Archive for January, 2010

From iPod to iPhone

Author: Jennifer

January 30, 2010

The iPod does not seem like it has been around very long but it does have quite a history.

Unless you have been locked in a cave the last ten years you know that the iPod is the brand name of a media player created by the famous Apple Group. The gadget is basically a landmark invention in the world of portable music players. They are a status symbol and various models are more expensive than others. They have dropped considerably since the first iPod series of products was launched on October 23, 2001.Nowadays we can get a variety of different types including the Touch, Classic, Nano, and Shuffle types.

The difference between the types has to do mainly with their features.
Many young people are passionate about iPod and take it as a fashion symbol. Nowadays, an iPod no longer costs as much as before, and wholesale iPod models have turned out a more and more profitable business. For example, iPod Touch enables a touch screen feature and iPod Nano supports videos. Popularly-known features of major models of iPod include the sleek body, portability, the simple interface and the scroll wheel.

Among all, models in the iPod family are especially well-known for their user-friendly interface. Even young children and old people can easily learn how to operate any kind of iPod model. The simple interface and the scroll wheel have made it easy for anyone to navigate its major functions

The iPod was a landmark invention because it did not use cassettes or cds. This was a big departure from Walkmans. The iPods used a built in hard drive to store media instead.

Two years ago, Apple released the multi-feature smartphone iPhone in the U.S.. This landmark cell phone is in fact a combination of two devices: a cellular phone and an iPod. Since then the first iPod model with touch screen, the iPod touch, has been invented. This has a , multi-touch graphical touch screen function of iPhone. Furthermore, the iPod touch is also the first iPod model enabling Internet access via the Wi-Fi capacities. From this tendency, we can see that Apple is trying to turn the iPod from simply a portable media player into a PC-based multi-media player which supports music files, Internet capacities.

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January 24, 2010

If you really want to protect yourself against a criminal threat you should try a stun guns. The effects of these guns are long lasting. These are discreet weapons that are very safe to use and do not really pose a huge health threat to anyone. Any damage done is recoverable physically by the “victim.”
Stun guns work by generating a current in the direction of the offending individual. The result is paralysis. Most people are disabled by them for about thirty minutes. No serious arm is done because the actual volts discharged is quite low. That is why there is not permanent injury caused by the stun gun. In a way you can consider a stun gun to be an attacker friendly protective device.
The stun gun dumps all its energy to the muscles at a high pulse rate. This makes speeds up the working of the muscle that is shot at. It starts quaking and quivering. The electricity sucks the fuel from muscles and that is why the person can’t move for many minutes. Neurological impulses are interrupted and stop. This actually has to do with all of the blood sugar being used up rapidly by the electricity and rendering the person immobile. The energy loss makes it difficult for the person to function at all.
Being hit by a stun gun is very unpleasant as it causes a loss of balance and confusion. The person is too confused to do anything. However as uncomfortable as it is the voltage is multiplied by a low current that has no effect on any organ, including the heart. The contact can result in a dazed mental condition and muscle spasms for the attacker as well as emotional distress. Obviously the advantage is that the attacker becomes completely powerless and immobilized.
There have been all kinds of these guns manufactured in the last few years and they are getting more compact and sleek looking every year. They are true protective gadgets in disguise. You can stun guns that look like flashlights, cell phones, stun pens and other ordinary objects.
In general you can conclude that these are not a bad choice at all when it comes to ensuring your personal security. The only real disadvantage is that you cannot really use them unless the assailant comes close enough to you so you can touch them with the weapon. If you can’t make body contact the electrical current simply will not be felt.


January 21, 2010

For the last decade many people have been buying refurbished phones from vendors on the aftermarket. These are usually bought from sellers in the used cell phone market. It was not until very recently that mobile cell phone vendors were part of the used or refurbished cell phone game.
There are two main sources for used cell phones - carriers themselves and third party sellers. Carriers provided the benefits of offering warranties but only as long as you subscribe to their phone service!
Cell phone carriers finally realized that they should sell their own used phones instead of having people buy them from third parties. This is why you see more carriers in the market now. They have caught on that they can make profits selling phones that have been returned.
So where do these phones come from. Most cell phone companies offer a thirty day, no questions asked, return policy. If a customer decides that the phone they bought isn’t right for them, they can bring it back to most carries without having to pay a penalty and choose a phone that is a better fit.
Most of these returned phones are then cleaned up and then sold at a discount to customers. Some of them qualify as being updated phones.
When customers upgrade their phone to a newer model, they are often given the opportunity to “recycle” their old phone via the carrier. Phones are “recycled” and are sold back to carriers and third parties who offer them as used cell phones.
The drawback is most cell phones that are purchased directly from a cellular service provider are locked to that particular network, meaning those phones cannot be activated on any other networks. Unlocking a phone is often a simple process, but it does take time and it can cost. That is why most people prefer to buy an unlocked cell phone directly from a third party vendor in the aftermarket.
Finally, some stores (carriers and third parties) will offer bundle packs with the goal of getting customers to purchase phones from them. These might include hands free headsets or battery chargers. With the right amount of shopping around in the used cell phone market, you can find a like new phone, with over $100 of free accessories and pay almost half for all this then you would if you went out and just bought a new phone.