Technology to help Mature Adults navigate smartphones / tablets / computers. John Cheng 10/21/2017

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1 Technology to help Mature Adults navigate smartphones / tablets / computers John Cheng 10/21/2017

2 Cell Phones Cell phone plans: Contract (discount on phones), unlock phones, individual / family plans / prepaid etc. Smartphones: iphones or Android phones (micro-sd card) Sim cards (different sizes) 3G, 4G, LTE New, used, refurbished, glyde.com, mobileunlock.com, Apple certified refurbished

3 Cell Phones (Cont.) Feature phones: Elders may just want to have a phone The 8 Best Basic Cell Phones to Buy in Some has cross over features to, such as web searching, and texting

4 Sample phone sales

5 Cell Phones (Cont.) Three sizes of using your smartphones: Tall: phone book, speed dial, master setting airplane mode, silencing the phone, ring tone control, vibration, etc. Grande: texting, imessages, WhatsApp, WeChat, etc., Camera, Selfies, FaceTime, upload photos/videos, music player, bluetooth, etc. Venti: GPS, web surfing, video/music/photos, calander, siri / google now, learning, creative apps

6 Cameras on Smartphones Cameras are getting better and better iphone SE & up comes with 12MP, some with optical image stablizer iphone 8 Plus and X come with dual front lens The better the camera, the more photos you will take, the bigger memory size you ll need, the more picture uploads to deal with Android phones having micro-sd card can help

7 Cameras on Smartphones (cont.) Cloud based backup of photos Google Photos: unlimited photos and videos with slight compression, auto correct orientation Sample photo ratio: 3.0MB to 2.8MB Sample video ratio: 20MB to 13.5MB Amazon Prime Photos: Prime members get unlimited photos backup with original size, 5 GB of space for video backup with original size icloud: free with 5 GB of space

8 Photos Related Apps You can also setup Photo Albums, and share albums with a URL link

9 Local vs. Cloud Drives

10 Cloud Drives (cont.) Data files are accessible from anywhere, from many different devices Not more multiple copies of a given data files One can typically count on the data files are being backed up safely (although it s prudent to have a copy on your own drive) The data you keep on the cloud drives are as safe as the existance of the company Google Drive, Amazon Drive, Apple icloud, Drop Box, Microsoft One Drive, Box, PCloud, AT&T Lockers, etc.

11 Sample Cloud Drive Apps File Manager App local drive on your phone/tablet

12 From Phones to Tablets to PCs The Apple ipad really was a game changer

13 Apps, Apps, and More Apps Currently there are 2.8 million apps on Apple App Store Consuming info, videos, photos, audio & music, books & magazines, learning & education, games, etc. Certains apps are definitely best used on tablets

14 Reading Apps Demo a few very useful reading Apps Highly recommend the RBdigital with your public library card setup Project Gutenberg: Chinese book site:

15 Audio Apps Demo a few very useful audio/music Apps

16 Travel & Maps related Apps Demo a few useful travel & maps Apps Hey Siri to do direction

17 Health & Learning Apps Demo a few useful health & learning Apps

18 Shopping, Web tools, and Portal Apps Useful link by Rick Broida

19 Chinese & Hong Kong related Apps Demo some fun Chinese/HK Apps

20 Drawing & Creative Apps Demo some drawing & photo creative Apps Show some PhotoShop like effects

21 TV & Video Apps Paid Subscription:

22 Cord-cutting from Paid-TV Typical Comcast or DirecTV bills are not cheap Set top box with DVR, multi-rooms, whole home DVR, HD, premium and International channels, all can add up to a pricy fee Bundle (Triple play: TV/Internet/Phone) helps Streaming: Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, etc. Options: OTA HD antenna, one per TV Recording options: TIVO with or without subscription Tablo Channel Master

23 Cord-cutting from Paid-TV (cont.) HD Antenna & digital converter solution

24 Personal Computers Desktop Productive environment: dual 24 monitors at 1920x1080, full size keyboard and mouse, ethernet connected Laptop 14+ (less than 14 could be kind of small for mature adults ) Touch screen may not be desirable SSD (Solid State Drive) is lighter and much faster Weight is major consideration Choices between Windows, Chromebook, Macbook Chromebook is a good inexpensive choice for simple web surfing, and using Google Apps Windows would a good choice for video file viewing and editing, massive file manipulation, of course, Microsoft Office if that s important to you