T-MOBILE MYTOUCH 4G SLIDE, AKA HTC DOUBLESHOT

T-MOBILE MYTOUCH 4G SLIDE, AKA HTC DOUBLESHOT

Someone phone call the plumber, HTC’s got a leak. Before right now we reported on spilled shots of the HTC Kingdom and Rider phones, and now full specs for the rumored T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide - also known as the HTC Doubleshot - have been dropped. According to Pocketnow, which analyzed the phone’s ROM, the device will run a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660 processor and pack a 3.7-inch WGA display,

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NEW J1772 TO ROADSTER MOBILE CONNECTOR

NEW J1772 TO ROADSTER MOBILE CONNECTOR

This non-standard charge port on your own Tesla Roadster isn't proprietary, it's just outmoded -- but don't be concerned, a four foot adapter is here to save the day. This new J1772 to Roadster connector bridges the Roadster's 2008 created charge port to the business regular J1772,

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LENOVO IDEAPAD S205 NETBOOK AMD

As end-users know, Intel dominates the consumer processor market and, indirectly, the PC marketplace as a whole.Advanced Micro Devices, inside the meantime, has been producing headway and steadily eroding Intel's share.The principal reason behind its success is that it lastly has a viable platform for mobile computers, even if it can be, for now, restricted to the low end. In other words, AMD has processors for netbooks and tablets.LENOVO IDEAPAD S205 NETBOOK AMD

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NEW RADIO FIRMWARE FOR HTC THUNDERBOLT

NEW RADIO FIRMWARE FOR HTC THUNDERBOLT

Seems to be like AT&T isn't the only carrier patching cellular online connectivity issues this month -- a Verizon document recommends that we'll be getting some brand new radio firmware for the beleaguered HTC Thunderbolt. The phone not only fell victim to Verizon's LTE outage but offers had 3G data and CDMA / LTE cycling issues since day one, so we're hoping this latest baseband will bring at least a modicum of relief for affected speed demons across the country. What we do not know is when this patch might show up -- we thought the Xoom's security update would be imminent, but those documents were unceremoniously pulled.

LAUNCHED TODAY WHITE APPLE IPHONE 4 HANDS-ON

The white iPhone four: soon after months (and months) of delays, Apple nowadays lastly released the albino edition of it newest addition to the iPhone loved ones. It's accessible for both AT&T and Verizon and, if you plan on joining the white iPhone 4 owners club, you can expect to pay either $199.99 for your 16GB model or $299.99 for your 32GB flavor. If you're still on the fence about picking up the frosty handset or just want to see what all the fuss is about, though, our friend Cam Bunton over at Today's iPhone recorded a video of himself unboxing the device and we've embedded it below for all to enjoy. For your price, same with the iPhone four black, which is $ 199 for the 16GB model and $ 299 for the 32GB model. Apple said the iPhone 4 will be available in nearly 30 countries and territories.

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White iPhone 4 is Now Available

After a number of rumors and leaked images, Apple has finally released the rare albino handset worldwide. In the US, the rare white iPhone 4 will come in both AT&T and Verizon networks. Aside from its color and tweaked proximity sensor, nothing much has changed in the white iPhone 4. Even the contract and price details also remain the same: $199 on contract for the 16GB model, $299 for 32GB.

Check out Apple’s full press release below, for more white iPhone 4 information.

PRESS RELEASE


White iPhone Arrives Tomorrow

CUPERTINO, California-April 27, 2011-Apple® today announced that the white iPhone® 4 will be available beginning tomorrow. White iPhone 4 models will be available from Apple’s online store (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retail stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

“The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it’s beautiful,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we’ve worked to get every detail right.”

iPhone 4 is the most innovative phone in the world, featuring Apple’s stunning Retina™ display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone resulting in super crisp text, images and video, and FaceTime®, which makes video calling a reality.

Pricing & Availability
White models of iPhone 4 will be available in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, UK and the US, beginning Thursday, April 28 and in many more countries around the world soon. White iPhone 4 will be available for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model with a new two year agreement through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retail stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

LuxeMate T810 Media Cruiser Now Shipping

If you are looking for a home media centre controller with a full QWERTY keyboard which you can rest on your lap, the LuxeMate T810 Media Cruiser designed and created by Genius might well be worth a look.

The Genius LuxeMate T810 Media Cruiser combines three devices into one providing a wireless remote control, keyboard and mouse all-in-one. Its equipped with dual-way wireless 2.4GHz technology, allowing you to control your Home Theater PC (HTPC) from a distance of up to 10-meters away, its also fitted with an anti-interference function to prevent its communications becoming confused by other devices.

Genius Wireless LuxeMate T810 Media Cruiser is fully compatible with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system and is also backwards compatible with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, and the Vista OS hotkey function.

The new LuxeMate T810 Media Cruiser is  now available to buy for around $89.99.

CASIO G'ZONE COMMANDO

Our friendly FedEx gentleman was type sufficient to supply us the soon-to-be-released Casio Gz’One Commando from Verizon Wireless. In contrast to most full-touchscreen smartphones, this Android 2.two.1 system is designed to become abused. The Commando meets military requirements 810G for immersion, rain, and shock, dust resistance, vibration, salt fog, humidity, solar radiation, altitude, along with reduced and substantial temperature storage. The handset, which isn't the lightest full-touchscreen we’ve dealt with - but definitely not the heaviest at five.4-ounces- sports activities a ruggedized composite situation which safeguards a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash, 1460mAh battery, 512MB RAM, 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen exhibit, and a host of other assets. Need to understand what our 1st impressions are? Good. Have a take a look at the gallery beneath and hit the jump to study on.

CASIO G'ZONE COMMANDO

The very first thing we noticed in regards to the gadget is how crisp the screen is. With ruggedized anythings, function is oft sacrificed for the sake of form. But using the Commando’s screen this doesn't seem to become the situation. The three.6-inch window has a 480 x 800 pixel resolution and, from what we can tell up to now, does not disappoint. Blacks are really black and the touch sensitivity seems to become on-par with most other Android gadgets - we fired off numerous emails and text messages without problem.

NEXUS S 4G LAUNCH ON SPRINT ON MAY 8

NEXUS S 4G LAUNCH ON SPRINT ON MAY 8

You've been able to pre-order the Sprint-ified version of the Nexus S for a great although now, but it is usually good to add a concrete date for the finish from the anticipation and the beginning from the Android 2.three enjoyable. That date has now been officially marked as Could 8th. That's when your Pure Google unit will be ready for use and abuse, though you'll need to acknowledge the usual two-year dedication with Sprint and spend up the common $200 entry price.

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Google Nexus S 4G On Sprint Arriving In May

The highly anticipated arrival of the Google Nexus S 4G, that has been available for pre-order for some time, has now been announced as May 8th 2011.

The Nexus S 4G will be available on Sprint on a two year contract for $200 and is equipped with a 4 inch Super AMOLED display, with processing power provided by a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor and 512MB (RAM), together with 16GB of on-board storage.

The Nexus S 4G is the only Nexus S phone with 4G connectivity and comes running Android 2.3, Gingerbread together with network Wi-Fi connectivity via 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, for connection to peripherals.

Its also equipped with a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera and camcorder and front-facing VGA camera and a gyroscope sensor for gaming and application navigation.

Full access is also provided to the Android Market allowing you to download and install any of the 150,000 apps currently available.

MIUI SUPER FAST ROM FOR ANDROID

If you've grow to be a little bored using the way Android looks and operates, MIUI is really a fully different Android encounter, bringing a gorgeous iOS-like interface, blazing speed, and tons of additional functions for the Android running program.

The MIUI ROM is in fact a translated edition of a Chinese personalized edition of Android. You can find both Froyo (two.2) and Gingerbread (2.three) versions obtainable, although the one proven previously mentioned will be the Froyo develop (because Gingerbread does not function wonderful on older phones such as the Motorola Droid, which is what I utilised inside the demonstration).

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SONY S1 AND S2 DUAL-SCREEN HONEYCOMB TABLETS

Sony's hosting a press occasion in Tokyo these days exactly where it just created the very first announcement: a pair of Android 3.0 tablets -- indeed, the really two Honeycomb slabs we instructed you about exclusively again in February. The very first will be the nine.4-inch S1 media tablet (aka, Qriocity focused) with a curved top considerably like a folded magazine and each front- and rear-facing cameras. The S1 features a Tegra 2 SoC and personalized "Quick and Smooth" touch panel UI with "Swift" internet browser. It can also be employed being a remote manage for Sony gear because of integrated infrared. SONY S1 AND S2 DUAL-SCREEN HONEYCOMB TABLETS

The 2nd tablet is the dual-screen S2 clamshell with its pair of 5.5-inch 1,024 x 480 pixel displays, Tegra two SoC, and digital camera. Whilst it sounds bulky, Kunimasa Suzuki just pulled the hinged tablet from his jacket pocket on stage. Sony takes benefit of the two screens with a customized book-style UI layout for its e-reader app, email (keyboard on one exhibit with your messages about the other), and other people. Both the S1 and S2 are PlayStation Licensed and therefore are WiFi and 3G/4G "compatible" according to Sony. See the Sony tablets codenamed "S1" and "S2" in action after the break on their way to a international release inside the drop -- possibly faster in the US.

Archos 7c Eclair Tablet

Archos has announced that its new Archos 7c loaded with Android 2.1 Eclair is now shipping for around $220, nearly a month ahead of its expected shipping date in June 2011.

The Archos 7c is fitted with a 7″ Capacitive Touch Screen, 800 x 480 Resolution and is powered by a Cortex A8 processor, 8GB Internal Storage with the Micro SD card slot (SDHC compatible) and has Wi-Fi 802.11b/g connectivity.

It is capable of supporting 720p video playback at 30fps and supports the following video formats .mpa, .mkv, .mov, and .flv, Audio codecs supports are: MP3, WMA (non protected), WAV3, APE, OGG, FLAC and AAC3.

The Archos 7c is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7 as well as Mac OS and Linux in storage mode and is fitted with a USB port that allows the Archos 7c to act as either a slave or host device.

Apple iPhone 5 Coming this September?

Apple will begin production of its next generation iPhone this coming July and will be ready to be shipped in September, according to “three people familiar with the matter.”

Apple’s iPhone 5 is touted to have a faster processor (obviously) and will be slightly bigger than the current iPhone 4.

Gadg and Apple followers have been through rumors over and over, but with this one coming from nothing less than Reuters, we may be on to something (or nothing if you’re nonchalant about the global news agency).

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Origin EON17-S Overclocked Gaming Notebook Starts Shipping

If you are in the market for a new portable gaming rig, you might be pleased to know that Origin has now started shipping their new Origin EON17-S overclocked gaming notebook, featuring 2nd generation Intel “Sandybridge” processors and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M graphics cards.

There are a number of processor and graphics options you can use to create your perfect portable gaming notebook, but if you are still looking for something a little extra special, Origins will even overclock your system for you, right up to 4.5GHz.

As well as monster power the Origin EON17-S is also fitted with a 17.3 inch Full HD Widescreen, LED Backlit, 16.9, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) display, 4 x memory slots capable of holding up to 32GB Dual Channel DDR3 1333Mhz or 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz.

Its also fitted with a Blu-ray burner & reader and comes with both Hybrid and SSD drive with RAID options and up to 7.1 HD Audio with THX TruStudio support. For full specifications and a full list of all the configuration options available visit the Origins website.

The Origin EON17-S laptop price starts at $1,759 and will increase depending on your options. EON17-S laptops with overclocking are fully covered by ORIGIN’s unsurpassed warranty featuring free part replacement, free shipping, and free lifetime support.

AMD Launches Three Entry Level GPUs: Radeon HD 6450, 6570 and 6670

Although AMD raises the standard of what graphic cards should be release after release, it never forgets to serve the needs of users who prefer an easy-going, non-hardcore graphic card that would just suit their needs of light gaming and basic to moderately advanced desktop operations. Introducing AMD’s new line of entry level cards that will tickle the fancy of the above-average computer Joe, the Radeon HD 6450, 6570 and 6670 cards.

The three entry-level graphic cards prices range below $100, with the Radeon HD 6450 running at $55, the 6570 for $79, and the 6670 for $99. According to reviewers, people who are planning to get one of these AMD offsprings will get their money’s worth, meaning it’s not that impressive in the eyes of a person who prefers their specs hardcore.

But if it’s a bang for the buck graphic card you’d want, then AMD’s last generation graphic cards, the 5000 series might be a better option with the Radeon HD 5750 providing excellent performance for gaming.

Or if you’re more of a NVIDIA type of person, then NVIDIA’s GT 430 will serve you better with just a couple of bucks more expensive.

Wii Successor To Be Launched On 2012, Nintendo Confirms

Nintendo just confirmed that there is something upcoming after its popular Wii gaming console, and it’s coming to that market next year.

The sales of Wiis consoles has decreased significantly as of 2010, with Nintendo selling only 15.1 million Wii units worldwide, compared to its previous sales of almost 90 million when the console was introduced in 2006.

According to a report by Mashable, the company also revealed its yearly financial results for 2010, marking a big drop in net profit — $825 million — which 66 percent less than in 2009.

Nintendo decided that this is a great time to announce the upcoming launch of a successor for Wii. The date of the launch is still undecided though, but the company gave its word to have a playable unit, and to provide more details and specifications with regards to the new Wii model at E3 Expo on the second week of June in Los Angeles.

White iPhone 4 Starts Shipping

I know its hard to believe but this weekend Apple has started prepping US retailers for the arrival of its White iPhone 4 smartphone. After numerous delays and rumours Apple has now started shipping their mystical white device, which is the same as Apple’s black iPhone 4, but is made from purest white.

The delays of the white iPhone 4 were apparently caused by problems with paint mixtures that were causing a large number of defective units in the production process.

 These now seem to be solved and if you have been patiently waiting for its arrival. Apple Insider writes that the white iPhones are in stores now and they are expected to be available on Wednesday this week and will be available in both AT&T – GSM and Verizon – CDMA versions.

Acer Wants To Be More Competitive In The Tablet Wars

Even though it might appear a losing battle, Acer is hell bent on fighting for its slice of the smartphone/tablet market. To achieve this, Acer have announced the creation of a new business unit that will increase its competitiveness at a time when both Nokia, Dell, and Samsung are gearing up for their own onslaughts.

To meet its lofty goals, Acer recently underwent some serious reorganization:

To make significant inroads in the mobile device business, Acer has reorganized the former IT product global operations into two independent entities. The newly founded touch business group (TBG) comprises of the former tablet PC and smartphone teams, while the PC global operations (PCGO) consists of the main PC product lines.

Acer also creates three new functions deemed necessary for company’s competitive development, they are: chief marketing office (CMO) – responsible for brand position and marketing strategy; chief technology office (CTO) – responsible for mid to long term planning and integration of technologies; and operation analysis office (OAO) – for studying and analyzing company business models and financial affairs.
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How to Unsubscribe from Mailing Lists in Gmail

Gmail added this feature quite a while ago, but I wanted to highlight how awesome it is.

If you’ve ever subscribed to a mailing list, you may run into an issue where you can’t remember your password for that mailing list. And where it won’t let you unsubscribe, unless you have the password. Or maybe you just don’t want to go through all the steps of unsubscribing from a mailing list.

Gmail has a feature called “Unsubscribe from this mailing list,” and it does just that..sometimes. It can be really hit or miss if it actually works, or even shows up as an option.

After clicking that, You will shortly thereafter received an email confirming your unsubscribe request. Awesome isn’t it :)
And ta-dah, you’re unsubscribe (after you click the link). I really do love this feature, great job Team Gmail!

Doubts About Still Being a Runner

Although I was able to walk 9 and 10 miles, it still didn’t give me enough pleasure as running did. To add to that, the afterburn (increased metabolism after exercise) of walking doesn’t even come close to running. Perhaps I should start swinging my arms all the time so I can go faster and maybe that would enable me to do more heavy breathing. But would that increase in pace be detrimental to my balky ankles? When I ran those hills two Saturdays ago, I knew I was taking a huge risk, but I had to give it a try anyway because the walking part didn’t give me any challenge or satisfaction. The 10 mile walk two days later was a test mainly for my ankles, not for endurance or speed. These past few months, there has been a  slow and almost imperceptible transition from running to walking. With the cycling, and the walking, and the occasional running,  I’m no longer sure what to define myself. Should I just categorize myself as a daily exerciser? When I first met with the walking group, I told them I was a lapsed runner.

I seem to be maintaining my fitness and weight despite not running any more or rarely doing more than an hour of any type of workout so why should I even think about doing any endurance sports like the Palos Verdes half marathon? Is the challenge or drive still even there?

In other workout news, my elbows started hurting a couple of weeks ago and can’t do upper back exercises and biceps curls. Any movement that involved the biceps make the elbows hurt. I have to limit myself to rubber tubing for the curls but I’m still able to do the bench press, pushups, and dips for the triceps.

I was digging around in my closet one day and found two AREC duffel bags. Now how the heck did I end up with two? Then I remembered that a couple of years ago, the club gave out technical hats as swag for renewing our membership. Since I don’t wear hats, I opted for another bag which was left over from the previous year. Those were from my running days which now seem oh so long ago. Sigh…

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Random Work Thoughts Plus A Senior Moment

Ever since we started the electronic medical records system in our hospital two weeks ago, it seems like all you see in the nurse’s station are the nurses with their noses pressed against the computer screen for hours. They have become like moths attracted to the glow of the LCD monitor. Other than initially talking to their patients, the rest of the time they are seated in front of the computer.

As far as mental health workers are concerned, we no longer have access to patient histories, legal status, or a place where we can do narrative documentation in case we observe anything extraordinary in a patient’s behavior. All we could do is report it to the nurse. If we were accused by a patient of abuse for example, there is no way for us to defend ourselves by documenting our own version of the patient’s complaint. When we were using paper, we could still do that.

Speaking of charts, we don’t use an addressograph machine anymore to label whatever papers we still use. We now have preprinted stickers. When we first started, we had to go to the nurse’s station, open each patient’s chart to get the stickers. I wondered how we could do this more efficiently but couldn’t come up with an idea. Somebody else did however and it works beautifully. He took an empty binder, put in dividers with room numbers, and placed the stickers in the dividers. Now why didn’t I think of that?!

I remember the time when the midnight shift workers were left free food by the hospital. Where have those days gone and do some hospitals till do that? The food were leftovers from the day’s meals and rather than let them go to waste, they were left for the night shift. I wonder what they do with the leftover food nowadays?

I had a pre-senior moment at a store a few days ago. I took out some discount coupons from my wallet when I got there. After I found the products I was looking for, I reached for my wallet from my pants but couldn’t find it! My first thought was “Darn, I left my wallet at home!”. Then I realized that the wallet was still in my hand from when I took out the coupons minutes earlier. DUH!

On that note, Happy Easter To All!

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Hannspree SN10T1 Android Tablet Based on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 CPU

Hannspree has recently released a new Android powered tablet called as the Hannspree SN10T1 at IFA 2011 show. The new Hannspree SN10T1 tablet lacks few key features, which can easily seen on its price. But this is a stylish yet powerful tablet, which is powered by the NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor, and likely running on Android v2.2 Froyo operating system with a custom UI. Beside these, it has the current largest tablet screen i.e a 10.1-inch touchscreen display, and you will find all other features you need. Just have a look on the below specs list to collect more information on the new Hannspree SN10T1 Android tablet.

Hannspree SN10T1 Tablet Specs

• 10.1-inch touchscreen display
• Display resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels
• Powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor
• Runs on Android 2.2 Froyo OS with custom UI
• Flash Player 10.1 support
• Preloaded with AndroidPIT’s App Center
• 16GB onboard storage memory
• WiFi & Bluetooth connectivity options
• Supports both front and rear facing camera

The new Hannspree SN10T1 Android tablet is coming to Italy with a price tag of about €349 ($505). Finlay it’s an affordable yet chunky and fairly high quality tablet with all plastic and no metal body.

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: Unfinished, unusable

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: Unfinished, unusable It's been 50 percent a year considering that Investigation in Motion unveiled its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet primarily based on the QNX operating technique. This week, RIM started shipping the seven-inch tablet. Right after paying a couple days with the final products, it's crystal clear that the PlayBook is a useless device whose advancement is unfinished.

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Long Beach Walking Club Part 2 and Palos Verdes Marathon Course 3

I walked with the Long Beach Walking Club at Signal Hill again last Saturday morning. This time I wasn’t as apprehensive about being able to keep up with the group since I already knew what their pace was like. In fact the pace last Saturday felt meandering compared to a couple of weeks back. I guess my companions were taking it easy on me. When the planned six miles was over, I continued on my own from the base of Hill Street. Instead of walking up the hill like I did two weeks ago, I ran up (well, very slowly), and instead of walking after I reached the apex, I continued running down 22^nd Street, made a right at the base of Stanley St. and ran up it. I followed the same extra miles I did before, running down Skyline Drive then up again and continuing to run until I reached the finishing point. All in all, the running part of the whole workout tallied just 2 ½ miles but it felt more satisfying than the other 6 ½ miles that I walked. The breakdown was like this: 6 miles walking + 2.5 miles running, + ½ mile cool down walk = 9 total miles. Not bad for a weak ankled non-runner who dabbles occasionally at running, and doing steep hills at that!

                Ok, so I was able to do 9 miles this time compared to 8.5 miles last time. That leaves me 4.1 more miles to finish a half marathon. But how did the ankles feel afterward? Well, very sore. On Sunday I received an email from AREC (A Running Experience Club) telling the members about a discount code for five dollars off for the Palos Verdes Marathon and Half Marathon. I checked out the website and found out that they are changing the course this year. It is now going to start and finish at Donald Trump’s Terranea Resort. I’ve run the original course in the 80’s and the second course several times in the 90’s and 2000’s, so I became curious about this third course change. The marathon will now be a double loop around Palos Verdes Peninsula, with supposedly lesser hills. I’m ambivalent about this because what makes the PV Marathon interesting and challenging is it’s hills. Having been able to walk + run 9 miles in Signal Hill the previous day, I started to think that I may be able to do a half marathon in Palos Verdes.

                The next day, my ankles felt somewhat ok when I woke up earlier than usual. I decided I would go for another walk but on a flat terrain this time to see how long I would last. I went around the Bixby Knolls and Virginia Country Club area hoping to hold onto a 15 minutes per mile pace. The first mile was 16 minutes and several miles after that was locked in at 15 minutes each. I would occasionally swing my arms and by doing that, I seemed to be able to knock off a few seconds per mile. In recent months, I was able to walk for 2 ½ hours on the treadmill and on one of those walks, half was done on the treadmill and half on the road. I figured that would be my goal last Monday. So around I went until I reached my goal time in which the last 15 minutes I was swinging my arms. That enabled me to do the last mile in about 14:20. So I was able to total 10 miles that day, a distance that I couldn’t run anymore. About 45 minutes more or so would enable me to finish a half marathon. But would my ankles be able to tolerate that much more time? They were already hurting somewhat badly during and after those 10 miles. I’ll find out soon enough if I decide to sign up for the Palos Verdes Marathon which is on May 14^th, if only to check out the new course and also see what the Terranea Resort is all about. That’s probably the closest I’ll get to a Trump property.

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HTC Sensation 4G vs Samsung Galaxy S II vs Motorola Atrix 4G vs LG Optimus 2X / G2X

HTC Sensation 4G vs Samsung Galaxy S II .We got to feeling a bit curious about how just HTC's most current Android superphone, the Sensation 4G, stacks up from its fellow dual-core competition, so we did what every geek does in these predicaments, we compiled a chart. Incorporated in this checklist are the best and brightest Android handsets from every single of the significant companies that have gone dual-core so significantly: the Galaxy S II, the Atrix 4G, the Optimus 2X / G2X, and HTC's personal EVO 3D. As it turns out, there are rather a number of commonalities amid these phones (apart from the benchmark-crushing efficiency). They all boast screens of possibly 4 or four.three inches in dimension, the minimal amount of RAM among them is 512MB, the smallest battery is 1500mAh, and yes, they all have front-facing video clip cameras. In essence, it's the long run of smartphones, lowered to a stat sheet. As this sort of, it ought to also come with the warning that specs aren't everything, and user experience will most usually count on the application obtainable on each device and on the preferences of the human holding it. With that proviso absolutely digested, join us after the break for the information.

Android version	Gingerbread (2.3)	Gingerbread (2.3)	Froyo (2.2)	Froyo (2.2)
Skin	Sense 3.0	TouchWiz 4.0	Motoblur	LG on 2X / none on G2X
US carrier	T-Mobile	TBD	AT&T	T-Mobile
Display	4.3-inch Super LCD	4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus	4-inch TFT LCD	4-inch IPS LCD
Resolution	540 x 960	480 x 800	540 x 960	480 x 800
Dual-core processor	1.2GHz Qualcomm MSM8260	1.2GHz Samsung Exynos 4210*	1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2	1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2
RAM	768MB	1GB	1GB	512MB
Storage	1GB internal with 8GB MicroSD card	16GB or 32GB internal with MicroSD slot	16GB internal with MicroSD slot	8GB internal with MicroSD slot
Front camera	VGA	2 megapixel	VGA	1.3 megapixel
Rear camera	8 megapixel, dual LED flash	8 megapixel, LED flash	5 megapixel, LED flash	8 megapixel, LED flash
Video	1080p at 30fps	1080p at 30fps	720p at 30fps (1080p coming later)	1080p at 24fps
4G internet	14.4Mbps HSPA+	21.1Mbps HSPA+	14.4Mbps HSPA+	14.4Mbps HSPA+
Accelerometer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gyroscope	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Battery	1520mAh	1650mAh	1930mAh	1500mAh
Thickness	11.3mm	8.49mm	10.95mm	9.9mm
Weight	148g / 5.22 ounces	116g / 4.09 ounces	135g / 4.76 ounces	139g / 4.9 ounces

* 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 in some regions.

A Snail’s Pace, Literally!

Forget about the pony express, that would be too fast. This one gives new meaning to snail mail. When I bought my refurbished netbook from Tigerdirect.com a few weeks ago, they offered a $20.00 rebate towards my next purchase if I signed up for something called Everyday Privileges Gold trial membership for $1.00 which is supposed to last a month. This membership offers discount coupons from groceries, hotels, and other stores. If I didn’t want to be billed further, all I had to do was cancel my trial membership after a month. I figured, why not? Getting $20.00 for $1.00 is a very good deal. So I waited for my membership packet and rebate form, and waited, and waited. Three weeks later, I received the packet but not the rebate coupon, so I emailed customer service to ask about it. I was told it was sent via email and for me to check my junk mail in case it went there. Well, I didn’t find it but they told me they were going to send the rebate coupon by snail mail anyway, which I should receive in 7 to 10 days. So I waited some more and after two weeks passed, still no rebate coupon. I sent another email and they responded that the coupon was sent out on March 25^th and it may take 3 to 4 weeks to arrive. So it went from 7 to 10 days to 3 to 4 weeks. Talk about snail mail! Either that or the mail was coming on a slow boat from China. Who knows?! Meanwhile my trial membership expired and I called to cancel it so I wouldn’t be billed any further. They tried to sweeten the deal by offering to send me more store coupons so I would continue my membership. I declined. I continue to wait for the rebate coupon as of this writing. If I held my breath while waiting for it, I would be dead already. Maybe the snail that was delivering the mail got intercepted and was served as escargot.

          As a follow up to what I wrote above, I called the company yesterday to check on the status of the rebate coupon and their representative said he was going to send it by email after confirming my email address. He told me to check in the next 24 hours. Hmmm, an email that takes 24 hours to arrive... I think I'm beginning to understand that this company is very good at making promises verbally and in their email email communications, but not as good in backing up their words. They are good at saying things that their customers want to hear but they never really do what they say they are going to do. Talk is cheap, after all. To whoever reads this post, beware of companies run by Trilegiant, in this case, Everydayprivelegesgold. Hot air, snail mail, and 1 bit per hour email all rolled into one.

I found a lot of complaints regarding this company and here are samples:
http://www.19actionnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=11524487
http://www.lakinlaw.com/CM/NewsFlash/Trilegiant_Settlement_Approval_Release.asp
http://companyfeedback.blogspot.com/2009/01/trilegiant-corporation.html
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Unlocking the Boot Loader from Sony Ericsson

It is doable to unlock the boot loader for specific releases of Sony Ericsson Androidâ?¢ phone models from 2011 and onwards.

Unlocking the Boot Loader from Sony Ericsson

Please note that you could void the warranty of your phone if you unlock the boot loader. Sony Ericsson can then no longer guarantee the full functionality of your phone, and will not be responsible for any unsigned custom software program being flashed to the phone following the boot loader is unlocked. Particular functions in your phone may possibly cease to work, and performance may possibly not be perfect. You may also damage your phone permanently. In the worst case, unlocking the boot loader will cause physical injuries or material harm, for example, due to the phone overheating.

Unlocking the Boot Loader from Sony Ericsson

Particular content on your phone might also be inaccessible due to the removal of DRM security keys and the secure user data partition even though unlocking the boot loader.

Consequently, you must only unlock the boot loader of your phone if you are an advanced user with superior information of the technologies and risks involved. We strongly recommend that standard users NOT unlock the boot loader, as it is not needed. We are proud to deliver fantastic phone experiences by means of our rigorously tested and official software program releases.

See the Which phones-page to see what phone models are supported by this service.

If you are totally aware of the risks involved, and have a deep understanding about these technologies, continue to the unlock boot loader directions page.

An Older and Trustier Microwave Oven

About five years ago, I won a $50.00 gift certificate from work for Home Depot and it gave me the opportunity to finally replace my 1981 vintage Sanyo microwave oven which power was probably only 600 watts and had a 15 minute dial timer. I chose a larger sized and more powerful Magic Chef oven with programmable buttons and such. It worked very well for awhile but in the past year, it has been heating unevenly so much so that a couple of my melamine plates broke. This normally should not happen. First, if this story sounds somewhat familiar, it’s because I had blogged about replacing my old 1981 toaster last year but unfortunately I couldn’t find the link. After the second plate broke last week and didn’t even heat the chicken on it, I was desperate and hungry. Fortunately I didn’t dispose of the old Sanyo which I kept in storage in my garage. I brought it back in the kitchen, cleaned it up a little bit then resumed heating my dinner. Other than taking a couple more minutes to heat the food due to the lesser wattage, the oven worked just fine. Would you believe that the smaller Sanyo weighed heavier than the bigger Magic Chef? Could it be that the components of the older machine were heavier because they were more durable and built to last longer? This may be a case of newer not being necessarily better even if it came with fancy electronic buttons. If not for the gift certificate, I probably wouldn’t even have bought the Magic Chef oven. Now that oven is gone and relegated to what it was: a piece of garbage. The Sanyo has returned to its usual spot in the kitchen. So if any of you have a bigger though old microwave oven that still works that you don’t use anymore, please consider giving it to me instead of throwing it away. That way, we can freecycle.
Let me add this: the old Sanyo still has an old fashion ding when the timer finishes instead of the beep beep beep of new microwaves. It probably has a real bell inside it and not an electronic one. Forget about preprogrammed and programmable buttons, the Sanyo only had two settings: Cook and Defrost. My only minor problem with it is that my tall 16 oz. travel mug doesn’t fit inside when I have to heat water for instant coffee. Here is my solution:
The short and fat behemoth of a mug has a capacity of 20 oz. and much cheaper than buying a new microwave oven. Believe me, this picture doesn't do it justice because it looks more like a soup bowl with a handle and lid.
So other than the smaller size of this trusty old oven, it works like a charm. They sure don’t make them like they used to.

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Samsung wave s7233 specifications Price

Samsung wave s7233 is another mobile came from wave series.The specifications of these mobile quite excellent and it also include with touchWiz 3.0 user interface providing an insight to the social networking and messaging applications. 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity boost web functionality, whilst Google Maps direct you towards the right direction.

The new Wave II's 3.7-inch screen supports up to 800x480 pixel resolution. In terms of hardware, the Wave II still sports 1GHz processor with support for HSDPA and has 2GB internal memory. Samsung has added Trace, a new input method for T9 input. It is similar to SWYPE input method and could possibly be the bada version of SWYPE. The Wave II runs bada OS. For digital imaging, Wave II comes with a 5 megapixel camera with LED Flash and supports HD recording of video

It is an open platform operating system that allows developers and users to create new applications with ease. It’s simple, efficient and intuitive UI allows greater user creativity and interactivity.Bada OS makes your mobile even smarter with a whole range of applications. Mobile offers easy and direct access to the Samsung Apps store for browsing, purchasing and downloading of free and premium apps.

Key Features:

*Slim & Sophisticated

*3G / Wi-Fi

*Samsung Apps

*Full Multimedia

*Bada Platform

*Rich Application

*Social Hub

*Life-Assisant Service

Samsung wave s7233 Specifications:

• GSM & EDGE Band Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
• 3G Band 900 / 2100; 3G - HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
• Powered with Samsung bada OS and integrated with Dolfin mobile browser
• 3.2″ inches TFT capacitive touchscreen with TouchWiz UI 3.0, Multi-touch zoom
• 5 Megapixel camera with Pseudo Zoom, LED flash and Auto focus
• Camera featured with video recording and face to face 3G telephony
• Built with 64 polyphonic ringtones and supports for MP3 rintones too
• Music Player featured with 3D sound technology and supports for MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA media files
• Stereo FM Radio with recording, Embedded Wallpapers and Java games, Image editor
• Social networking ready, SMS, MMS, Email, Document viewer, Mobile Printing, Speakerphone, Mobile tracker
• Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, WAP, USB mass storage, Dolfin Internet HTML Browser, WiFi, AGPS
• 100 MB internal user memory and expandable up to 16 GB through microSD memory card
• Standard 1200mAh Li-Ion battery with talk time up to 9.6 hours and standby time up to 750 hours
• Dimensions are 109.5 x 53.9 x 11.8 mm with 99.5 grams of weight

Samsung S7233 Wave 723 Camera Mobile Phone Price in India – Rs.12,500/-

BenQ R100 Android Tablet Specs

A well know company BenQ entering into tablet wars with their new BenQ R100 Android Tablet. The new BenQ R100 Android is equipped with quite impressive Specs like a 10-inch LCD resistive touch screen display with 1024x768 pixel resolution and runs with advanced 833MHz Samsung S5PC100 processor and 512MB RAM in order to handle all kind of high-end multimedia applications without any lagging. While comes to the internal memory it is included with 8GB storage which can expandable up to 16GB via micro SD card slot and it has integrated mini USB 2.0 connectivity to transfer the data from pc to device, mini HDMI jack, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n connection and Bluetooth 2.0 respectively.

The BenQ company claims that the device has excellent battery life up to 12 hours in standby mode and 6 hours in video and audio playback. Finally BenQ R100 Android Tablet is available in Chinese market with Price tag around 3100 Yuan(in US $470).

Detail Specs of BenQ R100 Android

• Android 2.2(Froyo) Operating System
• Samsung S5PC100 833MHz processor
• 10-inch LCD display with 1024x768 pixel resolution
• Internal 8GB storage and 512 MB of RAM
• 3 Mega Pixel camera on back side
• Connectivity: mini USB 2.0, 3.5mm Audio jack , HDMI, Wi-Fi b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0
• Battery life up to 12 hours in standby mode
• Dimensions: 244 mm x 191 mm x 15 and Weight 720grams

Asus External 3D Blu-ray Writer

Asus has recently launched their new BW-12D1S-U, the world’s fastest external 3D Blu-ray writer. The new Asus 3D Blu-ray Burner replaces all Desktops and laptops because it’s all in one powerhouse device which can capable of playing high definition(HD) 3D videos and it also burn the Blu-ray disks at maximum writing speed up to 12X. With its USB 3.0 interface users can transfer the data with maximum speed of 5 Gbps. It has additional feature i.e, Optical Tuning Strategy (OTS) which offers optimized best writing quality available and high definition 3D playback of videos.

The current Asus 3D Blu-ray Writer supports both Dolby EX and 5.1-channel DTS-HD, 2D to 3D conversion and full 1080p HD with no quality compromise, it allows to upscaling of non-HD DVD content to HD standards. Unfortunately the Asus 3D Blu-ray writer price and availability was not revealed and we guessing that it will available around 500$.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Review, Spec and Price

Earlier this year Sony Ericsson has released a new smartphone Xperia Arc. Xperia Arc is the latest generation in the Xperia series, using the latest operating system Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Xperia Arc segmented to users who like multimedia and productivity. Its  features that used the same screen technology on the Sony Bravia screen wich gives very sharp images.

Xperia Arc also comes with 8.1 megapixels camera, multi-touch screen 4.2 inch, 1 GHz processor Qualcomm, supports 3G/4G network, 512 MB of internal memory and can be expanded with microSD up to 32 GB. This large storage space can use to store music and video collection.  Xperia Arc sold according to gadget analysts about 400-600 dollars, a price appropriate for sophiscated features.




Below are the full specifications of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc as quoted from Sony Ericsson:

Operating system: Google Android 2.3
Processor: 1 GHz Qualcomm
Camera: 8.1 megapixel
Internal memory: 512 MB
External memory: 32 GB micro SD support
External memory in the package: 8 GB microSD
Network connection: UMTS HSPA GSM GPRS / EDGE
Screen: Sony Mobile Bravia Engine 16 million color TFT capacitive multi-touch 4.2-inch 854 x 480 pixels (FWVGA)