Why I returned my iPad

According to a good friend, and fellow technology aficionado, I caused hell to freeze over a few weeks ago when I bought a 64 GB 3G iPad after publicly stating that I was going to sit this one out, (https://realtytechbytes.com/why-i-am-not-buying-a-ipad/). There were a couple of really good reasons for doing this, not the least of…

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Solve wireless network “blues”!

So, I had this problem.  My wife loves to watch movies on the TV.  Recently we were fortunate enough to come into a big screen, flat panel TV that has taken her movie watching into a whole new dimension of entertainment.  I am a member of NetFlix, but since my taste in movies tends to…

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Own your own AT&T cell “tower”!

On June 27th I told you about a solution that I was using to solve the almost non existent AT&T coverage in my office. Here is the link to that article in case you missed it: https://realtytechbytes.com/solve-poor-att-reception/ It actually worked quite nicely, until you picked up the phone. Once you did that, and took the…

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Can I offer you One Facebook tip?

I sure hope that you’ll say yes, because the problem that this tip will solve is starting to look like an epidemic. Facebook is built on connecting with people and becoming their “friend”.  Once you are friends with someone you can start to share your life stream with them and they can share theirs with…

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Social Networking Secret Weapon

I have to confess.  I have a secret weapon that allows me to stay on top of my Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn networks. If you’ve got more than a few friends on these networks, keeping up with everyone’s activities can be pretty time consuming, but keep up you must.  Otherwise, what is the point of…

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Use your cellphone with your home or office phone system

Last week I told you about how I solved my AT&T “no reception” problem at my office in San Ramon. (https://realtytechbytes.com/solve-poor-att-reception/) The solution works perfectly…if I want to use the speaker phone on my iPhone.  If I pick up the phone to answer it I lose my reception!  That’s because in order for the phone…

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Solve poor AT&T Reception

AT&T is the company that people love to hate. It seems like I read at least one negative review of the iPhone for every positive one that I read and all the negative ones are generally based on the poor signal quality of AT&T. I find that interesting because with the exception of one location,…

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To friend or not to friend … On Facebook

So, I was asked the following question on Facebook the other day “Jerry, do you think I should be friending more people say friends of friends even though I don’t know them?”  At first glance that seems like a simple enough question to answer, but as I thought about what I should say to him…

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How to choose the cell phone that is right for you!

Ever since Apple announced the 4G iPhone earlier this month, I have been doing some research on which phone I might want to buy when my current contract runs out in early July. And, with the huge assortment of really capable phones available, it’s been an interesting process. To start with, I took a look…

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