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Amazon Kindle (2019) them. The updated Kindle isn’t as
bit.ly/kindle474 device feels lighter feature-rich as the
and, with its Paperwhite, which is
For the purest ebook experience, smoothed-out edges equipped with five
Amazon’s Kindle has always been the and bezels, even more (rather than four)
best e-reader. The only real complaint comfortable to hold. LED front lights,
about the entry-level version of the But despite fancy new a cellular connection,
device was that it was too simple internal tools, the core and IPX8
compared to the more sophisticated Kindle experience waterproofing.
– and more expensive – Paperwhite. remains unchanged. For audiophiles, the
Amazon, it seems, has heard those The 6in screen with its 256ppi E ink real difference comes down to
cries and updated its classic e-reader display will be familiar to existing Kindle storage, with the Paperwhite loaded
accordingly. owners – and while it’s admittedly easier with 8GB, compared to the latest
The all-new Kindle (as Amazon is on the eyes than the bright lights of a Kindle’s 4GB. Likewise, if you’re not
calling it) finally adds a built-in front standard tablet, it lacks the general fussed about the all-new Kindle’s
light for reading day and night. And crisp imagery of its older, pricier upgrades, the old eighth-generation
that’s not all, with the device receiving counterpart. Old-school fans may be Kindle is still £20 cheaper.
a Bluetooth upgrade and support for disappointed to see this is yet another Amazon is selling the device for £70
audiobooks from the Amazon-owned touchscreen e-reader, with no satisfying – although that model comes with
Audible. A word of warning, though: ‘click’ of physical buttons when you on-screen ‘special offers’ (better
with no audio jack, you’ll need to hook ‘turn the page’. known as adverts); you can avoid
up Bluetooth headphones to listen to Another drawback is that the all-new these by spending an extra tenner.
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this information and that identifiable individuals. with services have massive advice from the relevant
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We test and compare the latest products
Vodafone
Smart X9
The Vodafone Smart X9 isn’t a
perfect smartphone, but for less
than £100, what’s not to like?
W
hen you think of was great at the time but
Vodafone, you has since been superseded
probably think of by the newer Moto G7
a mobile network rather than (reviewed in Issue 472, bit.ly/
a smartphone manufacturer, webuser472). However, the
but Vodafone also produces G6 is still available to buy for
unique phones under its own around £200, while the Moto
brand. This cuts out the E5 costs £120.
hardware middleman and The X9’s 5.7in 18:9 display is
allows Vodafone to supply surrounded by thin bezels to
surprisingly good phones the left and right and slightly
(locked to its own network, thicker bezels at the top and
of course) at remarkably low bottom, although thankfully
prices. The latest model is there’s no unsightly notch. premium-looking glass The front of the phone is
the Smart X9. It’s not Flip it over and its design is coating. We have no problem dominated by its 1080p
blisteringly fast, but it’s pleasingly minimalist. The with plastic because it touchscreen. It’s an IPS
better than anyone would dual-camera array is neatly reduces the overall weight, display, which is inferior
expect for a phone that costs contained in the top-left but there’s not much you can technology to the AMOLED
just £99 (not including a corner, and the circular do about the smudges. screens you find on more
compulsory £10 top-up to fingerprint reader sits near expensive models, but it’s
get you started). the top in the middle. A Memory and screen good for the price. Viewing
At first glance, you’d be Vodafone logo is barely The Smart X9 provides a angles are decent, and its
forgiven for mistaking the X9 visible near the bottom. microSD card slot to help maximum brightness of
for a more expensive model, The back of the device is beef up the rather limited 455cd/m2 (candles per square
thanks to its slim, curved the most obvious indication 32GB of internal storage, metre) should make it easy to
design, fingerprint reader that this isn’t an expensive and there’s a 3.5mm see in bright sunshine, while
and dual cameras. model, however. Not only is it headphone jack on the top its contrast level of 1,436:1
It comes with a magnet for fingerprints, but edge, which is always makes everything look clear
a Qualcomm it’s quite clearly made of welcome but by no means and sharp. Its colour accuracy
Snapdragon plastic rather than a more guaranteed these days. isn’t the best we’ve seen, but
450 processor, we can forgive it a few foibles
backed with for the price.
3GB of RAM and In our benchmark tests, the
32GB of internal You’d be forgiven for mistaking the Smart X9’s performance
storage. This X9 for a more expensive model, thanks matched that of the Moto G6,
specification is which is what we’d expect
identical to that of last
to its slim, curved design given that their internal
year’s Moto G6, which specifications are identical.
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Vodafone Smart X9 Product Test
■ 153g
Time (hours)
■ 148 x 71 x 7.95mm
FOR
This puts it behind the Moto phone: Start, Tips and My we’d expect from a £100
✓ Looks good
G7 Power (also reviewed in Vodafone. Navigation feels smartphone, presenting
✓ Decent performance
Issue 472) but again, you’d snappy enough, but we plenty of detail even in
✓ Great camera for the price
expect that from a pricier noticed that it felt slower than relatively low light. We don’t
phone. Compared with other more expensive handsets. want to overstate the quality AGAINST
phones in its price bracket of its shots – it’s no match for
✗ Locked to Vodafone
– last year’s Vodafone Smart Battery and camera the Huawei Mate 20 Pro or
V8, the Moto E5 and the Battery life isn’t bad, either. even the OnePlus 6T, for
Honor 7A – the X9 is faster. The X9 has a 3,100mAh example – but the photos are BETTER BATTERY
The result was the same in battery, which lasted for 13 remarkably good for a budget
Motorola Moto G7 Power,
our intense graphical tests, hours in our looped video phone and are certainly £179
although there are no real test. That puts it ahead of the enough to satisfy most bit.ly/motg474
winners here because all the V8, G6 and 7A, but some way people’s needs if money
budget phones struggled to behind the Moto G7 Power is tight.
reach frame rates of above and the Moto E5, both of You can’t have everything,
20fps, which doesn’t make for which have incredible stamina of course, and the X9’s
a wonderful experience when (see table above). 8-megapixel front-facing
playing the latest games. That A £100 smartphone with a camera is nothing to write
said, these benchmarks are dual-camera array is home about. Shots taken with
deliberately tough, so you’ll something of a rarity, so it lacked depth and were
find that simple games should Vodafone deserves particular thoroughly over-processed.
run without too much credit for achieving such a Captured video could also
difficulty. feat with the X9. Its be better. The Vodafone
We were pleased to see 16-megapixel primary camera Smart X9 records at a
that the X9 is practically free is supported by a 5-megapixel maximum resolution of just
from junk software, with just secondary camera for adding 1080p at 30fps and offers
FASTER GRAPHICS
three bundled Vodafone apps depth to shots. The photos little in the way of image
when you first switch on the we took were a lot better than stabilisation. Honor 7A, £129.99
bit.ly/hon474
HP Tango X
HP’s new multifunction printer is a refreshing change from
the usual ink-guzzling desktop behemoths
T
he HP Tango X is not go. Meanwhile, because
your typical home the printer only operates
printer. There are no wirelessly, we found it tricky
cables (other than the power to position: it still needs
lead) for connecting it to a power supply, so you can’t
other devices, and you set it just put it anywhere, and
up using your smartphone perhaps because it uses
rather than your PC. It’s quiet 802.11n Wi-Fi
and compact, with a textured rather than
wraparound cover that 802.11ac,
converts into an output tray, we found the
so you can camouflage it Tango fussy about
when it’s not in use. If that where it was located.
sounds like a gimmick, it’s You need a solid Wi-Fi
surprisingly effective in connection because there’s
practice: during testing, no USB port to connect to
we kept the HP Tango X in our if it stops working.
The ink subscription service promises
living room and, when it was Nor should you expect fast
folded up and put away, it print speeds. HP claims the free photo prints for the printer’s lifetime
looked more like a thick Tango X produces 20ppm
hardback book than a printer. (pages per minute) mono
The main drawback comes printing and 11ppm in colour, HP will automatically send sharpened and straightened
when someone wants to print but those figures are for draft you replacement cartridges before being sent to the
something, because the cover mode. In reality, you’ll have when your printer needs printer. You can “scan to
has to be unfolded and paper to wait around 30 seconds them. There are a few rules email” in a similar way.
inserted before it’s ready to for the first page to print and and regulations, though, so While the app integrates
can expect, at most, three check the details at bit.ly/ with both Dropbox and
or four pages per minute. hpink474 before you commit. Google Drive, you can only
PRODUCT INFO But that’s not a problem for The Tango also supports print PDFs and JPEG photos
HP Tango X a printer that you only use copying and scanning, which from within it. This is a
Price: £179.99 occasionally. is done via your smartphone. frustrating restriction, which
Buy from HP: When you open the HP Smart means you have to start your
bit.ly/hptx474 Print quality and ink app and press the Copy PC to print other types of
The good news is that the button, you’re prompted to document from there or,
SPECIFICATIONS print quality is excellent. take a photo of your target slightly bizarrely, email a file
■ 4,800 x 1,200dpi print resolution Text is solid with no document, which is to the printer instead.
■ 802.11n Wi-Fi feathering, while the three-
■ Bluetooth LE colour ink cartridge produces
■ A4 maximum paper size strong graphics and excellent OUR VERDICT HHHH
■ 377 x 206 x 91mm photos. Print on HP photo
■ 3kg paper and the company The HP Tango X offers you FEATURES H H H H H
■ 1 year warranty
promises the results will last two buying choices: the PERFORMANCE H H H H H
you a lifetime, and to the straight-up Tango for £129, EASE OF USE H H H H H
naked eye they look as good which is the same printer
FOR VALUE FOR MONEY H H H H H
as professional prints. The but doesn’t include the
✓ Quiet and compact only slight flaw is a 1mm-thick wraparound cover; or the
✓ High-quality prints white border on one edge. full discreetly camouflaged hulk of conventional
✓ Subscription photo prints That brings us to one of the Tango X, which costs an all-in-one machines. HP’s
Tango’s big innovations: an extra £51. That may seem a latest innovation doesn’t
AGAINST ink subscription service that lot for a piece of fabric, but come cheap, but it delivers
✗ No USB connection promises free photo prints for it really does look a lot on its promise of rethinking
✗ Slow performance the printer’s lifetime. From better than the standard home printing.
£1.99 for 50 pages per month,
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Web User’s Best Buys
Web User and its sister titles test over 2,500 products every year
HARDWARE
SMARTPHONE WI-FI EXTENDER
Moto G7 Power Netgear Nighthawk X6S
£179.99 from bit.ly/pow472 £145.99 from bit.ly/ngx6s471
Tested: Issue 472 Tested: Issue 471
Battery life is at the heart of what we love The Nighthawk X6S’s unbeatable
and hate about our phones, and the Moto G7 combination of high speed and top-end
Power lasted an incredible 26 hours and 22 features makes it the best Wi-Fi
minutes in our tests. Its specs and price are also great. extender available. It’s big and boxy, but its performance
gives mesh-router systems a run for their money.
KEY SPECS
Octa-core 1.8GHz processor n 64GB storage n 4GB RAM n KEY SPECS
6.2in, 720 x 1,570-pixel screen n 12-megapixel rear camera, Works with 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks n 4 x Gigabit
8-megapixel front camera n 5,000mAh battery n 159.4 x 76 Ethernet ports n Access control n Wi-Fi schedule n WPS
x 9.3mm n 193g n One-year return-to-base warranty button n 277 x 170 x 93mm n Two-year warranty
The Blink XT can be positioned anywhere in your home, The Samsung 970 Evo is a smart, affordable choice for
indoors or out, and includes a lifetime subscription to its anyone looking to get better performance from their laptop.
cloud-storage service. You get a couple of years’ use out of It’s very fast, with excellent file-transfer speeds, and there
the camera before you need to replace the batteries. are higher capacity versions with up to 2TB of storage.
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Finding one specific folder in a group isn’t easy because they all look the same.
This free tool lets you assign different colours to individual folders, so they stand
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the Change Folder Icon entry and pick a colour. There are additional icon packs
available to install, so you can customise your folders whenever you feel the need.
JSoft PDF Reducer can compress, merge and split PDF files, Don’t be put off by the dated interface of Eusing’s free system
as well as rearrange or delete pages, add or remove text, and cleaner – it does a great job of removing all traces of your
include passwords, watermarks and signatures in your PDFs. computer activity and internet usage, ‘washing’ your system
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After nearly five years, BBEdit, the professional text, code and markup Arguably the best Linux distribution available for
editor for macOS, returns to the Mac App Store as a 64-bit application advanced users, Fedora 30 has just hit beta at
with more than 300 new features and refinements, Dark Mode support, the time of writing and the final release should
Git integration and more. The app offers a 30-day evaluation period be available around the time you read this.
with all the features – once the trial ends, the software reverts to free DeepinDE and Pantheon Desktop join KDE
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Best New Browser Tools
This fortnight’s most useful tips and add-ons to help you get the
most from Chrome, Firefox, Opera and more
websites automatically
Hide Tabs (Panic Button)
(bit.ly/hide474) is one of our
favourite new add-ons for Opera
In the darkest recesses of the internet, – and not just because it does
the air threatens to turn so blue, it’d make exactly what you think it does.
a hardened docker blush. The Advanced It also gets the thumbs-up from
Profanity Filter (bit.ly/profanity474) us for its sheer speed. Whether
makes the web more pleasant for you you’ve got one open tab or
and your family. After installation, click many on-screen, hit the Hide
the add-on’s toolbar button to take Tabs icon and in a blink of an
control of what you see online – start by eye, they’ll vanish from view,
toggling the tool to On, then click replaced with your usual
Options to censor, substitute or remove homepage. Another tap of the
swear words, and blacklist and whitelist icon magically brings them back
specific domains. The extension even as if nothing happened. This is
works on video subtitles – albeit useful when you’re browsing for
experimentally. secrets such as gifts, or you
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Video have revolutionised the way Indeed, many streaming services now
we experience our entertainment, offer their own download options for
providing us with instant access to offline playback, although usually
films, TV shows, music videos, live there are some restrictions.
events, viral clips and much more, In this feature, we explain how to
directly in our browsers and on our download any video you stream,
mobile devices. so you can enjoy the best of both
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INCOGNITO MODE
Your browser’s private-browsing mode can do much
more than conceal details of the sites you visit. Robert
Irvine reveals eight of the most useful incognito tricks
HOW TO GO INCOGNITO
To switch to private mode in your browser, either open the main menu in the
top-right corner and choose ‘New incognito window’ (Chrome), ‘New Private
Window’ (Firefox) or ‘New InPrivate window’ (Edge); or press Ctrl+Shift+N
(Chrome) or Ctrl+Shift+P (non-Chromium browsers). You can also right-click
a link to open that page in private mode.
Log into two accounts it’s also sensible precaution when you
with the same site hop on a computer away from home,
It’s not unusual to have more than one such as to check your emails at a
account with a particular online service: friend’s house or print your travel
for example, you may have different arrangements in a hotel lobby. By using
Gmail addresses for work and personal private-browsing mode, you can ensure
use, run a that your browsing history, login details
Facebook group and any information you’ve entered
in addition to into forms won’t be stored on that
your individual machine and made easily accessible to
profile or have anyone who hops on after you!
Search in incognito mode to get unfiltered
separate eBay
results - albeit it with adverts
accounts for View content as it
buying and than log out of Google or switch to a appears to others
selling. Rather different search engine when you want Private-browsing mode provides a
than signing out to view unbiased and unfiltered results, quick and easy way for web developers
of one account try searching in private-browsing mode. to see how their sites look from the
Sign into a second and into the other This trick also works on other sites that ‘other side’, so they can identify any
email account while every time you shape your search results, such as problems that prospective visitors
staying logged into want to switch YouTube and Twitter. The downside is might encounter. However, it’s equally
the first
between them, that your ad blocker (if you use one) is useful for previewing how your social-
you can use your browser’s incognito disabled when you go incognito, so media content appears to other people,
mode to log into both simultaneously. you’ll either need to ignore the adverts without needing to log out of your
Because private-browsing mode and ‘sponsored’ results, or allow it to account. Just open your Facebook
doesn’t store sign-in cookies or access run in private mode – see box, right. profile, Twitter feed, Instagram page,
those saved in standard browsing WordPress blog or other social site to
mode, the accounts won’t interfere Browse anonymously check which of your posts, photos and
with one another and you won’t be away from home personal details are public and
automatically signed in when you go Incognito mode isn’t only useful for therefore visible to anyone.
incognito. covering your tracks on your own PC,
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Incognito mode
The YouTube
app has a
handy
Incognito
option – but
the website
doesn’t
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t’s not easy to compete with the big time of writing) is Vivaldi 2.4, which
four browsers – Google Chrome, adds customisation options, multi-user
Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and support, extra bookmarking tools and a
Opera – but Vivaldi is doing a good job calculator in the Quick Command tool.
of getting noticed. Created by Opera Vivaldi is available for Windows,
co-founder Jon von Tetzchner, Vivaldi macOS and Linux, and is based on
launched in 2016. Since then it has Chromium, which means it can run
added innovation after innovation with add-ons developed for Chrome and
each update. The latest version (at the Opera. Here’s what’s new in the browser.
1
2
BOOKMARKS BAR
The new version of Vivaldi
adds right-click context
menu support for folders in
2 1 the bookmarks bar
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hy is it that the file you want to use is never on the
right device? Whether it’s a photo on your
Android phone that you want to edit on your PC,
Andy Shaw says
The free version of Feem is surprisingly
or a document on your PC that you want to read on your
powerful but there are a few advantages
iPad, you need to jump through hoops to email it to yourself
to upgrading to a paid-for plan, such as
or sync it through the cloud. Either of these options means
sharing files between a lot of devices at
uploading, downloading and switching between devices
once, changing the slightly daft device
and apps, leaving a trail of files behind you.
names or changing the default download
Feem cuts all this nonsense to its simplest level, letting
folder. You can do this through the
you share files between any combination of your
Device Settings option once you’ve
devices, whether they run Windows, Android, iOS,
upgraded. Moving to Pro costs $4.99
macOS or Linux, as long as they’re all connected to
(around £3.81) for 1-4 devices, and $9.99
the same wireless network. You don’t even need to
(around £7.63) for 5-19 devices.
be connected to the internet.
1 1
1 2
The most likely reason why Feem might not work is Choose a device and install Feem v4 on it (we’ve installed
because your devices aren’t all on the same network. If you it on an iPad). Links to the mobile apps can be found at
have more than one network (such as 2.4GHz and 5GHz), feem.io. You don’t have to give Feem permission to send
make sure everything’s on the same one. In Windows, click the you notifications 1 but you do have to allow access to photos,
‘Internet access’ symbol in the notification area. 1 Compare files and folders. The Windows version triggers the ‘Windows
networks with your mobile devices. 2 protected your PC’ screen – click ‘More info’ to bypass it.
3 2
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4
3 4
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given a name. 2 The initials in the icon reflect the name of appear on each others’ screens. If one device doesn’t
the device, 3 with another icon that shows what kind of appear on the others, check it’s on the correct network, 1
device it’s installed on. 4 This helps you distinguish your then close the app and restart it. Here, on the Windows app,
devices when you add more. Install the software or app on any you can see it’s connected to an Android 2 and an Apple 3
other devices you want to share files between. device.
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Click or tap the device you want to send a file to. If the Click or tap Send File 1 and your device’s usual file
device is in the hands of another person, you can chat to selection tool appears. On Windows, it’s a File Explorer
them by typing a message into the Chat box. 1 Press window. Select the file and click OK. The file appears in
Enter or the arrow key to send the message. Responses appear the transfer section 2 and reports on its progress across the
on your screen. 2 network.
1
2
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Click or tap the file to see the options available, which may To find files later on iOS, click the menu button 1 and
vary slightly depending on the device. On Windows, you choose File Browser, 2 then tap Others. Your files are
can open the file 1 or show the folder it’s in. 2 Android listed. Tap a file and you can open it in the software or
and iOS have the same options, but iOS offers to let you open choose to open it in another app using iOS’s standard export
the file in another app straight away – however, it doesn’t show tool.
you where the file is.
2
1
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Feem installed, use the WebShare option. Choose it from may be able to use one of the devices to create a
the menu, then click the ‘Turn on Feem WebShare’ switch. hotspot, connect the other device and share files. On
On the remote PC, type the URL into a browser, click Login and a compatible device, such as this Android tablet, tap the Wi-Fi
enter the password listed on the host device. Click a file 1 to Direct switch. 1 The network name and password 2 is shown.
download it. 2 Connect another device to it and share files as normal.
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How to
... Add Wi-Fi connectivity
to your vehicle
Wayne Williams shows you how to keep your passengers happy on
long journeys by kitting out your car with a reliable Wi-Fi connection
G
etting online when you were yourself in the total back of beyond, add Wi-Fi to your car. Doing so has
away from home used to be a there’s a good chance you’ll be able lots of benefits, especially for your
challenge because free Wi-Fi to access the internet wherever you passengers, because they’ll be able
in hotels, airports and coffee shops are, including while you’re on the to connect wireless-only devices
was often slow and unreliable. move. such as tablets to your network,
Thankfully, these days that’s (mostly) In this issue’s Weekend Project, and stream videos and music, as well
no longer the case. Unless you find we look at a number of ways you can as play online-only games.
Share your smartphone’s indeed, the other methods discussed For that reason, if you intend to
connection here) is that if you’re on a limited mobile regularly share your connection in your
Thanks to the widespread availability data plan, other devices using your car, you might want to upgrade to a
of 4G, the easiest way to get a decent connection may eat through your larger or unlimited plan. You could also
connection in your car is by turning your allowance, especially if they are streaming consider buying a spare phone to leave
smartphone into a hotspot that other media. It might seem like a good idea to in your car, and use this as the device
devices can connect to. The process is let your children or grandchildren watch for the hotspot. Remember to keep it
very straightforward and we show you YouTube videos on a long car journey, charged or plugged in all the time.
how to do this on both iOS and Android but you may regret the decision later if It’s also worth pointing out that the
in our Mini Workshop on page 61. you don’t have enough of your allowance quality of the connection you share will
The downside to this method (and, left over to check your emails. be reliant on where you are. If you find
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The 4GEE WiFi Mini lets you connect up to 20 devices The Pocket Hotspot Pro Netgear M1 delivers download
speeds of up to 1Gbps
yourself in a part of the country with only (especially when connecting multiple contract) for 10GB of data. O2 offers the
3G coverage (or worse), you can expect devices), as well as better battery life. Huawei Pocket Hotspot 4G 2017 for
to hear complaints from your passengers It also has the benefit of freeing up your £20.38 a month (on a 24-month
when videos freeze or pages fail to load. phone for whatever tasks you might need contract) for 15GB per month of data.
it for, such as taking and making calls. If you want an even better router, O2 also
Use a dedicated mobile hotspot All the major mobile network providers offers the Pocket Hotspot Pro Netgear M1
If you don’t want to use your smartphone offer devices that you can either buy for £24.84 a month (on a 36-month
to create a hotspot in the car, consider outright, along with a data-only SIM card, contract). You get 15GB of data with
buying and using a dedicated mobile or pick up for free (or for a small upfront download speeds of up to one Gigabit-
hotspot (sometimes referred to as MiFi cost) as part of a contract. You don’t per-second.
or Mobile Wi-Fi). This is essentially a need to stick with the same provider you Plans from the different mobile
small portable router that turns a 3G/4G use for your phone, so feel free to shop providers all tend to be customisable,
mobile data connection into a wireless around. so if you want a shorter contract or more
signal. You can connect multiple devices For an idea of the sort of price you can data, it’s easily arranged. The price will
to the network (the number varies, but expect to pay, EE’s 4GEE WiFi Mini change accordingly, of course.
20 is typical) and because it’s portable, (bit.ly/eewm474) is available for no There are also dongles available
you can use it at home, in the car, on a upfront cost, but you pay £13 a month specifically for use in a vehicle, which
train and at your destination – just take it (on a 24-month contract) to get 5GB of plug into the 12V power socket. This
wherever you want to go. data per month, or £22 a month for 15GB means you don’t need to worry about
A mobile hotspot provides a more of data. Another option is the Huawei charging before your journey and can use
reliable connection than what you get E5573 4G Mobile Wi-Fi Router, which it to power your mobile phone at the
from simply tethering a smartphone costs £25 a month (on an 18-month same time. Although these are rarely
EE no longer sells the Buzzard 2 directly, Connect your devices to the GX450
but it’s still available to buy online as soon as the ignition is turned on
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A
phone camera’s default mode
is point-and-shoot, which is
quick and easy for taking
photographs. But you can go beyond
these basic settings to access manual
camera features if you want more
control over your images.
The process varies depending on
your phone and camera app, but if
you want to adjust the ISO (light
sensitivity), shutter speed, light
balance and any other attributes in
your quest for the perfect shot, look
for a cog icon, a menu button or try
swiping left or right. If the camera
app doesn’t have these features or
you find them tricky to use, install
Camera FV-5 (bit.ly/cafv474) or
Manual Camera (bit.ly/mancam474) on Android; or MuseCam (bit.ly/ Find your camera’s manual
muse474) or VSCO (bit.ly/vcs474) on iOS. There are free versions of these settings or use an app,
such as Camera FV-5
apps and they make accessing manual settings much easier.
Use High Dynamic Range discard the normal photo in addition to Use exposure compensation
The scene you want to shoot might the HDR photo. A camera’s automatic exposure can
include both light and dark areas, and be thrown by certain situations such
regular camera settings may set the Force a sharper focus as snow, beaches, when the sun is
exposure for one area leaving other The iPhone and some other phones behind the subject and scenes with a
parts dark or washed out. HDR (High have a focus and exposure lock, which lot of sky, resulting in poor-quality
Dynamic Range) combines the best bits can prove very useful. Point the camera shots. Open the camera app on your
from multiple exposures to create at the subject, then tap and hold your Android phone, tap the menu button
photos that have better exposure and finger on it until an AE/AF Lock or swipe to access the manual
colour saturation. Turn it on either with message appears on the screen. Now, features and tap the exposure icon:
an HDR option on the screen or in the when you compose the scene, the focus a split black/white icon with plus and
camera settings. It almost always and exposure remain locked on the minus symbols. On some phones,
improves how a photo looks. subject, even if it is off-centre. Tap and such as the iPhone, you can tap to
On an iPhone, go to Settings, Camera hold again to cancel it. focus and slide a finger up or down
and turn off Smart HDR if it is available.
You can then manually turn it on or off
in the Camera app when taking a photo.
There is also an option to keep or
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Format menu, then check that all the and would speed up your slow PC.
date and time options below are set It’s true that SSDs have a limited
correctly. Each one has several options. lifespan and can only be written a
Click the ‘Additional settings’ button certain number of times. However,
and go through the options on the plenty of hard drives fail and lose data,
Numbers, Currency, Time and Date tabs, even those that aren’t SSDs.
selecting those you want, then close the The estimated lifespan of an SSD
window. Back in Region, select the varies depending on its construction,
Administrative tab. Click ‘Change model and manufacturer. Samsung, for
system locale’ and choose ‘English example, says its SSD 850 Pro SATA is
(United Kingdom)’. Close the windows designed to cope with having 150TB of
and restart your PC. Now everything data written to it. This is the equivalent
should be in the correct format. of 41GB every day for 10 years, which far
more than most home users would ever
EMAIL manage.
Register IncrediMail licences SsdReady estimates how long your SSD
will last, but let it run for a few days first
SSDs use various techniques to
This fortnight Roland has been using his smartphone to map the strength of the Wi-Fi signal around his home
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GENERAL PC winner
Force the Start menu to stay open
and translate it into a number of other
Here’s a time-saving tip: when you languages. The Translator panel is live:
click Windows 10’s Start menu to open click the Selection tab and select some
a program, it normally closes as soon text in your letter or document to see the
as you make your selection. If you want translated text on the right. It works the
to launch multiple programs, you have other way round, too, so if you get a
to click Start every time you want to document or email in a foreign language
open another one. Instead, open the you can select text to instantly see it in
Start menu, then press and hold the English. Double-click a word in a
Windows key. As you open each document to see the foreign language
program, never letting go of the version and a dictionary definition.
Windows key, the Start menu remains Brian Bishop, via email
open as the programs launch behind it. Keep the Start menu open after you
Gavin Cooper, via email launch an app, so you can open another
GENERAL PC INTERNET
Replace Disk Cleanup The website that does
For years, I used everything
the Disk Cleanup Pine Tools (pinetools.com) is an
tool to clear out incredible website with just about every Use the Word app to translate text to and
junk and recover web tool you’ve ever needed, including a from English
disk space in timer, image editor, file splitter, list sorter
Windows, but and more calculators than you can shake SOFTWARE
Microsoft no a stick at. Have a look around. Whenever Record calls with Audacity
longer supports I need to do something on my computer, If your messaging app doesn’t let you
it. Instead you I always check it out – it’s saved me using record calls, use audio editor Audacity
have to go to Google more than once. (www.audacityteam.org). Right-click the
the Settings app Dan Halliday, via email speaker icon in the notification area,
(Windows+i) select Sounds and go to the Recording
and click tab. Enable Stereo Mix – if you don’t see
System, followed it, you may need to install additional
by Storage. In drivers or right-click the box to Show
the list of items Disabled Devices. Open Audacity and,
Go to Storage in the in drive C:, click in the drop-down menu under the
Settings app to clear
‘Temporary files’ microphone’s recording-level slider,
junk files
to see all sorts change the default MME to Windows
of temporary files that can be cleared, Discover the ultimate web toolbox WASAPI. You’re all set! Press the Record
with options similar to those in the old button, then make a call using your
Disk Cleanup tool. Items can be selected OFFICE chosen app and, once it’s over, select File,
with tick boxes and clicking ‘Remove Translate documents with
files’ declutters the drive. Word Online
Peter Davis, via email Many of us expect people to understand
English but it’s bound to impress
Web User says: If you preferred the someone if you try to speak their
Windows tool, there’s a free program language. Use the free Word Online web
called Cleanmgr+ (bit.ly/clnm474) that app (bit.ly/word474): select the Review
recreates what it did. We had a workshop tab and click Translate on the right to Audacity is able to record calls on any
on this tool last issue (bit.ly/webuser473). open a panel where you can select text messenger app
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SOFTWARE Identify strange Create your own
Create automatic backups in
Microsoft Office
Registry files website
Q How do I change the way that Excel
and Word save files, so that a backup
is created in a predefined location, such
A I read Ask the Expert in Issue 472
(bit.ly/webuser472) with great
interest, especially the bit about
A In response to Keith Hodgson’s
email about website editors in
Issue 472, I personally use the free
as an external hard drive, whenever I save strange files in the Registry. I had the editor for Wix (wix.com). I love Wix for
my work? I would prefer this method to same problem and tracked it down to the simplicity of creating a site. There
using a backup app, because it would the software Clover, which adds tabs are premium plans for custom domain
ensure that new files are backed up, even to File Explorer and originates in China. names and options to set up an online
if they are in folders that I have not In this case, at least, it was innocuous. shop, too.
configured for automatic backup, and the Peter Anderson, via email Flynn Farrow, via email
backups would still be made even if I
move the master files around or keep CAN YOU HELP? webuser@webuser.co.uk
them on a USB memory stick. I’m using
Windows 7 on my vintage 2012 PC, with You can seek help or suggest solutions to other readers’ problems
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010. by emailing webuser@webuser.co.uk or via www.facebook.com/
Steve Cox, via email webusermagazine or twitter.com/webusermagazine.
iOS INTERNET
A There are a couple of methods for
automatically creating backups in
older versions of Microsoft Office – Q The other day, I was trying to
highlight text using my iPad. My Q Quick question for you all: I really
hate navigating websites now you
however, you can’t change their location word – what a nightmare! It was have to constantly accept cookies. In
because they are saved in the same place completely inaccurate and I could particular, I find web pages cluttered,
as the original file. One way to create an barely select what I needed. Surely with annoying, immoveable things that
automatic backup is to open your there must be an app for this, as I block out half the page or just won’t
document, click File and select Options. imagine it’s a common complaint. Can go away. What’s a good fix for this?
In the pop-up, click Save and you’ll see anyone point me in the right direction? Keep up the excellent work!
there’s an option to ‘Always create Adam Moretz, via email Kirk Marney, via email
backup copy’. Tick this box, then click
OK. Alternatively, when you choose to
save a document for the first time, File ONLINE OFFICE that matter). At the end of the link,
Explorer shows an option called Tools Share Google Docs as PDFs there’s a line that reads
next to the Save button. Clicking this
reveals a drop-down menu, so choose
General Options and tick the ‘Always
Q I share a lot of Google Docs with
other people and I’d like to be able to
share them as PDFs – in part, so they
view?usp=sharing or
edit?usp=sharing, depending on the
permissions granted. Delete this and in
create backup’ box. can’t be unnecessarily changed. The only its place, type export?format=pdf.
Steve Clark, Features Writer, Web User way I’ve found of doing this is to open Share that link and your recipients will be
the file, then re-save it as a PDF before able to see the file as a PDF.
sharing, or else my recipient has to Steve Clark, Features Writer, Web User
download and convert it to PDF after
I send it. Does anyone know if there’s
a quicker way of achieving all this?
Norm Paul, via email
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Star Email Issues
disc
winner
Why should we pay for ISP outages?
A
fter reading your news story tickets are ridiculously expensive and
about ISPs offering their arriving an hour late at your
customers automatic destination is enormously
compensation for poor service inconvenient, but because if you don’t
(‘Broadband users to get automatic claim, then the railway operators will
payouts’, Need to Know, Issue 473), think they can keep on getting away
I have to say that it’s about time! with poor service. The same applies to
We seem to suffer at least one internet providers but until now, few
outage with Virgin Media every month, have offered a simple way to claim
which leaves us without internet and your money back.
often without TV channels, too, for Automatic compensation is
several hours. In some cases the ‘fault’ therefore both logical and welcome,
has lasted for a day or two, with no although I note that it was only after
explanation for its cause or apology the companies responsible should pressure from Ofcom that ISPs
for the inconvenience incurred. compensate us. Broadband isn’t cheap, decided it was a good idea. Obviously,
Now that so many devices in our after all, so why should we have to pay there are some internet faults that
homes rely on the internet – not just for a whole day when we were unable can’t be helped and take time to fix,
computers, but tablets, Amazon Echos to use it? but why should customers have to
and so on – being unable to get online If my train is delayed, I always claim effectively foot the bill?
is a massive pain, so it’s only right that compensation, not only because train Anna Houghton, via email
Using an ad blocker is not accusing people who use ad blockers of he must have had the bargain of the
stealing! “stealing” is ridiculous. century, unless he lives in a one-room
The letter from Keith Amersham in Issue Martin Dimmock, via email hovel, since I believe the average cost is
472, ‘Using an ad blocker is like stealing’, almost twice this figure for gas and
had me shaking my head in disbelief. Barry Collins doth protest electricity combined.
Mr Amersham seems to think that too much about payments Barry is a freelance journalist, so he
because web designers have published I have just read Barry’s diatribe against presumably works from home, which
their sites to the both his utility company and his bank in means having the heating on all day in
web and placed Issue 463, ‘You can bank on unfair loyalty winter; and as he is a techie, he must have
some adverts on penalties’, and could barely believe it. lots of gadgets consuming loads of juice,
them, then they Firstly, if his original direct debit for so the figure doesn’t seem to ring true.
are due some his utility bill was only £65 per month, Barry freely admits he failed to
recompense.
This is tosh.
Publishing a
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website to an open area of the internet is
like a loss-leader in the vast majority of
WINNER!
Well done
business cases. Websites are simply a 1 Surfin’ Bird
to Eric
channel to sell something, whether that Walden who
something is physical items, software or 2 Kung Fu Fighting wins a Web
information. Nobody has to read adverts User Back
if they don’t want to. If your website Issues Disc
content is valuable enough to visitors, 3 Disco Duck
then you could look into alternative ways
to fund it, such as a membership area or 4 The Birdie Song
a paywall.
WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE
Personally, I’ve developed a skill where
I barely notice adverts anymore. If I visit
a site and my consciousness filters out
5 Turtle Power
Facebook
the advert, am I stealing the content?
6 Barbie Girl
Of course not. Although adverts can be
annoying – some more than others –
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Inbox
properly read an
important email from his It came far too late to the game.
supplier warning him of
a higher direct debit, but What you Facebook, Twitter and Instagram were
already well established. Google+
then goes on to suggest
that his bank should say... offered nothing new and therefore
had no appeal.
have warned him as well. John Scott
That’s unbelievable, and not in any way
their responsibility – and would he have
read their email anyway, I ask myself!
Lastly, Barry complains that he gets
little for the monthly fee he pays to his
H OW MUCH DO YOU TRUST
CUSTOMER REVIEWS AND
RATINGS ON AMAZON?
D OES THE NEWS THAT
AMAZON LISTENS TO ALEXA
RECORDINGS (bit.ly/alexa474)
bank. Then why pay it? There are plenty PUT YOU OFF SMART
of banks that don’t charge any fees and I don’t trust them at all. Half the time, SPEAKERS?
even some that pay you interest. the reviews are for completely
I have no connection to any utility different models of a purchase. Until Doesn’t surprise me. All the things you
company or bank, but I do hope I know they properly align the reviews with say to smart speakers have to be sent
how to look after my own finances. the correct product, reading them is somewhere for the data to be
John Perkins, via email an exercise in futility. processed, so it’s only natural for nosy
Rich Grove Amazon staff to listen in.
Stop telling us about Paul Guest
Windows 10 updates I include them in my product research,
I’m becoming increasingly annoyed that but always take them with a pinch of I have an Echo Spot for the kitchen
Web User continues to publish articles salt. ‘Verified purchase’ doesn’t seem and two Echoes in the bedroom and
about the wonderful new features in last to mean much any more. living room. I sometimes have to
October’s Windows 10 update and now Caroline Chapman @cornfedmind shout at them to turn a light on or off!
the Spring 2019 Update (Workshop 2, Dean Stockton
Issue 472). I don’t shop with Amazon. I don’t trust
As someone with a new HP laptop that their delivery drivers – throwing your I don’t need Alexa. I search the web
has still not been offered update 1809, I’m parcels everywhere or leaving them in manually using Google via its website.
finding that the advice in the magazine is stupid places – let alone the reviews. Brian Brown
becoming somewhat redundant. How I had a parcel left under my doormat
about an article which would be of some (hardly a safe place) by a driver. Considering how boring the things
use setting out why users have not Kevin Gadget Man Benton people ask Alexa are, like “tell me the
received the 1809 update from weather forecast” or “play a song by
Microsoft? It is not very helpful to tell Reviews are not important. If you Ed Sheeran”, I doubt the recordings
us about updates that most of your don’t like it, just return it. are particularly interesting.
readers will not get. Stan @Stan72699007 Jane Groves
Jim Darroch, via email
We need to stop
feeding greedy games
T
he most I’ve ever lost at a new set of cards with new powers. tempted into paying for them. Who
cards is £20. I’m a coward, Then it does its best to sell them to you. wouldn’t want to buy success? Most of
an invertebrate. I know how to Almost every time I open the app, I’m our ruling class have done so.
play Texas Hold ’em, and have offered the new “Mega Bundle” – 80 It’s not only Hearthstone that tempts
spent countless hours doing so, but I shy packs of virtual cards, all mine for the young players into paying for expensive
away from cash games because I haven’t bargain price of £69.99, or a 50-pack add-ons. Fortnite has become the
got the bottle, and in poker you set for a mere £45. biggest money-spinning game on the
definitely need the bottle. I’ve probably You don’t have to buy the cards – you planet, even though it’s free to play. It
saved myself a small fortune. can always keep makes its gazillions
Instead, I’ve become horribly addicted playing with the old by selling kids
to another card game: Hearthstone. This sets, but that puts Who wouldn’t want cosmetic add-ons
was big about five years ago, but I’m you at a serious to buy success? Most of that – unlike
unfashionably late. It’s part poker, part disadvantage. While Hearthstone – don’t
Dungeons & Dragons. Your cards all the other players our ruling class have even give you a
represent characters with different are loading up with done so better chance of
abilities, and you have to create the powerful new cards, winning. Yet kids are
right hand and play your cards in the you’re lumbered spending a fortune
right order to succeed. It’s brilliant, it’s with an old set that slowly dwindles in on new outfits. And when the Fortnite
addictive and it’s free to play – but it power as the game maker removes old Store marks its £79.99 bundle of virtual
could also be ruinously expensive. cards from your deck. coins as “Best Value”, well, you’d be an
As is the trend in modern gaming, it If I weren’t so cautious, I’d have idiot to choose a cheaper pack,
all boils down to in-app purchases. slapped down my £70 by now. I can see wouldn’t you?
Every few months, Hearthstone releases how others – especially children – are And let’s not forget FIFA, one
of the world’s longest running and
richest game franchises. Not only
does publisher Electronic Arts get
away with charging upwards of £50
for the game itself, but its Ultimate
Team add-on also tempts you to
splash out on the best footballers
with real money. You want Messi or
Ronaldo in your team? You’ll probably
end up paying hundreds of pounds
before either of them turns up in one of
the randomly selected packs of player
cards. Don’t want to pay any extra?
You get Andy Carroll.
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