Click here for the Gadgets Group Portal      

Gadgets Group provides you with a chance to learn more about your Smartphone and/or Tablet – Apple or Android.
It does not matter if you have not been before – each meeting is unique; just bring your phone and/or tablet. A great chance to ask questions or share a problem solved.

FEBRUARY
We will next meet on
DATE.            Tuesday 24th February 2026
TIME:            9.30 for 9:45 start.  We finish about 11.00 a.m. 
VENUE:        The Ringwood Club
ADDRESS:   Maroondah Highway Ringwood.
  • Using maps and navigation on your phone
  • Come along with your questions for Android or Apple
Come and join us.
 
Col Pask – Convenor ( Contact details available in the Club Newsletter or Club Contact List)
 

 
Safe Passwords

If your password/s are stolen, possible problems can be:

Your email may be accessed

Posts in social media may be made in your name

Goods may be purchased on line in your name

Your bank or other financial accounts may be accessed

There are computer programs which try to guess passwords, using readily available data. eg name, date of birth, street name, pet’s name, common sequences eg 1234 or any dictionary word.

Safety involves using: 

One password per website

A mixture of numbers, letters and symbols

Longer rather than shorter passwords

The first letter of a phrase, using substitutions for letters such as a! for an a, a 3 for an e,  a7 for an r etc

A safe to store passwords or stored unidentified at a friend or relative’s place – not in a drawer at home

 

Tablet / Phones Experience in the Users Group
  • Apple iPads
  • Apple iPhones
  • Android Tablets
  • Android Phones

So How Good is a Phone/Tablet Camera

You can achieve some very good results from a tablet camera depending upon the model you have and how you use it.

  • Provided you have the phone/tablet camera settings correctly set.
  • If the lighting is good.
  • Using ‘tap to focus’ will help with focus and light.
  • You hold the tablet still you can achieve some very ggod results. 

The photos below are some of the ‘better’ photos from members : early 2025 

(Click any image to start ‘LightBox’.  Use arrows below image – or on keyboard – to move forward or back.
Click X – or ‘esc’ on the keyboard – to close Lightbox
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