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Holiday Smartphone Buyer's Guideby Vivek Gowri on 12/4/2010 5:00 AM EST
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TareX - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkActually, I think the best advice is to wait, since the new generation of dual-core smartphones is less than a month away. The era of HD flash-acceleration and dramatic battery life improvement is upon us.
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enealDC - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkI partly agree with you. Manufacturers and re/e-tailiers are trying to get rid of the previous gen smartphones. Even the great ones like the EVO before the next-gen phones and platforms arrive. But I don't see the promised land quite yet. Battery life will improve, but marginally and as always, users will have to decide what devices provides them their own suitable balance of performance and power consumption. Reply
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StormyParis - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkThe best advice is *always* to wait. Technology in general, mobiles in particular, are obsolete 6 months after they came out.
Unless something revolutionnary comes out (in my case, it would be a dock that morphs my phone into a very basic PC), I'll be getting a slightly outdated smartphone that fits my needs (huge screen, good sound, android) for a bargain, instead. Reply
vol7ron - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkAll comments pretty much on point, though it's not 6 months, I'd say it's closer to 9. Huge hardware revisions every year (like the iPhone) and by "obsolete", I'm sure you did not literally mean obsolete.
I'd still like an infrared transmitter on my phone so I could control the damn TV and DVD player.
My smartphone wishlist:
- infrared transmitter
- pico projector
- better sound
- larger screen (we bought the smartphone for a reason, if we didn't need the screen real-estate, we would be using mini phones).
My iPhone wishlist:
- same as above, but seriously, how many times are you going to refute Flash? Jobs has a personal vendetta that he's letting get in the way. If the new iPhone does not have flash come next July, I'm switching over.
- better software Reply
azmodean - Monday, December 06, 2010 - link> My smartphone wishlist:
> - infrared transmitter
I'm always confused from an engineering standpoint that every portable device with a half-way decent interface doesn't have an IR transmitter. We're talking literally a few cents of additional hardware, though admittedly designing around one more conveniently placed component in a phone enclosure may be non-trivial.
But then I put my cynical business-person hat on and I realize that they want remote control of your devices to be a "premium feature", and they haven't figured out how to make that a reality yet, so you get nothing.
Wonder how small I can make an IR emitter that attaches via micro-usb... Reply
iannet - Sunday, December 12, 2010 - linkThe Nokia N900 has a IR port, and it also has a great UI. I have one and love it. It even has better integration with Google Talk than Android; GTalk Voice and Video chat are supported by the built-in chat software. Reply
TareX - Sunday, December 05, 2010 - linkYeah you see but "waiting" now -as the best advice- is different than "waiting" for better technology in general.
I mean, these coming few weeks, stores and carriers will want to get rid of all heir old-gen hardware before the new gen rolls (Tegra 2, Orion...etc)
We're talking about a leap in battery life, performance, and general capabilities in mobile phones. The worst time to buy a current gen phone is when the new gen is days away (unless you're looking for the best price). Reply
blueboy_10 - Thursday, December 23, 2010 - linkTotally agreed. Why the hell get an Android phone now when you can get the lastest cutting-edge tech for a smartphone just mere months away. IMO, I wouldn't waste $200 on an Android phone, and then shell out another $200-250 for another phone 6 months down the road. Just doesn't make sense, but if I'm not tech-savvy, then I guess these phones will do. Just my 2 cents. - BLUEBOY Reply
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jalsa777 - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linki do not know your visitor's demographics...
But i am preety sure a lot of visitors are from outside the USA.
The article would be much better off if the phones were divided by segment or price band. Reply
StormyParis - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkAgreed. I dropped the article when I realized the structure made no sense to me. Reply
Brian Klug - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkHey Jalsa777,
Definitely see page 5 - we do realize that a huge percentage of readers aren't from American markets and are really trying to get a more global spread of devices in coverage as well.
The LG Optimus One is probably our first real international device, and we've got an N8 review coming too. I know we have assets moving into place in the UK to start covering devices in Europe as well, so it's definitely happening. ;)
-Brian Reply
Pataling - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkThe Palm Pre 2 should have got a mention in the unlocked/international section. Won't Anandtech be reviewing it anytime soon? It is a "developer's phone" after all. Reply
jordanclock - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkI found it strange that it was only mentioned in the ATT section. Since it isn't available through ATT, it really should have been put in the Unlocked/International section, unless for some reason it can't do any frequencies except for ATTs. Reply
Rick83 - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkYes, there are no cell network versions, but at their price points they offer quite a lot, and beg the question how apple and samsung end up charging the ridiculous amounts the do, for their hardware (which should be cheaper than netbooks, not more expensive...yay status-symbol-markup)
It is them that also, more than a year ago, put one of the first Android Tablets on the market (my Archos 5 IT is a year old now....) and now they even made the move to capacitive touch screens (though I still prefer resistive....).
Anyway, their 70 and 101 models should be at least worth a mention, as they are actual products, and probably enjoy a bigger market share than the ViewSonic.
And not even listing Archos with the "also ran"? That's really questionable...
So anyway, if you're looking for a tablet for serious work, and not as a status symbol, give the Archos 70 a good look....USB host available via cheap adapter, priced low, connects via standard USB cable, HDMI out, micro SD.... Though apparently you give up 3g (...well, mifi is an option, or BT tethering to your cellphone) and GPS (that might hurt if you plan to use it for navigation...though 7 inch is a bit large for that kind of thing anyway.
Oh and there's a 10 incher as well, for a similar price. Reply
Skott - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkYes, I don't understand why they didn't look at Archos as well. Perhaps because they are not as big of a company as the others? That new Archos 101 (10.1) just released recently and if anything has a chance of matching or surpassing the iPad it would be it. It uses the newer version of FROYO 2.2. At $299 its very competitively priced. Reply
VivekGowri - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkYou actually can't get the 101 or the 70 in the US yet, but yeah I did forget to mention them. I was really determined not to mention the Archos 9 PCtablet, since I've played with that a few times and found it a major disappointment (performance and resistive touchscreen, amongst other things). I'll probably add in a mention of the 101, cause that does have a really good price on the low end (the 16GB ends up pretty close to the Viewsonic, which is a lot more powerful.) Reply
Roland00Address - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkMake sure you do a mini review before and after you root the device. I am just wondering how useful the device will be with no app support. Reply
DigitalFreak - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkI bought a Viewsonic G tablet this past week. The stock software is ok, but not great. The latest update includes the Handigo app store, which is better than nothing but not anywhere near the Android Market.
Where this device really shines is with the alternate roms. TNT Lite seems to be the best at the moment. It replaces the interface with the stock Android UI. There's hack that gets you the full Android Market and Flash support as well. Unfortunately, Android 2.2 doesn't support multi-core, so you're stuck using 1/2 the processing power of Tegra 2. Hopefully 2.3 will add that. Even with 2.2, it's still a fast device.
If you plan on keeping the G tab stock, then it's merely ok. If you like tweaking though, it's definitely worth the money. XDA has an forum dedicated to it. Reply
DigitalFreak - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkForgot to mention that there is also a dock coming, with HDMI out, USB and an Ethernet port. Reply
VivekGowri - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkYou can still sideload apps, so it's not a huge deal. You can seriously just go download the .apk from the internet, toss it onto the SD card and install off there. The problem with that is that some of the apps don't work too well - I couldn't get Angry Birds to run properly for some reason.
Just IMO here - the stock software is NOT okay. It's basically ruining the device, for me at least. It's such a slow UI....I can deal with UI skins that don't lag down the system, like on the Galaxy Tab or the HTC Sense stuff, but man, this thing is slow - I've got dual A9's and it feels slower than the freaking ARM11 phones.
XDA is awesome, I've been looking at their section for the G-Tablet recently. I'll probably have a performance preview up within the next couple of days, but the full review is going to have to wait until after the Galaxy Tab review, so I'll probably look into TNT Lite.
The G-Tablet really does look like the hackers dream, but I've got a question, am I the only one that thinks it has a pretty woeful screen (especially next to the iPad)? Reply
strikeback03 - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkHaven't seen one in person, but based on the preview hands-on over at androidcentral I have to agree, horrid viewing angles on the screen and lag that could be measured in multiple seconds in interacting with the OS. And apparently it was even more unusable with the first shipping software revision, IIRC there have already been updates. Reply
jonup - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkGuys, while I understand the noise around the flagships of the major phone manufacturers/brands is there a chance that we will see reviews/recommendations for some smaller, lighter and more elegant phones? I just picked up X3-02 and so far I am loving it. (I wish I didn't have to work 60+ hours and getting ready for some finals :( ) I paid for it more than some of your higher end offerings just because I don't want to hoe all the extra weight. Maybe you can review even some Vertu phones!?
That said I understand it is a niche market and most people on the street would not care because they have not been bombarded with countless commercials everyday, but for those of us that care about looks, texture and quality of materials, we still want to get a feature rich device as much as the physical dimensions allow for. It will be nice to know how they stack up against the big phones.
p.s. I also prefer Longines to Breitling ;) Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, December 05, 2010 - linkThey're less fashionable, but feature phones still make up roughly half the phones sold, so a reasonable case could be made to cover some of the higher end models. Reply
G-Man - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - link"It'd be completely disingenuous if we had a myopic, USA-centric world view, and we're actively working on getting a more international spread of devices whenever possible that's of interest to everyone."
You have no idea how awesome Anandtech is for realising this (no sarcasm). So many other sites forget this. Thank you. Reply
Hrel - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkYou guys REALLY need to start getting some Archos hardware in shop to test out. Reply
AuDioFreaK39 - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - linkExcellent article Vivek and Brian! I just spotted one apparent issue with a technical specification. On the very last page regarding tablets, the BlackBerry Playbook was announced to feature a 7-inch 1024x600 screen, not a 10-inch screen. Hopefully this can be corrected, thanks in advance. Reply
VivekGowri - Sunday, December 05, 2010 - linkRiiiiiight. My bad, thanks for catching that! Reply
Galcobar - Saturday, December 04, 2010 - link
RIM has also debuted a 10" tablet, called the PlayBook, with a completely new OS.
Actually, the PlayBook is a 16:9, 7" screen, device itself is 5.1" x 7.6" x 0.4" (130mm x 194mm x 10mm). Reply
ThomasA - Sunday, December 05, 2010 - linkCheck that US Cellular (limited regions) is a selling a CDMA version of the HTC Desire. Too bad they won't sell it outside their small coverage areas. Reply
synaesthetic - Sunday, December 05, 2010 - linkMy girlfriend bought a Charm. We ended up returning it within three days. The screen is absolutely atrocious for a smartphone, even a budget model. I've seen cheap Virgin Mobile featurephones with prettier screens. We ended up buying her a myTouch Slide instead, which could also make use of the wonderful Cyanogenmod 6.
I was especially appalled using the Charm because I am a Vibrant owner, so it was like a trip back to the smartphone dark ages! Reply
sykorius - Sunday, December 05, 2010 - linkThis article needs some editing - even though the phones were broken down in the carrier segments and unlocked/international portions, the phones were not themselves formatted in easily recognizable outline/title context. An editor would have pointed this out and emphasized the name of the phones in a bold/increase sized font title format alongside the pictures. Also, the site has been established for several years now, but the amateurish journalism still persists. The authors wrote "RIM brought BlackBerry 6 to market with AT&T in the form of the BlackBerry Torch 9800, a device that I honestly found very usable." The authors are suppose to be credible and suppose to be an authority on the technology subject matter, readers do not want your honesty - it's already expected and you are just being redundant with the sentence. More importantly, readers want to make their own judgment of the devices by the facts you state when using the phones, ie, responsiveness of the touch screen, call quality, phone camera & video recording, and other phone feature pros and cons. A better choice of words would be "to be candid" or "to be frank". Get a real editor to look over your articles before the final version is up on the site. Reply
fausto412 - Sunday, December 05, 2010 - linkwhere is my beloved anandtech.com? Reply
silverblue - Monday, December 06, 2010 - link...but the Galaxy S should have Froyo, at least we do throughout Europe. Reply
strikeback03 - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkBlame the carriers, most likely. Whatever the reason, official updates have not yet been pushed out. Reply
jah1subs - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkEveryone of your phone choices is what I would call a chocolate bar because it is thinner than the old style "candybar" form factor. Personally, I prefer to use a clamshell phone and, even in elementary school, my parents received messages home from the teacher that I needed to develop motor skills. The situation is worse now since my fingers are bigger, so I prefer a real keyboard which means that I am most interested in the new Blackberry Style.
Since Sprint has an antenna within sight of my home office window, I prefer Sprint service.
I like the ease of use of the menu system on Blackberry BB OS 4.5 once I click on an icon. I want the improved browser and other features in BB OS 6 and hope that the menu system has been kept in OS 6.
The only advance that I have seen for the user interface in the last 5 years is the less busy home screen on Windows 7. I want a phone that I do NOT have to keep looking at. Reply
jah1subs - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkdevelop FINE motor skills. Reply
GotThumbs - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkI was really disappointed about the very brief mention of the Notion Ink - Adam. Their tablet is poised to be the IPAD killer. Competitive pricing and way more features than the IPAD. No need to purchase accessory cables for SD cards, USB, etc.
I fit in the category of APPLE haters. not just the IPAD but the company as a whole. Their true colors showed when Jobs blamed a customer 'your holding it wrong'. So egotistic, that He is right and everyone else is wrong. I think APPLE is even worse than MICROSOFT was in the 80's and 90's. The ADAM even has an energy saving feature with the Pixel QI display, but no mention about it. I will agree that APPLE is creative and thier computers look pretty. But why would you pay 1,000 or more for a laptop with a two year old processor. SSD is not unique to APPLE and may PC'rs have already updated their laptops and pc's with SSD drives. Apple really only wows the uneducated public. Guess thats why they have to teach them how to hold a cell phone. Anyway. I'm keeping a close eye out for the ADAM. Just Google Notion Ink Adam to really get excited about the tablet market. Reply
GotThumbs - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkForgot to mention HDMI connection built in....no accessory cable purchase needed. Reply
VivekGowri - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkTrust me, I'm a fan of the Adam and have been following it pretty closely ever since CES last year. As an Indian, I'm pretty psyched about the potential for an electronics boom happening in India. However, until it gets closer to shipping, it's only worth a mention. I have the Viewsonic and the Galaxy Tab in hand, which is why I wrote more about them, Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - linkWhile I also am an Apple hater, the iPad is shipping now, while the Adam still only qualifies as vaporware. So while the whole Android tablet market is poised to grow, and almost certainly some better designs than the Galaxy Tab and host of cheap iPad knockoffs will be coming, if you are looking to give or get one this holiday season your choices are relatively limited. Reply
quickbunnie - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkCouple of minor errors:
The Samsung Epic 4G does have an LED flash.
Also, while there are no reports of OTA pushes for FROYO on the Epic 4g, a signed (no rooting needed) FROYO build is sitting on Google's servers:
Rename to update.zip (make sure windows is showing extensions), put the file on your SD card "root" folder, boot in recovery mode and hit the update.
FROYO v2.2.1 on Epic 4G goodness.
Mixed reports on GPS - seems its either working or not at all with this update. Also, it breaks MediaHub, which requires a workaround to get functional again. Reply
SilthDraeth - Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - linkExactly, I kept looking at my epic wondering if that isn't an LED Flash then why the heck does it flash when I take pictures?
Maybe it isn't LED? Nah, just an error I guess.
And dangit, I just updated to dl18, I need to update to dk28. If I run the update the way you stated, will I lose my contacts, and installed applications? Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - linkSamsung has recommended not using that update anyway (http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-says-froyo-ep... though the choice is up to you Reply
ssj4Gogeta - Monday, December 06, 2010 - linkHey Brian,
I wonder why you didn't recommend the international Galaxy S version in the international segment. It's similar to the US Galaxy S versions but trades camera flash for a front camera. Reply
Dodger52 - Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - linkWhy do all you techblogs get it wrong and don't get your facts right.!!!
The blackberry Torch is powered by a new generation PXA 940 built using the 45nm process
http://translate.google.nl/translate?js=n&prev... Reply
Mook1e - Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - linkYou mention the wrong model (or carrier) when talking about the Captivate. If you've used the other models, they would be on Verizon and T-Mobile, not AT&T and T-Mobile. Also, your sentence regarding the flash implies that the Epic doesn't have a flash, when it does.
Also, the Epic hasn't been priced at $249.99 on Amazon for months now. It was actually $99.99 for a while (It's currently $149.99) Reply
jed22281 - Wednesday, December 08, 2010 - linkAgreed Re the N900 in the international/unlocked category....
Very happy camper, the possibilities really are limitless on this device, I'm surprised on an almost daily basis. Reply
asliarun - Thursday, December 09, 2010 - linkI've been visiting Anandtech for many many years now, and have come to place a lot of trust and reliance on most of the articles.
While I am not disappointed with what was IN this article (which was well analyzed and written), I am more disappointed with what was NOT in the article.
Firstly, I had expected this smartphone buyer's guide to be similar to the PC guide - I had definitely expected much more than 1 page worth of content for non-US visitors. I had mainly expected to see recommendations in various price points (budget, price-performance, high-end), detailed breakdown of strengths and weaknesses of key contenders in each segment, and at the very least 3-4 options in each segment along with their price points. A tabular analysis of the various contenders would have, for example, worked very well.
I normally hesitate to write a critical comment as it is easy to criticize as opposed to doing something. I do understand that it takes time and effort to analyze a large number of phones. But man, you have high standards to live up to! This is what separates AT from the thousands of other so-called tech review websites. I'm sorry to say but there is a marked difference in the quality of articles and quality of analysis written by Anand and other senior members and some of the other articles that I am reading nowadays.
Please take this constructively. I am not dissing you guys, but only telling you how you could continue to "wow" loyal readers such as myself. One more thing: you don't always need to do a PhD in every device before being able to write about it. You can, for example, easily do a comparison of the top 10 or 15 Android phones on the basis of various parameters that are relevant to buyers such as speed/responsiveness, battery life, display quality, camera quality, construction quality, price, usability, etc.
Basically, what I want to be able to read a "guide" article on Anandtech, and be able to make an informed purchase decision after reading it, and/or become more knowledgeable about the subject. Please help. There are hardly any such websites nowadays that I can put my trust in nowadays. Reply
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NVIDIA's New F2P Bundle: The First Hit Is Freeby Jarred Walton on 2/11/2013 1:35 PM EST
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xaueious - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkWould much rather have a lower price on the cards themselves. Reply
Skidmarks - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkI couldn't agree more. None of these titles are up my alley anyway so it's not much of an upgrading incentive to srart with. I'm still quite happy with my GTX 570. It plays all of the later releases @ 1080p with no sweat even with all the eye candy turned all the way up. I'll give the 6 series of card a skip & wait to see what the 7 series brings. Reply
A5 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkThey aren't paying anywhere near full price for the IGC bundled. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkI wouldn't be surprised if most of the F2P companies would be happy to give away $25 of in-game content just in the hopes of getting someone hooked. Reply
A5 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkThat's true as well. Sony does 3x IGC days/weekends (aka get "$15" worth of IGC for $5) every 2-3 months, so this probably isn't much different. Reply
Proxicon - Thursday, February 14, 2013 - linkEspecially when it costs you essentially nada to do it..
heck, give them "50 dollars worth" of goods if it gets em hooked! Reply
Sabresiberian - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkI agree; a game bundle has never factored into my purchase decision, even if I want the game. Give me $30 off the price (no mail-in rebates please) instead of a $60 game. Reply
Bob Todd - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkWhile I think at a high level almost everyone would generally prefer a) direct discount, b) rebate, c) bundles like these, in that order, I think it's a bit of a stretch to suggest that they can't heavily influence a purchase decision if the games are good. This is especially true for pre-release games that people won't already own. I was casually looking at a 7870. I want Bioshock. The same thing that would have cost me $285 is now going to cost me $215, and I get another decent game for free (might have been a Steam purchase a year later for $10). If you know you are going to buy the game shortly after launch anyway, the bundles are absolutely a good value. And I'd rather have Bioshock (even without Tomb Raider) than $30 off the card since it would indisputably keep another $30 in my pocket. The key is the game selection. Usually the free games suck and you end up stuff like Nexuiz and very little in the way of buyer motivation. The Never Settle Reloaded bundle on the other hand is going to move some serious merchandise. And finance wise, AMD/Nvidia are only paying a fraction of the retail cost for anything they are bundling, so these make way more sense for them than sizable discounts. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, February 14, 2013 - linkThe penny pinching professional whining red tampons cannot add two single digit whole numbers together and get an answer they comprehend, so forget it. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, February 14, 2013 - link
Any card for 120 as good as the nVidia 650ti out there ?
How is just the card even at 140 not good bang for the buck ?
It kills all eyefinity amd crap anywhere near that price point. Reply
arnavvdesai - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkI rather have single player games to be honest. These things barely count in terms of game content even with '25$' worth of stuff. Reply
A5 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkSaying you prefer single-player games is fine, but saying these games don't have content is just silly. Anyone who likes BF3 should give PS2 a shot. It's not a bad game. Reply
Sabresiberian - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkWhile I agree these games are better than the average F2P made in the past, they are still F2P oriented. They are about inviting in casual players to play easy content; players who have little or no personal investment in the game and see nothing wrong with buying a piece of gear for real money. The word "earn" is sneered at, as well as the concept of "skill".
And, I don't think the kind of player interested in these games is very unlikely to be interested in a GTX 660 or better. They play on their $500 computers with their $80 LCDs and are quite happy to do so. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but it seems to me that the focus of this marketing is to provide the appearance of a bundle, but it is one that will get little use, meaning Nvidia won't be paying much for it. Looks to me like they are trying to save money rather than provide any real value. Reply
Broheim - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkI'm guessing you've never played planetside 2..
there's nothing easy about planetside 2 and it's not all that casual gamer friendly, one of the biggest complaint newcomers have is that there's absolutely no handholding, you just get dropped into the biggest fight on the server and have to stand on your own two legs.
there's also no pay2win, the two things you can only get using real money is camo/vanity stuff that doesn't really affect the gameplay and boosts that for a limited time increases your ressource or xp gain. All weapons can be bought using real money or ingame earned currency (called certs), upgrades to your weapons, class or vehicles (which is the really important stuff) can only be purchased with certs.
imo ps2 takes more skill than, say, counter strike, because it's not just a matter of who's the twitchiest player. It's an open world with endless possiblities, tactics go way beyond just "you go this way and I'll go this way".
also, good luck play planetside on your $500 computer, it's not gonna make for an enjoyable experience, my OC'ed 3770k and HD7950 has to work for it, even just on high settings. Reply
WeaselITB - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkI was going to echo a similar sentiment. I'm an avid player of both "casual" (lol) games like PlanetSide 2 and World of Tanks, as well as more "hardcore" (lol) games like BF3 or Far Cry 3.
Sorry that I and my GTX 670 don't fit your supposed target demographic for this game, Sabresiberian. Reply
WeaselITB - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkMind you, I'm not saying the *bundle* is a great deal, just saying that these aren't Farmville-esque F2P games ... Reply
Broheim - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkyeah the bundle is kind of silly if you ask me, I mean, if I were on the market for a new gpu I might give this a second thought because at this point I pretty much only play ps2, but very, very few people (more like nobody) will buy a nvidia card just because of this bundle.
on the other hand, the people that do pick up up a new nvidia card will probably be more inclined to try out the games in the bundle so it's more of a win for the studios. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, February 14, 2013 - linkBut of course the clueless morons here can't figure... their brains stuck on slow or reverse as usual. Reply
hughlle - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkFunny, because while i agree about the advanced nature of the gameplay, my 2.4ghz q6600, 4gb of ram, and ati 4850 play it just fine and it looks great. Sure it could look better, like with say far cry 3, but it still looks just absolutely fantastic and is completely playable :) Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, February 14, 2013 - linkThank you amd fanboy.
Of course your amd card plays it great. Reply
qzyxya - Friday, February 15, 2013 - linkWhat the fuck are you saying. Hes not a fanboy he just has a shitty old computer. Reply
stm1185 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkIf Techpowerup is to be believed,
No new AMD GPUs for almost all of 2013. Then on the Nvidia side I have been hearing about Titan, but I think Titan wouldn't launch unless Nvidia is delaying it's next gen, because of Titan's size and cost and relative performance compared to potential next gen parts.
This is looking like a really dry year, and a year in which I plan to upgrade with my Tax Return. Sadly it looks like my 560ti is getting replaced with a 7970 ghz edition, it's not the GTX780 I wanted and IMO DESERVE, but with 2 games I was going to buy anyway, Crysis 3 and Bioshock, it's a much better deal then the GTX 680 and its free 2 play crap points. Reply
Homeles - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkTPU's source is straight from the horse's mouth. Those are official AMD slides. Reply
Hume - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkYeah, because those are EXACTLY the games I want to play first with a new mid to high-end graphics card purchase... /end sarcasm.
At least with retail games you can re-sell the game codes on EBAY as another form of rebate.
They should offer a game that runs at 60 fps at max settings for whatever card you are purchasing, so older games for lesser cards, and newer games for more powerful cards. Reply
A5 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkYou'll probably be able to sell the codes for this stuff, too. Reply
thesavvymage - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkidk, I feel like these codes would be a PITA to sell. Hardly anybody would trust you. If they were easy to sell, I would totally buy a gtx 660 and sell each 50$ card for 30 bucks. Would mind a 660 for about 120$. Reply
thesavvymage - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkwouldnt** need a edit button. Reply
MadAd - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkHave you tried Planetside 2? Obviously not, its a beast on high, never mind the unofficial ultra settings. Its a little more forgiving on slightly older cards if you just want to play and dont mind reducing the settings but a latest gen cpu is almost mandatory.
Give the game time tho, its been released barely 2 months and major patch #2 just hit, its more like buggyside 2 right now but the devs are troopers and actually interact with the community, often daily.
Its a free to play game, so try it out for nothing, and the devs are committed to only allowing this card money you get (or can be bought with cash) to assist you, but any weapon can be bought with certs earned ingame too ... its truly not pay2win in that respect and its nice to see them do that.
Lastly where else in the PC FPS gaming can you find battles of literally hundreds of players battling over one base (the Crown) while the rest of the map (up to 2000 players per server) is alive with tanks, aircraft and land troops alike? Its unique in gaming right now, 64 players or less was boring the life out of me tbh. Reply
Homeles - Monday, February 11, 2013 - link"Yeah, because those are EXACTLY the games I want to play first with a new mid to high-end graphics card purchase... /end sarcasm."
Have you ever heard of the phrase "don't knock it until you try it?" Just because it's Free to Play does not mean it's garbage.
Keep your caviar tastes to yourself. Reply
JeffFlanagan - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkscam ever! Whoever thought of selling virtual goods for real cash was a grifting genius. Reply
A5 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkIf that's your logic, every piece of software ever is a scam. Reply
WeaselITB - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - link+1 to you, A5, for your sound logic. I'm happy someone else thinks similarly. Reply
juampavalverde - Monday, February 11, 2013 - link2 unknowns and one free to play? cmon nvidia, dont be skimpy, even amd is giving more valuable games on the bundle. Reply
A5 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkThose are all F2P games. I don't know about Hawken, but WOT and PS2 are both pretty good.
Also, NV's bundle doesn't have to be as good because they sell more than AMD. Just saying. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkI've heard of all three, and all three seem to be reasonably popular. Not to mention they're ALL free to play. But I'm curious: which games are the "unknowns" on the list in your book?
World of Tanks has 45 million players registered worldwide, so even if we say only 10% are active that would be 4.5 million -- that's pretty much a runaway success in the gaming industry.
Arguably the best known of the games in the US, Planetside 2, comes up with just over 3 million accounts at present. It's about two months old, so that's a pretty good number for just two months.
Hawken is the game with the fewest accounts it seems, but again it's relatively young (launched Dec. 12, 2012) and there are plenty of people that like mech games so I expect it to do reasonably well. I couldn't find any accurate player counts anywhere, but there are only 15K or so user accounts at PlayHawken.com -- if that's their total player base, they're in trouble. Reply
Bob Todd - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkI was contemplating setting up an Eyefinity system (for desktop use, not a true 5760x1080 CrossFire system for gaming), but wanted to see what kind of game bundle Nvidia countered with. I'm glad they answered quickly, but I have no interest in this. A 7870 with Bioshock and Tomb Raider on the other hand is interesting to me. I want the former game, worst case I'd sell the code for the latter. Hell I even thought about picking up a 7850 1GB too for the HTPC. It would be a really nice card for ~$70 after a trip to eBay to sell both the codes. Now my only sticking point is wondering if I'd really enjoy streaming gaming to a SHIELD... Reply
thesavvymage - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkDo you think the game codes would sell? I feel like people would be skeptical buying game codes on ebay, and I know ebay has buyer protection but what about seller? I would hate to sell a code, have them register it, and then file with ebay saying it was already used and get my money taken back... Reply
Bob Todd - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkCodes for the 3 games in the AMD bundle would definitely sell. Steam codes end up for sale on eBay all the time. Getting ripped off by the buyer is a legitimate concern, but that's true of selling anything. We'd all prefer direct rebates to worrying about flipping some portion of the transaction, but nobody is going to sell me a new 7850 with a lifetime warranty for under $100 :). Technically you should be able to resell the Nvidia codes too, I'm just not convinced the market for reselling in-game cash for existing F2P games is as big as the market to gobble up AAA titles that aren't even available yet. You can likely resell either bundle, you'll probably just get back more of the code's value for the retail games. There's several Never Settle bundles up at a certain auction site now, you can always watch a few to see where the bidding ends up. I'm not a big gamer so I don't follow bundles very closely, but the AMD one definitely got my attention for perceived "value" of the games. This Nvidia bundle only got a chuckle. Reply
Bob Todd - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkEdit: Never mind on the potential of selling just 1 of the codes. Finally bothered to look at the pic of the back of the coupon on Newegg. Reply
sirroman - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkYES! Now I can finally try those sweet F2P games! This is a steal!!!!
Seriously. This bundle is a joke.
It's just way better to buy a 7900 card, get 3 games, try those 3 F2P games with roughly the same performance (except for PhysX, maybe?) AND if I ever feel I want to really sink on one of those F2P games I can chose which one I find better suited for my taste AND THEN pay for something in it.
IF this bundle was really a 75-150$ voucher for any F2P game on a list it *could* get interesting, but right now I would NEED to commit myself for ALL THREE of those games to make this bundle worthwhile, and must of us just can't do that. OR would want to do that.
This should be put in the hall of fame of ridiculous ideas, credit on F2P games? WTH. Reply
thesavvymage - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkIt would have been so cool if nVidia worked with other game devs to get their ingame cash accepted instead of these titles. I would have loved to have some for LoL or for character slots in GW2. Wouldve made the 660 a definite buy, although with those games they may have had to tone down the offers. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkI think NVIDIA partnered up with some game companies that are offering next-gen graphics so that the GTX offerings would be of some benefit. While GW2 certainly can tax a system to a moderate degree, LoL is known to be quite forgiving of hardware. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - link"there's the potential for new hardware to come out in the next few months that will make the current offerings look just a little less shiny."
AMD seems to be putting a lot of uncertainty and doubt out there about this particular statement. They seem to want a lot of people to think nothing is coming until the end of the year... Reply
chizow - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkI've been an advocate of Nvidia products and TWIMTBP for a long time...but this has to be an all-time low for the logo program. I'm pretty appalled Nvidia would call this a counter to AMD's stellar Never Settle Reloaded bundle.
Just bundle $150 worth of Steam credit and call it a day Nvidia, it's a real reach to expect anyone to 1) actually be interested in this collection of F2P titles and 2) be interested in them long enough to punch in codes to redeem in-game cash.
Can anyone who actually plays these games tell us if the currency is even worth anything on the open market like Ebay? If you can get $20 USD for $50 game-cash that'd be about the same payout for AAA titles bundled with graphics cards. Reply
TheJian - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkLOL...What NV is doing is inspiring sales while not losing money. What AMD is doing is adding yet another year of 1.8B in losses (NV's way makes you ~550mil).
See the difference?
Also, just a guess but if you choose not to use the in game crap, I think NV gets out of paying (more good management decisions), vs. game codes that cost AMD even if you don't play or sell it.
Giving away AAA titles is stupid and a sign of desperation, which makes sense given they're trying to clear the shelves still after having paid ~750mil to GF in fines for not using enough wafers. This is not some biased comment here, this is simple math. AMD needs to kill the bundle or charge more for their cards. Otherwise, get ready for another billion dollar FY2013 loss. Meanwhile, NV adds 300mil/quarter to their cash pile. I'm guessing 3.8B cash this quarter up from 3.45B last quarter. Jen has said he wants the price war to stop and doesn't understand AMD's strategy. I don't either. Their actions only lead to bankruptcy or a weakening of their stock price/company value, which in turn kills R&D (hence the product delay).
I expect NV to announce a delay to their cards in the Conf Call or shortly after as no AMD in your rear view mirror now so why push out your next version. Hence the easy Titan play to keep bringing in the cash on the top end while AMD bleeds at the bottom. This is just good business sense. Intel has acted the same way to AMD's failures on the cpu front. I'm confused as to why AMD keeps giving away profits, when Jen would gladly raise the price on everything he sells 10% if AMD gave him the chance. He openly said he'd like to make more money (he was talking personally about his stock at the time...LOL), but AMD persists with the death spiral pricing.
Look at Intel. They're looking to raise ultrabooks to $1400 and many companies area complaining about haswell pricing. NV would like to do the same, but AMD keeps blocking it (cutting off your nose to spite your face no?). Clearly Intel ran away with the cpu race and AMD is forced to discount those. But they have excellent gpu's and should charge accordingly and stop giving games out. NV would be more than happy to match that strategy. They used to pocket $850Mil/FY before AMD went to war. Now $500mil with help from an Intel case victory. I like free games. But I'd much rather have TWO extremely STRONG gpu companies gunning for my dollar. At this rate, xmas 2014 it will be Intel vs. NV, not NV vs AMD. So basically we'll have ONE high end option and Intel crap option. Raise your hand again if you like free games, and remember that vote is a vote for AMD going out of business.
They made a mistake spending R&D money on consoles that will have their sales plunging from phones, tablets, ouya, steambox, NV shield, Gamestop wikipad, etc etc taking revenue...I expect this gen's consoles to sell 1/2 to 3/4 what they did last round as other devices are "good enough" or will be better shortly after they debut. Steambox will be upgradable (so says Gabe N.), ouya is committed to yearly refresh (new tegra every year, which should catch consoles at tegra 5 or at least 6 a few years in), shield puts ultimate power on your tv via your PC already (which is vastly faster than next consoles) and there's more I'm leaving out here. The point is consoles have a LOT of competition for the TV time this round and most of that competition is ready to be re-spinning the gear yearly it seems.
AMD should have just made a good GPU for desktop this year (& raised prices on that new gen) with the console R&D money. It would have been easier to use those wafers then instead of taking hit after hit and change the WSA :) They won't start bringing in money from consoles in a meaningful way for a year (and those sales will lag previous versions anyway), while the gpu refresh could be selling that entire time. Bad move AMD. What's that saying? A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush ;) You can consider Titan a 1/2 bird here...LOL, but still a bird nonetheless. Never settle should be re-named "we never should've done it" bundle. Reply
ShieTar - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkThat whole rant would make a lot more sense if it wasn't for the fact the AMDs GPU division is actually making close to 100M$ yearly profit. It's the CPU division thats loosing money.
Well, a little more sense. Please promise you won't become a villain bent on world domination just because all the other kids in economics class make fun of your theories, ok? Reply
TerdFerguson - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkI keep seeing folks trying to trade Dota 2 (a f2p game) keys for cash and prizes. Those people are douches. To my mind, NVidia's ploy isn't much better. Reply
cmdrdredd - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkYep, this is a joke. You are being trolled by Nvidia folks. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, February 14, 2013 - linkFor far too long, we heard here, how nVidia was 6 or 8 moths late to the game...
Over and over amd was praised.... now this is what we get...
" Keep in mind that both the AMD and NVIDIA bundles are delivering new games with hardware that is now several months old at best--in fact, AMD's bundle with the 7800 and 7900 uses hardware that's roughly a year old, and the GTX 680 is from the same era. "
Oh, the same era... amd not over 1 year old WHICH IT IS.
And.. nVidia the same now... as if release was same day, as older is now worse not better as in released first..
I AM SO SICK OF THE LIES AND SPIN FOR AMD. Reply
qzyxya - Friday, February 15, 2013 - linkI'm going to be playing some of the games, but I'll probably just want to sell them. $150 in in game money is kind of overkill for the average person.
I wonder if you'll be able to trade it with steam or something somehow. Hopefully I won't just have to put it into my account and then not be able to do anything with it. Or else I might just sell the physical coupon or wahtever it is that has the codes and stuff. Reply
behrouz - Saturday, February 16, 2013 - linkCompare to Amd's bundle , this is joke, why ?
in Poker game , if you raise 1000$ , you can not say "ok i bet 100$",
nv should take bundle for high range Cards.so NV , do you have any plan for GTX 670 & 680 ? Reply


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It is hoped this year's event raised a record amount for Wiltshire Air Ambulance and that last year's £8,500 has been beaten. The good result also means that the total raised by the challenge since it started in 2006 will top £100,000.
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The scheme aims to support projects which connect the armed forces and local communities.
And now money has been granted to help fund the junior youth club, which meets on Friday evenings in the community rooms at Lyneham Primary School.
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Free Beacon Rebuts Its Own Attack On Democrats' "Gender Pay Gap"
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The Washington Free Beacon today reported that "Senate Democrats pay female staffers less than male staffers" and are running afoul of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which provides women more legal room to file pay discrimination claims against employers. However, the Free Beacon story refutes its own attack.
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A group of Democratic female senators on Wednesday declared war on the so-called "gender pay gap," urging their colleagues to pass the aptly named Paycheck Fairness Act when Congress returns from recess next month. However, a substantial gender pay gap exists in their own offices, a Washington Free Beacon analysis of Senate salary data reveals.
Of the five senators who participated in Wednesday's press conference--Barbara Mikulski (D., Md.), Patty Murray (D., Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.)--three pay their female staff members significantly less than male staffers.
After highlighting the gender pay gaps of several other Democratic Senators, the Free Beacon threw cold water on its own claims:
Women working for Senate Democrats in 2011 pulled in an average salary of $60,877. Men made about $6,500 more.
While the gap is significant, it is slightly smaller than that of the White House, which pays men about $10,000, or 13 percent, more on average, according to a previous Free Beacon analysis.
That previous analysis showed that the gender pay gap for the White House is smaller than in the overall economy. The Free Beacon is telling its readers that the gender pay gap among Senate Democratic staffers is even smaller than that.
The Free Beacon then went even further in undermining their own story:
One possible explanation for the pay disparity is the noticeable preference among Senate Democrats' for male chiefs of staff, who typically draw the highest congressional salaries. Of the 46 Democratic Senators listing a chief of staff on their payroll in 2011, 13 were women.
A similar disparity exists in the White House, which employs 74 men and only 48 women in senior positions.
The relative shortage of women chiefs of staff is a valid criticism, but it has nothing to do with pay discrimination based on gender. Free Beacon made no attempt in its story to prove that female Senate Democratic staffers are being paid less than male staffers holding the same position. As The American Prospect's Paul Waldman explained when the Free Beacon attacked the White House over a supposed gender pay gap, pointing out that more men than woman occupy higher-paying positions doesn't prove that "women are being paid less for doing the same job -- the kind of discrimination the Ledbetter act was designed to combat."
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RAMALLAH: Openly defying the US President, Barack Obama, and facing down Israeli threats to abandon the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will submit a bid to the United Nations to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority on Thursday.
With the fragile truce with Hamas holding after a deadly eight days of missile strikes and rocket fire, Israel has intensified its campaign against the Palestinian efforts, lobbying European Union countries to oppose or abstain from the vote.
But its success has been mixed; the resolution is expected to pass with an easy majority of between 130 to 150 out of the 193 votes in the UN General Assembly.
Those opposing the bid are expected to include the US, Israel, Canada, the Czech Republic and possibly Germany. Britain is still negotiating with the Palestinians and reports indicate it may vote in favour if the Palestinians agree to abandon their plan to use their enhanced observer status to accuse Israel of war crimes in the International Criminal Court.
France announced it would vote in favour and Spain is expected to follow. Italy is expected to abstain, while Australia, in a departure from its previous ''no vote'', will also abstain.
Up to 12 to 15 European countries could vote in favour of the application, including Malta, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Luxembourg and Belgium, Israeli Foreign Ministry assessments indicate.
Benjamin Netanyahu's government has toned down its public threats against the Palestinian leadership with the earlier plan to announce the construction of another 3000 housing units in settlements put on the back-burner in the days leading up to the UN vote.
And the angry rhetoric from Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who recently said Israel should topple President Abbas if the vote was successful, has also disappeared. Along with threatening to abandon the Oslo Accords, Israel has, in the past, withheld the $US100 million ($96 million) in taxes it collects each month on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
It is unclear how the Netanyahu government will respond to an upgrade in the Palestinians' UN status, with its spokesman, Mark Regev, saying: ''Israel's response will be measured.
''Israel is not against Palestinian statehood in the framework of peace and reconciliation but what they seem to be doing is divorcing statehood from peace and reconciliation.''
The peace process was based on a signed Palestinian commitment that all outstanding issues would be resolved through negotiation, Mr Regev said, and in going to the UN the Palestinians were breaking that commitment.
''If the Palestinians want to … break both the sprit and the letter of signed agreements they cannot expect Israel will not respond.''
Many observers, along with ordinary Palestinians, believe that Israel's conflict with Hamas last week strengthened the hand of the militant government in Gaza and showed that resisting Israel's military aggression was more successful than years of failed peace talks and negotiations.
It also appeared to shift some European votes, as countries moved to support President Abbas's diplomatic efforts over Hamas's rocket fire. Rather than a threat to the two-state solution, the UN move is an attempt to preserve it, the Palestinians said, in the face of Israel's expansion of settlements into the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where more than 500,000 Israeli settlers live on land inside the 1967 borders.
Israel's actions had left the Palestine Liberation Organisation with few choices, Ghassan Khatib, an academic at Birzeit University in the West Bank and a former Palestinian spokesman said. ''Israel is proceeding with settlement expansion that is gradually eliminating the practical possibility of the Palestinian state and nobody is offering any way out,'' Dr Khatib said.
A recent poll of Palestinians found strong support for seeking enhanced status in the United Nations - 73 per cent were in favour, according to the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research, which surveyed 1270 adults in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from September 13-15.
The poll also found that while 52 per cent supported a two-state solution (and 46 per cent oppose it), 57 per cent believed such a solution was no longer practical due to continued settlement expansion.
However, critics of the UN bid said the move would be largely symbolic and indicated President Abbas had abandoned all other peaceful options of reaching a resolution.
''Even after their status changed at UNESCO they have largely done nothing,'' Diana Buttu, a lawyer and analyst and former member of the Palestinian negotiating team, said.
''We are still in a crisis of legitimacy. The peace process is not only stalled … it died a long time ago and nobody wants to bury it, and he [Abbas] doesn't really have any alternative strategy as to how he is going to challenge this occupation,'' Ms Buttu said.
Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the PLO executive committee, said the Palestinian Authority had not succumbed to ''pressure or blackmail'' to soften the wording of the resolution it submitted to the UN General Assembly.
After years of damaging infighting and deep political splits between the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority and the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Palestinians were presenting a united front at the UN, Dr Ashrawi said in Ramallah.
''We are telling the world … we have the right to self-determination and statehood and we will do so united … everybody is on board, every single faction, movement and party is on board with this move.''
The Palestinian people will have access to the international organisations and venues such as the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, but there were no immediate plans to submit a case to the court on Israel, Dr Ashrawi said.
''This is a non-violent commitment to a peaceful resolution and it has gained greater urgency because of what happened in Gaza,'' she said.
The permanent observer of Palestine to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said the Palestinian Authority would reopen the negotiations with Israel the day after the UN vote, as long as Israel agreed to stop settlement construction.


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One question: do you know if you are able to boot from the internal (built in) memory card reader instead of using a separate USB device. The netbook does not seem to even bother looking at the built in reader, and there is not option within the BIOS to do so.
It is not possible to do so on this model, and most other models today (2011).
This is a BIOS limitation. The built in reader is a PCI device, and so is not initialised until the kernel is loaded and loads the USB modules.


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Note: This property is next to Ref 1859 and together they will accommodate up to 8 people.
All ground floor. Two bedrooms: 1 x king-size double, 1 x twin. Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin & WC. Well-equipped fitted kitchen. Sitting room with dining area, multi-fuel stove & patio doors to patio & shared large gardens.
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Liskeard 5 miles; Polperro 9 miles; Looe 9 miles.
The small village of East Taphouse is located on the A390 in the heart of the beautiful Cornish countryside, perfectly situated for exploring all that Cornwall and Devon have to offer. Located between the historic market towns of Liskeard to the east and the ancient stannary town of Lostwithiel to the west, there is also easy access to the picturesque old fishing ports of Looe, Polperro and Fowey and many spectacular sandy beaches and coves on the South Coast, whilst the rugged and dramatic Bodmin Moor is just 10 minutes to the north. Close by is the Eden Project along with the magnificent Lost Gardens of Heligan and many National Trust properties such as Lanhydrock and Cothele. Bodmin steam railway and the tall ship harbour at Charlestown are also nearby and well worth a visit. Further afield, Plymouth is only a 30-minute drive away as is the windswept northern coastline, with Padstow, Newquay, Tintagel and anywhere from Dartmoor to Land's End all accessible for an enjoyable day out.


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A trials rider is recovering in hospital after crashing his bike during a competition.
Andy Howe, 55, of Eccleshill, Bradford, suffered a broken leg and ribs after losing control of his machine in the Yeadon-Guiseley Motor Club Championship series at Light Bank Lane, near Addingham Moorside.
Mr Howe, who has won awards at events across Yorkshire, was stabilised by first-aider Julie Rose before paramedics and the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Team arrived after the crash on Sunday.
The rescue team carried Mr Howe down from the moorland crash site to a Yorkshire Air Ambulance and was flown to hospital.
Journalist Barry Robinson, who was covering the event, said: "I have covered these since 1957 and it is one of the worst accidents I have seen. It is very, very rare that we have an incident like this. It is a safe sport. There is no speed at all involved. He was going down a steep incline, full of rocks, and if you twist the throttle the bikes do take off and he lost control. It was a bad shock."


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Synopsys' CODE V Enhances Analysis of Precision Optical Systems
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When I saw this press release pass before me, I had to wonder if this should be classed as EDA, but Synopsys says yes, because they bought the company that does this stuff, and yes I do see how it relates to chips and interconnect and even some of the new types of displays. At the same time I have to admit that my knowledge of optics stopped somewhere during high-school physics and many of the terms used in this press release may as well be written in a different language. That being said, I dare not touch the release, just in case I make it say something different than intended.
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced the availability of enhancements to its CODE V® optical design and analysis software, acquired as part of Synopsys' acquisition of Optical Research Associates (ORA®). CODE V 10.4 delivers enhancements to its Beam Synthesis Propagation (BSP) tool that enable optical designers to model and analyze diffraction effects in an optical system with increased flexibility, speed and accuracy. These enhancements are particularly useful for evaluating the performance of optical designs with stringent accuracy requirements, such as microlithography lenses, laser scanning systems and optical telecommunication devices.
BSP uses a unique, beamlet-based algorithm to produce a physically accurate model of the wave nature of light as it travels through an optical system. It accounts for aberrations and diffraction effects (interference), including the impact of aperture clipping and apodizing filters. BSP enables designers to have a full understanding of how diffraction impacts key system performance measures by providing high-accuracy computations of the optical beam intensity, amplitude and phase characteristics. Another unique capability of BSP is its pre-analysis feature, which recommends analysis parameters customized for the user's lens system, helping to minimize analysis setup time and deliver the answers designers need for system validation.
"With the CODE V 10.4 release, we continue to focus on providing our customers with features to help them design high-performance, manufacturable optical systems," said George Bayz, vice president and general manager of the Optical Solutions Group at Synopsys. "BSP sets an industry standard for beam propagation analysis with its efficient, accurate calculations, ease of use and ability to deliver answers that closely match as-built results."
"BSP is an exceptional tool for analyzing systems with complex optics, such as laser beam delivery systems," said John Tamkin, chief executive officer and chief technology officer of Imaging Insights LLC. "The pre-analysis feature removes guesswork and hand calculations sometimes necessary to set up complex sampling grids that can vary throughout an optical system. We have successfully used BSP to analyze retinal laser safety metrics for ophthalmic surgery applications and to accurately model the impact of mid-spatial optical surface irregularities on the performance of precision optical systems."
BSP General Complex Field Input
CODE V 10.4 adds support for general complex field input to BSP. This gives users flexibility to customize the input beam (light source) description by providing detailed maps of the beam's intensity and phase. For example, complex optical field data can be imported from external software programs that model waveguides for photonic devices. This feature also allows the definition and propagation of higher-order laser modes.
BSP Birefringent Crystal Modeling
BSP has been extended to model extraordinary ray propagation through uniaxial, birefringent crystals. This enhances BSP's ability to accurately model beam propagation through devices that manipulate the polarization of light, including optical telecommunication devices and lithography lenses.
BSP Pre-Analysis Enhancements
The BSP pre-analysis feature, which determines recommended sampling, resampling and other BSP analysis settings based on the user's lens system configuration and required output, is now more robust when used with systems having a Gaussian input field followed by small collimation elements, a common configuration in many optical telecommunication devices.
BSP Multiprocessor Support
BSP now takes advantage of parallel processing on multi-core architecture CPUs, enabling designers to obtain BSP analysis results in a fraction of the time needed when using a single processor.
Glass Expert Tool
Now fully integrated into CODE V, the Glass Expert tool uses a unique algorithm to find the best set of real glasses for a user's lens design that provides superior color correction (including the generation of apochromatic systems) while considering factors such as glass transmission, cost, weight and other criteria. The result is a practical, final set of glasses that eliminates the need for time-intensive glass selection.
The CODE V 10.4 release is available now and can be obtained by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
About CODE V
Formerly an ORA product, CODE V is an optical engineering and design software solution that supports the optimization, analysis and tolerancing of image-forming optical systems and free-space photonic devices. ORA is now part of Synopsys, Inc. For more information visit http://www.synopsys.com/Tools/OpticalDesign.
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Warsaw Sights
It is very difficult to pinpoint where the Warsaw city center is. Varsovians differ in its definition. Some would say it is the area around the Palace of Culture and Science (and the Central Railway Station), which is bustleswith fashionable shops and hotels. Others would argue that plac Trzech Krzyży is the center—or plac Zbawiciela. For many, it would be the area around the Royal Castle and
the Old Town square; after all, it was at this location that a fishing hamlet was founded and eventually grew into Warsaw town.
For the visitor, the question is, happily, not so important because all these places are not at all far from one another, and Warsaw is an easy city to navigate. The Palace of Culture and Science will certainly provide you with a useful orientation point: to its north lies the Royal Route, the Old Town, and the New Town; to its south, the Diplomatic Quarter and the Łazienki Park. West of the Old Town lie Muranów and Mirów, neighborhoods in the former Jewish district. All these sights are on the left bank of the Vistula River.
On the right bank is the Praga District, a poorer quarter of workers and artisans that emerged from the war fairly intact. Today, Praga is becoming increasingly fashionable, and many visitors find its galleries, bars, and unique "provincial" flavor well worth the trip across the Vistula.
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The 1990s was a decade of extreme change. Seismic shifts in culture, politics, and technology radically altered the way Americans did business, expressed themselves, and thought about their role in the world. At the center of it all was Bill Clinton, the talented, charismatic, and flawed Baby Boomer president and his controversial, polarizing, but increasingly popular wife Hillary.
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Troy has been widely published and quoted in the American, Canadian, and Israeli media, including writing nine essays for the New York Times' feature "Campaign Stops" in the 2012 campaign. He writes a weekly column for the Daily Beast on Forgotten American History, putting current events in historical perspective, as well as a weekly column for the Jerusalem Post often republished in the Huffington Post. He also blogs regularly at the History News Network www.hnn.us, and has been published in the Wilson Quarterly, the Washington Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and The New Republic, among other publications. From 2012 to 2013 he was Editor-at-Large at Open Zion of the Daily Beast.
A professor at McGill University since 1990, from 1997 to 1998 he served as chairman of McGill's history department. In March, 1999 he was promoted to full professor. Maclean's Magazine has repeatedly identified him as one of McGill's "Popular Profs" and History News Network designated him one of its first "Top Young Historians."
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SEVENTEEN films, 10 venues, 10 days – that's what's promised for this year's Swindon Film Festival, which gets under way on Friday, March 1 at Swindon Central Library and concludes on Sunday, March 10 at Cricklade Town Hall.
And the line-up of movies includes something for everyone – blockbusters such as Skyfall, award-winning documentaries, acclaimed European cinema, and films for all the family.
Tickets go on sale today for the festival, which is now in its fourth year.
It will be using Commonweal School in Old Town for the first time, with a screening of the French love story Rust And Bone. Wootton Bassett School is also hosting a film, Anna Karenina, on March 5.
Other venues include North Swindon Library, Swindon Arts Centre, Swindon Dance Theatre, St Michael's Hall, Highworth, Wroughton's Ellendune Centre and Broad Hinton Village Hall.
The festival is organised by Swindon Film Society, and its chairwoman, Barbara Hoffbauer, said: "We're really pleased with the mix of films and events that are coming up. It is quite a challenge to fit all the different films and venues and interests together, but now all the bits of the jigsaw are together I think it's true to say that there is something for everyone to look forward to .
"We were sorting out the film choices during January, and it was great that so many of the titles we were settling on also came up in the Oscar and BAFTA short-lists – so we're hoping our films win a few prizes later this month. And many of them haven't been shown in Swindon before.
"We've extended the festival circuit this year to include Broad Hinton Village Hall, which is a lovely venue. And we're hoping that the family films at Highworth and Cricklade on the Sunday afternoons of the festival will be popular.
"There are also some exciting events lined up, on the Big Screen and at Swindon Central Library. "We're delighted to be working on this with Swindon Viewpoint, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and with the English Heritage Britain from Above project."
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