I was just thinking about the N96, now that its launched and it going almost the same way as the N95 in terms of a battery and lens cover... What would Nokia do to arrest the declining of its new flagship model?

I came up with a list of options that could come up in an alternate N96
1. Lens cover.
2. Bigger battery.
3. New colour. (possibly expanding on 'express on' covers concept complete with the theme aspect as well)
4. AM-OLED screen with VGA resolution and 3 inch screen.
5. Internal storage capacity bumped to 24GB. Micro sd card support separate.
6. Multiple colour backlight for keypad.
7. Wi-Max.
8. Xenon flash.
9. HDTV compatibility (HDMI plug???)
10. Micro-usb charging.
11. Recording in DivX format and also at 120 fps.
12. Dolby Stereo surround sound.

The list is probably endless.. but what else do you think would be added into the new N96 or maybe even a future Nokia N series model?
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categoria | mídia exterior

cliente | unimed recife

veículo | backlight

Título | unimed recife 35 anos

I'll set the scene. Kelly and I were drinking our heads off last Wednesday, and after we ate the sushi that may or may not have fallen all over the floor of my living room, I walked her to 14th Street.

Goodbye, I said, and waved her on.

I turned back onto Avenue A loop and walked by a man, a normal looking man, head first in a dumpster. I knew he was normal because his bike rested aside the big garbage bin with a clean-looking backpack.

I kept walking, perhaps strutting, in my tank top and sweat pants. I was drunk. I might have swaggered.

"You're beautiful!" he called, and I kept walking.

"Of course I am," I yelled as I walked, face straight ahead and picking up speed, "Your head is in the garbage. Everything looks beautiful when your head's in the fucking garbage."

This is the truth.

I kept walking and before I knew it he was on his bike and at my side, goading me on with intelligent quips. When I reached my apartment building, I sat down in front of the entry way. He jumped off his bike and unzipped his backpack to reveal a huge camera.

"Let me take your picture -- you look stunning with this backlight."

I said absolutely not, tossed my hair back and posed. After a good 40 or so pictures, he asked for my number. He said he freelanced for the New York Observer, and he would take me out about town.

I said no. The last thing I need is to see yet another man's garbage.

So I'm trying to branch out and try some different types of photos. I was actually covering the North Star High School annual awards ceremony here in Lincoln. I was disappointed to show up and see all the lights were off. In the past, I would have turned around and left. But I decided to stick it out and challenge myself. Not great results, but a totally different approach, which was kind of fun.

Rinspeed to debut submersible sQuba in Geneva

The Rinspeed sQuba flies underwater. Really.

(Credit: Rinspeed)

Rinspeed, a boutique automotive design company, plans on blowing away the upcoming Geneva auto show with its sQuba concept, a car that swims underwater, drives autonomously on land, and is emission-free. The car, based on a Lotus Elise, uses an electric motor to drive the wheels on land, plus two other motors to drive propellers underwater. According to Rinspeed, it uses a laser system to detect obstacles ahead so that it can drive itself. Rinspeed released video of the sQuba, showing that it really can swim underwater.

Click here to see Rinspeed's video of the sQuba.

(Credit: Rinspeed)

Sound familiar? James Bond's Lotus swam underwater in the 1977 movie, The Spy Who Loved Me. Of course, that was movie magic. The sQuba can float on the surface and--when the driver floods the open-top cabin--the car will submerge. Rather than sinking to the bottom, it can travel through the water at depths up to 10 meters. Along with its rear propellers, it has small water jets on the sides. Yes, the occupants will get wet, but an integrated scuba tank means they can breathe. Rinspeed points out that the interior materials won't be harmed by contact with salt water, although your tuxedo probably won't fare so well.

Look for our coverage of the sQuba and other cars at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show, starting March 4.

The sunlight came from the back and it was strong so I had to put on him my sunglasses. :D

 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)

Il Pinguino si trova molto a suo agio su questo laptop, dato che l'installazione (Ubuntu Gutsy) fila liscia come l'olio e ci sono solo un paio di "ritocchi" da fare.

Il primo, e più curioso, dei ritocchi consiste nell'eliminare il noioso problema dello schermo che si abbuia continuamente quando siamo alimentati a batteria; a nulla vale modificare le relative opzioni nel power manager, dopo qualche secondo lo schermo diventa scurissimo, e l'unica soluzione è ritirare su la luminosità con i tasti di funzione.
Non ho ancora capito esattamente cosa sia che lo fa abbuiare, ma credo che abbia a che vedere con il sensore d'ambiente, che in questa configurazione non c'è ma all'analisi dei valori di gconf di gnome-power-manager, risulta abilitato.
Per soluzionare il problema, l'unico modo è stato disabilitare completamente la gestione della lampada dello schermo, impostando a zero il valore della chiave apps -> gnome-power-manager -> backlight -> enable tramite gconf-editor. Così facendo si perde ovviamente una parte importante del risparmio energetico, ma si può sempre impostare a mano la luminosità di volta in volta.
Sono graditi suggerimenti, se qualcuno ne ha.

Il secondo ritocco consiste nel far funzionare il microfono (che è solo esterno in questo modello): è stato sufficiente aggiungere la riga seguente in fondo al file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:

 options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=auto

Il test dell'input audio continuerà a dare errore nella costruzione della pipeline, ma l'input funzionerà lo stesso :)

This is intended for desk monitors only - not laptops. Be sure that you can't get it repaired under warranty first, or this will void your warranty.

This is a more recently image, from the D era. So, in the case that I don’t remember the shutting sets, I can always find them attached to the image file (a fantastic future from the D era). In this case I shoot this image with the sun behind my subject (red fruits?). The idea was to have a blurred background with some spots of light reflections. To obtain these with out loosing the light on my subject, I used the on camera flash. So this is what I did: I set the camera mode on manual, with a shutter speed of 100 and an aperture value of f-14, and after that I pop up the on camera flash and decreased its intensity to minus 3. With this set I was able to illuminate my subject (with out over exposing it) and get some sunset reflections spots on the background.

Additional information: ISO = 160; Focal length 135mm (35mm = 202mm).

This is it for today. Have great weekend!

E-mail marketing para a divulgação dos serviços sazonais da Primor.

Logomarca criada para a Primor Impressos Direcionados, a ser utilizada em mídias impressas e eletrônicas, já com as tendências utilizadas nas construções para a web 2.0.

What do you see?

I found a place online that sells the part I need and hopefully my laptop will be back in action in a week.

I messed with the rubber thing that turns off the backlight just hoping that it got caught on something (I even ran the computer without the switch cover on) with no luck. It looks like the backlight bulb (my guess) or the inverter board will have to be replaced. That means paying between $100 and $200 (really rough estimate) for parts, and $150 to take the computer into a shop if I decide not to do the repairs myself... or I could go all out and just replace the entire LCD for $800!

I just hope tracking down parts won't be very hard since even HP doesn't seem to sell them.