How to Shop for a Tablet, Portable Keyboards, Microsoft DreamSpark, Google Hangout Issues Solved – HT144

Posted on Sat November 16, 2013Sun November 12, 2023 by Jim Collison

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Rich O’Neil (@dvn7) and Kevin Schoonover (@schoondoggy1979) for show 144 of the Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network. With the first half of the show, after opening with an update on Malwarebytes and a coming review of the Magicstick, Kevin covers all things Tablets as you might be shopping for one at this Christmas time.

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[4:38] Malwarebytes Response and a MagicStick Review]

A note of response from Malwarebytes in HSS fourms: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6531-malwarebytes-important-information/

Contacted by http://powerocksmedia.com/ to review a Magicstick 2800mAh. Dropped that in the FB group and Christopher Brown offered to review. Might want to monitor the group. Link below.

[11:55] How to Shop for a Tablet]

Kevin’s Gear

Surface RT – http://amzn.com/B009XNBFJK / http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Microsoft-Surface-RT_id7181
Motorola XYboard 8.2 – http://amzn.com/B00BTJ21XU / http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Motorola-DROID-XYBOARD-8.2_id6687
Dell Venue 8 Pro – http://amzn.com/B00FEE7B1I / http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-8-pro/pd?oc=fncwv8p01h&model_id=dell-venue-8-pro
Ematics EGP008 – http://amzn.com/B00BH8TYKG / http://www.ematic.us/tablets/8-hd-dual-core-egp008

Tablets to test:

HP Slate 8 Pro – http://www.phonearena.com/phones/HP-Slate-8-Pro_id8151
Yoga tablet 8 & 10 – http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/landingpage/yoga-tablet/
Nokia 2520 – http://www.nokia.com/global/products/tablet/lumia2520/
Toshiba Encore – http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/toshiba-encore

[32:43] A Discussion on Portable Keyboards]

Logitech 920-003390 Tablet Keyboard for Android 3.0 Plus by Logitech http://amzn.com/B0054L8N7M

Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard (UR-00001) by Microsoft http://amzn.com/B008OEHPKM

[39:45] Tablet Ecosystems]

[47:48] Rich’s Purchases]

iStar – BPN-DE230SS-BLACK 3-bay trayless HDD cage | 6Gb/s http://amzn.com/B004IMKTUW

SilenX EFX-08-12 80mm Effizio Quiet Case Fan http://amzn.com/B005ZF64FK

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 http://amzn.com/B007KTY4A6

Samsumg 840 Pro – 256 GB http://amzn.com/B009NB8WRU

[57:11] Rich’s Network Infrastructure]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/umm7zzwt5pwnevh/home%20network.vsdx

https://www.dreamspark.com/

[1:06:50] Issues with Google Hangouts]

Google Talk Plugin woes

Latest ver. 4.9.1.16010 with a 1603 error

Run Revo Uninstaller in advanced mode to scan for registry vestiges

Run HiJackthis to remove BHO’s

Run CCleaner to further clean up the registry

Run Microsoft Fixit for uninstall issues

Download and run msi from google

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