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Video: The new iPod Nano reviewed – Gadget Inspectors
Harry Wallop and Claudine Beaumont take a closer look at Apple's latest mp3 player that was unveiled by Steve Jobs last week, now complete with video camera and voice recorder.
Key features of the new Apple iPod player:
New built in video camera and mic
Comes in nine colours with an aluminium finish
Screen is slightly larger than previous model at 2.2 inches
The FM radio has a live pause for up to 15 minutes
A percentage of the profits from the sale of the red coloured phone will go to the Global Fund to help Aids in Africa
Price: £115 for 8GB version – 2000 songs and 8 hours of video; £135 ($210) for 16GB version – 4000 songs and 16 hours of video
Was Buffett's cell phone responsible for the financial crisis?
He may be a financial guru. But Warren Buffett's inability to work his mobile phone might have played a role in the collapse of economic markets last year. Time has a story about a phone call between Buffett and Bob Diamond, president of Barclays. Diamond had just 24 hours to stop Lehman Brothers collapsing and a last-minute plan on how he might get Buffett to underwrite it.
Buffett asked Diamond to send over more details. Here's what happened next
Buffett got back to his hotel room around midnight and was surprised to find ... nothing. Lehman went under, and within days, the world was in a full-blown financial crisis.
Fast forward 10 months. Buffett, who admits he never has really learned the basics of his cell phone, asked his daughter Susan about a little indicator he had noticed on the screen: "Can you figure out what's on there?" It turned out to be the message from Diamond that he had been waiting for that night.
I caught up with Buffett afterward, and asked him whether, in retrospect, he might have gone for the deal. He pulled the simple little Samsung phone out of his pocket and pondered it for a moment. It's entirely possible, he suggested. "I don't know."
Pictures of all New iPods
As speculated, Apple revamped its product line at its Wednesday event dubbed "It's only rock n roll and we like it". Though the company's product launches/revamps have always been much-talked about, this time their thunder was somewhat stolen by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs stepped back into the spotlight for the first time after nearly a year, drawing a standing ovation.
After a brief update on his health, Jobs got back to business unveiling new and cheaper iPods. Here's over to Apple's new revamped iPod Nano what Jobs calls "the most popular music player in the world" and other hot launches/revamps.
In terms of looks the 5th generation-iPod Nano is almost identical to its predecessor barring a few cosmetic changes.
Measuring 3.6 by 1.5 by 0.2 inches, it weighs a mere 1.3 ounces. The player's screen is slightly larger than its predecessor at 2.2 inches. The 4th-generation Nano sports a 2 inch screen. It also has a 376-by-240-pixel resolution, slightly higher than 4th-generation Nano at 320-by-240 resolution. The new Nano will come in seven bright hues.
Apple's smallest iPod Nano now comes with a built-in video camera capable of capturing 640x480 standard definition video at 30 frames per second.
Users can record video in portrait or landscape. A built-in mike lets users capture audio. It comes pre-loaded with 15 fun video effects that let users add special effects.
Real-time special effects include: Sepia, Black and White, X-Ray, Film Grain, Thermal, Security Cam, Cyborg, Bulge, Kaleido, Motion Blur, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Dent, Stretch and Twirl.
Has a video camera
The new iPod Nano will now come with an FM radio. The new FM tuner lets users see the names of songs and artists. The VoiceOver feature speaks the names of songs and artists. There is also iTunes Tagging and Live Pause feature. The pause feature will let users pause it with a click. Users can even rewind as far back as 15 minutes, then fast-forward to catch up to the live broadcast.
Apple has added a new pedometer feature into the "Fitness" submenu. It counts every step one takes and calories burnt. Another new feature added to the Nano is microphone. The built-in mike lets users capture a thought, a reminder, a class lecture, or any audio recording with Voice Memos. As for the battery, it supports upto 24 hour playback for audio and 5 hours for video.
The new iPod Nano will cost $149 for an 8GB version and $179 for a 16 GB model. The 8GB model of the iPod Touch -- basically an iPhone without the phone capabilities -- now costs $199, $30 less than the earlier price. The 32GB version now goes for $299 and a 64GB model for $399.
iPod Shuffle, Apple's buttonless player, adds a splash of three new colours in addition to the already existing black and silver. Available in pink, blue and green, iPod Shuffle doesn't sport anything new in terms of looks and features. The model has two versions $79 for 4GB and $59 for a 2GB model.
Apple has introduced a new version of iTunes, improving the way the software syncs with iPhones and iPods by letting users organize applications more easily. iTunes 9 gives people more control over what gets loaded on to iPods and iPhones and introduces a way to organize applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It also lets five computers on the same home network share - by streaming or copying - music, video and other content, a departure from the strict copy protection Apple insisted on in the past.
iTunes will now sell some albums packaged with digital photography, cover art, liner notes and other media reminiscent of the days of vinyl. iTunes LP can include interviews and other video, all of which can be viewed through iTunes. It's a way for recording companies to boost album sales as online stores make it easier to buy songs individually.
So, I came across this video of a stupid and irresponsible juvenile British Journalist from the DT (what else do you expect from these people) being mauled by a Lion in South Africa. Come on....what was this moron thinking...I thought my readers would like to see the stupidity of this journalist..check it out
“You'd better put on an old jumper as you might get some blood on it,” said our driver, with a grin, as we clambered into the Land Rover to visit the lion sanctuary at Legends resort, deep in Limpopo Province, in the far north of South Africa.
By Charles Starmer Smith. Published: 9:00PM BST 04 Sep 2009
I laughed it off as casually as I could, before slipping on the most padded jacket I had. This was a date with a lion after all.
Sitting alongside the camera crew and my fellow presenter, here with me to make tourism videos on South Africa, I took solace from the fact that the lion I was going to visit was called Mapimpan, which means “little baby” in Shangaan, and it was little more than a year old.
The lion was just a few days old when Arrie, the sanctuary’s resident lion expert, found it wandering the roadside, injured and malnourished.
It had been raised with a view to being released back into the wild. It was made clear that if I wanted to go into the lion’s enclosure it would be entirely at my own risk. It was a chance I was prepared to take.
“You cannot show him any fear. And, above all, don’t turn and run. He’ll think you’re prey,” said Arrie as we approached Mapimpan’s enclosure. I gulped and nodded.
Arrie entered the pen, as the cameras began to roll. Heart surging, I slipped inside and the gate locked behind me. I approached slowly and bent down to stroke Mapimpan’s wiry underbelly. It pawed at my shoes, rolling on to its back. “He likes you,” said Arrie with a smile.
I began to relax, chuckling with disbelief. Then Mapimpan emitted a low growl as it circled around me. “Remember it just wants to play,” said Arrie, sensing my fear.
That was when the lion clamped its jaws around my calf, its teeth sinking into my flesh.
It rose on to its haunches, towering above me and I was spun into a waltz with a 300lb predator – as I pushed desperately at its throat to keep away its jaws. This did not feel like playing.
With a series of fierce clips to Mapimpan’s nose Arrie managed to get it to release me. I had to fight the overwhelming urge to run. But I remembered Arrie’s warning. So I stood there motionless, my heart thudding, my lungs gasping for air.
Mapimpan seemed to be more docile now. I exhaled with relief. But then it slipped back through Arrie’s legs, and was on me again, its teeth bared as it lunged towards my neck. I raised my forearm to divert its jaws from my face, then felt razor-sharp teeth ripping into my shoulder.
The next few seconds were a blur of claws, teeth and shouts as I stumbled around, helpless against the power of this animal.
Not a moment too soon, Arrie managed to free me from Mapimpan’s clutches, cornering it on the far side of the enclosure. It was my cue to leave.
A week has passed since my encounter and people ask whether I blame Arrie for putting me in that predicament, and my answer is still no. It was my choice to go in and it is an experience I will never forget, despite the stitches I needed after “playing” with Mapimpan.
In fact, I look forward to the day I can return to see it in the wild, although this time from the safety of a Land Rover. For that is the lesson I will take from this: too often on safari, tourists dismiss rangers’ warnings and get out of vehicles for a closer look. “They assume it’s safe because the ranger has a gun nearby,” said Arrie. “But they’re wrong. The speed and power of the lion is quite phenomenal – they wouldn’t stand a chance.”
As Frank Bruno, the British boxer, would say when he left the ring to be interviewed after yet another bruising defeat: I know what you mean Arrie.
Shopping centre camera captures shadow moving around mall
Ghostly ... the strange shape in question is circled.
Security camera picks up movement
Other shoppers seemingly unaware
Some say it's a small ghost
EXTRAORDINARY CCTV footage has captured what could be the ghost of a small child darting across a busy shopping centre.
The shadowy spirit glides in between oblivious shoppers in the eerily clear video,The Sun reports.
The floating phantom figure appears in the bottom right of the screen after a male shopper exits a room to the top left.
It makes its way across the busy concourse and seems to head for the same door the man has just passed through.
The 36-second tape was taken in a shopping mall in Chile, South America, and surfaced on the internet today. It is alleged the image is the ghost of a small local boy.
The world's first truly dual-screen laptop, which will allow computer users to multi-task while on the move, is due to go on sale by the end of the year.
One of the first photos of the gScreen SpacebookPhoto: GIZMODO
The pioneering PC, known as the Spacebook, is the brainchild of Alaska-based technology firm gScreen.
While growing numbers of office workers – especially in the financial industries – use several desktop monitors to track many programmes and information sources at the same time, no manufacturer has yet released a portable equivalent.
The gScreen Spacebook will boast two 15.4 in screens which can slide away to fill the space of a single screen when the laptop is being stored or transported.
The first photos of the pioneering gadget have been obtained by Gizmodo, the US technology website.
Gordon Stewart, the founder of gScreen, told the website that the first Spacebooks should be available on Amazon by December this year, once final modifications are complete.
"We designed this knowing that many may not need the extra screen at all times," he said.
The dual-screen laptop is aimed at professional video editors, photographers and designers who need to flick between different applications to carry out their work.
But anyone willing to meet the expected $3,000 price tag should be warned that the double screen is likely to push the weight of the Spacebook significantly above standard laptops. The energy demands of running two monitors will also prove a drain on the computer's batteries.
Other technology firms have produced laptops with smaller bolt-on second screens, but this is believed to be the first model with twin monitors of equal size.
We all have to fail sometimes. But there's something glorious about failing with style.
A new book, F in exams: the best test paper blunders gives some great examples of exam answers from the most clueless - and inventive - of students. Some are very nearly right ("What happens to your body when taking a breath? Your chest gets bigger"), but some are very wrong indeed (Is the moon or the sun more important? The moon gives us sight at night when we need it. The sun only provides light in the day when we don't. Therefore the moon is more important). Laugh...and weep for the state of education!
1) Classical Studies Question: Name one of the early Romans' greatest achievements. Answer: Learning to speak Latin
2) Biology Question: What is a fibula? Answer: A little lie
3) General Studies Question: Jeff has been asked to collect data about the amount of television his friends watch. Think of an appropriate question he could ask them. Answer: How much TV do you watch?
4) Classical Studies Question: What were the circumstances of Julius Caesar's death? Answer: Suspicious ones
5) Biology Question: Give an example of a smoking-related disease Answer: Early death
6) Geography Question: What are the Pyramids? Answer: The Pyramids are a large mountain range which splits France and Spain
7) Biology Question: What is a plasmid? Answer: A high definition television
8) English Question: In Pride and Prejudice, at what moment does Elizabeth Bennet realise her true feelings for Mr Darcy? Answer: When she sees him coming out of the lake.
9) Geography Question: What do we call a person forced to leave their home perhaps by a natural disaster or war, without having another home to go to. Answer: Homeless
10) Religious Studies Question: Christians only have one spouse, what is this called? Answer: Monotony
11) Biology Question: In the Hawaiian Islands, there are around 500 different species of fruit fly. Give a reason for this Answer: There are approximately 500 varieties of fruit
12) Physics Question: Name an environmental side effect of burning fossil fuels Answer: Fire
13) Geography Question: Define the term "intensive farming". Answer: It is when a farmer never has a day off.
14) Maths Question: Change 7/8 to a decimal Answer: 7.8
15) Geography Question: What does the term "lava" mean? Answer: A pre-pubescent caterpillar
16) General Studies Question: Redundancy is often an unpleasant and unexpected event in someone's life. Give two examples of unexpected life events. Answer: 1) death 2) Reincarnation
17) History Question: What was introduced in the Children's Charter of 1908? Answer: Children
18) Business Studies Question: Explain the word "wholesaler". Answer: Someone who sells you whole items - eg, a whole cake
19) Geography Question: The race of people known as Malays come from which country? Answer: Malaria
20) Geography Question:What artificial waterway runs between the Mediterranean and Red Seas? Answer: The Sewage Canal
21) Geography Question: Name one famous Greek landmark Answer: The most famous Greek landmark is the Apocalypse
22) Maths Question: Expand 2 (x + y) Answer: 2 ( x + y ) 2 ( x + y ) 2 ( x + y )
23) Business Studies Question: Assess Fashion House pls's choice to locate its factory near Birmingham. Is Birmingham the right location for this type of business? Answer: No. People from Birmingham aren't very fashionable.
24) History Question: Where was the American Declaration of Independence signed? Answer: At the bottom.
25) History Question: What did Mahatma Gandhi and Genghis Khan have in common? Answer: Unusual names.
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