Giveaway Round #2: Gimme your best shot! (CONTEST FOR www.yugatech.com)
Thursday, February 4, 2010Round #2 of the YugaTech Great Gadget Giveway — Gimme your best shot!
This is your chance to get that MSI Wind U123H, the 10-inch netbook with built-in 3G powered by Globe Tattoo.
So what do you need to do? Simple.
Go to the most crowded place and have your picture taken holding the sign “Follow @abeolandres and @talk2globe on Twitter! “.
I’m looking for the best shot — the most creative, most difficult, most crowded that will draw the biggest impact.
Upload your submission on Flickr, PixLink, Picasa, Facebook, or any of your favorite photo-sharing site. I suggest to name your photos as “yugatechcontest.jpg” before uploading and/or include a tag “yugatech contest” when applicable. You can even put it on your blog and write about the ordeal of getting that difficult shot.
You can download this PDF document and print it out to use as props. You can make your own sign too — print it, paint it, put it on a tarp, cartolina, or manila paper — be creative, sky’s the limit. (Hint: We might give special prizes to the most creative ones.)
Once you’re done, leave a comment here with the link to your entry/page.
What we’re giving away?
MSI Wind U123H — for the most difficult, most creative that draws the biggest crowd attention or impact. I’ll pick 5 finalists and ask a panel of judges (TBA) to win the top prize. The runners-up get a Globe Tattoo.
If you posted your entry on Facebook and get as many people to “Like” the photo, you win 5 Globe Tattoo and five Php500 Globe Load. That’s top 10 with the most “Likes”.
If you posted your entry on PixLink, we’ll randomly pick 5 entries to win a Globe Tattoo each.
If you blogged about your entry and linked back to this contest page, we’ll also pick 10 entries randomly to win five Globe Tattoo and five Php500 Globe call card.
I’ll be running a Google Image Search and pick 5 random images on the front page of the search results and give them a prize as well (Php500 Globe call card each). That’s the reason why I mentioned using the file name and/or tag above
That’s 34 minor prizes and 1 grand prize so far. But wait, there’s more!
If you tweet about this contest, we’ll pick 10 winners to get 5 Globe Tattoo and five Php500 Globe call card. Just copy and paste this tweet message:
Win an MSI Wind 3G netbook! Follow @abeolandres & @talk2globe. Join the YugaTech Giveaway: http://bit.ly/cWBn3M #thanks2globe
If you’re not on Twitter but have a blog, just post a blog entry about this photo contest. Make sure to have a live link to this page and use the first picture above (this one).
I’ll pick another set of 10 winners to get 5 Globe Tattoo and five Php500 Globe call card.
Okay, that should be enough, whew! We have fifty-four (54) consolation prizes and one (1) major prize — an MSI Wind U123H 3G netbook that comes with a Globe Tattoo SIM card.
Some things to remember!
You can join in any or all of the giveaways above but you can only win once. If you plan to submit multiple entries, you need to submit different photos/scenarios for it to be counted. That’s it! The fewer the rules, the better.
Contest starts today, February 3, and ends February 26. Three (3) weeks should be enough for you to think of that awesome photo entry. Good luck to all!
INFORMATION FROM: http://www.yugatech.com/blog/contests/giveaway-round-2-gimme-your-best-shot/
Motorola DEXT MB220
Thursday, September 24, 2009Taken From Motorola DEXT MB220 pictures, official photos
Also known as Motorola CLIQ in USA
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900 Announced 2009, September Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, October
Size Dimensions 114 x 58 x 15.6 mm Weight 163 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.1 inches - Accelerometer sensor
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Full QWERTY keyboard with 5-way navigation key
- MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones Speakerphone Yes - 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo call Call records Practically unlimited Internal 1 GB storage, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 32GB, 2GB included
Data GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps HSCSD Yes EDGE Class 12 3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Infrared port No USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus Features Geo-tagging Video Yes, HVGA@24fps (MP4) Secondary No
Features OS Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake) CPU Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz processor Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Browser HTML Radio No Games Yes Colors Midnight Titanium, Winter White GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java - Noise cancellation with dedicated microphone
- Digital compass
- Google Maps with Street View
- MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Shazam
- iMeem Mobile
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1420 mAh Stand-by Up to 320 h Talk time Up to 6 h Disclaimer. We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.
LG GW620
Taken From LG GW620 pictures, official photos
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 2100 Announced 2009, September Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, 4Q
Size Dimensions - Weight -
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches - Full QWERTY keyboard
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall Call records Yes Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps HSCSD Yes EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Infrared port No USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, autofocus Video Yes Secondary No
Features OS Android OS Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio Stereo FM radio Games Yes + downloadable Colors Blue on Black GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, MIDP 2.0 - MP3/MP4/AAC/AAC+/EAAC+/WMA player
- MP4 player
- Organizer
- Photo/video editor
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Stand-by - Talk time - Disclaimer. We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.
Another Nokia NSeries that will hit the market soon! N900
Monday, August 31, 2009Taken From Nokia N900 pictures, official photos
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900 Announced 2009, August Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, October
Size Dimensions 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc Weight 181 g
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 800 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Full QWERTY keyboard
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers - 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Call records Detailed, max 30 days Internal 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 32 HSCSD Yes EDGE Class 32 3G HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Infrared port No USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Dual LED flash, video light Features Geo-tagging Video Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps Secondary Yes, VGA
Features OS Maemo 5 CPU ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Maemo Browser), RSS feeds Radio Stereo FM radio; FM transmitter Games Yes, Bounce, Chess, Mahjong + downloadable Colors Black GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Java Yes, MIDP 2.1 - Digital compass
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ music player
- WMV/RealVideo/MP4/AVI/XviD video player
- TV-out
- Voice command/dial
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Photo editor
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J)
Samsung S8000 Jet :TouchWiz user interface but with a twist
Monday, August 24, 2009Taken From Samsung S8000 Jet preview: First look - GSMArena.com
Samsung S8000 Jet preview: First look
TouchWiz user interface but with a twist
The Samsung S8000 comes with the latest implementation of the TouchWiz user interface, which is basically a pimped up version of what you saw on the Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH. However here it performs quite better as obviously the hardware has been updated.
The handset has four different homescreens which you can fill up with widgets of your choice. In case you need a refresh, the widgets basically are handy mini-applications for customizing your handset.
Some of the widgets are more practical such as the calendar or the world clock, image gallery and the mp3/radio player, while others are just pointless but fun.
The TouchWiz UI has been spiced up a little for the S8000 JetThe transition effects are the biggest change to take place on the S8000 Jet in comparison to the previous TouchWiz handsets. You now get to pick between three different sets of transition styles all of which are smooth and cool-looking. They give so much life to the user interface and we almost never saw them lag (the rare exception is the photo contacts app which seems to take about half a second to open) - a commendable achievement.
Miss Universe 2009 Results!
Taken From Miss Universe 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss Universe 2009
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss Universe 2009
Miss Universe 2009Date August 23, 2009 Presenters Billy Bush, Claudia Jordan Entertainment Flo Rida, David Guetta, Kelly Rowland, and Heidi Montag Venue Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas Broadcaster NBC, Telemundo Entrants 83 Placements 15 Withdraws Antigua & Barbuda, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Returns Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Guyana, Iceland, Lebanon, Namibia, Romania, Sweden, Zambia Winner Stefania Fernandez Represented Venezuela
Congeniality Wang Jingyao
China
Best National Costume Diana Broce
Panama
Participating nations and territories.
Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009.[1][2][3] It made history when an outgoing queen crowned her successor from the same country, Stefanía Fernández, Miss Venezuela, was crowned Miss Universe 2009 by outgoing titleholder Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela. 83 countries and territories competed for the title and the pageant was broadcasted live on NBC and Telemundo.
The presentation show, rehearsals, dress rehearsal and the grand final took place at the Imperial Ballroom, in the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort.
Results
Placements
Final results Contestant Miss Universe 2009 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up 3rd Runner-up 4th Runner-up Top 10
France - Chloé Mortaud
South Africa - Tatum Keshwar
Czech Republic - Iveta Lutovská
Switzerland - Whitney Toyloy
USA - Kristen Dalton
Top 15
Albania - Hasna Xhukiçi
Belgium - Zeynep Sever
Sweden - Renate Cerljen
Croatia - Sarah Ćosić
Iceland - Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir
Final competition scores
[hide]Country Swimsuit Evening Gown Venezuela 8.760 (4) 8.869 (5) Dominican Republic 9.189 (2) 9.428 (1) Kosovo 8.790 (3) 9.250 (2) Australia 9.264 (1) 9.039 (4) Puerto Rico 8.533 (7) 9.050 (3) France 8.640 (5) 8.650 (6) South Africa 8.460 (8) 8.040 (7) Czech Republic 8.350 (9) 8.010 (8) Switzerland 8.611 (6) 7.890 (9) USA 8.060 (10) 7.550 (10) Albania 7.900 (11) Belgium 7.870 (12) Sweden 7.830 (13) Croatia 7.811 (14) Iceland 7.730 (15)
- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Third runner-up
- Fourth runner-up
- Top 10
- Top 15
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
Special Awards
Award Winner Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic Best National Costume Historical significance
- This marks the first time in Miss Universe history the same country won the crown in consecutive years.
- Venezuela wins its sixth crown. Venezuela (1979, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2008, 2009) now holds the second-most titleholders in Miss Universe history. Miss USA still holds the record with seven (1954, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1980, 1995, 1997).
- Dominican Republic had its strongest finish (1st runner-up) since Amelia Vega won in 2003.
- Kosovo had its strongest finish (2nd runner-up) since its debut participation last year.
- Australia finished its strongest since Jennifer Hawkins won in 2004.
- Puerto Rico placed for the first time since Zuleyka Rivera won in 2006.
- Czech Republic placed for the third time in row.
- USA finished in the Top 10 for the second year in row.
- South Africa was only the African semifinalist since last year.
- Croatia placed for the first time in Miss Universe history.
- Sweden and Switzerland both last placed in 2006.
- Albania last placed in 2002.
- France last placed in 2001.
- Belgium last placed in 1992.
- Iceland last placed in 1980.
- A delegate from Asia didn’t place in the final night of competition for the first time since 1991.
Background music
- Opening Number: “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas, “Fire Burning” by Sean Kingston
- Fashion Shoot Presentation: “Body Language” by Heidi Montag (Live performance)
- Swimsuit Competition: “Right Round” and “Jump” by Flo Rida (Live performance)
- Evening Gown Competition: “When Love Takes Over” by David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland (Live performance)
Presentation show
This marks the first time the Miss Universe preliminary competition was streamed online to a worldwide audience.
At the Preliminary Competition, all contestants competed in the Swimsuit and Evening Gown categories as part of the selection of the top 15 finalists who will be revealed during the beginning of the two-hour live telecast of the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant live on NBC and Telemundo on Sunday, August 24th at 0100 GMT.
The Preliminary Competition was hosted by Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza and Local Bahamas radio personality Ed Fields. London based singer Anthoney Wright performed his hit song “Wud if I Cud” during the competition.
Final show
This marks the first time the Miss Universe live telecast was introduced by Donald Trump.
All 83 contestants pre-taped the national costume introduction include Turks & Caicos - Jewel Selver. Top 15 were announced, and competed in the Swimsuit which combined the scores for each contestant. Top 10 were announced, and competed in the Evening Gown which also combined the scores for each contestants. The special awards were announced, only Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic were given at the night. Top 5 were decided, and competed in the Final Question round. The 4 runner-ups announced first, followed by the winner of Miss Universe 2009.
The live telecast was hosted by Access Hollywood, Billy Bush and Miss Rhode Island USA 1997, Claudia Jordan. Heidi Montag set the Fashion Shoot Presentation, when followed by Flo Rida set the Swimsuit Competition, when the Evening Gown Competition set by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland.
Judges
Preliminary Judges[4]
- Mark Wylie - Best Buddies Talent Executive.
- Adriana Ching - Licensed attorney and a former real estate developer avid philanthropist.
- Todd Winston - Veteran of the hospitality industry and Vice President of Sales at Creative Promotional.
- Rosalina Lydster - Fashion designer for celebrities.
- Tiza Tjokroadisumarto - Director of Retail Operations for Michael Kors.
- Corinne Nicolas - President of Trump Model Management.
- David Friedman - Last Call with Carson Daly Executive Producer.
- Steven Schillaci - Talent Producer for many hit shows including American Idol.
- Mario Mosley - Hollywood Choreographer of Oxygen’s Dance Your Ass Off.
- Sarah Markantonis - Ambassador of Kerzner International Bahamas.
Telecast Judges[5][4]
- Keisha Whitaker - Fashion Maven and Founder of the Kissable Couture Lip Gloss line.
- Tamara Tunie - Actress, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”.
- George Maloof Jr. - Professional Sports Mogul and Hotelier.
- Farouk - Founder and Chairman of CHI Hair Care.
- Richard LeFrak - Chairman, President and CEO LeFrak Organization.
- Heather Kerzner - Philanthropist and Ambassador for Kerzner International and Resorts.
- Matthew Rolston - Leading Photographer and Director.
- Dean Cain - Actor and Producer.
- Colin Cowie - Author, Television Personality and Designer to the Stars.
- Valeria Mazza - International Supermodel.
- Andre Leon Talley - Award-winning Writer and Editor.
- Gerry DeVeaux - Award-winning Producer, Songwriter and Style Guru.
Contestants
This section needs references that appear in reliable third-party publications. Primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject are generally not sufficient for a Wikipedia article. Please add more appropriate citations from reliable sources. (August 2009)
Country Contestant Age Height
(cm)Height
(ft)Placement Hometown Awards Notes Hasna Xhukiçi[6] 21 176 5′9″ Top 15 Fier Angola
Nelsa Alves[7] 22 175 5′9″ Luanda Argentina
Johanna Lasic[8] 23 182 6′0″ Buenos Aires Aruba
Dianne Croes[9] 22 179 5′10″ Oranjestad Australia
Rachael Finch[10] 21 176 5′9″ 3rd Runner-up Townsville Bahamas
Kiara Sherman 26 168 5′6″ Freeport Zeynep Sever[11] 20 176 5′9″ Brussels Bolivia
Dominique Peltier[12] 22 180 5′11″ Cochabamba Brazil
Larissa Costa 25 176 5′9″ Natal Bulgaria
Elitsa Lubenova[13] 19 173 5′8″ Dve Mogili Canada
Mariana Valente[14] 23 175 5′9″ Richmond Hill Cayman Islands
Nicosia Lawson[15] 26 175 5′9″ George Town Wang Jingyao[16] 21 180 5′11″ Qingdao Miss Congeniality Colombia
Michelle Rouillard[17] 22 174 5′8″ Popayán Costa Rica
Jessica Umaña[18] 21 175 5′9″ Moravia Sarah Ćosić[19] 20 178 5′10″ Top 15 Split Curaçao
Angenie Simon[20] 24 170 5′7″ Willemstad Cyprus
Kielia Giasemidou[21] 20 168 5′6″ Nicosia Iveta Lutovská[22] 26 183 6′0″ Top 10 Třeboň Dominican Republic
Ada de la Cruz 23 183 6′0″ 1st Runner-up Villa Mella Ecuador
Sandra Vinces[23] 19 178 5′10″ Portoviejo Egypt
Elham Wagdi[24] 26 175 5′9″ Cairo El Salvador
Mayella Mena[25] 21 174 5′8″ San Salvador Estonia
Diana Arno[26] 25 181 5′11″ Tallinn Ethiopia
Melat Yante[27] 19 172 5′7″ Addis Ababa Finland
Essi Pöysti[28] 22 174 5′8″ Jyväskylä Chloé Mortaud[29] 19 180 5′11″ Top 10 Bénac Georgia
Lika Ordzhonikidze[30] 19 175 5′9″ Tbilisi Germany
Martina Lee[31] 24 178 5′10″ Meinerzhagen Ghana
Jennifer Koranteng[32] 23 180 5′11″ Accra Great Britain
Clair Cooper[33] 27 173 5′8″ London Greece
Viviana Kampanile-Zagorianakou[34] 19 180 5′11″ Athens Guam
Racine Manley[35] 24 168 5′6″ Dededo Guatemala
Lourdes Figueroa[36] 21 177 5′10″ Guatemala City Guyana
Jenel Cox[37] 19 173 5′8″ Georgetown Honduras
Bélgica Suárez[38] 23 177 5′10″ Tegucigalpa Hungary
Zsuzsa Budai[39] 21 181 5′11″ Budapest Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir[40] 24 179 5′10″ Top 15 Austurland India
Ekta Choudhry[41] 23 177 5′10″ Delhi Indonesia
Zivanna Letisha Siregar[42] 20 178 5′10″ Jakarta Ireland
Diana Donnelly[43] 20 175 5′8″ Dublin Israel
Yulia Liubianitzki[44] 20 176 5′9″ Haifa Italy
Laura Valenti[45] 25 175 5′9″ Arezzo Jamaica
Carolyn Yapp[46] 25 175 5′9″ Montego Bay Japan
Emiri Miyasaka[47] 25 170 5′7″ Tokyo Korea
Ree Na[48] 23 168 5′6″ Seoul Kosovo
Marigona Dragusha[49] 18 173 5′8″ 2nd Runner-up Pristina Lebanon
Martine Andraos[50] 19 169 5′7″ Byblos Malaysia
Joannabelle Ng[51] 21 174 5′8″ Kota Kinabalu Mauritius
Anaïs Veerapatren[52] 23 183 6′0″ Curepipe Mexico
Karla Carrillo[53] 21 176 5′9″ Guadalajara Montenegro
Anja Jovanović[54] 20 180 5′11″ Podgorica Namibia
Happie Ntelamo[55] 20 185 6′1″ Katima Mulilo Netherlands
Avalon-Chanel Weyzig[56] 19 175 5′9″ Zwolle New Zealand
Katie Taylor[57] 22 175 5′9″ Auckland Nicaragua
Indiana Sánchez[58] 22 177 5′10″ Managua Nigeria
Sandra Otohwo[59] 20 173 5′8″ Asaba Norway
Eli Landa[60] 25 176 5′9″ Stavanger Diana Broce[61] 23 170 5′7″ Las Tablas Best National Costume Paraguay
Mareike Baumgarten[62] 19 173 5′8″ Asunción Peru
Karen Schwarz 25 178 5′10″ Lima Philippines
Pamela Bianca Manalo[63] 22 178 5′10″ Parañaque City Poland
Angelika Jakubowska[64] 20 175 5′9″ Lubań Puerto Rico
Mayra Matos[65] 20 178 5′10″ 4th Runner-up Cabo Rojo Romania
Elena Bianca Constantin[66] 20 174 5′8″ Piatra-Neamt Russia
Sofia Rudieva[67] 18 178 5′10″ Saint Petersburg Serbia
Dragana Atlija[68] 22 180 5′11″ Belgrade Singapore
Rachel Kum[69] 24 170 5′7″ Singapore Slovak Republic
Denisa Mendrejová[70] 23 175 5′9″ Bratislava Slovenia
Mirela Korač[71] 22 171 5′7″ Ljubljana Tatum Keshwar[72] 25 181 5′11″ Top 10 Durban Spain
Estíbaliz Pereira[73] 23 181 5′11″ Santiago de Compostela Renate Cerljen[74] 21 175 5′9″ Top 15 Staffanstorp Whitney Toyloy[75] 19 178 5′10″ Top 10 Yverdon Tanzania
Illuminata James[76] 24 176 5′9″ Mwanza Thailand
Chutima Durongdej[77] 23 177 5′10″ Bangkok Miss Photogenic Turkey
Senem Kuyucuoğlu[78] 18 186 6′1″ Izmir Ukraine
Kristina Kots-Gotlib[79] 26 174 5′7″ Donetsk Uruguay
Cintia Dottone[80] 21 179 5′10″ Montevideo Kristen Dalton[81] 22 171 5′7″ Top 10 Wilmington Stefanía Fernández[82] 18 178 5′10″ Winner Mérida Vietnam
Võ Hoàng Yến[83] 20 179 5′10 Ho Chi Minh City Zambia
Andella Chileshe Matthews[84] 21 178 5′10″ Ndola National pageant notes
Country changes
- United Kingdom changed its name to UK last year, and this year it changed back its name to Great Britain, which was last used in 2000.
Returning countries and territories
- Romania last competed in 1998.
- Ethiopia, Iceland, Namibia and Sweden last competed in 2006.
- Bulgaria, Guyana, Lebanon and Zambia last competed in 2007.
Withdrawals
Antigua & Barbuda
Denmark
Kazakhstan: Olga Nikitina did not compete in Miss Universe for lack of sponsoring from her country.
Northern Marianas: Sorene Maratita, Miss Marianas Universe 2009, did not compete in Miss Universe 2009 due to lack of sponsorship and funding. She will only compete in Miss International 2009.[85]
Sri Lanka: Faith Landers did not participate in Miss Universe 2009 despite being announced that she would.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Ronique Dellimore did not compete in Miss Universe 2009, although the press in her country announced that she would.
Trinidad & Tobago: Peter Elias, the franchise holder for Trinidad & Tobago has confirmed that the Caribbean nation did not send a delegate to Miss Universe 2009 due to lack of sponsorship. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago was informed by Peter Elias in 2008 that it was difficult for him to find sponsorship and that he would no longer be able to fund the girls. The Government aware of this announced that this competition is for private investment and not Government investment. However they will send a delegate to Miss Universe 2010.
Turks & Caicos: Jewel Selver withdrew from the competition less than 24 hours before the Presentation Night. Claiming she was suffering from dehydration.[86] Selver was the first delegate to withdraw during preparations for the event, on location, for many years.
Burj Al Arab Hotel>>MY DREAM VACATION
Wednesday, August 19, 2009Taken From Burj Al Arab Hotel, world’s only 7-star hotel - Amazing Pictures
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai, which was opened in 1999, is unofficially billed as a 7-star hotel and is the world’s most luxurious and tallest hotel.
Designed to resemble a billowing sail, the hotel soars to a height of 321 metres, dominating the Dubai coastline. The hotel’s own website describes it as the best in the world. With your chauffeur driven Rolls Royce, discreet in-suite check in, private reception desk on every floor and a brigade of highly trained butlers who provide around-the-clock attention, this hotel promises the finest the world has to offer.
Here are a selection of pictures to give you a taste of what you can look forward to as a guest.
Al Falak Ballroom
Al Mahara Restaurant
Royal Suite
Royal Suite
Royal Suite
Jacuzzi
Atrium
The Lobby
The view at night, when it is surrounded by color sculptures of water and fireWHO WANTS TO JOIN ME?
Next Attraction….JURASSIC 5:INTO THE TWILIGHT!
Hahaha i saw this pic somewhere and i find it interesting Vampires Vs. Dino… How i wish Universal Studios will adopt this concept
Smile
Smile
If you are not using your smile, you’re like someone with a million dollars in the bank and no check book. Les Giblin
Photo by NeilsPhotography
My Horoscope for today! LEO
Taken From Leo Horoscope: Daily Overview Horoscope - Astrology on Shine
Smile today! When you greet the world with a bright smile, you inspire confidence.
Overview
Use your amazing energy to poke around and get people to see that things can be better. You may not be an international celebrity, but you still get lots of respect from the right people.
LG Chocolate BL40 YUMMMMMYYYY!!!!
Taken From LG Chocolate BL40 - Latest Mobile Phone
Seoul, Korea / July 30, 2009 - LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, officially revealed today the full image and key specifications of the new LG Chocolate phone (model: LG-BL40).
The fourth handset of the Black Label Series boasts a distinctive 4.0-inch wide screen high-definition LCD with an 800 by 345 pixel resolution for a superb viewing quality. The wide screen breaks away from conventional screen designs with a 21:9 aspect ratio for a panoramic, cinema-like quality and optimal mobile computing experience.
With the enlarged screen, users will experience a surprisingly convenient and efficient mobile environment. Browsing the Internet is made incredibly easy because with 800 pixels at one’s disposal, there is no need to scroll horizontally to read entire web pages. The 4.0-inch display also features a Dual Screen UI that can efficiently display two different types of content simultaneously.
The wide HD LCD “Real VGA” screen provides a full range of natural colors for displayed images, making photos more crisp, videos more true-to-life, games more dynamic and documents more readable.
“The initial response to the new LG Chocolate phone has exceeded our expectations by a wide margin,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications. “Although much interest seems focused on the striking shape of the handset, the real surprise will be when people discover the advantages of the 4.0-inch screen in terms of viewing pleasure and ease of use.”
The new LG Chocolate’s wide screen is overlaid with curved tempered glass and is seamlessly encased in a glossy black finish and iconic red highlights. Although the screen may be much wider, the new LG Chocolate makes an incredibly slim and chic style statement that was also inherent in the original Chocolate.
The new LG Chocolate will be available beginning Q3 in 54 countries.
LG GT500 Puccini
Monday, August 17, 2009Taken From LG GT500 Puccini - Full phone specifications
LG GT500 Puccini
For T-Mobile
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 1900 / 2100 Announced 2009, July Status Available. Released 2009, July
Size Dimensions 107 x 55 x 12 mm Weight 98 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors Size 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches - A-Class Touch UI
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, composer Speakerphone Yes - Dolby Mobile 2.0
Memory Phonebook Yes, Photocall Call records Yes Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps HSCSD Yes EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Infrared port No USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Features Geo-tagging Video Yes Secondary Videocall camera
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio Stereo FM radio Games Yes Colors Black GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, MIDP 2.0 - MP3/MPEG4 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion Stand-by Up to 310 h Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min Another wishlist this CHRISTMAS!!
LG Arena…My next Phone! Yehey
LG’s newest flagship smartphone, the LG Arena, packs in a ton of features you seldom see in its category and price point. We took the new phone for a spin in the last two weeks to see what’s the catch. Check out the review after the jump.
Design and Construction
The LG Arena’s design looks really simple in the outset, not too slim and not too thick either at 12mm (although it’s actually thinner than the iPhone 3G). The faceplate is surrounded in metal with a brushed finish while the backplate is covered in aluminum and plastic. It feels light and fits very well in the hands too.
There are very few physical buttons here — a power button, a camera switch and volume controls — and it gives you an impression that everything else is controlled via the touchscreen.
Navigation and Touch UI
The touch UI of the LG Arena allows for multi-touch, a feature very few touchscreen phones support; and since it has a capacitive screen, the Arena no longer needs a stylus and it’s all finger-flicking from hereon. LG also added a haptic feedback mechanism which you can completely control — vibration volume, touch sound and vibration type.
The S-Class Touch UI gives the screen a 3D effect with an eye-catching Cube navigation that rotates around in 4 panels (Contacts, Widgets, Music and Shortcuts). The Home Screen is packed with all icons for all sorts of controls for Communication, Multimedia, Utilities and Settings (reminded me of the iPhone home screen) — it even re-orients horizontally in landscape mode.
Text input is done via a virtual alphanumeric keypad at the vertical position and switches to full qwerty in horizontal position (landscape mode). While the full qwerty is large enough and easy to get used to, there seems to be some response lag once you start typing real fast. Typing is pretty accurate with a miss-rate of about 2 characters for every 5 words.
Connectivity
LG didn’t hold back to complete the connectivity features in the KM900 — WiFi 802.11 b/g, 3G (HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps), Bluetooth 2.0, GPS with AGPS support — you won’t look for anything more than that on a mobile phone.
What I found bit lacking though is WAP 2.0/xHTML browser which is a little slow even on WiFi although it has some nice features like tabbed browsing and multi-touch navigation (pinch, stretch, swipe etc). Since the Arena can multi-task, you can run several applications and load multiple websites all at the same time. Of course, there are some noticeable slowing down of apps and functions when running them all at the same time.
Multimedia and Entertainment
The LG Arena has a large 3-inch screen with a resolution of 480×800 pixels in bright and crisp 16M colors. This is evident when playing videos where even at an angle, the display still projects the same video quality (no bluish haze like in the iPhone).
The music player is fast and easy to use with some pretty nice visualization. Although I found the volume not too loud, applying the Dolby Mobile in the equalizer made some nice improvements on music playback (at full volume, songs are less pitchy and has a little bit more bass).
Another rare feature of the LG Arena is the FM Tuner with Transmitter so you can broadcast music from the phone to any FM receiver at home or in your car’s stereo (last time I used this feature was with the Nokia N78).
The 5-megapixel camera takes nice quality photos (Schneider-Kreuznach optics) with a fairly fast and stable autofocus. See sample photo below:
Source:http://www.yugatech.com/blog/mobile/lg-arena-km900-review/
TWEET FOR MONEY!
With the continuous growth of Twitter worldwide, I thought it’s only a matter of time before someone does a Pay Per Post marketplace. So there you go — Pay Per Tweet — make some money online by tweeting.
Though the site is not yet open for registration and details aren’t posted yet, it’s pretty easy to imagine what this new marketplace will be:
1) Advertisers buy tweets by the thousands (CPM model) — say $200 per 1,000 tweets.
2) Pay Per Tweet (PPT) auctions the tweet ads and each tweet costs $0.10 (50-50 share).
The model is similar to Pay Per Post — someone buys a post; someone publishes it and earn a couple of bucks.
Question is — will it be just plain per-tweet or will PPT also consider the number of followers a twitterer has? We’re already seeing lots of masked affiliate links on the Twitter stream. I’m pretty sure this PPT will eventually open the floodgates for more ProTwitterers.
Source:http://www.yugatech.com/blog/blogosphere/here-comes-pay-per-tweet/
EMO Poem: Slowly Fading
Friday, August 14, 2009
The light slowly fading,
i saw that familiar pudd
le,
so dark and black,
i looked back to my wrists,
saw that smooth cut,
so fine under the blanket of blood.
i see this everyday,
each time looking so new,
i never seem to know why though,
that little trickle of blood,
letting it fall in that puddle,
turning so dark inside.
when i am done i clean the puddle,
the rag covered in red,
i grab my arm bands,
slip them over the fresh slashes,
pull my sleeves down around them,
throw the towel in the was and leave.
