[Techno-Chat]: Article: NBN Co prepares to switch off copper network | ZDNet

2016-09-08 Thread Dane Trethowan
Its rather a sad day in my area today but its part of "Progress", our old copper Phone line network is being disconnected. I now have a NBN Broad-Band connection and thus VOIP phone facilities but I still will miss those old telephone lines and I'm alreayd missing them. For example, the NBN

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Freedom Scientific Embarrassed by Elitech

2016-09-08 Thread Dane Trethowan
Another good reason I reckon to stick to mainstream devices wherever possible. On 9/09/2016 9:15 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Hello Everybody As you may be aware, Freedom Scientific and Russian developer, "Elitech" recently merged, so that the latter could use the Freedom Scientific facilities

[Techno-Chat]: Re: [Techno-Chat]; Wireless Audio: A Couple Of Points

2016-09-08 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yes, an interesting discussion. The situation you outlined with your Jambox is fair enough and no, for speech being played from Bluetooth the Jambox is acceptible. The main problem with the Jambox is that its old thus it uses older technology for its Bluetooth, nothing can be done about

[Techno-Chat]; Wireless Audio: A Couple Of Points

2016-09-08 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello Everybodx This discussion is very interesting actually. It is good to get different points of view. Let's keep in mind that everybody is an individual and just because they may or may not agree with us, that does not mean that they are wrong. I have the small JanBox, but I still think that

Re: [Techno-Chat]; Bluetooth speakers

2016-09-08 Thread Dane Trethowan
Again your point is taken however the Soundlink Mini is amongst the best Bose speakers around these days, how long since you heard some Bose speakers and what types did you hear? The model of Bose Soundlink Mini before this one wasn't all that good and the latest one sounds so much better as

Re: [Techno-Chat]; Bluetooth speakers

2016-09-08 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm very glad to hear it was on sale . I thinkl your description though is very telling, "SIRI understands me pretty well" and that's the point, there are a whole heap of devices out there now which SISI understands far better given they use better Bluetooth technology, the latest Bose

[Techno-Chat]; Bluetooth speakers

2016-09-08 Thread Stores, Mary A.
I got a Jabra Solemate Bluetooth speaker about a year ago and love it. It was on sale, and it had really good reviews. I can listen to music and talk on the phone with it, and Siri understands me pretty well. Mary From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net] Sent: Thursday,

Re: [Techno-Chat]; So the new iPhone 7 has been announced

2016-09-08 Thread Dane Trethowan
I have to admit the boost in sound quality when I upgraded from the 5S to the 6 was a huge plus and worth the upgrade for that reason, Apple have - in my view with the 6 and 6S at least - some of the best sounding internal speakers available on a mobile phone. Its a real pity that Apple still

RE: [Techno-Chat]; So the new iPhone 7 has been announced

2016-09-08 Thread Stores, Mary A.
What is a Rogy Pen? Mary From: Gordon Smith [mailto:gor...@mac-access.net] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 1:20 PM To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net Subject: RE: [Techno-Chat]; So the new iPhone 7 has been announced Having given this a bit of thought, I doubt that I will be upgrading

RE: [Techno-Chat]; So the new iPhone 7 has been announced

2016-09-08 Thread Gordon Smith
Having given this a bit of thought, I doubt that I will be upgrading for a while either. I still cannot find fault with the audio I get from my 5S and the original (little) JanBox by Jawbone. I don't use the Jambox for phone calls, it's true. But it works exceedingly well with the Rogy Pen. If I

RE: [Techno-Chat]; So the new iPhone 7 has been announced

2016-09-08 Thread Stores, Mary A.
Yeah, it will be nifty to see it when it comes out. However, since I got my 6S in march, I’ll be hanging on to it for a while. Mary From: Gordon Smith [mailto:gor...@mac-access.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 7:01 PM To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat];