New Technology For The Holiday Season: Mario’s “Digital Spin”

Posted on December 2, 2009

A big thanks to Mario for having me on his show this evening as a guest of “Digital Spin”!

We answered questions from callers and there were a lot of mobile, digital recording questions!

How to get internet for my laptop from my cell phone?
- It’s known as “tethering”
- You need a data plan from your cell company
- The speeds are much lower than regular wireless
- USB is faster than Bluetooth tethering
- It will drain your batteries
Is the Flip Mino the best pocket recorder?
- Cameras with removable batteries are better for beginners
- HD isn’t for the budget conscious
- Adria prefers the Panasonic Lumix ZS3 over the Flip Mino HD and Kodak Zx1
Why do so many HD video recorders not come with hard drives?
- How to Choose a Future Proof Video Camera – PCWorld
- Many do and can be connected to your computer with Firewire
How do you setup a shoulder mount video recorder? Accessories?
- Still need an answer on this one…
Voice to Text options for a friend who can’t type and how much?
- Speech recognition software is the name
- Dragon Naturally Speaking (PC) $41 at Amazon
- Via Voice (PC) $49 at Amazon
- Macspeech Dictate (Mac) $154 at Amazon (I have this and love it!)
- Mario’s CNN video on Internet Savvy Senior Citizens featuring keyboard
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw7Nlq6vj8[/youtube]

Mario’s website is full of appearances on television and radio as well as projects focused on technology and helping people embrace this new world of shiny gadgets! You can also follow him on Twitter @marioarmstrong

You can catch Mario’s shows here:

NPR affiliate. WEAA 88.9fm. Only tech show on FM radio in MD, DC & DE.
Wednesdays 7p-8p(EST) listen live online!
Sirius XM Radio ch.169-M-F 6p-7p EDT, Saturdays 5pm EDT & Sundays 11am EDT