Groundhog Day or Groundhog's Day is a holiday celebrated in New York and Pennsylvania on February 2. In weather lore, if a groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, marmot or ground squirrel, emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees its shadow, it will return into its burrow, and the winter will continue for 6 more weeks.
Groundhog Day or Groundhog's Day is a holiday celebrated in New York and Pennsylvania on February 2. In weather lore, if a groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, marmot or ground squirrel, emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees its shadow, it will return into its burrow, and the winter will continue for 6 more weeks.
Brought a Z for work last month - the ability to rinse the screen off is very nice. No more grubby finger marks. Also very nice to use - much quicker than the Nexus 7 that we left in Hong Kong (doh!).
For those wanting better quality streaming and an unbiased commentary...
How to by pass the Youtube AC Block
1) Pick a proxy that isn't either in the USA or NZ - the YT feed is blocked from both. 2) Open Internet Explorer > Tool > Internet Options > Connections > Local Area Network Settings > Proxy Server - Enter in information from #1 step 3) Restart IE 4) Connect to http://www.youtube.com/americascup -> pick a live feed (scroll down), set quality to 720 5) Once connected - disable the proxy settings within IE.
1) Pick a proxy that isn't either in the USA or NZ - the YT feed is blocked from both. 2) Open Internet Explorer > Tool > Internet Options > Connections > Local Area Network Settings > Proxy Server - Enter in information from #1 step 3) Restart IE 4) Connect to http://www.youtube.com/americascup -> pick a live feed (scroll down), set quality to 720 5) Once connected - disable the proxy settings within IE.
"It has an incredible all new design, one that's more fun, more colorful than any iPhone we've made yet," said Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president for marketing. In a video, Apple design guru Jonny Ive described the 5C as "beautifully, unapologetically plastic."
The phone will sell for as little as $99, for a 16GB version, and $199 for one with 32GB of storage (each with a two-year mobile contract). In a departure, Apple will also be making its own cases for the 5C, selling them in a variety of colors for $29.
5S: for 'Suckers'
The 5S features a handful of performance upgrades, including what Apple calls a dramatic increase in processing speed.
It will have the first 64-bit chip in a smartphone -- Apple's A7 -- which Schiller said has tested at up to twice as fast as the iPhone 5's processor. It also will have a new feature, a motion co-processor, that will let the phone be used as a fitness tracker along the lines of a FitBit.
Schiller said battery life will be "the same or better" than the iPhone 5 and its camera will have 15% more active sensor space, improved white balance and auto-focus, and a new flash. Also, its camera will, for the first time on iPhone, allow video in slow motion.
Arguably the most dramatic new feature on the phone, though, is Touch ID, a fingerprint scanner for added security. Users will be able to log into their phone via the home button and make purchases from iTunes using their fingerprint as a password of sorts.
The iPhone 5S will sell for $199 for a 16GB version, $299 for a 32GB model and $399 for the top-end 64GB phone.
Pre-orders for the iPhone 5C starts on September 13. Both versions are on sale starting September 20. Cook also announced the newest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 7, will be released to the public on September 18.
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Also, interesting to see that it looks like they have or will discontinue the old 5 handset, rather than discounting it as they have done in previous years. I was reading the 5C was cheaper to make than the 5, so having an old (more expensive to produce) 5 at same price would have buggered them.