Technology Thread.

[bobo the clown]

I just tried out a security thingummy-jig on my Samsung. It scans apps and uploads like you may expect, but it also helps out if the phone is stolen or lost.

I can activate from any pc/laptop or smart-phone and it helps locate it. It really does to within about 15 metres. All fairly normal I guess, but it can also activate a couple of noises, even with the sound switched to off ... and finally a screaming sound for emergency location.

Finally, if someone tries to activate it and not use the right password 3 times it takes photo's of the person using it and e-mails them to you plus the location. I tried it and it works very well indeed.

Maybe you trendy young things think that's all pretty standard but this old codger was mighty impressed.

[Dujon]

I tried it and it works very well indeed.

I hope, bobo, that's not equivalent to ringing 999 to see if it works.

[ChrisC]

Has anybody got a Microsoft Surface RT tablet? Thinking of getting one for general use and for use in the car for my 1 year old to watch baby related programs on long trips.

Curry's have a deal on at the moment for £275. Seems like a bargain.

[thebish]

Has anybody got a Microsoft Surface RT tablet? Thinking of getting one for general use and for use in the car for my 1 year old to watch baby related programs on long trips.

Curry's have a deal on at the moment for £275. Seems like a bargain.

did you just say you wanted an electronic device for a ONE YEAR OLD to watch programmes in the car???

[ChrisC]

Has anybody got a Microsoft Surface RT tablet? Thinking of getting one for general use and for use in the car for my 1 year old to watch baby related programs on long trips.

Curry's have a deal on at the moment for £275. Seems like a bargain.

did you just say you wanted an electronic device for a ONE YEAR OLD to watch programmes in the car???

Indeed

On long trips she gets fed up and my better half ends up with her arm through the headrest showing my daughter Charlie and the numbers on her phone It's the only way to keep her happy So I want the tablet for my general use and so I can fasten it to the headrest on long journeys to keep my daughter happy and content

Kids are getting demanding these days don't you know

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Fookin hell. I had to sit in the foot well with a view of the glove compartment when I was a kid. Play eye spy and say goo goo to it for goodness sake.

[ChrisC]

Fookin hell. I had to sit in the foot well with a view of the glove compartment when I was a kid. Play eye spy and say goo goo to it for goodness sake.

Yeah, but I bet you would rather have watched Charlie and the numbers AT

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Fookin hell. I had to sit in the foot well with a view of the glove compartment when I was a kid. Play eye spy and say goo goo to it for goodness sake.

Yeah, but I bet you would rather have watched Charlie and the numbers AT

I have no idea who Charlie is and I could already count

[ChrisC]

Fookin hell. I had to sit in the foot well with a view of the glove compartment when I was a kid. Play eye spy and say goo goo to it for goodness sake.

Yeah, but I bet you would rather have watched Charlie and the numbers AT

I have no idea who Charlie is and I could already count

You don't want to know him to be fair mate Makes me want to bang my head against a brick wall Amazing how kids can watch the same things over and over!

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Fookin hell. I had to sit in the foot well with a view of the glove compartment when I was a kid. Play eye spy and say goo goo to it for goodness sake.

Yeah, but I bet you would rather have watched Charlie and the numbers AT

I have no idea who Charlie is and I could already count

You don't want to know him to be fair mate Makes me want to bang my head against a brick wall Amazing how kids can watch the same things over and over!

I hear ya. My niece even insists I borrow her Barbie DVD in case the million times she has made me watch it with her isn't enough

[ChrisC]

Fookin hell. I had to sit in the foot well with a view of the glove compartment when I was a kid. Play eye spy and say goo goo to it for goodness sake.

Yeah, but I bet you would rather have watched Charlie and the numbers AT

I have no idea who Charlie is and I could already count

You don't want to know him to be fair mate Makes me want to bang my head against a brick wall Amazing how kids can watch the same things over and over!

I hear ya. My niece even insists I borrow her Barbie DVD in case the million times she has made me watch it with her isn't enough

Come on, be honest AT The DVD belongs to you doesn't it?

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Come on, be honest AT The DVD belongs to you doesn't it?

Nah. I could watch it online if I were that way inclined

[Montreal Wanderer]

Has anybody got a Microsoft Surface RT tablet? Thinking of getting one for general use and for use in the car for my 1 year old to watch baby related programs on long trips.

Curry's have a deal on at the moment for £275. Seems like a bargain.

did you just say you wanted an electronic device for a ONE YEAR OLD to watch programmes in the car???

Indeed

On long trips she gets fed up and my better half ends up with her arm through the headrest showing my daughter Charlie and the numbers on her phone It's the only way to keep her happy So I want the tablet for my general use and so I can fasten it to the headrest on long journeys to keep my daughter happy and content

Kids are getting demanding these days don't you know

Put your better half in the back seat where she belongs! On second thoughts, skip it....

[ChrisC]

Has anybody got a Microsoft Surface RT tablet? Thinking of getting one for general use and for use in the car for my 1 year old to watch baby related programs on long trips.

Curry's have a deal on at the moment for £275. Seems like a bargain.

did you just say you wanted an electronic device for a ONE YEAR OLD to watch programmes in the car???

Indeed

On long trips she gets fed up and my better half ends up with her arm through the headrest showing my daughter Charlie and the numbers on her phone It's the only way to keep her happy So I want the tablet for my general use and so I can fasten it to the headrest on long journeys to keep my daughter happy and content

Kids are getting demanding these days don't you know

Put your better half in the back seat where she belongs! On second thoughts, skip it....

She would still get arm ache holding the phone up so the little one can watch things. Want something I can put films on aswell for when little one gets abit older.

[boltonboris]

I just tried out a security thingummy-jig on my Samsung. It scans apps and uploads like you may expect, but it also helps out if the phone is stolen or lost.

I can activate from any pc/laptop or smart-phone and it helps locate it. It really does to within about 15 metres. All fairly normal I guess, but it can also activate a couple of noises, even with the sound switched to off ... and finally a screaming sound for emergency location.

Finally, if someone tries to activate it and not use the right password 3 times it takes photo's of the person using it and e-mails them to you plus the location. I tried it and it works very well indeed.

Maybe you trendy young things think that's all pretty standard but this old codger was mighty impressed.

You can also ping a message to the phone screen, too. Like: "I'll find you, you thieving bastard. And when I do..." Etc

[bobo the clown]

Life just gets better and better Boris, thanks for that..

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Hmmmm. I wondered why my phone kept on threatening me.

[Bijou Bob]

What's the app called Bobo? I fancy that!!

[Bruce Rioja]

Is there a similar thingymajig for the i phone?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Is there a similar thingymajig for the i phone?

Yeh, it's the nobody-wants-to-nick-that-thing-coz-its-so-last-year app.