Category5 Technology TV - Going Retro on Your Smartphone

Going Retro on Your Smartphone

S05E42
July 10, 2012

Robbie and Eric demonstrate the iRetroPhone attachment for iPhone/Android/BlackBerry devices to give your smartphone a real retro feel.

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Robbie Ferguson and Eric Kidd present from the Category5 studios in Barrie, Ontario.
Happy Birthday to Christa Wells.
{play 5:20}Viewer Postcards from Invinciblemutant, John Zimmerman and Hillary Rumball.
{play 11:54}Viewer Questions.
Viewer Question: I've been trying to mount my Drobo FS via my home network on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. How can I do this?
Viewer Question: I have a Lubuntu system with 1 GB RAM which becomes very sluggish when I run a program that uses about 500 MB. I can't find what is using the remaining RAM but it looks like all my RAM is used up. What is using that RAM?
Reminiscing about the good ol' days when flash drives cost $1 per MB and a 1 GB hard drive was something exceptional.
Viewer Question: I'm setting up vsftpd on an Ubuntu desktop. I can connect to it using the Ubuntu system user, but am having trouble setting up virtual users. Can you help?
A good article on vsftpd: cat5.tv/vsftpd
Viewer Question: I'm attempting to connect my Linux Mint computer to my TV via HDMI. Everything works except audio. Sound is only coming through the laptop speakers. Any ideas?
Setting your sound preferences to send audio over HDMI in Linux, and using alsamixer in terminal to unmute the HDMI (S/PDIF) output and adjust the volume.
Viewer Comment: The HDMI audio problem could also be the cable.
Viewer Question: I just got a new laptop and want to dual boot Linux and Windows. Is there a particular version of Linux that is better for laptops?
Viewer Question: I have a Cisco VPN router and want to connect from Linux. How can I setup the VPN connection?
Installing the necessary network-manager modules to allow use of a Cisco VPN.
Viewer Question: I love Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Are the repositories for it still available?
{play 43:52}Top Stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom.
Send in your postcards to Category5 Technology TV, PO Box 29009, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, L4N 7W7.
{play 48:51}Feature: The iRetroPhone handset for your smartphone, and utilizing it with the MagicJack app for free long distance calling in Canada and the US over wifi.
iRetroPhone works with practically any device with a 3.5mm jack (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, BlackBerry, Android Phone, Tablet, etc.)
The iRetroPhone works great as a smartphone handset for regular dialing, but also takes the MagicJack app to the next level by giving you a retro style phone handset for tablets or iPod Touch that can dial anywhere in the Canada or US over your WiFi connection.
Eric tests the iRetroPhone on his BlackBerry device.
The upcoming studio move.