See what people think about Apple and the March 7th iPad 3 release event

The release date of Apple iPad 3 has now been confirmed to be the first week of March, more exactly iPad 3 to be released on March 7^th. The new iPad 3 is said to feature quite high-end configurations, including: 9.7 inch full HD Retina screen display with 2048*1536 screen resolution for producing excellent video experience to play HD Blu-ray movies on iPad 3, 4G LTE network connection support, rumored A6 processor, larger memory storage than iPad 2, full HD games, etc. All these specs have been great concern from people worldwide, especially die-hard Apple fans. But for some people, Apple and Apple iPad might seem to be negative in their minds. They would think Apple and iPad stand evil. The ZDNet writer James Kendrick wrote a tongue-in-cheek post on ZDNet blog, namely “Don’t be evil, Apple, just sit on the iPad 3”, which has attracted great attention and triggered a hot discussion online towards Apple and Apple iPad. I have quoted the full post bellow to make it convenient for you to read the whole post. What do you think of Apple and the iPad 3? Let us know your opinion in the comment part.

Summary: A tongue-in-cheek look at what the iPad 3 will do to Apple’s evil reputation.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know that Apple is getting the next generation iPad ready to release to the masses. There are noshortage of rumors what we might expect the iPad 3 to contain, I’ve added my own to the mix. One thing we know for certain about the next iPad, the launch will trigger a sales boom for Apple as these things usually do. Since Apple certainly doesn’t want to be considered evil, perhaps it would be only fair to hold off on the next iPad, at least for a while.

Let’s face it, the current iPad is selling like hotcakes, so a refreshed model is not required to continue Apple’s dominance in the tablet space. Triggering a sales spike over already dominant sales numbers by releasing the iPad 3 would only be rubbing it into the face of competing tablet makers. Given your desire to be a good neighbor I’m sure you don’t want to make all those other companies feel bad. People would end up getting fired, and you don’t want that on your heads.

It’s not like you need more profits, Apple, you’ve already got more money than most countries. Profits indicate greed, and you don’t want to be known as the evil, greedy company. It’s not like you don’t have enough money. Heck, you’ve got enough to give free textbooks for every student in the U. S. if you wanted. You’ve recently convinced us how much you want to help the nation’s kids so giving them textbooks instead of charging for them as indicated would be a very non-evil thing to do. You’d still have more money than God left over.

You can make the argument that a new iPad would really take it to the Android folks, and we know how much you hate them. That may be, but it would also derail the big Windows 8 effort at Microsoft. I know you wouldn’t want to do that, given the history of Microsoft stepping in at Apple’s darkest hour years ago and putting money on the line to keep you in business. That has to make Microsoft dear to you, and tanking the Windows 8 tablet effort before it even gets started would fly in the face of your close relationship.

So just sit on the new iPad, Apple, and keep the status quo. You’ll continue to make more money than all the other companies combined, and have that new iPad in your pocket for whenever you need it. The competition still won’t be able to give you a run for the money, and you’ll have fun watching them try. Don’t be evil, Apple.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/dont-be-evil-apple-just-sit-on-the-ipad-3/6813?tag=nl.e589

Well, what’s your opinion towards Apple and Apple iPad? And how do you think of this post? Many people have added their comments to this post to show their attitude about the Apple iPad 3 event online. Remember to write your thought in the comment part.

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8 Reasons Why Windows 8 Tablets Would Beat Apple iPad 3

Windows 8 is the next generation of Microsoft’s operating system for personal computers, laptops, and tablets. It upgrades with major changes, such as an integrated software store–similar in concept to Apple’s Mac App Store–and support for ARM chips. Metro is the name of the new touch-centric user interface in Windows 8. Without a doubt, the purpose of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operation system is to compete with Apple iPad. Just several days ago, I wrote a post namely Mac OS X Lion vs. Windows 8 Developer Preview speed comparison, which made a comparison between Mac OS X Lion and Windows 8 Developer Preview in speed testing. The result shows that the Windows 8 Developer Preview takes the lead a little. Today, I would like to share something with you to see whether Windows 8 tablet could beat the Apple iPad 3, totally 8 reasons for your reference:

1. Business users
Currently, many iPad users handle business with iPad. But Apple has no clear plan to enter large enterprises market with their iPad for business, which Microsoft on the contrast is quite familiar with. If Microsoft could make full use of this, the market share of Windows 8 tablet would be increased enormously.

2. New Office
The Microsoft Office is still the killer app in Windows operation system, especially in business market. A fatal reason for the failure of Microsoft’s own brand tablets is that the Office compatibility was damaged in the versions before the Windows 8. Now, Microsoft would provide Office support for tablets with Intel and ARM processors, though it is still not clear whether Microsoft would bring out complete Metro Office.

3. Mixed type of tablets
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime and Leveno IdeaPad Yoga are all multifunctional, not only as a tablet, but also a notebook device, which Apple iPad could not do.

4. Metro user interface
Have to admit that the Microsoft Metro user interface is really beautiful and attractive, which may snatch users from iPad cause they would prefer Metro user interface to iOS interface.

5. SkyDrive
Through a Windows ID, users could visit SkyDrive cloud content via any devices, including PC, Xbox, tablets, etc. while Windows 8 includes SkyDrive support.

6. Run two apps simultaneously
For Windows 8 tablet users, it is a quite practical function to run two apps simultaneously on one screen.

7. Nokia tablets
The Finland Nokia has been famous for its stable hardware around the world. It was reported that some time in this summer, Nokia would bring out Windows 8 tablet, which would no doubt arouse users’ interest.

8. Wider options
Apple iPad only has one option, while Windows 8 tablets are provided and supported by various big businesses, which results in wider options for optimization.

By comparing these two tablets, now you may have your decision in your mind. But these are just for your reference. And due to the specs of the upcoming iPad 3’s are still not clear, there are always changes. So, stay clear if you want to get one Windows 8 tablet or an iPad 3.

Related readings
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A list of the nominees and winners of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards

Though the Whitney Houston’s death one day ahead of the Oscar Awards of Music industry had shadowed everyone’s mind and made this annual Grammy Awards somewhat eclipsed, the 54^th annual Grammy Awards held by The National Academy of Recording Arts ＆ Science on L.A.’s Staples Center finally made a successful ending with all big awards out freshly. Adele emerged as the top winner at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the Big Three: song and record of the year for “Rolling in the Deep” and album of the year for “21.” The 21 which she described “everyone’s been through … which is a rubbish relationship” was last year’s top-selling album with more than six million copies sold and remains lodged at the No. 1 spot on this year’s charts. Check the bellow list to get to know the nominees and winners of the 54^th annual Grammy Awards (the red marks the winners):

Album of the year
21, Adele
Wasting Light, Foo Fighters
Born This Way, Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
Loud, Rihanna

Record of the year
Rolling in the Deep, Adele
Holocene, Bon Iver
Grenade, Bruno Mars
The Cave, Mumford & Sons
Firework, Katy Perry

Best new artist
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex

Song of the year (goes to writer)
All of the Lights (performed by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie)
The Cave (performed by Mumford & Sons)
Grenade (performed by Bruno Mars)
Holocene (performed by Bon Iver)
Rolling in the Deep (performed by Adele)

Country album
My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean
Chief, Eric Church
Own the Night, Lady Antebellum
Red River Blue, Blake Shelton
Here for a Good Time, George Strait
Speak Now, Taylor Swift

R&B album
F.A.M.E.,Chris Brown
Second Chance, El DeBarge
Love Letter, R. Kelly
Pieces of Me, Ledisi
Kelly, Kelly Price

Rock performance
Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, Coldplay
Down by the Water, The Decemberists
Walk, Foo Fighters
The Cave, Mumford & Sons
Lotus Flower, Radiohead

Rap performance
Look At Me Now, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes
Otis, Jay-Z and Kanye West
The Show Goes On, Lupe Fiasco
Moment 4 Life, Nicki Minaj and Drake
Black and Yellow, Wiz Khalifa

Pop solo performance
Someone Like You, Adele
You and I, Lady Gaga
Grenade, Bruno Mars
Firework, Katy Perry

Pop vocal album
21, Adele
The Lady Killer, Cee Lo Green
Born This Way, Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
Loud, Rihanna

Producer (non-classical)
Danger Mouse
Paul Epworth (Adele’s producer)
The Smeezingtons
Ryan Tedder
Butch Vig

Alternative music album
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Codes and Keys, Death Cab for Cutie
Torches, Foster the People
Circuital, My Morning Jacket
The King of Limbs, Radiohead

Rock album
Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul, Jeff Beck
Wasting Light, Foo Fighters
Come Around Sundown, Kings of Leon
I’m With You, Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Whole Love, Wilco

Rock song (goes to writer)
The Cave (performed by Mumford & Sons)
Down by the Water (performed by The Decemberists)
Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (performed by Coldplay)
Lotus Flower (performed by Radiohead)
Walk from Wasting Light (performed by Foo Fighters)

Traditional pop vocal album
Duets II, Tony Bennett and various artists
The Gift, Susan Boyle
In Concert on Broadway, Harry Connick Jr.
Music Is Better Than Words, Seth MacFarlane
What Matters Most, Barbra Streisand

Hard rock/metal performance
On the Backs of Angels, Dream Theater
White Limo, Foo Fighters
Curl of the Burl, Mastodon
Public Enemy No. 1, Megadeth
Blood In My Eyes, Sum 41

Country song (goes to writer)
Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not (performed by Thompson Square)
God Gave Me You (performed by Blake Shelton)
ust Fishin’ (performed by Trace Adkins)
Mean (performed by Taylor Swift)
Threaten Me With Heaven (performed by Vince Gill)
You and Tequilla (performed by Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter)

Country duo/group performance
Don’t You Wanna Stay, Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson
You and Tequila, Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter
Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars
Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not, Thompson Square

Dance recording
Raise Your Weapon, deadmau5 and Greta Svabo Bech
Barbra Streisand, Duck Sauce
Sunshine, David Guetta and Avicii
Call Your Girlfriend, Robyn
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
Save the World, Swedish House Mafia

Dance/electronica album
Zonoscope, Cut Copy
4×4=12, deadmau5
Body Talk Pt. 3, Robyn
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, Skrillex

Rap album
Watch the Throne, Jay-Z and Kanye West
Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne
Lasers, Lupe Fiasco
Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West

R&B song (goes to writer)
Far Away (performed by Marsha Ambrosius)
Fool For You (performed by Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona)
Not My Daddy (performed by Kelly Price and Stokley)
Pieces of Me (performed by Ledisi)
You Are (performed by Charlie Wilson)

Pop duo/group performance
Body and Soul, Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse
Dearest, The Black Keys
Paradise, Coldplay
Pumped Up Kicks, Foster the People
Moves Like Jagger,Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera

Rap/sung collaboration
Party, Beyonce and Andre 3000
I’m on One, DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne
I Need A Doctor, Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey
What’s My Name?, Rihanna and Drake
Motivation, Kelly Rowland and Lil Wayne
All of the Lights, Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie

Pop instrumental album
Wish Upon a Star, Jenny Oaks Baker
E Kaje Malie, Daniel Ho
The Road From Memphis, Booker T. Jones
Hello Tomorrow, Dave Koz
Setzer Goes Intru-Mental!, Brian Setzer

If you want to get the full list of the winners of 54th Grammy Awards, please visit the official sites of Grammy.

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Quad-core HTC Endeavour with HTC Sense 4.0 will be Release at MWC 2012

Taiwan mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is expected to release its flagship Android 4.0 Smartphone named HTC Endeavour, together with HTC Sense 4.0 UI at MWC 2012 in late February.

HTC Sense 4.0 UI

HTC Sense offers a far more usable interface than the native Android OS. The biggest surprise of HTC Endeavour is the new HTC Sense 4.0 UI, which improves buttons and port, typography, guest mode and better apps such as email and 50GB DropBox integration, etc.

Quad-core Processor

HTC Endeavour will be sported with Nvidia’s AP30 Tegra 3 quad-core processor, which is said to have 5 times performance as present Tegra 2 processor. The 1.5GHz quad-core processor adds support for ARM MPE multimedia processing engine and NEON technology, improves 1080p high definition decoding and supports 3D video playing.

4.7-inch 720p Display

The device is equipped with a 4.7-inch 720p HD S-LCD 2 touch screen with Optical lamination technology, which joint the surface glass and the LED seamlessly, thus looks like the picture is showing on the surface and makes it thinner. The Optical lamination translates into it being the best smartphone screen to date, which provides excellent digital experience for you to watch PowerPoint on HTC Endeavour.

Android 4.0, 8MP Camera and Others

HTC Endeavour will be running on Android 4.0.3 operating system, with 1GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. The device features an 8MP camera on the back, with support for 1080p HD video recording, complemented by a secondary camera on the front, capable of 720p HD video. Other features like Micro-SIM card, Bluetooth 4.0 and Beats technology are also available on the phone.

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Top 10 best Valentine’s Day movies for 2012 Valentine’s Day

With the approaching of 2012 Valentine’s Day, the preparations are increasing day by day and the plans are getting scheduled. Most of the couples prefer watching movie of love stories either in film theatres or at home with home theatre system. The most romantic thing for watching Valentine’s Day movies with your better half might be to open your home theatre system, sit on the sofa with your hands around her, taste red wine and enjoy a romantic and sweet Valentine’s Day movie, in a house of warmth. Here I would like to share some top 10 best Valentine’s Day movies with you for a happy 2012 Valentine’s Day celebration. Of course, if you need, some tools to better your festival enjoyment are also shared here: an online Movie Downloader which helps you easily download online Valentine’s Day movies to your computer and a DVD Maker which could help you burn your downloaded Valentine’s Day movies to DVD discs so as to enable you watch movies on DVD players with your lover freely.

He’s Just Not That Into You – Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly and Morgan Lily

Storyline: The needy Gigi Haim is a young woman seeking her prince charming somewhere amongst her unsuccessful dates. After dating estate agent Conor Barry, Gigi anxiously expects to receive a phone call from him. However Conor never calls her. Gigi decides to go to the bar where he frequents to see him, but she meets his friend Alex who works there. They become friends and Alex helps Gigi to interpret the subtle signs given out by her dates.

Sometimes love works, and other times you need to take the hint—he’s just not that into you! Much like Love Actually, this film follows many different couples through break-ups, dating struggles and new found love.

Just Like Heaven – Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo and Donal Logue

Storyline: Elizabeth Masterson, a dedicated doctor in San Francisco, had almost no time for anything. When her sister with two kids set her up on a date, she gets into a tragic car crash and gets in a coma. Meanwhile, a landscape architect named David Abbott moves into San Francisco and coincidentally, into Elizabeth’s apartment for rent. While at the apartment, Elizabeth’s spirit haunts him. She doesn’t remember who she is, who her family is, and what she did – All that she remembered was her apartment and where everything was. To settle the arguments, David agrees to figure out who Elizabeth really is. When they get close to figuring out who she is, they eventually find love with one another and as they finally know who she really is, they learn that fate really has put them both together.

Love Actually – Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon and Liam Neeson

Storyline: The characters are falling in love, falling out of love, some are with right people, some are with the wrong people, some are looking to have an affair, some are in the period of mourning; a capsule summary of reality. Love begins and love ends. They flirt a lot. They are all flirting with love. At all ages and social levels, love is the theme. Romantic love and brotherly love is the hotchpotch throughout the movie. Most of the movie is filmed in London, during Christmas and the characters all ended up at Heathrow airport a very uplifting note.

Only You – Marisa Tomei & Robert Downey Jr.

Storyline: Destiny. Faith (Marisa Tomei) believes that two soul-mates can be united if they find each other. From the Ouija board, she has found the name of her missing half, and it is D-A-M-O-N B-R-A-D-L-E-Y. Later, at the carnival, the fortune teller sees the name Damon Bradley in the Crystal Ball and Faith is convinced. She is told that “You make your own destiny,…don’t wait for it to come to you”, but she is looking for Damon. 14 years later, she is engaged to a dull podiatrist and plans to marry until she gets a call from one of his classmates who is on his way to Venice, Italy. The classmate is Damon Bradley. Rushing to the airport to see her soul-mate, she misses him and the plane, but decides, then and there, to go after him. So Faith and her sister-in-law Kate both board the next plane for Italy hoping to find her Damon.

Down with Love – Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger and David Hyde Pierce

Storyline: A homage to the early 1960s sex comedies that starred Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The story follows a best-selling female advice author who has all the answers until a sly journalist playboy starts asking the questions.

The Holiday – Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz and Jude Law

Storyline: In London, Iris Simpkins writes a wedding column in a newspaper and nurtures an unrequited love for her colleague Jasper Bloom. Near Christmas, she is informed that Jasper is engaged to marry another colleague, and her life turns upside down. In Los Angeles, the movie-trailers maker Amanda Woods has just split with her unfaithful boyfriend Ethan and wants to forget him. Through a house exchange website, Amanda impulsively swaps her mansion for Iris’ cottage in Surrey for the holidays. While in Surrey, Amanda meets Iris’ brother and book editor Graham and they fall in love with each other. Meanwhile, Iris meets her new next door neighbor the ninety year old screenplay writer Arthur, who helps her retrieve her self-esteem, and the film composer Miles, with whom she falls in love.

Serendipity – John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale and Jeremy Piven

Storyline: Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas met while shopping for gloves in New York. Though buying for their respective lovers, the magic was right and a night of Christmas shopping turned into romance. Jon wanted to explore things further but Sara wasn’t sure their love was meant to be. They decided to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny brought them back together… Many years later, having lost each other that night, both are engaged to be married. Still, neither can shake the need to give fate one last chance to reunite them. Jon enlists the help of his best man to track down the girl he can’t forget starting at the store where they met. Sara asks her new age musician fiance for a break before the wedding and, with her best friend in tow, flies from California to New York hoping destiny will bring her soulmate back. Near-misses and classic Shakespearean confusion bring the…

Twilight – Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Billy Burke

The Whole series of Twilight Saga are worthy of watching. In the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Bella and Edward, plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage, honeymoon, and the tumultuous birth of a child which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for Jacob Black. With more of the romance, passion, intrigue and action that made Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse worldwide blockbusters.

The Notebook –Gena Rowlands, James Garner and Rachel McAdams

Storyline: The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie’s parents who dissaprove of Noah’s unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah’s 200-year-old home that he restored for her, “to see if he’s okay”. It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.

Titanic – Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Billy Zane

Storyline: 84 years later, a 100-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

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Wish a happy Valentine’s Day for all.

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