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Modern game consoles can browse the web, and the Nintendo Wii is no exception you just have to find the web browser on the Wii Store. Nintendo Wii - Web browsing and music streaming Click on "Video Settings," then "Select Webcam," and finally choose "Default video device" - that's how Skype sees your camcorder. Just connect the two with a compatible firewire cable (they cost as little as $5 online), then open up Skype's Options menu. Your camcorder needs to have a Digital Video, or "DV IN/OUT" port, and your computer needs to have a firewire (or "IEEE 1394") port. Your digital camcorder may have a better image quality than your computer's built-in webcam, or even an expensive add-on HD webcam.
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And there are plenty of other things you can do with it, including get movie listings and weather reports!ĭigital Camcorders - Use as a webcam in Skype The service costs nothing beyond what it costs you to send and receive text messages normally. Type the text message in exactly, without quotation marks or parentheses, and replace "location a" and "location b" with actual places - it recognizes cities, zip codes, and even street addresses.
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In seconds, you'll get back a step-by-step list of directions for how to get there, even if you're on a flip phone. Just send a text that reads "directions (location a) to (location b)" to 466453. Maps aren't just for smartphones! And neither are instant directions. Older cellphones - Turn-by-turn directions Look in the Kindle Store's "Active Content" section to find Apps for things like learning a new language and yoga tutorials. Try them both out and see what you think! And here's a totally different option: Choice of the Dragon, a Choose-your-own-Adventure style story game. We like Scrabble, a Kindle version of the classic board game. Just go to the Kindle Store on Amazon's website, then click on "Games & Active Content" - your purchases will be sent to your Kindle automatically via Amazon's Whispernet. You can also do web searches or look things up on Wikipedia, straight from a newer Kindle's search menu.Īnother secret power for the Kindle: you can play Solitaire, Sudoku, even name-brand board games like Monopoly on your Kindle. If you're using the latest model of Kindle, it can even show the web in a text-only article mode, which makes written content on websites like this one easier to read. Just press your Kindle's menu button and choose "Experimental," then select "Basic Web" or "Launch Browser." Especially if you have a 3G Kindle, which can access the web away from a wi-fi hotspot. pretty basic! But it can be a lifesaver if you need to access your webmail account, or even log in to Yahoo! Instant Messenger. Your Kindle has a web browser called Basic Web. Want to go back to traditional reading? Press "Aa" again and turn Text-to-Speech off. On the bright side, you can set it to have a male or female voice, and you can speed up or slow down how fast it talks. It also doesn't work with some books, because individual book publishers can choose to disable this feature. The Text-to-Speech feature isn't the same as an audiobook, since it uses an automated voice instead of a human's. Just don't fall asleep, or you'll lose your place! While you're reading a book on your Kindle, just press the "Aa" button to the right of the spacebar, then select "Turn on Text-to-Speech." Your Kindle will start reading the book aloud to you, which is great if you're driving or resting with your eyes closed - the Kindle has a headphone jack so you can listen without disturbing others.
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Got an Android device? Try Instant Heart Rate on the Android Market, instead! Both apps are free to download. Heart Fitness works best with the iPhone 4, since its camera flash lights your finger up nicely, but it can work with the iPod Touch or iPhone 3GS if you hold it up to a bright light.
It even charts your resting heart rate over time, as a measure of overall fitness.
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Just follow the directions, and it's pretty accurate! It shows your beats per minute, plus the pulsing heart rate graph we all know and love from medical dramas. The free Heart Fitness app from Senscare measures your heart rate, by using your iPhone's camera and a light source to watch blood pulse through your finger. IPhone - An App that measures your heart rate with the iPhone's camera and battery
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This week on Upgrade Your Life, Yahoo! News' Becky Worley shows us some hidden features, plus surprising tricks that you can use to get the most out of the gadgets you already own. But they also have secret powers: Things you didn't know they could do.