Behind the the usual things that mans have in their pants this man has little hummingbirds. Bad way to treat hummingbirds you crazy men. This post is sponsored by: Dr Mobiles Limited 
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Friday, September 30, 2011
What is under his pants?
Do you know who are the top five (5) warrior in the world?
5. Gaius Julius Caesar The greatest general in Rome’s history, Caesar came to power first as a quaestor and praetor before being elected as consul and proconsul in 59 BC and organizing the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. He distinguished himself by leading campaigns in Gaul, Britain and Germany but his growing power scared the senate and he was asked to disband his forces. Not only did he refuse this request, he marched on Rome. He started an outbreak of civil war that lasted until December 49 BC when he held a dictatorship in Rome for eleven days while he was elected as consul. He then chased Pompey to Egypt where he remained living with Cleopatra for several years. On his return to Rome he improved the living conditions of his people and drew up elaborate plans for consolidation of the empire. In 44 BC he became dictator for life, a title that was short lived because on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BC, he was stabbed to death by a group of his friends and protégés including Cimber, Casca, Cassius and Brutus. 4. Hannibal Barca A Carthaginian General, Hannibal was a master strategist who developed outflanking tactics. Dubbed the father of strategy by military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge, he grew up with a fierce hatred of the Romans. After the death of his brother-in-law Hasdrubal, he took command of the Gaulo-Cathaginian army and set his sights on Rome. He set out in the spring of 218 BC and fought his way through the Pyrenees and the Alps with a force of 46,000 soldiers and 37 war elephants. When he was in Roman territory, he ravaged hundreds of towns leaving complete destruction in his wake. Some of his greatest victories were at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus and Cannae, even turning some Roman cities against his enemies. Scipio eventually defeated him in his homeland at the Battle of Zama, after which he signed a peace treaty in 201 BC. After several years as a suffete, he was accused by his political enemies of conspiring with King Antiochus of Syria. At the threat of a Roman investigation, Hannibal fled to the court of King Prusias of Bithynia where he poisoned himself before the Romans could force him to surrender. 3. Sun Tzu A Chinese General, Sun Tzu was the author of the first and most sophisticated book on military theory ever written, The Art of War. While not much is known about the man, it is generally accepted that he was an accomplished General who served the King of Wu in the period of the Warring States in the 4th century BC. It was at this time that he wrote The Art of War, which covers logistics, espionage, strategy and tactics with a deep reliance on philosophy. The main points it stresses are the high cost of war, the unpredictability of battle, the correlation between political and military policies and the ineffectiveness of setting hard and fast rules. Not only has it influenced Asian military thinking for centuries, but it has also formed the base of the military strategies of Napoleon, Mao Zedong, General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. and Henry Kissinger. In more recent times, The Art of War has been adopted by business students in Tokyo, New York and London as a text on business strategy. 2. Leonidas I Best known for his heroic last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas’ early years have barely been documented although legend has it that he was the descendant of Heracles. His reign began somewhere around 490 BC and he shared control with Leotychides, as was Spartan custom of the time. The Persian army, led by King Darius, had been conquering Greece for close to ten years when Leonidas became King. When Darius died in 481 BC his son Xerxes continued his father’s expansion into the Greek mainland. In an attempt to stop the advancing army in their tracks, Leonidas (despite warnings by the Oracle of Delphi that told of his death) went to meet Xerxes with 7000 troops including the famed 300 Spartans, at the Pass of Thermopylae (aptly nicknamed the Hot Gates). Xerxes sent in wave after wave of troops including his Immortals who were in turn slaughtered by the Greeks. After a few days of fighting a Greek traitor told Xerxes of a mountain trail which he could use to outflank his enemy. Leonidas learned of the betrayal and sent away most of his men keeping only the 300 Spartans that made up his personal guard. Leonidas’ 300 valiantly fought off the advancing Persians down to their last man. Leonidas was killed and his body was beheaded and crucified which only served to anger his fellow Spartans who expelled the Persians from Greece a few months later at the Battle of Plataea. 1. Alexander the Great Arguably one of the greatest generals of antiquity, Alexander’s conquests extended the Macedonian kingdom from Greece to India, almost the entire known world at the time. Born in 356 BC his early years were spent under the tutelage of the philosopher Aristotle. His early military career was spent releasing Greece from the grasp of the Persians. From there he moved through Syria, Egypt (where he founded the city of Alexandria and visited the oracle of Ammon and claimed his divinity), and Asia Minor before his final conquest into India. He then returned to the west and began making preparations to invade Arabia but before he could achieve this conquest, he fell ill and died in June 323 BC. Throughout his reign, the casualties of his troops compared to those of his enemies were considerably less, mostly due to his quick tactical thinking and his love for the men who fought under him. This post is sponsored by: Dr Mobiles Limited
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2011 Technology News: What you know about RIM BlackBerry Bold 9900?
A brand new OS, more speed, a facelift and a high-res touchscreen, the latest of the Bold messengers is listening for the roar of the crowd. There's no going back to the old rational and composed self - give it danger, thrills and excitement. The BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 is stronger, faster, better. No ordinary messenger, it's the bearer of good news. Although on a second thought, a snappy 1.2GHz processor, the new BlackBerry OS 7.0 with Liquid graphics and a super crisp VGA touchscreen are no good news for the competition. Nor is HD video, dual-band Wi-Fi and NFC support. And all that comes on top of the standard BlackBerry package. The solid build quality and corporate grade email and data security go without saying. The sharp precision of the trackpad and a responsive capacitive touchscreen balance each other in a device that's convincingly comfortable to handle. Add a standard-setting QWERTY keyboard, and you have a phone which puts you in charge. To begin with, the Bold Touch 9900 is bigger than the preceding 9700 Bold series. It's actually more of a return to the BlackBerry 9900 styling, with a larger screen and body. And since this is a touch phone we're talking about, the increased display real estate is welcome. Especially considering that the main competition recently had a major boost in resolution. With BlackBerry and Eseries now on par at VGA, the Bold Touch 9900 gets ahead of the Nokia E6 with 2.8" against 2.44" of screen diagonal. So much for size. We're eager to see about speed and performance too. RIM did get creative with the finish too this time, but did they cross any kind of line? Our traditional hardware checkup is coming up. Has the Bold Touch 9900 got what it takes to do well? 
BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 official picturesKey features:
Main disadvantages:
BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 live photos
Rich retail package
The BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 has everything in the box to get you going. To get the basics out of the way, a charger, headset and a microUSB cable are all provided. But there's more: a leather pouch, cleaning cloth as well as Europe continental and UK plug adapters.
Design and construction
The added touchscreen is a major novelty on the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900. But the looks may fool you. It's a typical RIM messenger, conservative elegance and quality in a traditionally understated, professional design.
The front looks almost equally split between the 2.8" touchscreen and the keys (navigation controls and the QWERTY keyboard). The back was a surprise, something we weren't prepared for in a BlackBerry. The smooth edges are cut in comfortable holding shape and the soft rubbery finish gives good grip. It's the actual battery cover that splits our team's opinions.
BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900
The fiberglass plate did look a bit out of touch with a supposedly conservative, professional styling. Having the handset around for a good few days helped - it's obviously an acquired taste. But there are still members of our team who find it a lot more questionable than leather. It's an unusual combination. Some will appreciate the bold styling, while others might find it inconsistent with the business messenger image.
We don’t have as many doubts about the brushed metal frame running along the sides of the handset. It can be traced all the way back to the Bold 9000, but looks a lot better on a slim phone like the Bold Touch 9900.
All in all, the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 has the looks to match that newly acquired skill, though obviously some will prefer the old Bold styling.
Excellent keyboard and display
To cast all doubt aside, the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 gives us another great display. It's a 2.8" TFT capacitive touchscreen of VGA resolution. Crisp image at 286ppi and good sensitivity, the lack of haptic feedback is the only thing to complain about.
The sunlight legibility is excellent, to solidify the good impression recent BlackBerry smartphones have made. Viewing angles are about average - there's some contrast loss and color shifting when you look at it from extreme angles, but everything remains legible.
We also did our traditional brightness test. Here is how the BlackBerry Bold Touch scores alongside other devices. You can learn more about the test here.
| Display test | 50% brightness | 100% brightness | ||||
| Black, cd/m2 | White, cd/m2 | Contrast ratio | Black, cd/m2 | White, cd/m2 | Contrast ratio | |
| LG Optimus Black P970 | 0.27 | 332 | 1228 | 0.65 | 749 | 1161 |
| Apple iPhone 4 | 0.14 | 189 | 1341 | 0.39 | 483 | 1242 |
| HTC Sensation | 0.21 | 173 | 809 | 0.61 | 438 | 720 |
| Samsung I9000 Galaxy S | 0 | 263 | ∞ | 0 | 395 | ∞ |
| Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc | 0.03 | 34 | 1078 | 0.33 | 394 | 1207 |
| Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II | 0 | 231 | ∞ | 0 | 362 | ∞ |
| BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 | 0.29 | 403 | 1376 | 0.47 | 618 | 1304 |
| Nokia E6 | 0.52 | 757 | 1456 | 0.57 | 1004 | 1631 |
Now, to the next most important thing here - the QWERTY keyboard of the Bold Touch 9900 is very comfortable. The keys, it seems to us, are just the right bit softer than on previous Bold editions. This gives you speed without compromising the press feedback.
The keys are small but ergonomic and carefully sculpted for great tactility and usability - only users with very large hands may have trouble adapting. The only thing to warn against is one of the metal ridges dividing the rows of keys. The second one from the top does not fit firmly in place and bends when pushed. Nothing to stand in the way of comfortable typing but it raises concerns about the overall durability of the keyboard.
The QWERTY keyboard is way more comfortable than its size suggests
Many of the keys (not just the numbers) can be assigned speed dial. There is a dedicated currency symbol key and the usual command shortcuts: * locks the keypad and screen, while # toggles Silent mode on/off. Numbers share keys with some of the letters and you need to press the alt key to use them at times. The good thing is that whenever the context allows it, the switch is automatic.
The rest of the controls
There are four controls around a centrally placed trackpad: the typical BlackBerry combo of Call keys, with Menu and Back buttons. Although you now have a touchscreen at your disposal, the trackpad will be quite busy, giving you the needed accuracy in the browser or when handling text.
The responsive trackpad helps the navigation
Large size and solid press, the call and navigation buttons are no trouble to use.
At the top, we find the traditional status LED, proximity sensor and the earpiece.
There’s an earpiece and a LED status light on top
The left side of the handset is in charge of connectivity, with a 3.5mm audio jack and the standard microUSB port.
The audio jack and microUSB ports on the left
The right side of the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 features the volume controls and the single convenience key, set by default to serve the camera. It won’t be long though, we think, before you give it a different job. Portrait is the default orientation for taking pictures with the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, and a shutter key placed low on the side makes no sense. It’s a fixed focus camera too, no half press button needed, so the trackpad and even the keyboard's enter key do just fine.
The volume control keys, placed either side the pause/mute button, and the only convenience key are on the right
A dedicated pause/mute button is placed between the volume Up and Down keys. The Bold Touch 9900 doesn’t have the trademark invisible keys on top. The top-placed Lock button is well visible this time around.
The Lock key is the single functional element on top
The bottom features no controls or ports. The mouthpiece is right inside the keyboard at the front.
The bottom is perfectly bare
A 5 megapixel camera lens and a LED flash are the main attraction at the back. Below the battery cover is the loudspeaker grill.
There’s the usual stuff going on at the back: camera lens, loudspeaker grill and LED flash
The 1230 mAh Li-Po battery is quoted at up to 307 hours of stand-by or 6 hours and 30 minutes of talk time. In real life, the battery lasted about two days of heavy usage. We were constantly connected to Wi-Fi and the 3G network, shooting the usual amount of stills and videos. There was quite a bit of video and music playback and web browsing too, with about 30 minutes of talks.
Taking a peek under the hood: the microSD card slot and removing the battery
The BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 is the usual solid and credible business handset. Wider and rounder, it doesn’t look as sharp as the previous 97xx generation. There’s a touchscreen in it though and every fraction of an inch counts. The display is bigger at 2.8” and crisper at VGA resolution. All in a slimmer package, so no complaints.
We’re not quite convinced by the fiberglass battery cover but there’s no right and wrong in matters of taste. From an ergonomic point of view, there’s little to criticize. Let’s just say the Convenience key will live up to its name if you don’t use it as a shutter key. The great keyboard is no surprise, the touchscreen looks good and feels right, and nothing beats a trackpad at accuracy-requiring tasks.
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> Free loan phoneCell Phone Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia ray -- a ray of hope for us!
Honey, I shrunk the Xperia arc. No, that's a different story. And yes, we like the Sony Ericsson minis. But that's not how the real story of the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray goes. They did things to the Xperia arc. They took out its beating heart and carved a new phone out of it. But this isn't a scary story, it has a happy ending. It feels the Ray was always living inside the Xperia arc, waiting to be released. Like a seed that will grow a new plant. That's how we imagine the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray was born. They cracked the rock open to get to the gem. The Xperia ray had to shed off layers of armor but lost none of the courage. It's got all the exciting ingredients of the Xperia arc. The sharp BRAVIA engine display is there and so is the 8MP camera, complete with 720p video recording. And the ray is impressively thin too. It is one of the most compact members of the Xperia family, and one of the handsomest phones we've seen. Sure, the arc is slimmer but it's a massive handset. The mini is tiny but too chubby at 16mm. If you want a really slim and compact droid, the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray is one of the few that fit the bill. The screen takes much credit for the phone's good looks. The BRAVIA engine unit has the impressive pixel density of 300ppi. We had a close look at the advantages of the BRAVIA engine and the improvements are tangible. The screen isn't the only thing to borrow from the wealth of Sony experience. The 8MP camera packs an Exmor R sensor, which boasts improved low-light performance. It also captures 720p video with continuous autofocus - on paper, you get the same camera as in the Xperia arc. Before we go on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray's story, you should get to know the protagonist better. Here's the list of all the virtues and the vices as we saw them: The ray is powered by the 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM and Adreno 205 graphics, courtesy of the Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset that is prevalent in the Xperia line. It's no match for dual-core, but if it's good enough for the gaming-centered Xperia Play, the ray shouldn’t have any issues with speed. The Xperia ray comes with a compact charger with a USB port in which you plug in the supplied USB cable. The cable is long and the microUSB end is L-shaped, which makes sense given the USB port on the ray is on its left side. You get a one-piece headset too, which uses ear buds rather than in-ear design. There's a 4GB microSD card in the box too, enough to fit a respectable music collection.
Sony Ericsson Xperia ray official photosKey features
Main disadvantages
Sony Ericsson Xperia ray live shotsStandard sales package
Standard sales package for the Xperia ray
Design and construction
The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray moves away from the predominant Xperia line styling and gets closer to the minis instead. That design has the advantage of a big home button, but the Back and Menu keys are capacitive.
It's a perfectly usable combination, perhaps more comfortable to use than the thin hardware controls on the recent Xperia phones. It looks good too. The back of the Xperia ray is completely flat - no curve to it, but since the phone is narrow that doesn’t affect ergonomics and makes the phone stable when you put it on a table.
Overall, the design team did a very good job on the phone - the ray is a looker.
Sony Ericsson Xperia ray in Pink and Black • Xperia Arc vs. Xperia ray vs. Mix Walkman size comparison
Sharp display with BRAVIA engine
The BRAVIA engine Reality display on the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is hands down one of the best LCD displays we've ever seen. It has FWVGA resolution (480 x 854 pixels), and a 16:9 aspect ratio.
The high resolution on a relatively small diagonal gives it 297ppi pixel density - just shy of the elusive 300ppi density which, according to no other than Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, himself, is the picture-perfect ideal for phones.
Being an LCD unit, the Reality display suffers from color shift when viewed at an angle - light blues for example noticeably tend towards light green when you tilt the phone. Contrast is also reduced slightly.
The Reality display has its ups and downs
On the up side, the screen boasts excellent contrast and deep darks. It's helped by the non-reflective surface coating, which leads to excellent sunlight legibility. Colors are very rich - beyond what the Xperia arc or the iPhone 4 can offer.
The Mobile BRAVIA engine further enhances the image quality in software - it borrows tricks from Sony's TVs. It boosts contrast and saturation and performs noise reduction. It also sharpens the image, which would usually lead to jaggies but with the extra-small pixels of the Xperia ray screen, they're not really noticeable.
Unfortunately, we couldn’t run our display test as the auto brightness software could not be turned off and we couldn’t get reliable readings at 50% and 100% brightness.
Controls and feel
Above the screen is the usual lineup of an earpiece, proximity and ambient light sensors and a front-facing camera. Below the screen is the hardware Home key flanked by capacitive Back and Menu keys.
The Home key is a bit stiff but it got our attention with the illuminated strip around it. It can glow in different colors - white, red, green and blue. It works as a charge indicator, but unfortunately third party software can't control it (e.g. for notifications).
Video-call camera and companions above the display • The Home key glows in different colors
The left side of the Xperia ray houses the microUSB port, which doubles as a charger plug. With Android 2.3.4 it will also work as a USB On-The-Go port.
The volume rocker is on the right side of the phone - it's small, quite thin and not very comfortable to use.
The left houses the microUSB port • The thin volume rocker on the right
On top there's the Power/Lock key in the middle, which is small, rounded and comfortable to press (though not prone to accidental presses), and the 3.5mm audio jack.
At the bottom there's the mic pinhole and the lanyard eyelet, plus a small groove to put a fingernail under and pull the back cover open.
Power/Lock key and 3.5mm audio jack on top of the Xperia ray • not much at the bottom
The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray comes in the usual Black and White color schemes, but if you find those dull, you can also grab it in Gold (as in Golden) or Pink. For the preview, we had the Black version, which had a nice matte black finish on the back and for the review we got the Pink version, which has a bright, eye-catching glossy finish.
Around the back, there's the 8MP auto-focus camera and the LED flash. There's virtually no protection against scratches or smudges for the camera lens, so you'd need to be careful with it.
The loudspeaker is also at the back, right next to the Sony Ericsson logo. The logo protrudes slightly, but the loudspeaker still lies too low and gets muffled. The secondary microphone is near the camera/flash duo.
The camera lens, LED flash and loudspeaker grill at the back
Opening the back cover reveals the battery and the SIM and microSD cards nestled next to it. You can't pull either out without removing the battery first, which isn't a big deal for the SIM card, but not having a hot-swappable microSD card can be a drag some times.
At least the battery is all good news - Sony Ericsson has managed to fit a massive 1500mAh battery in the compact Xperia ray. Official numbers promise up to nearly 18 days of standby (in 2G, a bit more in 3G) and almost 7 hours of talk time (in 2G, exactly 7 hours in 3G). The battery should also be good for 36 hours of non-stop music playback if the official numbers are to be believed.
The 1500mAh battery gets in the way of the microSD card slot
The 16:9 aspect ratio of the screen dictates the overall shape of the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray - it's tall and narrow, which made the ray very comfortable to hold up as a phone. Pocketing the ray is a breeze too.
On the downside, most 3"-3.2" displays use HVGA resolution and by comparison, the wider display of the ray is smaller than you would expect. Actually, a 16:9 3.3" display has about 8% smaller surface area than a 3.2" display of the 3:2 aspect ratio, which most Androids have (think of the standard issue 320 x 480 pixel resolution).
Anyway, the build quality of the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray is solid. It’s all plastic, but the scratch-resistant glass on the front should prevent minor damage to the front of the device.
The phone is a beauty and the small frame reveals little of what it's really capable of. The styling is minimalist but the clean sharp lines instill a sense of confidence and strength.
This post is sponsored by: Dr Mobiles Limited
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