127. How about a $59 smartphone?

If you want a smartphone but don't feel the need for the top-of-the-line expensive phone, how about a $59 smartphone? What's the catch? What's wrong with it? If it really does work OK, can it be your main phone? How about a hotspot? Or a phone for the grandkids to use when they visit?  Chris explains how she bought a $59 phone from Walmart with service on the Verizon network and how she likes it. 

This episode was recorded live on Sunday, October 22, 2017. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel and be sure to click the bell for notifications.

1. Opening Tip: Google Photos, how to know when Backup is Complete 
2. Beginner’s Lesson: A $59 smartphone 
3. Closing Tip: Allstays Camp & RV, gone from Google Play Store

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How to Take (good) Pictures with your Smartphone (Encore #110)

If you have a smartphone but haven't explored the camera options, this episode is for you. Maybe you think that a smartphone can't take good pictures? We took all the pictures from our Europe vacation with either an iPhone or an Android. Take a look and see what you think.  In this encore episode we start with how to take a photo, take a selfie, take a video, then we show how to set focus and exposure, turn the flash on/off, take a panorama and more. This episode was recorded live on Sunday, February 12, 2017. To be notified of live shows, subscribe to our YouTube channel and be sure to click the bell for notifications.

1. Opening Tip: Finding Apps on your Phone. 
2. Beginner’s Lesson: Photography Essentials. 
3. Closing Tip: Valentines Day Photo Frames

Geeks on Tour members: get your class notes here. You might want to print them out and then join with some friends to take the class. Just play the parts of interest to you by using the timeline links in the class notes, pause the video and experiment on your own device. Then take the review questions at the end and see how you did.

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Additional Material

• Video: How to take a Panorama on an iPhone
• Video: How to take a Panorama on an Android
• Video: How to take a PhotoSphere on Google Camera
• Article: How to Capture a Frame of an iPhone Live Photo

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126. Google Maps: How to add your places

Google Maps, right out of the gate, is one of the most useful programs ever developed. Add your personal information about places that are important to you, and it is now invaluable. You can add places you want to go. You can add places you need to navigate to. You can record all your travels. You can share your places with others - like the tow truck who needs to find you! This episode will show you how.

This episode was streamed live on 10/8/17 from our home studio. Geeks on Tour members can view the show notes here.

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Casting a Smartphone to the Big Screen #108

Have you ever been visiting friends and they showed you their vacation pictures on their big TV screen? How did they do that? Or, do you watch movies on your phone and wished you could be watching it on your TV instead? With a $35 device, and a little know-how, you can do it too ... this encore episode will show you how!  Quick Tip: Find a lost phone, App: Google Trusted Contacts.This episode of What Does This Button Do was streamed live on Jan 29, 2017.

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