Here are pictures taken with the Android running HTC Sensation XE‘s 8 mega pixel camera built in – it takes photos very fast.
I have recently got myself HTC Sensation XE that comes with Beats Audio in-ear headphones.
As you know the Dr Dres beats audio headphones are quite expensive. These in-ear headphones that is supplied with the HTC Sensation XE are about £80 on Amazon.
The HTC Sensation XE Android smartphone has the beats audio logo at the back and when the phone starts up it displays the beats audio splash-screen.
The beats audio logo also comes up on top of the screen (on the notification bar) when any ear phones are connected indicating the beats audio technology is activated. The beats audio sound can also be disable.
HTC is the first phone company to have Dr Dre’s beats audio.
The phone has red touch buttons, red speaker grill at the top, and the camera lens at the back has a red ring. Colour red is the Beats Audio’s main distinctive colour that the phone took on to relate more to the beats audio.
The HTC phone released an advert about HTC and beats audio. It is not a low budget looking advert. It shows how everything is vibrating making you think about the bass are very deep and great, and they are very confident and happy about it.
I tested it playing Usher’s Little Freak ft Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears’ Criminal in mp3 format 320 kpbs.
Since the headphone is really expensive and it seems to claim you will receive the best bass. The price and the above (if you read my first section) tells it will be mind blowing. It will be as if you got two subwoofer attached to your ears?
After 5 seconds into the music I was shocked!
There no no mega bass, the vocal can overtake the bass if you increase the volume.
The sound quality was just good, not excellent. The beats were good, but not mega at all.
It certainly did not beat a £16 in-ear Sony headphones (that I compared with).
Such a name it has, with the Hip-pop (that beats being an essential thing) star Dr Dre owning the beats audio headphones company, this is quite annoying. 
Its not all the headphones fault. The phone has essential part in encoding the sound for the headphones, which did not do that well. But still the headphone did not come out on top to beat the £16 Sony in-headphone, quality wise.
This is very disappointing.
The HTC Sensation XE and the supplied Beats Audio in-ear headphones does not deliver the best bass/beats. The name ‘beats’ and being owned by ‘Dr Dre’ does not mean it will be really bassy, just because these words are related to bass/beats. So the ‘beats audio’ is just a name and does not describe the quality of the bass at all, including the owner name Dr Dre.
So to me this is just a fashion accessory more of. It does have nice design and the colour red stands out. It would be nice to see red wires sticking out of peaoples ears instead of white for a change. 
I don’t think the HTC Sensation XE will not replace if you have I good stand-alone MP3/Music players, for those people who like mega bass.
The best bassy sound was delivered to me was by Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, which I will ditch any stand-alone mp3 players.
More than the headphones, its the players (the phone or mp3 players..) that ultimately delivers the bass quality by encoding the music properly.
Am I the first to criticise beats audio sound quality?!
…I will still recommend HTC Sensation XE as its still a great phone overall.
This is a 2011 income Tax and NI calculator on Excel spreadsheet that you can download and use for free.
I made this as I believe it might be useful for you. If you do like it, please share it by providing people this web-page link (on i.e. facebook, linkedin, email).
To download click on the icon below.
On the spreadsheet you can easily calculate Tax and NI and print it off.
You may want to calculate for your clients and give them a print out or present it in a meeting for example.
You will find a sheet/tab is created for print out so its client friendly and presentable.
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| Format: xls – MS Excel 97-2003 Size: 49.5KB |
Format: xlsx – MS Excel 2007 format Size: 18.5KB |
Apple anounced the release of the next iPhone after many rumours. The next iPhone is iPhone 4S, -not an iPhone 5 .
This is disappointing to many people who eagerly waited.
It looks very similar to iPhone 4. Below is the picture of the new iPhone 4S.
The unique features iPhone 4S has compared to iPhone 4 are:
It will also have the latest iOS and iCloud, which will be available to iPhone 4 users too later on to update.
You can undo the Ignore Error if you have clicked to ignore it on Excel.
To get the green error triangle back, you will need to go to the Excel Options, Formulas, then click on Reset Ignored Errors.
If you are using Excel 2003 click Tools> Options > Error Checking tab > click Reset Ignored Error button.
On Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010 click on the Office button. It is located at the very top left corner of MS Excel.
Then click Excel Options on the bottom of the menu that comes up.
On the Excel Options box that appears, click on Formulas tab on the left, then Reset Ignored Errors button.
As of 17th September 2011 Nokia Symbian Anna update is available to Nokia C7 on T-Mobile UK.
The Symbian Anna update brings better usability features to Nokia C7.
Some features it brings:
Sometime when taking picture at a close range the camera’s light makes the picture all white when light flashes. Its sometimes like taking a picture of a plain white paper.
To turn off the flash when taking a picture on nokia c7, simply on the camera main screen, touch the middle icon that has letter ‘A’ and lightning like arrow. Then select ‘Off’.
Nokia C7 camera screen
The riot has gone out of control. The police will need to start thinking hard to stop the riots.
Below are the pictures of Currys at Leyton Mills Waltham Forest after the rioters attacked on 8th August.
I believe the rioters failed to loot anything from Leyton Currys as they have smashed the window to only find brick wall. Also Currys had metal shutters inside after the main entrance.
Currys looters find wall behind window. People taking photos of aftermath, in the picture.
The riot has started from Tottenham where police shot dead a Tottenham man Mark Duggan.
Please comment your views or anything you want to say about the London riots (UK riots now) below freely (annonymous allowed), or follow me on twitter.
So you have purchased a new LCD or a ultra slim LED HDTV that lets you connect to the internet for accessing great online features like using widgets and viewing iPlayer, Demand 5, YouTube, Lovefilms etc, and want to connect to internet but the right WiFi USB dongle is bit too pricey?
Purchasing a Sony UWABR100 USB Network Adapter, Samsung WIS09ABGN WiFi Link Stick or LG AN-WF100 USB Network adapter for your WiFi ready Television can cost you about £40 – £60 / $65 – $100.
Saddly, you cannot use any USB WiFi dongle for your TV
At the moment you are forced to purchase these specially made expensive WiFi USB dongle for your internet TV, and the nice and cheap WiFi USB dongle that you use for your computer or laptop that costs about little as £5 / $9 will not work on your TV.
The solutions applies to WiFi ready Blu-Ray players, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and anything that has Ethernet port for connection to the internet.
First solution; The most reliable with best speed and the most cheapest is (all the solution below does not really effect the speed and quality); You can connect your TV using Ethernet cable to your WiFi router or your non wireless WiFi router.
Second solution; If you cannot connect using the Ethernet cable because your router is too far, you can connect your Ethernet cable wirelessly!
You will need to purchase an Ethernet WiFi Bridge. This connects your Ethernet cable to the hub (which can be powered through the USB port or through mains), and the hub connects to your main WiFi router via its WiFi. Purchasing an Ethernet WiFi Bridge will save you at least 50%.
Third solution; Difficulty in finding a USB powered WiFi bridge, as this I believe is not yet popular, you can purchase a WiFi Range Extender which is widely available and costs just about £18, that works as a WiFi bridge.
WiFi Range Extender allows you to connect the Ethernet cable to it and via its WiFi signal it connects to your main WiFi router. Some of the products have multiple Ethernet ports that allow you to connect multiple Ethernet cables to it, so you can have all your other devices connected to the internet, like internet ready Blu-ray player, Playstation 3, X-Box 360…
Fourth solution; If you want something simple as plug and play, you can get a Powerline Adaptor. This is a home network that actually uses your home electrical circuit to send internet signals around your house. This costs about £37, which you can move around your house easily and compatible with anything that allows Ethernet connection.
You simply connect one Powerline Adaptor to the mains and connect that to the internet router via Ethernet cable to the port on the adaptor, and the other adaptor anywhere in your home where your internet TV is, plug it into the mains and connect the Ethernet cable from your TV to the Ethernet port on the adaptor.
Princess Beatrice’s Royal Wedding Hat was sold for £81,100.01 ($130,738.99 approx) on ebay.
The hat recieved so much attention when Princess Beatrice wore it on Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding on 29 April 2011.
Many thought the hat was ridiculous looking and looked like a toilet seat. There are facebook fan page created for the hat with over 100k likes.
Princess Beatrice Hat sold on eBay for £81k | $131k (230624681772 screenshot) click to enlarget
100% of the money will go to the charity (Unicef and Children in Crisis).
The item was originally listed with a starting price of £5000 that got suspended or removed by eBay.
There was a question and answer posted on the listing; about the items suspension.
This is the reply to the question by the seller:
Due to a technical issue, eBay erroneously suspended the auction of the item. However, the auction is now back up and running, and will conclude on Sunday as planned. eBay has apologised for any inconvenince the disruption may have caused.
Princess Beatrice’s Royal Wedding Hat was relisted for a 1 day duration that ended on May 22 2011 20:31 BST. The item then was relisted with a starting price of £80,000 to continue.
On the 2nd listing there was total of 3 bidders for this item with 5 total bids between them. The bidders were have to be approved prior to bid.
The item number of the final listing on ebay is 230624681772. Click here to view on eBay. The other listing item number was 230620500557, which cannot be seen on ebay, it says “This listing (230620500557) has been removed, or this item is not available.” But it can be seen on googles cached pages currently. See the screenshot below. It shows the item was ended with no bids on 21 May 2011 16:50:30 BST. This listing did actually recieve bids originally.
Princess Beatrice hat ebay cached (230620500557 screenshot) click to enlarge
