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HTC One X ReviewHTC One X 7.8
making phone calls, the One X performs decently. Voices were easy to comprehend on both ends of the line, while loudness was just enough to hear the other person well. However, you might run into some trouble hearing them if you happen to be in a noisier situation. If we have to rate the calling experience, we'd give incoming quality and loudness 8 and 7 out of 10, respectively, and outgoing quality and loudness 8.5 and 7.5 out of 10, respectively.
The built-in loudspeaker is nothing impressive. It has a decent loudness output, almost no depth to its sound and, overall, will simply get the job done, but don't expect any wonders from it. This is one area where HTC can learn a thing or two from Sony's smartphones. Anyway, we like the fact that it doesn't sound strained on its loudest setting.
HTC hasn't yet released the official numbers regarding the 1800 mAh battery's talk-time and stand-by times, however, during our testing, we found it to last a reasonable amount of time, having in mind the One X's gargantuan 4.7" screen and quad-core processor.
It was really surprising to see HTC fall from a record-breaker to an underperforming company in just a few months. Thankfully, the firm's management has recognized the need for a change and has taken a number of timely actions in order to turn the ship around. The HTC One X is one of the first handsets produced with these new policies in mind, but after spending some time using it, we feel that there's still work ahead of HTC.
We really like the new design language that the company has employed. It's previous phones were well-built, but too thick and masculine. Now, the One X comes to introduce us to a new, slimmer and much more elegant appearance, which should further popularize the brand among the mass public.
With such advanced and expensive devices like the HTC One X, though, you have to demand top-notch quality in every aspect. That's not what we got with it. For the most part, there's nothing wrong with the handset. It has a big and beautiful screen, fluid UI and pretty much every hardware or software feature that a user may need. However, when you delve deeper is when you begin to encounter its imperfections, most of which are software-related. We appreciate the fact that the manufacturer has simplified the Sense UI and has worked a lot to improve certain aspects of the device, but the final result is still not quite there. Don't get us wrong – the One X gets the job done, but with such a premium handset, we expect more than this.
For now, the One X comes to prove that HTC is working actively to innovate its line-up, and while it's moving in the right direction, this is not the ultimate phone we've been looking for.
Software version of the reviewed unit: Android 4.0.3, HTC Sense 4.0, Software number: 1.27.401.7
- Slim and solid body
- Beautiful HD display
- Future-proof quad-core processor
- Great video watching experience
- 1080p video recording at 23 fps
- Unintuitive stock browser
- Typing experience could have been much better
116 Comments
1. JackDude (Posts: 6; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Only 7,8/10?! My crapy LG Optimus One 8/10!!! Is it because of the price?
2. android_hitman (unregistered)
it's because it's not an iphone..!
i will wait and see other reviews.. i never trust PA when it comes to reviews.. they are too apple oriented
24. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
No, it's because PhoneArena believed the One X deserved a 7.8.
49. bobfreking55 (Posts: 866; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
The Verge, Engadget and other Apple Biased Sites gave it a very high mark in their reviews. They even said it's the king of all android phones right now, why 7.8 then?
57. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
Different opinions.
77. boingboing (Posts: 3; Member since: 03 Apr 2012)
Apple "biased". Ha, good one!
80. boingboing (Posts: 3; Member since: 03 Apr 2012)
I like how 4 people disliked that comment. The truth hurts!
83. saket.shrivastava (Posts: 55; Member since: 02 Apr 2012)
phoneArena iBiased
35. benfrost100 (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Apr 2012)
This is true. Engadget has a more balanced review as well as the verge. I read PA for laugh breaks only.
46. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
I agree. They list the iPhone 4s as having cons and theres essential features that are missing on the iPhone like Flash, a longer battery life, the SAME DESIGN, the same UI with tiny tinks, etc...
Its a good phone, but its not outstanding.
Phonearena was too harsh and based its score on opinions like the keyboard layout. Some might prefer it that way. 7.8 puts it around some low2mid end Android phone and the hardware was enough to give it more.
What did it for me was the Razr Maxx review. The Razr got a 9 and the Maxx got an 8.5? Its the same phone with a longer batt. Its a winnn. Not drawback. Its like saying a 120gb iPhone is worse than the 16gb because it would be thicker by a tiny amount. Doesnt the + outweigh the -?
58. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
The One X and 4S were reviewed by two different people.
63. Commentator (Posts: 3692; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
I'm generally content with PA's reviews, but I have to speak out on this one. I agree that some points should be docked for the browser issues (which look weird, to say the least), but they seem to be nitpicking to the extreme. The keyboard layout, for instance, is a complete matter of opinion. I personally love the directional arrows on my Evo 4G. As for the 23 fps 1080p, that seems a little strange. If I may quote Engadget, "the One X captures 1080p video at a silky smooth 30fps with continuous autofocus and stereo audio." Something seems a little fishy here.
Oh, also, I'd think this phone would get higher marks simply for the fact that its the FASTEST FREAKING SMARTPHONE PRODUCED TO DATE (with the possible exception of the One S). I'd think that warrants a few more points...
69. Birds (Posts: 1157; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
I see what you mean but PhoneArena said that the Razr Maxx should have been released at the same time as the original so there wouldn't be a lot of disappointed people who bought the original device months ago. They also argued that this phone is only for power users and if you don't need the extensive amount of juice of the battery then the original is fine. But my opinions are a little different from theirs though. In my opinion. If you are selling it for 100$ more than the original, put in a 32 gigabyte SD card and we have the perfect phone.
79. boingboing (Posts: 3; Member since: 03 Apr 2012)
Or maybe the iPhone got a better score because it's the better phone? I know that may be a little hard for you to understand - after all, it doesn't run Android, so how could it be better? And so what if the new iPhone shares the same industrial and UI design as the last one? It's a good design that's held up very well (only the Lumia 800/900 and One X come close to matching the elegance of the 4/4S hardware, imo). Sure, the software may not be as eye-catching as Windows Phone or ICS, but it works and works well, which is the one thing most people want from their phones.
Also, Flash is missing on every smartphone now because Adode simply isn't developing a mobile version of it anymore. Never understood why Android fanatics put such credence in Flash anyway - it was always just another way for app developers to put even more ads where they weren't wanted.
As for "the same UI with many tinks"... erm, isn't that Sense 4.0 all over or am I missing something here? I'll admit I'm not the biggest Android fan, but I do think what Google did with the UI design of ICS was a huge improvement and a massive step forward for the platform. Where Sense and other, similar skins once pushed Android forward in the early days, I can't help but feel they're now holding it back. There's something to be said for consistency in design language, but as long as OEMs continue making these skins, this will unfortunately never be a reality for Android. The impression I got from reading the review was that the writer believed this too, which may go some way to explain why such a promising phone scored so...averagely. Shame, 'cause it is a really nice phone - if it ran something closer to stock ICS, I'd be all over it.
81. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
its not missing they just will not advance it to next version of android os. or further develop flash on mobile devices. it is not missing
91. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
If you really think the iPhone is better thats dumb. LoL
If you like it better, thats another story.
You do realize you gave 0 reasons to why the iPhone would be better and you bashed on things that are offered through Android Os as flaws. "Even though it gives a better experience offering a FULL pc like browser..." Are you sure thats a con? Sound more like excuses and you dissed the iPhone in your own words lol.
53. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
one of the best reviews i have ever seen (yeah sarcasm). this phone deserved 7.8 because as reviewer said 4.7 inches keyboard is not spacious enough in comparison to iphone`s 5 years old, BIG, 3.5 inches, perfect and magical keyboard.
66. glentomas123 (Posts: 70; Member since: 01 Jun 2011)
3. Crossblade (Posts: 210; Member since: 21 Apr 2005)
The Optimus One is not better than the One X :)
55. Mittal (Posts: 493; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)
Sure! But it's gr8 in it's own right!!
84. saket.shrivastava (Posts: 55; Member since: 02 Apr 2012)
iPA try to make us ''iBi A$$ ed''
Haters Gonna Hate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
23. ddxmms (Posts: 170; Member since: 09 Feb 2012)
wait for it,,i think this is another april fool thing.
but but but,,its april the 2nd!!!
39. legospace9876 (unregistered)
On German magazine, Connect top list LG GT40 (Optimus) is placed front of Samsung Galaxy Nexus. So, from a magazine or web site does not necessarily mean that everything is in practice as.
52. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
iPA... or just iRAY
62. itiswhatitis (Posts: 423; Member since: 23 Jan 2012)
i'm really confused now when i read the reveiew on engadget the only con was battery life and camera quality is better than iphone 4s but not as good as N8,i guess i'll have to wait for gsmarena review cuz i feel they have the most detailed review!
4. rawbow (Posts: 428; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
It may do good in the market considering this is the first quad by a big name company.
Best of Luck HTC. Always liked the design and the sensible interface. Just like cigar and scotch is not for everyone, HTC is not for everyone. It has good class and style.
5. Jon_33 (Posts: 10; Member since: 17 Feb 2010)
What I really hate about Sense 4 is that Gingerbread app tray
6. bloodline (Posts: 706; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
Terrible review, even from the get go you has a negative out look while writing this review.
Even when talking about its positives you still seem negative.
I always goto GSM arena for there reviews.
37. benfrost100 (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Apr 2012)
spot on bloodline... sport one.
7. metoyou (Posts: 279; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
I'm waiting for Samsung S3 then i'll decide whether this or S3
for some reason whenever Ray review an unit i never watch the vdo or even bother read them.hm..
59. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
You might also want to consider waiting for the new Nexus to be released.
8. abdullaaryan (Posts: 8; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
it is such a goog phone can't be compare with other phones.
9. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
This review is a joke.
23 fps full hd video (wow what an issue), somewhat not ideal typing(wow, I would have to download some third party keyboard), un-intuitive STOCK browser!!(wow, I'd have to use dolphin hd, opera mobile or CHROME for android!)
..and the phone gets 2 points off!!
The phone that is by far better than Galaxy Nexus who got a 9.5!
(let me remind you again- a sub pair processor compared to this, a dull screen with 250 nits of brightness, soft plastic body, and inferior camera)
That being said, though, I'd never buy this because I think an LTE version with dual core s4 processor will actually be more powerful and yet much more energy efficient, despite of the LTE.
The first phone that will deserve a 9.5.
22. Stuffies12 (Posts: 5; Member since: 09 Dec 2011)
Engadget did a comparison test on the Tegra 3 on One X and the Snapdragon Krait processor on the One S and the snapdragon processor showed higher numbers and I was quite confused when I saw it. The US version could be more powerful although more energy efficient I'm not too sure about...
29. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
the a15 and 28nm architecture makes up for the lte
113. mrbtree (Posts: 59; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
of course the one s was going to win, the one s doesn't have to power an extra 33% or something extra pixels on the screen
99. gtrxman (Posts: 122; Member since: 10 Sep 2011)
You're completely missing the point. No question that you can download whatever software you like, but why doesn't a flagship phone perform flawlessly out of the box? Lagging Sense, bad Flash performance, poor camera performance. It seems that if HTC was really trying to reboot their line, they would have addressed this stuff before releasing the phone.
100. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
Once again, you need to look at other reviews and stop basing your comments on just what PhoneArena is basing. Other reviews has shown that the camera was able to record at 1080p @ 30 fps under sunlight, as it should be and not what PhoneArena claims. Battery life was also better than expected with 1800 capacity.
Of course, there will be minor bugs (even the iPhone 4S couldn't escape), but there's no major flaws that an update couldn't fix.
I think this phone deserves a 8.5 a least, if not 9.0. HTC has done a pretty good job at rebooting their line, and I'm sure they'll do better later on.
10. steff195 (Posts: 3; Member since: 02 Apr 2012)
How come you didn't even mention about the lack of microsd slot or about the non removable battery in this review? I mean, what kind of review is this? I think those are pretty important things to mention. Instead you mentioned some minor things like the browser or the typing, things that can be solved with some other programs.
I didn't even understand if this device comes with Beats headphones after all, or it will have just the technology: "The HTC One X also comes with Beats Audio in order to deliver an impressive audio output as well. Sadly, we couldn't test the bundled earphones, but they won't be Beats ones anyway. "
67. glentomas123 (Posts: 70; Member since: 01 Jun 2011)
The lack of the microSD and non-removable battery are the two biggest negatives for this phone.
- I doubt very much that the S4 (28nm) architecture is going to perform well enough to deliver useful battery life on LTE with only an 1800mAH battery. Add to that, a 720p screen. That's a lot of pixels to light.
- 16GB of storage will be devoured so quickly by 1080p recording and an 8 meg shooter. At least they could have given 32GB!! WTH!!!
What was HTC thinking?? Pisses me off, because, I really want this phone. But those two things will like be it's undoing. Hopefully, the American carriers correct this with their proprietary versions of the phone.
11. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Look at this review, Ray:
They called it an android masterpiece!
21. Stuffies12 (Posts: 5; Member since: 09 Dec 2011)
That was a good review. I liked that one. It showed everything about the phone
60. javorr (Posts: 14; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)
Masterpiece.. battery life sucks, do not forget to carry the master charger for the masterpiece. HTC phones are known with their week battery life. May be you could find an ultrabook with comparable battery life.
12. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
..and again, the LTE version should be epic.
The benchmarks for snapdragon s4 are just sensational
13. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
oversaturated? some german guy compared the display to samsung gakaxy note on youtube and you can clearly see that it has more natural color production than any other phone to date.
14. Guest_star (Posts: 231; Member since: 30 Dec 2011)
well i don't know..i don't really like sense...
15. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
it definitely seems like a 8.5+ phone from other reviews i have seen.
16. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
waiting for 40 more articles about this phone today.
17. keron (Posts: 11; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
i think when the iphone will come PA surely award that 9.8 or 9.9 coz that's iiiiiphone...... :p..but they give one x only 7.8.......cant understand...........I'll wait for gsmarena......
19. FoneAddict (Posts: 259; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
Terrible review. With bias like this iPhone rivals have no chance.
Waiting for GSMArena, their reviews are far more detailed and more importantly HONEST!
20. Stuffies12 (Posts: 5; Member since: 09 Dec 2011)
Light, durable and thin profile build quality, looks amazing, great screen, fantastic display, dedicated camera processor, quad core processor, keeping stock ICS elements instead of tossing them out with their own overlay and this phone gets a 7.8? I literally did not believe what I saw on my screen. I refreshed the page thinking it was a mistake. This deserves a 8.5 or 9. How does the 4s get a 9.5 and this get a 7.8? I am in total shock...and engadget reviewed this with their 1080p video at 30fps. Why is it 23fps here? This phone is brilliant in every way except for probably the battery life (which is the only thing engadget slammed down). Appalling review
48. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
The 4S got an 8.5.
50. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
so ? do you honestly think this deserves 7.8 ?
74. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
No 8.5 would have been the score i gave it. I haven't used the phone though.
25. iWallE (Posts: 48; Member since: 10 Oct 2011)
OK, I've never thought of a phonearena article or review as biased, despite some people constantly making such accusations. But this review really got me thinking. Not a word about the phone's ability to take photos and video at the same time. The processor and IPS display are barely mentioned. Yet there are long passages about 23fps video and some minor glitches in the browser that almost certainly will be fixed with an OTA update in the near future. And bashing the keyboard! That same Sense keyboard which on much smaller displays has been praised by many reviewers (including on this very site) as being the best one out there. I'm sorry but there's something in this review that's just not right. Positive things are not given enough attention or are not mentioned at all, while there is a strong intentional focus on the negatives. The reviewer has all right not to like the phone - it's a matter of opinion. But when writing what's supposed to be an objective review one should keep his personal feelings to himself as much as possible.
26. strikercho (banned) (Posts: 156; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Mmm, I'd rather say no. It is a nice device, but it's hard to call it a phone. It's too geek-orientated with this stupenduously large display, also the camera is rubbish, compared to the top ones in its class - N8, 808, 4S and GS2. The battery life also seems disappointing.
27. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
engadget loved this phone -_-
28. vishalms (Posts: 2; Member since: 19 Mar 2012)
beginning line.. "This is a review of the international HTC One X. In the U.S., thennphone will launch through AT&T and will be equipped with a dual-core processor and LTE."
DUAL core?? its quad core!
30. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
the usa version will in fact be dual-core using a 1.5ghz snapdragon s4.
HTC One XOS: Android 4.2.2 4.1 4.0.4 4.0.3
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|4.7 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) S-LCD 2
|8 megapixels
NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30, Quad-core, 1500 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9 processor
|5.29 x 2.75 x 0.35 inches
(134.36 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm)
4.59 oz (130 g)


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An Evening with Filmmaker Lloyd Kauffman
Redfern Arts Center - Putnam Theater
Friday, March 22, 2013 · 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Charleston County residents will have to wait until Saturday to find out whether school bus drivers will strike, but that's no longer a concern for Dorchester 2 or Beaufort County schools.
Union school bus drivers in Dorchester District 2 approved a contract offer from their employer, Durham School Services, on Tuesday, and Beaufort drivers did so Wednesday night.
Union school bus drivers in Charleston won't vote on their offer until Saturday. If union members turn down the deal, drivers would go on strike Monday morning, said L.D. Fletcher, president of Teamsters Local 509.
The union is waiting until Saturday to vote in Charleston because too many drivers couldn't be available for a weeknight meeting. Some drivers are in McClellanville and others are in Hollywood, and if they have after-school routes, they couldn't be available until late, Fletcher said.
Charleston school officials said they had not received any official communication from Durham or the union, and said they would wait to comment until they did.
Beaufort, Charleston and Dorchester 2 hired Durham School Services to employ bus drivers and manage bus routes. The union has been negotiating on behalf of drivers in each district since the summer, and the threat of a strike has loomed over the Lowcountry since mid-January.
In Dorchester 2, Superintendent Joe Pye said the deal ended weeks of uncertainty and inconvenience suffered by families and educators. He was thankful for the agreement and for the efforts everyone made to create contingency plans in the event of a strike.
"We appreciate the patience, understanding and support of parents as we all focused on the safety and welfare of our children during a difficult time," he said.
Union drivers in Dorchester 2 agreed to a five-year deal that will give them a 50-cent per hour raise the first year, and 45-cent per hour raises each of the following four years. Drivers also will have five paid holidays. This is the first time Dorchester 2 drivers have had a contract with Durham, and this is their first raise in three years, Fletcher said.
An average driver's salary had not been provided for Dorchester 2. In Charleston, drivers are making an average of $14.40 per hour, and drivers make an average of $14.65 in Beaufort.
Only three drivers in Dorchester 2 were opposed to the deal, and only four were opposed in Beaufort. Fletcher declined to say how many total drivers voted. He declined to give any details of the offer for Charleston or Beaufort drivers.
Durham School Services spokeswoman Carina Noble said the company had heard unofficially of the drivers' vote in Dorchester 2.
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In his new song, "A Better Place," Glen Campbell sings, "I need the ones I love Lord/More and more each day."
The lyric is more personal than the world knows: In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Campbell, 75, and his wife, Kim, reveal that the singer has Alzheimer's disease.
The couple have decided to go public with Glen's diagnosis because he's hoping to say farewell with a final slate of live performances this fall – and they want his fans to be aware of the musician's condition.
"Glen is still an awesome guitar player and singer," says Kim. "But if he flubs a lyric or gets confused on stage, I wouldn't want people to think, 'What's the matter with him? Is he drunk?' "
The Grammy-winner, whose "Rhinestone Cowboy" topped the charts in 1975, had been suffering from short-term memory loss for years, but the Alzheimer's diagnosis only came six months ago.
"I still love making music," says Campbell. "And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin."
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From a classical music standpoint, the Escher Quartet is a relatively young ensemble with plenty of potential. They've only been around since 2005 and have gone through a couple of membership changes, but the overall quality has remained high. This is a good thing and bodes well for the future.
As for the present, well, that was on display Tuesday night, as the most recent concert in the Buffalo Chamber Music Society's season gave patrons an audible sample of a talented and promising group of musicians.
The program was a mix of centuries and viewpoints, with the third of Mozart's six quartets dedicated to Haydn providing the lead and a base from which to develop the evening's structure. It's a marvelous piece, but the group seemed to get off to a slow start. While the notes were all there, the dramatic tension of the first movement Allegro was just a touch off.
It was as this section of the work ended that drama of a different kind was injected into the event, as a woman in the audience toppled onto the floor to the shock of her neighbors, and a call for a doctor rang out from Aaron Boyd, the Escher's second violinist. After a quick response from some members of the audience (and an EMT), the woman was escorted out of the hall and, based upon a conversation with a Society member, probably headed for home.
All of a sudden, as if a switch had been thrown, the quartet launched into the rest of Mozart's score with a seriousness of purpose that brought the whole into focus and turned the performance into something more bracing. This was when the concert gained impetus.
Benjamin Britten's final completed work, his G major string quartet, was next up on the program. Boyd, who took part in the preconcert talk along with the group's violist, Pierre Lapointe, and moderator Peter Hall, did a good job of laying out the work's movements for the audience before the musicians played. His talk of "duets" opening the piece and leading into an ostinato rhythm followed by the "austere and lonely" third movement, a "danse macabre" and a finale that quotes from Britten's opera "Death in Venice" was just the sort of thing to prep listeners for what was to come.
When Lapointe tossed in a comment relating the score to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, a close friend of Britten's, it all fit.
The feel of the Mozart quartet re: Haydn and the subtle instrumental shadings of Shostakovich's influence on Britten made for an interesting pairing.
The piano quintet by Amy Beach (aka Mrs. H.H.A. Beach) was next up, and featured the talented pianist Benjamin Hochman as the quartet's accompanist. Well, accompanist isn't probably the right word for Hochman's role in the performance. His treatment of the tense, emotional whipsaw between the opening adagio/allegro sections was spectacularly balanced within the context of the group.
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The eighth grade Christ Our King girls basketball team completed its second consecutive undefeated season in the Charleston-based Trident Basketball Association. Last year, the team was undefeated as seventh grade champions. This year's championship game was a battle against undefeated St. Andrews Middle School, of West Ashley. Christ Our King won 42-36.
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Tyrone upset Bishop Guilfoyle, 3-2, in the semifinals of the District 6 Class AA high school girls tennis team championships at Mansion Park on Monday.
The Lady Eagles got a singles win from individual District 6 Class AA runner-up Ema Jullenyoua and swept the doubles competition to earn a championship match at top-seeded Westmont Hilltop today at 4 p.m.
The teams of Shannon Gearhart and Abbey Crider and Hannah Klesius and Natalie Dumin were Tyrone's triumphant doubles teams.
Afton Dunkle and Brayley Lewis won singles matches for the Lady Marauders.
SINGLES: 1, Jullenyoua, T, def. Nazaruk, 6-2, 6-3; 2, Dunkle, BG, def. Wagner, 6-4, 6-4; 3, Lewis, BG, def. Padula, 6-1, 6-3.
DOUBLES: 1, Gearhart-Crider, T, def. Boslet-Stevens, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2; 2, Klesius-Dumin, T, def. Rudolf-Servello, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Records: Tyrone (8-8). Bishop Guilfoyle (7-7).
Bedford duo falls
Somerset's Sydney Geary and Hope Brock captured the District 5 doubles championship Monday, thanks to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 win over Bedford's Ericka Klavuhn and Amber Lafferty at The Summit Tennis & Racquet Club in Altoona.
Klavuhn and Lafferty advanced to the finals with a 10-7 win over Chestnut Ridge's Taylor Frazier and Jen Carthew in the semifinals. The Lady Bisons duo won their opener, 10-3, over Somerset's Bailey Stinebiser and Jenna Abramowich.
Frazier amd Carthew advanced to the semifinals for the Lady Lions by beating Windber's Cassie Wentz and Katie Shaffer, 10-8.
In other doubles action, Ridge's Amanda Kostyk and Angel Miller beat Bedford's Rachel Swartz and Victoria Williams, 10-7, in a first-round matchup. Miller and Kostyk then lost, 10-4, to Windber's Cate McClain and Dani Walsh.


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Dead fish washed up in Turtle Creek were not killed by West Nile aerial spraying, officials say
There have been a few comments on social media this morning about hundreds of dead fish in Highland Park and washed up near Turtle Creek.
Many are connecting the fish kill to Dallas County's spraying efforts to fight West Nile Virus.
"It has nothing to do with the aerial spraying," said Sheri Brown at the Highland Park Town Hall. "It was caused by the storm on Saturday."
Apparently, water levels in the creek rose and then quickly fell, stranding the fish onto the shore and killing them, said Greg Conley, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Kills and Spills team in Tyler.
Highland Park reported the fish kill to the department Sunday afternoon, Conley said.
"That usually happens in the summer," Conley said. "There's not a lot of flow in the creeks during the summer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area so there's a lack of oxygen."
Something similar happened last month when hot temperatures may have changed the oxygen level and killed off more than 100 fish in Turtle Creek, according to a report by our Melissa Repko.


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WVU big in the red
March 31, 2013
MORGANTOWN — Has Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin seen fit to look into what seems to be the worst turmoil athletically in many, many years at West Virginia University? I don't know. I'm just asking....
"I am not anti-WVU at all"
Tootsie, lets be honest.
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"It's WVU fans like you that I have a problem with. You constantly blame all of your actions on another school, conference or someone else"
Tootsie, where in the world did you come up with this nonsense. Please show me one instance where I EVER blamed another school or conference for any action. Just so we can get this straight, I blame the WVU leadership for what happens ,NO ONE ELSE. You are totally missing the point, especially in regard to Mickey Furfari. Unlike Mickey, I have and will support WVU athletics thru good and bad times. And please tell me "accountable" for what? Its obvious you have ZERO knowledge as to why WVU athletics is currently in the RED and Micky Furfari certainly knows WHY but his agenda is not the truth,but one of petty jealousy and vindictiveness.
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tootsie - you have no idea aout anything related to finances and college athletics. Within 4 years WVU will be getting around 30 mil a year from Tier 1/2/3 deals. Do you even know what that means? The Big East, where wVU just left, just renewed their contract which will pay their teams roughly 5 mil a year. HMMM 30 million or 5?? Tough choice huh?? Not to mention the licensing deal with IMG bringing in extra millions. Better to be in red for 1 year from the initial investment, then be in the red for the next 10 because you failed to invest in your program.
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realitycheck, I am not anti-WVU at all. It's WVU fans like you that I have a problem with. You constantly blame all of your actions on another school, conference or someone else, as opposed to standing up and taking responsibility for your own actions. Everyone has to be accountable, and it's time some of you WVU fans quit whining and getting mad at others for not agreeing with your comments. Again, thanks for Mickey's comments what if they are favorable to you or not.
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Tootsie2,Did I say I blamed Pitt,Syracuse or WVU's conference problems on anyone? WVU had no choice to do what they did. I'm not happy with where they are, my hope would have been the ACC. If Louisville had been selected to the Big 12 maybe WVU would have they welcomed into the ACC, however that was a big unknown and most people in the know think we were still behind Uconn for that invite. It's fairly obvious you are anti WVU. I could care less who you support. It's also very obvious you know very little about Mickey Furfari. I wonder if you were thanking Mickey when he was writing positive articles about WVU before he lost his place at the feeding trough.
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mountainrearbybirth, No one forced WVU's hand whatsoever. WVU out of embarrassment, for not getting an invite from the ACC, BIG10,or SEC decided to leave on their own for the BIG12, which will prove to be a costly mistake over time. Again, thanks to Mickey for his timely article. You WVU guys, just keep on blaming everyone else but yourselves.
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Well toots, perhaps you need a course in reading comprehension. I didn't blame sorrycuse or spitt, I stated that WVU's hand was forced by their action. Now run along toots; perhaps you can comprehend that.
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Realitycheck,why don't you make your remarks to "mountaineerbybirth" to refrain from blaming all your problems on PITT and SYRACUSE. Again, WVU fans have NEVER grown-up, you consistently blame your problems on everyone but yourselves. Thanks again Mickey for writing this story !
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Tootsie2, maybe you can't read. WV taxpayers do not pay ONE CENT to the WVU Athletic Dept., it is totally self sufficient. When athletes are given scholarships to WVU they are paid for by the Athletic Dept.,not by WVU or WV taxpayers.
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It's certainly not PITT or SYRACUSE fault WVU's sports department has a deficit, that is a ridiculous statement. But WVU fans blame all their problems on everyone else, so what's new. Mickey, thanks for keeping all the West Virginia tax payers informed!!!
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"Ticket prices have soared out of control, along with required gifts to the Mountaineer Athletic Club for the right to purchase tickets."
As someone who was born and raised in Morgantown I can tell you all you need to know about the pitiful and bitter Mickey Furfari. Mickey had it great when he was part of the "good ol boy" network. I have advice for Mickey, quit and stop attacking WVU and trying to turn people against Ollie Luck. I buy season tickets and contribute to the Mountaineer Athletic Club and I will CONTINUE to support the Mountaineers no matter who is the Athletic Director or who are the coaches.
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Earth to Mickey. Earth to Mickey. Come down to reality. WVU's hand to move to another conference was FORCED by Sorrycuse and Spitt when they defected to the ACC. All knew that there would be short term red ink but long term gain in the Big 12; and thank goodness WVU was not stuck in the train wreck that has become the Big East (soon to named something else).
Mr. Furfari, too, too many of your editorials over the past two or so years read as if they are sour grapes. Are you no longer an insider as your were with Mr. Pastilong, and you don't like it? Your diatribes against WVU are wearing thin with many of us in the WVU fan base. Perhaps you should just retire since you no longer grasp modern day college athletics (not saying I like what is happening today across the country but it is reality).
I strongly suspect that in two or three years you will be eating many of these words you have written. Be sure to have plenty of your condiment of choice around to help them go down.
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Apple iPad 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
battery life isn't much of a concern for these two tablets, seeing that they're able to provide us with at least one single day of normal usage on a full charge – and to us, they're above average. However, in our time using both, we find the iPad giving us a tad bit more juice. Well, that shouldn't be too much of a surprise considering it's packing an unbelievable 11,560 mAh battery – versus the 6,800 mAh one inside of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Sammy went through a lot in redesigning the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to beat the iPad 2 in terms of thinness, but with the new iPad, they're now in and over their head. Being the new kid on the block, the iPad has the advantage in many aspects because of its superior hardware, but even beyond that, it offers a lot of bang for the buck. Staring down at their starting prices, the LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is too bloated at $700 outright through Verizon, and honestly, it makes the $630 starting cost of the LTE enabled iPad so much more valuable. Frankly, the iPad's lower price point is enough to warrant a buy over its rival – especially when it's a premium tablet that's price super competitively. Also, the visual allure of the iPad's Retina display is more than enough justification to pick it up as well.
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1. ajac09 (Posts: 1481; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
yeah lets compare a tablet thats been out since last summer to one that was desgned to be better then it.., love apple fan boi sites. Why not compare it with the asus prime? scared?
4. bobfreking55 (Posts: 866; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
I agree, it would be more reasonable to compare it to the prime. A Tegra 2 Processor is obviously no match to the new TI OMAPS and Tegra 3 and Exynos (Note 10.1, but still)
Is there any valid reason why the 10.1, phonearena?
6. bobfreking55 (Posts: 866; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
i mean, yes LTE is not on the prime but please, the Transformers w/ LTE are coming.
34. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
And above all you are comparing the new ipad with the old galaxy tab with the old version of Android, what an Applefan comparizon !
19. robocopvn (Posts: 419; Member since: 10 Mar 2010)
LOL you're right. I thought it must be Ipad 2012 vs TF Prime =DDD. To be the obvious winner, I think the next review article will be Apple Ipad 3 vs Amazon kindle fire. =DDDDDD
23. theoak (Posts: 324; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
Considering the Tab 10.1 is the same price point as the "new" ... I see the comparison valid.
24. ajac09 (Posts: 1481; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
so lets also compare a beat up old car at that price to. Hey by your logic if its the same price the comparission should be valid.
29. theoak (Posts: 324; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
Ahh ... yes.
If you have $X. You have 2 cars with the owners asking $X. Would you not compare as to which car had the better engine, less mileage, better fuel economy, etc???
In this case ... Samsung needs to drop their price ... or folks will do exactly this ... compare the "New" with the "Tab" and figure out ... "Boy, I get more bang for the buck with the New."
39. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
not exactaly, you can find deals on the tab just about anyday, on Apple products, not so much.
33. JonGarrett (Posts: 29; Member since: 06 Aug 2011)
or lets compare the Galaxy Note to the iPhone 4S.
37. alx33 (Posts: 32; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
Isn't that exactly what happened to the iPad 2 when it was compared to the transformer prime a couple weeks ago? I'm not trying to be a fanboy, just trying to make a point
38. jogutier (Posts: 324; Member since: 12 Feb 2010)
Did Apple really create a square tablet and called it innovative. LMAO!
56. samp1800 (Posts: 2; Member since: 16 Jun 2012)
Totally true but I'm not scared of the acts prime lol
2. itsthenew (Posts: 13; Member since: 22 Oct 2010)
Maybe they tried but it kept rebooting.
3. mercorp (Posts: 1027; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
biased review.
5. f1r3z0r (Posts: 92; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
One year old table Vs a new tablet??? no point to do this such as comparison....
40. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
If the Samsung is so old and uncompetitive, why is it priced more than the iPad. Seriously, since copying the iPad a year ago, Samsung has not had a chance to copy the new iPad yet.
54. dinodxynez (Posts: 6; Member since: 21 Jul 2011)
Uh, I hate it when Apple fan boys keep saying Samsung "copied" Apple's iProduct... do you even know who supplied Apple with their screens? (including the one on the "new" iPad), do you know supplies Apple with processors? The answer to both questions is Samsung. Tell Apple to create their own technology and then maybe you have a point.
55. strikercho (banned) (Posts: 156; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Grow up, kids! Whose do you think is the technology for the A-processors, the Retina display, the iOS, etc., etc.? Samsung is just another mule for Apple. They use it because(for now) only this Asian company has the capacity to keep up with the volume demand for Apple parts. Today is Samshung, tomorrow will be Sharp and Toshiba, it does not matter. Jesus Christ, kids and internet...
57. samp1800 (Posts: 2; Member since: 16 Jun 2012)
What does this have to do with copying Samsung simply supplied apple with screens. And arm provides apple with processors where apple customizes them (underclocking and such). What c hack is saying is that apple made the touch screen tablet idea and other companies just used their ideas. (apple made the tablet idea in like 2003-2005 but made the iPhone first) and if Samsung creates high resolution displays, why dont they use them on their products?
7. bloodline (Posts: 706; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
LOL Wtf is this crap ??????? its like - lets compare the samsung galaxy s2 with the htc desire ......
Honestly, Phonesarena... wake up, this type of BS review will only do you harm. The review I would understand is, lets compare the ASUS transformer prime to the Ipad 3.
Awful reporting and reviews, extremely disappointing !!!!
45. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
R u serious where was the outrage when the ipad 2 faced the much new transformer prime and lost. Can we got some consistancy here. This is samsungs best tablet vs apple's best tablet so it a fair comparasion especially considering their priced the same. When the new tab comes out i am sure we will see an ipad vs that don't worry.
8. som (Posts: 768; Member since: 10 Nov 2009)
Pictures comparison between iPad3 and Galaxy Tab human eyes can't tell the different, so we have to wait for a new Galaxy Tab to make it a fair comparison with iPad3.
9. testman22 (Posts: 338; Member since: 03 Nov 2009)
I am by no means an apple fan boy, considering i've only owned android phones. However, I can't stand android tablets. I've had the motorola xoom, and the galaxy tab 10.1, and the OS in tablet form for whatever reason is extremely clunky. web browsing is realy a chore on my galaxy tab, and I truly believe Ipad blows them out of the water. On top of that is nearly impossible to find tablet apps for android whereas it is much simpler with many more choices on the ipad. So in my personal opinion, android is the smartphone king, and apple holds the title for tablets
13. bloodline (Posts: 706; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
have you tried the asus transformer prime ? maybe your right with older android but newer ones running 4.0 are wicked
41. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
They said the same thing about HC. Its just more lipstick on a pig. Androids VM needs a total rewrite to be competitive. But above all else it needs decent tablet apps.
More iPad apps have been updated for the retina display in less than a week than android tablet apps have been developed in the last year. Truly pathetic!
10. pooked (Posts: 56; Member since: 27 Jan 2012)
This comparison is an outrage and Chuck Norris does not approve, Current vs Current should be compared. I bet you they dont compare a DroidX with a Razer MAXXX. Whats the point?
11. itsthenew (Posts: 13; Member since: 22 Oct 2010)
Y'all ever think that maybe that they are comparing the two since the galaxy tab is one of the most popular Android tablets that's growing a bit long in the tooth, and the comparison is for people interested in what they have vs what just came out and if it's worth their dollar?
48. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
That's exactly what it is. It saddens me as to how many users are incapable of realizing something so simple.
12. GalaxyOptimus (Posts: 23; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Take it easy guys
Maybe (i)PhoneArena just want some revenge
you know about the just released iPhone 4s got beaten by the old Galaxy S II several months ago
26. rudlie (Posts: 205; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
huh? iphone 4s beaten by SGS2? r u sure? technically iphone 4s result below SGS2 because iphone 4s has 800mhz dualcore dan SGS2 has 1.2ghz dual core. and by the some benchmark iphone 4s definitely a winner.
47. strikercho (banned) (Posts: 156; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Exactly the opposite happened, mate. Change your specs! :)
14. darkkjedii (Posts: 21362; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
People will find any reason to thrash apple. Just complain,complain,complain just give it to apple for making a great tablet even better. The 10.1 is a beast too,both r very good. Tech sites do comparisons man. it's one of the best thing about these sites... Quit complaining,cuz your tab of choice doesn't win. Buy it anyway if u want it,and just enjoy it. People thrashed the new iPad,but I'm typing on mine,and loving it. Get a f**king life for crying out loud.
51. bucky (Posts: 2582; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
nah dude. i actually enjoy seeing all the insecure android die hards fighting amongst themselves and crying. kinda fun.
15. pandamaja (Posts: 16; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
I'm not trying to troll with this, but I went to best buy this weekend to check out the screen on the new ipad. I honestly couldn't see what the hubbub was about. They had three ipads out for viewing. I thought I was viewing an ipad 2 becaus this lady had one of the other ipads on lockdown. I figured that must be the ipad 3 because she wasn't leaving. It turns out they were all ipad 3's. I really couldn't see what the difference was in the screen. It would have been nice to be able to compare it to the ipad 2
18. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
lol i did the same thing yesterday...
i have the iPad 2 and wanted to see if it was worth me selling it to get the new one...
to the untrained eye... you really CANT tell a difference unless you already knew about the new screen...
the screen is amazing though i'm not gonna lie... but thats about it... no major changes to make it a MUST BUY if you have an iPad 2 already...
20. pandamaja (Posts: 16; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Yeah exactly. For the most part, the ipad has never studdered, hung up, etc. regardless of the processor and ram inside, and version of ipad. That makes the rest of the upgrade relatively irrelevant. The screen is the big upgrade and I just wasn't able to see the difference without direct comparison.
16. JDCohen722 (Posts: 39; Member since: 18 May 2011)
This is so biased phonearena, I honestly cannot believe it! And you made a big mistake, besides the fact that you compared a outdated tablet featuring last years technology to a brand new tablet, but you listed the new iPad as having a 1.5 GHz dual core processor, whereas it's common knowledge that the new iPad has the exact same 1 GHz dual core CPU, but just a new GPU, hence A5X... Surely compare current generation technology such as the new iPad vs the ASUS Transformer Prime, now that's fair, and fix your mistake!!
17. Muhannad (Posts: 455; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
Samsung needs to bring out the big guns. Super AMOLED+ tablet, 2GB of Ram, ICS, display with high pixel density (250+ Pixels per inch), and also quad core Exynos chipset clocked at 2Ghz. Also, with 4G LTE that can be used at any network in the world.
Too much?
21. weakenfalls (Posts: 5; Member since: 19 Mar 2012)
Ouch!!! Seriously though........are u kidding me dude Mr. Apple fan boy?............The Tab 10.1 has been out so long now that it seems to be vanished under the ring of the Asus Prime best android tablet in the market right now......let me say this to u buddy boy if you want to make a comparison that worth the time to write bout.....y don't u instead choose something more comparable, I mean y don't you put the prime vs. The so call new iPad and see what happen then. I have my prime since it came out....and I wouldn't even try to compare it to the iPad 2 and that my friend just bought the new iPad let me share this with u Mr. Apple man, brighter screen absolutely but besides that its all..........I can't really say the word, but u get my point.......my friend who's a hardcore apple fan boy said to me dude as much he hate android n the Asus prime....he had to admit that new iPad or whatever u want to call it can't be compare to the Asus prime.....so plz dude next time write something worth reading.....oh by the way did u attend apple press conference bout how much $ they have available ? They should cut u a check for trying buddy boy.........nice work!
22. drtech (banned) (Posts: 135; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
iPad wins easy! It beats every tablet on the market right now.
31. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
The only thing good about it is the display. And even then, most people can't tell the difference between the new iPad's display and the iPad 2's. The Transformer Prime probably would beat the new iPad in pure power. If you can tell the difference between the display, and you're an avid e-book reader, then yes; you could say the iPad is the best tablet at right now. However, just wait until the other manufacturers release their new flagship tablets for the year, and then the iPad will be out-shined by pretty much every high end tablet once again. But non-techy people will still think the iPad is the best, which is sad :/
43. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
The only people who jump on the Transformer bandwagon are the pure droidgeeks who measure everything by their CPU.
So what if the android OS is a sluggish, buggy pile? We'll put out a quad core CPU to try to compensate.
The fact is, if you ever used the new iPad, you would realize the new display makes a huge noticeable difference. So does the new camera and the GPU.
The new iPad is the most reponsive, best supported, best built tablet, with the best display and best camera. And it actually has a huge library of tablet apps, unlike the droidblets.
But it doesn't have aquad core cpu, whine, whine, whine.
50. weakenfalls (Posts: 5; Member since: 19 Mar 2012)
Droidblets......? Funny though.....5+5=10 right.....also 2+1+2+4+1= 10 also......u with me? Alright buddy boy 5+5= 10 is for u Mr. Apple tree climber, and 2+1+2+4+1= 10 is for android folks meaning we customizing stuffs and tech like......u on the other end hmmm let see what u do with your apple tree ? Nothing, nada, rien.........so yea droidblets makes u want to get into stuffs unlike your apple munchies.......fancy boy toy for simple folks......
25. greyhulk (Posts: 156; Member since: 30 Jun 2010)
The Transformer Prime is the first and probably only comparison that should have been done. Come on, guys.
27. rudlie (Posts: 205; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
search on youtube. new ipad has beating asus transformer prime for almost all benchmarks.
28. doubler86 (Posts: 320; Member since: 26 Jan 2011)
Jon V your still my favorite reviewer here for video reviews, but I do have a couple of request for the next comparison. Can you please keep the Android tablet on landscape. No one uses an android tablet in portrait because they are not designed to, just like iOS is designed to be in portrait. I know you have to zoom out a bit more but it gives for a much better comparison. You can even then compare aspect ratios if you want.
Second I think it's unfair to use the Samsung if its rooted. That was not touchwiz on it, which when I've compared roots, the one with touchwiz is faster. Plus you still have the ability to use the mini apps that touchwiz offers, which apple offers nothing that compares to it.
All in all of course like everyone else we knew the outcome of this comparison but I on the other hand do understand why it needed to be done. Right now in stores people are going in and trying to figure out which tablet to buy. Customers still buy the Samsung Galaxy Tablet over the Prime. Now granted the Prime isn't available as much but it doesn't come down to that. Samsung has marketed the Samsung Galaxy Tab more than the Asus Prime. So people come in for it more. And of course people come in for the New iPad because no one beats Apple in marketing. If they did, well that would be the end of Apple.
30. Habib (Posts: 114; Member since: 26 Feb 2011)
this is BS!
We want a good review, up to date with the latest devices! not an year old device
and also, galaxy tab starts from $539.99 for the 16gb of memory.
IDK where did the $699.9 come from?
35. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
This is an article worth 100+ comments. Honestly, I haven't read one Apple iPad article.
36. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
"Well, it's not to say that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 isn't a BAD looker"
44. WILDCAT1935 (Posts: 31; Member since: 23 Mar 2011)
Apple doesn't support flash. Samsung does.
46. strikercho (banned) (Posts: 156; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Well, another wipeout of Apple vs XXX korean/chinese/whatever brand. Good job, Apple!
49. mobileuser (Posts: 66; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
I think the information shown for the A5X processor is incorrect. According to other source such as gsmarena, the Ipad3 should have the same processor as the ipad 2. i.e) a 1 GHz arm cortex A-9 processor but with a powerVR SGX 543MP4 GPU, not a 1.5GHz as mentioned in their review. I think Phonearena should really verify the information before they write the review.
52. mspallz (Posts: 1; Member since: 21 Mar 2012)
i appriciate the sheer optimization that apple does, but that doesn't mean android sucks..android gives u freedom of customization..in this competetive world apple has still nt introduced flash for both camera as well as web browser..xDmay be a 12-core GPU offered by nVIDIA can do all work of an optimized quad core GPU of the new iPad..and the user interface in apple devices is a kind of nooby..i hate that..i love HTC sense 4 thats on HTC one X..and single core nokia n9 can do better than iphone 4(not in the field of apps)..phonearena, take outta ur mind that apple is god..its just another company in this smartphone and tablet rat race..be broadminded enough to accept the reality..
53. cheetah2k (Posts: 1579; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
How about comparing the Asus Transformer Prime with the iPad 3??
Oh and Apple, how the fcuk did you think the Galaxy tab looked anything like the ipad??? Must be blind, dumb or just effing stupid!


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on November 11, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Left over from last Thanksgiving: Evidence from Gentle Readers of how people concluded the holiday for gathering in warm fellowship to give thanks for the bounty received:
• "My sister went to great expense and labor to give Thanksgiving dinner. Although she did not ask the guests to bring anything, a couple of them brought wine and one guest brought a couple of cans of nuts, both taking the leftovers home. One guest told my sister in advance that she was going to take some leftovers for an ill friend, brought her own containers in which to put the leftovers, and took not only some for the friend but also some for herself. Another guest, without receiving an offer, just left with leftovers.
"My sister is extremely kindhearted and always makes way too much food. I told her that, next year, she should charge for takeout dinners."
• "My friend had provided all of the food for Thanksgiving, and the preparation for everything with the exception of the pies.
"When the dinner was over, a neighbor she had invited started carving the leftover bird. The hostess gave him a pie plate, thinking he would carve his portion of the meat and leave room on the plate for the potatoes, stuffing and vegetable to take home.
"Instead, he proceeded to carve away on the bird, filling the entire plate with just turkey meat. It was a large bird, 20 to 22 pounds. When the plate could hold no more turkey, he quit carving and took the plate home with him.
"My friend had intended to split up the remaining bird for herself to take to work the following week and to give some to me. What the neighbor left was barely enough for one or two meals."
• "We were asked to contribute to a lovely Thanksgiving dinner at the home of friends, and I made more than enough soup for the 18 people who were invited. After the dinner, I noticed that the hostess put the leftover soup into a container for her own use. She had her housekeeper clean my pot and gave me my empty pot as we were leaving."
• "I was asked to bring a rather specific bottle of wine, which I did, although it was rather costly. Once I got to the party, I found out that almost everyone had brought wine, almost all pricey imported bottles.
"The party lasted several hours, but during the course of the dinner my bottle of wine was never opened. As I was leaving, I was shocked that the hosts did not offer to return the wine to me. They kept not only my bottle, but also a few others' bottles that they had specifically requested us to bring.
This, while others who attended and brought only food were allowed to take their leftovers home."
A fine way to top off the day of giving thanks and sharing – squabbling over the leftovers.
These people are not starving, Miss Manners gathers; on the contrary, they are probably complaining of feeling overstuffed. They are not at soup kitchens, where they hope to stretch the holiday meal for an otherwise bleak next day.
Nor are they at restaurants, where they may ask to take home food they bought that would otherwise have to be thrown away.
They seem to have mistaken the holiday for Grabby Day.
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Dear Miss Manners: Lately I have had two (so-called) professionals in my home. While I am paying for their service, they have turned the professional conversation into political ranting.
I have strong political opinions and enjoy a good debate, but I didn't think it was in any way appropriate to get into a debate with someone I have hired.
What is a polite way to let someone know that I have opinions but don't want to discuss them?
Gentle Reader: Even if you agreed with their politics, Miss Manners would recommend saying, "Can we get back to going over my taxes?" or "fixing my toilet" or whatever it is that you are paying them to do.


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Ever since she was a little girl, Katie Stagliano knew how to make things grow.
Four years ago, Katie planted the seedling for a 40-pound cabbage that would end up making meals for hundreds of hungry people in her Summerville, S.C., community.
Now 14, she's been growing and feeding people ever since, with her nonprofit Katie's Krops that now seeds 55 kid-grown gardens in 21 states and produces thousands of pounds of vegetables.
In September, the cabbage that started her crusade landed the Pinewood Prep 8th grader in New York City – and in the company of President Bill Clinton, as one of six recipients of this year's Clinton Global Citizen Awards. "He's really into science," says Katie. "He talked to me about photosynthesis."
Katie works with groups addressing childhood health and nutrition issues and is part of an upcoming documentary Give Me Your Hungry. She's also been featured on the Great American Country cable network's Great American Heroes with Trace Adkins show.
"He's a country boy," says Katie of Adkins. "He makes fun of me and my mom for wearing gardening gloves."
Her now-famous cabbage seedling that she planted in her family's backyard made 275 meals (supplemented with ham and rice) at a homeless shelter in Katie's community.
Says Katie, "I thought, 'Wow, with one cabbage I helped feed that many people? I could do much more.' "
She started other gardens – in her subdivision, on donated land and on a field at school – seeded with donated plants and tended by school and community volunteers Katie recruited.
Those vegetables and volunteer networks have sprouted, feeding growing numbers of the needy. Her nonprofit, started in 2010, offers grants of garden center gift cards to fledgling gardeners ages 9-16 to start their own gardens, with a new grant application cycle that goes through Feb. 12. Katie hopes to eventually have gardens in all 50 states.
Katie is active in monthly suppers in Summerville, where kids cook vegetables from their gardens and feed anywhere from 50-150 people. A November dinner in a neighboring community transformed an elementary school into a restaurant for several hundred students and their families.
"A lot of these kids have never been to a real restaurant before and they're not really eating as healthy as they should be," she says.
Despite being thankful for the oversized vegetable that started it all, Katie offers a tiny admission: "I don't really eat cabbage that much. I know I'm supposed to probably love it but it's not one of my favorite vegetables," she says. "But I mean, it's not that bad."
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Katie Stagliano Feeds the Hungry Through Her Gardening Nonprofit
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Apple or hate it, it's impossible to deny that Apple knows how to
make a hit product. The company currently has the largest
market cap of any tech company in the world. After
returning from medical leave Apple CEO Steve Jobs returned swinging
for the fences, announcing the
iPad tablet computer in January. The iPad launched in Wi-Fi
form on April 3 (U.S.), in 3G
form on April 30 (U.S.), and finally in nine more
countries on
May 28.Apple quickly blazed through sales of 1
million and 2
million units, leading some analysts to predict it could
sell as many as 8
million units this year.It certainly looks like
that's a strong possibility, considering that Apple just sold its 3
millionth iPad on Monday, only 80 days after the device's
launch. Steve Jobs cheered the news, stating, "People are
loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives. We're
working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more
people around the world, including those in nine more countries next
month."With the iPad, the tablet has become a hot
new field of computing, which many say could rival netbooks
or even traditional PCs. After Apple's success many companies
have scrambled
to release tablets, but none of them have made it to market in
the U.S. yet.What makes the sales of the iPad particularly
impressive is that they were generated during the traditionally weak
summer months. Between back-to-school shopping and the holiday
season, Apple can anticipate sales to possibly rise in the near
term.Given this, we would raise the previous analyst
estimates and actually estimate that Apple will sell between 9
million and 11 million iPads this year.
quote: Pretty much everything Apple has come out with has been done beofre they thought of it they just have a monster marketing department & lots of people on the koolaid.
quote: As an example, my GF bitches constantly about the rooted android i bought for her (she wants her crapberry back)Why? Because all she wants is a simple texting machine. Is she stupid for not realizing how superior the android os is over the blackberry? No. She just wants the best and simplest product for what she uses it for.
quote: It's not about having a superior/inferior product, for most, it's sticking to the status quo because that's the easiest method. No thought process required.
quote: When purchasing a product, logic is required in order to pick the right product for your own needs, especially when that market is saturated with many fantastic choices.Unfortunately, for many, logic seems to find itself lost when most illiterate consumers purchase their products. So they base their decisions on what they know, i.e. marketing campaigns and hearsay, both of which Apple are profoundly known for.Their devices are household names. The names iPod and iPhone are what immediately come to the minds of the illiterate when talking about a device from their respective categories.Alternatives are usually a second thought/non thought, which is a shame really. Unfortunately, I can't see this changing any time soon. Say "Android" to the masses and they'll be wondering what the hell you're on about. The same goes for alternatives to the iPod.It's not about having a superior/inferior product, for most, it's sticking to the status quo because that's the easiest method. No thought process required.
quote: So then, what you're saying (in a nutshell), is that Apple products are designed for tech morons?
quote: The answers Techies come up are fairly predictable:- Apple consumers and users are idiots: Fooled by marketing and glitzy packaging the sheep can be sold everything.
quote: quote: So then, what you're saying (in a nutshell), is that Apple products are designed for tech morons?Thanks for confirming one of my points
quote: So you think that those masses use logic and consideration of other devices before making their choice?Marketing, hype and hearsay play no part in their decisions?How do these people make their purchasing decisions?
quote: Considering how tech oriented the world is becoming what you say just makes the future look more bleak for Apple. It also explains why Apple doesn't do so well in the rest of the world apart from the iPod. They actually have logic, memory, and the ability to learn. As a result, they've found other products far more suitable.
quote: Because Techies believe that these are the real reason people buy Apple products (other than the more obvious reason which is that consumers actually like them a lot) Techies also believe that this state of affairs cannot possibly last and therefore the final piece of the Techie response to Apple falls into place. Deranged by TAC Techies often come up with the most delusional statement of all - Apple is doomed.
quote: thanks for yet another lecture, oh great one.


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But his acting coach and friend Andrew McIlroy tells PEOPLE that the three pals who the 31-year-old spent time with on the evening of July 12 – before returning to his hotel room by himself in the early morning hours – were positive influences in the Glee star's life.
"They weren't strangers, they weren't bad guys. They were longtime sober friends. Cory knew them maybe 10 years. Essentially, he had spent time with [them] as sober people," McIlroy tells PEOPLE. "They were not using with him [that night]. There was no double life up here."
The last time McIlroy saw Monteith was a few weeks before he passed. "He was just recently out of rehab and he was good," he says. "He was happy to be breathing fresh air and putting in full days and being active."
Monteith was scheduled to have breakfast with McIlroy the morning he passed away. "He was fine, that's what's so awful," says McIlroy of how the three friends described Monteith's demeanor during their outing the night before. "The vigilance against using is nuts. If I or anyone understood the mindset nobody would ever slip."
Fans of Monteith may make donations in his name to three charities that were especially important to him: Project Limelight Society, which exposes youth living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to the arts; Virgin Unite, founded to support entrepreneurial efforts to better the world; and Chrysalis, which helps homeless and low-income individuals find employment.


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"Our program prepares future practitioners of the art and science of translation and interpreting to play a vital role in shaping the global society of the 21st century," Dávila-Montes said. (April 2014)
The University of Texas at Brownsville has been recognized by a nationwide magazine for its online education programs.
U.S. News & World Report released its 2014 U.S. News Best Online Programs rankings on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. UTB received rankings on three lists:
The University of Texas at Brownsville is in the list of 25 most affordable schools to study IT and Computer Science in the United States. The list was ranked by the SR Education Group, an online resource that publishes rankings of online schools. (January 2014)
Our graduates in this program are making tremendous impact both in education and in the corporate realm. (January 2012)
The College of Education's master's degree online program in educational technology was ranked 14th in Online Graduate Degree Programs in Education in the category of Student Services and Instructional Technology. (January 2012)
The College of Education Graduate Program in Educational Technology is Awarded Top National Education Ranking 2012 in the Category of Student Services and Instructional Technology out of 151 best universities. (January 2012)
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a rare variety of tropical arabian horses used primarily in the transportation of illegal drugs and other goodies
Keith: How much do you feed your loofah? It's so fat!
作者 Bambi Robin 2006年8月16日
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Similar to a sponge an is an object used to clean ones self. For this reason, many people incorporating loofah into their beauty regimen prefer to use it as a dry exfoliating brush before bathing, or to grind it and use it in exfoliating scrubs.
Lauren used the loofah in the shower.
作者 Christopher Turk 2008年4月18日
A distant cousin of the cucumber, used as a sponge.
alternate spellings: Loofa, Luffa or Lufa etc.
A distant cousin of the cucumber, used as a sponge.
alternate spellings: Loofa, Luffa or Lufa etc.
Bought me a new loofa today. Man, that thing is so soft.
作者 Jd 2004年5月03日
Another one of Bill O'Reilly's favorite shower toys
O'Reilly likes to stand behind his woman in the shower and use the loofah on her nice breasts before he rubs her p*ssy with a falafel
作者 neocon killer 2004年10月30日
The incorrect usage of the shower item known correctly as a "poof."
Also see loofa
Also see loofa
"Try using your tongue during meetings. Its like a bath and a loofah all in one."
From: www.dilbert.com
From: www.dilbert.com
作者 sproggle 2004年5月03日
A lukewarm feeling about something; mediocre
"I'm not sure about that color in the kitchen. I'm feeling very loofah about it."
作者 alliesueee 2009年9月28日


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Dear Hamilton Parents,
The Class of 2015 will be the final class to which we will offer the opportunity for Seniors to seek off-campus housing. A limited number of rising Seniors will be able to seek a waiver of the on-campus housing requirement and receive permission to live off-campus through a lottery process that will take place in February 2014.
Beginning with the Class of 2016, we will require all students (including Seniors) to live in on-campus housing. This change in policy is consistent with Hamilton's mission as a residential, liberal arts college, and reflects an increase in housing options for our students.
My staff and I would be happy to answer your questions.
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3 goals, 2 assists, +3 rating, 1 PP goal, 1 SH goal, 8 shots, 9 to 6 on faceoffs = BEASTLY game.
And a video of Z fighting for his hat trick goal should be replaying in the Wings dressing room for the rest of the year. That's how you battle to seal a win.
If he can do that against St Louis, ...


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A letter in the March 18, 2008, Tomahawk Leader:
To the Editor:
We would like to remind the voters of District 18 of the upcoming election on April 1. Our neighbor and friend, Curt Powell is seeking re-election as County Board supervisor. We find him to be a fair, intelligent and experienced man and would like to see him continue to serve our district and the people of Lincoln County.
Thank you,
Virginia Jach-Richards
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It's 6:22 pm and we're already back from trick or treating. I ordered Jimmy Johns delivery mostly because I wanted a pop so bad and don't have a car right now to go to a drive-thru. I told the kids they could have three pieces of candy before dinner.
We went from house to house in the daylight, and Gray just laughed and laughed at his friends and skipped along swinging his bucket. I met neighbors I've never known. This is good.
I am retreating again, to family and home and feeling distant from everything and everyone else. And it's kind of comforting? If we decide to have only one car I will be stuck here, but responsible feels better than a whole lot of other things.
I am so happy it's going to be November. If anything, to start with an empty cup. I know it will fill. Let me enjoy this. Can I just sit back and smile for a while. What if the only words I said were thank you. They are enough.
A man wrote in a notebook as each child came up for candy. Was it a tally of how many kids came by? Was he writing down which costumes he saw? I wish I'd asked. But it doesn't really matter. I don't need to know everything. My heart, my head are better off when I don't.
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A stereotypical 'nerd' usally a quiet, clever person who struggles to mix socially with anyone other than other skrints. Typically with glasses, big ears and a personality teachers and other respectable adults love. They can also be know as 'geeks' or 'loners'.
Look at that poor skrint I will go talk to him/her
מאת Shannon Hughes 5 באוקטובר, 2010
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Money, loose change or small increments of money
Dude, got 50 skrints?
I don't got enough skrints to get any snackages...
I don't got enough skrints to get any snackages...
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MIDDLEWAY - As a child growing up during World War II, retired Navy and Vietnam war veteran Robert Smith was fascinated by the cinema.
Every weekend, Smith, who was born in Charles Town and grew up in Washington, D.C., spent his free time at the movies, basking in the light of the silver screen and whatever the latest war film release happened to be.
"I must have went to the movies to see every war movie that ever was made in World War II. I loved them," Smith said. "I always knew that I was going to be in the military."
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A photograph taken during Smith's service during the Vietnam War shows Smith behind an M-60 machine gun on a river patrol boat.
Ironically, Smith, who served nearly two decades in the Navy before retiring, originally wanted to join the Marines. When the day came that he was finally old enough to enlist, a stroke of fate would lead him on his life's path. It was 1956 when Smith, still in his late teens, traveled to a joint Marine and Navy recruiting office in Alexandria, Va. His heart was set on enlisting in the Marines, but when he arrived he was told that the Marine recruiter was out to lunch.
"About a half hour went by or 45 minutes and (the Navy recruiter) started talking to me about the Navy. Finally I get up to check some of the posters he had hanging around the office, and he actually convinced me to go in the Navy," Smith said. "I filled out all the paperwork, took my examination and was going out the door when the Marine recruiter was coming back in."
Smith's first assignment was on the USS Rockbridge, and he would later be transferred to the USS Rankin. After Smith's initial four-year commitment was up, he decided to leave the Navy. After leaving, he met his wife of nearly 50 years and went back to his old job as a civilian. Smith was on his way to becoming a journeyman meat cutter with Safeway Food Stores when he decided that that the Navy was actually his life's calling.
After re-enlisting, he spent two years serving in Guam before returning to San Francisco where he re-enlisted again.
It was during his tenure of duty while serving on a repair tender ship for the Navy in the late 1960s that one day after a standing roll call he was informed that he had orders to go to Vietnam.
"My reaction was I was surprised because I was told in the beginning to expect a two-year tour on this particular ship, which never went anywhere," Smith said. "My wife was very surprised when I told her."
Smith was among a relatively small number of seamen, only about 300, first assigned to the Navy's river patrol boat division and would ultimately serve for 13 months between 1967 and 1968 on a Navy PBR river patrol boat in Vietnam.
After surviving training, which included 10 days in a simulated prisoner of war camp, he boarded a troop transport plane for the long flight to Saigon.
"After being there for three or four days they assigned everybody river divisions, and my division was River Division 532. It was down in the delta in a little town called My Tho," Smith said.
The river system that made up the Mekong Delta was of strategic importance to Viet Cong forces, who used the cover of night, the shoreline and Vietnamese water taxis called sampans to smuggle ammunition and other military supplies across the river into different areas of the delta.
Smith's crew would spend 12 hours each day patrolling the area of My Tho, working four days on and two days off.
"We had a lot special operations and we always got in firefights. Every day we got a couple rounds from the shoreline and then we had some serious ones as well," Smith said. "I guess I was in about 80 different firefights probably. Every time you turned around somebody was trying to shoot you."
It was a very traumatic experience for anyone, especially those in the river division who were constantly under fire, he said. One of the patrols' primary jobs was to stop and search Vietnamese sampans for any contraband.
"The VC, they were a very ruthless, treacherous group. We went alongside a water taxi one time, it wasn't very big, and they killed everybody. They went onto the taxi and killed them, women, kids - they even shot the pigs," Smith said.
The sight of the massacre was the most disturbing thing he experienced during his tour in Vietnam.
"It just shocks you so bad that people would kill their own people like that," he said.
Of course nothing can compare to the casualties the river patrol divisions sustained during combat operations in Vietnam. At the time, the Navy had a policy that each boat's four-man crew would sleep together in the same quarters in order to get to know each other better. After losing both an aft gunner and forward gunner during his 13-month tour, Smith said he wasn't sure if that was a such a good idea.
"It was bad. Like I said I was very thankful to get out of there," Smith said. "They told me you've got an hour before a chopper is going to come in and pick you up. I was packed in 15."
Smith knew well, unfortunately, that his homecoming probably wouldn't be greeted with the fanfare a returning veteran might expect.
Previously, during his service overseas, he landed in San Francisco for a weekend, traveling in a bus of returning servicemen through the Haight-Ashbury area before being taking to Treasure Island to be processed.
"They were spitting on us, throwing rocks at the bus, calling us baby killers, stuff like that. It was very, very bad," Smith said. "I'll always remember that."
After his service in Vietnam, which earned Smith a bronze star, he would continue his career in the Navy. Finally, after his career of service reached nearly two decades, with 17 years at sea on 11 different ships, Smith contemplated retiring.
"I would have stayed 30, but the separations (from family) were getting so bad," Smith said.
He officially retired with a rank of chief quartermaster E-7. After retiring from the service, Smith served as a police officer for 16 years with the U.S. Capitol Police until retiring from the force in 1993. He then served for 10 years in security at the U.S. Department of Justice before officially retiring in 2004. He returned to his native Jefferson County that same year after his son, a sergeant with the Metropolitan Police Department, moved to the county. Smith also has a daughter, two granddaughters and a grandson.
"It's been an interesting life, and if I had to do it all over again, I would definitely do it," Smith said.
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