Tue, 1 Nov 2011

6:09 AM - A New Take of 1984 Classic Film "Footlooseâ??

Footloose is the remark of 1984 version, the same dance movie, but you can see the difference between 1984 and 2011 in lots of aspects. Kenny Wormald is a member of Justin Timberlake's dancing team, and he can play the protagonist due to Justin's recommend some way.

The famous central hook of Footloose - that small town Bomont (Utah then, Georgia now) has outlawed dancing - sounds hokey, and, frankly, it is. The movie even comes up with a vaguely realistic version of a dance ban - five local teenagers died in a car accident after an alcohol-fueled dance party, leading to a legal crackdown on unauthorized teenage gatherings - before tacking on a formal anti-dancing law, too, perhaps out of deference to the original film. Despite the inherent silliness, though, this opposition is more or less the same encountered in any teenage dance movie, almost all of which feature at least a few adults adamantly opposed to the controversial idea of teenagers engaged in wanton acts of choreography and skill; Footloose just puts it on the books and makes it official.

The dance ban is challenged by Ren (Kenny Wormald), a Boston kid and former gymnast who moves to Bomont to live with his aunt and uncle after his mom passes away. Much like in the original, hs first friend is a wiseass meta-redneck, Willard (Miles Teller); soon enough, he has his eye on Ariel (Julianne Hough), the daughter of the very same Reverend Moore (Dennis Quaid) who lost his son in the car accident and spearheaded the anti-dancing movement. The kids bond and sneak a few dances away from watchful adult eyes.

Yet this is a pretty good remake of Footloose: good-hearted, sincere, enjoyable, not too stupid. If it's not Brewer's most indelible portrait of the South, maybe it's not such a bad way to bring him back into the studio-filmmaking fold. He has an eye for detail and atmosphere not fully utilized by an eighties remake, even one that's better than necessary; if he serves his remake time, maybe he'll eventually get to do a real musical. If you want to watch this movie in your mobile device with your friends, you can convert it to your devices with video converter.

Since 2006 "High School Musical" has been released for the first time, the series became Disney's representatives, especially for those boys and girls, which also make the other film companies very envied, Last fall, Paramount announced to remake a classic musical movie of 80's, which is "Footloose" and invited Kenny Ortega (who directs "High School Musical") to direct it and Zac Efron to play the protagonist, but Zac doesn't want to be stereotyped, so he refused, fortunately, Chace Crawford, who is one of the famous star in drama in "Gossip Girl" agreed to join the film, then the preparatory work could be carried out smoothly, but no one see Chace Crawford in the film, so I guess something has happened, and Craig Brewer refused to directed the film twice.

I gotta say this film has been through a tough time. Although it has not very high investment, still sharing it with others on our iPad is a pretty good choice, and you can do that with mac video converter, actually, compared to other stereotyped dance movies, I think this one conveys some new and deep thoughts to us, not just superficial love and winning, losing or something.

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Mon, 31 Oct 2011

5:52 AM - More TV Shows Are Free on iPad Now

We can watch more free TV shows on our iPad now, don't you think? Compared to buy movies or videos on iPad, we prefer to enjoy free things, right? So as we wish, more applications are released on iPad or iPhone, and they are free.

Following NBC's footsteps, Turner Broadcasting System just released the TNT iPad app, which gives you complete access to full-length television shows and movies aired by the network. The new app provides you with a lineup of TNT Dramas that you can access wherever and whenever you want. Appreciate that, but the truth is we can't watch programs of every channel, after all, just NBC and TNT have do something, so if we want to watch all dramas or movies on iPad for free, we have to figure out another way, just like another production of Apple, Mac, if we want to watch dvd or blu-ray videos on Mac, we have to do that with the help of dvd copy mac, anyway,that's another thing. So let's just hope that more channels can sacrifice their show to iPad, and now TNT's iPad app gives you complete access to behind-the-scenes videos, program guides and also schedule reminders. It also integrates with GetGlue, Facebook and Twitter allowing you to share with friends all kinds of updates. As an authorized user, you can watch clips and full episodes of The Closer, Falling Skies, Rizzoli & Isles and more. But the key word here is "authorized user". That's right, in order to use this app you must have a subscription with a TV provider to get full access to video content. Perhaps one day, all content owners will start providing online access to their video libraries without requiring a paid TV subscription.

And Bloomberg announced Thursday that its 24-hour live global business and financial news broadcast would be made available for free to all iPad users, via the new Bloomberg TV+ app. The free-for-everyone strategy sets Bloomberg apart from competitors like CNN and ESPN, who only allow select subscribers to watch live feeds. The app allows viewers to watch in both landscape and portrait mode. An interactive, customizable scrolling ticker displays stock information and news relevant to what's currently playing. While live television plays 24-hours a day, the app also allows users to check out featured videos of the biggest business stories and important videos from the last 24 hours. Videos can be downloaded for offline viewing, and the app also provides extra content on people, companies, and topics while watching. Bloomberg TV+ features Bloomberg's full library of on-demand shows, including Bloomberg West, Charlie Rose, Tech Stars, Innovators, and more.

Like I said, it's more convenient for us to enjoy TV shows on iPad as more apps being released, also, we can copy dvd movie to our mobile devices, iPad, iPhone etc, so we can do more things with our iDevices as time goes.

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Thu, 27 Oct 2011

3:31 AM - Halloween is Coming, Do You Dare to Watch Do Not Be Afraid of the Dark?

Guys, it's Halloween, so what's your plan, except dressing weird costumes to scare other people or go to Halloween party? How about watching horrible movies with friends and screaming or laughing (sorry, some horrible movies just like comedies to me) together? It's also pretty "Halloween", so if you want to do that, do you have any idea that what horrible movies are horrific enough? Maybe you should try "Don't be afraid of the dark", turn off the lights sitting on the couch, enjoy the creepy film or copy it to your portable devices with best video converter, anyway, enjoy the ghastful time as you wish.

Except the horrible part, Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes, they may the important factors that attract more fans to watch this movie. Come on, who is Katie's husband? Tom Cruise, so we buy it. Anyway, the most important part we concern is still the story, so here is storyline. Introverted Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison) has just moved in with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) when she realizes that their sprawling estate holds its fair share of secrets. Ascending to the depths of the house, Sally gains access to a secret lower level that has lain undisturbed for nearly a century, when the original builder vanished without a trace. When Sally accidentally opens the gateway that kept the creatures locked up tight, she realizes that in order to prevent them from destroying her family is to convince her skeptical father than monsters really exist. Confronted with the horror that now threatens to taker her life and destroy her family, Sally desperately tries to warn the whole house, but there's just one problem: no one believes her.

Gloomy, sinister, shot through with a pervasive sense of unease and swathed in oppressive darkness, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark is perfectly poised horror that revels in its gloomy atmospherics. Co-written by Guillermo Del Toro and Matthew Robbins, it has echoes of Pan's Labyrinth in both its unsettling tone and earthy colour palette. Like del Toro's 2006 film, the story revolves around a troubled girl who, unable to connect with her surroundings, seeks solace in fantastical companions. Unfortunately, this is also where Don't… loses some of its bite. Once the evil basement-dwellers are revealed (at around the halfway point) the scares dry up, and the bleeding of the fantasy aspects into real-world settings jars a little. But this isn't enough to spoil Troy Nixey's artfully shot and thoroughly entertaining directorial debut, a film that'll give you second thoughts about relocating to that country pile. Although it's a little stereotyped, but it's still a time killer to watch on your portable devices after converting it with mac video converter when you feel bored.

And here is another story about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Tom Cruise was so scared after watching wife Katie Holmes in her latest movie, the horror thriller Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, that he had to watch another, less frightening film before he could go to sleep. "I'm not sure what he watched," laughs Katie, who screened her new project for him at their home in Los Angeles. "Maybe The Sound Of Music!" Actually, I don't think Tom Cruise is so yellow-bellied, probably it's just a method to propagandize this film.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2011

3:45 AM - Screenwriter of â??The Social Networkâ?? Will Write the Screenplay of Jobs Biography?

According to the "Los Angeles Times' reported that the source has revealed that Sony Pictures has a plan to employ Aaron Sorkin who is the writer of movie Social Network to write the screenplay of "Steve Jobs Biography". "Steve Jobs Biography" is written by Walter Isaacson who is a biographer of America. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple had been co-operation with Isaacson when he was alive, provided exclusive material of his personal life to Isaacson, so the book written by Isaacson is seen as the only biography that authorized by Steve Jobs himself. "Steve Jobs Biography" has been released globally on October 24.

It's said that Sony Pictures has spent about $ 1 million to buy the film adaption rights of "Steve Jobs Biography" from Isaacson. "The Social Network" that based on Mark Zuckerberg who is the founder of Facebook also produced by Sony Pictures, and the writer of screenplay is Sorkin, "Social network" has won many awards (American Film Institute Award) in Oscar of 2011, and Sorkin won the award of the best adapted screenplay. There are lots of famous and successful screenplays adapted by Sorkin like Moneyball, acted by Brat Pitt, and it's on the screen right now, very touching motivational movie, and Charlie Wilson's War, they are all great movies, if you want to watch them on you mobile devices like iPad, iPod or iPhone, you can copy the DVD version with dvd copy mac, then it's no problem to enjoy them anytime anywhere.

Informed sources said, despite Sony Pictures has the intention to invite Sorkin to write the screenplay of "Steve Jobs Biography", but Sorkin hasn't decided whether to accept. About this, Sony Pictures and Sorkin's agent all refuse to respond. It is reported that Sony Pictures has appointed Mark Gordon who is a famous producer in America as the producer of "Steve Jobs Biography". Gordon has served as the producer of "Saving Private Ryan", which is a great and classic film, I bet most of us have watched it already, but it's worthy to watch again, so if you want to recall it, you can copy the DVD on your PC, but how do you copy a dvd in windows 7? Actually that's pretty easy to do, after all done, then you can enjoy those classic movies that made by excellent talents.

Sorkin is good at describing the life experience of protagonist who has complex character in the script, no doubt, Steve Jobs is the one who owns very complicated characteristic. But Sorkin, after all, just finished his duty as screenwriter in "The Social Network" team, perhaps he didn't want to write the script that associated with the technology any more, or at least in a short time. On the other hand, Sorkin is not familiar with Steve Jobs, so if he accepts the offer, the biography is the only material that he can used to understand the character of Steve Jobs, and this is a great challenge to any writer, no matter how excellent he is.

Interestingly, Steve Jobs had invited Sorkin to write a screenplay for Pixar. But Sorkin declined Jobs, said he could let animated characters to "speak." Now Jobs has died, perhaps Sorkin would be willing to serve as the writer of "Steve Jobs Biography", to make up the regret that he declined him once when he was alive.

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Tue, 25 Oct 2011

3:44 AM - Is Apple Threatened by Other Competitors

Data shows that market share of Android Tablet have grown by 700% in the past year, while iPad's market share has fallen to 67%. However, if analysing the data further, we can find the iPad's leading position has not been changed. Nowadays, the Tablet market has a rat race, which is inevitable. Apple's market share will gradually decline. However, it's meaningless to compare the sales of a quarter of iPad with how much Tablet has been produced by other manufactures in a quarter.

So it's the truth that Apple still dominates the whole market. But Apple is not always so lucky, let's recall the time when Steve releasing the iPad, it was indeed a challenge to release iPad, even for Steve Jobs. After releasing the iPad, media had a lukewarm reaction, and some even laughed at Apple, and Jobs only received 800 messages from the users, which made Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple at that time feel deeply "disturbed" and "depressed." At the night after the release of iPad, Steve Jobs said to Isaacson: "Today I feel a litter depressed, it (the media's response) made me feel a little bit surprised." Of course, iPad has survived tenaciously, and compared to other Tablets, it has a higher popularity and the wider market prospect. Not just iPad, the other productions of Apple also become a part of our lives, like iPod, it's not only just a music player with a huge music library, with dvd to ipod review, we also can watch videos on it, so it's obvious that why Apple things are so popular among us.

Even though there are many so-called competitors now, but it seems like most of us prefer to study Apple, even those hackers. As soon as Siri has been known to the whole world, those jailbreak developers began to study it, they have ported Siri to iPhone 4, which is the fastest progress by now, and now they want to transplant it to iPad, the first generation, even though Siri becomes a vegetative state after being transplanted to other devices, which means it can't speak as it does in iPhone 4S, but they will not stop to transplant it, jailbreak developer @ jackoplane, who has ported Siri to iPad2 claimed that he has transplanted Siri to the first generation iPad successfully. No doubt, Siri can't be connected to servers of Apple when it is transplanted to iPad, but a developer called @ stroughtonsmith said that any iOS devices can be disguised as iPhone 4S cleverly, then can be connected with the Apple servers.

The pass hasn't over, but the coming is near, according to AppleInsider, iPad 3 will be launched in March, 2012, about one year after the release of iPad 2. The report also said the new iPad has the same size with iPad 2, but it is not clear whether it will have a higher screen resolution. No matter it is true or just rumors, what we are sure is the world still wants more Apple stuff, like iPod, even Apple is planning to reduce the product lines of iPod classic, but the quantity demand of iPod or related gadgets of iPod like ipod video converter can't not be ignored, so no matter iPad, iPhone, iPod or Mac, as long as it belongs to Apple, people want it.

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Mon, 24 Oct 2011

3:56 AM - Harold & Kumar: the Funniest Adventure You Have Ever Seen

There are a bunch of new movies releasing now, if you have paid your attention to Hollywood, then you'll know you can see your favorite stars in the screen like Nicolas Cage, Huge Jackman, etc. And if you would like to watch comedies, then Harold & Kumar 3 is for you, and of course, the DVD version will come out first, so if you want to watch it on your PC or mobile devices like iPad, iPhone, at that time, you will need a dvd ripper, so that you don't have to wait other people uploading the movie to the Internet.

As you see, that comedy is a series, to me, I think the upcoming Harold & Kumar 3 is much better and more funny the previous ones, but if you haven't watched the first and second one, then it's your loss, but here I'll tell or remind you what is the movie about. John Cho is a grassroots staff in an investment bank, toilsome work and low salary, his colleagues often ask him to do those work that doesn't belong to him, that makes he can't have a good rest in weekend, meanwhile, he has a crush on this neighbour named Maria who is a very beautiful girl, but Harold is a shy young man, so he doesn't have the courage to tell her that he loves her.

Kama, Harold's friend, comes from a medical family, his father and brother are doctors, no doubt, he is supposed to be a doctor, too, but he is a downright "optimist", he likes to use all the indulgence of pleasure to escape the pressure from reality. Although his family wants him to follow the steps of ancestors, go into a decent medical School and eventually become a doctor, but he is more like a party guy to enjoy a wide variety of youth.

Surprisingly, these two people who have completely different personalities actually are best friends, and the first story "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" begins. On Friday night, they are watching bring TV show in their small apartment, don't know what to do, then, they are completely attracted by the recommended products in TV, which is the White Castle, it is a fast food chain selling mouth-watering hamburgers. In that moment, they feel like they find the goal of their lives, (at least the goal this weekend night), so they get in their car immediately, proceed through almost the entire New Jersey, look for the "White Castle" chain, to make up the regret in their lives with a hamburger, and of course, to make themselves full, because they are starving, then their journey is beginning, in their whole trip, they have met lots of amazing and fantastic things, and one more thing, Neil Patrick Harris plays himself in the movie, and he has a marvelous performance in that movie, and he is the most famous actor compared to two hero's players.

And Harold & Kumar 2 is more unbelievable, they are ready going to Amsterdam to see Maria, she is the girl that Harold fancies a lot, remember? But they are accused as terrorists and sent to Guantanamo prison, and the story is about how they escape from the prison and from those cops who keep chasing them.

So have you attracted by the stories? We will enjoy their funny adventure in Harold & Kumar 3, and it will be released very soon,  I can't wait to copy it to my PC to LOL with dvd copy.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2011

5:29 AM - Windows 8 Tablet, Are You Ready to Challenge the Current Situation

Undoubtedly, Apple IOS system and Google's Android system are the leaders in Tablet market now the market leader in Tablet market, and the advent of Win8 definitely is the bright light in the Tablet contest. We have to admit that if the operation system has no highly competitiveness, no matter how beautiful shell it has, it won't win much praise, so-called Tablet PC battle, in fact, is the operating system wars.

According to Microsoft, most ignored Windows 8 design will have a comprehensive description in the blog recently, David Washington who is from Microsoft wrote on the MSDN blog, "We spent a lot of time to study the habits and positions of people using Tablet, such as in usability labs, and in their own houses, because there are so many Tablet users. Microsoft developers are studying the based interaction between a variety of system applications and the user's body posture, movement. "The number of combinations is staggering, the posture, grip and directions are changed frequently," Washington said. "Simply put, there is no specific way to hold their Tablet, people just naturally seek to find a comfortable position and orientation.

According to Taiwan media, industry sources that including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other PC makers are ready to take a chance to develop Microsoft Windows8 Tablet, and probably new products will be released in the third quarter of 2012. In this regard, two companies have confirmed this news. They said that Amazon releasing Kindle Fire in low-cost not only just led a price war between those manufacturers of Android tablet, also it forces manufacturers to turn to other platforms, in order to avoid drastic competition. They said that Motorola have begun to release low-cost version XOOM Tablet in Best Buy on October 16,

Hewlett-Packard and Dell confirmed that they will release Windows8 Tablet in the third quarter of next year, because the Android market competition is too intense. From the perspective of e-reader function, Windows8 system is clearly better than Android, on the official application, it also will not less than Android.

Perhaps just because win8, Android feels threatened so they have to upgrade, but no matter how is the war going, for consumers, the product will be getting better and better, and the price will be more cheaper. Meet the individual needs of users, is the key for Tablet to success. No matter what great achievement you have gained before, you still need to follow the trend, because every minute, you may have more competitors, I believe that this is the embarrassing situation that Microsoft now faces, however, the time that there is only Microsoft system has gone, and now, the truth is IOS have obvious advantages, we can see that from the popularity of iPad, iPod, iPhone, Mac or related gadgets like mac dvd ripper or mac the ripper download, so if Win8 or Android want to compete with IOS, they have to make more efforts.

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Thu, 20 Oct 2011

5:07 AM - Do You Know How to Watch YouTube on Your iPhone4S

iPhone4S was released just a few days ago, probably many of us will replace our cell phones with an iPhone4S, cos you know, we are all crazy about Siri, those people who havent bought iPhone4S may feel desperate for one just because this funny assistant. But, this is not what I want to talk about today, here is my point, we all know that iPhone now lets you watch YouTube videos through Wi-Fi networks. But the video quality of wi-fi gets us confused sometimes when the picture gets blurry and takes longer to load. Thus, we need to find another solution to download YouTube to iPhone4S or other Apple devices.

First, we need a downloader, for example, youtube download (obviously, its a tool to convert YouTube videos). Then, we can begin to set up.

Step 1. Install youtube download and click the download bottom to download the videos you need in YouTube.

Step 2. Select iPhone in output format list
Click Profile and choose iPhone Video (*.mp4).

Step 3. After choosing the format, you just need to click Convert button to start the task.

When the conversion is done you can upload the output videos to your iPhone4S, or the previous generations, like iPhone3GS, iPhone3G or iPad etc. After a cup of tea, you will be able to enjoy your YouTube videos on your iPhone. So easy, isnt it?

Of course, there are a bunch of gadgets out there can help us download YouTube videos so that we can enjoy them anytime anywhere, like youtube downloader. Maybe you all know that YouTube is awesome, but do you know the details that can prove its success?

As the current most successful, have the most powerful strength and the most influential online video provider, YouTubes system have to deal with tens of millions of video clips every day, providing a high level of video transmission, distribution, display and browsing services for thousands of users worldwide. According to market research, as early as February 2007, the amount of YouTube has surpassed the number of visitors of Googles video site, to the end of July, YouTube the number of visitors of YouTube increased to 30.5 million per month, and GoogleVideo only have 9.3 million, while Yahoo Video is 5.3 million. With simple interface, it allows any video uploaded to the network can be viewed by audience the whole world within a few minutes, which made Internet users who only receive information become publishers of information.

Each person can create their own news channel or uploading family movies. At the same time, more and more people enjoy the online video. Most of the YouTube uploader is individual to upload their own videos, but there are a number of media companies such as CBS, BBC, VEVO and other groups have symbiosis with YouTube, they upload their own films recorded by the company.

So now you know why is YouTube so popular, not just we can watch or upload or download videos on it, the more important is it provides a wide platform for those people who like filming to realize their dreams.

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Wed, 19 Oct 2011

3:43 AM - Do You Know How funny Answers Siri Can Give You

Have you bought iPhone4S? If you haven't, then you won't know how funny Siri is. It's a multi-tasking built-in application developed for the iPhone 4S, has garnered all our attention since the phone's release. It's easy to use, you ask, she answers, you may say why so many people think it's funny, because the answers, you have no idea what answers she will give you.

And where do these answers come from, actually they are all planed by Apple engineers, did Steve Jobs ask them to put these words in Siri's mouth? Those people who have experienced this magical function of Siri said Siri was the iPhone4S' most exciting new feature. Here we go, Q: I really love you. Siri: I hope you haven't said this to the other cell phone. After the release of iPhone4S, we actually don't care other functions of their cell phone, because Siri is the only one that attracts us, the voice-assisted service of iPhone4S. Just ten days, the world sets off a wave of spoof. Asking philosophical questions to Siri, proposing to Siri, or let two iPhone4S ask each other each then answer each other.

The application allows users to employ voice control to schedule appointments, search the internet and more, according to Apple Inc. It has shown that, along with a fair amount of accuracy, it has a sense of humor, as well. Some one proposes to Siri for three times, and the first time Siri says: It sounds very sweet, but what else can I help you? The second time, Siri says: Let's just be friends, okay? And the last time, she answered: My user agreement doesn't include marrying you, I'm sorry, so that's the right answer. Of course, if you ask a serious question, like "Siri, how can I watch Blu-ray on my Apple", she probably will answer you like " blu-ray ripper can help you". But it seems like most of us rather to have fun with Siri.

Siri was repeatedly asked a series of philosophical questions, like who are you? Seriously, who the hell are you? What is the meaning of life? And the funny thing is Siri won't give the same answer, "I am your assistant … .does not matter who I am … I can not answer you what's the meaning of life, give me some time …" There are more interesting things. If you put two ihone4S together, let them ask and answer each other, in the end, the system almost collapse.

Why is Siri so powerful? Some one said in the internet that actually Apple built a huge call center in Hyderabad, India, all the questions that asked by users are sent here, then those staffs type quickly to reply. This is the so-called India Cloud, and it has another name "iCloud", if those workers feel tired, they just need to drink Red Bull and will be full of energies. Do not take it serious, this is a spoof, too. Siri is a more powerful artificial intelligence system, but Siri can't give you an optional or funny answer, if you ask her a little complex issue, it would collapse.

Now you know why is Siri so popular, if you have iPhone4S, try to ask her some funny thing, see what answer she will give you, Q: Siri, I want to watch blu-ray on you, I mean, this cell phone", Sir: Go get blu-ray to iphone, I mean me, huh, huh.

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Mon, 17 Oct 2011

3:44 AM - How Does the world commemorate Steve Jobs

Although that day that let all Apple fans feeling sad have been past nearly ten days, but those activities to commemorate Steve Jobs still not end. Different countries, different trades, friends or competitors, all of them are or will commemorate this great man who has changed the world in different way.


October 19th is the date that Apple will be hosting an on campus remembrance ceremony to celebrate the life of former COO Steve Jobs. Retail employees may be able to join in on the special tribute to Steve Jobs, and Apple Stores will be shut down at 10 a.m. PST or 1 p.m. EST, and will reopen at 11 a.m. PST and 2 p.m EST. During the hour long closure, Apple employees will watch a live webcast of the memorial in Cupertino.The ceremony is not open to the public, but citizens of California can celebrate and remember Steve Jobs on the date of October 16th, which has been named Steve Jobs Day. And of course, everyone can join in for a moment of silence during the remembrance, to honor the man who has changed all of our lives, most of us are using Apple productions or related productions of Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac or dvd copy mac, etc, maybe some one will say "I'm not an Apple fan", that's reasonable, but to me, I think Steve Jobs deserves all our respect, even the whole world's respect.

It is said that Lee Jae Yong, the CEO of Samsung plans to join the remembrance ceremony of the birth of Steve Jobs in America, he has received Cook's invitation, and this ceremony only allows those people who is invited to join in. So many people speculate that maybe there is another meeting will be held at that day, which is Apple and Samsung may end the intense legal disputes that have over six months.

Except Apple inc, many TV media also have ceremony to present in different way. As previous news, "Discovery Channel" will broadcast a lasted one-hour special program, in order to commemorate the passing of the co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs of Apple. The program's name has been decided to be "iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World". This documentary will be host by Adam Savage who is famous for MythBusters and co-chaired with Jamie Hyneman, they will visit those former CEOs of Apple as well as some prominent figure in the history of Apple personally, and narrate to us how Steve Jobs influence the science and technology circle even the world step by step is with his spirit of innovation.

This is what Savage said about Steve Jobs: He is an exceptional man, he will not blindly meet the required products for the general public. He defined the standpoint of modern digital life with new thought: productivity, creativity, music, communications, media and the arts, he affected all of our lives directly or indirectly iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World will be premiered at 8 pm in local time, and 210 countries and regions will broadcast it simultaneously.

And those manufactures that produce related productions of Apple, what will happen to their productions like copy dvd mac or something like that if there is no Apple, so you see, Apple's influence is worldwide, and that's because what Jobs has done, so he deserves everything.

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Sat, 15 Oct 2011

2:15 AM - New Rumors About iPad3

Maybe you think you can have a rest after the crazy craze to iPhone4S, then you are wrong, because a bunch of rumors about iPad3 are back, a long time ago, some unknown mysterious apple employee who wasn't identified said that "ipad2 was a bit of a rush job and the third generation ipad is the one to make a song and dance about." But recently, it seems like we all focused on iPhone4S and left iPad3 behind us a little bit, so to get your attention, the rumor mill is back.

Let's see what's the word on the street about iPad3?

1. iPad 3 will support 4G?
Mobile devices of Apple that is 4G is very slow, most likely because the battery life matters. But the battery life of ipad is still incredible long, so the third generation version has the opportunity to support 4G, for now is Verizon and AT & T's LTE network. (To iPad3 has been released, Verizon and AT & T's LTE network should have been completed and put into market.)

2. 7-inch?
Jobs (he was a great man) said that he did not believe the 7-inch Tablet PC will be successful. But there are so many 7-inch computers Android have made a good example, some analysts seem like don't agree with Steve Jobs. I guess this rumor will never become a reality, due to the momentum of iPad, 7-inch Android PC virtually has no threat to them, and imagine how wonderful it is to watch videos on that high quality screen, but considered that Apple productions can't play other format videos on iPad, so to watch videos on them, mac dvd ripper is what we need.

3. iPad3 will use A6-the faster processor.

iPad3 will use more advanced and faster processor, this speculation makes some sense. Currently iPad2 is using A5 dual-core processor, but Android tablet which use quad-core processors is in preparation stage. Apple's next-generation A6 processor will catch up with Android or ever better? About that, the possibility is much bigger.

And as reported by AllThingsD, production has begun. Susquehanna financial analyst Jeff Fidacaro told AllThingsD that, after a supply chain check, it looks like Apple is increasing its fourth-quarter iPad builds by as much as one million units. The increase is speculated to be caused by an early iPad 3 production run. According to Fidacaro, "Since our last month supply chain checks we are now seeing 600,000 to one million iPad 3 builds showing up on the plan for the fourth quarter of calendar 2011. Our previous estimate did not include any iPad 3s." Fidacaro also told AllThingsD that he believes Apple shipped 11.5 million iPads in the third quarter and will likely ship 13 million in the fourth.

iPad2 is not perfect, either are other Apple productions, if we want to watch DVD on them, we need the help of some gadget like video converter ultimate, that's why we have expectation on the next generations, but it's pretty sure that iPhone5 wouldn't be released in a long time, obviously iPhone4S has replaced it, so some one guess will Apple play the same stunt with us that they will release iPad2.5 instead of iPad3? Funny guess.

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Thu, 13 Oct 2011

4:18 AM - Are You Considering to Buy Sony Tablet S

After lots of rumors about Sony Tablet S, finally, it is launched. Compared to Amazon Kindle Fire's low price, it has a better market value, which means it's not that cheap, almost expensive as iPad, so I guess many people have faced a hard choice, which one should I have, Tablet S or iPad2? Well then, let's see the special characteristics of Sony Tablet.

Some said if a tablet's appearance doesn't like iPad, then it's not a Tablet, that's funny, whoever said that, he must be a crazy iPad fan. But there is always someone dare to make changes, yes, I am talking about Sony, shaped like a folded over magazine, Sony's Tablet S is maybe the weirdest looking tablet we've ever seen, but we have to admit that it's the most comfortable tablet we've ever seen. While it looks like the work of a crazy person, the design is deliberate. Sony thinks the wedge-shaped build will make the Tablet S more comfortable to hold in one hand, as well as making it sit more naturally on flat surfaces.

Compared to iPad2, Sony S is very thin and light, even equipped with two 5.5-inch touch screen, overall weight is till 0.82 pounds (367g), just has half weight of Sony Tablet S (S1) and iPad2. Alternatively they can operate independently, for example, playing video or games on one while showing control buttons or a keyboard on the other. Like other tablets it can surf the web, check email, download music and videos. More significantly, it can also be used in line with Sony's PlayStation gaming technology and its popular eReader digital book downloads, but just like iPad, we still need to have the aid of blu-ray ripper to watch blu ray videos on Sony Tablet, so that's a similarity between Sony and iPad anyway, huh, just kidding. Besides, Howard Stringer, Sony CEO said that Sony P can provide music and movies via built-in "entertainment library", which is a big advantage compared to other competitors. He said: "Apple made iPad, but it can make the film? We want to prove that it's not who makes it first that counts, but who makes it better," he said at the IFA conference.

Holding the Tablet S, you will impressed by how light it felt. At 598g for the Wi-Fi version, it's ever so slightly less heavy than the Wi-Fi iPad 2, which tips the scales at 601g. We suspect you could lug this tablet around all day, and not have to worry unduly about your bones collapsing under the strain. And look between the black bars of the bezel and you'll be greeted with a 1,280 x 800 display that Sony says uses the company's TruBlack technology - already a staple in its Bravia televisions, so imagine how wonderful it will be to rip blu-ray to mp4 and enjoy the HD movies on this high quality display.

It seems like after being launching into the market, this Tablet has a nice respond, but to us consumers who have experienced HP's $99 Tablet and Amazon's low price Kindle Fire, is really that easy for Tablet S to attract us? I'm not sure, but once it comes down in price, that's another thing, huh huh.

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Mon, 10 Oct 2011

3:58 AM - Cook Said Apple Can Not Be Imitated

According to media reports, Cook, the new CEO of Apple said, no matter who wants to imitate apple, they can't success. Apple is everywhere, he said so in the "Let's Talk iPhone" conference that held in Apple headquarters in California, he claimed that iPad is the incontrovertible number one Tablet, for now, everyone wants to imitate it, but all failed or haven't get the great influence as iPad do, like HP, RIM, Samsung, Amazon or the coming Window8.

A few months ago, HP TouchPad officially listed in the U.S., as the number one in PC industry, non-Apple camp had high expectations on the TouchPad, hoping it can shake the monopoly of iPad. TouchPad16GB priced $ 499.99 in the U.S. and 32GB priced $ 599.99. However, the response was not satisfactory, and HP had poor sales. Less than a month, TouchPad announced lower $ 100. But even so, it did not attract consumers' desire to buy it. August 19th, the TouchPad 16GB priced $ 99 and 32GB down to $ 149, this fire-sale, and finally led to frenzied purchase craze, all the stock in varieties of markets were sold out in a very very short time, some retailer's Web site almost crashed due to high demand. Only in (Best Buy), there was 25 million to 27 million new stock, almost all sold out in less than a week, I bet even Apple don't have this unbelievable achievement, huh huh.

And you may remember those clashes between Samsung and Apple. After defeated by Apple in Netherlands about the patent, Samsung once again announced they wouldn't sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia before September 30. Even Samsung promised they would send the samples to Apple before launching it, and then did as promised, but Apple's lawyers insisted Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringed their patent. The day before yesterday, Apple announced that it has rejected the suggest that offered by Samsung about solving the Tablet disputes peacefully, so we all can see who is the boss.

Because of the great temptation in Tablet market, Amazon, the largest Internet retailer in the world was coveted to pick up a little benefit from it too. But if something only sold $199, what qualification does it have to be called a competitor of something sold $499, but the low price is still an advantage anyway. According to Amazon's latest sales data, since Kindle Fire was released from Sep.28, the pre-sale orders have exceeded more than 250,000 units in the first five days. The market research firm eDataSource said, the order in the first day is 9.50,000 units. But, the first generation of iPad has 300,000 orders in its first day, and iPad2 keep this unbelievable myth, people love it, even even it has some flaws, we only can watch other format videos(except MP4) with the help of ipad converter suite or ipad video converter, but iPad is still our first choice, look the huge difference of those data, we know who is the boss.

According to BCG, compared to iPad, people are more looking forward to Windows Tablet, maybe it just because most people are very familiar to Windows Cooperation System, but lacking of the practical concepts about Windows Tablet, so when it finally show itself to people, the enthusiasm will disappear, and iPad will be continue to dominate the Tablet market.

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Sat, 8 Oct 2011

4:33 AM - Tie Your Seat Belt, Let Us Drive With Ryan Gosling

Movie "Drive" is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, a Danish director, Nicolas Winding Refn keep his preference of aesthetics of violence, there is just a few violent scenes in "Drive", but definitely can surprise audience, seriously, those scenes are very cool. We can see Nicolas's preference to aesthetic of violence, weather his first English film "Bronson", or his famous works "Pusher" series or "Valhalla Rising." After he came to Hollywood, he didn't become timid, but more at ease.

A long time ago, as a young filmmaker besotted with the hard-boiled pleasures of classic Hollywood, Jean-Luc Godard claimed that all anyone needed to make a film was a girl and a gun. But in his new movie, "Drive," Nicolas Winding Refn, in thrall to a later Hollywood tradition, tests out a slightly different formula. In this case all you need is a guy and a car. "Drive" has a low investment compared to other Hollywood movies, but it's definitely a better movie, when lying in the couch or bed, watching "Drive" is a perfect enjoyment, just download a dvd to ipad ripper or figure out how to transfer dvd to ipad from PC, then experience the exciting driving in "Drive"- Ryan Gosling and a late-model silver Chevy Impala, the most popular car in Los Angeles. Ryan Gosling - his character has no known proper name, and is variously referred to as "the driver," "the kid" and "him" - and to watch him steer through Los Angeles at night is to watch a virtuoso at work. Behind the wheel of a getaway car after an uninteresting, irrelevant and almost botched robbery, the driver glides past obstacles and shakes off pursuers, slowing down as often as he accelerates and maintaining a steady pulse rate even as the soundtrack winds up the tension to heart attack levels.

In daytime, he is a car stunt actor in Hollywood, but at night, he helps criminal run away from crime scene. Carey Mulligan plays a woman whose husband had been to jail, and she is Ryan's neighbor, Ryan has a crush on her, so he helps her husband rob pawnshops, but what he doesn't know he is involved in a gang conspiracy. The most unforgettable scene to me is in the backstage in a strip club, Ryan standing there, among a bunch of naked strippers, making a phone call to his opponent, and the camera shots showed those bodies calmly, with no shy, combined with cool silent Ryan, you can see the perfect blend of eroticism and literature. I think only Ryan can express that feeling, he is not the traditional handsome man, but he has his characteristic that other Hollywood actors don't have. He has a baby face, but when he acts a violent man like in "Drive", you won't feel strange or weird, and this year is  a terrific year for Ryan Gosling. From "Crazy Stupid Love" to "Drive" and now "Ides of March", Sandra Bullock's one-time toyboy seems to have emerged as the most employable actor in Hollywood. Well deserved status too, what with how good he is in each film.

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Fri, 7 Oct 2011

3:46 AM - Fright Night: Colin Farrell Is A Vampire

Those boys and girls who are vampire fans that love "Twilight" series, you guys have another vampire movie to watch, which is "Fright Night", because a heavy weight who called the "Vampire Crazy" writer decided to pick up the pen again to write a script about vampires, and this man named Martino Eriksson, applause……Let's see his outstanding works in the past time. From 1997 to 2002, he wrote the script of TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and now, after ten years later, he re-penned the script of a vampire movie. Vampires' image has a long history, but it has been changed beyond recognition in the "Twilight" series, so you guys want to know how Martino will portray the vampire in this remake version "Fright Night"? Let's take a look.

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Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin, god, I like his cute frizzle) finally has it all - hanging out with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he's so cool he's even dissing his best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry (Colin Farrell), moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there's something not quite right-and everyone, including Charlie's mom (Toni Collette) doesn't notice. After witnessing some very unusual activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone that he's telling the truth, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this revamp of the comedy-horror classic. Maybe it's too babyish for those real movies fans, but when you are on the bus or closestool, it's kind of time killer anyway, download a ipad video converter, figure out how to copy dvd to ipad, then enjoy the "exciting fighting" between human and vampires that you have never seen in "Twilight".

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Be honest, I was very impressed by this movie. Much as I loved the 1985 original, in this new version, I felt that its effects were lacking and its clever ideas weren't executed as well as they could have been. Both those problems have been remedied here, and all the strengths of the original are also preserved. Everyone is terrific, Ferrell and Tennant standing out especially. Colin Ferrell is mesmerizing as the sexy, menacing and supremely confident vampire, which is very refreshing. And this movie is a jab against the new wave to harmless-and-charming-vampire movies, he viciously rips someone apart and then tries to turn the charm back on, fabulous. Also, David Tennant is a much more interesting character than the original Peter Vincent, he is a showman and borderline-charlatan who surprises everyone, including himself with his expertise in the paranormal. Oh, right, and the hero, why the director arranged so little interaction about the relationship between Charley and his erstwhile best friends Eddie, I mean, they were best friends, you know what I mean.

Maybe the story is not that creative, but what you can't ignore is the protagonists. Farrell is all darting eyes, facial ticks and macho confidence. He never goes over the top, he's not a showy actor, but he's clearly relishing his role and eating it up with abandon. He makes this a Night to remember.

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Thu, 6 Oct 2011

5:27 AM - Kindle Fire Is Not the Competitor of iPad

You may already know that Kindle Fire is priced $199, which is pretty low, and for sure, it's the only advantage compared to iPad, while in other aspects, it can't compete with iPad at all. Even though the rumor like "iPad killers" has spread for a long time, and many analysts and consumers have high expectations on it.

But until now, I guess many of us feel a little disappointed in the Kindle Fire product announcement, I mean for months now, this secret tablet was being championed as the "first real competitor for the iPad." Well, I guess it can be considered a competitor if you base that information solely on its outrageously low price, hello, $199, of course it has more advantages than iPad, which we all know that some of us even can't afford it. So in my opinion, just like Amazon's e-reader, the Kindle Fire is not even in the same category as the iPad. Apparently, I am not the only one who thinks so. It has become clear that consumers in general would rather buy an iPad than any other tablet, no matter what kind of hardware it has, no matter how open sourced its software is. At first time, the price of TouchPad is lower than iPad, but just after a few months, TouchPad was dead, sorry for HP. Now Amazon takes a big risk to produce its tablet, what they need is to do not let itself disappear in a very short time just like TouchPad.

According to Sodahead, the web's largest opinion-based social community, a recent poll revealed that 61 percent of consumers believe that the iPad will maintain its lead over all other tablets on the market and only 39 percent believe the Kindle Fire will rise to the top and become the number one tablet, obviously, iPad has more approval rate. The truth is iPad has been the lone cruiser among the tablet computers, we all know its gorgeous appearance and powerful functions, even it has some flaws, like if we want to watch other format videos on ipad, we have to know how to view videos on ipad, and like DIVX,M2TS,VOB etc, these videos only can be played via ipad video converter, but iPad is still our first choice. Although criticized for various technological deficits, most notably the lack of flash support and true multi-tasking, Apple's iPad has set the standard for others to follow.

Sure, the Kindle Fire is significantly less expensive than the iPad, but it is also half the machine. Right now at Apple.com, you can get a refurbished iPad (first generation) for $399. This specific iPad model has twice the memory, a larger screen and ten times as many apps for exactly twice the price. The Kindle Fire doesn't have a camera or a microphone, has less battery life and is subject to Amazon's policy of handing out your personal browsing information without your express permission. There is no 3G capability and no larger memory capability. Sodahead's poll just confirmed my personal opinion that Amazon's big unveiling was for a reduced version of an amazing tablet. There is no competition here. So is that obvious which one will be chosen by consumers? "iPad killer" will never show up, even the founder of Apple has left us,but we will never forget him,forever.

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Wed, 5 Oct 2011

5:35 AM - If You Have Money Now, Buy iPhone4S or Wait For iPad3

According to media reports, Peter Misek, an analyst of Jefferies Securities wrote in a research report that he had received the reliable source about release time of iPad 3, he said this next-generation Tablet PC of Apple would be launched in late January 2012, which is earlier than expected. In addition to iPad3, Misek also claimed that iPad 2 HD is also in Apple's plan, and has produced close to 1 million units, but has been canceled due to unknown reasons now. As there is no related pictures about iPad2 HD, so when asked about the source, Misek did not give answers about that. But when talking about the biggest change about iPad3, Misek's expectation is almost same with the inside information that provided by the manufactures: quad-core chip, A6, 2048 x 1536 Retina Display.

We all know that iPad is the best-selling tablet in the world, iPad3 is the most expected device this year, but recently we are concerned about iPhone5, after the vacuum period of 15 months, Apple finally officially released iPhone4S. The press conference was host by the newly appointed CEO Tim Cook, and this is the first time that Apple launches significant product with Steve Jobs in recent years, iPhone4S' release is the most exciting activity recently, now everyone is staring it and considering to buy one, iPad3 seems to have been forgotten, but watch out, there is also explosive news about iPad3 right now, jailbreakiphone4u.com released a photo of called iPad3 engineering prototype, it has a raise part in the left bottom in this photo, and it's very conspicuous, they didn't say what the bulge is.

About iPad3 and the iPhone5, we don't know much about them yet, most analysts believe that there is no chance that iPad3 will be released his year, most likely be next year, and iPad3 will be thinner and lighter than iPad2. In addition, iPad3 may use wireless charging technology, it can support to transmit data wirelessly, too. Apple keeps improving the property of iPad, so iPad3 must be better than iPad2, and iPad  has been the lone cruiser among the tablet computers, we all know its gorgeous appearance and powerful functions, when we transfer dvd to ipad with high definition on that big screen, it feels so good, even though most videos can be played on iPad if we don't use dvd to ipad converter, but it's worth for us to have a visual feast. Although criticized for various technological deficits, most notably the lack of flash support and true multi-tasking, Apple's iPad has set the standard for others to follow.

Robert Scoble, a well-known blog author, he revealed a lot news about Apple on Google +, he said that Apple is developing a new iPad application, this application' R & D is led by Steve Jobs, it can directly compete with television program suppliers, and it will support a large number of contents. Apple built this 500,000 square foot data center is on purpose, the new data center can transmit large volume videos and data to the user's terminal. And the CEO of the famous video site Netflix will talk about the cooperation with Apple. However, but the release time of this application is uncertain yet.

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Tue, 27 Sep 2011

5:09 AM - Amazon Will Launch Its Tablet Kindle Fire Soon

It is said that Amazon will launch the long-awaited Android tablet on Wednesday. It is expected to become the biggest competitor of Apple iPad. TechCrunch reports that the tablet will be named "Kindle Fire". According to rumors, Kindle Fire looks like improved BlackBerry PlayBook. The Tablet will run Android software. However, Amazon will use their skin to provide a unique experience and make it different with other Android Tablet. It said Amazon will release it on Wednesday, but until Christmas shopping season in Nov, we can see it in the market, so many people think that Amazon launches its Kindle Fire before the Christmas shopping season on purpose to grab the limelight of iPhone5.

Because of the great temptation in Tablet market, Amazon, the largest Internet retailer in the world is coveted to pick up a little benefit from it too. Now Kindle Fire is about to release, however, some experts point out that with consumers becoming more rational, Tablet's boom is rapidly waning. They said the Tablet that is lack of useful features is not good enough compared to a smart phone, we can see that from other Tablets, whether Samsung or Motorola, or Acer, they all didn't get any benefits from Tablet market which is dominated by Apple iPad. Followed by these companies, the BlackBerry maker RIM has joined the ranks too, but the company's PlayBook Tablet only sold 20 hundred thousand units in three months. And HP TouchPad Tablet, which lunched this year was forced to give up because of poor achievement.

Some analysts believe that, because the Kindle has popularity in the market, moreover Amazon also provides movies and music service, so the company's Tablet is likely to pose a threat to Apple. But Apple iPad has been the lone cruiser among the tablet computers, we all know its gorgeous appearance and powerful functions, when we import videos to ipad with high definition on that big screen, it feels so good, even though most videos can be played on iPad if we don't use ipad video converter, but it's worth for us to have a visual feast. Although criticized for various technological deficits, most notably the lack of flash support and true multi-tasking, Apple's iPad has set the standard for others to follow.

Amazon is expected to price its new tablet lower than Apple's iPad, particularly in light of the TouchPad's success during the $99 fire sale after HP discontinued the product. Amazon isn't likely to dip that low in pricing, but the company could dip below the $300 price point and find success, some analysts say.

Before the time that we don't sure when Amazon will release its Tablet, many reports about this product have made other manufacturers feel threatened. Digital products search engine Retrevo said in July, there are 55% Tablet PC buyers are willing to buy Amazon Tablet PC, higher than the nearest competitor. Now we will see it tomorrow, and we'll know its price and everything. Just a few days ago, iPad2 launched in China, but it gets a depressed reaction, everyone shocked, seems like iPad2 craze is fading.

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Wed, 21 Sep 2011

3:27 AM - Students Who Take Advantage of iPad have Better Performance

We all know that iPad has permeated the college or high school in America. Apple will donate a bunch of iPad2 to schools now and then, lots of schools have replaced traditional textbooks with iPad, and I bet students are the happiest beneficiaries, because everyone wants iPad, and as students, they don't have to pay for it, they can use it for free. No matter electronic textbooks or related materials or online resource, they all can be obtained in iPad. Since Apple iPad has launched iPad in the spring of 2010, this Tablet was welcomed by many universities in American in a short time, and from this autumn, more public schools have joined this queue, abandoning the traditional teaching, utilizing light and powerful iPad.

And recently, Apple co-operates with the Teach for America program, donating 9000 unit first generation iPad to teachers who worked in poor and dangerous schools. These iPads were recovered from consumers, and this program is a public project that announced by Apple when they released iPad 2. According to CNN reports, this 9000 unit iPads distributed in 38 states, Of course, for those low-income schools, only teachers have a iPad can't solve the problem, but this is a start anyhow, how exactly Apple and Teach for America program engage with each other? That is because Steve Jobs' wife is the board member of the project.

So how is everything going in school where iPad has replaced traditional textbooks? News stories are popping up everywhere with the details on schools that have adopted the use of iPads in varying capacities in the classroom. An ongoing study conducted by Abilene Christian University is the latest to try to quantify the benefits of using these tablets to support their educational efforts.

Rounding the third year since their research began, the university has graduated to testing iPads from having previously used iPhone and iPod Touch devices to review the impact of digital mobility on education. The results of their research appear to be overwhelmingly positive. Students who took advantage of iPads to annotate their notes ended up scoring 25% higher on questions regarding information transfer than those who hadn't. Grad students that used the devices were noted as being 95% satisfied with their online coursework. The feeling among those using it seems to be that the iPad gave students the opportunity to have what they referred to as 'learning moments', by making better use of their time. But we all know there is something else that iPad can do, such as chatting, playing games, listening to music or watch videos, so who can guarantee that students are studying with iPad not playing something else, now that school is the one who provides iPad to students, there is no doubt that it should make some strategy to make sure students use iPad in a right way, make sure the tablets could be fully utilized, to make the tablets into something more than just a technological toy, which meant blocking YouTube and helping students to focus, rather than letting them talk about the ipad converter suite to enjoy free videos with ipad or how to convert dvd to ipad on mac or something else.

If we can avoid those adverse influences, then iPad can have a more significant meaning. The more good things iPad do for students, more teachers and students can become beneficiaries. And this is just the beginning. When we think about using tablets to supplement our educational experiences, I think most people jump to the idea of digital versions of textbooks. While I think that certainly is one of the first applications, more educational resources will be made available for iPads and other tablet devices as time goes on. Consider being able to supplement lessons with digital video, review breaking news stories as they unfold, access studying aids like flashcards or supplemental quizzes. The opportunities really are endless in this realm.

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3:19 AM - Students Who Take Advantage of iPad have Better Performance

We all know that iPad has permeated the college or high school in America. Apple will donate a bunch of iPad2 to schools now and then, lots of schools have replaced traditional textbooks with iPad, and I bet students are the happiest beneficiaries, because everyone wants iPad, and as students, they don't have to pay for it, they can use it for free. No matter electronic textbooks or related materials or online resource, they all can be obtained in iPad. Since Apple iPad has launched iPad in the spring of 2010, this Tablet was welcomed by many universities in American in a short time, and from this autumn, more public schools have joined this queue, abandoning the traditional teaching, utilizing light and powerful iPad.

And recently, Apple co-operates with the Teach for America program, donating 9000 unit first generation iPad to teachers who worked in poor and dangerous schools. These iPads were recovered from consumers, and this program is a public project that announced by Apple when they released iPad 2. According to CNN reports, this 9000 unit iPads distributed in 38 states, Of course, for those low-income schools, only teachers have a iPad can't solve the problem, but this is a start anyhow, how exactly Apple and Teach for America program engage with each other? That is because Steve Jobs' wife is the board member of the project.

So how is everything going in school where iPad has replaced traditional textbooks? News stories are popping up everywhere with the details on schools that have adopted the use of iPads in varying capacities in the classroom. An ongoing study conducted by Abilene Christian University is the latest to try to quantify the benefits of using these tablets to support their educational efforts.

Rounding the third year since their research began, the university has graduated to testing iPads from having previously used iPhone and iPod Touch devices to review the impact of digital mobility on education. The results of their research appear to be overwhelmingly positive. Students who took advantage of iPads to annotate their notes ended up scoring 25% higher on questions regarding information transfer than those who hadn't. Grad students that used the devices were noted as being 95% satisfied with their online coursework. The feeling among those using it seems to be that the iPad gave students the opportunity to have what they referred to as 'learning moments', by making better use of their time. But we all know there is something else that iPad can do, such as chatting, playing games, listening to music or watch videos, so who can guarantee that students are studying with iPad not playing something else, now that school is the one who provides iPad to students, there is no doubt that it should make some strategy to make sure students use iPad in a right way, make sure the tablets could be fully utilized, to make the tablets into something more than just a technological toy, which meant blocking YouTube and helping students to focus, rather than letting them talk about the ipad converter suite to enjoy free videos with ipad or how to convert dvd to ipad on mac or something else.

If we can avoid those adverse influences, then iPad can have a more significant meaning. The more good things iPad do for students, more teachers and students can become beneficiaries. And this is just the beginning. When we think about using tablets to supplement our educational experiences, I think most people jump to the idea of digital versions of textbooks. While I think that certainly is one of the first applications, more educational resources will be made available for iPads and other tablet devices as time goes on. Consider being able to supplement lessons with digital video, review breaking news stories as they unfold, access studying aids like flashcards or supplemental quizzes. The opportunities really are endless in this realm.

tags: teachers ipad school students

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