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Watching Netflix On The Microwave When You Should Be Cooking

Touch Screen Microwave. I enjoy following and reporting on all of the cool new products at CES every year, and 2020 is no different. However, sometimes companies really go over the top, and this year is no exception. This bad boy is a Microwave Oven with a touchscreen and Netflix built in. Why you would want to watch Netflix in the kitchen when you should be making my dinner is beyond me. But, hey, I am a gadget guy, and I get it. Tech is cool. Combining tech with TV and food is really cool. How much does this thing cost anyway?

#CES2020 - CES Isn't All Just Fun And Games

Wearable tech isn't just for jewelry, watches and fun. Neofect is showing off wearable tech that is helping stroke patients and others with neurological disorders rehab, using a smartglove and computer games. This rehab doesn't involve being hospitalized, and going to the hospital gym every day, with a human rehab assistant present at all times. While patients need to be monitored with regular visits, the patient can use this glove all the time, at home. This is the kind of tech that needs to be nurtured and expanded. 

#CES2020 - Gatebox Shows Off Its Answer To Amazon Echo

Japan, Anime, and Tech is quite a combination. Gatebox is showing off a smart speaker assistant at CES which doubles as a cute friend. Do we want out computer assistants to have a face AND a voice? 

Fossil Hybrid - Why Hybrid SmartWatches Fail

Fossil Hybrid. A hybrid Smartwatch is a watch with real minute and second hands, and a mechanical inside; but, with a smartwatch screen that responds to computer input. It fails at both. Designer watch companies desperately want to get into the smartwatch business, so they take their analog watch manufacturing, and add some tech to it. The result is called a hybrid, and it fails as badly as cars that pretend to be fossil fuel friendly. Sure, both concepts work okay; but, they try to please both worlds, and are mediocre at both. Want to join the digital age? Buy a smartwatch. A real one. You can still look at your single function analog piece of jewelry from time to time and wonder what you could have done with all that money you paid for it. Jeez.

This Is Not The Watch For You, Grasshopper

If you pay $450,000 for an analog watch, I no longer want to be associated with you, because I envy your wealth, and because you are certifiably insane. 

 

Hello. My Name Is FutureLawyer. I Am A Samsung Fanboy.

Am I a Samsung Fanboy?. I must be a Samsung fanboy. I have owned every Samsung phone that has come out for years. I have also owned every Smartwatch the company has made. I could start a used gadget store with the Samsung gadgets I have in my drawer and on my desk. I currently have two Note 10+ smartphones, and wear a Galaxy watch every day. Does that make me a fanboy? I have never liked the term. Sounds like a Trekkie. I prefer the more manly Trekker to describe my love of StarTrek. Whatever, a rose by any other name smells as sweet. Just don't call me late for dinner.

Galaxy Watch LTE For Less Than $200!

eBay has heavily discounted refurbished Galaxy Watch LTE models, just $170. The LTE version of this watch is what I wear 90% of the time, and have for two years. It is the best I have ever used, and, at this price, it is an unbeatable bargain. For $10 a month, it is an actual watch phone, with its own phone number; and, if you forward unanswered calls, can receive all of your calls to your phone. It has a competent microphone and speaker, and can be used to make and take calls, Dick Tracy style. There isn't a video screen; but, trust me, you don't need or want one. $170. Are you kidding me?

Smartphone Tech For The New Year

Smartphone tech we're looking forward to in 2020. After I die, please do not mourn my loss. Remember that I spent many very happy days playing with computers, and tech, and smartphones and gadgets. The coming year, should I be blessed to live it, will be filled with new wonders. I am loving my Note 10 Plus 5G, and can't wait to get a 5G signal in my area of Florida. I kept my Note 10 Plus as a backup, and love everything about this great phone. The infinity display is so cool that even Apple lover, Ernie the Attorney, oohed and aahed over it at dinner last week. I confess that I don't get why everyone is so exercised about the tiny hole for the camera at the top. Some phones have a notch, which I also don't mind. But, bet on some phone getting released by Samsung in the near future that will be nothing but screen, all the time. Such is the life of a gadget hunter. I am living the life.

Oculus Quest Gets Hand Tracking

How to enable Oculus Quest hand tracking | Android Central. I have really enjoyed the Oculus Quest virtual reality headset. I am not much of a gamer; but, I enjoy watching TV and movies in VR, and enjoy the environment simulators, and the virtual tourism stuff. The best part of the affordable VR Quest, however, is the freedom not to be tethered to a cable and to be able to walk around. Up until now, this was somewhat limited because the hands were restricted to choosing options on screen. But, Oculus keeps improving the software, and I am looking forward to true hand tracking inside the simulators. Want to escape your reality for a few minutes? Get a Quest. Sorry, you can't use mine. I had my prescription lenses made to insert in the Quest. See you in the next reality.

Simpler Times - I Miss My Palm Pilot

What mobile was like when the world belonged to Palm. I owned just about every Palm device that was sold, from the Palm Pilot to the Internet connected devices that followed. But, Palm devices were tools that did things like calendars, notes, calculators, and so forth. They didn't do phone calls. That was for a cell phone. As this article rightly points out, when cell phones became smartphones, in the late Nineties, something innocent died. Smartphones are essential, because they do it all. Palm's were like notebooks, combined with cool toys. In the future, smartphones may become part of us, in more ways than one. What will we play with then?