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As Sir Jonathan Ive mused on 2012's iPhone 5...
Shouldn't that be "As Sir Jonathan, I've mused on 2012's iPhone 5..."?
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When Apple released the first commercially available multi-touch phone in 2007, it had to decide how big it should be. And it got it right first time. Yet this year's new models – the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus – both break that mould. The iPhone 6 Plus, which we review tomorrow, makes a feature of its bigness; but the …
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If you use Apple Pay, a one time code is sent to the merchant, so they don't have a re-usable credit card number stored as they will if you swipe your credit/debit card. They don't get your name, nor any sort of unique information at all that lets them know whether you're a first time customer or visit them daily.
So not only are you safe when the next Home Depot style breach hits (about one per month lately) you don't give their Big Data machine any personally identifying information.
But yes, you do have to whip out an expensive phone, so you might want to pass if you're in a dodgy neighborhood.
"they don't have a re-usable credit card number stored as they will if you swipe your credit/debit card. They don't get your name, nor any sort of unique information at all that lets them know whether you're a first time customer or visit them daily"
No, Apple get all that lovely info instead! and as any leading lady of the hunger games will tell you, Apple's security is top notch :)
Given that a few weeks ago customers were begging Apple to delete the details of them buying sex apps from there purchase history so their friends/parents/kids/jealous partners...et al. didn't know they were normal humans after all. What chance is there that Apple aren't going to be collecting this too.
"No, Apple get all that lovely info instead! and as any leading lady of the hunger games will tell you, Apple's security is top notch :)"
Credit card info, like your fingerprints, never leaves the phone. And Apple security is by far the best. Quiz: Which company has no malware in their walled garden? And which company has almost all of its users on very recent versions of the OS, with all the latest security patches? Those various celebrity accounts were compromised over the course of years, by answering security questions to recover "lost passwords". If you use two-factor authentication, there's no way they could ever get to that point. And the reason most celebrity pictures were stolen from iPhones is because ... most celebrities use iPhones!
"So not only are you safe when the next Home Depot style breach hits (about one per month lately) you don't give their Big Data machine any personally identifying information."
Believe that at your own peril.
At some point, in order to complete the authorization, the card issuer has to connect that "one-time code" to an actual customer account. Since you can bet that your friendly merchant really likes their Big Data and can simply opt out of any POS system that doesn't get it to them eventually, they are probably going to get all that data in a summarized monthly statement from the issuers. Maybe not the card number itself, but just about everything else.
The other question this article brings to mind: Can you still use Apple Pay if your battery's flat?
You cannot use it with a flat battery, which is rather potentially exciting when one considers that the nominal user might need it to buy their ticket back home or a coffee/charge at a local shop. It just makes the smaller battery look questionable for reasons other than the obviously undesirable camera wobble.
The merchant doesn't have power in this relationship, so they aren't going to get this, especially when they've demonstrated they can't be trusted to keep end user information safe.
As for what happens if your battery is flat - it won't work. Nor will Android NFC payments in a year when they've caught up and use the same one time codes required by the upcoming EMV standard (in the US at least)
"The merchant doesn't have power in this relationship, so they aren't going to get this"
The merchant's power lies in simply not adopting the system. No adoption=useless feature. I know that they've announced some support at the launch, but in the modern world, no data means no real advantage for the merchant, thus no motivation to adopt.
What is Apple's compelling case to the merchant that will overcome losing access to all that nifty marketing data? If they are. Which I very seriously doubt.
"The merchant's power lies in simply not adopting the system"
They certainly have that choice, but it has consequences - any merchant who does not make the switch (this is the US we're talking about - everywhere else in the western world already has, years ago) becomes liable for any fraudulent transactions which occur after the cut-off date.
And as we know from that experience in the rest of the world what happens is that fraud sharply falls off in the merchants which adopt and shifts over to those who haven't, which is why when your (European) credit card number is somehow stolen or cloned or generated by fraudsters it isn't USED in Europe, it can't be, it has to be used in places without these systems, hence the US or some Asian countries.
The same will happen in the US - those merchants who do not fall in line with what they payment processors are demanding will find themselves with an ever increasing share of the fraudulent transactions and will eventually (and by eventually, I don't mean in years, I mean in months) have to transition themselves or it will start to affect their bottom line, and that's something American shareholders will understand and ask questions of Management for.
In the US, adoption is entirely controlled by merchants, and they hold a lot of power if they decide to band together.
Unlike Europe, where POS terminals are rented to merchants by the acquirers, US merchants have to purchase their point-of-sale equipment. Upgrading to newer technology means hitting merchants with a one-off cost, and historically, US merchants have resisted this.
Apple Pay is going to hit the same barriers. All the card issuers are hoping is that the Apple magic pixie dust will create so much customer whining that the merchants will be forced to purchase new EMV-compliant NFC terminals.
The interesting thing about this is that, despite what Apple says, Apple Pay isn't a proprietary system - it's a brand-name for Apple's implementation of the payment industry's EMVCo specification. (see this summary of how Apple Pay and EMVCo are related: http://www.aviso.io/apple-pay-brings-new-problems-acquirers/ )
There's no reason to assume that Apple Pay will be more secure than NFC cards (NFC cards might be spoofable, but on the other hand Apple Pay is, running on a general-purpose computer OS, one that relies on its AppStore as a gatekeeper for malware). The existing NFC system doesn't send your card details to anywhere, and the tokens it produces are not re-usable. This has been the case since Chip+PIN, but for the reasons outlined above, the USA has had tol skip that generation of technology completely.
There's also another problem with attaching card and phone like this. Now, your phone gets stolen, you've lost use of your card too. Same goes when the iPhone's battery life leaves you stranded (the 6 has done nothing to improve iPhones' lousy battery performance). If you're going to have to carry a credit card anyway, why bother with Apple Pay?
It's a door-opener for NFC payment in the USA, certainly, but it's not a lock-in for Apple. Apple will do their damnedest to make people think that it's a lock-in, but the card companies won that round - which is good for customers. The idea that you'd need to purchase an $800 phone just to have safer card payments is unpleasant on many levels, and would have done nothing to solve the very real problem of card fraud in the USA
Merchants will have to go out of their way not to support Apple Pay. In the US retailers are being forced to be EMV compliant just over a year from now. Those that aren't will be penalized with higher transaction fees. Apple Pay is the first fully EMV compliant payment solution out there, so any retailer who adopts EMV will automatically support Apple Pay. They pay the same fee either way (the bank is eating Apple's 0.15%) so why should they care?
Apple Pay is more secure than NFC in the US because it hasn't been passing tokens, it has been passing the actual card number. NFC outside the US was more mature and already had the security the US will finally be getting with EMV.
I agree it is not a lock-in for Apple, and I don't see anywhere that Apple is claiming that it is. It is more the people assuming "oh, it is Apple so of course they've created a proprietary system". Apple is merely claiming you can use your iPhone 6 to buy stuff in a more secure way, which is true. Currently it is the only way to do so except for the small number of people who might have early EMV cards (not sure if those are being distributed yet or not) but it is standards based so an iPhone owner can choose to use their EMV card instead of their phone and it works the same.
The banks are eating the 0.15% fee, not the merchants. The merchants rate won't change, but as they will have reduced fraudulent charges they're forced to eat, they win.
The banks also win, because the reason they're willing to accept 0.15% less is due to a reduction in their own costs for fraud (issuing new cards, fraud detection infrastructure, more CSRs to deal with customers calling in about fraud, etc.) Presumably by more than 0.15%, or they wouldn't have agreed to it. They also get the first fully compliant EMV implementation out there, so they can begin pushing that harder.
Apple wins, because they get 0.15%. That's a tiny drop in the bucket for them, even if Apple Pay eventually carries billions in transactions per year, but it compensates them for "first mover" advantage in being the first to see NFC as a way to benefit the consumer by making payments more secure, instead of merely a way to take a cut (like the carriers) or "hey look at me, I can buy stuff with my phone in a way that's actually less secure than when I buy stuff with my card" (previous adoptions of NFC payments on phones)
So everyone wins, except the fraudsters.
> What is Apple's compelling case to the merchant that will overcome losing access to all that nifty marketing data?
I imagine something like:
1. Our customers are reasonably affluent consumers who are persuaded by slick marketing to pay premium prices for products that are in many respects not as good as their less expensive competitors. In other words, our customers are the sort of high margin people that you want to attract into your business with this complimentary "we welcome Apple Pay here" sign.
2. Our customers can pay using their phones. They like to do this, coz we've made it look cool and it gives them warm, fuzzy feelings of living in some sort of scifi future. They choose to make purchases in stores where they can do this, and avoid stores where they can't (look, we have some research to prove it!). Moreover, x% of our customers no longer carry any other means of payment.
3. If you don't support this technology, you can't reach our affluent high-margin easily-susceptible customers - but your competitors will. You'll lose.
4. Besides, who said you need to lose access to that marketing data? By becoming an Apple Approved Retail Partner (only £250k per annum registration fee, plus an additional 0.5% per transaction), we'll furnish you with all the data you want.
Nice try.
All of Android's NFC payments are made through 1st and 3rd party apps. Unlike Apple they won't have to re-write the OS in order to support other standards, just the apps. Many apps can already read the EMV standard. Once EMV catches on all apps will move to fully cover the standard.
Because your American bank account still doesn't even give you a card with a chip in it, let alone one with NFC? I don't know why the American banks have ignored the technology until now but many of the retailers have got the terminals. If Apple really are getting 0.015% per transaction then it sounds like an easy, essentially free way to generate revenue for them.
"Because your American bank account still doesn't even give you a card with a chip in it, let alone one with NFC? I don't know why the American banks have ignored the technology until now but many of the retailers have got the terminals. If Apple really are getting 0.015% per transaction then it sounds like an easy, essentially free way to generate revenue for them."
Because passive NFC (the kind found in ID cards, a few bank cards, the store's anti-theft tags, etc) is insecure and can be captured by anyone passing by with a NFC reader. Active NFC on the other hand (the kind found in cell phones and other powered devices) is far more secure. The main problem with passive NFC is that it's always on which means that you're broadcasting your info at all times to anyone with the proper equipment but active NFC gets around this problem by requiring user input before communicating.
@Inventor. Don't worry, your actually doing just fine. You managed to write a whole comment proving you do actually do give more of a shit than you let on. With a bit of therapy to putting you in touch with your true inner feelings you might even be able to admit you want one!
>>"and failing miserably"
I realize where I've been going wrong all this time now. I had thought this was a forum for people who were enthusiastic about technology, but it's actually a place for people to complain about it. Both sorts of forum discuss tech though, so it was easy to mistake one for the other.
Much becomes clear!
"Isn't that the point though? Apple and it's fanboys have cried "innovation" above all else and there simply doesn't appear to be any in their new doohickey."
There hasn't been much in the line of innovation in Apple devices for years now and each generation is less innovative and more behind the times than the last. Apple now simply takes someone else's innovation, slaps their name on it and calls it innovative. I think Apple's last true innovation was Siri and that was quickly surpassed by Google's Google Now and now even Microsoft's Cortana.
@ h4rm0ny
Funnily enough, far from being totally jaundiced, I do have a quick look now and then to see if there is really anything I am missing, just in case I have somehow overlooked an improvement on sliced bread. Based on what I have seen so far, both in terms of the phone and the price, I am still failing to get anywhere near defecation mode
I do wish they'd easy up on the anorexia: an extra millimetre of thickness would both remove the camera protrusion and enhance the battery life, at the cost of an extra few drops of LiIon gunk in the box. Will you find a single person who thinks the iPhone is too *thick*? I doubt it: just those like me who think it's a bit too thin.
They should do an iphone phat for people that don't mind trading phone bulk for a massive pile of mAH. Now they've started the trend with 2 different sizes and the 5s/5c living on, why not?
Also the base models need to be far less anorexic with the flash, and the bumps should be FAR cheaper - how much is 16gb of flash these days to apple anyway? $2?
"While we are at it, perhaps we can persuade Ford (et al) to charge the same price for a 6l engine as for a 1.25l engine - after all it has the exact same number of components..."
False equivalency.
More accurately it would be like Ford charging you $40,000 for a 6l engine when it only cost them $800.
I recently downgraded my Samsung GTE1170 to a Nokia 515 after being found unworthy of keeping the GTE1170 on my person any longer.
I could talk endlessly about how amazing the GTE1170 really is and how most mortals will just have to accept something like an IPhone S6 however I will instead just limit myself to talking about the battery life.
Both the GTE1170 and the Nokia 515 (The closest replacement I could find) have a similar battery life of about 14 days in the real world. However in reality the 515 leaves me massively disappointed in this department. The difference is in how the 515 leaves me feeling. After about 10 days the GTE1170 was telling me it was down to 1 bar. From experience I knew I had at least 3 days left. I could talk on one bar for hours and hours on end and not worry about the battery running out. Day 12 would come and it might drop to zero bars and yet I'd still have TWO WHOLE DAYS LEFT! If I reached day 13 or beyond and the phone did finally give up I truly felt it had given me everything it had. (Kind of like that dude that dies with all the arrows in him in LOTR). When it finally gave in I felt like I had betrayed the phone for not giving it more juice desspite of all it's warnings. This is the way it should be.
Now compare this to the 515. It gets to day 13 and the battery drops to 1 bar and then it di-
All Phone manufacturers should take note here. Increasing battery life is only going to get you so far. It's about how it uses those bars that counts.
While they are in standby. A smart phone is, at the very least, fetching emails and running other background tasks. It's the fact that you are using the phone continually throughout the day that kills the battery, as would spending the day talking on the Nokia.
What the fuck is a GTE1170???
After a quick internet search, I think you should consider the following:
Infinite battery life - much better than your Samsung GTE1170 and Nokia 515 - and about as much functionality.
> Why is it some people are so insanely angry about the idea of a telephone just being a telephone?
Insanely angry is a bit melodramatic, but anyway; because people keep coming into stories about pocket sized but virtually fully fledged computers - commonly known as "smartphones" - and writing sneery comments about how an old fashioned brick of a telephone which could do nothing but make calls and send texts lasts twenty times longer on a charge.
Well, duh, no shit.
"Why is it some people are so insanely angry about the idea of a telephone just being a telephone?"
Because we're talking about SMART phones not regular old dinky hard-line telephones. If you want a plain old telephone then get one, if you want a cell phone then you're going to have to cope with a more useful phone that can do much more than your grandmother's old rotary. People don't want a useless phone that only does phone calls, get used to it.
You probably would have complained when telegraphs were being replaced by telephones. Why is it some people are so insanely angry about the idea of a telegraph just being a telegraph?
Roughly first half of the noughties, Nokia did the opposite with the battery meter: full bars until 50%, and then vaguely linear dropoff from there to 1 bar, which was whatever threshold their engineers felt the algorithm could reliably predict there'd be enough power left for orderly shutdown.
This "show full until half" was a neat trick, in a day when users' metric was "check out my new phone, got it 5 days ago, on my first charge, and it still has 5 of 5 battery bars!"
You're buying the name. Apple is as much an marketing company as Google is an advertising one.
I'm a committed Android user but had a play on a colleague's 6 today. I will say it's a really nicely-built handset and the screen is wonderful. I can't knock the hardware and, it might be (to me) restrictive but the software works well too.
But is it really any better - really - than a top-end Android phone? Both make calls, send texts and emails; both run the same batch of common apps; both attract desperate fandom; and both are now mature products.
So considering my 32GB LG G2 cost me £279 recently - a hypothetical 32GB iPhone 6 would come in at £579 - I think I can safely say you're paying through the nose.
But what it all comes down to is this: another colleague saw my LG recently and laughed. "LG? Don't they make washing machines?" Yes, they do. And tellies and probably deep-fat-fryers. But they also make a decent smartphone that does all yours does, love, for less than half the price. (And my battery lasts 2+ days; last night was at 28% after two days' unpluggedness.)
Some iPhone users will come round at some point. I was the first person of everyone I knew to get an iPod and have had several; for some reason the allure of the similarly-monikered phone escaped me. (Actually no it doesn't. Now I think about it that reason was iTunes, and a chill runs up my spine. Scared/scarred me for life.)
>>The lengths Apple went to to keep us away from the new iPhones was amusing."
Really? Care to share details? I'm sure quite a few El Reg readers would find a tell-all on Apple's press and marketing relationship quite an interesting one. How DO they keep you away from the phone or get you talking about it? Do they just say "no, you can't have a review sample" or do they bother to make up justifications? Do they ever hint you might be invited if you wrote a kinder review, etc?
"The lengths Apple went to to keep us away from the new iPhones was amusing."
Now that is a story or private blog post I'd love to read. I know Apple doesn't exactly have a love-in for The Register, but I'd be very curious to know how much that lack of love makes them do.
For this article, I found it to be a really good review of the device. It was clear, stuck to the facts, and unlike so many other articles I have read about Samsung gear, it didn't compare the iPhone 6 to Samsung or other Android powered brands at every drop of the hat.
Just last night I was reading an article reviewing the Samsung Tab S. The title of the article? "Samsung's Galaxy Tab S - Kicking the iPad where it hurts." And then in the end it was mostly an article talking about why this tablet costs so much and then comparing it to apple's devices from a fanboi point of view every chance it got. In the end the article title was just a click-bait kind of title, and the article's author threw out all of his credibility as a journalist at the end by making the assinine comment that iOS is much easier to use and that the Apple app ecosystem is much more robust. I don't mind a statement like that being made provided it is backed up with facts, but that was where it ended.
I found this article to be quite fair and a good overview of the iPhone 6.
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Ebay disagrees, you know where people actually value stuff by offering to pay hard earned readies for it, instead of spouting opinion?
Launch price
699 ukp
Selling on ebay for...275 ukp
Hmm, I struggle, but what's 63% of 699 again.....
"Yes but after 2 years my phone holds 63% of its value, whereas your Android is worthless and without upgrade."
As the original AC of this group of replies (sorry about the slow reply) I can comfortably say that my G3 which I bought for £299 will probably go for £130 when I sell it this week. (I'd have got £160-odd 3 months ago when I got the LG.) That's not unfair depreciation.
Yes Apples hold their value, but possibly because they're perceived as "being better" and those who can't afford to buy them new stimulate demand in the second-hand market. They can't afford to buy them new because... they're expensive. Therefore perceived to be a desirable object.
As for the hate of Samsung's bloat, yes, I'm with you, I reserve nearly as much for that as I do for iTunes.
But at least with Android I get the option of buying from another vendor with different or even no crapware. LG's, unlike Samsung, I can actually live with. In fact in some areas it adds value to the underlying OS.
But I still say £600 is a lot for a phone when half that will get you a very similar-spec Android. All of these things are overpriced for what they are, but... we happily pay for them. It's just I pay less than you :)
I am allowing myself to be slightly smug in paying at most £250-£300 for a handset -- that is 6 to 12 months old -- then getting £100-150 when I flog it when I "upgrade"; all on a Virgin monthly contract that costs about £7 for as much as everything as I can eat. Really. When I see people paying £35+ a month for a similar deal for two years, I know who's got the better deal.
Yes but after 2 years my phone holds 63% of its value
So what? I took a shit 20 years ago that still retains 100% of it's value!
It's also exactly as valuable as the one I took this morning. Want to buy it? I promise that in 10 years it'll not have lost any value!
Just because IQ-challenged will pay over-the-odds for old crap doesn't mean old crap is really worth anything.
But they also make a decent smartphone that does all yours does, love, for less than half the price.
Same argument as Macs vs PCs, your LG2 will be landfill in a couple of years, the 6 will sell for half what you paid for it. Net cost, about the same.
Or if you want to keep your phone longer, good luck putting the latest Android OS on it, so forget all the new software goodies (or even just the security fixes that probably will never be released for your phone on your network anyway)
Apples margins are 70%, Lg are a lot less at that range... But nothing is as fast as Apple, nit even the flagship android comes close.. Galaxy s5 has a much faster processor double speed ram etc, EVEN in this review triple frame rate compared to galaxy S5, faster in almost every respect . Thats why I put up with crap battery life limited expansion etc, the iphone is faster than my i7 laptop in day yo day tasks. I no longer open my comp but use ipad or phone and dictate reply
"But is it really any better - really - than a top-end Android phone? Both make calls, send texts and emails; both run the same batch of common apps; both attract desperate fandom; and both are now mature products."
Yes, it really is. I had a Galaxy phone for 14 months - a decision I truly regretted for every hateful minute I had to use it. Eventually I got an opportunity to buy an iPhone 4S and have been married to it ever since (it's far more faithful and cooperative and user-friendly than my actual wife ever was).
Android was so full of stupid, unnecessary, and counter-intuitive options I was constantly frustrated at trying to set anything, the predictive text came up with the *THE* stupidest choices, and as for that unblievably kludged mess of garbage they call "Kies", the less said the better (I see it's now even bigger and slower than it was two years ago). About half my contacts were duplicated, some of them triplicated and quadrupled, while others were wiped and lost forever (from phone and PC). Yes I know there are a lot of ways of "personalising" the phone interface to "improve" it - all way too hard to install and set up (back to the plethora of options thing). Who's got time to sit messing with their phone when all they want to do is get it working? In fact at a breakfast seminar one day I was bitching about how crap the phone was when some Android convert started preaching "yes but that's because you haven't got {insert name here} installed". I gave him the thing and told him to go mad - well quite frankly the change was minimal and if anything the predictive text and typing experiences were slightly worse.
Got the iPhone, connected it to my PC, synchronised calendar and contacts, sold the Galaxy, and have never looked back.
... as for that unblievably kludged mess of garbage they call "Kies", the less said the better ...
The only thing to be said for Kies, as far as I can see, is that it's very slightly less unpleasant to use than iTunes on a PC. Fortunately you can use a Samsung phone without ever having to touch Kies, and once I discovered that I got rid of it (Kies, not the phone) as quickly as possible!
"The only thing to be said for Kies, as far as I can see, is that it's very slightly less unpleasant to use than iTunes on a PC. Fortunately you can use a Samsung phone without ever having to touch Kies, and once I discovered that I got rid of it (Kies, not the phone) as quickly as possible!"
The only thing to be said for iTunes, as far as I can see, is that it's very slightly less unpleasant to use than Kies on a PC. Fortunately you can use an Apple phone without ever having to touch iTunes, and once I discovered that I got rid of it (iTunes, not the phone) as quickly as possible!
i dont care if my galaxy note 2 (or insert your favorite phablet here) is a bit thicker... its already huge. make it a bit thicker. this will do several things:
1) enable you to put a bigger battery in
2) make it less prone to snapping or being damaged
3) make it easier to hold.
although, to be fair, the note 2 goes all day with everything on and constant usage...
Indeed, poor after spending double what they could, in particular on the Z3 Compact, and getting a worse phone as a result.
I see the Z3 Compact, in particular, is showing some amazing battery life stats that seems to out-class all other phones on the market:
The Z3 Compact has also quite a bit smaller dimensions than the iPhone 6, yet with similarly-sized screen:
As well as waterproofing, 20MP camera with 1/2.3" sensor, SD expandable storage, double the RAM, stereo speakers, active noise cancellation headset, FM radio, MHL, more interoperable OS.
I wish, wish people would stop comparing silicon between Android mobes and iPhones, kudos to The Reg for using benchmarks to make a comparison instead. God, the number of times I've heard someone say "My phone has quad-core but your laptop is only dual-core (i7), why would you buy something half as powerful?"
Check out the battery-life results in comparative testing conducted by AnandTech.
Not too shabby, IMHO.
Old phones.
Why are they comparing the new Iphone 6, to 2 year old + android devices?
Where is the comparision to the Sony Z3, HTC One M8, Samsung S5 (lets turn on stamina mode, on all three, and on the iphone 6, see how long they last)
The subhead suckered me in (Reg has the most intelligent clickbait writers in the biz) but I ended up reading the whole thing despite having no interest in upgrading my aging Nexus 5. In a world full of reviews ranging from "this is the phone god would have designed" to "this phone is the work of the devil and it's still two years behind the times", I found this review to be refreshing in its honesty, highlighting both the good and the bad. Reg comes through again.
Yep, the Reg reviews of new iThings are usually very even-handed, and so are at odds with the dozen or so snarky articles that precede them.
Irrelevant to me as an actual phone user though - I'm more mid-range. The year old LG G2 still holds it own (not the best in any one category, but in the top three in a few areas such as battery, audio and camera) but I'm not sure I want a 5" phone, so very tempted by an Xperia Z1 Compact or Z3 Compact (there is no Z2 compact, and the Z3 C just refines the Z1 - e.g Sapdragon 801 instead of 800, improved viewing angles on the screen etc)
While I find some of the larger phones rather amusing these days, I have a Lumia 1020 which I assume is comparable or maybe even bigger than the iPhone 6(?). I also have decidedly below-average sized hands - I can stretch a single octave on a piano (can't think how else to measure it). I have no issues using the big phone with my diminutive digits, but then I'd never have thought the right way to use the phone was single-handedly. I rather thought the point of a multi-touch wonder-phone was you held it in one hand and fondled it with the other.
Which is the most prevalent technique?
All the manufacturers are looking for the next big thing for phones and tablets.
It's fucking all day battery life, no matter who hard you ride your device on WiFi, 3G/4G, Music, Video, Internet, Mail, GPS.Samsung are making better efforts than Apple with their battery Miser tech on the latest Galaxy 5's, but FFS, add a few MM to the phones to get some more battery capacity in them as they all have more range uncertainty than a Tesla-S/Nissan Leaf/BMW i3. Almost all phones go in a case anyway, so no-one will notice.
Slimmer, sleeker, lighter is no use to anyone when the thing is dead, as the battery is empty. I have added a MyMemory.co.uk Every Day Basic's 20,000 Mah battery pack into my backpack standard toolset of cables and chargers, for when I'm away from the mains.
This is the game changer, taking us back to a simpler life almost 20 years back, when your Nokia banana-phone used to last almost a week.
I'm not convinced by the new iPhone designs personally. Whilst the screen and metalwork feel solid enough, those plastic strips feel very cheep and not in keeping with a £500+ device. Also the new keyboards whether they be stock IOS, Swype or Swiftkey have made the draconian autocorrect even more punishing. Even manually typing the words rather than drawing them was a frustrating experience (Mary became Mark for some reason) and there doesn't seem to be any sense to the predictions of next words, unlike the excellent keyboard on the much maligned Windows Phone OS.
Plus I'm still mighty dischuffed that they're are yet more apps that can't be uninstalled. Stocks is annoying enough, but now I've got Tips and iBooks to clutter my paltry internal storage up as well.
Batteries are funny things. One thing I do with a new device is charge it all day and then discharge it completely. Thereafter I use it normally. Not sure if that is still advisable with the current generation of battery but it used to be good practice.
Personally, I'd like to see a hydrogen fuel cell in my phone. Re-fill it like a lighter and run it all week. Icon for obvious reasons.
Like a lot of people now I'm on the 2 year cycle - there's simply not enough benefit in switching every year. I'll just wait to see what else is out there next year. If all else fails, and if WP doesn't magically gain all the apps I use daily, then I'll get next years iPhone 6S Mini which no doubt will be the same size as the 5S.
If I was to identify a strategy it would be 'SIM only Handset -1" i.e. wait till the fanbois and girls upgrade then buy up their 1 year old rejects off fleabay. Currently I can get an unlocked 64gb for £400 which I can couple with a £15/month 3g sim only deal from Virgin (250 mins/unlimited texts+data) used on my 4s.
I really can't see a compelling case, other than 'I've got a new shiny shiny', in upgrading every year either just to fill Apple's and the network providers coffers. OK I don't get tethering or 4g with Virgin but the comparative 1 year costs for a the same handset and 4gb data are not far off a grand for the first year (VF is £971 for 3g). If I really felt I needed 4g or another provider I can easily get 4g 4Gb sim only for <£25/month.
Why does the review compare the new iPhone to the previous iPhone when it is a feature that has been on android phones for ages or is in fact better on many android phones, and then compare the new iPhone to an Android phone when it is a new or better feature than found on the Android phone?
Either make this a phone review and compare to ALL existing phones out there, or make it explicitly an Apple upgrade review.
I have been using the iPhone 6 now for nearly a month and have calibrated the battery, which despite any information about modern batteries not needing to be calibrated seems to be incorrect.
To begin with the phone was lasting no more than a day (18hrs approx) before requiring a charge. I have now run the battery flat (turns itself off) and fully recharged every time it needed it for a week. To start with the phone lasted 12 hours with 1% battery left.
The phone is under normal smartphone use with screen brightness at 50% which is lasting according to the battery usage stats of my last full charge:
Usage: 8 hours
Standby: 3 Days
With this in mind heavy phone use will result in shorter battery life obviously but the fact i don't actually need to charge the phone everyday is much better than most people are assuming the phone can do, due to the short amount of testing the press have time to do. Comments please...


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It is my turn on the Topflight Stamps Blog today. I'm sharing
a Coffee Time Christmas card using the coffee
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When it is cold nothing better than hot cup of coffee!
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Oedipus had nasty parents who believed their local guru's prophesy that their son would cause their downfall. On the basis of that prediction, they decided that their son should die. They didn't have the gumption to do it themselves. They turned that nasty job over to the maid. Before that tho, probably out of sadism or temper tantrum, they nailed his ankles together. (Might as well have a little fun torturing a baby before getting rid of him.)
So far, Ed (Oedipus) had done nothing wrong. All he was guilty of was being born to the wrong parents. [You wonder what kind of king and queen Ed's parents were? If they treated his son like that, how did they rule mere peasants?]
Anyway, Ed's life was spared by the sympathetic, if disloyal maid and he was raised by loving foster parents. He turned out to be a good kid (with a limp). He was such a good kid that when he heard that he was destined to kill his parents, he left the country (thinking the prophesy applied to his foster parents). He gave up a sure inheritance to the throne to boot. (Ambition was not his tragic flaw. Believing gurus probably was.)
So Ed wanders around the ancient Greece until one evening he meets this crotchety old man on the road. They have an argument about right-of-way and the crotchety old man picks a fight with the younger hero. Stupid. Obviously the hero is going to beat him out. The old man is almost asking to have his head handed to him, and he deserves it besides. Ed easily swats away this minor annoyance and goes on his way.
Further on down the road, Ed meets the sphinx who will kill him unless he answers a riddle. It was a dumb riddle. Every 4th grader knows that one and tougher ones besides. ie:
But Ed was the only hero to beat the monster (many had tried). And in beating the monster, he had also inadvertently saved a meek, strange little city-state from the monster's extortion. Consequently, Thebes, the little country hailed him as their hero and insisted that he marry their queen. (Her husband had left on a trip to Chicago and had never been seen since.)
Now here is where Ed screwed up. He was tired of travelling, wanted to settle down and raise a family. The queen was not someone he would have picked for himself. She was old enough to be his mother. And the people were a little strange, since they had so little loyalty to the missing king. But, he was lazy and it seemed like a ready-made kingdom for him to be king of. So the sucker married the queen only to find out that she was indeed his mother. Later, a search party found the king's body on the road and Ed figured out that the king had been the crotchety old man who had picked a fight with him. And the pestilence wreaked on this vile city by their fickle gods was blamed on Ed, of course.
Is this starting to sound like an episode of Dallas? Right. But Ed was no J.R. Ed felt responsible for this mess. And guilty. The logic of the story breaks down here because there is no reason for him to feel guilty. Certainly no reason to feel responsible for the events, except to the extent where he let others (the guru and the general populace) do his thinking and decision-making for him. He punished himself for his laziness by gouging out his eyes and exiling himself.
Dumb story. Dumb Ed.
Moral of the story: Being a victim of gurus, society, and circumstances does not relieve one of the responsibility of thinking for themselves. It does make for a tragic hero, however. Not to mention Antigone. But that's another story.
So much for Sophocles. Where the story breaks down is in translation a couple of centuries later by an Austrian doctor who really wanted to be a lawyer and who couldn't stand the sight of surgery so became a psychiatrist instead. Although he studied the classics, he must have fallen asleep in the middle of Oedipus. He decided that he would use the story as a shorthand to explain a syndrome he had identified where little boys lusted after their mothers and, consequently, were afraid that their fathers were going to punish them by cutting off their equipment. (Its corallary is that little girls have already lost this equipment and so are to be treated with contempt by little boys and their adult equivalents)
Moral of this translation: Sigmund should have had his head examined.


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17-year-old to appear in court over M3 'hazardous material' closure
A teenage boy has been charged over the 11-hour closure of the M3 motorway which was shut down last week after 'potentially hazardous material' was found.
The 17-year-old will appear before Basingstoke magistrates on Monday.
The incident happened on Saturday September 23, causing huge delays for thousands of drivers between junctions nine and 11 of the motorway runs from Surrey to the south coast through cities such as Winchester and Southampton.
It is the latest in a number of long delays to hit British motorway drivers.
The teenager, from Winchester, faces two counts of arson with intent to endanger life and two of causing danger to road users, said Hampshire Police.
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He will also appear before the court on Monday over an incident on the M3 on September 16.
The discovery of the partly-ignited substance on the 23rd led to military bomb disposal experts being called to the motorway near Winchester.
The road was closed down shortly before 4am, not re-opening to mid-afternoon, prompting criticism of the police for lack of information.
The substance was apparently thrown from a bridge.
Among those drivers affected were many football fans on the way to Southampton for a Premier League clash between the Saints and Manchester United.


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Show students how to get the most out of Oregon trail by reading the headings on each screen, thinking about problem solving skills and applying the simulation to their classroom discussion on westward expansion. I include a worksheet of questions they can answer as well as additional websites to extend their education.
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.


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HP's latest laptops brings design excellence, quality and performance altogether for making the holiday season shine
HP has unveiled its next generation premium PC line-up that delivers exceptional viewing and entertainment experiences. Launched during the festive season, the new laptops highlight stylish designs and refined finishes coupled with uncompromising performance and immersive audio video to deliver cutting edge customer experiences.
The premium portfolio is built to address customer needs for devices that inspire and excite. Whether at home or on the go, the HP Premium products have become the benchmark for what customers expect from their computing experience. The new products include:
- HP Spectre x360, HP's flagship 13.3" diagonal premium convertible laptop, is now thinner, lighter, more portable design and with a longer battery life.
- HP ENVY laptop a sophisticated design with beautiful 13.3 diagonal display, high-end materials and clean lines for customers who desire elegant simplicity.
"Premium customers have high expectations around device performance and quality including design, battery life and display resolution, said Ketan Patel, Director, Personal Systems, HP Inc. "We have redesigned our new premium portfolio to meet customer expectations for visual, audio, and performance in thin and light laptops" he added.
HP Spectre x360 delivers powerful performance in sleek package
HP has taken its most successful premium laptop PC and made it even better. The micro-edge display bezel decreased from 15.12mm to 5.45mm to provide a beautiful viewing experience while reducing the overall footprint for the go lifestyle. With a new hinge design, it is 13.8 mm thin, over 2 mm thinner than the previous generation and is lighter at 2.85lbs compared to 3.2lbs. The Spectre x360 also achieves 25 percent more hours of battery life with up to 15 hours of operation with a 57.8W battery while dual fans to optimize thermals to ensure the device runs cool.
It features great connectivity with two USB-Type C ports with Thunderbolt support, allowing users to connect the latest peripherals both today and tomorrow. The bright display boasts a 13.3-inch diagonal FHD IPS panel delivers great viewing experiences. The PC now includes quad speakers instead of two to deliver crisp audio thanks to tuning by Bang & Olufsen plus HP Audio Boost for superior sound in every mode. The Natural Silver color with polished accents on the hinges creates the sleek profile customers crave.
Other features include:
- 7th Generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processors
- SSD options with up to a 1TB PCIe SSD for fast performance and plenty of space to store high resolution videos and photos
- Windows Hello supported by HP TrueVision FHD IR Camera offers added privacy
- Improved Wi-Fi connectivity with optimized placement at the top of the PC for faster downloads of movies, pictures and videos
- HP Fast Charge to power the device up to 50% in 30 minutes or 90% in just 90 minutes
HP ENVY Laptop is powerful in a think and light design
Designed for the modern minimalist customer, the HP ENVY laptop combines beauty and power with refined metal materials and slim lines offered in Natural Silver. The new 13.3" diagonal HP ENVY laptop features a larger battery for power up to 14 hours, four more hours compared to last year's model.
With the 13.3" diagonal display, customers will breeze through daily tasks thanks to an elevated hinge design that provides a more comfortable typing experience coupled with a backlit keyboard for working in low light and an extra-wide glass touchpad for less resistance. The optional edge-to-edge flush glass display offers vivid visuals for movies and games with a QHD+ and UHD panels. Customers can also choose a FHD panel or add touch with the QHD+ display option. Dual firing speakers, with audio expertly tuned by Bang & Olufsen plus HP Audio Boost Technology offer amazing sound to amplify movies and music.
Other features include:
- Two USB 3.0 ports, including one dedicated to sleep and charge, and one USB Type-Cport
- 7th Generation Intel Core processors up to i7
- Up to a 1TB SSD PCIe with up to 16GB RAM provides fast response times when opening or moving large files
- HP Fast Charge up to 12 hours in 90 minutes
Pricing and Availability
- The HP Spectre x360 is expected to be available from last week of October, 2016 on www.hpshopping.in and select retailers, starting price is INR 1,34,290/-
- The HP ENVY Laptop is expected to be available from mid-November, 2016 on www.hpshopping.in and select retailers, starting price is INR 90,000/-


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Monday, March 11, 2013
I have the Blu Rays now
Yay! I can use a Z key again!
So suddenly, I had years worth of credit card points amassed and no need to hoard them for a new computer. I thought for a long time, looked over all the offerings, examined my few needs or wants, and opted to use them in the purchase of a Blu Ray player and home theater system.
I never really thought I needed a Blu Ray player until I noticed that individual DVDs are getting more and more sparse. The last two I bought had no extras - no commentary, no deleted scenes, no nuthin. I like the damn commentary. I think all movies should have commentary. I am super excited about the concept of doing my own commentary some day. So when the DVD I just bought has no commentary, especially when it's a movie that plays every five minutes on HBO so I really didn't need to own it to watch it - I'm looking at you, X Men First Class - I'm all sad panda.
It's gotten to the point where if you want any special features at all, you've got to get the Blu Ray. Those assholes. It's just like when you had to replace all your VHS tapes with laserdiscs and then replace your laserdiscs with DVDs. Not that I am old enough to know what those things are. I heard some rumors, that's all.
I got the Blu Ray player because it was almost free, but then I spent just as much money starting a new collection of Blu Ray disks. I got Star Trek, and that had the BEST special features. It's like a film school class on a disk. So then, even though I wasn't planning on building a collection right away, I went a little bananas.
Criterion had a sale, so I bought M and Yojimbo/Sanjuro because they are the awesomest old shit ever. Then I went to Ebay and found the Alien boxed set slightly used, which I am currently working through. After asking for suggestions on Twitter I bought Terminator 2 (the only reason I didn't already buy it is because we own the DVD. Now we own both! Huzzah!), Out of Sight, the Batman trilogy, and Expendables. Everybody seemed to agree that those had the best special features or commentary tracks of the movies I have enjoyed.
I also picked up Robocop because Beefcake is totally into that movie and how can you not have a copy of your favorite movie around?
Okay so mini rant. This has bothered me. He loaned his DVD copy to someone years ago who never returned it, and he thinks it's not a big deal because he can just watch it on Netflix streaming any time, but I'm like WHAT? It's you favorite movie? How can you not own a copy? How can you feel whole as a person without being able to smile knowingly at your favorite film on the shelf? HOW?
But that's a whole other thing and I could be a complete lunatic. Anyway, I took care of the need he did not know he had and now we have Robocop. This is a great relief to me.
I am so excited about all these special features. And speakers. It's nice to have speakers that don't blow out every time Al Sharpton is on MSNBC.
I have so much stuff to watch, I am in film nerd heaven right now.
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I know it's too late but did you know you could have just replaced the keyboard on your laptop? Takes about five minutes and costs $15 (at least on most PCs I've used).ReplyDelete
I got a Blu Ray player three or four years ago. I opted into the Netflix Blue Ray program, and settled back to watch my high-tech ultra-definition movies.ReplyDelete
Then I started getting movies my Blue Ray player wouldn't play. I was supposed to "download software" from the Internet to correct the problem. And, of course, my DVD players isn't set up on the Internet.
Don't mean to rain on your parade, but unless things have changed --
Better get somebody to connect your Blue Ray to the Internet....
That sucks, Jack. I hope you can fix it. I got a wireless adapter, so I'm all set in that regard. I think the technology has gotten a lot easier in the last few years.ReplyDelete
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram underwent thoracic outlet decompression surgery on his right arm Saturday, and sources told ESPN he is expected to make a full recovery in three to four months.
Ingram was shut down last week after a medical examination of his sore right shoulder revealed deep venous thrombosis -- a condition caused by a blood clot. That clot was removed and Saturday's procedure assured better blood flow in Ingram's upper body.
"This couldn't have been a better set of facts for a clot," Ingram's agent, Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management, told ESPN.
With uncertainty surrounding Ingram's condition in the past week, former NBA players who were forced to retire because of blood clot issues -- namely Chris Bosh and Mirza Teletovic -- were often cited as comparable cases to Ingram. However, Ingram, the Lakers' No. 2 pick out of Duke in 2016, had a condition that was linked to the makeup of his body, not the makeup of his blood.
"It's a night-and-day difference between a hematological issue, or a blood issue however you want to put it, and a structural issue," Schwartz told ESPN. "This was not related to his blood producing something that would cause blood clots. This was purely structural."
Ingram's procedure was performed by Dr. Hugh Gelabert at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to the team. It is a relatively common procedure for professional athletes who make repeated arm motions over their head such as baseball players, golfers and swimmers.
Part of the normal practice with thoracic outlet decompression surgery requires the patient to be on blood thinners for one to two months, but not need to use them after that. Ingram could be back on the court as soon as eight weeks, sources told ESPN, with a return to full basketball activities taking an additional four to eight weeks beyond that.
He is expected to rejoin the Lakers (31-38) to be around the team sometime before the regular season finishes.
Ingram was playing the best basketball of his three-year career prior to his injury. The 6-foot-9, 190-pound forward averaged a career-best 18.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game this season and especially thrived since the All-Star break. He averaged 27.8 points on 57 percent shooting in his six games after the All-Star break, according to ESPN Stats & Information, before the shoulder issue came up.
"He's in good spirits and Brandon's going to make a full recovery," Schwartz told ESPN.


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The Manchester United Songs & Chants Survival Guide by the American Red Devils provides the latest and greatest catalog of Manchester United songs. Be sure to check out, Manchester United Away Songs, Manchester United Player Songs, and Manchester United Rival Songs as well. To continue to browse our Foundational Manchester United songs take a look at the list below:
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It may seem like the insects will in no way vanish entirely. It may possibly look like they multiply even when you're performing whatever you can. If that is the case, you need to check this out write-up and have a couple of tips about how to make them go away.
Should you be experiencing little bugs, ensure that you vacuum your rugs often. Ants and little insects cover up in carpeting, in order that need to get rid of a few of your possible inside insects. Toss the travelling bag if you are concluded.
Management Positive Pest Control Is with the following of the instructions. There are some things that should be paid attention to reduce the pest at the home. The results are available in favor of the people. The collection of the information for the management is necessary.
You can utilize traps having a sticky compound to trap brown recluse spiders. They could hide very well and they are generally challenging to destroy with pesticides. They generally search for food items through the night. Spot traps alongside surfaces and associated with furnishings for the very best potential for nabbing them.
Close off foods that isn't used. Unwanted pests often times have very good feelings of smell, so leaving the box open up can draw in them by odor. Also, once your trash is full, make sure to take it out straight away. Insects are attracted to junk at the same time.
Are you finding you are fighting ants in your house? Eliminate them through a mix of sweets and borax. Sugar draws in them whilst the borax kills them. Make your mixture by taking a one-quart bottle and adding the same elements sugars and borax. Place some holes in the top of the cover to make it easy to sprinkle.
Maintain all garden squander at least one ft . away from your home. All sorts of insects will make their house in this particular clean, whatever you need to do. Placing it nearer will bring the bugs to you personally inside of.
Outdoor lighting is amazing for engaging and to divert strangers from home, nevertheless these lighting fixtures can bring in insects. Choose lamps in colours of pink, orange or discolored if you wish pests to get less attracted.
Stay away from mosquitoes by using out common areas they particular breed of dog. Remove any section of ranking normal water. This is the selected reproduction circular for mosquitoes, which means this one thing can help a lot toward ridding your property of mosquitoes.
You may use stainlesss steel wool to fill in mouse slots. Eating the stainlesss steel wool can cause the rodent to die. Once the rats or rodents are dead, spackle the holes with a bit of metal wool combined in with hardwood putty to ensure they are from coming back again.
External illumination also can entice unwanted pests. Avoid placing this sort of lighting near your home's entry ways details. Use a lighting that is less popular with insects, as an orange or discolored light.
Take a look at your foundation as well as your wall space to determine if there are actually any breaks. As the years use on the property you will see holes or fissures in the construction. These holes certainly are a focus on for insects to get in. Inspect the ceiling also. Pest infestations frequently enter in this way.
Eliminating insects in the home is not any effortless task. To completely get rid of them out of your home, it could take too much time. These pointers might help rid you of pests, for good. Sleeping less difficult through the night understanding your insect problems are a thing of the past.


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7 January 2013
On 2 January 2013, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore ('IRAS') issued the seventh edition of the e-Tax Guide, " GST: Import GST Deferment Scheme ('IGDS')".
The e-Tax Guide explains how IGDS works and sets out the qualifying conditions of IGDS as well as the responsibilities of an IGDS business.
IGDS allows an approved business to defer the payment of import GST until the submission of the GST return for the prescribed accounting period. This scheme is not applicable to customs or excise duties, which remain payable upfront at the point of importation.
As an approved IGDS business, businesses are required to account for the deferred import GST in the GST return for the period in which the import GST is payable. If the goods are imported for the business of making taxable supplies, they are entitled to claim the import GST as input tax in the same period.
IGDS will apply to both dutiable and non-dutiable overseas goods under the following circumstances:
• Direct imports into Singapore
• Imports released from Zero-GST/Licensed warehouses for local consumption
In this edition, certain paragraphs have been revised and updated, namely on the responsibilities of an IGDS business as well as on the application process for IGDS.
Source: This article was extracted from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) website. Visit http://www.iras.gov.sg for more information.


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Skirt- Tory Burch (similar), Shoes- Poetic Licence
So I have been using this weight loss program (which I usually don't believe in) this last month called Ideal Shape. I am all about eating healthy and exercising, so using other stuff is pretty fishy to me. Ideal Shape has totally changed my mind. It supports the idea of eating balanced and exercising but also makes some meals a little easier for you to stay healthy. I was able to try out the Meal Replacement bars, the Meal Replacement Chocolate Shake, and the Natural Shape Hunger Blocker pills. It fit in great with my daily routine.
When I didn't feel like eating my regular breakfast this past month of yogurt or fruit, I would put milk and a scoop of Ideal Shape's chocolate powder into their awesome shaker bottle and I would have an instant meal! I have ALWAYS wanted a shaker bottle!! SO AWESOME! It makes the whole shake process so much easier without waking up my husband in the morning.
Oh and their yummy, Cinnamon Carmel Crunch bars I was skeptical of them at first, but mmmm...they are so SO good! They totally fill you up as well. Finally, if there was a day I didn't want to eat much, I would take a Natural Shape hunger blocker pill and they really make you not hungry! So awesome for those days where I eat too much junk and I just need to stop eating. You know what I mean! ;) Now, I haven't been the best at doing all of these things all month, but the days I did, I felt great and my body looked pretty good.
Try it out for yourself to see what you think! I am pretty sure you will LOVE it! They have a lot more to offer then what I tried out. Visit the Ideal Shape Website and get 10% off your order using this coupon code: 10SHAPE2


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Expected to launch in Australia by 2020.
The current Mazda BT-50, introduced in 2010, is a Ford Ranger under the skin. Moving to its third generation, the Mazda BT-50 will switch to the Isuzu D-Max underpinnings. While the announcement for the joint project was made last year without specifics, a report from motoring.com.au suggests that the next-gen BT-50 could turn out as something more than just a rebadged Isuzu D-Max.
Takashi Kikuchi, President, Isuzu Motor Corporation Thailand, has confirmed to the Australian publication that the Isuzu's Thai subsidiary is working on the next-gen Isuzu D-Max and next-gen Isuzu BT-50. "We will supply a complete product to Mazda, in a different configuration. But the actual development has not been finished yet," Mr. Kikuchi said.
The differentiation between the products depends on the engineering costs. Isuzu is yet to negotiate with Mazda about the differentiation aspect of the Mazda BT-50. The Australian launch of the all-new Mazda BT-50 could happen by 2020.
Isuzu also sells the Isuzu MU-X, an SUV based on Isuzu D-Max. The current model is a mechanical cousin of the Chevrolet Trailblazer. However, it's safe to assume now that the next-gen Isuzu MU-X will have more originality to it as it will be developed internally.
Also Read: Mazda CX-8 (7-seat CX-5) expected to start at 3.2-3.3 million yen
Mazda won't have a version of the SUV, though. The partnership between the two companies is for the pickups only, and Mazda already has an extensive range of SUVs.
We remind readers that the current Isuzu D-Max is not an in-house developed product; it's based on the Chevrolet Colorado. However, due to different requirements for each company, GM and Isuzu are cutting ties for the next-gen mid-size pickups.
[Source: motoring.com.au]


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We work on residential and commercial properties throughout the area which has supported us so greatly over the years. This is why we are actively committed to performing charity work which directly benefits our friends and neighbors.
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Finding the right painter can make all the difference in your home remodeling plans. The color will affect how people see both you and your home. As you may imagine, it's very important to make sure that the paint looks good.
Interior painting poses all kinds of challenges. If the ceilings and floors are different colors, you have to make sure that one doesn't drip onto the other. Different types of materials are going to affect how the paint looks so there are specific types of paint to use depending on the surface. You may need wallpaper removal service if you have any existing wall coverings. In contrast, exterior painting requires a bit more prep work. You may be dealing with environmental conditions like weather, bugs, dirt, algae, and wrinkling. You will have to sand and scrape off loose paint and possibly use chemical stripping methods. Power washing may be required for surfaces that have accumulated a lot of dirt and grime. Holding these considerations in mind, Oliveira Painting Company's house painting service ensures that your paint job is immaculate.
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Little League's premier division — 11- and 12-year-old baseball — begins tournament play in District 3 this weekend.
Peter J. Foley kicks off play Friday against Shelton National at Nolan Field at 6 p.m. The other three local teams start play on Sunday.
In Shelton, Prospect faces Shelton American while Union City squares off with Seymour. In Beacon Falls, Robert A. Cole hosts Derby. All three games are at 3:15 p.m.
PJF could play its second tournament game either Sunday against Ansonia or Tuesday against an opponent to be determined, depending on its result Friday.
The 11-12 tournament championship will be decided either July 13 or July 15.
Each Little League's younger baseball all-star squad will also compete in a district tournament. In the 9- and 10-year-old division, tourney play begins Thursday. RACBL hosts Shelton National, PJF hosts Shelton American, and Prospect visits Derby. That tournament championship will be determined either July 6 or July 8.
In the 10- and 11-year-old division, Union City is one of four teams entered. Its first game will be July 7 at Seymour. The tournament championship will be decided either July 13 or July 15.
Union City's softball teams are also entered in District 3 play. The 11-12 all-stars were set to play an elimination game against Shelton on Wednesday. A victory in that game would send the girls to championship weekend on Friday against Seymour.
Union City's 9-10 all-stars earned a first-round bye and will host either Seymour or Oxford on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Visit the following links for each tournament's bracket:
11-12 baseball
10-11 baseball
9-10 baseball
11-12 softball
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Really Bad Dad Jokes: More Than 400 Unbearable Groan-Inducing Wisecracks Sure to Make You the Funniest Father With a Quip (Hardcover)
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Nothing is more hilarious for moms, sons, and daughters than the bad jokes dad tell. Here are hundreds of the worse-ever jokes to crack the whole family up.
Do you enjoy making puns about the most random things you can think of? Do you enjoy inducing embarrassment and eye-rolling from your family? Do you often crack yourself up with your own jokes? Then Really Bad Dad Jokes is for you! In this follow-up to Dad Jokes, you'll find a multitude of the ultimate dad jokes, such as:
- If prisoners could take their own mug shots, would they be called cellfies?
- Dogs can't operate MRI machines. . . but catscan!
- What did one plate say to the other? "Lunch is on me!"
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New Gabriel Dropout chapter! Download. Unfortunately a month late, sorry for that.
Chapter 44 is already out in Japan so we will do it soon.
We still need QC for this series. If you want to improve the language used in our translations in the future, feel free to join our IRC channel.


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November is officially college application month. Across the country, high school seniors are scrambling to put their best foot forward with the hopes of getting accepted into the college of their choice.
While some approach college application season with the "Keep Calm and Carry On" mentality, others meet it with fear and panic. For today's student, the competition is tougher than ever. Especially if you're applying to a school like Harvard where they reject nearly 95% of applicants.


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Russia is working on the combat underwater robots capable of attacking aircraft carrier groups. The work on the creation of new weapons should be completed in 2016.
"Now there is some work left, and as a result in Russia there will appear fighting underwater robots capable of destroying the enemy's aircraft carriers," Russian news agency TASS reports.
According to the agency, these robots will have such capabilities due to their small sizes and invisibility for the radars.
It should be noted, despite the crisis, Russia is building large-scale plans for space exploration. The Russian Federation is planning to create its own International Space Station and spaceport.
However, so far, not everything goes well. The construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a Russian spaceport, which is currently under construction on the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East and Outer Manchuria, is behind schedule. In addition, as a result of the sanctions the Russian space program will face shortage of spare parts for electrical engineering.


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Plan for Stage 2 of Ontario's reopening, childcare resumption coming next week
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during his daily updates regarding COVID-19 at Queen's Park in Toronto on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Chris Herhalt, CP24.com
Published Friday, June 5, 2020 1:39PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, June 5, 2020 3:22PM EDT
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will announce a plan to reopen more businesses as part of "Stage 2" as well as a plan to reopen childcare centres, next week.
Ford said "early next week" the province will announce a plan to move to Stage 2, which calls for select office towers reopening for work, as well as allowing gatherings of more than five people.
Ford added that he will "also lay out a phased plan for reopening childcare safely and gradually, so we can support parents as they return to work" sometime next week.
He stressed that announcing the plans does not mean that either will get underway immediately, as he is still closely watching the daily COVID-19 case growth in Ontario, which averaged 360 cases per day over the last week.
Ontario entered the first stage of reopening last month, with individual sports, select retailers and other businesses allowed to resume.
The province's COVID-19 case growth then started to rebound, prompting officials to hold off on even discussing Stage 2.
Ford and his ministers would not say if hair and nail salons would re-open as part of Stage 2, and he rejected entirely the notion that the re-opening process is moving too slowly.
"I can't say we are moving too slowly, we are moving cautiously," Ford said.
Ontario is the only full province in Canada still banning hair salons and barber shops from operating.
But The City of Toronto issued an advisory Friday telling all restaurants and "personal care settings" such as barber shops, hair salons and nail salons, to "to prepare for safe reopening."
"City staff will be communicating with impacted businesses over the next week either individually or through local BIAs, including TABIA and the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association to ensure that the resumption of service can happen as quickly as possible once provincial orders are lifted."
It is still unclear when exactly Ontario restaurants and hair care facilities will be able to resume operation.


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