May 11, 2009 at 11:42 am · Filed under Technology ·Tagged apple, apple ipod, gadgets, iPod, ipod fans, iPod Touch, iPod Touch large screen, iPod Touch larger screen, iPod Touch screen, iPods.
Floating around the blog communities and news sites is the suggestion that Apple has developed a larger screen for the classic iPod Touch, with a choice of 7inch and 9inch touch screens. It currently features a rather tiny 3.5inch screen, so this new addition would be welcomed by many people who struggle to see on the small screen. Then again, we manage with mobile phones, so do we need a larger screen for the iPod Touch? The gadget would enable users to listen to music, watch films and surf the Internet on a more comfortably sized screen, but is this what people want?
Personally, i can’t see current iPod fans ditching their small screened beauty in favour of something larger. After all, one of the beauties of the iPod generation is the fact that you can do so much with something so small and compact. It almost feels like a larger screen sort of “defeats the object”. Anyway – i guess time will tell if this new iPod Touch goes down well, if it is ever to get launched.
There’s still quite a buzz in the technology industry about this, so lets see what happens. With the credit crunch in full swing though, i have to question the relevance of a gadget we already have being re-introduced with just a larger screen.
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May 11, 2009 at 11:40 am · Filed under Laptops ·Tagged best laptop, best laptops, computer, computers, fujitsu siemens, fujitsu siemens bad laptop, fujitsu siemens computer, fujitsu siemens laptop, sony best laptop, sony laptop, sony laptops, Technology, toshiba best laptop, toshiba laptop, toshiba laptops, toshiba qosmio, toshiba qosmio laptop, who makes the best laptop, who makes the best laptops
Well, it is a question that many people face when they are considering buying a new laptop. Perhaps they have previously had a brand not so good and they want to buy a laptop from the best manufacturer this time; knowing who makes the best laptops is crucial when deciding what machine to buy.
So far, i have found that Toshiba and Sony are the best computer manufacturers. I like the aesthetics of a laptop a lot, and Toshiba and Sony never disappoint. The Toshiba Qosmio laptop range was great for people that wanted a laptop to be functional and also look really great.
I once had a Fujitsu Siemens laptop and it was the worst i had ever owned! It lasted under a year and it had serious internal problems, the motherboard was broken twice in 10 months. Maybe they have improved things now, but it might be a while before i can be convinced to buy another Fujitsu Siemens laptop.
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May 11, 2009 at 11:38 am · Filed under Technology ·Tagged computers, friend or foe, i-robot, irobot, latest computer, latest mobile phone, latest technology, Mobile Phones, Technology, technology changing, technology friend or foe
With technology constantly changing, i have to wonder if it is a friend or foe to us. I mean, we could soon become powered by technology to such an extent that we really will end up like the people in i-Robot, where robots try to take over the world. We have created them, so their power is limitless.
Anyway, it just concerns me that we are all obsessed with having the latest technology in everything from phones to computers, but where does this obsession stop We could keep creating and buying the very latest products which we then one day end up being ruled and controlled by. We think we control technology, but do we? Are you sure they don’t control us?!!!
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April 28, 2009 at 8:25 am · Filed under Mobile Phones ·Tagged affordable mobiles, buy contract mobile phones, buy mobile phones, buy mobile phones on contract, mobile, mobile phone, mobile phone contract, Mobile Phones, mobile phones on contract, phone
Affordablemobiles.co.uk has the largest selection of mobile phones on contract that I think I have ever seen! Whichever brand you’re looking for, you’re sure to find it at Affordable Mobiles.
Everyone is looking for a great deal on their mobile phone contract and you can choose which tariff suits you best. It used to be a case of buying a mobile phone and having to make do with the tariff that it came on, when in reality you wanted more minutes and less texts etc, but now the world of mobile phones has become much more simplified with more choice for people with specific requirements.
Perhaps you have a preferred network provider, like Orange or T-Mobile? Searching just became easy with the user-friendly search function at Affordablemobiles.co.uk.
I really like the fact that they offer free gifts too with mobile phones on contract. So, not only can you get a brand new phone on the tariff of your choice, you can get a great gift too! Perhaps you’ve been thinking of a new phone and a Nintendo Wii… now you can have them both and save money!
I highly recommend checking out Affordablemobiles.co.uk – for a great choice of mobile phones on contract, their selection is unrivalled.
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March 7, 2009 at 11:35 am · Filed under Mobile Phones ·Tagged cheap mobile phone deal, cheap mobile phones, free upgrades, free upgrades site, freeupgrades, freeupgrades recommendation, freeupgrades.co.uk, freeupgrades.co.uk recommendation, handsets, mobile, mobile contract, mobile deal, mobile phone, mobile phone contract, mobile phone deal, Mobile Phones, new mobile phone deal, phone, phone contract, phones.
My friend said she just got a fabulous new mobile phone from freeupgrades.co.uk and she recommended them to me! I am intrigued to find out more…
My friend has never been easy to please – she likes things convenient and with the minimum of fuss, so i was more than a little impressed when she said she managed to get a great new handset as part of a cheap mobile phone deal from a specialist dealership. They must have been good! She didn’t have to go to the high street or scour hundreds of sites online – she got a phone call from freeupgrades.co.uk telling her about a fabulous deal she could have on her next mobile phone contract. Since she was coming to the end of her existing contract, she was relieved to find that she didn’t have to go searching high and low for another mobile phone deal. The one she was offered from freeupgrades.co.uk was far better than the current deal she had and she got an amazing new handset too.
Since my friend had such a great experience with freeupgrades.co.uk, i am determined to give this company a go. My mobile phone contract is coming to an end in a few months’ time so rather than start worrying about how i’m going to get the best deal, there is only one company i am going to talk to, and that is freeupgrades.co.uk
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February 22, 2009 at 11:38 am · Filed under computers ·Tagged charles babbage, computers, invent the computer, invented computer, invented computers, invented the computer, Technology, who invented the computer
This is a question that many people want to know
so who did invent the computer?
Well, from my research it was Charles Babbage, although some people say it was a few people that made it possible.
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December 13, 2008 at 11:42 am · Filed under computers ·Tagged computer society, computer technology, computer technology advances, computer technology changed society, computers, computers in society, games consoles, How Has Computer Technology Changed Society, store computer data, study medicine, technical equipment, Technology, technology advancements, technology hospitals
It is curious to think how computer technology has changed our society. As technology advances, everything previous looks old and quickly vanishes from people’s homes.
Computer technology has changed our society because we rely so heavily on these technical pieces of equipment to help work, live and play. For example:
Work – businesses need computers to store data, manage accounts and market their products
Live – hospitals have advanced computer technology which we probably don’t think about all the time, but they are there keeping us alive and help during operations.
Play – as computer technology advances, so do our games that we can play on them. Games consoles are also computers, remember.
So, how has computer technology changed society? Well, it has made us a lot more efficient when undertaking day to day practices. It has meant we are able to study medicine better and help save more lives. Computer technology is so vital in our society, because without it, we would be very limited in our resources. We rely so heavily on computer technology.
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December 5, 2008 at 1:43 pm · Filed under Inventions ·Tagged age of teddy bear, birthday bear, buy steiff, First world war, Giengen, how teddy bear invented, how teddy invented, Mitchum, Morris Rose Mitchum, old invention, old inventions, Roosevelt, steiff, steiff bears, steiff teddy bears, teddies, teddy, teddy bear, teddy bear 100th birthday, teddy bear age, teddy bear birthday, teddy bear factory, teddy bear invented, teddy bear invention, teddy bear origin, teddy birthday, Theodore Roosevelt, toy bear, toy bears, when was teddy bear invented, who invented teddy, who invented teddy bears, who invented the teddy, who invented the teddy bear
Teddy Bear
A Classic Looking Teddy Bear…Roosevelt Would Be Proud
I started thinking about how the teddy bear came about. Such a simple creation that looks almost antiquated compared to a hot new Playstation 3 these days, but you would be surprised just how important the teddy bear has actually been.
In 2002, the teddy bear celebrated its 100th Birthday. Actually, i would have thought this would have been a lot longer. Only a 106 years old? Seems strange. I am surprised people way back in the 1700s didn’t coin the teddy bear name. It so iconic, even to this day, that it actually seems quite young when you think about it.
DID YOU KNOW?
The teddy bear is younger than the electric light, the telephone and the motor car? Yep. Now how weird is that?
The teddy bear was invented almost simultaneously in the US and in Germany, but it was the US that gave it its name. The name came about when Brooklyn based shopkeepers Morris and Rose Mitchum made a soft toy in the form of a bear and named it “Teddy’s Bear”, displaying it in the shop window with a copy of a cartoon. The cartoon depicted an image of a bear tied to a tree, which had been a sketch created after Theodore Roosevelt had been out shooting. He failed to make a killing, so his hosts found a bear and tied it to a tree. Roosevelt exclaimed “spare the bear” and the rest is history.
The US went bear mad and Roosevelt had a very effective and rather quirky political mascot!
However, let us not forget that the teddy bear invention came about in the US and Germany at the same time. Over in Germany, a disabled German seamstress with a soft toy factory in Giengen had added a soft plush bear to the Steiff catalogue and sold 3,000 to America in 1903. Between 1903 and the First World War Steiff sold literally millions of bears, with their trademark button in the left ear, to the United States, Germany and Britain, as the teddy bear overtook the diabolo as the latest toy craze.
(Source: http://www.theteddybearmuseum.com/history.htm)
So, there you have it. Once warring countries were in fact joint inventors of the famous teddy bear.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
You can read more about Roosevelt here
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