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For an Alternative to the iPhone 3GS Get the HTC Desire!
HTC has decided to take the fight to Apple by releasing the HTC Desire; it has a giant 3.7inch AMOLED touch display and boasts their HTC Sense technology, they have decided to run the phone on Android which is a wise decision as they have combined it with a powerful 1GHz processor to create a sonic speed performance. The Desire supports 3G and WI Fi; it has a 3.5mm jack and Bluetooth and sports a digital camera on the back.
HTC has steered away from the metallic design which makes the Legend look so spectacular and gone for a more subtle, plastic approach; it maintains that HTC sleekness and feels very nice to handle, the WVGA display looks beautiful and vibrant, and the Desire has a very tight waistline measuring at 11.9mm. the camera is digital and has a 5 mega pixel lens; it has flash, auto focus, face detection and widescreen capture, photos come out clean, clear and colours are represented very nicely, videos are shot in high resolution and can be uploaded to various sharing sites including social networks and YouTube. The HTC Sense overlay is very perceptive and delivers a premium Smartphone experience, the touch screen has been made with capacitive technology meaning you get full multi touch control, the screen is so receptive and the processor so powerful, you find yourself shuttling through screens and applications at rocket speeds. The clever overlay allows you to completely customise your own Desire experience, you can customise the background add and remove widgets on you home screen, you can place take advantage of the News application too; feeding the articles you want straight to your screen, sports, world events or local news articles.
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Families and Technology – Beware the Social Downfall
This is a high-tech world we live in. It was many years ago and still is, but the pace at which it is advancing is staggering. We barely get used to a new gadget or idea and it has evolved into a more complex gadget and we must have it. Our children, our employers, and friends must have it, too. Has all of this been a positive or negative influence on our families?
For all of time distance between relatives, friends and business associates had been a challenge of fulfilling the need to talk face to face as if in the same room and to experience what is going on in their world. Today’s advancement in communication has given us several ways to squash that challenge and have control over it. The cell phone, iPods, PDAs, laptops, Smartphones, video phones, and computers provide almost limitless ability to communicate by talking, text messaging, instant video calls, computer use, and access to the internet. We can work and play more efficiently.
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Connected Lives (Part Two)
Last night over dinner, one of my oldest and dearest friends mentioned that she had spent some time yesterday writing a letter to her daughter who is attending college in the Midwest. She explained that she had found a beautiful card and decided to send it, accompanied by a letter.
I email regularly with her daughter, as does she, so I was intrigued.
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