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May 4th, 2010 admin No comments

Support Mouse
Support Mouse
Which PS3 games allow the use a Keyboard and mouse?

Hello,

My computer is way outdated to play Unreal 3, so I decided to buy Unreal 3 for the PS3. To my surprise the PS3 version supports a keyboard and mouse--wow I'm amazed. Are there any other PS3 games that support a keyboard and mouse?

Thank you

yes, actually there are a good number of them that do now though i do not know the names almost all of them support a keyboard though

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Cold hands when using a computer are a common symptom for many people.  People who use nicotine and alcohol report having cold hands because blood vessels open less when nicotine or alcohol is present in the blood.  People who suffer from poor circulation of the hands experience cold, numb hands and fingers when they are using the computer. 

Poor circulation may or may not be associated with a medical condition.  The medical conditions known to have symptoms of cold hands are: Buerger's disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Arthritis, Raynaud's phenomenon, de Quervain's tenosynovitis syndrome, Tendonitis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Diabetes, and any condition affecting the circulatory system causing poor circulation.

Although the medical conditions are treated, at times, the medication itself causes side effects and cold hands.  Whether you suffer from a medical condition, or have cold hands without any medical diagnosis, the task of using the computer with cold hands is not comfortable.  As a matter of fact, it can be very painful.  Painful cold hands and numb fingers make it difficult to use the computer mouse and the compute keyboard.  The only relief for cold hands is to stop using the computer, and in today's technology-dependent environment that's not a viable option.

There are ergonomic computer work aids designed to provide heat for computer users with cold hands.  The heated USB computer gadgets are the Warm Mouse, Heated Mouse Pad, and Heated Computer Keyboard.  These products use infrared heat to deliver soothing, relaxing warmth to the computer users frigid hands. 

The USB warm computer gadgets use infrared heat.  Infrared heat removes toxins from the blood and improves blood circulation.  Studies show 20-30 minutes of infrared heat daily can have positive results.  Infrared heat is known to heal stiff joints and sore muscles making it ideal for many people with arthritis.  Infrared heat penetrates deep through the skin's layers through the blood expanding blood vessels to enable blood flow.  When blood flows easily, poor circulation is improved.  Poor circulation is most-likely the top cause of cold hands and fingers.

Not all people suffer with cold hands when using the computer, but if you do, or if you know someone who does, using infrared heat computer gadgets may solve the cold hand problem. For therapeutic cold mouse hand pain relief, use the warm mouse and warm mouse pad inside a mouse hand warmer blanket pouch.  The heat generated from the warm mouse and heated mouse pad is insulated inside the blanket pouch creating a perfectly warm mouse hand environment.  This trio of hand warmers is ideal for anyone who has cold hands when they use the computer.  Plus, it's an economical and energy-efficient source of warmth for computer users.

Nothing ventured is nothing gained.  When we have a sore back or stiff neck, we reach for the heating pad.  Now, when we have a sore hand, wrist, fingers or stiff joints, we can reach for the warm mouse, warm mouse pad and warm keyboard pad.  Plus, slipping the warm mouse and heated mouse pad inside the mouse hand warmer blanket is an added feature and creates a multi-functional ergonomic work space.  These items deliver healing infrared heat to our aching, sore and cold computer hands.  No need to suffer while browsing the Net or surfing your favorite website.  USB heated computer gadgets deliver quick warming relief from the computer to your fingertips!

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WritePad 4 released for iPad
PhatWare has released WritePad 4 for iPad. The handwriting recognition app now includes a better input method and support for an external keyboard and mouse.

Skin Cover

April 28th, 2010 admin No comments

Skin Cover
Skin Cover
Where can I get a good skin cover for my Nintendo Ds Lite? Or a carrying case?

Anyone know where I can get a skin protector for my nintendo ds lite? THANKS!

I bought this case at an online store called Nuritech and it has cases for PSP and DS Lite. I really like the cases they have for DS. They snap on easily and come in different colors. I bought a red leather case that easily snaps on the DS and in only $21.99. When it came in the mail, I put it on and it does an excellent job protecting scratches. You should but this case!

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Why to have laptop skins cover ?

There was a time when you used to protect your computer from damage, by putting a heavy plastic cover on it, after you had finished using it. The idea was to protect it from heat and dust and other environmental influences which would damage it eventually. A desktop computer has now taken the form of laptops and that is why it is necessary to make sure that your laptop is protected in an extremely proper way. You are not going to put any heavy plastic cover on it, but instead you are going to cover your laptop with laptop skins.
Apart from safeguarding your laptop to make sure that they do not get scratched, the laptop skins are going to ensure that your laptop looks fashionable, and brand-new even if you use it 24/7. That means the laptop is going to say no to smudges, smears, dust particles, and any other external influence. These nasty influences are going to detract from the looks of your laptop if it is not protected with a flexible and durable laptop skin. And the best part is that you can even remove the laptop skin, without having some sort of sticky residue sticking on the surface of your laptop. You can also customize your laptop according to your likes and dislikes by having a number of plain and printed laptop skins, to make the machine look stylish, and trendy. These laptop skins cover are easily available in the market just like cell phone skins for mobile device and Wii skins for your wii device.
Many people are under the impression that their hi-tech device like cell phone, wii and laptop does not need any skin at all, because the manufacturer is already designing the exterior of their machine in a manner which prevents it from getting scratches. That might be true in some cases, but it is always useful to have another durable and extremely flexible protective covering to protect the external surface of your device from damaging scratches, smudges, smears, fingerprints and even oil found on the surface of any place where you put your device on. Therefore keeping in view of these factors and in order to protect your device these laptop skins cover, cell phone skins cover and wii skins cover gives a durable coverage to your respective machine.
Your job is to protect this high-tech gadget from damage, while customizing and personalizing it in a manner which shows that your laptop model might be a very common one, but you have placed your own laptop cover on it to give it a very stylish and individual look. Laptop skins are not very expensive. So you do not have to worry about breaking the bank. When you have a laptop skin covering your laptop, you can consider it insured against scratches. Your laptop can be considered to have dressed in its best to receive an appreciative audience, so why wait? Go to a place where you can get laptop skins, cell phone skins and wii skins which can be personalized according to your taste and style, right now!

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Computer Keyboard Overlay

April 25th, 2010 admin No comments

Computer Keyboard Overlay
Computer Keyboard Overlay

Rack Mount Monitors | LCD Rack Mount Monitors for Industrial Computer Applications

Certain occupations have environments that may involve helmets, gloves, body armor and the occasional gun fire.  These rugged industries tend to be construction, commercial fishing, or the armed forces.  Now within a rugged atmosphere there tends to be some common characteristics such as durability, water resistant, even bullet proof equipment.

Computers in all shapes and sizes can be found in any occupation around the world.  In some industries, employees are dependent upon such technologies and literally cannot operate without them.  That being said a dependable monitor in such an accident prone environment is crucial.

Rack Mount flat panel LCD monitors can accomplish such a task and can outperform any competition. To give you a better understanding about rack mount monitors, here are 10 important facts to know:

 

  1. To provide optimal space in the work area they come with a flip-up design which allows the computer to be visible only when need be.  It also gives the PC an innovative and stylish design to it.
  2. Rack mount monitors are extremely user friendly in the sense that they come with adjustable brackets which allow the user to adjust it according to their own comfort zone.
  3. They come in many different sizes ranging from 8.4" to 24.0", more importantly they offer 16.7 million colors, wide viewing angles, and fast response times (suitable for live video).
  4. These monitors come with an external control panel that allows the user to adjust brightness, contrast, horizontal position, vertical position, tuning, and size, individual RGB adjust, image expansion on/off, system information, run-time counter, and signal level.
  5. Depending on the atmosphere as well as the manufacture of the monitor they can be customized with vandal shields, EMI / RFI shields, anti-reflective coatings / anti-glare etches, touch screens, power supplies, keyboards / pointing devices, rack slides, video / serial / power cables and more.
  6. In addition, a watertight sealed gasket is installed between the display and bezel to protect the monitor's electronics from dust, liquids (e.g., spilled coffee) or other debris, also glass or polycarbonate (impact resistant) overlay can be added to the design to protect the LCD display.
  7. Another plus to these rack mount monitors is their designed to support LCD displays from a multitude of manufactures. This allows the user to make cost efficient repairs and order compatible parts from just about anywhere.
  8. These monitors can support higher video resolutions, from 1024 x 768 pixels to 1920 x 1200 Pixels (Scaled) depending on the size of the monitor.
  9. Depending on the manufacturer these monitors are designed with the intent to meet FCC Class a Certification.
  10. Also depending on the manufacturer some offer engineering services to their customers who require special customization for their devices so they meet their commercial, industrial or military requirements.

Lots of computer manufacturers produce rack mount computer devices and offer great promotional bargains. They use the latest manufacturing technologies and meet high standards. Most rack mount monitors are warranted against workmanship and defects in material. Further customizations are also available on request.

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Tubular Bells - Hydraulic Couplings - China PEM Fastener

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Mike Oldfield, except "The Sailor's Hornpipe" (traditional, arranged by Mike Oldfield) Side one
"Tubular Bells, Part 1" 25:36 Side two
"Tubular Bells, Part 2" 23:20 Personnel Mike Oldfield
Acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, Farfisa, Hammond, and Lowrey organs; flageolet, fuzz guitars, glockenspiel, "honky tonk" piano (piano with detuned strings), mandolin, piano, "Piltdown Man", percussion, Spanish guitar, "double speed guitar", producer, "taped motor drive amplifier organ chord", timpani, violin, vocals and tubular bells. Additional personnel
Steve Broughton percussion
Lindsay L. Cooper string basses
Mundy Ellis vocals
Jon Field flutes
Sally Oldfield vocals
Vivian Stanshall Master of Ceremonies
Nasal Choir
Manor Choir (Simon Heyworth, Tom Newman, Mike Oldfield)
Simon Heyworth - producer
Tom Newman - producer
Trevor Key - artwork Album artwork
Tubular Bells picture disc.
The cover design was by Trevor Key, who would go on to create the covers of many Oldfield albums, and was inspired by Magritte's "Castle in the Pyrenees".[citation needed]
The concept for the triangular bell on the album cover art originally came from the idea of a bell which had been destroyed. Oldfield had come up with this when he had dented the set of Tubular bells used to record the album when playing them.
The "bent bell" image on the cover is also associated with Oldfield, even being used for the logo of his personal music company, Oldfield Music, Ltd. The image was also the main focus for the cover art of the successive Tubular Bells albums. Tubular Bells has also been issued as a vinyl picture disc, showing the bent bell on a skyscape.
The album cover for Tubular Bells was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps issued on 7 January 2010. Significance Virgin
Oldfield approached (and was rejected by) many other established record labels. Some of the rejections were because they believed the piece to be unmarketable. Oldfield then played his demos to some of the Engineers at The Manor; they along with their boss, Richard Branson decided to give Oldfield a chance. Virgin Records released Oldfield's debut album Tubular Bells as its first album; hence the catalogue number V2001 (although V2002 and V2003 were released on the same date).
The significance of this album to the Virgin empire is not lost on Richard Branson, who named one of his first Virgin America aircraft, an Airbus A319-112, N527VA Tubular Belle,. Prior to this Virgin Atlantic had named a Boeing 747-4Q8 , G-VHOT Tubular Belle, in 1994.
Virgin reissued the album a number of times including in 2000 for a HDCD release, and in 2001 for a SACD release. The HDCD release contained liner notes by David Laing, and the SACD release notes were by Phil Newell and Simon Heyworth.
The 50th Anniversary edition of the music magazine Music Week features the album in the official Top-Selling UK albums 19592009 at No. 35, noting it as the only entry that did not yield a hit single. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #9 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". The Mail on Sunday free edition
On 22 April 2007 a British newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, gave away 2.25 million free copies of the full original Tubular Bells to its readers; this came in a card packet displaying the original artwork.
EMI (owners of the Virgin Records label) earned between 200,000 and 500,000 from the promotion. The Mail on Sunday claimed that their promotion increased sales of the album by 30%; however industry sources noted that this was not a significant rise for the title at the time. This cover-mount deal came prior to the album's transfer from Virgin/EMI back to Oldfield.
Oldfield attacked EMI in the press for agreeing this deal with The Mail on Sunday, not having been consulted about it. He also stated that he felt that it devalued the work. In a poll conducted by Music Week, to whom Oldfield wrote a letter about the situation, 89.9% of people supported Oldfield's view that EMI and The Mail on Sunday should have at least asked him about the cover-mount promotion. Mercury reissue
In 2008 when Oldfield's original 35 year deal with Virgin Records ended, the rights to the piece were returned to him, and were transferred to Mercury Records On 15 April 2009, Mercury announced the transfer of Oldfield's Virgin albums to the label, and the first album, Tubular Bells, was re-released in June 2009. Tubular Bells was released on various formats, which include an original vinyl, a new remix, a 2CD edition and DVD. There were also bell ringing events on 6 June 2009 at 6pm (a reference to 666, the Number of the Beast). Overdubbing
Mike Oldfield played most of the instruments on the album (see below), recording them one at a time and layering the recordings to create the finished work. Many of his subsequent albums feature this technique. Though fairly common in the music industry now, at the time of the production of Tubular Bells not many musicians made use of it, preferring multi-musician "session" recordings. Reference in other Oldfield works
Tubular Bells is the album most identified with Oldfield, and the reverse may be true as well, as he has frequently returned to it in later works. The opening passage of the title track on the album Crises and the piece "Harbinger" on the album Music of the Spheres are clearly derived from the opening of Tubular Bells. The opening is also quoted directly in the song "Five Miles Out" from the album of the same name, and the song also features his "trademark" instrument, "Piltdown Man" (referring to his singing like a caveman, first heard on Tubular Bells). Charts and awards
Tubular Bells stayed in the British charts for 279 weeks. It climbed the charts slowly but steadily, and did not reach number one for over a year. In doing so it displaced Oldfield's second album, Hergest Ridge, which had been at number one for three weeks. This made Oldfield one of only three artists in the UK to beat himself to the top of the album charts.
The album sold more than 2,630,000 copies in the UK alone (making it the all-time 34th best seller in the UK), and according to some reports 15 to 17 million copies worldwide. The album went gold in the USA and Mike Oldfield received a Grammy Award for the best Instrumental Composition in 1975. In popular culture
The opening theme, which was eventually chosen for the 1973 film The Exorcist, gained the record considerable publicity and is how many people have probably first heard the work. Along with a number of other Oldfield pieces it was used in the 1979 NASA movie, The Space Movie. The opening theme has been sampled by many other artists such as Janet Jackson on her song "The Velvet Rope". The opening theme has also gained cultural significance as a 'haunting theme'; partly due to the association with The Exorcist.
In television it was also used in several episodes of the Dutch children's series Bassie en Adriaan, an episode ("Ghosts") of the BBC series My Family and an episode ("Poltergeist III - Dipesto Nothing") of Moonlighting. It was also used in a television advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf Diesel in 2002. It has also been used in other films such as 1974's Black Christmas, 1985's Weird Science, 2001's Scary Movie 2, 2002's The Master of Disguise and 2004's Saved!.
The intro theme is frequently used during news segments around the time of Halloween. One such example is that during the 31 October 2008 edition of the WEAR ABC 3 show, In The Morning News the theme was used in the spirit of Halloween. Album progression Progression of part one
Part one opens with a soft minor key piano line in 15/8 eventually played verbatim by organ and glockenspiel. This riff is made up of two bars; the first bar is in 7/8, the second bar is in 8/8. These are later joined by a different line in bass guitar. An occasional punchy organ chord, first heard at about 1:02 in, accents this piece, harmonised by variations of the anchor line and a later incorporated 3/4 chord sequence, both in piano. At around 3:38, a gentle flute line appears, which segues into a section of 4/4-7/8-7/8-4/4, and at 3:40 an electric guitar line, the latter entirely in 4/4.
After the electric guitar line ends, a softer, fast guitar line ("speed guitar," as listed in the liner notes) takes over, only to be interrupted by an acoustic guitar line overlaying the original piano phrase in major key. A gentle glockenspiel/piano piece takes over, but is later replaced with a fast piano section, occasionally accented with organ chords.
The mood of the first 6 minutes is soon replaced by edgy electric guitar and, afterward, a sinister organ chord, with various changes in pitch and duration. But, once again, a more refined, carefree section ensues, dominated by acoustic guitar and piano, eventually returning to the soft riff first heard just past four minutes into the piece.
A 3/4 variation of the original theme comes next, followed by eerie bass and organ playing, segueing into a bluesy shuffle on electric guitar. Once again, when it looks like the piece will be serene (when the nasal choir intervenes), another edgy guitar line ensues, with Oldfield incorporating both 4/4 and 7/8.
After that, a more folky acoustic line plays (with background tambourine), but is suddenly cut off by the tolling of bells. A weary acoustic guitar line follows, breaking into the eight-and-a-half minute "Finale" section, commencing with a double bass line in 5/4, polyrhythmically played with a 4/4 acoustic line. After the bass and guitar unite into the 4/4 line, the acoustic guitar tacets and is eventually replaced by soft pipe organ notes (usually lasting four or eight full beats) while the bass line plays.
After the 10-bar bass phrase is repeated several times, Stanshall introduces many of the instruments appearing in part one up to then, beginning with the keyboards, followed by glockenspiel and all guitars before the tubular bells are announced, the ensemble becoming more dynamic and full as more instruments are said. Finally, after the tubular bells enter, a wordless feminine chorus starts to sing. Farther down, the Finale ensemble fades out to an acoustic guitar solo, which takes up the remainder of part one. Progression of part two
Part two begins where part one left off; a soft, simple piece, this time, beginning with bass guitar and working up with other guitars and keyboards. The opening time signature is 6/8, but a later line plays a similar melody in 3/4 on various instruments, beginning with guitar. The opening section builds for five minutes before the second section starts, another 3/4 section at half tempo on acoustic guitar, with accompaniment on organ, mandolin and female chorus.
At around 8:48, the piece becomes edgy and surreal again, as the "bagpipe guitars" enter the piece (electric guitars with added effects to give it the bagpipe-esque sound), playing a 12/8 piece of sorts. About 11 minutes in, the intensity of the section builds as the guitar pitches increase and a heavy piano "roll" plays, climaxed by a sudden ascending glissando on the piano.
What comes next is one of the more unusual parts of the entire album. Tympani rolls and drum kit commence this part, highlighted by unintelligible "lyrical" utterances, growls, and screams by Oldfield (who, according to rumours, was then intoxicated), in rebellion against Richard Branson's desire to include at least one part with lyrics to release as a single (at the time, Oldfield was not interested in adding lyrics to his music). This is listed in the liner notes as the "Piltdown Man". Oldfield's yelling is countered by various phrases on piano, guitars, and the "Moribund chorus," with this piece abruptly ending on one loud shout exactly 16:29 in.
As expected, another quiet section ensues, a 12/8 piece mostly dominated by guitars and organ. This section gives an excellent insight into the psychedelic, spacey side of Oldfield (a similar sound to that of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour), which would also be present in his third album, Ommadawn. After about five minutes, an optimistic organ line plays, segueing into a climactic arrangement of "Sailor's Hornpipe".
"Sailor's Hornpipe" begins with just one guitar playing at a moderately slow tempo, but quickly mutates into a gradually accented piece with multiple instruments (including an unlisted violin), ending with two loud, accented notes. In live performances, Oldfield would reach incredible tempos and "Sailor's Hornpipe" alone became a staple of his concerts in the 1970s and 1980s. The recording sessions
Part one was recorded in just one week at The Manor Studio, owned by the founder of Virgin Records, Richard Branson. Oldfield used this studio immediately after John Cale's sessions and just before the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band began recording.
Oldfield's working title for Tubular Bells was Opus One; Richard Branson thought to call it Breakfast in Bed. One of the possible album covers for Breakfast in Bed included a boiled egg with blood pouring out of it. This cover was edited and used as the artwork for Oldfield's final album with Virgin, Heaven's Open.
Mike Oldfield had been performing "The Sailor's Hornpipe" for years before including it on Tubular Bells, when he was the bass player with Kevin Ayers and The Whole World.
The only electric guitar to be used on the album was a 1966 blonde Fender Telecaster (serial no. 180728) which used to belong to Marc Bolan. Oldfield had added an extra Bill Lawrence pickup and has since sold the guitar and donated the money to the SANE charity.
According to Oldfield the "Piltdown Man" shouting sequence came about when he had practically finished recording the instruments for the section, but felt that it needed something else. The whiskey-fueled idea to create the "Piltdown Man" effect was to shout and scream into a microphone while running the tape at a higher speed. Upon playback the tape ran at normal speed, thus dropping the pitch of the voice track.
The album was recorded on an Ampex 2" 16 track tape recorder, which was The Manor's main recording equipment at the time.
To create the double speed guitar, the tape was simply run at half speed during recording. Oldfield also used a custom effects unit, named the Glorfindel box, to create the 'fuzz' or 'bagpipe' distortion on some guitar pieces on the album. The Glorfindel box was given to David Bedford at a party, who then subsequently gave it to Oldfield. Tom Newman criticised the wooden cased unit in a 2001 interview with Q magazine noting that it rarely gave the same result twice.
The set of tubular bells that were used on the album had been left by an instrument hire company after John Cale's sessions at the Manor, at the request of Oldfield.
According to Phil Newell the Bass guitar used on the album was one of his Fender Telecaster Basses.
Vivian Stanshall, who was staying at the Manor at the time, was asked to introduce the instruments for the finale of part one. It was the way in which Stanshall had said plus... tubular bells which gave Oldfield the idea to call the album Tubular Bells.. "Sailor's Hornpipe" and the original ending
When recorded in 1973, the coda at the end of Part Two, the "Sailor's Hornpipe", was originally preceded by a longer slightly bizarre rendition of the piece. Loud marching footsteps trot around the sound channels as the "Sailor's Hornpipe" is played on acoustic instruments, whilst announcer Vivian Stanshall gives an obviously-inebriated, improvised tour of the Manor. According to the liner notes for the Boxed vinyl set, this session occurred at four in the morning after Oldfield, engineer Tom Newman and Stanshall had been drinking heavily. They placed microphones in the rooms of the Manor, hit record and set off on an unplanned tour of the house.
It was cut from the final version, though it can be heard "in all its magnificent foolishness" (from the liner notes) on Boxed. The Boxed set reinstates the section at the end of side two of Tubular Bells. It can also be heard on the SACD (multi-channel track only) This rendition of "Sailor's Hornpipe" was included in the 2009 Mercury reissue of Tubular Bells.
In addition, a version of Tubular Bells was originally released on the Spanish Boxed compilation such that Part Two ended with the "Ambient Guitars" movement without the "Sailor's Hornpipe" finale. Stereo record joke
The album cover contains humorous statements about the record being in stereo. Under the label's logo on the back, there is the statement, "In Glorious Stereophonic Sound", followed by the line: "Can also be played on mono-equipment at a pinch". Another statement appears at the lower left of the back cover, a spoof on the warnings about compatibility between stereo records and mono equipment (or vice versa) as found on older albums:
This stereo record cannot be played on old tin boxes no matter what they are fitted with. If you are in possession of such equipment please hand it into the nearest police station.
The use of record vs. equipment warnings re-appeared on album covers when quadraphonic albums were marketed in the early to mid 1970s, and when Tubular Bells was later issued in quad, the American pressing removed the "tin boxes" statement. British and Australian quad pressings retained the statement, and most quad editions modified the top-right statements to read: "In Glorious Quadraphonic Sound; Can also be played on stereo and mono equipment at a pinch". Some British editions also had a sticker on the front declaring the quad edition to be "for people with four ears".
A small essay about the restoration and remastering of the album, included with the 25th Anniversary limited edition CD, concludes with: "...but (it) still can't be played on old tin boxes". Similarly, the re-recorded album Tubular Bells 2003 reprints the original warning with the word "still" (in italics) added.
A similar humorous "health warning" appeared on Oldfield's Amarok album, which cautioned:
This record could be hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops. If you suffer from this condition, consult your Doctor immediately. Sound mixes Vinyl
There are four known variations of the vinyl edition of Tubular Bells:
The standard stereo black vinyl version catalogue number V2001 (white label with twins image)
A stereo black vinyl version catalogue number VR 13-105 (white label with color twins image)
A quadrophonic version, black vinyl catalogue number QV2001. The first 40,000 copies of this are not true quadrophonic but doctored versions of the stereo issue, thereafter the subsequent copies are true quadrophonic. Unfortunately there is no indication on the record label that this substitution was made.
The Picture Disc, catalogue number VP2001. This is a stereo remix of the quadrophonic version. The only difference being in the sound of the "Reed and Pipe Organ" during the ceremony of instruments. This version appears in the Boxed compilation. CD/DVD
There are a number of different mixes and masters of the album available on CD. Some of the known ones are:
Some CDs contain the original stereo mix.
The Boxed CD release contains a stereo remix of the quadrophonic version.
The 2000 reissue (HDCD) contains a remaster of the album.
The SACD edition contains the remaster and the Boxed quad mix.
In 2009 two new mixes were released, one a CD stereo mix and one a DVD (Dolby Digital) 5.1 surround sound mix. Chart positions
Year
Chart
Position
1974
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart
1
UK Albums Chart Single
"Mike Oldfield's Single" was the first 7-inch single released by Mike Oldfield, in June 1974. In the UK it featured a re-recorded extract from part two of Tubular Bells as the A-side, while "Froggy Went A-Courting" was the B-side. The single was produced in response to an American single containing an excerpt from Tubular Bells which Oldfield did not authorise. This was included in the 2009 Mercury reissue of Tubular Bells. Demo version
Oldfield recorded the demo pieces of Tubular Bells in his flat in Tottenham, London in 1971. Oldfield recorded the demos on a Bang & Olufsen Beocord 1/4" tape machine which he had borrowed from Kevin Ayers. Oldfield was able to overdub his playing by blocking off the erase head of the tape machine. The demos titled, "Tubular Bells Long", "Caveman Lead-In", "Caveman", "Peace Demo A" and "Peace Demo B" appeared on the DVD-Audio version of the rerecording of Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells 2003.
Pieces from Oldfield's 1971 demos appear on the 2009 Ultimate Edition Mercury reissue of Tubular Bells; also included on this release is a scrapped mix of the album from Spring 1973. Tubular Bells series
Tubular Bells can be seen as the first of a "series" of albums continuing with Tubular Bells II (1992), Tubular Bells III (1998) and The Millennium Bell (1999). Finally in 2003 Oldfield released Tubular Bells 2003, a re-recording of the original Tubular Bells with updated digital technology and several "corrections" to what he saw as flaws in the first album's production. This version is notable for replacing the late Vivian Stanshall's narration with a newly recorded narration by John Cleese. There is also a new mix of the original album on the 2009 Mercury reissue.
Other versions include a quadrophonic version in 1975 ("For people with four ears", as the sleeve said; the quad mix was later used for the multi-channel part of the SACD release), an orchestral version in the same year (The Orchestral Tubular Bells with David Bedford), and different live recordings; a complete one can be found on the double live album Exposed from 1979.
Tubular Bells (1973)
The Orchestral Tubular Bells (orchestral version; 1975)
Exposed (live version; 1979)
Tubular Bells II (1992)
Tubular Bells III (1998)
The Millennium Bell (1999)
Tubular Bells 2003 (2003) 2000/2001 Re-issues
Personnel
Simon Heyworth - remastered at Chop Em' Out Mastering, London March/April 2000
David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado, USA March 2000 - master
Gus Skinas - DSD SACD
Ed Meitner - A2D and D2A Converters
Arbernaut/Rina Cheung @ Public Art Creative Consultants Limited - artwork
Jason Day - Remastered series co-ordinator 2009 Re-issue
In 2008 when Oldfield's original 35 year deal with Virgin Records ended, the rights to the piece were returned to him, and were transferred to Mercury Records. Oldfield's Virgin albums were transferred to the label, and re-released, starting 8 June 2009. Tubular Bells was released in four physical variations, and two digital variations in the UK and Ireland, and as five physical editions elsewhere. In April 2009 a new official website, TubularBells2009.com, was unveiled.
The new releases contain a new 2009 stereo mix of the album, which Oldfield created at his home in the Bahamas in March 2009. The "Deluxe Edition" contains a 5.1 mix, and the "Ultimate Edition" box set contains a 60 page hardback book, a poster, plectrums and other pieces such as rough mixes and demo versions of the album. There is also a vinyl version released as part of the Back to Black series.
The liner notes include photos from the time and text written by Mark Powell about Oldfield and the album. The DVD also states on its label that it features the "Tubular Bells film" from The Old Grey Whistle Test as visual content, however this appears not to be on the DVD and is also not listed on the outer cover of the album.
The Digital Edition contains the same audio content as the Ultimate Edition. The Vinyl Edition is part of the Back to Black series, and contains the original 1973 mix of the album. Downloads are also available from Back to Black website. The Vinyl Edition carries the original seascape artwork. Track listings Tubular Bells Standard Edition (1CD)
The Standard Edition carries the original artwork, and features the new mix, and two bonus tracks. UK release code number 060252735055.
"Tubular Bells Part One" (New stereo mix) - 25:58
"Tubular Bells Part Two" (New stereo mix) - 23:20
"Mike Oldfield's Single" - 3:53
"Sailor's Hornpipe" (Vivian Stanshall version) - 2:48 Tubular Bells / The Mike Oldfield Collection 19741983
Main article: The Mike Oldfield Collection 19741983
The Mike Oldfield Collection 19741983 carries a black cover with the Tubular Bells logo. It contains the same first disc as the Standard Edition as well as a compilation of some of Oldfield's work from Ommadawn to Crises. Tubular Bells Deluxe Edition (2CD & 1DVD)
The Deluxe Edition carries the original seascape artwork with a "Deluxe Edition" white banner at the bottom. The DVD is incorrectly labelled as "Disc 4", even though there are only three discs in this version. This is due to the same DVD disc being the fourth disc in the Ultimate Edition. UK release code number 270 354-1. CD one
As standard edition CD two
"Tubular Bells Part One" (Original stereo mix)
"Tubular Bells Part Two" (Original stereo mix) DVD
Audio
"Tubular Bells Part One" (5.1 surround mix)
"Tubular Bells Part Two" (5.1 surround mix)
"Mike Oldfield's Single" (5.1 surround mix)
"Sailor's Hornpipe" (Vivian Stanshall version)
Visual
"BBC TV 2nd House Performance" Tubular Bells - The Ultimate Edition
The Ultimate Edition comes complete with 60-page hardback book forwarded by Mike Oldfield, plectrums, poster, copy of manor studios recording brochure, concert ticket, postcard and recording information. The Ultimate Edition carries the white artwork, with the bell logo. UK release code number 270 353-9 (04).
CD one - (As Standard edition)
CD two - (As Deluxe edition)
DVD - (As Deluxe edition)
Vinyl - (As Vinyl edition)
Bonus CD
"Tubular Bells (long)" (demo) - 22:55
"Caveman Lead-in" (demo) - 2:44
"Caveman" (demo) - 5:06
"Peace Demo A" (1971 demo) - 7:01
"Peace Demo B" (1971 demo) - 4:22
"Tubular Bells, Part One" (scrapped first mix Spring 1973) - 25:13 Personnel
Mike Oldfield - Stereo and 5.1 mixes, project director
Adam Barker - project director
Daryl Easlea - project director
Joe Black - product manager
Mark Powell - master tape research, artist liaison
Pashal Byrne, The Audio Archiving Company, London - 24-bit digital remastering
Phil Smee, Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium - artwork package and design
Trevor Key - original artwork
Rupert and Alex Smee - New Bell 3D image
Tom Newman - Recording engineer
Simon Heyworth - Recording engineer, Photographs
Barry Plumber - Photographs
Getty Images - Photographs
Ben Wiseman and Craig Thompson, Audio Archiving Company - Analogue to Digital Transfers
Emma Sutcliffe - Numbers Artwork
Where the original artwork has been used, the photographs have been digitally enhanced, and the bell logo has been replaced with a computer generated version. Interestingly the shapes of some of the clouds have changed, the image is a richer blue, the detail on the bell, including reflections, has been simplified, and what appear to be birds have been removed from the front cover image.
New artwork has also been used, such as the bell on a white background, which was used for the Ultimate Edition, and the bell on a black background, which was used for The Collection. Promotion
The 2 CD version, The Mike Oldfield Collection 19741983, containing the album and a disc of Oldfield's tracks from 1974 to 1983 was advertised on television during the run up to Father's Day. The actor Tom Baker, known for his role as the Doctor in Doctor Who, provides his voice-over for the advert. Baker also did the voice-over for the advert for The Best of Tubular Bells in 2000. The Collection charted at number 11 in the UK Albums Chart.
Some stores, such as audio/video retailer Richer Sounds, ran promotions for the album. The Richer Sounds promotion was a prize draw, where first prize was a Cambridge Audio Hi-Fi system and a signed copy of the Ultimate edition of Tubular Bells. Oldfield has also endorsed Cambridge Audio products. Single
The 2009 promo single cover.
A short old mix of the introduction piece was released as a promotional single, and was first played on BBC Radio 2's Radcliffe & Maconie show on 26 May 2009. The single begins with the "Introduction" piece, then moves into the "Fast Guitars" and "Basses" pieces, before returning to the "Introduction" piano part.
Oldfield was interviewed on the Radcliffe & Maconie show on 23 June 2009, and he was also interviewed on Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s on BBC Radio 2 on 14 June 2009. The Crown Records cover of the finale of part one was played at the end of the Sounds of the 70s interview; Oldfield's version was played on Walker's show the following week. Post-release bonus material
When the album is inserted into a computer, and the user goes to the URL mikeoldfield.com/bonus, additional material is available, such as an interview with Mike Oldfield which was filmed on a rainy day in the Bahamas in May 2009. Since the creation of the releases more material has been unearthed, such as another alternate version (second take) of "Caveman"; these may be released on the website at a later date. Online store
The online store was opened to those who registered in advance on 15 May, and was publicly opened on 18 May. All editions of the album, an art canvas, and t-shirts displaying the Tubular Bells logo are available.
There was also a special limited edition of 500 signed and numbered copies of the "Ultimate Edition", available from Oldfield's website, but which sold out in under 24 hours. The signed element is a numbered certificate. Bell ringing events
On 6 June at 6pm (a reference to 666) there was a worldwide bell ringing event; Bells were rung in Milan (on MTV), Berlin (Siegessule), Brussels (Atomium), Paris (the George Pompidou centre), Sydney (Opera House), Japan/Narita (at a Japanese Temple) and London. Official footage has been shown on a YouTube video, linked from Oldfield's website.
One of the events in London was at the British Music Experience at The O2. It featured the 29 piece Handbell Ringers of Great Britain and an Orbular Bells DJ set by The Orb. There was also bell ringing workshops and competitions. The Orb had previously remixed "Sentinel" from Tubular Bells II.
Photos from the London event were posted on the official website on 8 June. An official video of the events was uploaded to YouTube on 9 June. Equipment
For the 2009 remix, the following equipment was utilised. A screenshot of the session in Steinberg Nuendo was included in the Ultimate Edition book.
Steinberg Nuendo 4.2.2
Apple Mac Pro, 2 x Quad 3 GHz
24 Channel Euphonix MC Mix System and one MC Control
Digidesign 003 + audio interface
Dynaudio Acoustic Air Series networking 5.1 loudspeaker system
Solid State Logic Duende
TCC Electronic Powercore
DVR 2 digital vintage reverb
Coffee machine Live performances
There have been a number of live performances of the work. It is typically one of the pieces that Oldfield plays at the majority of his concerts, due to its popularity. BBC Second House performance
Footage exists of a live-in-the-studio performance for the BBC, filmed on 30 November 1973, originally broadcast on BBC2 on 1 December, with a cast including Oldfield, his brother Terry (flute), Fred Frith (and other members of Henry Cow), Steve Hillage, Pierre Moerlen, Tom Newman, Mike Ratledge, Mick Taylor, Karl Jenkins and others. It includes a new part for oboe. This has been released on the Elements DVD and is on the 2009 reissue of Tubular Bells. Live releases
Live video performances are available on the following releases:
Exposed
The Essential Live
Live at Montreux 1981
Elements (BBC 2nd House, part one)
Tubular Bells (2009 reissue, Deluxe/Ultimate Edition, BBC 2nd House, part one)
The Art in Heaven Concert (only an excerpt from part one)
Live audio releases are on the following albums:
The Orchestral Tubular Bells (orchestral arrangement)
Exposed
Airborn
Night of the Proms 2006/Best of, Volume 2 (CD, excerpt from part one) Cover versions
Various sections of Tubular Bells have been covered by many artists, with the most used part being the introduction piano piece.
Lol Coxhill recorded a very short track of "doubled and echoed flexatones" (a flexatone is a hand percussion instrument consisting of two balls striking a piece of metal, which makes a "spooky" sound effect), titled "Tubercular Balls" on his 1974 Caroline Records half-album, ...Oh Really? (the other side being The Story So Far... by Stephen Miller, a.k.a. Steve Miller, ex Caravan; the album is often referred to by a combination of its two titles: The Story So Far ... Oh Really?).
The Champs Boys Orchestra released a short rendition of Tubular Bells in 1976.
Thrash metal band Possessed played the intro in the first song of the record Seven Churches (in 1985), which is titled "The Exorcist".
Paul Hardcastle based his 1985 single "19" around the piano theme of Tubular Bells.
Another thrash metal band called Death Angel played the main theme in the title track of the album The Ultra-Violence in 1987.
Book of Love opened their 1988 album Lullaby with a cover version, stretched to 4/4 time by adding stretching a note to make it danceable.
Ed Starink made an abridged cover for an album Synthesizer Greatest (the first album in a multi-volume series) that was released in 1989. Tubular Bells appears only on the CD-version as a "bonus track". Other tracks on the album are cover versions of famous synthesizer songs but the original Tubular Bells features no synthesizer.
Italian Keyboarder Claudio Simonetti covered the song on his Days of Confusion album in 1992.
American artist Tori Amos has frequently been using the opening Tubular Bells theme in her live shows. It began during the 1996 Dew Drop Inn Tour where she would let "Father Lucifer" segue into Tubular Bells on the piano while singing words from Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" as well as playing it on the harpsichord during songs "Love Song" (a Cure cover) and "Bells for Her" (from the album Under the Pink), usually while mixing in lyrics from a third song such as Bjrk's "Hyperballad" or "Blue Skies". It appeared again in 2005 as part of "Yes, Anastasia" and on the current 2007 tour promoting her album American Doll Posse it is being performed with full band as an intro to "Devils and Gods".
Forma Tadre use the intro guitars from the second part of Tubular Bells in their song "Automate" on the 1998 album of the same name. Their version is done with synth and only repeats the first two bars.
Therapy? jokingly covered the opening theme live in 1998 as part of a medley, which opened with "Tubular Bells", segued into Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law", and ended with their own "Nowhere".
Duo Sonare, a German classical guitar duo, made a complete rerecording of Tubular Bells for two guitars in 2000.
Rapper Tech N9ne used a version of the intro in the song "Be Warned" in 2002, only he moved it to 4/4 time.
Interactivo, lead by bandleader Roberto Carcasss, based their 2005 Cuban jazz-funk arrangement entitled Escriba y Lea Con las Tubular Bells on themes from late in the second half of Tubular Bells, Part One.
Finnish a cappella performer Paska recorded an abridged version for his 2005 album Women Are From Venus, Men From Anus. Paska has also performed the song at his live performances. In a concert on 1 October 2007, before performing it, Ari Peltonen gave a speech about his hatred towards the song and progressive rock.
Crown Records - iTunes download - A cover of Tubular Bells by the Crown Star Records studio musicians.
Marcel Bergmann made two arrangements of Tubular Bells "Part One", in 2005 (for two pianos and two synthesizers as well as four pianos); A CD with both versions was released by Brilliant Classics in 2008.
California Guitar Trio covers most of the first side of the original album on their album Echoes released in late March 2008.
Tubular Bells for Two - in April and July 2009, in association with Universal Music Australia, two multi-instrumentalists Aidan Roberts and Daniel Holdsworth performed the work live in its entirety, in two exclusive performances in Sydney. Holdsworth and Roberts had spent 9 months arranging and rehearsing the work, and in order to represent Oldfield's complex original arrangements they utitilised loop pedals, multiple percussion and keyboard setups, various guitars and a custom-made set of abstract tubular bells. Holdsworth and Roberts made a recorded version of their arrangement but for copyright reasons it has not been released.
Furthermore, many dance acts and other artists have used the intro to Tubular Bells as the basis for their songs. A long list can be found at Rainer Muenz' discography. Computer games Commodore 64
With the aid of the software house CRL and distributor Nu Wave, Mike Oldfield released an interactive Commodore 64 version of the album in 1986, which utilised the computer's SID sound chip to play back a simplified re-arrangement of the album, accompanied by some simple 2D visual effects.
The "interactivity" offered by the album/program was limited to controlling the speed and quantity of the visual effects, tuning the sound's volume and filtering, and skipping to any part of the album. Maestro
In 2004 Oldfield launched a virtual reality project called Maestro which contains music from the re-recorded Tubular Bells album (Tubular Bells 2003). The original title of the game was The Tube World. This was the second game which was released under the MusicVR banner, the first being Tres Lunas. MusicVR set out to be a real-time virtual reality experience combining imagery and music, as a non-violent and essentially a non-goal driven game. References
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^ "Talk time: Mike Oldfield". The Guardian. 2003-07-31. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1008870,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-05.  Further reading
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Music score for piano or guitar, analysis by David Bedford, text by Karl Dallas, photos by David Bailey and others). New York, London, Sydney: Wise Publications. ISBN 0860012492.  External links
TubularBells2009.com
Tubular Bells store at Band Stores
Mike Oldfield Discography - Tubular Bells at Tubular.net
Preceded by
Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield
UK number one album
5 October 1974 11 October 1974
Succeeded by
Rollin' by Bay City Rollers
Preceded by
Band on the Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
20 May 16 June 1974
Succeeded by
The Sting (soundtrack) by Various artists
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Mike Oldfield
Albums
Studio albums: Tubular Bells  Hergest Ridge  Ommadawn  Incantations  Platinum  QE2  Five Miles Out  Crises  Discovery  The Killing Fields  Islands  Earth Moving  Amarok  Heaven's Open  Tubular Bells II  The Songs of Distant Earth  Voyager  Tubular Bells III  Guitars  The Millennium Bell  Tr3s Lunas  Tubular Bells 2003  Light + Shade
Orchestral albums: The Orchestral Tubular Bells  Music of the Spheres
Live albums: Exposed
Singles
"Mike Oldfield's Single"  "Don Alfonso"  "In Dulci Jubilo"  "Portsmouth"  "William Tell Overture"  "Cuckoo Song"  "Guilty"  "Blue Peter"  "Arrival"  "Sheba / Wonderful Land"  "Five Miles Out"  "Family Man"  "Mistake"  "Moonlight Shadow"  "Shadow on the Wall"  "Crime of Passion"  "To France"  "Tricks of the Light"  "tude"  "Pictures in the Dark"  "Shine"  "In High Places"  "Islands"  "The Time Has Come"  "Magic Touch"  "Flying Start"  "Earth Moving"  "Innocent"  "(One Glance Is) Holy"  "Heaven's Open"  "Gimme Back"  "Sentinel"  "Tattoo"  "The Bell"  "Hibernaculum"  "Let There Be Light"  "Women of Ireland XXV"  "Man in the Rain"  "Far Above the Clouds"  "To Be Free"  "Thou Art in Heaven"  "Spheres"
EPs and other songs
"Two Ships"  "Child of Allah"  "Take Four"  "The Singles"  "The Mike Oldfield EP"  "Foreign Affair"  "The X-Files Theme"  "Introduction 2003"  "Surfing"
Video albums
The Space Movie  Exposed  The Essential Live  Live at Montreux 1981  The Wind Chimes  Tubular Bells II Live  Elements  Tubular Bells III Live  The Art in Heaven Concert
Compilation albums
Boxed  Music Wonderland  The Complete Mike Oldfield  Elements 4 CD Boxset  Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield  XXV: The Essential  The Best of Tubular Bells  Collection  The Complete Tubular Bells  The Platinum Collection  The Mike Oldfield Collection 19741983
Other media
Changeling  MusicVR  Tres Lunas  Maestro
Tours
Tour of Europe  In Concert  European Adventure Tour  Five Miles Out World Tour  Crises Tour  Discovery Tour  Tubular Bells II 20th Anniversary Tour  Live Then & Now 1999
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Skin Film

April 22nd, 2010 admin No comments

Skin Film
Skin Film
Help, please? This film of skin keeps forming over the opening of my urethra.?

Occasionally, a film of dead skin cells will accumulate over the opening of my urethra on the tip of the glans penis, and occasionally it will induce pain when I urinate. Is this natural? Should I see a urologist? Is there any way to stop it?

This is not normal and you need to go and see a doctor.
Don`t be shy he will have seen it all before.

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Uncover Effective and Safe Anti Wrinkle Skin Cream

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The problem that many people don't realize is that these may also contain hazardous ingredients. For example, Almay's brand contains polyethylene to form a film that refracts light and "fills in" deep lines.

According to the Environmental Working Group, the ingredient is highly hazardous. According to the product label, you should "discontinue use if signs of irritation or rash appear". When products bear that warning, it means that the company knows that some of the ingredients are irritants and/or allergens.

Actually, practically all of the ingredients in Almay's wrinkle concealer are known irritants or allergens. Polyethylene is simply the strongest, among them. Why take the risk?

There is an anti wrinkle skin cream on the market that is effective and safe. The filming agents used by the company are all natural and have never been known to cause allergic reactions or irritation. In fact, they are good for the skin's health.

They are light enough to use daily, by men or women. Yet, they refract the light slightly, so wrinkles look less deep. The filming agents include grape seed oil, Babassu wax and Functional Keratin.

These ingredients produce immediate and long lasting results. The longer that you use creams containing them, the better your face will look. In research studies, a 42% increase in firmness has been seen with just the use of Functional Keratin, but the other ingredients are also important.

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Bronze Keyboard

April 14th, 2010 admin No comments

Bronze Keyboard
Bronze Keyboard
my gaming computer parts, need advice on whats missing?

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Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani: The New Omnia II?

The Omnia II was definitely one of the best models released by Samsung in 2009. Once we found out what it meant (Omnia actually translates to ‘everything’ in Latin), we realized how aptly named this impressive device was. It definitely had all the makings of a great Smartphone, and perhaps even more. Samsung definitely recognized this success and it seems like they intend to build on it with the new Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani.

Although it is obvious that the talking point of the new device is the brand name it is associated with, it still happens to be an excellent mobile phone – perhaps even comparable to the Omnia II. So, does the new B7620 have what it takes to reach the heights set by its predecessor? That’s what we’re here to find out.

Looks

At first glance, the B7620 definitely looks a lot like the famed Omnia II. Both Smartphones have that sleek and shiny finish which has become a trademark in Samsung mobiles. The screens look identical, at least in terms of first impression, as the Omnia II’s display is only .2 of an inch wider. However, this is pretty much where the similarities end.

The first difference you’d notice is the B7620’s bronze lining which is able to give off a more elegant feel to the device. And of course, you couldn’t miss the Giorgio Armani label which spans across the top of the B7620’s screen. And then there’s the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The reason why the B7620 is much thicker than the Omnia II is for it to accommodate the keyboard which conveniently slides out from the Smartphone’s side. Once it pops out, the B7620 becomes much more professional-looking without compromising its elegant façade.

Features

Before we forget anything, we must keep in mind that the Omnia II was released in July, a good three months before the imminent launch of the B7620. That being said, let’s continue with the comparison, now focusing on the feature set of both mobiles.

In terms of connectivity, the two Smartphones pretty much mirror each other. Both also have the same caliber camera (5 Megapixels), as well as the same operating system (Windows Mobile 6.1), user interface (TouchWiz 2.0), and CPU (Samsung S3C6410 800 MHz processor). There also aren’t too many differences in terms of the pre-installed applications as the B7620 also has the Pocket Office, photo/video editor, as well as the multi-format media player on board. The only advantage of the B7620 is – aside from the Giorgio Armani fashion apps, of course – the interchangeable work and life mode which allows users to switch from one pre-set home screen to another depending on their current mobile needs.

Final Words

All in all, the Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani is definitely a great follow-up to the Omnia II. It takes all of the best features of its highly successful predecessor and wraps it up in one of the most beautiful packages we’ve ever seen to date. Of course much of the credit has got to be given to fashion Guru Giorgio Armani for all the improvements on the device design-wise. The only issue we see is that of pricing. However, if you can afford an Armani suit then what’s a few extra hundred pounds for a mobile phone, right?

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