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Take me into the 21st century! New Technology Group

Our Survey What people want to learn about

Covered so far 1.iPhone Basics 2.iPad Basics 3.Broadband, 3G and Wi-Fi Basics 4.The Cloud 5. New Technology Group

Catch up at on past sessions at New Technology Group

Coming Soon! eBooks eBooks – which to choose and why? MusicandPodcasts Music and Podcasts – where from? MoreApps More Apps –best Apps? Androidv. Apple Android v. Apple – how to choose? New Technology Group

iPad Basics Mike Hender U3A 3 Dec 2012 iPad Basics

Tablets are primarily about 'Lean-back‘ Consumption iPad Basics

Questions covered 1 Newspapers, Blogs – Magazines – Books – BBC iPlayer – Watching videos – iPad Basics

Questions covered 2 ing – Web browsing – Camera and showing photos – Listening to music – Listening to podcasts – iPad Basics

Questions covered 3 Social: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Etc. iPad Basics

iPhone Basics Mike Hender U3A 5 Nov 2012 iPhone Basics

Questions covered 1 Basics Using as a phone Sending texts ing Web browsing iPhone Basics

Questions covered 2 Camera and photos Listening to music and podcasts Watching videos Voice input – Siri Basics 2 iPhone Basics

iPhone 5 Home Button Home Button On/Off Button On/Off Button Ring/ Silent Volume Buttons Volume Buttons Apps iPhone Basics

Broadband, 3G and Wi‐Fi U3A New Tech 7 January 2013 Mike Hender Broadband, 3G and Wi‐Fi Basics

Broadband 2Mbps – 40Mbps2Mbps – 100Mbps WiFi.pdf 17 Telephone Network Cable Network

Wi-Fi speed ac – 800 Mbps n – 160 Mbps g – 20 Mbps b – 3 Mbps Wi-Fi WiFi.pdf 18 Router ISP speed 2 – 40 Mbps

Questions covered 1 Help! What exactly are Wi-Fi, Broadband and 3G Mobile Data? Which one should I connect with? What are the benefits of each for PC, Tablet, Smartphone? WiFi.pdf 19 Broadband, 3G and Wi‐Fi Basics

Questions covered 2 What are the relative costs - what's best value for money? How fast do they work? How much data ( s, Web Pages, Apps, Music, Films) can I download? WiFi.pdf 20 Broadband, 3G and Wi‐Fi Basics

Questions covered 3 What does my Router do and how do I connect to it? How do I get Wi-Fi in my home? How do I get Wi-Fi when I'm out and about? WiFi.pdf 21 Broadband, 3G and Wi‐Fi Basics

Questions covered 4 It's a scary world out there, so how do I keep my stuff secure? How do I get help when I'm stuck? WiFi.pdf 22 Broadband, 3G and Wi‐Fi Basics

The Cloud U3A New Tech 4 February 2013 Mike Hender

Get a better understanding of this major technology shift and how it may affect our lives Get a sense of what’s real and what’s hype Identify one or two areas of interest that you could explore for yourself to get some immediate value The Cloud

NB Smartphones, tablets and eReaders are already deeply embedded in the Cloud so you should immediately see areas that you are already familiar with! The Cloud

Google’s Cloud Data Centre

The Cloud The Cloud – so what is it? 100GB500GB 16GB Your B/Up Your Docs Your eBooks Your s 5GB – 200GB 50GB* 2GB 1GB 10GB 100GB * Example sizes 1GB Your Diary 1GB Your Contacts 10GB Your Music Your Photos 16GB 3GB

What use is all this to me? Store and share your photos and videos Store and stream your music and podcasts Send large files to friends Backup all your valuable stuff Play multi-user games The Cloud

What use is all this to me? Subscribe to digital newspapers Borrow, buy and read digital books on any device Have all your photos, music and videos available wherever you are on all your gadgets Enjoy cloud services like iPlayer and Facebook The Cloud

You can now keep in the Cloud Anything that you would previously have kept on your own: – PC hard disk – Video recorder – DVD player – CD library – Book shelf And this is one of the driving forces boosting Tablet computing The Cloud

U3A New Tech 4 March 2013 Mike Hender

Questions answered How do I Set up on a phone or tablet? Choose the best service? Control my inbox? Find my missing mails? Send to a group?....

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