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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 17h

Fastest way to make sure I never visit your site again is to pack it full of affiliate link bait with stupid headlines like "CRASHES TO ALL TIME LOW PRICE, PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR!!!"

and then I check that price and it's more accurately "eight dimes on the dollar".

Useless.

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 14h

Early access on Patreon! We just go word of the new chips from Qualcomm, so I thought it would be a good time to take a look back at the last year of owning a Windows laptop with a Qualcomm chip!
www.patreon.com/posts/surfac...
I like where this is going...

Surface Laptop, Qualcomm Chip, and Windows on ARM One Year Later | SomeGadgetGuy

Get more from SomeGadgetGuy on Patreon

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 14h

Early access on Patreon! We just go word of the new chips from Qualcomm, so I thought it would be a good time to take a look back at the last year of owning a Windows laptop with a Qualcomm chip!
www.patreon.com/posts/surfac...
I like where this is going...

Surface Laptop, Qualcomm Chip, and Windows on ARM One Year Later | SomeGadgetGuy

Get more from SomeGadgetGuy on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 14h

It's why i fell in love with my steam deck, and now I'm running my phone harder for that "pick up, put down" style of gaming.

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 16h

Oh no! I might be rendering 720p on a mobile screen just like...
[checks notes]
EVERY portable gaming device currently on the market...

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 17h

Fastest way to make sure I never visit your site again is to pack it full of affiliate link bait with stupid headlines like "CRASHES TO ALL TIME LOW PRICE, PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR!!!"

and then I check that price and it's more accurately "eight dimes on the dollar".

Useless.

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 20h

Right! Like, zero appreciation for how incredible these pocket computers can be. Meeting someone that incurious is always a bummer.

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 21h

LOL the kinda guy back in the day, who would have cleared out all those garbage files in that weird "C:" folder...

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 1d

These might be the best sounding true wireless earbuds of 2025! There's just one small hearing health concern...
somegadgetguy.com/2025/10/07/s...

#tech #technology #technews #audio #review #music #geek #gadgets #youtube #video

Status Pro X Triple Driver True Wireless ANC Earbuds: The Best of 2025?

Status Pro X long term test drive! Spending a few weeks with the new triple driver earbuds from Status. This is a REALLY fun sound for consumer buds, with solid ANC, and decent battery life. I like…

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 7d

Anyone want to tell him? Maybe give him a hint what kind of chip is in the Switch 2? Anyone?

It's encouraging that someone is interested in the really fun nerdy stuff we can do with phones, but it's also frustrating that same person really isn't much curious to know what tech is in our gadgets...

I shot a video showing actual PC games being played on a phone, and was commenting on the power draw of a game like Crysis Remastered. It's impressive because a phone has to PRETEND to be a PC and it still delivers surprisingly good performance at low power. This person left the following comment:

"I mean the Switch 2 can handle Cyberpunk at 9 watts. Until I see a ARM chip do that I think APU's are safe for now. That said I am completely open to ARM getting more love but I don't see it happening anytime soon."

The Switch and Switch 2 both use ARM chips.

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 1d

These might be the best sounding true wireless earbuds of 2025! There's just one small hearing health concern...
somegadgetguy.com/2025/10/07/s...

#tech #technology #technews #audio #review #music #geek #gadgets #youtube #video

Status Pro X Triple Driver True Wireless ANC Earbuds: The Best of 2025?

Status Pro X long term test drive! Spending a few weeks with the new triple driver earbuds from Status. This is a REALLY fun sound for consumer buds, with solid ANC, and decent battery life. I like…

somegadgetguy.com

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 1d

Catalog might be a little smaller, but I like Qobuz. They prioritized quality before any of the other streamers.

After that, it's fun to build your own library again. I use Plex for movies, music, and TV.

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 1d

Whoa.

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 2d

Replay Crew! Had a GREAT tech chat this week! somegadgetguy.com/2025/10/06/s...

The FCC attacks school WiFi funding, Microsoft hiking Game Pass prices, Xiaomi's pokey benchmarks, and how poor is the Pixel 10 at gaming?

#SGGQA 415: Pixel 10 Poor Gaming, FCC Attacks School WiFi, Game Pass Price Hike

The FCC votes against American students using WiFi. We might have passed peak social media use, and young people are “leading the leaving”. Microsoft hikes Game Pass prices by 50%. Xiao…

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 2d

Give us a share and come join the chat! The show is LIVE! www.twitch.tv/somegadgetguy

This week, the FCC attacks school WiFi funding, Microsoft hiking Game Pass prices, Xiaomi's pokey benchmarks, and how poor is the Pixel 10 at gaming?

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 4d

Every subscription is getting more expensive, so it's never been a better time to make your own cloud storage! I'm working with UGREEN to chat about their new network storage solution, how easy it is to setup, and how you can save some cash over "the cloud"!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CPC...

UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus! Make Your Own PRIVATE Cloud!

YouTube video by JuanBagnell

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 4d

I like what I've seen of Audacity 4 so far. It's a beloved audio editing app that's been in need of an update. I kinda hate this logo though...

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 4d

I like what I've seen of Audacity 4 so far. It's a beloved audio editing app that's been in need of an update. I kinda hate this logo though...

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 4d

Every subscription is getting more expensive, so it's never been a better time to make your own cloud storage! I'm working with UGREEN to chat about their new network storage solution, how easy it is to setup, and how you can save some cash over "the cloud"!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CPC...

UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus! Make Your Own PRIVATE Cloud!

YouTube video by JuanBagnell

www.youtube.com

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 5d

It's wild to me that tech "reviewers" STILL TODAY trot out these hack editorials supporting phone manufacturers removing features like Micro SD card storage expansion. Since they keep publishing these bad takes, let's take some of these lame arguments apart.

somegadgetguy.com/2025/10/03/p...

Phones Never Should Have Lost MicroSD Cards (And Tech Reviewers Should Stop Bootlicking)

Your phone is a computer. A computer is always more useful when you can expand on its functionality. Either through better battery managements and repair, dedicated ports for data and audio, or the…

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 5d

spongebob squarepants is making a funny face with his hands in the air and the words `` nostalgia '' behind him .

ALT: spongebob squarepants is making a funny face with his hands in the air and the words `` nostalgia '' behind him .

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 5d

Man. Remember how brutal the fights were between the LG G8 and the S10e. Face and Fingerprint security, desktop modes...

We really didn't know how good we had it...

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 5d

It's wild to me that tech "reviewers" STILL TODAY trot out these hack editorials supporting phone manufacturers removing features like Micro SD card storage expansion. Since they keep publishing these bad takes, let's take some of these lame arguments apart.

somegadgetguy.com/2025/10/03/p...

Phones Never Should Have Lost MicroSD Cards (And Tech Reviewers Should Stop Bootlicking)

Your phone is a computer. A computer is always more useful when you can expand on its functionality. Either through better battery managements and repair, dedicated ports for data and audio, or the…

somegadgetguy.com

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 6d

Microsoft trying to switch my plan again to an AI plan and hike my subscription price. Your friendly reminder that MS is burying the info on where to roll back to a "classic" plan.
You can start here instead support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...

Switching to Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Classic Plans - Microsoft Support

Learn how to switch to a Microsoft 365 subscription plan without AI features, which include Microsoft 365 Basic, Microsoft 365 Personal Classic and Microsoft 365 Family Classic.

support.microsoft.com

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Juan Carlos Bagnell @somegadgetguy.com · 7d

Yeah. They'll keep reaching.