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Wednesday
Jun012016

A 2016 Podcast Award Nominee! - The Giz Wiz Show! This is #1573 for June 3rd, 2016 - Our 57th Independent Production!  

Thanks to our wonderful Patreon supporters The Giz Wiz Show not only continues, not only enters its 2nd year of independent production, but now is nominated as "Best Tech Podcast Of The Year!"

(If you'd like to vote for us go here: www.podcastawards.com We are in nominated in the Tech Podcast category near the bottom of the page. You can vote once a day from now till June 12th. And thank you.)

If you'd like to support OMGChad & DickDe in our independent venture (we pay for everything ourselves) just click the Patreon link at the top of this page: http://www.gizwiz.tv/ You can also contribute just once via the PayPal link that's there too. And thank you! Our show wouldn't exist without our viewer's support. 

Need to free up memory on your Android Smartphone or Tablet? 

We shoot video for the Giz Wiz Show with a Galaxy S6. Great video quality, but we sometime run out of memory. The S6 doesn't have an expansion slot so I was thrilled to learn about the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0. Now you need to have a OTG-enabled Android smartphone or tablet. OTG stands for 'On The Go' and many recent device have it built in. I plugged my SanDisk Dual drive into my Galaxy S6 and it was recognized immediately as another drive on my phone. Just drag and drop videos, pictures, music, etc. from the phone memory to the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 or from the device. It has a micro-USB connector on one end, and a USB 3.0 connector on the other so you can move content easily between all devices. From your OTG-enabled Android smartphone or tablet to your laptop, your PC or Mac computer. The USB connector is USB 3.0 enabled and backward-compatible with USB 2.0 ports. SanDisk says you can transfer at speeds up to 150MB/s3; so it's possible to move whole movies, audiobooks, or music libraries in just seconds. It's available with 16, 32, 64 or 128GB of storage. And here's a hint you might need – DON'T use the Memory Zone app from the Google Play Store. I did and I couldn't get the device to work. I called customer service, told them what I was doing, and they said: “Don't use the app. Your phone works without it.” And it did. Of course you can try it on your device, maybe your results will be different. And finally, this device is amazingly CHEAP! I bought the 32GB version for under $11.00 and they were Amazon Prime, so free 2-day shipping for Prime Members. If I buy another one I'll get the 64GB version which is under $18. (Prices as of 6/2/16)

Company video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2QH39vKIHE  

See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1573

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