Another Workout Dilemma

To ride? To walk? To ride stationarily? After much debate in my mind, I decided to have an outdoor ride. But where to ride? The criterium course in Bixby Knolls? The Los Angeles River Bike Path? On the street? Or back to the San Gabriel River Bike Path? I chose the last option and took my bike there in the car. This requires me to take the front wheel off so the bike would fit in the car but since I have quick release wheels, it’s a snap. As soon as I loaded the bike in the car, I realized that I forgot my helmet so I had to go back upstairs to get it, because I wouldn’t dare not wear it, so I can protect whatever grey matter is left in my noggin.

 Like last week, I started at Liberty Park going towards Seal Beach but this time I entered and went around El Dorado Park. I did the same thing on the way back and that added about half an hour to the ride. I deliberately tried not to push the pace this time because I wanted to exceed the one hour workout that I usually do and this was supposed to be an easy day. To reach my goal of an hour and a half, I had to add an extra mile at the end too. My pace was also slower at 15 MPH and I only covered 22.5 miles. Four more miles and I’d be ready for the Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour in October since I doubt if I’ll be running or even walking it.

Adding just an extra half hour to the ride has made my legs moderately sore but my ankles appreciate the absence of the impact of running, so even though I’m still experiencing some pain, it doesn’t feel as bad. Other than the soreness, I noticed something new when I stepped in the shower when I got home. The tan lines of my legs which used to be slightly lower than mid-thigh, have gotten lower to the point where my bike shorts end, which is closer to the knees.

On the way back I saw Brian C. running but just like Diane last week, I don’t think he recognized me with my helmet on even when I said hi to him. I'll have to clean the bike because I picked up a lot of fresh grass clippings in El Dorado Park because the grass was being mown while I was there. There were a lot more cyclists on the bike path today and maybe because the sun was out earlier and it was warmer. Sun out early = new lower tan line.

Oh by the way, before this gets buried in the “blog ideas” file: I wanted to try running at the Long Beach City College rubberized track last week to find out how my ankles would feel on the softer surface, or at least walk up and down the bleachers as my workout for that day but the gate was locked. Well, so much for that. It was back home to the stationary bike.

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The Advantage of Being Horizontal

Another entry from the “blog ideas” vault which was never posted. I wrote this a few months ago when I was still able to run and what used to help me recover somewhat from the pain in my ankles. Unfortunately this technique has stopped working and no amount of being horizontal has helped.

Working 12 hour shifts, plus the time driving to and coming from work has taken a toll on my ankles. At least, that’s my belief. My ankle problems started to develop about the time we switched from 8 hour shifts to 12 hour shifts. Even though I had to work more days in a row with the 8 hour shifts, my joints, muscles and body as a whole got more rest because it was able to settle into a routine of waking, sleeping, and exercising. This is particularly more important when you are working the graveyard shift, where you sleep in the daytime and work at night.

                This used to be my routine with the 8 hour shifts: work from 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., go to sleep from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., run from 3 to 4 p.m., shower, dinner, and TV from 5 to 8 p.m., nap from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., then get ready and leave for work at 11 p.m. My body adjusted and rested pretty well with that routine because I worked 3 to 4 nights in a row.

With the 12 hour shifts, this is how it went: Leave for work at 6:30 p.m., work from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. the next day, go home and sleep from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., exercise from 2 to 3 p.m., dinner at 3:30, then try to take a nap from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Repeat for two days.

I do not work more than two days in a row so that disrupts my sleeping and waking patterns a lot. After trying to sleep in the daytime for two days, I have to switch to sleeping at night time during my days off which is usually three days, then it was back to the daytime sleep. I find myself just hanging in there when working 12 hour shifts for two days and the long hours of staying upright contribute to lesser recovery for my joints. For those two days of working, I don’t get enough sleep and rest.

Even though I exercise every day, much can be said about the time I spend staying horizontal. The position relieves the stresses on my joints, particularly the ankles. With the 12 hour shifts, I tend to stay vertical longer than I did when working 8 hour shifts. When I am able to sleep 7 to 8 hours at night during my days off, my ankle joints seem to recover better than when I am only able to sleep 3 to 4 hours in the daytime when I’m working.

Unfortunately, there are hardly any more 8 hour shift psych hospital jobs and with the current high unemployment rate, it would be difficult to find one and switch anyway. 

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What a Bunch of Horse S..t

No photo on this post because I wish to spare you the grossness. Another bike ride blog since running is not a part of my life any more.

While some of my friends were in San Francisco to run the full or half marathon, I was out on the Los Angeles river bike bath dodging horse dung. Let me explain. The bike path runs alongside a horse path and sometimes the horse riders venture on the bike path. I didn’t see any horses on Sunday morning but they left their offerings on the ground for cyclists to roll over. Not just on one lane, mind you, but on both lanes making them virtually undodgeable. Once I passed that portion of the path it was pretty much unobstructed.

I started the ride from home and entered the bike path from Del Amo boulevard, then headed south towards downtown Long Beach. I went slightly past the point where I turned around last week and I saw people waiting to board the boat to Catalina Island at Catalina landing. I then proceeded towards and around the lighthouse, past Pierpoint landing, until I ended near P.F Chang’s at the Pike. The area which is usually teeming with people was bereft of crowds because it was very early in the morning. Since I was afraid I wasn’t going to find my way back knowing how geographically challenged I am, I turned around at that point.

On the way back, a cyclist not looking forward almost collided head on with me. I had to yell “heads up!” to alert him about his drifting into my lane. Other than the horse dung and near collision, it was a rather unremarkable ride. I didn’t feel the same pep in my pedaling on Sunday as I did on Friday. Maybe I was still exhausted from the unplanned time trial.

I just realized a couple of days ago why there is such a big difference in the equipment and the way the bike feels and handles. My previous bikes were touring bikes while this one is a racing bike. Duh! 

            Oh, BTW, I did manage to avoid the pile of shit, and I don't mean the rider who almost collided with me ; )
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Dell: More 11.6-inch AMD-based notebook

Dell is preparing to publish a further series of small notebooks based on AMD's "Nile" platform. In the UK, but Germany already first orders for an "Inspiron M101z be accepted," based either on a single-or dual-core processor.

The cheapest entry date begins at 379 pounds, respectively 399 €. There is only one single-core Athlon processor of type II Neo K125 (1.7 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, 12 watts TDP), the 2 is GByte of RAM and a 250 GByte hard drive for the page in the RS880M integrated graphics chipset provides the image on the 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution 11.6-inch display.



For an extra charge of 50 pounds (or 100 €), there is the first solution with dual-core processor. The Athlon II Neo K325 (1.3 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 12W TDP) may otherwise rely on the identical components. At 499 pounds (549 €) expensive Inspiron M101z then comes alongside K325 better equipping of 4 GB of RAM and a 320 GByte of hard disk instead of 5400 rpm is working with 7200, to light.



All three models rely on only the important technical components of the same features that provides the chipset team, consisting of the RS880 and the SB820M. These include, as usual, several USB ports, but also VGA, HDMI, Audio, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi and a card reader. The supplied six-cell battery is the 1.56-pound and 292 x 205 x 24.3 to 35 mm in size notebook to keep "six hours and 36 minutes' running.

SetPoint 6.15 Review and use how to

SetPoint 6.15 Logitech SetPoint is the software acclimated to install and ascendancy Logitech mice and keyboards in Windows XP and 2003. It contains drivers and software enabling you to booty abounding advantage of your abrasion and keyboard.

SetPoint provides ascendancy over the afterward aspects of your abrasion interactions:

* Abrasion Button Settings - You can change the action of anniversary button and accept altered settings for altered programs.

* Abrasion Movement - you can change movement settings and sensitivity.

* Abrasion Game Settings - Gamers can change in-game settings with up to 5 altered resolution presets, and accept abstracted settings for altered games.

If you additionally use a Logitech keyboard, SetPoint enables you to change key functions and mappings.

Motorola Android Quench XT3

Motorola androids is Motorola Android Quench XT3 accepting abundant time with Android - the latest Moto adherent is the Motorola Quench XT3. We've apparent it afore beneath the name XT502 Greco admitting its specs accept been bargain somewhat back then.

Motorola appear that it will barrage two new low-budget Android smartphones in Taiwan, in cooperation with Taiwanese abettor Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), Motorola Quench MB501 and Quench XT3. Leaked a few months ago as Motorola Greco, the smartphone has been tagged as Quench XT3 and is now accessible for aircraft in Taiwan.

Unfortunately, the accessory doesn't attending absorbing at all, attractive at its blueprint sheet. Initially, accounted as an Android 2.1 device, the entry-level Motorola Quench XT3 comes with a black Android adaptation 1.6 operating system. Further, there's no advice about a accessible advancement in the future, which leads us to accept that the smartphone will not account from a absolute software support.

The Motorola Quench XT3 is a touchscreen bar, agnate to the aboriginal Motorola Quench. The Quench XT3 runs Android OS 1.6 Donut (and not the initially accounted 2.1 Eclair). Another change to the official blueprint area compared to the rumors is the 3MP camera.

The blow of the Motorola Quench XT3 specs are accepted Android book - 3.2" HVGA touchscreen, a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227 CPU, Wi-Fi b/g, GPS and abutment for microSD cards up to 32GB.

The Motorola Quench XT3 will be ablution in Taiwan some time in August alongside the aboriginal Motorola Quench (a.k.a. CLIQ XT MB501). Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications will backpack the Quench XT3 admitting no amount has been appear yet.

Rumored as Motorola XT502 Greco

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

Announced 2010, July

Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, August

SIZE Dimensions -

Weight -

DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors

Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

- MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets

SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Speakerphone Yes

- 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo call

Call records Practically unlimited

Card slot microSD, up to 32GB

DATA GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

3G HSDPA

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels

Video Yes

Secondary

FEATURES OS Android OS, v1.6 (Donut)

CPU Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz Processor

Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM

Browser HTML

Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS

Games Downloadable

Colors Black

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java Via third party application

- Social networking integration with live updates

- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player

- MP4/H.263 player

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

- YouTube, Google Talk

- Document viewer

- Photo viewer/editor

- Organizer

- Voice memo

- T9

BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Po 1230 mAh

Stand-by

Talk time

Samsung Epic 4G sprint review Snapshoot

Samsung Epic 4G sprint review Snapshoot

There are a absolute of bristles Galaxy S-based handsets: The AT&T Captivate, which I accept actuality in my hand, the T-Mobile Vibrant, the Verizon Fascinate (identical to the Vibrant except for an LED flash), the Sprint Epic 4G (with slide-out keyboard), and the “vanilla” all-embracing Galaxy S. They’re abundant the aforementioned but accept some appearance ambience them apart, mainly in the anatomy department. Alike so, the acquaintance on one should be appealing agnate to the acquaintance for another, so accede this our analysis of the Galaxy S band — with the admonition that your breadth may alter hardly on the added models.

Hardware

The Galaxy phones fit in amid the medium-sized Android phones like the Nexus One and the mega-phones like the Droid X. At 4″ diagonally, the awning doesn’t complete abundant abate than the 4.3″ Droid and EVO, but it does accomplish a difference, as every millimeter counts aback you’re ambidextrous with article you’ll authority in your duke every day. For my money, the 4″ is appealing abundant the best and conceivably alike a little bit too big, but of advance that’s a amount for you to amount out yourself.

The accouterments differs amid the carriers, but you’ve got a few things in common: the Galaxy alternation is acutely thin, absolutely light, and has little in the way of bezel. With its agleam bound and distinct adamantine basal button, you could be forgiven for cerebration the Vibrant, Fascinate, or advertence Galaxy S was a hardly beyond iPhone 3GS. I abundant adopt the AT&T model: in accession to accepting a committed chase button, it has a added arresting appearance (real corners!) and an accomplished aback plate. The aback bowl is account anecdotic here: it’s a barely-there carbon-fiber-looking area that provides a little grip, looks awesome, and resists fingerprints. Taking it off is ridiculously easy, yet I’m not abashed it’s activity to appear on accident. Kudos to the anatomy architecture bodies for the Captivate.

San Gabriel River Bike Path Time Trial

On Friday morning, I loaded my bike in the car and drove a few miles down the street to Liberty Park in Cerritos so I can ride it on the San Gabriel River bike path. I’m still trying to avoid riding on the streets. It was an unusually cool morning for a summer day so I wore a long sleeved technical running shirt (since I don’t have a cycling jersey), and it still felt cold going out. The headwind didn’t help any.

 I haven’t ridden a bike on that path since the 80’s when I was still living in Bellflower but I’m still very familiar with the course. I set out going south towards Long Beach not knowing how long it will take me to reach the end of the path at the border of Seal Beach. The course, from where I started in Cerritos, goes through Lakewood, then El Dorado Park in Long Beach, towards Seal Beach, was mostly flat other than going under bridges, but riding back up from under those bridges required more effort though not enough for stand ups on the bike. I don’t know why, but I was going on what I thought was a pretty good clip because my breathing was labored. It felt like a 10K run effort most of the way except for the coasting part. Towards the end of the path in Seal Beach, I saw Diane from AREC, whom I ran with in December of 2008 (http://noeldlp.blogspot.com/2009/01/tale-of-two-gimps-originally-written.html), and talked to her for a couple of minutes. She was out for a long run before leaving for a South American country later that evening for missionary work. I don’t think she recognized me with my helmet on though.

Back to the ride, I went south for 29 minutes and was faster coming back north by a couple of minutes despite the time spent talking with Diane. Maybe the slight tailwind helped but there was also a crosswind to contend with. In any case, because of the hard effort I put into the ride, I think I would consider that an unintended one hour time trial. I finally wore my GPS watch this time and saw that I covered 16.54 miles in 1 hour. Not quite Tour De France proportions, but nevertheless a good workout for me.

Just as I finished the ride, the battery on my mp3 player died. Good timing, wasn’t it? What are the chances of that happening? Derriere update: it has been feeling better with the combination of the new padded shorts, gel saddle, and just plain adjusting to riding a bike again.      
Four weeks of no running… but you know what? With the hard effort I was able to put in, I think I might have gotten endorphinated by that ride!

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A Cushy Tushy

I wasn’t planning on riding the bike last Wednesday, but I got my new padded shorts in the mail and well, I just had to try it. My first impression upon putting it on was, hmm, it feels like wearing a diaper. Not like I know how wearing one might feel like since I’ve never worn one before. Oh, wait! I’m pretty sure I’ve worn diapers when I was a baby and they were probably the cloth kind, not that I remember anything about it. The problem with buying clothes by mail order is of course picking the proper size. In this case, I lucked out because the shorts fit me perfectly. I also bought a new padded saddle and replaced the one the bike came with. Somehow the memory foam seat cover I put on it last week didn’t work too well in putting the cushy to my tushy. Anyway, I just exchanged the seat cover for the gel saddle at the store which cost the same.

Out the door and into the road I go, and at first I didn’t feel too much difference in my comfort level, but then again it could have been the lingering soreness from the past weeks’ rides. I went back to the criterium course where I first test rode the bike. I’m beginning to like riding there even though I just basically go around in circles, because there are hardly any cars and traffic. As the ride went along I started to feel the advantage of the new shorts and saddle. My butt didn’t feel as sore sooner than usual and actually felt quite comfortable. I only rode for an hour so it’s too early to say how it will feel on longer rides. All I can say is that the new equipment does help a lot and I could use all I can get. People who know me already know how deficient I am in the rear end department.

In the past, bike shorts were just some kind of stretchy fabric with a chamois pad in the crotch area which didn’t give any cushioning. The natural chamois pad which came from sheep hide eventually got stiffer with repeated washings. Today’s technical fabric holds up better with washings, feels more comfortable, and doesn’t require the sacrifice of animals. I sure hope the sheep are appreciative of that. I know I my tushy is. And I don’t care if people start asking me I’m wearing an adult diaper. So two thumbs up for the padded shorts and gel saddle!

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Wedding ring can function as a crude projector

Most affiliated bodies accept a admonition of their charge on their finger, and should accept at atomic one bells photo. What if you could accept both of those in the aforementioned place?

That’s right, it is a bells arena with a photo inside. This account will accord you an abstraction of how baby the photo is, but it will get bigger if you flash a ablaze through it. In fact, you can activity an angel on the wall. My antecedent does not accept a altitude of how ample the angel is, nor how abundant ablaze is appropriate to accomplish this projection.

Best of all, you don’t accept to aloof stick with one picture. The arena has the advantage of switching out slides, but they charge be appealing tiny slides.

Sounds appealing cool, doesn’t it? It additionally sounds like the absolute bells gift. Too bad designers Luke Jerram and jeweler Tamrakar consistently say the aforementioned affair back they get a appeal for a additional ring:

Congratulations on your engagement! I’m abashed this arena was a one off, fabricated for my wife. I’m abashed you’ll accept to accomplish your own different arena for your own different partner!

By the way, this arena was advised for Luke Jerram, one of the makers. Too bad it is a one-time-only, as I could calmly see these actuality accumulation produced.

New google image view

as posted on google blog, recently google announced new view for google image,

There’s alike added adult computer eyes technology powering our “Similar images” tool. For example, did you apperceive there are nine subspecies of leopards, anniversary with a audible arrangement of spots? Google Images can admit the difference, abiding aloof leopards of a accurate subspecies. It can acquaint you the name of the subspecies in a accurate image—even if that angel isn’t labeled—because added agnate bobcat images on the web are labeled with that subspecies’s name.

see the sample leopard image

And our “Similar colors” clarification doesn’t aloof acknowledgment images based on the all-embracing blush of an image. If it did, lots of images would artlessly be classified as “white.” If you’re attractive for [tulips] and you clarify after-effects to “white,” you absolutely appetite images in which the tulips themselves are white—not the surrounding image. It takes some able algebraic diabolism and processing ability for a chase agent to accept what the items of absorption are in all the images out there.

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta

The new beta adaptation of Microsoft Aegis Essentials was launched bygone to a bound bulk of users. Here we’ll booty a attending at what you apprehend from the new adaptation of How-To Geek’s admired PC aegis application.

We accept already accustomed Microsoft Aegis Essentials our brand of approval. Now there is a new beta adaptation that we’ll booty a attending at today. It was appear through Microsoft Connect and is accessible on a aboriginal appear – aboriginal serve basis. it’s not accessible in all countries either, so depending on your area you ability not accept admission to it. It is accessible in both 32 & 64-bit versions.

Installation and Setup

You will charge to log into your Microsoft Connect account, or assurance up if you don’t accept one yet. Then you can download the adaptation which is appropriate for your OS.

Apple Shows Nokia N97 Mini Loses Signal if Holded it in Awkward Way

Apple did not appetite to leave the affair abandoned and appear a video assuming their own antenna analysis on the Nokia N97 mini. The iPhone 4 antenna columnist appointment was captivated 5 canicule ago, so why was this video aloof published? Is Apple actuality petty?

Video is anchored below. Click actuality if it’s not arresting in your RSS reader.

Apple assured that the Nokia N97 mini alone from 7 confined to 2 confined back captivated in this acutely awkward way…

Google’s Nexus One supply is overquota

Google’s Nexus One supply is overquota exhausted -Well, that was a fun run. Google is now officially done selling the Nexus One. It’s not that big of a surprise as it broke last week that Google’s last shipment was en-route. After the inventory dried up, they were done selling cell phones directly to consumers. Well, at least they were done for now. It’s hard to say that Google will never do it again, but it probably won’t happen for some time.

The Nexus One is loved by many. It’s a great phone and actually somewhat of a shame that the unconventional — for the US anyway — retail channel limited its sales. You have to wonder if the phone would still be around if T-Mobile sold it within their stores. But no matter, the Android phone market is dramatically better than even a few months ago when the

Flipboard - A Social Magazine App for iPad

Last night, Flipboard appear the barrage of their iPad app, a amusing annual alleged Flipboard.

Designed from the arena up for iPad, Flipboard creates a annual out of a user’s amusing content. Simply barrage Flipboard and “flip” accessible the awning to get started.

From the Table of Contents readers can appearance their sections and personalize the magazine.

The agreeable of Flipboard is busy based on the user's own accounts on Twitter and Facebook, as able-bodied as their added interests. It's additionally presented in a actual iPad-friendly interface as apparent in this promo video:

The chargeless iPad appliance does a acceptable job accession abstracts and presenting it in annual format. It's a accurate abstraction that seems to fit into the sitting-on-the-couch affairs of iPad media consumption. Aboriginal acceptance has been a bit blotchy with affiliation errors, admitting we are bold that's accompanying to aerial aboriginal demand. Flipboard

Now Skype multitasking available for iPhone 4 and 3GS, 3G calls to stay free

Skype has consistently array of served as one of the affiche accouchement for why iOS aloof had to acquiesce applications to run in the background. I mean, appear on: actuality able to abstain acquisitive up my adored account after accepting to accumulate the appliance accessible all the time aloof so I don’t absence calls? Yes. Yes please.

Its been a few weeks back iOS launched to the multitasking masses — and today, the dream of always-on Skype becomes a reality. Skype aloof pushed an amend to their appliance which adds abutment for iOS 4’s multitasking abilities. Incoming alarm while the app isn’t in view? You’ll see a prompt, like the one above. Need to pop into addition appliance while on a call? No botheration — the Skype alarm will continue, aloof as a acceptable carrier alarm would. Go Go Gadget App-Store-link!

Update: Even added acceptable news! Remember how Skype was planning to alpha charging for Skype-to-Skype calls fabricated over 3G? Yeah, they alone that idea. You’ll still accept to pay for SkypeOut if you’re authoritative Skype-to-not-Skype calls, of advance — but if you’re aloof calling addition Skype user, you’re in the bright behindhand of what arrangement you’re on.

Easy Rider

Well I finally reached an hour and slightly beyond for a bike ride on a cool and overcast Tuesday morning. Since I experienced that outer left thigh pain last Saturday, I deliberately pedaled on lower gears while trying to maintain a steady cadence so as to decrease the strain on the knees and thighs. It appears to have worked pretty well because I don’t feel that I aggravated the injury ever though there was a slight pain afterwards. After a warm up circle of the Virginia Country Club area, I ventured out to the Los Angeles River bike path to find out how long it would take to reach downtown Long Beach. It didn’t take too long from where I entered the path on Willow Street. I reached the end of the bike path downtown in only about 15 minutes. I wasn’t prepared to explore further so I turned around to go back home. The bike path itself was very well paved with asphalt with brief sections of concrete underneath bridges.

I haven’t done a lot of street riding yet because I feel that I need to learn to control the bike better. I also haven’t used my Garmin GPS so I don’t know how far I have ridden or what my average speed has been. For now, just riding for elapsed time is enough.

On the butt front (huh?!), it appears like my rear end is adjusting a bit better to riding, although I have to do a few split second stand-ups to relieve pressure from the saddle. I am expecting a pair of cushioned bike shorts in the mail which I ordered online and I hope the shorts will make my rides a bit more comfortable and a better experience.

Tuesday’s ride with the lower gears felt almost too easy cardiovascularly because I never got short of breathe, so I added another half hour on the recumbent stationary bike when I got home to get my aerobic fix. I’m such a darn endorphin addict and I just got to have it whichever way I can!

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Get Free iPhone 4 Bumper

Everyone who has purchased an iPhone 4, or who purchases one afore September 30, will get a chargeless case, which is appear to annihilate the Antennagate glitch, Steve Jobs aloof announced.
iPhone 4 owners who accept already purchased a bonanza case are acceptable for a abounding refund.

Apple can't accomplish abundant of its own bonanza case bound abundant to accomplish this promise, so it will action up a alternative of cases from third parties. That's abundant account for companies that accomplish the cases; their articles would be abreast abandoned if anybody had a chargeless case from Apple.

Apple will offer a free iPhone 4 Bumper or other select cases to iPhone 4 customers. Details on how to order a free Bumper or case will be available soon on apple.com.

Made of durable rubber and molded plastic, the two-tone iPhone 4 Bumper fits snugly around the edges of your iPhone 4 and gives it a splash of color. It’s a fun and unique way to personalize your iPhone 4.

New Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Review

The Android smartphone articulation keeps accepting stronger, and the Samsung Galaxy S looks set to be a key amateur in 2010. Not alone does it get the company’s coveted Super AMOLED display, but a 1GHz processor, 720p HD video recording and affluence of wireless connectivity. Now afresh appear as admission to Verizon as the Fascinate, T-Mobile USA as the Vibrant and of advance AT&T as the Captivate, the Galaxy S is absolutely overextension itself around. Is this Android’s acknowledgment to the iPhone 4? Check out the abounding SlashGear analysis

afterwards the cut.General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2010, March
Status Available. Released 2010, June
Size Dimensions 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
Weight 119 g
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches
- TouchWiz 3.0 UI
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Swype text input
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB/16GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 2GB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 12
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps
Secondary Yes, VGA
Features OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
CPU ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black and Grey
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
- Social networking integration
- Digital compass
- MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Flash Lite v3.1
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 750 h (2G) / Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Misc SAR EU 0.24 W/kg (head)

The Ride That Didn’t Happen And The Ride That Shouldn’t Have Happened

Last Friday, I received an impromptu lunch invitation to my Uncle and Aunt’s place. My cousin from New Jersey was visiting with her husband and kids and we haven’t seen each other for a very long time. When I got the call from my aunt, I had just taken my bike out to the street to start riding. Then I thought, why don’t I just ride my bike to their house so I can hit two birds with one stone: get my workout in plus meet my relatives. So I started riding due east down Del Amo boulevard towards Cerritos. After a block, reality set in. Because this was just my second ride, I wasn’t sure it was a good idea to ride that far. Besides, if and when I got there, I still had to ride back home afterwards. So after another block, I turned around and just finished the rest of my workout in the neighborhood I rode in a couple of days prior. The good thing was that it was relatively early and I had enough time after the ride to take a shower, change, and make it in time for lunch. Besides, my cousin requested that I bring my karaoke machine, and if I rode my bike, I wouldn’t have been able to do so. I had a great visit with my relatives which lasted until the evening. If I had ridden my bike there, I would have been in trouble because I didn’t have head and tail lights. And we wouldn’t have subjected everyone else to our horrible karaoke singing.

Did you know that a bicycle license is required in California? Not to drive a bike, but to own it. In the city of Long Beach, you can get one from any fire station, but only on weekends from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. So that’s what I did Saturday morning. I wasn’t sure if I had to bring my bike along or just a proof of purchase. I first showed up at the fire station without my bike and they informed me that I needed to bring it so they can attach the tags. So I went back home to get the bike and I just rode it back to the fire station. One of the firefighters took all the necessary information: type of bike, brand, model, and serial number, after which they attached two tags on the seatpost tube. All these for a $3.00 fee.

That short ride to and from the fire station didn’t do me good though. While racing the traffic light to cross an intersection, I strained a muscle on my outer left thigh and every time I make my first couple of pedal strokes, it hurt like crazy. I am beginning to feel like Manny freaking Ramirez of the L.A. Dodgers who is frequently injured. I may even get myself some fake dreadlocks.

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Has Not Running Made Me Gain Weight?

As a (former) runner, I relied too much on running to keep my weight in check. I’m sure other participants of whatever activities they enjoy do the same thing. Thus my biggest worry about having to stop running more than three weeks ago now, is the inevitable weight gain from the decrease of calorie burning activity.

But first, how much do I miss running? I miss running alone, I miss running with friends, and I miss running with the AREC club. However, in the three weeks since my last run I’m surprised that I haven’t craved it as much as I thought I might. Maybe, because my brain already knows that since I don’t have to run tomorrow or the next day, it has sort of adjusted to the idea. Or perhaps because my dreaded weight gain if I stopped running has not materialized. Instead, I’ve been surprisingly doing very well in controlling it. Maybe because I no longer have a good excuse to overeat thinking that I can run off the calories tomorrow anyway. To a certain point, it also seems like my stomach has contracted to accommodate lesser food because I feel fuller more quickly than before. In the past few years I have also accumulated some exercise machines to use as cross training tools for running. Using these machines have now become my main workouts.

From past experiences when I had to stop running every day, then had to stop for as much as two months due to injury, I have always gained weight because my food intake never changed. One reason being, when I used my exercise machines, I only did so in one constant pace. In the past two or three years, I discovered that when I increase the intensity of the workouts, I could come close to the calorie burn equivalent to running. Nowadays, I do mainly interval workouts on the elliptical machine, stationary recumbent bike, and stationary upright bike. This has helped me maintain my weight in recent weeks since I was forced to stop running (it’s not because I’m sweating more due to this heat wave, is it?). I am hoping that my new sport of cycling can become an adequate substitute to running as an outdoor activity. Although I’m not getting the runner’s high that I’m used to, I’m quite content with the amount of discipline I have managed to have so far. Not only am I a running addict, I’m also an exercise addict. Here’s looking forward to keeping it up!

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Symbian ^4: Screenshots Review and shoot

Here are some screenshots of the new Symbian OS ^ 4 taken from the emulator to windows.Come can see in Figure 4 will have a chance 'to have 7 home, the beauty is that it is not the maximum number and we will have many more' screens to add all the widgets you want. In the second image is a virtual keypad very similar to that on the Nokia N900.La notification bar was very understated, giving way only to the network, battery and digital clock. I do not think this will be 'the final display, probably many things will change. At first glance this new OS seems a merger between Symbian and Maemo5.

Nokia N8: Official page on the Nokia Shop Italian

I candidly do not apperceive when, but on Nokia Shop Italy is accessible the official folio committed to the New Nokia N8. Not yet apperceive the amount and absolution date. According to rumors it is affected that the business will booty abode 'for August at a amount of about 450 € taxes included. In my assessment this is a bun accessory and the amount is actual reasonable and competitive.

Here you will acquisition the folio committed to the Nokia N8, while actuality the amazing characteristics.

What do you anticipate of this SuperDevice? will be able to 'compete with the iPhone 4, Galaxy and S Desire?

Nokia is action heavily on this accessory and I anticipate he'll do 'many blessed nokiotini. Both for the hardware, the different characteristics of its kind, and decidedly for abstracts acclimated for the shell, bethink that it is a allotment of anodized aluminum after copribatteria.Quindi will be 'very solid and assuredly after creaking. Since this affection is acclaimed that Nokia has formed to accord the best to its barter annoyed of blatant artificial awning and dancers.

Symbian: Nokia 5800 on iPhone Homescreen style

Want to be home and menu 'of your 5800 style iPhone? ... Now you can 'with a simple flash file.

Download and changelog below. Good dovertimento

The full changelog from v1.0 to v1.4:

- Dock reflection

- Added signal indicator and battery

- The icons become transparent when you launch an application

- Added operator name

- Added clock on top bar

- Added new dialer

- Time to change mobile operator

- The calendar icon shows the current day

- Added support multipage menu (by dragging a finger towards DX SX and vice versa)

- SMS (still have some bugs)

- Added transparent background

Simply 'download the file, enter the phone and through file manager to open the file in flash format.

it is free http://rapidshare.com/files/407695827/gadget.swf

Marcopolo Expert Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Today he came home the wheel of a chain business, Marco Polo Expert. Browsing through it I noticed that this is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 at a price of 499 €. You can confirm, and purchase it directly to the page dedicated to Marco Polo Shop.

Apple iPad Italia Review

After (in some cases) years of speculation, Apple iPad Italy has finally arrived. What we know is based on what you've seen so far, you will find one? It's everything you always wanted? Or were you disappointed by what you saw?

microsoft office 2010

Microsoft Office 2010, codenamed Office 14, is a abundance apartment for Microsoft Windows,[2] and the almsman to Microsoft Office 2007. Office 2010 includes continued book architecture support,[3] user interface updates,[4] and a aesthetic user experience.[5][6] With the addition of Office 2010, a 64-bit adaptation of Office[7] is available, although not for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.[8] Office 2010 does not abutment Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.[9]

On April 15, 2010, Office 2010 was appear to manufacturing, with those Volume Licensing barter who accept Software Assurance actuality able to download the software from April 27, 2010. The apartment became accessible for retail as able-bodied as online acquirement on June 15, 2010.[1][10]

Office 2010 marks the admission of chargeless online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, which assignment in accepted web browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari). A new copy of Office, Office Starter 2010, replaced the low-end home abundance software, Microsoft Works.

Microsoft's amend to its adaptable abundance suite, Office Adaptable 2010, will additionally be appear for Windows Phones active Windows Adaptable 6.5 and Windows Phone 7. In Office 2010, every appliance appearance the Ribbon, including OneNote, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace (previously accepted as Groove), and the new Office Web Apps.

Problems Ubuntu with iSight webcam on 10.04 Lucid

I was having a problem getting it to work in Lucid (on my macbook 4,1), but then I tried the following and it works now:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r uvcvideo

sudo modprobe uvcvideo

Cheese acts a little weird though, video goes to black unless I move the window around - but skype finds the webcam which it didn't before.

d'oh! sorry, after a reboot I found it wasn't working again. I tried the above reload of uvcvideo and that didn't work. Before I did that the first time, I had reinstalled the firmware using ift-extract from the isight-firmware-tools package to extract isight.fw from the AppleUSBVideoSupport file using the following command:

Code:

sudo ift-extract -a AppleUSBVideoSupport

That is with AppleUSBVideoSupport in my home folder, but it will work in whatever folder its in (if it works at all - sometimes the AppleUSBVideoSupport won't work )

Anyway, it seems that is what got it working again. Might need to be done after every reboot (or whenever I want to use the webcam, at least)

I have exactly the same problem (and same dmesg output) on Kubuntu 10.04 64-bit on Macbook Pro 5.3. I have tried paulinchen's suggestion without success; ift-extract moves isight.fw to /lib/firmware anyway.
I can get the camera working by booting into OS X, starting Photo booth to get OS X to load the firmware, then reboot (not poweroff) in Kubuntu, but it obviously lasts only until the next poweroff and is very annoying.

3D Fernseher review and spec

For decades, the industry is talking about the 3D technology, now it really seems to stand before their eruption: practical pressure on all manufacturers of TV sets in 2010 to the mass market. The amazing work: the new television - and are hardly more expensive than conventional equipment.
3D Fernseher review and spec

PHOTO: AFP
3D demonstration at CES in Las Vegas: The technology is pushing for the mass market
by Wolfgang W. Merkel
It is quickly it is almost surprising - but almost all the major electronics manufacturers in the summer of TV on the market that provide three-dimensional images. Soon to be crime-villains seemingly shoot through the living room - or the scorer of the Champions League.

First, the 3D images come not from the television. But with Blu-ray DVD players and game consoles with it, it is already part of the action take a seat. The Soccer World Cup, from June 11 in South Africa, there will be seven cities in the world 3D TV broadcasts with public viewing. Sony has signed on with the world football body Fifa a contract for up to 25 games. After the World Cup then a 3-DVD is released with World Cup highlights. Technically, the third dimension is based on the same principles as in the 3D cinema, most recently as in "Avatar".

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iPhone 4 Problems ON Antenna Gets a Temporary Fix with the iPhone 4 Bumpers

The Antenna iPhone 4 problems with the antenna still abide as the fix for the iPhone 4 accession affair is not available. Apple has appear chargeless bonanza cases to the iPhone 4 users and if the users accept already purchased the iPhone 4 bumper, they would be accepting a abounding acquittance for the bumper. But as the iPhone 4 antenna affair is said to be due to accoutrement the antenna, additionally alleged as Death Grip, can not be anchored by a software, the iPhone 4 bumpers are acceptable to be the fix for the iPhone 4 accession issue.

Also the chargeless bumpers from Apple to the iPhone 4 users is aloof a acting fix for the accession problems and can not be termed as a continued time fix. Apple has said that every smartphone has acute genitalia which are not declared to be affected or covered and it is not different to the iPhone 4.

Are you blessed with Apple’s accommodation of accouterment chargeless bumpers to the iPhone 4 problems? Stay acquainted for added updates on iPhone 4 problems and updates on iPhone 4.

Apple Iphone Conference Offer

Apple Iphone Conference Offer

ith added than 3 actor Apple iPhones accepted in consumers’ easily by the end of 2007, Voice 2.0 aggregation Talkster is carrying an appropriate anniversary allowance to Apple iPhone users: simplified accumulation appointment calling all over the apple for the amount of a distinct bounded call. Although the automatic Apple iPhone comes with a simple adjustment for abacus added bodies into an absolute conversation, the action becomes annoying and circuitous back abacus a third, fourth or fifth accession to the conference.

So that's it. Happy with what you've heard? Let us know below - remembering, of course, that it's only a phone. ;-)
iPhone 4: no recall but free bumpers

– "free" bumpers for iPhone 4 buyers through to September 30

– No recall

– Refund offered for those who want it

– Jobs: return rate far lower than 3GS: 1.7% v 6%

7.27pm: Jobs says Apple "will evaluate" whether to extend the bumper offer beyond September 30, wrapping up with: "Okay, so I think this is it. I wish we could have done it sooner, but then you wouldn't have had anything to write about."

7.25pm: Jobs doesn't say how people posting his email exchanges to the web has changed his attitude towards engaging with customers, but advises: "Don't believe everything you read."

7.24pm: Hmmmm, Jobs: "The formula we use to calculate bars has been off since the beginning and the new update fixes that for the iPhone 4, 3G, and 3GS."

7.23pm: Interesting insight on the Apple business mentality from Jobs: "We didn't want to get into any business where we didn't own or control the primary technology - because if someone else owns it, they're going to beat you in the end.

"In the computer business, we thought software was the most important technology [...] We really made the whole process of being able to update your software an order of magnitude easier than it was before.

"So we've been able to frictionlessly distribute major updates for the software for the iPhone, continuously, and have been able to fix bugs, improve performance, add new features all for free. And everyone's copying Apple now, but we were the first ones to really do that in a practical way."

7.20pm: Jobs says Apple is "constantly asking" AT&T about building more network towers in San Francisco and the bay area: "It's one of the toughest spots to get approvals," he says.

Apple iPhone Accumulation Calling

With the Talkster service, Apple iPhone users artlessly go to i.talkster website to set up their accumulation call. They access the names and buzz numbers of the bodies they appetite to alarm and bang invite. Talkster generates a bounded buzz cardinal for anniversary of the alarm participants and distributes the new cardinal via argument message. This ancient action generates a abiding cardinal that callers can save in their abode book and use any time they appetite to allocution to this aforementioned accumulation of people.

Apple iPhone Cell Phone

“The Apple iPhone apparent some of the complexities of appointment calling by abacus the simple additional assurance to the punch pad for abacus callers, but back you are ambience up a alarm for added than two people, the congenital iPhone adjustment can be a circuitous action with assorted call, hold, absorb accomplish for anniversary caller,” says James Wanless, co-founder and COO of Talkster. “Talkster has fabricated accumulation appointment calls as accessible as dialing one buzz number. Couple the affluence of use with the actuality that Talkster accumulation appointment calls are free, and it’s bright to see that iPhone users with accompany and ancestors about the apple accept article to bless this anniversary season.”

Conference calls on your Apple iPhone

In accession to creating the easiest way to appointment alarm a accumulation of friends, this distinct cardinal connects up to bristles accompany anywhere in the apple for the amount of a distinct bounded call. Back abacus assorted accompany to a accumulation alarm application the built-in Apple iPhone interface callers are application up assorted account including one for anniversary accession in the group, with alike college costs back calling accompany internationally. With Talkster, all accumulation calls - alike those that accommodate all-embracing numbers - are as simple as dialing one bounded number, and account for aloof that distinct alarm are used.

Talkster accumulation appointment call

Talkster is able to action callers chargeless continued distance, international, and accumulation appointment calls from any affectionate of buzz by subsidizing the amount of calls with advertisements. Callers accept to a distinct 10-second audio ad at the alpha of anniversary alarm and again can allocution as continued as they like with chargeless calling account and no allocution time banned in added than 30 countries about the globe.

Orange iPhone 4 price review revealed

Orange has clearly appear its iPhone 4 amount plans. Eighteen and twenty-four ages affairs are available, with the handset accessible for chargeless on one plan. Pay as you go prices additionally acknowledge that Orange handsets will be cheaper than those bought apart from Apple.

So far we've apparent appraisement from Vodafone, with O2 attentive alms to buy absolute iPhone offers out of their contracts. Tesco Mobile has now been added to the account of iPhone networks. Apple has apparent prices for the apart handset alone, afterwards a SIM agenda or arrangement contract, but has already awash out of pre-orders. Anyone affairs through the Apple Web armpit now will accept to delay until 2 July, a anniversary afterwards the 24 June absolution date, to get their phone.

Ready for some numbers? Eyes bottomward for a abounding house. You will be able to get a 16GB iPhone 4 for free, but you accept to accomplish to two years of advantageous £75 a month. That gets you absolute texts and calling, with a benefit 100 account and 20MB adrift in Europe.

On an eighteen ages contract, the £75 assessment gets you a 16GB handset for a hundred quid -- or a 32GB archetypal for £140 -- with 3000 account and 500 texts.

Samsung S8500 Wave (Handy) Test Review

Samsung sets in terms of the Wave display to the new super-AMOLED technology. Purpose is to show the contrast and colors clearer and more beautiful, but consume less power and space. In fact, the display picture looks beautiful plastic. Writings is the Samsung S8500 is knackscharf Wave, images and videos appear almost like a full HD TV. Briefly: in marked contrast to other mobile phone displays can be seen - even compared to "normal" AMOLED devices.Samsung S8500 Wave (Handy) Test Review

Samsung advertises its new display technology as particularly glare - to up to five times less sunlight is reflected. This statement, we can confirm only partially: In sunlight, the display of the test reflects Koreans as strong as, for example, from the iPhone. After all: if you see on the side of the phone, the display can still read in sunlight. For mobile phones with standard screen are details on the screen no longer visible.

Let's stay in touch: Its diagonal measures 3.3 inches (43 x 72 millimeters). For our taste is a little too narrow, finger-friendly mobile phones offer many more loose 3.7 inches. Very good is our opinion in matters of Operation: The Capacitive touch screen responds promptly and accurately already light finger inputs, provides icons are large enough - and the virtual QWERTY keyboard is of sufficient size.

Our test runs fast and stable, for the 1-GHz processor is responsible. Multitasking is for the wave is usually not a problem. Only in resource-hungry programs, such as a graphically complex game "Asphalt 5", you should run in parallel with any other large applications. What programs are currently active, incidentally, shows the task manager, you call on a long pressing the central button.

Menu distributed: On several levels. Bada spiced: with TouchWiz

To anticipate: the revolutionary operating system Bada is not. It reminds us of a mixture of Android and Samsung's proprietary OS. For about the OS Samsung also throws in its user interface TouchWiz 3.0 ". Well we like the many personalization options - such as the adjustable menu and the possible start up to ten screens, which you can assign apps and widgets with almost clear.

As with other phones is the wave of social networking via the Web on the program. The "social hub" integrates contacts, and the matching e-mails, text messages and sync social network information in an application - not a new idea, but thoroughly practical and extended with a few features, such as the possibility, even Outlook data and dates . In the test the integration of Facebook and Twitter contacts, worked together with the linking of existing fixed telephone numbers and smoothly.

Bada means ocean, and to arouse associations with the almost infinite possibilities of an open operating system. The new Samsung-Apps, however, can not speak of infinite content: For the test time were just 79 apps ready. By year-end should the number be at least four digits. Samsung itself is clear, so that they do not compete with iTunes and the Android Market are. The company indicated that they would rather pay attention to quality. The Payment options are still limited: only by credit card, the purchase of pay-apps possible. In a statement of the cell phone bill is being worked on.

Test Pattern: Fine, sharp, colorful. WLAN and Bluetooth: Two Premiere

The features list is a mile long, 5-megapixel camera, 2 GB of internal memory (expandable to 32 GB), positioning using A-GPS, WLAN with the latest n standard, Bluetooth 3.0 and, and, and. How does this affect the practice? Megapixels are not everything that is shown by the camera. Despite "only" 5 megapixel pictures look very light-very sharp and colorful. When double-LED light but you should not be too close to the object, otherwise the subject overexposed. Test photos available in our gallery. When capturing video, amateur filmmakers get their money: The Wave takes movies with 1280 x 720 pixels. This HD-ready resolution provide only a few other cell phones.

Wireless-n is a real novelty in the mobile phones. Clear transfer rates of up to 450 Mbit / s can not be achieved. However, the cell phone using wireless surf the web pretty fast, felt a bit faster than phones with WLAN b / g standard. Web pages are displayed like on the PC, via multi-touch to zoom in content. Only Flash pages, the browser refused. no WLAN is available, it goes via HSDPA (3.6 Mbit / s) online. The speedy upload via HSUPA does not support the S8500 Wave. The Wave is the first mobile phone that supports 6402426: Bluetooth 3.0 | _blank. The technology, which relies on wireless promises to significantly more transmission speed. However, you need a compatible device. So far there are only a few notebooks with a Bluetooth 3.0 interface, such as Acer.

Display Comparison: Significantly greater contrast than the iPhone 3G. Plenty of room at the factory

The MP3 player is equipped with all the usual bits and pieces, and offers to eight presets, such as rock or concert, which alter the sound significantly. This is a good thing, because with bass-heavy songs, the sound is via the supplied in-ear earphone partly from too dull. The FM radio shows itself in the strongest reception and can be buildings right on the automatic station search quickly fill with transmitters.

As a navigation solution is the Wave of the Route 66 software is used, which we already know from Omnia models. 30 days, you can try the tool, then around 35 € per year are due - including maps (DA-CH). is space for photos, music and videos are starting extradition enough: The 2 GB of internal memory has about 1.5 GB free. With a memory card you can expand the memory to a maximum of 32 GB.

For business users, the mobile phone is less. For classical applications like Office Mobile and the voice missing from the Wave. After all, push mail via Exchange ActiveSync is possible. The service mobile tracker, which sends for the theft of mobile phones a pre-determined phone number a SMS, has been extended. Now you can remotely delete sensitive data. The function call on the other hand illusion simulates a call when you want to get rid unremarkable example of an unpleasant situation.

Battery: 1,500 mAh strong. It runs and runs and runs ...

A true record puts the phone in our battery test on the dance floor: Rich was 7.5 hours in continuous conversation with the phone at full power. By comparison, the previous record had been six hours (LG GW620), creates a good battery, to a maximum of four to five hours. If you use the facilities of the Wave full, you need to recharge naturally more frequent. Our tester was after about 13 hours mobile phone use slack. During this time we surfed very well and often and shot like 50 photos in all light conditions.

Our decision in terms of telephone acoustic is mixed: On the mobile side voices were good and clear across, but too low to cover fixed side and a bit nasal. When Handsfree it behaved the other way around: good quality fixed-line side, scheppriger sound on the phone.

Lisa Brack, editor. Conclusion

Super AMOLED, wireless-n and Bluetooth 3.0 - the Samsung Wave lead them three new technologies into the mobile world. Particularly positive is the slim wave rider on in terms of touch-screen convenience and pace of work. A big plus is also the extremely powerful camera and the battery stamina. With these outstanding values, it creates the Wave to the top position of our cell phone rankings. From the Bada new operating system we had expected but overall innovative - and we want more content on the App Store.

Alternative

Who is a high-end multimedia mobile phone with a lot of looks and sets great store on extensibility attacks, for colleagues I8910 HD. The former Primus of the mobile phone brings a highscore AMOLED touchscreen, snaps pictures with 8-megapixel resolution, has also tremendous stamina and can be thanks to Symbian S60 operating system or expand better than the Bada-mobile. Currently due for the I8910 HD 375 €.