Choosing Between iPad and iPhone 4

iPad is an Apple device that has got all those tons of advertisements, reviews and magic features, generating record sales. However, you might still haven't been assured that it is worth buying. You might be more of an iPhone user, and probably you have had the iPhone for a while so far, and even bought recently an iPhone 4. Still, you are intrigued by another device - iPad, and want to compare it to your beloved iPhone 4 in specific aspects. Below you may find the answers to many of your questions regarding the two gadgets.

First of all, for those frequent readers the best thing in the iPad is the size of its screen. Although iPhone 4 is quite sufficient for using the iBooks app, you can also get access to the iBooks with the iPad. And although the Retina display of iPhone 4 is very impressive, it's still just 3.5 inches in size. The only thing the user must never forget to prolong the pleasure of reading is to protect the display and the device itself with a reliable iPhone 4 case. At the same time, the iPad has a 9.7 inch screen, which is almost thrice bigger than the iPhone's one. Of course, the phone can be all right for doing some e-reading, but if you do it all the time, the size really matters, as your eyes can get tired from reading the small font. The preference in this case should undoubtedly be given to the iPad as the ideal reading device for reading and similar activities.

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As for viewing videos and other media, the Retina display of iPhone 4 is again very impressive. Moreover, while the iPad has a better resolution as compared to the iPhone 4′s (1,024x768 vs. 960x640), the latter can boast of an excellent pixel density of 326pi. It's Apple that should be granted the respect for succeeding in creating the highest resolution phone screen with amazing graphics. However, the size also matters here, as well as in the ebooks case. Although the graphics on the Apple iPad are not as razor sharp as on the iPhone 4, they are still easy on the eyes, so a 9.7 inch screen can beat out a 3.5 inch one in terms of viewing videos and similar media.

Let's move to the typing issue, like emailing and so on. Here, again, iPhone 4 definitely succeeds for emails and similar writing tasks. But if you decide to write long letters or even to create papers for work, then typing on the smaller display of iPhone 4 can tire your fingers after a while. Working with the iPad, your fingers will get more space to type. Besides, you can also connect a physical keyboard to the gadget to enjoy even more natural typing experience. However, you can't protect the latter with a cover like iPhone 4 case, so its security is under the question. Again, iPad wins, but not in the terms of protection.

Moving further we'll see how the Apple iPad stacks up to the iPhone 4 in terms of other activities and features, like storage and processing performance. Those users that usually need tons of storage out of their gadgets will be interested in the following comparison. Looking at the options of storage, we can see that iPhone 4 offers just two storage capacity versions: 16GB or 32GB, while the iPad offers three of them: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB. Of course, 64GB version of iPad will beat the iPhone 4′s maximum capacity. However, 32GB is sufficient enough for a phone. The difference is just in the types of devices - the iPad, for example, is a much larger gadget, which can even be compared to a laptop. Therefore, it should be able to store plenty of data to confirm its rank of a do-it-all gadget. Normally, the user would opt to use the iPad as a device for storing lots of content like work data, films, music, and games. However, regardless of iPad's 64GB version existing, it's still a disappointment that such a big gadget has such scanty memory capacity. Perhaps, Apple should consider the way to add more storage capacity in the future.

When talking about processing performance, a surprise is emerging: both iPad and iPhone 4 feature Apple's 1GHz A4 processor. The next surprise is that the iPhone 4′s 512MB of RAM twice exceeds the amount of it in the iPad. Quite unexpected result for the difference in size and expectations - thinking logically you would assume the opposite as the case. Extra RAM installed in iPhone 4 ensures its smoother performance. As for the iPad, it will hopefully get more memory in the future.

The final part of the comparison discussion will be devoted to differences in design and camera features. There are lots of people admiring to take pictures of themselves, their friends, and other moments of life. So the question of the camera will be vital for them when choosing between iPhone 4 and iPad. Actually, we can guess what they would opt for at the very beginning, because there can't be any comparison on this ground. For some reason, Apple designers took the decision to not include any type of camera on the iPad at all. Nobody knows the exact reason for this, and the assumptions vary. Some of the Apple fans think that the device is just too clunky to include a camera. However, the absence of a front facing camera can't be explained with this fact. Most of the laptops are clunky, but still come with integrated webcams. So it's unclear why Apple neglected this area - perhaps, with the intention to include a camera on the next generation of the device, and generate high sales of it in the future. On the contrary, the iPhone 4 has as much as two cameras - a main 5-megapixel camera on the back and a smaller VGA camera at front for video chatting. The only worry is again to keep them protected, but a usual iPhone 4 case would be sufficient for that. So if even the phone takes this matchup so easily, the iPad could theoretically take it without any effort at all.

Finally, the iPhone could be preferred by those looking for both powerful and compact device. Most of the users appreciate that iPhone can fit easily in a purse or similar bag. In these terms iPad won't fit into the purse unless the latter is quite large. Moreover, it won't even fit in your pockets, so it can't be called a portable device, but it also shouldn't be. The device of such a type is not meant to compete with a mobile phone in point of portability, as it is rather of a home laptop class. And in that very class it can be considered highly portable, making itself so popular. So, in terms of size, iPhone 4 undoubtedly wins, but the iPad is very portable in its class as well.

That's about it. Both gadgets have advantages and disadvantages, offering just different features. Either way, having any of them is a strong addition to your gadgets collection. It's up to you what to choose - a do-it-all tablet, or a do-it-all phone.

Choosing Between iPad and iPhone 4

Synergy Between Satellite Communications and Mobile Backhaul Markets

Mobile backhaul service is a booming market, especially now that 3G services are on the rise in various regions of the world. This trend is mainly influenced by the growing prevalence of social networking multimedia Applications and wireless communications devices. Since bandwidth is a limited resource, these tools can turn out to be expensive and may slow down network performance.

Cellular backhaul offers an extremely efficient means to enhance 3G network performance. Satellite communications, especially in developing countries, provide cost-effective mobile backhaul infrastructures, making wireless telephony more accessible in remote areas. Markets where GDP is not high enough to support a large market of mobile devices and subscription packages will benefit a lot from satellite communications and backhaul services.

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The growing usage of mobile telephony, the rapidly evolving types of mobile usages like SMS and flexible bandwidth plans, and government support for satellite broadband expansion at consumer level have improved the growth prospects of the mobile backhaul market and satellite communications usage. Backhaul infrastructures make it easier for satellite communications carriers to integrate cellular services with data transmission via various hybrid terrestrial and wireless networks.

There is a growing demand for 3G and 4G networks in both developed and underdeveloped countries. Potential market niches are opening up faster than ever, as seen in rapidly growing presence of the social media delivered through mobile platforms. These Developments have recently impacted the political environment in various Middle Eastern countries like Egypt and Libya, which also influences the choice of means to facilitate wireless data delivery.

3G infrastructures are being rolled out at a fast rate across various countries in Africa and other developing economies. The rising popularity of iPhones and more attractive enhancements in Blackberry and other wireless communication services strengthen the demand for 3G mobile backhaul and satellite communications solutions aimed at cellular network carriers. But can the industry provide sufficient network capacity to 3G base stations?

If we take a look at expected usage patterns over the next 2-3 years, we can say that 3G mobile broadband traffic growth will be highly visible in the following areas:

*metropolitan centres - the home of tach-savvy people
*hot spots like resorts, mining camps where almost all tourists want to stay connected wirelessly
* distant rural areas with no or little access to traditional telecommunication or Internet services

Governments of various countries have expressed their support to mobile backhaul via satellite communications. Villages and towns in outback regions cannot afford the large infrastructures needed to support seamless communications via broadband connectivity. Due to the lack of terrestrial infrastructures to deliver Internet services in many underdeveloped areas, many telecommunications carriers will continue to rely on satellite backhaul services.

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Strain Between Release Management (ITIL) and Project Work (PMBOK) - A Case Discussion

This is a discussion of the tension and its mitigation between ITIL Release Management and Application Development (projects) and enhancements from a particular real world occurrence.

Background While working for a major global manufacturing company they elected to re-outsource with a new model in the middle of last year. This was managed in a coherent program fashion, but of course not all the details could be fleshed out and integrated in advance as they are a huge organization.

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There was a fundamental schism in the re-outsourcing between Services (Infrastructure and operations) and Systems (Application support and projects for Applications). Each side of this schism placed contracts both for the front line performing suppliers, but also for a higher level set of integration services.

On the Services side of course there was bed rock written into the agreements to employ ITIL processes. And of course the integrating supplier on the services side arrived with their own vision and tool(s).

On the Systems side these contracts brought a standard approach to a considerable portion of the legacy Application sustain (break / fix) and small enhancements. Vendors were organized by sets of applications the performed a band of business process functions.

However the integration was meant to occur with two layers of vendor, and the over arching did not get to a standard or common approach on application enhancements quickly. As a result different organizations defined by bands of functionality executed somewhat differently for application support.

Mechanics for governing changes were vague, but in the space in which I worked discretionary (not the break / fix) enhancements were set up with service level wording that clearly required their management change by change, item by item. Additionally, more because of history, governance was set up to support the dialogue about when each change could be made with the end user or business partner.

The company was far more standard on macro co-ordination of application projects. There were a set of different cases but all of these were derivatives of a recognizable PMBOK (Project Management Book of Knowledge) approach.

For our purposes I will put projects into two groups. First there were waterfall projects (Plan, Define, Design, Construct, Test, and Deploy) and then there were iterative, or cyclic (RUP) kinds of projects.

There were numerous variants, such as splitting off the plan and define from the construct through deploy. Often in these cases one plan define might launch several construct through deploys. And also often the plan and define parts might get shelved and require a refresh before going into the true construct through deploy.

Release Management Release management at a company wide level was really rather new thinking. It has begun before the re-sourcing had occurred, but was planned for a functionally phased implementation.

The first steps had already occurred without tension. A set of applications had been identified as the target scope. Logically this was things like the more important applications in business terms, and the SoX controlled applications. Schedules for when these applications would allow for changes to be promoted to productions were developed and communicated to a central production control team. The intent of course to be able to manage these between various dependent application changes and together with server and infrastructure changes.

Also in the early and less controversial implementation was the Development of policies for these applications regarding release management.

And since a full ITIL vision was being pursued Change Management had been partially implemented. It was in fact the "back end" that was put in place. The gate keeping for promote to production was put in place with Change Authorization Boards (meetings) supported with a tool. Each change was submitted in the tool, reviewed at the meeting for being acceptable, and tracked into production and acceptance.

The "Rub" Now the tension showed up when the logical next step was taken, which was the concept of mapping the "what" was going to change to the "when" it could change in the already defined schedule. Trouble began when they wanted release plans with scope well defined.

In all cases the vision called for Release Plans that had a 2 year horizon, of which 12 months was firm, and 90 days committed or "locked". Clearly for application Development and support staff striving to be ever more responsive to the end users and business customers this thinking just isn't going to fit. We are talking about an organization with a stated goal of delivering value (code promotion) every 90 days in the big picture. This is a company that conceives and wants to execute a marketing program to react to real world pressures in 30 days or less. Bottom line - no way, no how was locking 90 days going to work. Nor was there going to be much more than a 6 month horizon to what could be foreseen.

Another layer of difficulty arises with the more traditional projects being executed. The conceptual framework includes drilling down or elaborating to arrive at discrete requirements. There is seldom a bank of back logged, crisp changes to be pulled into a group to define a release. (Sometimes when a more robust plan and define moved into design before being shelved or put on hold they might exist.)

Throughout the life of the project the "onion was peeled" and requirements became clear. But once clear there wasn't going to be any delay in getting something built and deployed. There was no appetite to put in a schedule out more than 90 days on the horizon.

Iterative projects evidenced a mix of symptoms. To some degree when in the second or later iteration there were crisp changes that had been defined and purposefully held for later iterations. Very similar to release planning required. But the kicker was, the joint application development flavor meant that something new may well arise in working with the users from one iteration that would take precedence of all other things and go into the next. This once the occasional exception. This was meant to be. Constantly resurfacing the more important needs and not emphasizing a locked or firm horizon. It wasn't a case of doing out in the next open release, but constant review for including the highest value changes in the next iteration.

With the small enhancements the problem was the management required for them one by one. They were not bundled for coding and testing but executed individually. They were planned for a release schedule date, but the plan and management wasn't for a bundled release, but needed to be item by item. Including the entries in the change and release management tool. In turn, this matched the service level of the contracts more exactly.

Mitigation So the trick to mitigating these arrangements conceptually around at least the projects is rather easy. Soften up on the targets for locked and firm schedules of scope and allow for the elaboration of information around what is in what release as things are known.

Pretty clear that what duration should be locked and firm should vary by business condition, by application.

What got in the way in this instance was the tool. It was designed with two layers. One a set of well defined detailed change records and a collector release record. As a result the only way to elaborate change in terms of how much was known to revise the descriptions as things were understood.

In a large and complex environment where the project management and tracking tool doesn't interface with the change and release management tool this becomes considerable duplicate effort. And worse, it is a structure and mode that isn't natural to project teams.

So, not only would I advise that the tools be integrated, but that the release management tool might be constructed with multiple layers. The top set of records could be just defining the dates or windows of opportunity for promote to production. A next layer could provide some definition of scope, but less detailed. This would equate to a "firming" and have a horizon appropriate by application. One would define what the firm horizon should be in the policy for the application.

Then of course the final set would equate to committed. These would be well defined changes. However, allowance should be made to allow recording these and moving them when known. Rather than a fixed horizon targets for how many of the changes were recorded at this level how far out would make more sense. For instance:

95% should be known 30 days out

80% known 60 days out

60% known 90 days out

The small enhancements were in fact mapped to target release schedule dates for promotion to production. Again it was the tool that got in the way. It was the concept that they would be bundled and managed through code and unit test as a set.

The solution would be to manage them from approval to execute through code and unit test individually. They would "committed" records as above once approved. What would be different is that status and tracking would be preserved at this lower level, not at the release level, until the release or bundle was ready for integrated testing and promotion to production.

A better solution So what I carefully avoided above was the fact that there were sustain or application managers for the small enhancements handling changes. At the same time there were project managers handling major development efforts for sets of functionality to the same apps.

On the project side you had rotating project managers and teams for the same application. Often losing continuity of oversight for an application over time.

To really make this work better, you need to make organizational change and shift from assigned by project teams in conjunction with sustain teams to product teams with release managers that comprehend both the small enhancements and the project work equivalent executed as releases. Unfortunately that is far from trivial.

Strain Between Release Management (ITIL) and Project Work (PMBOK) - A Case Discussion

iOS Passing Data Between View Controllers Technique 1

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This video discusses one of the most basic techniques for passing data between view controllers in an iOS application. This technique uses storing a local iVar in one class and passing it to the second class about to be displayed on the screen. Although this is a very simple example using an NSString, it can be applied using any other type of data as well - whether it be a collection or a custom data model object.

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XCode 4 Tutorial Passing Data Between Views - Geeky Lemon Development

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Synchronising Your Files Between Computers Easily

If you have just the one computer, you have a problem. You have got no easy way of doing backups (except maybe to an external hard drive, USB or other memory stick, or recordable DVD or CD media).

If you have multiple computers, you can solve that problem easily by copying your important files between them, but then a different problem manifests itself. If you work on projects on multiple machines and you "hot desk," you may not have the files you're working on on your current computer. Also, you have to make sure that the important files are copied in both places.

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There are a couple of solutions to this. If you're running with a Windows PC, there are two Applications that allow you to synchronise the contents of your folders. This means that the two folders will have exactly the same contents. It is handled by performing operations on the remote folder periodically to ensure the same files exist on both sides with the same contents.

For Windows PCs, there are two Applications that handle this. Searching for 'SyncToy' will provide you with a link to some free software from Microsoft that can perform this task.

Karen's Replicator will do the same job, but it also allows you to set up a schedule, and keeps details of its history. It is free for non-commercial purposes; a relatively cheap license is available if you want to run it in connection with your business; and there exist a number of other programs that come with that license. Search for 'Karen's Replicator' for more details.

These are fine if you run Windows all the time, but there is a solution that works on other platforms, including Mac and Linux. You can even access your files via an iPhone.

It stores a copy of your files on secured servers on the internet, and then when you make any changes to the folder that you set up to synchronise, those changes will be copied to the server on the internet. They will then propagate to any other machines that you have connected to the service on which you have set up a similar folder.

The service is intelligent enough to know that if your computers are on the same network and powered up and running at the same time, they can talk to each other to synchronise the folders between them, and the transfer does not have to proceed across the internet; this saves time. Of course, the files are still copied to the servers on the internet, regardless.

The transfer over the internet takes some time, depending partly on the speed of your internet connection (BroadBand recommended). This is not good for copying huge quantities of data, unless you've got the time to wait for it. For tens of gigabytes of data, it could take days! But for smaller quantities, and especially if you're working on a project, it's a good service.

The service is positioned as a backup solution as well. Again, if your backup needs are light, then it's likely to be good for you. If you have a lot of data that you wish to back up, you're better off getting a hard drive big enough to handle the data, and using one of the software-only solutions described above.

The service is called DropBox, and at the time of writing it is free for up to 2Gb of data and has subscription options to allow you to use it for up to 100Gb.

Synchronising Your Files Between Computers Easily

Important Differences Between Nokia N95 8GB and Apple iPhone

From their inception, each mobile manufacturing company has launched the products that are full of splendid technologies, innovations, and designs. These companies are moving their steps towards new qualities and skills so that they can achieve the excellence in the mobile market. Currently there are more than hundred mobile manufacturing companies worldwide. Moreover, there are many other companies that are entering in this industry with their amazing products range. All these companies are trying to attract more and more customers towards them and their astounding products.

The major companies like Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG, Apple etc have presented various mobile devices to enchant this world. However, sometimes back, the mobile major Nokia and Apple had rocked this world by launching serious superb mobile devices in the markets. These devices are named as Nokia N95 8GB and Apple iPhone. Both of these handsets are attractively designed and conceived, but still there are many differences between these two mobile devices. If Nokia N95 is a machine of intelligence and power then the Apple iPhone delivers intelligence with great beauty.

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The Nokia N95 8GB is a 3G ready Quad-Band GSM mobile phone that supports the features like Email, Instant Messaging, and Internet Browsing. It offers great photo and video shooting options with its integrated 5.0 megapixels camera with Carl Zeiss Optics. The device is equipped with features like Dual Slide Design, GPS, Installed map Application that covers over 100 countries, Stereo FM Radio, Organiser, Office Document Viewer, Music Player, Video Player, Voice Dial, Voice Memo, Built-in Handsfree and many more. However, the most advanced feature of this handset is its enormously sized internal memory of 8GB. This gadget runs with the help of Symbian 9.2 OS, 64MB of RAM and a standard Li-Ion Battery that gives the talk-time of up to 6 hours and a stand-by time of up to 280 hours. If you are looking for a great piece of innovation and technology then this Black coloured phone is really made for you.

Whereas, the Apple iPhone is a beauty piece that is technically very sound. This gadget holds various effective features such as Multi-touch Input Method, Emailing, Internet Browsing with the help of Safari Web Browser, 2 megapixels Camera for great Videos and Photos, integrated iPod, Google Maps, PIM (including Calendar), To-Do List, TV Output, Photo Browser & Editor, Voice Memo, Integrated Handsfree and lots more. The main features of this device are that it has multiple options for the internal memory. It supports the internal memory of 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB. Beside this you also get the perfection and beauty of MAC OS, Accelerometer, and Proximity Sensor. Moreover, if you are looking for a mobile phone that is full of wisdom and beauty then this black coloured device is really the best option for you.

Important Differences Between Nokia N95 8GB and Apple iPhone

Android Application Development Tutorial - 47 - Passing a String between Activities

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The Differences Between Kindle 2 and Nook - Which is Better?

Amazon's Kindle 2 and the Barnes and Noble Nook are the two main heavy-weights in the battle of the ebook readers this year. There are many similarities, and critical differences in the two. What are they, and which is the better digital ebook reader? Let's take a look.

E-Ink Display Screens- Both the Kindle 2 and the Nook use the same "E-Ink" technology for their display screen. Reading for hours on end on these eBook readers isn't like staring at a computer screen. The E-Ink screen displays the words just like (or even better than) looking at a real book.

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The Nook, however, has an additional color navigation screen underneath the display screen. This touch screen allows you to scroll through titles of books, magazines, and other publications. There is also a touch keyboard display on this screen. No reviews are available yet for the screen performance, but consumers will soon tell all.

Wireless and 3G- Both the Kindle 2 and the Nook boast wireless capabilities. You are able to download books and other publications if you have access to a wireless network. If no wireless internet is available, then 3G cellular capabilities will allow you to download in that situation.

International Availability- Here is a major difference between the two ebook readers- International capabilities. The Kindle 2 boasts the ability to download books and full usage in over 100 countries, whereas the Nook is only fully functional in the US. Of course the Nook device will work in the sense you can still read books out of the country, but you cannot add more books or publications. This is obviously a very important point for international customers to take into account.

The Nook's Lending Capability- The Nook has the ability to let you lend out your books to others that have downloaded the Barnes and Noble software. You don't necessarily have to have a Nook to receive the lent books, just the software. One should know that lending time is only 2 weeks and the person who lends the book cannot use it during that time. A good feature? Customers will tell over time.

Storage Space- Both the Kindle and Nook have base memory of 2 GB, which is good for about 1,500 books, however the Nook allows for extra space to be added to increase the titles to upwards of 17,500. Is 2 Gigs enough? Well, read one book a day and you'll have 4 years of reading material!

Other Differences- The Kindle boasts a slightly lighter device, text-to-speech technology, and a web browsing capability, whereas the Nook doesn't.

One other notable difference is the Google Android software in the Nook. Barnes and Noble chose this software, banking on the Development of Applications by software developers that will work with the Nook. We'll have to see how the software performs and if there is an iPod like popularity in Applications.

The Differences Between Kindle 2 and Nook - Which is Better?