Feature:
Touchscreen iPod
Music
Videos
Photos
Wi-Fi Web Browser
Safari
YouTube
iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
Starbucks Music
High Technology
Multi-Touch.
iPod touch features the same revolutionary interface as iPhone. Built to take full advantage of the large 3.5-inch display, the multi-touch interface lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flick through photos and enlarge them with a pinch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page. And iPod touch features a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard perfect for browsing the web in Safari, searching for videos on YouTube, finding music on the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, or adding new contacts.
Ambient Light Sensor
The iPod touch display has an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts brightness to suit the ambient light in your surroundings. The result? A better experience for you and battery-saving efficiency for iPod touch.
Accelerometer
An accelerometer detects when you rotate iPod touch from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display, so you immediately see the entire width of a web page, your music in Cover Flow, or a photo in its proper aspect ratio.
The middle of winter has long been a time of celebration around the world. Centuries before the arrival of the man called Jesus, early Europeans celebrated light and birth in the darkest days of winter. Many peoples rejoiced during the winter solstice, when the worst of the winter was behind them and they could look forward to longer days and extended hours of sunlight.
In Scandinavia, the Norse celebrated Yule from December 21, the winter solstice, through January. In recognition of the return of the sun, fathers and sons would bring home large logs, which they would set on fire. The people would feast until the log burned out, which could take as many as 12 days. The Norse believed that each spark from the fire represented a new pig or calf that would be born during the coming year.
The end of December was a perfect time for celebration in most areas of Europe. At that time of year, most cattle were slaughtered so they would not have to be fed during the winter. For many, it was the only time of year when they had a supply of fresh meat. In addition, most wine and beer made during the year was finally fermented and ready for drinking.
In Germany, people honored the pagan god Oden during the mid-winter holiday. Germans were terrified of Oden, as they believed he made nocturnal flights through the sky to observe his people, and then decide who would prosper or perish. Because of his presence, many people chose to stay inside.
Saturnalia
In Rome, where winters were not as harsh as those in the far north, Saturnalia—a holiday in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture—was celebrated. Beginning in the week leading up to the winter solstice and continuing for a full month, Saturnalia was a hedonistic time, when food and drink were plentiful and the normal Roman social order was turned upside down. For a month, slaves would become masters. Peasants were in command of the city. Business and schools were closed so that everyone could join in the fun.
The Colosseum © Corbis 
Also around the time of the winter solstice, Romans observed Juvenalia, a feast honoring the children of Rome. In addition, members of the upper classes often celebrated the birthday of Mithra, the god of the unconquerable sun, on December 25. It was believed that Mithra, an infant god, was born of a rock. For some Romans, Mithra's birthday was the most sacred day of the year.
In the early years of Christianity, Easter was the main holiday; the birth of Jesus was not celebrated. In the fourth century, church officials decided to institute the birth of Jesus as a holiday. Unfortunately, the Bible does not mention date for his birth (a fact Puritans later pointed out in order to deny the legitimacy of the celebration). Although some evidence suggests that his birth may have occurred in the spring (why would shepherds be herding in the middle of winter?), Pope Julius I chose December 25. It is commonly believed that the church chose this date in an effort to adopt and absorb the traditions of the pagan Saturnalia festival. First called the Feast of the Nativity, the custom spread to Egypt by 432 and to England by the end of the sixth century. By the end of the eighth century, the celebration of Christmas had spread all the way to Scandinavia. Today, in the Greek and Russian orthodox churches, Christmas is celebrated 13 days after the 25th, which is also referred to as the Epiphany or Three Kings Day. This is the day it is believed that the three wise men finally found Jesus in the manger.
By holding Christmas at the same time as traditional winter solstice festivals, church leaders increased the chances that Christmas would be popularly embraced, but gave up the ability to dictate how it was celebrated. By the Middle Ages, Christianity had, for the most part, replaced pagan religion. On Christmas, believers attended church, then celebrated raucously in a drunken, carnival-like atmosphere similar to today's Mardi Gras. Each year, a beggar or student would be crowned the "lord of misrule" and eager celebrants played the part of his subjects. The poor would go to the houses of the rich and demand their best food and drink. If owners failed to comply, their visitors would most likely terrorize them with mischief. Christmas became the time of year when the upper classes could repay their real or imagined "debt" to society by entertaining less fortunate citizens.
I know this is a stretch, but I wanted to review this game because of the other giant monster game on the Wii, Rampage:Total Destruction. I know, I know, the game did not get very good reviews but my son really wanted to play it and darn it all, if we didn't have a good time playing and beating it. There was lots of laughs and enjoyment from both of us. Well, I figured I may be able to tap into the same magic and play a game featuring massive monsters slugging it out. I was wrong, very, very wrong.
It's almost as well known a video-game curse as making a game based on a movie, Godzilla games generally stink. Oh sure, there will be people out there who say Godzilla: Destroy all Monsters Melee is a fine game, but it isn't, not really. Remember, this is the king of all monsters, an entire generation of children with cable and a VCR spent countless hours wasting their precious youth watching movies of grown men dressed in rubber suits duking it out over cardboard cities. Half the time there was some incoherent plot about little children and their ability to communicate with these monsters but did it really matter? We watched because it was goofy, and violent, and goofy, and the voices didn't match their mouths and it was goofy and it was one of the few guilty pleasures that I still partake in to this day. Plus, if you have seen any of the recent Godzilla movies, you would probably be somewhat impressed; the big G still has it in the movies. But I am getting off topic, the movies may rock, but this game is a real stinker and being a professional reviewer, I can back that claim in the following paragraphs.
The first thing that makes you want to cry is the fact that "Unleashed" is a horribly, horribly designed as far as the controls go. If someone were to walk into the room when you were playing they would see you swinging the wiimote around in a desperate attempt to get the character's attack to engage. Using the nunchuk attachment, you run around the screen trying to get dialed in on your opposition as you flail around the tiny controller in a pathetic disco move. Fighting is just as bad, switching from melee attacks to ranged attacks might as well have been aerobics, I swear I was sweating and breathing like I just ran the 100-meter dash after my first battle. Now that in itself wouldn't be so bad, but the game does not want to respond to the movements at all. It's an exercise in futility and it stinks. After a somewhat decent intro, to be smacked with the one-two punch of wiimote and nunchuk incompetence is almost enough to drive a Godzilla fan crazy.
Now, the visuals of the game aren't so much a step up from the GameCube's own Godzilla title, and - in fact - borrow heavily from creature design and locations. The thing that made me keep playing, and this is something only the hardcore Godzilla fan would care about, is the fact that I wanted to see as many of the famous monsters as possible. And I can happily report that all of my favorites are here: MechaGodzilla, Megalon, Biollante and my all time fave, Jet Jaguar (a robot who would reprogram itself to fight and in turn, grow to giant sizes). It was a real pleasure to see all the monsters from pretty much all of the movies. TOHO (the folks that own Godzilla and it's characters) also managed to throw in some new monsters as well. And while the game looks alright, I had high hopes for this title and was thinking it could at least push the Wii's possibilities of greatness. It does not, like I said; there are some recycled visuals and the disappointing battle locations do nothing.
Of course, the graphics stumble can be loosely attributed to the very weak storyline that the game attempts to follow. Now, at it's core, this is a brawler style game, but they could have cleaned this mess up quite a bit. By providing any number of the more popular storylines that the umpteen movies follow, the game could have had some real weight to it. For example, why not make it a more linear storyline? There are good monsters and bad ones, (they could even keep the lame crystal plot) by selecting one, you could play through the game as a hero and take on all the different bad monsters in various locations around the world. Likewise, you could play as a bad monster and take out the good ones at the some points around the planet. Reaching the end means you either save the world or enslave it for your alien masters (another common theme in the movies). Instead, there are several misguided attempts at a plot and then an all-out battle with several monsters. What's worse, you can hold back and watch the others duke it out until a winner is left, weakened. Then you slip in and kill the remaining monster. Now, it isn't as easy as this, but it is entirely possible to play the game this way since the A.I. is really lacking. Oh sure, you will need to do some fancy footwork, but eventually the monsters will turn on one another, clearly a misstep by the developers.
In addition, the game also has this horrible auto-target feature, Let me set the stage for you - you are playing as Godzilla, you are fighting King Ghidorah (a real baddie) as you have him on the ropes you wind up your radioactive fire breath. Just as you are ready to unleash a serious barbequing on him, a tank rolls into range and your auto target switches to it. You roast the tank instead of Ghidorah and he comes to and then fries you with his three dragon heads of doom. Now, this is exactly what is wrong with this game; you cannot decide 100% of the time who you are going to attack, whether you like it or not. And that, along with the poor control scheme, makes this game fail miserably.
The sound effects of the game can be argued that they are pretty accurate to the movies. There are the screams of monsters and really bad voice acting are actually par for the course in a Godzilla movie; so, the bad sound effects, horrendous voice acting and other cheesy noises are normal. However, we are all used to wanting (or needing) the coolest sound effects. This is not the case. Now I am split when it comes to this because I can appreciate bad sound effects in my Godzilla action, but since the game doesn't possess 1/10th of the fun a movie does, then I fall to the side of poor sound effects for the sake of them being just poorly made.
Key Features
3G HSDPA Technology
Bluetooth® A2DP Technology
5 Megapixel Camera with 3 x Optical Zoom & Xenon Flash
2.4 Inch TFT 262 Colour Screen (240 x 320 Pixels)
Stereo FM Radio
160 Mbytes plus MicroSD™ Memory Card Option
The adorable Samsung G800 is a superior 3G phone which comes with high quality camera features. The G800 is from the same family as the hugely popular Samsung G600 & both handsets are defiantly eye catching mobile phones but with different built in capabilities. The G800 is a slide opening handset which comes with a large colour screen complete with easy access external keys. The screen on the Samsung G800 is slightly larger than the screen on the Samsung G600 as the screen measures 2.4 Inches in size & comes with a high 240 x 320 pixels screen resolution. The screen is high quality as it needs to support the high quality imaging features on board this beautiful phone. The 3G phone comes in a silver metal coloured casing or in a sleek black coloured casing which adds sophistication to this camera focused handset. The Samsung G800 is a competitor of other 5 megapixel camera focused handsets including the Sony Ericsson K850i & the Nokia N95 which all have 5 megapixel camera but that is whether the similarities end, they are all unique in design & other built in features.
The built in camera lens is situated on the back of the handset & comes with a protective lens cover which covers the lens when it is not in use to avoid damage & scratches occurring on the lens. The camera is a 5 megapixel camera feature complete with 3 x optical zoom which is a high quality zoom which provides a beautifully clear zoom for the user to enjoy. The camera comes with a xenon flash & an auto focus which makes the photo results so clear & well focused for the user when they are taking a shot. The user will find that the camera features on their new Samsung G800 are as good if not better than their standard digital camera, it truly provides impressive results. The camera feature allows the user to record moving video footage as well as capturing still photos with their 5 megapixel camera. The G800 comes with photo & video setting which allow the user to capture & record just the way they want to.
This handset is not super lightweight & feels solid to hold as it weighs a total of 134 grams. The G800 is a good size phone which is 18.8mm deep, 51.1mm wide & 101mm high. The Samsung G800 is a 3G HSDPA mobile phone which provides broadband speed technology to this mobile phone. The phone supports Bluetooth® A2DP wireless technology which allows the user to connect wireless to compatible headsets, headphones, computers & printers. The user can use a USB cable to connect to other devices when a Bluetooth® connection is either not available or required by the user. The G800 comes with EDGE & GPRS edge technology which allows the user to enjoy high speed data transfers on their phone. Connecting to the Internet from this highly capable 3G phone could not easier or quicker as the phone comes with a WAP 2.0 Internet browser which supports RSS feeds. The phone supports both XHTML & HTML Internet browsing. The Samsung G800 has 160 Mbytes of built in memory plus it comes with memory card support which allows the user to expand the phones memory to suit their needs. The phone works on a tri band GSM network complete with UMTS.
The built in phone book supports up to one thousand entries which will suit most business or personal user's demands. The G800 comes with a SMS text messaging service complete with predictive text for easy text messaging. The user can create & send a MMS multimedia message to any MMS compatible contact which can contain either a photo or video recording complete with text & sound. The phone comes with an email service which allows the user to stay in contact with the office, their business contacts, family or friends using their mobile email service. The Samsung G800 comes with a music player & FM radio feature which allows the user to enjoy all their favourite music when they are on the move. The user can change their ringtones & alerts to suit their personal taste & the phone supports MP3 ringtones. The user can enjoy mobile printing, document viewing & handsfree talking using the handsfree speaker phone feature. The Samsung G800 will attract both business & personal mobile phone users who like a bit of style in their life & want to capture their memories perfectly on this high quality camera phone.
Key Features
N81 with Expandable Memory
N81 8GB with 8 Gbytes of Internal flash Memory
WLAN Technology
3G Technology
2.4 Inch QVGA 16 Million Colour Screen
2 Megapixel Camera with 20 x Digital Zoom & Flash
Music Player with Music & Volume Keys
The Nokia N81 & Nokia N81 8GB are members of the Nokia N-Series which includes other popular phones including the Nokia N73, Nokia N77 & the Nokia N95. The N81 & N81 8GB are identical in design & features but come with differing memory options & the phones have different colour options on their casing. The Nokia N81 & Nokia N81 8GB come with a Nokia headset with remote control, connectivity cable, compact travel charger & battery but the Nokia N81 comes with a 2 Gbyte MicroSD™ memory card. The N81 comes with an expandable memory options which allows the user to add memory card to suit their storage needs & the start up kit includes a 2 Gbyte MicroSD™ memory card. The N81 is mainly black in colour with highlights of coloured edging around the casing & the navigation wheel. The N81 comes in a choice of two colours which are graphite grey & cobalt blue. The Nokia N81 8GB comes with 8 Gbytes of internal flash memory which allows the user to store much data on their new handset. The N81 8GB also comes with coloured edging around the casing & navigation wheel which are subtly coloured cocoa brown. The handset is solid & robust in design which weighs 140 grams & the overall measurements are 17.9mm deep by 50mm wide by 102mm high. The Nokia N81 & N81 8GB are beautiful in design & in capabilities. The phones are 3G capable handsets complete with WLAN technology. The phones are media, music & internet focused handsets which come with a simple slide opening casing complete with easy access music, video & function keys. The user can enjoy viewing the large screen when the handsets are open or closed. The screen is large measuring 2.4 inches with a high screen resolution & displays up to sixteen million colours for a quality viewing experience. 
The phones comes with high quality imaging features which include a 2 megapixel camera complete with flash option & 20 x digital zoom. The flash comes with a selection mode which allows the user to turn the flash on & off or to automatic flash mode or to red eye reduction mode. The user can capture still images & record video footage on their N81 or N81 8GB handsets. The user can record, stream, playback & edit video footage with ease. The user can store, share & even blog their personal images & video footage. The user will never be short of entertainment on their new phone as both phones can view games in either portrait or landscape mode & the user can enjoy lively action packed games on their handset. The Nokia N81 & N81 8GB operate on a Symbian operating system complete with S60 3.1 software. A fully charged battery will provide either up to 4 hours GSM talk time, 3 hours WCDMA talk time, 408 hours standby time, 3.5 hours QVGA video recording time, 4.5 hours QVGA video playback time, 11.5 hours music playback time or up to 6 hours of gaming.
The user can rest assure that a call will never be missed & forgotten as the Nokia N81 & Nokia N81 8GB come with a call log feature which allows the user to access all missed calls, calls received & dialled calls easily. The phones come with other easy to use communication features including a push to talk call feature, handsfree speaker phone feature, conference call & voice over IP Internet call feature. The user can take part in a face to face call using the 3G video call feature which allows the user to see who they are talking to on their screen. The 3G video call can take place between two 3G compatible mobile phone users & is a fun way to communicate & provides a real feel to any call whether it is a business or pleasure call.
The phones really come alive when the built in music functions are used & the user can enjoy many hours worth of music entertainment on their beautiful new handset. The phones both come with a high quality music player which supports all popular music formats. The user can access & control their music simply by using the dedicated music & volume keys. The music keys allow the user to play, rewind, fast forward, pause & stop music using the external keys without having to slide the phone open. The user can create & manage their music playlists on their phone. The phones come with a 5 band equaliser which allows the user to gain the best sound for the type of music being played. The user can stream music & enjoy a wireless Bluetooth stereo A2DP connection. The Nokia N81 & N81 8GB come with a FM radio feature complete with visual radio which allows the user to view information on what band or artist is playing & the name of the song they are listening to. 
The Nokia N81 & Nokia N81 8GB work over quad band technology with WCDMA which allows the user to enjoy worldwide network coverage on their new handset. The phones are 3G mobile phones which provide the user with multi tasking capabilities & the phones support WLAN technology. The user can enjoy wireless connection to compatible devices using a Bluetooth® connection between devices. The user can transfer files or data including photos, videos 7 music files using Bluetooth® Wireless technology or a USB cabled connection. The user will find their new handset provides high speed transfers with the help of the built in Edge technology. The user can enjoy a mobile Internet experience on their handset as both phones come with a Nokia browser complete with mini map. The phones come with a variety of messaging services which allow the user to stay in contact with others quickly & easily. The user can send & receive text messages, multimedia messages containing photos or video & emails complete with attachments. The messaging services are all easily accessible from the phones main menu & the user can enjoy sharing messages between all compatible messaging contacts. These phones have been designed with the user in mind & the user will fully enjoy their new mobile experience with one of these beautiful handsets as their companion.
