IPod Mini Cheap

The iPod mini was a smaller version of Apple Computer's iPod portable audio player. It was announced on January 6, 2004, and released on February 20 of that same year. The device interoperated with both Macintosh and Windows PCs, with limited third-party support for Linux and other Unix workalikes. A second generation version was announced on February 23, 2005. The iPod mini line was discontinued on September 7, 2005, after being replaced by the iPod nano.

The device retained the popular touch-sensitive scroll wheel of the third generation iPod; however, instead of the four touch buttons located above the wheel, the buttons were once again made mechanical beneath the wheel itself (hence, the new wheel was known as a "click wheel"). To access one of the four buttons, a user physically pushed the edge of the wheel inward over one of the four labels. Like its predecessors, the wheel was developed for Apple by Synaptics. The click wheel is now also used in the fourth and fifth generation iPods as well as in the iPod nano; although in the case of the nano + 5G iPods, the clickwheel is now developed in-house, as opposed to Synaptics.

Above the wheel was a monochrome display which showed menus or information about the currently selected track. Newer generation iPods have since moved to colour displays.

Details The two generations of the iPod mini were externally almost identical, with the differences lying in their storage and battery capacities. Both versions were 3.6 by 2.0 by 0.5 inches (91 by 51 by 13 mm) and weighed 3.6 ounces (102 grams). Its case was composed of anodized aluminum. First generation iPod minis were available in five colors: silver, gold, pink, blue, and green. The gold model was dropped from the second generation range due to unpopularity. Also in the second generation updates, the green, blue, and pink colors were all made much brighter. The silver model remained unchanged. While the button labels were gray on the first generation iPod, the second generation iPod sported button labels that matched the color of the case.

The iPod mini used ultra-thin Compact Flash Microdrive hard drives made by Hitachi. First generation models were available in a 4GB size, while second generation models were available in both 4GB and 6GB versions (capable of storing roughly 1,000 and 1,500 songs, respectively) and eventually had the drive size laser etched on the case to help distinguish between the two. Apple laser etched 2 lines of 32 characters each on the top of the reverse side of the iPod mini for free as a promotion in the first generation and continued through the second generation, which had originally cost additional money.

The battery life of the first generation of iPod mini was about 8 hours (similar to the 3G iPod that was available when the mini was released), which led to some criticism of the battery's short duration. This problem was addressed in the second generation models which had a claimed battery life of about 18 hours. However, the 2nd generation iPod minis no longer came with a FireWire cable or an AC power adapter, which were left out to reduce the selling prices of the new iPod minis. iPod mini batteries tend to run down to 80% capacity after 400 full charge cycles.

A proprietary dock connector was provided on the bottom of the device for a connection to a computer (Hi-Speed USB or FireWire). The unit's battery was charged during connection. Along the top it had a hold switch, a headphone jack, and a remote port for accessories.

The second generation iPod mini had deeper colors and the capacity of the model engraved on the back.Like the iPod, the iPod mini supported MP3, AAC/M4A, WAV, AIFF, and Apple Lossless audio formats. It also retained the iPod's seamless integration with iTunes and the iTunes Music Store, allowing for true auto-sync between the software application and the iPod mini.

Original pricing for the iPod mini was US$249 for the first generation (4GB model). The release of the second generation lowered the starting price to $199 and kept the 4GB model. An increased-capacity 6GB model sold for $249.

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Low Cost Airline Company - How They Cut Their Costs? E-Ticketing And Others Services Reduction

E-Ticketing for airline tickets reservation is a growing up market. Everywhere around the world you will find more and more airline companies proposing this option via their website.

Some company such as AirAsia does not even give possibility to make your airline tickets reservation via travel agent. All the tickets must be bought via their website. Only e-ticketing is available. The reason is of course to cut cost for the flight ticket itself. According to the Air Transport Association (IATA), the application of e-ticketing can cost by up to U$9.00 per ticket. This reduction cost includes the paper itself and all human resource needed for the manual control of tickets.

This service is not only advantageous for the airline company, but for the passenger as well. You do not have to worry about losing your ticket. Present a simple ID card at the check-in counter is sufficient to get your boarding pass. This is a win-win situation.

Another way to reduce cost for low-cost carriers is the reduction of services, such as the cost of food served to passengers. The basic principles of low-cost carrier is that there are no paper tickets, no drinks, no meals, no headphones, no newspapers, no movies, no VIP lounges, etc.

The last and probably most important factor to reduce the cost in the Airline Company is to get the flight full booked as often as possible. They can achieve that with their low cost tickets of course, but also with a sophisticated online reservation program. To make sure that happens, they will increase the ticket price step by step closer you come to the date of departure. So, it will force passengers to order tickets more in advance and get full booked before their competitors. Yet, with some exceptions for the purchase of last minute tickets. In case the flight is already 99% full a week before the departure, I doubt you will be able to get any cheap tickets at the last minute. But if they still have more than ten seats available two days before the departure, you should be able to get a good deal as well. So the low-cost carrier company will always make sure their flights are full, otherwise they won't be able to keep their offers so competitive.

The writer is an expatriate living in Indonesia for many years. You can find more article and tips about travel in Asia and advice about purchasing cheap flight tickets at: http://www.cheap-minute-airline-tickets.com

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Guanajuato, Mexico - Want Fluff Or Do You Want Reality?

Most, if not all, of the "move to Mxico" and "how to expatriate to Mxico " books specifically target the traditional gringo colonies. They are memoir-type guides on "how I moved to _____." They deal with one or more of the regions that have well-organized gringo communities that act as safety buffers for the uninitiated and unsuspecting newbie. These guides address areas of Mxico in which the locals depend on the foreign community for their livelihood. What I mean is that in some of these regions, if the gringos were to leave suddenly, the local economy would flush down the toilet in no time. San Miguel de Allende, in my view, is one of those cities.

The authors of these books may or may not have lived in Mxico. What they did was gather information on research trips. They've had to depend on the stories of those living in those areas. Others may have lived in Mxico but only in the areas with the uber-developed gringo enclaves. What these books typically do is soft-soap everything. You will read that everything is sugar and spice and everything nice. You will think moving to one of the regions these books cover will be like moving to Disneyland. You will not be told anything that smacks of negativism. "Going to move to Mxico? That's a move into heaven itself"is the impression you will get.

Positive sugary prose and heavenly rhetoric is what sells. I can hardly blame the authors since I've had this encounter with book publishers before: they want what sells. They don't or can't sell reality. They cannot sell something hinting you might have a hard time settling in a town in Mxico that is not Gringo Friendly. If you can't paint a picture of a virtual nirvana, a life of Disneyland proportions, they don't want to mess with your manuscript.

Those gringo wannebees read the books that paint a rosy picture and think the material applies to all of Mxico. Gringos move on the strength of a book that deals with life in a Mexican town where the locals have been used to a large gringo presence for decades. They move to towns where the livelihood of many locals depends on the gringo presence. Later, they move to (or just travel to) a town in Mxico that is monolingualSpanish onlyand wonder what happened. Not only do the people speak Spanish, but they also may not particularly care about you one bit.

This is a problem.

What you can do to prepare yourself to move to any region of Mxico outside the resort areas is to read everything you can on expatriating to Mxico. I mean, read the books that paint the Disneyland portrait as well as those that might have more of a reality-oriented base.

Be suspicious of books and articles that do not tell you the whole story. See red flags all over a piece of prose that tells you all the advantages, all the swell and wonderful pluses, but none of the negatives. Simply do not believe authors who tell you all about the beautiful dreams but none of the nightmares.

And, there will be nightmares that you will have wished someone had told you about before you moved to Mxico and discovered them on your own.

Doug Bower is a freelance writer and book author. His most recent writing credits include The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Houston Chronicle, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Content, Transitions Abroad, International Living, Escape Artist, and The Front Porch Syndicate.

He is founder of Mexican Living Print & eBooks.

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