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Iphone vs Nokia

I personally prefer Nokia always for an Iphone, as the Iphone as a nice gadget but not made for making phonecalls, however the last generation is a little better. What I don't like about the Iphone is not the Iphone itself but the marketing plan behind it. At the time a product from Steve Jobs is released the world is already brainwashed, and need to buy the latest model. I hate this marketing strategy that is why I will never buy something which comes from the hands of Steve Jobs. but the Nokia has a widescreen more memory available and a keyboard and last but not least it's cheaper. It was an easy decision which one to buy, I am happy with the Nokia N97 it's a great phone and with the recently opened OVI shop I have all the apps I would need for my new phone.

28 may, 2009

Apple refreshes desktop PCs

Apple computer has its entire line desktop PCs refreshed. Both the iMac and Mac Mini are now faster, as well as the Mac Pro computer business of the company.

The cheapest iMac (1,099 euro) has a 20 inch display and is supplied with 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of RAM memory. The most expensive option (2099) is 24 inches wide has a 3.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and includes 4GB of RAM. This includes a large terabyte hard disk and a GeForce GT 130 graphics card. The new Mac Mini is available in two versions and is equipped with a 2-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4 GB of RAM, a hard disk to 320 GB and a Super Drive.

compare desktop PC's, The Mac mini comes with an integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor for graphics performance, according to Apple to five times higher than before and now has support for two displays via Mini Display Port and DVI connections. The cheapest version costs 599 euros, while the more expensive option for 799 euros on the counter is. The Mac Pro is equipped with an Intel Xeon processor with four processor cores of 2.66 GHz each. People who still need more power, the more expensive version with two Xeon chips take.

The device can be equipped with up to 32GB of memory (default 6GB), and four large hard drives to 1TB (640GB standard). The Pro has a standard GeForce GT 120 video card, it can also be replaced by a more powerful Radeon HD 4870. Also new in the Apple Store is a new AirPort Extreme router and the backup device, Time Capsule. Support the possibility of operating simultaneously with a 2.4 GHz and 5GHz frequency, allowing more devices to use the wireless network.

It is also possible to half the network so that others would only get internet access and not the data stored on the computers on the same network. The Time Capsule comes in 500GB or 1TB version (or 269 euros and 449 euros). The Airport Extreme will cost 159 euro.

6 mar, 2009

UK, Denmark and the Netherlands are the leaders at online shopping in the EU

In 2008, 7.5 million Dutch people between 16-74 years old did their shopping on the Internet. Along with the United Kingdom and Denmark we belong to the top of the EU. Internet shopping increased in the past five years from 36 to 56 percent in this 3 countries. Most purchases were made on holidays and books.

In the Netherlands the UK and Denmark, online shopping increased between 2004-2008 by 20 percent. Those three countries are the EU countries where online shopping is the most established.

In the new EU member states, Romania, Bulgaria, and Estonia has the lowest growth. After a sharp rise between 2004 and 2006 on online shopping , virtually all other EU countries only slightly increased over the past year.

Educated men aged between 25-44 years are the most regularly buyers on the Internet. Low-educated women between of 65-74 years, are seem to be the less frequent buyers on the internet

Travel, holidays, books, clothing and tickets

Most online purchases are travel, holidays, literature, clothing and tickets to events. There are not many differences in online buying behavior between men and women. However, women buy more clothes and sports than men, and men have a preference for electronics and software. Gambling remains both the most popular.

More than 93 percent of internet shoppers in the UK do their purchases by UK based shops. Approximately 17 percent are buying abroad in other European countries and less then 10 percent order goods or services from outside Europe.

2 feb, 2009

Manufacturers are making price comparison more difficult!

A price comparison site makes it possible to compare a product on every detail in just one shot. Therefore, online retailers feel the need to reduce their prices of their products. But it's not so easy to compare products that are made exclusively for retailers. This is why many manufacturers are making different versions for different retailers, says Scot Wingo, CEO of Channel Advisor Corp.

For example, consumers can buy exactly the same digital camera in various (web) shops. The price will then be determined. But when manufacturers design a special model for a store, just a little different from the standard version, it makes it more difficult to compare, because then the price will not be decisive. Wingo expects that this will be increasingly visible in the consumer electronics category like digital cameras.

It might be interesting to see what the effects of this "mass customization" is between the manufacturer-retailer-comparison-consume relationship. This may be more difficult to compare products, but in fact I expect that it will increase the power of comparison sites.

25 jan, 2009

YouTube launched website especially for gaming consoles

London - The PlayStation 3 and also the Wii have already internet browsers, but many sites are not yet built to be viewed from the couch in the living room. Especially navigating on video sites as YouTube was a bit tricky. Therefore Youtube has launched a special version of their site which makes watching videos a lot easier with your favorite video console. On PlayStation3 or Wii you can visit YouTube.com/TV. The site is equipped with large buttons and large fonts making it easier to be viewed from a distance. Users can also choose to play the videos in 'full screen' mode. It is also possible to create a playlist, which makes it easier to play your favorite videos. Compare prices for video consoles.

18 jan, 2009

Compare Prices for Blu-Ray Players & Blue-Ray Videos

Blu-Ray players are becoming increasingly popular in the United Kingdom. As prices has dropped already in 2008 and it seems that prices will continue to drop in 2009.

Here on Prices4all you can already find the latest Blu-Ray videos and Blue-Ray player prices, side by side with the DVD Players. The Blue-ray format is designed for storing high-definition movies (HDTV) and will be the successor for the DVD. Till 2008 it was not clear which format would be the next standard Blue-Ray or HD DVD. But thanks to the built-in Blue-Ray player in the Sony Playstation 3 (compare PS3 prices) with it's extremely high quality, consumers embraced the new Blue-ray format as the next video standard.

LG comes even with a new Blue-ray player with a built-in receiver for YouTube and other online video services. The Korean company announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, that you can watch online videos with this Blu-ray player right away. There is no need for an extra box, you only need a broadband connection to connect your player directly to the internet.Unfortunately is it still mainly focused on the U.S., but I expect that it will be here soon as well.

07 jan, 2009

Intel and Yahoo want to conquer TV market

London - Yahoo and Intel are both made big thanks to the success of the internet era. They both have now focussed on the internet TV market, which could be the next big internet business. At the Consumer Electronics Show they came up with some ideas which could be the start of a long term friendship between the two companies.

Intel and Yahoo have already had serious talks with various manufacturers and content providers, including Samsung and Toshiba. These manufacturers will show their new Internet-based TV's at the CES the beginning of next week. The Internet-based TV's are equipped with Yahoo's Widget Channel software for TVs and videos, and yahoo hopes that this software with the advent of the new Internet-based TVs will grow to standard.

The Widget Channel software makes it possible for the TV to browse through photos, social networking sites and watch YouTube videos. This will open a huge new market for Yahoo, which will have another big channel to show their ads on. Intel hopes the cooperation with Yahoo will stand, because the demand for microprocessors at the TV industry will highly increase, till now the demand for microprocessors for TV's was much lower than for the PC industry. Yahoo is convinced that the new Internet-based TV programs will be the next big business. 'We see it as a niche product with only a few expensive models. We see this as a shift to the general public, 'said Patrick Barry, of Yahoo's Connected TV initiative against CNet. 'From 2010 I believe that Internet-based TVs dominate the offer,' said Barry.

31 dec, 2008

Women contribute only 30% of what they buy!

London - Men knew it already for years but the average woman spends about £1200 per year on clothes, but they wear only a fraction of that, just only 30% of all purchased items are worn.

Researchers concluded that women in general, have over 100 pieces of clothes hanging in their closet, but they use only 30. And it seems insane but favorite pieces that has cost less than £60 will be kept for at least 12 years. Those pieces are usually a dress, a skirt or a pair of shoes. As we asked the main reasons why women do not wear almost three-quarters of their clothes the respond with: 'out of fashion', 'seasonal clothing, or 'no longer fits' or just ' too often behave. Also women think that perhaps they might fit one day in there clothes again, or that maybe some day it will be fashionable again.

Previous studies of Cosmopolitan.co.uk claimed that three out of four young women think about shopping as much as men think about sex. 75% of women do so every minute of the day, for example, which handbag she last saw or that one dress that she wants to buy for a party.
It's no secret that women love handbags. But a British study now shows that up to 111 handbags are bought during a women's life. The researchers discovered that the average woman of thirty has 21 handbags and buys each month one more.

Within the investigation, the women also were asked about the reason for this large number, often they respond with: 'You never know what set of clothes fits with the bag' or because of sentimental reasons, they are not discarded:'A handbag can make the difference between an ordinary and fantastic look'.

The investigation was carried out on behalf of the Lakeside Shopping Center in Essex. But what is there all in such a bag addition to the normal items such as cell phones, keys and make-up. They put also painkillers, vitamins, extra panties, insect sprays and even first-aid kits are found in the handbag, writes the Daily Mail.

15 dec, 2008