With so many Netbooks hitting the market, how do you know which one is right for you? Dan Ackerman breaks down the specs on a few low-cost laptops and presents his own proposal for the perfect Netbook.
Source: CNET
According to guitarist Dan Donegan, "It's about a girl he [vocalist David Draiman] was in a relationship with. She committed suicide, and he just has the voice of the devil over his shoulder trying to provoke him to take his own life to join her again, because the only chance for him to be with her again is if he takes his life. We're not condoning suicide off of this, it's just more of the temptation to join a girlfriend that was very confused and messed up and wanted out."
When asked by a fan during the DeepRockDrive Concert, if Devin was really his girlfriend, Draiman replied: "That wasn't actually her real name, in "Inside the Fire," a lot of people have asked what that's about. It is actually, unfortunately about a true incident of suicide that happened when I was a young kid, about 14, [or] 15 years old. I had a girl who was a heroin addict and on the wrong path and got obsessive compulsive, became way too attached and wanted to tell my parents about our relationship that I wasn't allowed to have. I was going to a religious boarding school at the time, and I wasn't even allowed to talk to a girl, let alone date a girl. Couldn't see movies, couldn't read newspapers, couldn't, had to bless before I ate, after I ate, pray three times a day, all that kind of stuff . . . But, unfortunately, she took her own life, and it's been something that has haunted me for a very, very long time."
Creepy Video!
Because Heath left all of his money to his father at the time of his death, Johnny, Colin, and Jude wanted to make sure Matilda wasn't being left out, so they've all donated their paychecks from the film to her.
Director Terry Gilliam says of his leading men,"The three actors were totally heroic coming in. This doesn't happen very often . . . where there's a tragedy like this, and very famous, very successful actors suddenly say, 'Okay, we'll do whatever it takes to help.' They came; they did the work; they allowed the movie to be finished; they didn't take money–the money goes to Heath's daughter. That's extraordinary! And wonderful . . . and when you're part of that, you think, 'Ah, this is maybe why I went into the movies, in the beginning. I thought it would be full of wonderful people.' And in our case, we've got a movie full of wonderful people, who did extraordinary things to help."
Wow that just brought tears to our eyes. Bravo!
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Great for easy capturing videos and directly uploads video on YouTube and more! It has an LCD for viewing, but has low but improved resolution video. Effective sensor resolution: 5.6 megapixels.
Fujitsu LifeBook U810 - According to CNET, this device is the best Ultramobile PC keyboard but I guess not good enough because it has some important missing keys like the Tab Button which is double-mapped on the Spacebar. Meaning the Spacebar is where you also use the Tab Button, and also other keys that are double-mapped. It also has a swivel screen for watching and easy viewing and its touch screen capable. But for me as I saw the video review, it looks too small for me. And it's priced around $859.00 - $999.99, pricey.
The first three ones were great UMPC's but they're way too expensive. These next ones I'll show are also great Portable Computer Mini-Notebooks/Netbooks but much less expensive and also has good performance.
Mini-Notebooks/Netbooks
Everex CloudBook - I didn't find much review on CNET about this product But there was specifications on Everex CloudBook. Which are the basic but important ones; built-in webcam, WiFi, Ethernet, card reader, 1 GB RAM, large 60 GB Hard Drive, and priced for $424.99 - $449.99.
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC - This product from Hewlett Packard has a solid consruction uses magnesium alloy shell and has a stylish design. And one of the best part about it is it has an almost full sized keyboard unlike other mini-notebook. The downside on the review says it has a weak performance and umipressive battery life, and misses out on new Intel Atom CPU which are now used for newer mini-notebooks. The video review says its priced around $499.00 for xp version and $599.00 for linux version.
Asus Eee PC - There are newer and better versions of Asus Eee PC.
Asus Eee PC 4G - This is the first version, it has a 7.0 inches screen, 512MB RAM, 4G Hard Drive, Built-in webcam, 3 USB 2.0 and SD card reader, Ethernet, and WiFi. The Downside is it has no DVD drive, cramped keyboard, very little Hard Drive space, and low screen resolution. But offers an impressive package for portable web browsing and basic productivity. Small, light, fast and efficient and priced for less than $400.00. "It's a near perfect choice for a highly portable second or backup laptop."
Asus Eee PC 1000 - The latest version for Eee PC. It has no clear review yet on CNET. Same basic functions and improved 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, and Intel Atom. Still inexpensive, around $560.
All in all my first choice is still the one I like, which is the Asus Eee PC which has improved performance in newer version and still reasonably priced. Has all the basic functions that I need for a portable mini-notebook.
Nokia N82
I recently liked the Blackberry phone, specifically the Blackrberry Curve 8300. Mainly Because of its QWERTY designed keyboard. I never did like a qwerty phone, but its like every time you see and hear about it its like you begin to like it, i dunno. I always see it on television and on the news, like its really popular mostly used by business men or lawyers as they say, but also used by almost everybody. And I like to have one now because I would like to use it for easy typing, like on making a draft about blogs or make notes, and it now has WiFi capabilities.
Blackberry Curve 8300
But I usually like Nokia phones because they are very User Friendly. I think that's their slogan. I've been using Nokia phones from my first ever mobile phone, and I loved their phones since then.
Then there was the iPhone! The most popular high-technology phone that was ever made, so far. But I don't think nothing will surpass this phone, i mean based on its style on using it. It's like a futuristic phone, well it is. Plus its basically a smartphone where you can add and install other types of applications, programs, games and a lot more.
Apple iPhone
But I have some things that I don't like on th iPhone. I'll put it in bullets so everyone can see, especially makers of new phones:
No Flash for Camera and No Video
No Text Forwarding
No Bluetooth sharing for files like photos
On-screen keyboard much better on landscape
Headphone plug does not fit most headphones jack
And most of all its LOCKED for one carrier only!
(Update: there are new available Apps for iPhone like Video Capture and Copy-Paste for forwarding and/or texting, and probably more to come.)
And Now The Breaking News! There has been a report of a new phone called "The Dream" powered by Google's Android Software on HTC phone. Which reports that it will match many capabilities of the iPhone and all other phones, and perform computer like functions.
"The high-end phone is expected to match many of the
capabilities of Apple’s iPhone and other so-called smartphones that run software from Palm, Research in Motion, Microsoft and Nokia
to access the Internet and perform computerlike functions."
"The HTC phone, which many gadget sites are calling the “dream,” will have a touch screen, like the iPhone. But the screen also slides out to expose a full five-row keyboard. A video of the phone has been posted recently on YouTube. A person who has seen the HTC device said it matched the one in the video."By: The New York Times
Here the video of HTC's "The Dream" powered by Googles Android Software on YouTube.
Well, is this the phone i've been waiting for? "The Dream", a great Phone? I hope so, and I hope it has everything I wanted in a phone, and I'll definite get one. But I know there will always be new and better phones that will be made, but this will probably be the closest one about "A Great Phone" (I think, because there are new upcoming phones based on the iPhone Technology).
To download and try it for yourself, just visit their website at Piclens.com. I've tried it on YouTube and it works great, and now I see small icons for Piclens on some sites i visit. Its on Full Screen and Full 3D, and you can swithc back to the original page anytime you want. Here's a video demo from YouTube.
Try it, and you'll have fun using Piclens, Enjoy!
