Are small verizon phones good enough?

       

Favorite contacts

          Recently the kin one phone has been catching the eyes of many small loving people. But the true question is, is it good enough and as sufficient as everyone hopes? The answer clearly lies within the expectation levels of everyone.  

     The kin one is a new sleek, stylish phone that stands out from the group. It is simply made for calling, and surfing the web. This phone comes equip with built in 3g, and wi-fi. This wi-fi helps skim the web and check emails faster then a speeding bullet. But does it? Actually it does, the phone sends emails in a jiffy, and stands up well in areas full of computers, but in far away places it slows up a bit. Calls are never dropped, and the voice quality is so clear and smooth. With one shift sliding motion, the call is answered.

Size comparasion

     The kin also has a music side. For any music lovers, this phone has a built in ipod. The phone comes with a set of headphones specially made for music and answering and talking like a Bluetooth headset.  It can hold a decent number of songs, but always have an ipod for back up! Voicemail boxes also have there own button to automatically link you to you messages.

     The battery life on the phone is good as long as it’s not being constantly used for hours on end, in which case the phone will over heat and turn off.

     Sending messages is easy with a touch screen, and a full keyboard. Also for other side of the spectrum people, the phone includes a 5.0 mega pixel camera. This beautifully takes pictures, and videos that are 50 seconds long. 

     Some other fun things about the phone are you have an easy-to-reach calendar where it helps mark any important dates, and has a phone alarm go off when those dates come. Also the phone comes with an alarm system where it’s able to have three timers to go off at a certain time that it’s appointed to. Like set one for 7:00, one for 7:05, and one for 7:10 and it won’t stop till you wake up! The phone has a whole page to save the top important contacts, with a sliding motion to get to them.

The whole phone

     But now to the nitty-gritty, the phone costs $119.99. But if you have a simple 2 year contract with verizon, you get the phone flat out for $20 with free shipping.

     I have recently gotten this phone, and I believe that for everything it comes with, that this phone is sufficient and worth the money needed for it.

New Teacher Perfectly Tuned or Flat Note?

     As I stroll down the long crowded hallways towards room 6, I hear the perfectly tuned wind instruments and the ra ta tas of the drums. The harmonious music flies and swings about the band room. All the shiny brass instruments play in sync and glisen in the poorly lighted room. All the drummers  keep time and dut intensely. As I enter I see there's a new man behind this music genius. Mr. Golddeck who just started here a couple weeks ago. 

Mr. Golddeck hard at work

      While Mr. Golddeck is working hard to pull his new job and classroom together, he's trying his best to progress quickly with the band. There are many exciting new things in the up coming months of our school's musical life. For concert band students, the spring concert is approaching really fast. This year they well be performing a few songs such as Hands across the sea, Simple gifts, The light eternal, Wicked, and In this quiet place. As for music theory, a class Mr. Golddeck seems to enjoy, their working on key signatures and scales. He said that the class is getting ready for a big test on that section. Percussion ensemble, which just started this Friday, got their music for Fuguetta Rock. A piece that was written by Thomas L. Davis.

Mr Golddeck teaching

    But there's more to this story other then a new music teacher.

     There's a man, and his passion. As I was talking to him, I learned that this job is harder then you'd think and he's doing a great job handling it. He started his love for music very young, and stuck with it. And even though there are mixed and many mutual feelings and relationships between teacher and student, he has it tough. He told me that since he started in the middle of the year that he didn't get a week training like every other teacher. He's trying hard to keep up with all the silly little things he has to learn to do. Emails, and entering grades a new way.  As he said it "I had a one day change from Mr. Belskis to me to get ready, the consistency was hard and fast."

   He said this is his first teaching job, but he's really excited because he got the correct age group he likes to work with. Not really little kids. He says his relationships with his students in general is fairly well, but there are a few who are a little bumpy and haven't adjusted to him yet. He thinks the band is working slower then he'd hoped but he'll make do with what he has.  He said he does enjoy being able to teach what his heart desires though.
     Although to man of the students, the biggest controversy is the big change in teachers. As of now, even though it's mean to say, Mr. Golddeck is still lurking in Mr. Belskis' shadow. Everyone loved him, and are still flustered that he's gone. Many can't accept it yet. I decided to get to the bottom of this and asked around from previous students of Mr. Belskis, co-workers, and band students now-a-days.
   "Mr. Belskis was always great to me, but when he wanted mento work harder he'd get stern with me. But he was always great." said Tom Amadio, a former student.
         "Through my time working with the Sterling High School Marching Band, I got to know Mike Belskis and his staff reasonably well. From the very beginning, he made it clear that financially the music program was in a tougher situation than they had been in years past, but he also seemed to make it work. He was knowledgeable about how to run the music program and develop his students. It became apparent that he wanted to make them into more than just musicians. He cared about their character, behavior and their relationship with him. Overall Belskis was a fun and supportive co-worker who loved the program he built at Sterling High School and he showed that he was disappointed to leave it behind as he continued on in his career." spoke Sam Schneider, one of the helpers for marching band.
    But even though everyone liked Belskis, many students are still pleased.

Anthony Mirra warming up on set, Steve Lebano on bass

        "He's a great teacher, and I like the new guys" are some of the things being thrown around from one kid to another. After time Mr. Golddeck will fit into our difficult puzzle perfectly. But as of now may I just say he's doing a wonderful job. With expressing his love for music, teaching us, and helping young people love music just like him.

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Sony’s PSPgo may come as a shock to you gamers

     

          While sony tries to create a game system that might shoot them up the sales bar, there still are a few things holding them down. Although the new PSPgo is sleek and form fitting to any thigh or pocket out there, it still has some difficulties holding it down. The new gaming device is levels above the last play station portable systems, such as the psp. It’s about half the size of the old psp and is actually portable! It’s about 5 x 0.6 x 2.7 inches when it’s closed. This product will also reach out to more people seeing as it looks and feels the same as a normal sliding keyboard type phone. It slides open from the bottom, and is built strong for any non level headed gamers.

         

    “It’s small but comfortable, even for those of us cursed with oversized paws: It’s just wide enough for the index fingers to curl around the frame, and your thumbs fall into prime button-mashing position without feeling cramped,” wrote Nate Ralph.
     The system all together has 10 buttons, and one analog stick. The screen is about 3.8-inches, and still shares the same amount of pixels in the graphics (480 X 272 resolutions).
 “We got roughly four and a half hours each during extensive web-browsing, music-playing and gaming sessions.”
    Some of the new features include Bluetooth. The little movies for the system will be clearer, and more efficient. Also the “latest thing” sweeping the nation slowly is skype. Skype will now be accessible for this system, you can call friends, and people across the world as much as you please, just like a phone! Also you now can pause your gaming addiction to go cool off for a little bit, no need to rush back! This function lasts as long as you’d like it to. It can also be hooked up and played on the T.V just like play station three, and played with a ps3 controller.
    “The UMD disc has been scrapped (woo-hoo!) in favor of digital distribution. That means you can pick up new music, movies, and games wherever you can find a Wi-Fi connection.” – Wrote Nate Ralph. 
     Although there are a lot of new, exciting things happening with this device, there’s always room for faults. It can no longer play old games, or use any accessories from the old psp (bummer!) It seems that even though it’s sleek and stylish, that Sony thinks people don’t care about price anymore. This device costs a raging $250 in the market. Plus there up against Apple’s new products and everyone else’s out in stores. I think the product will do fairly well with play station lovers, but won’t reach out to others. Great design and great system and your playing abilities are endless! It’s going to be a fun system, can’t wait to see where it ends up. It’s a really risky gamble to throw all your cards in on one shot, what gamers will give this gaming device a whirl? Only time can tell.

http://www.wired.com/reviews/2009/09/pr_pspgo/

Seventeen Magazine: The review

    Seventeen magazine is basically for girls ranging from righth grade and up. If you're an eighth grader, your basically just getting an idea what to look forward to in highschool, and set your bearings straight. You can see the latest "hip" styles and make up lines, to see the different groups of people you'd want to converse with.

    The websites outlook is very flashy and generally very colorful. It has every headline to their newest articles, researchs, and stories. The website provides quizzes and games that reach out to the younger kids, and show the newest and most famous teenage stars. Most of which are girls, such as Taylor Swift, Miranda Cosgrove, and sadly Justin Bieber. The website is very clear and easy to use, but if I could i'd change a few things. I wouldn't make it as flashy around articles or products their selling because people will watch that instead. And also they should consider an advice column for girls, to help in highschool or college (because everyone knows how dramatic girls are).