Samsung Z Fold 4

I knew I wanted to have a tablet sized phone From the moment I first saw tablets at a phone store. Back then I got made fun of for wanting a 7inch screen.

How did the #TMOBILE sales reps treat me? Yes, I remember now. 

So you mean to say that you would hold this huge device up to your face as they picked up a tablet and handled it with two hands awkwardly like you do a typical smart phone.

My answer: Show me the included earbuds please. I then plugged them in and pointed out when a call comes in I hear it in the earbuds, this nifty little thing on the earbud wire allows for multiple functions to take place depending on your current application in use. 

When the phone app pops to the top while ringing you use this strange touch screen to answer the call, and talk at a normal phone volume because one of the most important features this button object has is a tiny condenser microphone right on the back where this tiny hole is. So holding a 7 inch tablet to my face won't be necessary at any time. Why would I need to awkwardly hold something not meant for that function? 

The look of absolute being PWND by a dude in a wheelchair was priceless. Plus I am older than the kids working at the TMOBILE store back then, what could I possibly know about such technology? 

Seeing my interest in the tablets they mentioned you get one free if you buy a phone and a data plan for each. 

I asked: So the tablet connects to the #TMOBILE network, like the phone does. Does this mean both data plans are exactly the same in all possible ways? Yes sir they are. 

Soif the phone can connect and bring me the internet also, why the tablet and extra expense for the same data plan? Can't I just buy the tablet get your data plan and use it as a smartphone using the earbuds as the mic? 

No it doesn't work that way. 

Funny thing let's fast forward from late 2008 early 2009 and look at what is going on today. 

The larger format phones got ripped up one side and down the other for years. Unlike the pre-smart phone era things kept getting smaller, so small we considered it luxury to have a 1x1inch screen or so and had to text by repeatedly pressing buttons to spall things out. 

Batteries where removable before greedy corporations sealed them into the devices we use. Claiming it is for the customers own good. No, no good for customers came if it. Good for the greedy ones behind it. Of course not enough of us consumers AKA SHEEP ever spoke up enough about this flat out lie. So we have more and more devices manufactured with built in batteries. Knowing 95% of people will just buy a new device once the battery dies. 

Let me know if I got it wrong. 

I had the Note 9 a fantastic phone overall only issue was the built in battery oh and that stupid curved glass on the two sides as held in the vertical position. 

No case actually protects that part of the glass because the claim is people like the edge features. I didn't. Never used them. Turned them off ASAP. 

I did experiment redesigning the #Otterbox #Defender #Pro #case my mistake not keeping the modifications when the glue started to fail. 

I added bumper guards as tall as the forehead and chin of that case on the sides. Sadly since the glue wasn't able to flex as easily as the rest of the case it failed. After several attempts to find the idea glue or apoxy I gave up.

Had I found the right one the drop that I experienced would not have been able to destroy my phone. 

I use a manual wheelchair that has an open loop tabular footrest. My phone slips put of my hand and lands right on the curved part if the unprotected glass that the Otterbox Defender Pro 100% failed to protect. I won't be using Otterbox for anything ever again. 

The glass shattered in a small area not to bad overall I thought great need to get it fixed. 

Turn the screen on and from the right to the left side about 2 inches in height was 100% dead. As in the display not just the glass was destroyed. From the top of the screen down to the top of the 2 inch dead zone still worked. Sadly for about 30 minutes then it stopped responding to all touch. 

From the bottom of the screen to the bottom of the 2 inch dead zone worked for the rest of that night then was dead the next morning. It also was doing a strobe light blinking thing I did manage to get it to stop as the area I was trying to use was dying on me. The broghtness had to be turned all the way down. 

Power on and off didn't work anymore either. So from that point I notice the case was being pushed off the back and I removed it. Turned out the drop caused the battery to expand a lot. 

Also the back had broken and fell off with the removal of the case.

I carefully removed this bloated battery pack in a sealed airtight pouch to prevent a sudden burst of energy release. A fire and toxic fumes. 

I condensered just getting it repaired, and realizing I likely did an equal number of things to break it while removing the battery I decided to get the phone I had been keeping an eye on since it first launched. 

The Z FOLD Series. I enter it a few months prior to Z Fold 5 coming out. But honestly I am not overly impressed with 5at this point. The 4 still brings a lot to the table.

Pros of the Z Fold 4

That gorgeous larger screen.

I was pleased with the quality of the sound on this phone. Best yet.

The 3 main cameras. They work very well together and provide a nice sharp image. 

The processing speed is pretty good, most of the time. 

Cons: Sadly #Samsung drops the ball on very important areas here. 

For starters stop trying to make the smallest lightest format possible! Look back to the 1960's at AM Transistor pocket radios. Then move ahead to the 80's at AM/FM pocket radios.  What I am getting at is no one complained about the weight and size of these handy devices. Today anything heavier than a thimble breaks people's arms off at the shoulders. Anything bigger than a dot is simply massive. 

The weight of this phone is underwhelming! You read correctly. It let's me down. More weight means bigger batteries and better camera optics as well as a size format that works with  trillion pieces of gear meant to hold a 7 inch screen. And NOTHING to work well with the Z Fold 4 or any Z Fold series format. 

The case design for this is a pathetic joke. 

All case options have the same issues. Barely any protection for the back with nothing on it. This laughable piece of plastic around the edge of the side with the small screen. 

For the showstopper big Fold screen ZERO protection. 

The crap clam 1.5mm of edge - no wonder no case designer ever shows the lack of protection around the big screen. Add protection the wrong way it keeps fhe screen open just enough to prevent tripping the off switch in the hinge. 

Practically ZERO bezel around both the small and larger screen. 

Even the small screen gets next to no protection not like Otterbox did for the forehead and chin of the Defender Pro for Note 9. 

The batteries in this phone suck! Flat out suck!

The phone overheats when gaming or trying to go live on social media sites. It shuts down regularly.

So that means the cooling system of this series of phones depends on the surface of the glass to dispense heat. 

My Note 9 could stream live on its battery for 6 hours and not overheat once. I know that is one of the hardest things a phone can do. Encode, decode, transmux, and more with just the video stream, then handle audio, while connecting to the internet and still function for messages and calls. No small task. 

So imagine the letdown when you get a phone with a movie screen and wonderful camera on one side to use for live streaming and it can't really handle that task. 

For the amount this phone is costing me - REALLY! It should out perform my Note 9 with ease in all areas. Yet, I find myself missing my Note 9 every day. It was well thought out compared to this.  

The front camera! It is 4MP yet comes out looking like it is  ot even .5 or half a megapixel. Why? Because the big brains at #Samsung thought let's apply a plastic protective layer over the entire screen. 

Knowing 100% this will be an optical nightmare over a camera already impaired by being under an active pixel screen. 

Think about it for a moment. You have pixels covering the camera that turn off when in use. They still degrade the 4MP down a lot. Why 10AMP on the small screen under screen camera? Common sense tells me just keep it simple and put 10MP cameras on both places.

Then you add a plastic not perfectly optically clear but pretty close protector on the screen - didn't anyone stop and say let's cut a notch out over the camera to not degrade the already stupidly low pixel amount it is. It's like we went back to the early 2000's and tool tech from Then and used it now. 

The cases I see including the Samsung case I use leave the buttons 99% unprotected.  

What this phone does well it does pretty darn great. 

 

If I could design a phone I think that large format users like me would love it. 

Those who like long use times on batteries would love it. 

Those who like replacement batteries would love it. 

It would be a bigger device not folding and designed for live streaming and gaming. 

Cameras would be DSLR levels with a ring adaptor to accept Cannon or Nikon lenses. 

It would be unlike anything seen so far. 

 Covid-19💢💥

 Today is January 14, 2022.

No scientist here, just some stupid ass dumb shit voicing his opinion is all.

Of of endless ways mother nature could wipe up out with, most people imagine things like huge asteroids plunging into the Earth, and we get wiped out much like the  dinosaurs over 65 million years ago. 

Many believe we stand some kind of chance with our super advanced technology that we will be able to deflect, or blow up anything big enough for an extinction level event.

We have endless movies, books and such with all forms of Earth being smashed to bits, and great fire waves ripple around the globe. Not to mention the materials thrown into the atmosphere that will block out the sunlight for thousands of years or much longer. 

 

We also enjoy our stories of overcoming chemical weapons, and other more domestic forms of total destruction. Movies and books definitely cover every possible situation we can face.

Zombie movies, books and more cover all the cases where we are turned from the monsters we currently are pretending to be good kind people, and release the tre nature of our inner monsters. At least with zombies you know what you are dealing with for the most part. The so called non zombie population however remains ever more scary than the zombies. 

We covered practically every possible known virus and other forms of bacteria and how they wipe out the world. All of these genres are covered in books, movies and such. 

Nothing could have prepared this selfish, arrogant, hard headed species we call humans or homo sapiens for COVID19.

 

Immediately upon hearing about the first break outs of COVID19, I felt something wasn't the same about this as what we as humans have ever faced before.

 

You do not need to be a PHD or anything to do with science and this area of study. Use Google to help locate the actual places that work with these issues directly.  WHO, CDC, and so on all around the world, and read the published works. Read the confused arguments of it being like the Spanish Flu, and then it's nothing like the Spanish Flu. Read about how this is way more advanced than any human created viruses.

All the while the governments of the world are doing everything to keep people calm, and that works like a lead balloon carrying gold. People panic and things got weird overnight.

My reaction to what I was reading was that this virus will outpace our ability to keep up with it constantly changing. Why would this be? 

Because we have idiots, I mean so bad they make me look like Steven Hawking. Trust me I am nothing close to that, but might as well be today.

Before my desktop died on me I produced a tiny little online stream. Broadcasting talk and music. I talked about how this is not ever going to go away just days after it being announced.  Now that it is among the human population it will never go away. About the only way would be a very inhumane measure that would end up failing all the same. Round up all the infected and lay waste to them. Like I stated not a very good thing at all. And that sort of thinking will fail in the end. We could never know 100% who has the virus as we have no means to actually collect 100% every human being on Earth and contain them as they get tested. We can not even keep up with testing people regularly as it is, let along a made up movie scenario. 

Many people would go into hiding, and I would make a bet that this would of course include at least one person with Covid19 to keep spreading it.

The only means we have is the act of common sense. Sadly this is in very short supply these days.

I always enjoy the tools, knobs, mouth breathers that utter things like: I won't wear a mask I am a non conformist. 

Best response to that one: I see, then why do you conform to the rule we dress in clothes while in public? Is this not conforming? Expect idiotic nonsense back from these turds.

But, really if I wasn't a conformist I for sure would not be wearing clothes to insure my point is made. Otherwise it is nothing more than: Do as I say, not as I do. Total bullshit.

Then you have the freedom of expression fools that feel they have rights being violated. 

If the government isn't just isolating one person, one group, or otherwise marginalizing people and 100% all people regardless have to comply with something meant to protect each other from danger... Even one we can't see like Covid19. 

Then no one can claim any rights are being violated. Pretty simple if you ask me.

Freedom of speech is not affected as we can and do still speak with masks on.

Freedom of expression: You can buy masks that offer silk screened images, to clear panels that allow people to express themselves using a cask. 

So, I have to say that no rights of freedom of expression or speech are being violated. 

Then you get the ignorant folks who walk into a place of business with a sign up or more that request all customers to wear a mask and properly. 

Today people have not encountered the golden rule of any business. 

And, it is not: The Customer Is Always Right. 

However, that is the only one people will recall. And, that is little more than a kindness businesses allow on a case by case basis.

 

The ultimate rule is this: 

Any business can deny service to anyone. And they do not awe any explanations.

 

What this means is if any employee decides for any reasons that they will not serve you, or sell you anything. They can kindly ask you to leave. Failure to do so is then considered trespassing and yes they can call the police to remove the unwelcome customer. 

The loudest complaint with this is WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME? Of course get ready for the expected:

Sexist remarks.

Discrimination.

And, the ever popular: This is America and I can go where I want. 

What people forget though is they are on someone else's property. Private property in fact, and no we as Americans do not have rights to stay on any private property where we are not welcome, or wanted.

No different than someone in your home or your place of business that you own or rent or are employed at. 

 

The only way to actually attempt to see if any of the above or something else is at play here... You would need to have people similar to you go in, and others not similar to you and see if a pattern then and only then maybe you might have a case. But, realize that lawyers will be costly, and depending on the company they may have a legal department that handles this stuff.

 

In the end it is often best to respect all requests from businesses, No Shirt, and or No Shoes equals no service.

 It doesn't matter if a business has a sign up for something or not. If asked by anyone working for the business to wear a mask, or come back with a shirt and shoes... Yes smarty pants or shorts also. Try going something without pants on and you will be picked up for indecent exposure. 

 

When we have people who feel that they don't have to follow any rules, laws, or common sense then we have the perfect storm for spreading COVID19 faster and farther than ever.

 

I cringe when I see people wearing a mask over their mouth and leave their nose fully exposed. Just don't bother with a mask. 

 

Same for those with beards and facial hair that can lift a mask off of the skin. Sadly, yes you will want to shave so this happens. I know no fun.

 

Facial hair does not capture your germs nearly at all. No it is not natures built in filter.

 

Also dust masks with those little removable filters are not able to contain your germs. So no go on those masks.

One of the first things I noticed was how COVOID9 doesn't play like any other virus people have seen before. I mean, it hides dormant for up to 14 days, maybe longer for some, and for a few maybe no signs or symptoms.

 

That doesn't mean a some think, they cant get COVID19... Sadly this has not been proven or seen by actual scientists anyplace in the world yet. I guess it is possible.

 

When looking into how the flu or other viruses attack humans they attach an d soon after within a week or less most of the time show themselves.

COVID19 is a ninja when it comes to this situation. Maybe some people react sooner to it, than most. But, COVID19 stays out of sight for up to 14 days, and maybe longer in some people.

Something else is at play here, for the Spanish Flue and other viruses we have dealt with our bodies start making its own vaccine in the form antibodies. These are what took a deadly situation within 2 to 3 or so years to what we no deal with. And, yes the Spanish Flu is still around, and we get little more than some aches and discomfort. 7 to 9 days later we feel good again.

Mother nature may have stuff to wipe us out with, but it was also the same nature that provided us with built in pharmaceutical factories to be able to survive these little surprises. 

 

However, COVID19 has never been a human related issue until recently. 

 

One of the most dangerous issues with COVID19 is how fast it can and does adapt to keep on being dangerous.

 

I let my viewers know that this will be with us for ever now, and we will be getting vaccines and boosters every year from now on out. And, that will only keep us somewhat protected from the current strain. 

 

And, no promises are made these steps will prevent us from getting infected with the current strain, it may or may not reduce symptoms.

 

For those that whine about the masks not protecting you from getting the virus. YOU ARE CORRECT. 

 

MASKS ARE NOT TO PROTECT YOU as the person wearing one. 

They serve as a means to stop your germs, and maybe your COVID19 from reaching others as easy.

 

The idea here is if we all wear masks that will slow or even stop the spread of COVID19.

 

Little have people noticed that after COVID19 was global we put on masks, and washed out hands more. And, the FLU was pretty much halted.

And, no one thinks that is awesome except me. Maybe I am the only one who feels that as species we are pretty stupid. 

Look at all the events indoors and outdoors going on. I adore the thinking we are all outside watching a game. 

Let me ask do these people have to use toilets, get snacks or food? All of those places are in tight areas where we are not outdoors all the the time.

Lines that say six feet front and back will have other lines or one line wrap around as people stand shoulder to shoulder... I have seen this everyplace I go.

As time goes on we are lazier and lazier about masks, and hygiene. We think it has gone back to normal. 

HEADS UP - NORMAL PRE-COVID19 times are never going to exist again. PERIOD.

COVIOD19 has shown us incredible ability to adapt and continue to spread as if anything we do can stop it.

Now COBID19 has teamed up with the FLUE, and holly crap talk about a 1 - 2 punch. 

I won't be surprised if it doesn't team up with all other viruses humans have ever faced. 

From what I read our bodies should have already started manufacturing antibodies for the first strain of COVID19.

However, even all this time out our bodies are blind to this threat. Meaning, our immune systems do not know what to do about it. 

Worse yet, is how fast this virus adapts to things. And, spreads faster each time, and is more deadly each time it adapts. I call it the NINJA VIRUS myself. 

And, we ignorant fools AKA humans are all over the place about masks, and if or if not COVID19 is even real.

All I know is this, we have entered a new era of existence as a species - COVID19 and all its possible variants.

 

Best practices are we all keep wearing these annoying masks, and yes they are annoying. But, what if the person who could have infected you today has a mask properly worn that kept that person's germs or in this case virus to themselves.

 

That is why we all wear them. They can't keep germs out. But, do keep our germs from spreading as easily. Pretty simple folks.

 

This little action is what is really needed to be clearly explained to the general public the world over. I mean we need better ways to reach people, as it is easy to see it isn't working. 

 

 

 

 

Medicare the Federal Government & Our Rights

Medical standards dictate: End of useful life for any wheelchair, manual or power is five years. 

Medical standards are in place to protect patients. Medical laws are in place to protect patients. Yes, both also protect doctors if everything is done properly to protect the patient.

The federal government, state government and nothing else can violate our constitutional rights no matter what. With some exceptions for criminal acts.

Yet, I have discovered a massive loophole or many of them allowing our constitutional rights to be violated by our very government on many levels.

@Permobil #Permobil 

I invite Permobil, and all other companies that serve people with disabilities by supplying #DURABLE #MEDICAL #EQUIPMENT #DurableMedicalEquipment #DME #Complex #Rehabilitation #Technology #CRT To post and or link every case study, every personal experience, every possible evidence showing why and how not providing access, and coverage to all possible medical equipment options steps on our rights. 

Medicare and Medicaid as are all other medical insurance companies are overseen by the government. 

Medicare and Medicaid are the bare minimum that all other medical insurance companies use as the starting point. This means that as far as a standard goes, or a bar being set. Well, those really do not exist today. 

Basically, the two options our government directly mamage and operate are limiting and even preventing access and coverage of many options that are available, however are made unavailable due to the overwhelming power thr government weilds. With the loopholes under the mask of medical insurances the government prevents patients from full freedom of choice.

This is not isolated to just DME, it is every possible part of our healthcare.

So when I am told or read a policy that says: I must use my wheelchair until it has failed or as they cleverly word it: Worn Out and unable to be repaired. 

In laymen speak: I am stuck as in once my wheelchair is unrepairable or as so stated worn out. I am no longer able to use it in my home. 

Medicare also demands I waste tax payers money by them putting through mobility evaluation(s). 

If I follow the policy of the insurance my freedom of movement is impeded. Directly by the #federal #government flisting upon me such impossible rules with policies that make it nearly impossible if not impossible for me to then leave my home to go to required appointments with my Dr, with Medicare Dr's and so on. 

How exactly am I supposed to do this with a unreparable wheelchair? It would be 100% unusable at that point.

Unfair and unreasonable policies like that violate freedom of pursuing happiness. The word persue means to: (of a person or way) continue or proceed along (a path or route).

I can not even get to the bathroom safely without my wheelchair. Or, the kitchen for food. Or to escape in the event of an emergency. 

The policy that DME offer only the basic level is obviously written by people who are book smart only.

For one thing we know of a material that is used in many ways and industries and lasts longer and overall better than other materials that Medicare and our government rather cover. Because it saves a dime today. But, costs 2x to 4x sometimes even much more to maintain this lazy way of doing things.

Titanium - Should be allowed. As should Carbon Fiber along with the preferred options steel and aluminum as wheelchair frame materials.

The unreasonable fear of allowing these would cause everyone to want the so called upgraded materials is am absolute lie. And, 100% based on myths and zero facts.

Evidence in the form of countless medical studies, double blind tests and end users own experiences show that out of 100% of all manual DAILY USE wheelchair users can in fact use K0005 coded wheelchairs is around 90 to 98% can use the aluminum frame option.

However, the very small group who medically need something that the configurations in the K0005 options can not provide, then it must be allowed these people have access to K0008 AND K0009 level frames and all options. Of course based on medical needs.

Something I am very frustrated with is Medicare states I must use my wheelchair until it fails or can't be repaired... So, since the government and thus Medicare make it impossible for me to actually take my TiLite ZRA to any of the DME suppliers in Indianapolis, IN for repairs - exactly who is responsible for my safety and thus well being? 

What if I make a mistake and the repair assuming I am able to do so will not fail or ruin the wheelchair? I am by no means an expert at such repairs, do not have training, the proper tools and supplies to insure all repairs are up to the same standards as the manufacturer.

My rights as a patient are being violated and my safety can be at risk. Because the government insists on limiting the health care to the bare bones basics. 

My Titanium frame has lasted 13 years with my front fork falling off. Thankfully, I was able to find a company to machine a new set that took over two weeks to get to me. 

Payment is made for only one wheelchair at a time. Backup chairs are denied as not reasonable and necessary.

This policy violates my right to acquire safe properly working DME. 

Again I ask the basic question:

How do I get around my home when the only wheelchair I own fails and can't be repaired any longer?

Of course this is not your problem is it? Nope. Just us Americans who can't afford buying what we actuslly need and depend on our government run medical insurance to help us acquire.

I say that for materials that are known to outlast steel and aluminum are given appropriate end of useful life terms. And, to set a maximum time no matter if a device can or can not be repaired and used.

Otherwise, the government is forcing its citizens to put themselves in needless danger. Also causing more medical expenses when injuries, accidents happen. Everything from minor bumps and bruises to broken bones, and even further disability from new injuries, up to and including death. 

Along the way we would be transported via ambulance, may require time overnight in a hospital, may have to undergo PT, OT, and other forms of therapy to recover nerve damage or other functions.

We could end up needing surgery or several to try to resolve new issues. Issues our government caused us by making such unrealistic policies.

The idea of allowing more advanced options would cost far, far less in the long run. 

Titanium has a proven track record. So how about 10 years for expected end of useful life. 13 years as maximum life regardless of usability of the wheelchair.

This would be for the safety of the government's citizens that depend upon that government to use common sense and realistic policies to provide the best proper DME. 

THIS SHOULD BE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL COVERAGE. Not just DME.

The current system doesn't just violate one constitutional right. But the combined effect of unrealistic policies ends up violating several.

@HHS 

I would love to help improve current policies to reflect something that should have been all along. 

The way we can change things is to contact the HHS and point out how today's policy violates our constitutional rights. If we don't, then things will get worse.