LG G7 ThinQ Live Sound

Shot two videos of the marching show at halftime - one on the T3i with the Senheiser mic and one on the LG G7 ThinQ phone. Listening to the LG right now in the car a *whoa *! Seriously solid sound. Will have to wait till I get home to upload the video but another home run for LG!

-- Will England

#sprintemployee

Nikki bought us lunch!

She had to drop the dear daughter off at work, so she brought home some fantastic pizza!

Samsung Note 9 vs Samsung Note 8 Side by Side

Unboxed the new Samsung Note 9 one day before launch.  Hopefully I won't get sued!

Take a look at the Note 9 vs the Note 8 side by side!

Note 8 beside the Note 9, front side.

Not any real physical difference in size.  Haven't activated it or done anything yet.  But it's still the same (large) size as the Note 8!

(Shot on the Moto Z3 Play stock camera)

- Will England

MotoZ3 Play and MotoMods - Sprint Product Ambassadors

A very nice feature of the Moto Z3 Play is the support for MotoMods - these are magnetic attachable extras, from batteries to speakers, even a 10x zoom camera from Hasselblad!  So how do they work?

Quite simple actually - line up the gold studs on the phone with the studs on the mod and the magnets will pull them together easily.  Watch and see!

We'll check out the Hasselblad camera more later - but MotoMods are an exciting and fun part of the new Moto Z3 Play!

- Will England

The Product Ambassadors are Sprint employees from many different parts of the company that love technology. They volunteer to test out all sorts of Sprint devices and offer opinions freely to the Community. Each Product Ambassador shares their own opinions of these devices, therefore the information in this post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Sprint. The PA's do not represent the company in an official way, and should not be expected to respond to Community members in an official capacity. #sprintemployee

Moto Z3 Play - Adding a Memory Card or Changing SIM card - Sprint Product Ambassadors

Adding more memory to your Moto Z3 Play is easy - all you need is a tool included in the box and a few minutes of time - take a look!

I hope this helps you enjoy your Moto Z3 Play even more with more memory on board!

 - Will England

The Product Ambassadors are Sprint employees from many different parts of the company that love technology. They volunteer to test out all sorts of Sprint devices and offer opinions freely to the Community. Each Product Ambassador shares their own opinions of these devices, therefore the information in this post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Sprint. The PA's do not represent the company in an official way, and should not be expected to respond to Community members in an official capacity. #sprintemployee

Moto Z3 Play Unboxing - Sprint Product Ambassadors

The affordable and highly functional Moto Z3 Play recently came out - lets find out what's in the box in the following video!

Looks promising! Stay tuned for more on the Moto Z3 Play!

-- Will England

The Product Ambassadors are Sprint employees from many different parts of the company that love technology. They volunteer to test out all sorts of Sprint devices and offer opinions freely to the Community. Each Product Ambassador shares their own opinions of these devices, therefore the information in this post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Sprint. The PA's do not represent the company in an official way, and should not be expected to respond to Community members in an official capacity. #sprintemployee

Earning Boy Scout Merit Badges with Schoolwork

Every scout goes to school - and literally dozens of merit badges are taught there every day.  Here's a fairly comprehensive list of merit badges you could complete or partially complete from your regular class work in 7th through 12th grade:

Personal Fitness - Gym class;
Sports - if you're in two team sports;
Art - 2D art, painting etc;
American Business - typically 7th or 8th grade Social Studies;
American Heritage - US History;
Animation - Some High Schools have Art Animation courses;
Chemistry - Chemistry;
Communication - Speech, Debate class;
Drafting - CAD class;
Electronics - Robotics class / club;
Entrepreneurship - Various business classes;
Geology - Earth Science class;
Graphic Arts- Art class;
Insect Study - Biology class;
Inventing - Business class AND robotics club;
Journalism - Journalism class;
Law - Various Social Studies classes;
Metalwork - Metal shop class
Moviemaking - Videography / Journalism class;
Music - Choir, Band;
Nature - Biology, Earth Science;
Painting - Art - Painting class;
Photography - Photography, Journalism classes;
Personal Management - use your lunch account as your budget;
Plant Science - Biology class;
Pottery - Art Ceramics class;
Public Speaking - Debate, Speech class, Student Congress, StuCo membership, Boys State participation;
Robotics - Robotics class or club;
Sculpture - Art Sculpture class;
Soil and Water Conservation - Earth Science;
Theater - Drama class or club;
Welding - Metal Shop class;
Woodwork - Wood shop class

Scouting Magazine gives a few more tips on using your school course work toward merit badges in their August 20 blog post.

I hope this helps give you and your scout some ideas to rock out those merit badges!

 - Will England

LG G7 ThinQ Final Review - Sprint Product Ambassadors

So, after 6 weeks of using the LG G7 ThinQ phone, I've found it to be fast, light, powerful and excellent screen and video.   Sound quality is also excellent, playing back high definition audio clearly and handling tracks as high of a resolution as I could find!

Yes, there's some quirks - it features a dedicated Google Assistant button, which doesn't do a whole lot just yet.  It's still nice to have a button instead of barking "OK Google" to get it to respond to the  normal lot of Google commands.  The battery life is fair, lasting me a whole day, but it could be better.  The photos are clear and crisp, but at full zoom they're a bit over-sharpened. 

The phone fits cleanly in my hand even with a serious Spigen case installed, and the tall 18:9 display gives my old eyes an easy view.  Fingerprint unlock works flawlessly and the centered rear reader is in just the right place.   The narrower device allows me to work easily across the whole screen without shifting the phone in my hand and risking dropping it.  (I'm looking at you, Samsung Note).

The coolest part of the LG G7 ThinQ is the LG features, from seamless initial transfer of content to the user-selectable notch, to multiple notification slide-downs.  The software is polished and quick -as it should be on a 845 chipset.  With 64GB of onboard storage, I never worried about running out of space (I keep the HD Music on an MicroSD card).  

Overall, a solid flagship phone with unique features.  Strongly recommended.

 - Will England

The Product Ambassadors are Sprint employees from many different parts of the company that love technology. They volunteer to test out all sorts of Sprint devices and offer opinions freely to the Community. Each Product Ambassador shares their own opinions of these devices, therefore the information in this post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Sprint. The PA's do not represent the company in an official way, and should not be expected to respond to Community members in an official capacity. #sprintemployee

Another New Website - willengland.com

In the never-ending quest to learn platforms, build my personal brand and such, I've stood up a premium Wix account to host https://www.willengland.com/.  Go take a look - I've just gotten the basics started there; a video page, a blog, and even a favicon!

Nice layout and look and feel; relatively easy to build on if you're used to contextual menus.  Their new Blog tool reminds me of the LinkedIN article editor.

Next steps could be an eCommerce shop to sell something; link to a photo sales site for photo shoots etc.  Who knows?  More of a test bed for bigger accounts like the Shawnee Mission West Band and W&N Photography, and get my hands around using it for what the kids call a 'side hustle' these days (and back in the day too).

Post your feedback in the comments - always looking for constructive feedback!

 - Will England

LG G7 ThinQ Swipe to Search Personal Content - Sprint Product Ambassadors

LG had deeply integrated Google into the G7 ThinQ, and one of the great features they've done is given you a search engine for all of your personal content!  Now, this is only visible to you and only you can search your personal content, but it's far nicer than swiping back through emails just to remember the thing you were looking for was in a text.  It's easier to show than type about watch this brief video:

I hope this helps you enjoy your LG G7 ThinQ even more!

- Will England, Sprint Product Ambassador

The Product Ambassadors are Sprint employees from many different parts of the company that love technology. They volunteer to test out all sorts of Sprint devices and offer opinions freely to the Community. Each Product Ambassador shares their own opinions of these devices, therefore the information in this post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Sprint. The PA's do not represent the company in an official way, and should not be expected to respond to Community members in an official capacity. #sprintemployee