TECH MATES
November 11, 2009 - 4:46pm
Move over iPod, there's a new player on the block
Don’t get me wrong, I think iPods are awesome. If I didn’t, would I have three of them in the house? But there are alternative MP3 players, especially if you don’t need all the features most iPods come with.
Suppose you really like watching videos, but don’t need things like cameras or games. You could buy an iPod touch for $219, or you could go with a ViewSonic MovieBook VPD 400. Dedicated to video, but also capable of playing music, displaying photos and serving as an e-book reader, the MovieBook costs just $129.99 USD (about $136 CDN).
Now let’s talk specs. The ViewSonic has a much bigger screen than any iPod. The biggest, on the iPod touch, is 3.5 inches, while the MovieBook’s is 4.3 inches. That may not sound like much, but consider that the iPod Touch display is 480 by 320 pixels, while the MovieBook’s is 800 by 480 – that’s a grand total of 384,000 total pixels to the iPod’s 153,000. And the difference is remarkable. The MovieBook’s display is better in every way, and significantly more enjoyable to watch for longer durations, such as the standard 22 or 44 minutes of a commercial television show or the usual 90 or so minutes for a feature film.
Surprisingly, it’s packed with more punch as the MovieBook is virtually the same size as the iPod touch and less than an ounce heavier. And ViewSonic’s products, like Apple’s, have a good reputation for build quality and reliability.
Why does it keep rejecting my birthday and date of birth? I ought to know!!!!~!
Why does it keep rejecting my birthdate and year of birth??????
how cin I reach the second accout I created ?
I have beem trying to connect with my Rogers Home page for the last two hours to no avail.
the first thing I see when I turn on is a box asking if I only want to display secure sights.My answer is YES. WHEN the sign in box appears I have been getting it without the sign in seal. SO, I turn the computer off & restart. What is going on? How do we correct it?
I am facing two peoblems:
1. The Spell Check function in my Yahoo-Rogers is not working.
2. Whenever I want to start up the yahoo Rogers, I am getting a box asking if I want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely? ....etc.
This is a recent problem. I do not know wh this question is being asked. If Rogers-Yahoo has introduced this problem as a "new feature", then I would request them to do way with it. We have a lot of other problems and we do not want to add one more pronlem to the list. We are busy and we have NO TIME to answer that question
i cannot see why we have to go tyhrought all that signing in more than once.one time sho be sufficient.please help.
similar to 19-13 it's a pain get rid of this are you protected thing except every two weeks as promised.
i lost email connection at 2:00 today and nothing I try gets me back on. Yahoo won't accept my (true) answers to the security questions including country and date of birth. What is going on? I urgently need to access email
the first thing I see when I turn on is a box asking if I only want to display secure sights.My answer is YES. WHEN the sign in box appears I have been getting it without the sign in seal. SO, I turn the computer off & restart. What is going on? How do we correct it?
I have created a sign in seal twice and do not see it when i close and open my browser,please help
Question: Answer please! I have changed the time that I want my Anti Virus Scan to run -- WHY? is my Rogers Anti Virus not picking up the change and doing the Anti Virus Scan at random, it seems.....not when I have stated....?????
and why , when I am logging into my Explorer/Rogers Home Page am I being asked if I want to display the secure and non secure items more than once????? Can't understand why should have to do this twice?????
Thanks, for your support!
I cannot connect to my home page. I turned off the computer and tried again a few hours later and STILL cannot connect. I'm VERY frustrated and reaqdy to cancel my internet NOW. Please tell me what is going on.