May 24, 2012

Looking for Arcade Games

So, I am on the hunt.  I am looking for arcade games.  These arcade games will be for a church / youth group room.  So, they need to be in good condition, and decently priced.  This is a church so money is tight but we do have some.  It is necessary that these arcade games be what teens would like but also ok to go into a church.

The church is located in Calgary, Alberta.  Shipping costs from the USA can be high, so that it a concern.  I am hoping to find some in Alberta that could be picked up.  I personnally would like 1 pinball and 2 – 3 other games.

Normally I would not post something like this but I thought it might be fun to include our readers.  Any tips on arcade game hunting would be appreciated.

This evening I have looked on ebay, and ebay.ca.  I am currently looking on craigslist calgary for arcade games.  I did want to let you know that I am not loking for an xbox or anything like that.  I am looking for actual arcade game units.  Any tips?

Sony Ericsson W950 Walkman Music Phone

A major addition to Sony Ericsson’s family of Walkman phones was announced todayby Sony. The W950 is an ultra-slim, ultra-stylish, UMTS-enabled device with 4GB of onboard storage complete with touch screen for simple navigation through music genres, playlists, individual songs or music albums.Sony Ericsson W950 Walkman Music Phone cell

This is more than a music phone, broadband-fast email and Web browsing plus a suite of high performance entertainment applications add to its capabilities, making it one of the most highly specified phones from Sony Ericsson.

“Bringing the Walkman brand to Sony Ericsson phones was one of our outstanding achievements in 2005 and we have now sold more than 3 million Walkman phones,” said Miles Flint, President, Sony Ericsson, “W950 is our sixth Walkman phone to be introduced since that announcement and listening to music on mobile phones is now an established and growing consumer behaviour. This announcement also demonstrates the flexibility of the Symbian v9.1 and UIQ 3.0 platform to create a consumer focused offering as well as business and the W950 is now our third Symbian based handset to be introduced in 2006.” [Read more...]

Newly Rleased Cell Phones

 Everyone always asks me what are the new cell phones.  What is coming out?  Well here are some of the newest cell phones:
 :: Cingular 2125
 :: LG CG300
 :: LG CU320
 :: LG F9200
 :: Motorola PEBL U6
 :: Motorola Q
 :: Motorola RAZR V3 (Pink)
 :: Motorola RAZR V3c (Pink)
 :: Motorola RAZR V3i
 :: Motorola RAZR V3x
 :: Motorola ROKR E2
 :: Motorola SLVR L7
 :: Motorola V190
 :: Motorola V325
 :: Nokia 6030
 :: Nokia 6102i
 :: Nokia 6103
 :: Nokia 7360
 :: Nokia 7370
 :: Nokia 7380
 :: Nokia N91
 :: Palm Treo 700w
 :: Samsung MM-A960 (SPH-A960)
 :: Samsung SCH-I830
 :: Samsung SGH-T709
 :: Samsung SGH-ZX10
 :: Sony Ericsson M600
 :: Sony Ericsson P990
 :: Sony Ericsson W810i
 :: Verizon Wireless CDM-8945 (PN-230)
 :: Verizon Wireless PN-215

You can find reviews on most of these phones on our cell phone review site.

Nokia Announces 3 New Cell Phones

Nokia announced three new mobile phones at the 3GSM mobile phone trade show today, including a phone that may be one of T-Mobile’s first Wi-Fi/cellular handsets. All 3 phones were midrange phones.

The relatively nondescript 6136 flip phone uses UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access), a technology which lets any Wi-Fi hotspot act as an extension of a cellular network. T-Mobile, which owns both thousands of hotspots and a nationwide mobile phone network, has previously said they’re interested in this technology.

Nokia also announced the 6131 flip phone, which seems to be a distant relative of Motorola’s PEBL U6. Like the PEBL, the 6131 is a flip phone made of a velvety, soft-touch plastic with a one-button flip-to-open mechanism.

“We expect that the Nokia 6131 … will sell in tens of millions over its lifetime,” said Kai Oistamo, executive vice president and general manager of Nokia’s mobile phones division.

The new Nokia 6070 is aimed at more basic consumers, Oistamo said. It’s a color-screen, candy bar style tri-band phone with an FM radio, VGA camera and EDGE modem. Most importantly, it’s easy to use, Oistamo said.

“There is a sizeable demographic in the consumer base that just wants a sweet and simple phone. large keys, large display, large fonts,” he said.

The 6070 will be available for $160 or less by June.

Olilla also went into Nokia’s plans for WiMAX. WiMAX handsets are definitely under development at Nokia, he said, but we shouldn’t expect to see much before 2008.

“We will be coming out with voice-over-IP products having WiMAX capability. We think it’s a good complementary technology for cellular wideband, and will form the core of the multi-radio capabilities that a good multi-radio phone will have,” he said.

[tags]Nokia, cell phone, 6136, 6070, 6131, flip phone, wimax, hotspots[/tags]

Apple Launches $149 iPod nano

Apple Computer is launching a lower-priced iPod nano and said it will sell shows from Showtime Networks on its iTunes Music Store.

The 1GB version of the iPod nano, which sells for $149, comes in black and white and holds up to 240 songs or 15,000 photos, the company said in a statement released Tuesday. 

The 1GB iPod nano is the same size as the other iPod nanos, which are designed for portability.

Apple also announced new pricing for its iPod shuffle, with the 512MB model costing $69 and the 1GB model priced at $99.

In another statement, Apple said that it will sell television shows from Showtime Networks, including “Fat Actress” and “Weeds,” on its iTunes Music Store.

Apple’s iTunes has more than 50 TV shows available for viewing on a computer or iPod for $1.99 an episode, the company said.

[tags]iPod nano, Apple, showtime, podcasting, tv shows[/tags]

MySpace’s the place online

The Internet has a rising star whose name isn’t Google.

Welll by now we all know that myspace has taken off, and is blowing away any competition.  Today in the AP we read a story about myspace.

Just over 2 years old, MySpace now has 21/2 times the traffic of Google Inc., and it quickly eclipsed Friendster as the top social-networking site where users build larger and larger circles of friends.

Credit luck and acumen: MySpace learned from predecessors and figured out the right tools to package. And when its founders noticed heavy usage among musicians and fans, MySpace embraced that community with custom features.

“It’s like being at a giant music conference 24 hours a day every day,” said Greg McIntosh, 27, guitarist for Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Great Lakes Myth Society.  The rest.

[tags]myspace, google[/tags]