 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.639 back to school. I'm gonna have a conversation with someone 77 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.959 on the design team who came up with that. And 78 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.879 also a SEUs has come up with the latest version 79 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:44.639 of a handheld gaming system. So for for all you 80 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:47.959 people and it's not just for kids anymore. It's for parents. 81 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.360 It's for all you gamers out there. It's an interesting 82 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:55.199 hand held video gaming system, a big upgrade from the 83 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:57.560 one they released about a year a year and a 84 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:00.000 half ago. I will talk to one of the people 85 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.519 who had a lot to do with designing it and 86 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.879 actually came up with the name the rog the Republic 87 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:10.759 of Gamers, the ally X. We have got that, and 88 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.959 you know what we're gonna talk about. This is probably 89 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:16.319 one of the two biggest topics in the past month 90 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:20.720 since Hurricane Barrel came barreling through. We're gonna talk about roofs. 91 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.040 We're gonna talk about roofing, but we're also going to 92 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:26.920 talk about the technology now that companies are using to 93 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:31.480 check to see if there was damage to your roof. 94 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:35.680 Companies now they may not need to excuse me a 95 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.279 while the whip out this long ladder to get on 96 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:40.920 your roof, which obviously can be a safety hazard. They 97 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:45.360 are using drones drone technology to flying drones right above 98 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:48.360 your roof and really zoom in and get close for 99 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:52.519 an initial inspection. We'll talk to a company to see 100 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:55.079 how they have used it. Alex changed their business model, 101 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.959 and so yeah, there's a little spin with technology, and 102 00:05:58.040 --> 00:05:59.839 also I need to prep a little bit more on it. 103 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:03.279 The second hottest topic this month has been generators. You 104 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.879 got a new generator? What's the weight for a generator? 105 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:09.920 What branded generator? I need to do a little bit 106 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.360 more studying. This coming Tuesday, I will make one of 107 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:17.759 my regular appearances on Great Day use to Channel eleven CBS, 108 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.920 and I am specifically gonna talk about generators because there 109 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.399 are a number of different types of generators. If I 110 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.800 say the word generator, you may think of these whole 111 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.439 home generators. These are the relatively expensive ones that you 112 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:37.199 need to call companies from Kohler to Generat to what 113 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:41.199 have you, and they've got to come out install it outside. 114 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:44.240 It's about the size of a small air conditioning unit, 115 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.199 and they put a little cement pad out there for 116 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:47.720 it to sit on, and then they've got to have 117 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:50.920 a natural gas line, and then you gotta have an 118 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:53.879 annual upkeep plan and everything. I mean as generator one 119 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:56.959 and those automatically kick in when your power goes off. 120 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:00.639 But there's also generators that go inside your home. They 121 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.079 do not use any form of liquid gas or propane 122 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.040 or natural gas. Obviously you don't want that inside your home. 123 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.879 They're relative, they're certainly less expensive than those and they 124 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:13.959 can run a number of different things. They could run 125 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:16.920 your refrigerator or some fans, a lot of things. And 126 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.319 so I do have some show and tell for next 127 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:22.360 Tuesday's Great Day Houston. But tell me, tell me what 128 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:25.839 your favorite brand is. Did it work for you? Did 129 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:28.680 it fail for you? Anecdotally I heard some stories of 130 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:32.759 people with generators that were supposed to automatically flip on 131 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:37.079 our everything in their home, air conditioning, lights, washer dryer, 132 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:40.319 but it didn't work. Maybe you forgot to oil it, 133 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:43.519 or you know, check your natural gas line or have 134 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.480 it service to a regular basis. There have been some 135 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.199 some scary stories out there, and if you're going to 136 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.160 spend that much money and that much time investing in researching, 137 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:53.160 you really would hope it works. I really do it. 138 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:55.240 By the way, if you do have a generator and 139 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:57.920 it does work and power goes off in my house, 140 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.920 please send me your email your address, because Big Daddy 141 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.160 Garfa definitely needs some Maraic edition. Listen, we got that 142 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:07.120 and a number of fun different stories. I will answer 143 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.680 your back to school questions if you've got a high schooler, 144 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:13.480 if you've got a college student going back to school 145 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.839 in the next month or so, you need to figure 146 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:17.680 out a laptop. You need to want to know should 147 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:20.199 I get a new phone? What else do does he 148 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.279 or she need? I probably can help you answer that. 149 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:24.600 You know the phone number. You can go to all 150 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.079 of these socials, high tech texts and h I T 151 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:29.920 H T I C A T E C H TV 152 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.080 X A N tell the High Tech Taxi Show, Michael Golfa, 153 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:39.399 We're going to be right back. I hope everybody is 154 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:41.480 doing well. Are you Are you at the pool? I'll 155 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.559 tell you what you know. I started off the summer 156 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:50.000 in the sun in the pool, kicking ten. Actually hopped 157 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:53.440 out to southern California, visited my son. Man. I was 158 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.399 coming back looking man it would movies stop? 159 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:56.639 Man? 160 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.440 It was tan and did July dre It's out to 161 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:01.320 be one of the race. Any is freaking months on 162 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:03.919 calendar here in Houston. Plus I was gone for about 163 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:06.480 a week. The sun's out now. I don't know how 164 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:09.120 long it's gonna stay out. But if you're listening here 165 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.960 on the first Saturday of August twenty twenty four, I 166 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.639 hope you'll hope you're listening via your little EarPods, your 167 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:21.240 ear pods or whatever brand you're using some waterproof flotation 168 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:24.440 to MP three's and I hope you're having a coldie 169 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:26.399 while you're listening to the high tech text and it 170 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.600 is Michael Garfield got some phone numbers, fun stuff for 171 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.600 you here. Later this hour, we're gonna actually next second, 172 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.240 I think we're going to talk about a new laptop, 173 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:37.320 a little back to school laptop. I mean, I'm really 174 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:41.080 having fun with this laptop. It's thin, it's light, and 175 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.799 I will be talking to the designer and the engineer 176 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:46.440 from the company who did that, and then we'll talk 177 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:49.759 a little Houston restaurant weeks so you may be laying 178 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:52.000 by your pool getting tanned to get out putt stuff 179 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:55.360 to go out to h to summit tell a restaurant 180 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:59.399 you've never been to with a prefixed menu that some 181 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:02.159 of the money goes to the Houston Food Bank, which 182 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:05.600 is nice. That's what Houston Euston Restaurant we says. Hey, 183 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:07.399 I'll tell you what I had. I had this guy, 184 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:08.960 I made it. Not I wanted to talk about this, 185 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.799 not a conversation with the buddy of mine about cell phones, 186 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:19.200 because I have cell phones all the time, and I 187 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:21.399 didn't give it well. I mean, I tried not to 188 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:24.320 carry more than one because you know, they they can 189 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.559 weigh you down, and you know they look weird in 190 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:28.879 your pockets or something. But I didn't given time. I 191 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:31.200 probably got eight or nine cell phones right now I'm 192 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.600 testing that are new. Some of them are lit up 193 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:37.440 with the with the SIM card that have self service. 194 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:39.159 Some of them I have to flip the SIM card 195 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:41.639 here and there. But but I think he was asking 196 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:43.879 me about what type of cells? Who was my cell 197 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:47.399 phone provider? Because he's sick and tired of paying all 198 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:51.519 this money for him and his kids and his three 199 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:54.120 or four lines or something like this, and we had 200 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.799 to I got into discussion, a discussion about alternatives than 201 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:04.960 the big three Verizon, AT and T and T Mobile. 202 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:12.000 There are many other cell phone providers and they are smaller. 203 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:14.240 I mean if you look at them, you know, logistically 204 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:18.000 in terms of the number of subscribers. But they are 205 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:22.279 called it's it's it's an acronym. Follow me here. This 206 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.120 is an interesting discussion. I hope you're going to enjoy it. 207 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:28.600 But it's called m v N oh. It stands for 208 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:34.039 Mobile virtual network operator, and what it means is it's 209 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:39.759 a company that doesn't own a mobile spectrum license, but 210 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:45.600 it sells mobile services under its brand name using the 211 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:53.399 network of an actual license mobile operator. For example, under Verizon, 212 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:58.639 where Verizon has spent billions of dollars on its infrastructure 213 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:03.720 for setting up turs you know, they're engineers their network 214 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.200 and what have you. And Verizon sells its own service. 215 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:09.519 I mean many of you probably have Verizon cell phone 216 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:11.159 service and you probably pay through it, and they have 217 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:16.879 a billion different plans and whatever. But Verizon also sells 218 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:22.360 or sub licenses some of its capaccity on its network 219 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:26.120 to other smaller companies that you may have heard of, 220 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:29.320 one of which is called Total Wireless used to be 221 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:34.240 called Total by Verizon, smaller company. But what you get 222 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:37.519 is a heck of a smaller bill. They don't cost 223 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.960 you the same thing as the futtal service at and 224 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:44.240 T does it, T Mobile does it. There are brand 225 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:49.799 names out there, from Boost Mobile to Cricket to Expinity Mobile, 226 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.120 and it goes on and on. There are probably three 227 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:58.879 hundred four hundred is my guess, different MVNO's Mobile virtual 228 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:02.600 network operators there and let me help you out without 229 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:07.480 naming brands. I've used an MVNO as my main cell 230 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:12.639 phone provider for years, my middle side, actually all three 231 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.600 of my sons. May I just know my meddal soner 232 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:18.279 who lives here in Houston, he uses an mv O NBNA. 233 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:23.679 Why why pay one hundred and fifty two hundred whatever? 234 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:25.840 It is? Bucks a line where sometimes you could pay 235 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:30.480 as little as twenty thirty dollars for almost unlimited data. 236 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:34.360 Do your research, people, do your research, and so it's 237 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:37.559 it's funny. I mentioned Total Wireless because I'm driving down 238 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:42.360 Westheimer the other day outside the Belway and I see 239 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:47.480 a Total Wireless store and I researched. I walked in. 240 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.279 I was just seeing what was going on. I'm looking 241 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.200 at prices and stuff, and I just could not have 242 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:58.399 been a nicer staff. And they sell phones, they sell 243 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.960 cell phones, but you can also BYOD you can bring 244 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:04.480 your own device. You don't need to change your cell phone. 245 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:09.240 So let's just say your contract is up, but you 246 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.759 want a new cell service plan, so you bring your 247 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:15.720 phone in. You check if your phone is compatible to 248 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.320 a specific carrier. The reason why a lot of phones 249 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:25.840 are still locked they're locked under the initial network carrier. 250 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.279 So if you bought a phone and it was subsidized 251 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:32.639 because Verizon gave you a good deal, it may be 252 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:36.519 locked to the Verizon network. But wait a minute, the 253 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:41.440 MVNOs they will actually use Verizon. Most often you're able 254 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:43.519 to put a SIM or use an e SIM in 255 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:47.159 there too, such as the case with Total Total Wireless. 256 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:49.639 So I was looking at some of the plant. I 257 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.720 grant that brochure, whereas this brochure here is a brochure, 258 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:57.039 and there are several different plans here. What is it? 259 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:59.480 They got a price plan here that have a base 260 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:02.480 five it's five g starts at forty bucks a month, 261 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:07.000 and it's unlimited data. And think about that. And when 262 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.279 I people ask me, Michael, well, cut, what plan should 263 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:11.000 I get? Well, you have to you have to ask 264 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:14.600 yourself and maybe look at you. There's a setting you 265 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:16.759 can look in your phone. You can see how much 266 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.080 data you've used this month, last month, and you can 267 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:21.879 go back, or you can actually log onto your account too. 268 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:23.799 How much data do you use on a given month? 269 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:27.480 If you use under five gigs of data, which means 270 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:29.360 you're not talking or you're tech you know you're not 271 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:32.879 doing too much. You can get some really really inexpensive 272 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:36.320 ones if you start using watching videos. Okay, yeah, now 273 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:38.080 you're going to start, you know, using some data, but 274 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:40.759 unlimited it's it's a good way to go. Yes, they 275 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.039 have hot spots. They have it solved some of the 276 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:47.559 plans of international talk and text. Uh there, there's here's 277 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:51.279 a plan for fifty dollars that actually has ten times 278 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:54.600 faster unlimited data never slows down. Here's this I think 279 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:57.480 the highest price plan. I think it's just sixty dollars 280 00:15:57.559 --> 00:16:00.360 a month for five G. And again I'm specifically talking 281 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:04.399 about what's this aprochure Total Wireless, Total Wireless dot com. 282 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:06.320 They have several stores. Specifically I went to the one 283 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.440 one two, three zero three West Timer. It's in Shadow 284 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:13.960 Briar Plaza. It's part of the Victor Group, and I 285 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:18.840 am familiar with the Victor Group. Vic tra great company, 286 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:21.799 very reliable too. But they have price guarantees, they have 287 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:25.120 a lot of things. And so that's what an MVY is. 288 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:27.159 And that was the conversation I have. But I just 289 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:30.519 I just sometimes I just go over. I talk about 290 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.039 it once every two or three months. In vin O's 291 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.279 it's a good time of year because it's back to school. 292 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.759 Kids may be getting on their own cell phone plan. 293 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.399 Maybe you know, they could be moving going to college 294 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:46.879 where their college dorm, the city they're moving to doesn't 295 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.080 have as good as cell phone coverage as mom and 296 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:52.279 dads are the ones that the kids used to at home. 297 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.000 Check it out, go see. But also there's there's ways 298 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:58.840 to actually save money and still be under self service 299 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:01.039 of the plane. You know what. Also, I'm playing with 300 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:05.599 two they also I was total wireless, and they have 301 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:10.880 wireless internet routers right now. And I can complain in 302 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.759 bitch as much as I do how much I've been 303 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:16.599 paying forever with Comcast fit Exfinity, which is two hundred 304 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.680 and seventy stupid dollars a month, which yes, it does 305 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.880 get me home internet, and it gets me my cable. 306 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.079 But you know, people are cutting the cord and cutting 307 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:30.480 the cable. Verizon itself as here in Houston, let's talk 308 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:35.400 about used it. They have wireless home internet. You buy 309 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:39.880 a router five G, you set it up in your home. 310 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:43.240 That's it. You can kill Comcasts, you kill anything else, 311 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:46.559 nothing else you eat. At that point, You've got your internet. 312 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:51.000 At that point. Now you could still use your Netflix 313 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:53.039 account on your TV. Just make sure your TV is 314 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:55.559 using that wireless internet account and it works throughout your home. 315 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:58.119 So anyway, I've been playing with one and I got 316 00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:59.680 to tell you this anecdotally. I only got about a 317 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:04.599 minute before I take a commercial break. I have wireless 318 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:06.440 in my house that I've used from Comcasts for years 319 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:08.559 and years and years, and I thought, I'm paying extra 320 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:12.079 for the super speedy download speeds. I was comparing it 321 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:14.440 because I did a speed test. And if you ever 322 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:16.160 want to do a speed test, go on your going 323 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:18.279 your browser at home, going your browser on your phone 324 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:20.200 and just type in speed test and Google and you 325 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:22.839 can pops up and you can see the download speeds 326 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:26.720 at upload speeds. Obviously the fast is better. My download 327 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:29.400 speed at home on my old, well, my old my 328 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:34.000 Comcast Xfinity was something like fifty to seventy megabits per 329 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:37.440 per per second whatever. Fifty to seventy. I thought that's 330 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.200 pretty good. I then plug in and I started to 331 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:44.400 try this total by Verizon, this five G home Internet. 332 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.720 I am not lying. I'm putting a hand to God. 333 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:52.640 One one hundred and seventy six megs per second. What 334 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:55.519 it went from fifty I'm like, are you why am 335 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:59.720 I paying what I'm paying for twenty plus years? A 336 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:01.559 how Long's comcast has been in used in a long 337 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:05.400 time and it's all wireless, very very cool. This is 338 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:07.200 what I do on the High Tech Textan show. I 339 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:10.720 tell you about products and services. Take my advice. Don't 340 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:13.920 take my advice by people. At least I researched some 341 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:16.200 stuff for you. We could talk about this if you 342 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:20.680 try these MVNO's, you've got a favorite one. Open phone lines. 343 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:25.720 Have you ever tried the wireless high speed home internet 344 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:28.920 to cut the actual cable? Talk to me seven one 345 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.400 three two one two five nine five Oh. Michael Garfield 346 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:36.680 KPRC nine fifty Am. Part of iHeartRadio. Been doing it 347 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:39.119 for two decades. This is the high Tech Texting Show. 348 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.720 We're gonna be back. 349 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:42.400 We're gonna talk a little bit more about laptops. Also 350 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.079 hack at it. 351 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:54.200 It is Michael Garfield. Do you tech texton long running 352 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:57.240 show for two decades here KPRC nine to fifty am 353 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:00.480 and all across the country. Thank you so much. Downloading 354 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.119 the iHeartRadio app wherever you are in the country, if 355 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:06.200 not the world, you can listen to me and so 356 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:10.039 many other radio programs. Me specifically, I do talk about 357 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:14.119 technology and lifestyle and fun stuff, give you some interesting 358 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:17.079 tips of what to what to stay away from. Middle 359 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:20.279 of summer, so we're almost back to school time and 360 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:22.960 speaking it back to school, it's time. Can I start 361 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.599 talking about some back to school or even back to 362 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:30.240 work items, including the all important laptops. I've been covering 363 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:32.720 these things for well over twenty years. When laptops were 364 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:35.759 so big, they used to be called desktops. Now laptops 365 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:38.960 are so small, they're so light, they're so convenient that 366 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:42.079 many many people have them, And just not long ago, 367 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:44.839 I ran into a brand new one from a company 368 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:50.160 that I'm familiar with, and I'm very very impressed with it. 369 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:54.559 The company is called a sus as Us. I have 370 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:57.720 seen them many, many many years. They've been at CEES 371 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:01.000 and other technology shows like that. I've talked about many 372 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:04.480 of their products. They make phones, they make gaming units, 373 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:08.519 and of course they make computers, including laptops. Got to 374 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:11.359 go to New York not long ago to see some 375 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:14.319 of their new products, new devices that are coming out, 376 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:18.480 and one laptop that really really impressed me is their 377 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:22.480 brand new zen Book sixteen I just like that name. 378 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:25.880 Just think about it, zinbook. It just sounds so nice. 379 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:29.920 Everything is zen. It's the zen Book sixteen. The first 380 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:32.799 thing I picked it up, I noticed the first of 381 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:35.759 several crazy awesome things, one of which is the look 382 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:38.119 of this thing. This is not just your typical silver 383 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:42.799 or black outside design. It's something very very unique with 384 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:46.920 a new word that's now in my vocabulary called sarah aluminum. 385 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:50.240 We'll talk about that. It's incredibly light, it's got nice 386 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:53.279 battery power, it's got a decent price. But I want 387 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:55.880 to give you more information with that, I have to 388 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.279 go to an expert, and so it happens to be 389 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:01.559 I do have an x directly with the SEUs. His 390 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:04.799 name is Philip Shung. He is a product manager. He 391 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:07.160 joins me now for a few minutes to talk about 392 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.720 the zen Book sixteen. Philip, can I just give you 393 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.920 one hundred percent credit for coming up with the zen Book? 394 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.960 So congratulations, it's all you, Right. 395 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:19.400 It's clearly all me. Yes, you had. 396 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.039 A massive team that that took years to develop this thing. 397 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:26.599 Right, absolutely, We've got you know, five thousand engineers over there, 398 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:29.000 you know, doing an R and D over the headquarters, 399 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:31.079 and you know, yeah, clearly I'm the one guy who 400 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:33.559 gets to take credit for you know, all their work. No, no, no, no, 401 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.119