“Soldier” is an R&B/hip hop song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Rich Harrison, Sean Garrett, T.I., and Lil Wayne for Destiny’s Child’s fourth studio album, Destiny Fulfilled (2004). It was produced by Knowles and Harrison and released as the album’s second single in fall 2004. The song reached peaked at number 3 Australia and the United States, where it became the group’s tenth and final consecutive top 10 hit, and peaked within the top 10 in New Zealand, the UK, Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Finland, Italy, Greece and Switzerland. The song also was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category and won the group a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul Single by a Group, Band or Duo.

A pregnant Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s sister, and rapper Ice Cube made a cameo appearance in the music video, which was filmed by Norwegian director Ray Kay and was nominated at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards under the category of Best Group Video.

Chart performance

Chart (2005) Peak position Australian ARIA Charts 3 Austrian Singles Charts 25 Belgium Singles Charts 18 Brazil Hot 100 71 Canadian Singles Charts 26 Chinese Singles Charts 15 Danish Singles Charts 5 Dutch Singles Charts 10 Finnish Singles Charts 7 French Singles Charts 28 German Singles Charts 11 Greece Singles Charts 10 Irish Singles Charts 6

Chart (2005) Peak position Israel Singles Charts 6 Italian Singles Charts 7 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Charts 4 Norwegian Singles Charts 15 Portuguese Singles Charts 20 Spanish Singles Charts 12 Swedish Singles Charts 27 Swiss Singles Charts 10 UK Singles Charts 4 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3 U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 3 U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1 U.S. Hot Ringtones 7

Credits and personnel

• Lead vocals - Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams
• Vocal production - Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland
• Recorded by Jim Caruna at Sony Music Studios, NYC
• Additional vocals recorded by Tom Tapley, Fabian Marasciullo
• Audio mixing - Dexter Simmons
• Additional pro tools editing - Rommel Nino Villanueva
• Mastered by Tom Coyne

Official versions

• “Soldier Part II” (feat Rohff)
• “Soldier” (Remix) (feat Stack Bundles, Lil’ Wayne & T.I)
• “Soldier” (DJ Noodles Remix) (feat. T.I. & Trazz)
• “Soldier” (JS Nu Soul Remix)
• “Soldier” (Kardinal Beats Remix)
• “Soldier” (Maurice’s Joshua Nu Anthem Remix)
• “Soldier” (Maurice’s Joshua Soul Remix)
• “Soldier” (Maurice’s Joshua Nu Beat Remix)

• “Soldier” (Danny Howell & Dick Trevor’s Kinkyfunk Remix) (feat. T.I.)
• “Soldier” (Grizz Blackmarket Remix) (feat. T.I. & Lil’ Wayne)
• “Soldier” (MGM Antiloop Confusion Mix)
• “Soldier” (Bizarre Remix)
• “Soldier” (Remix) (feat. B.G.)
• “Soldier” (Remix) (feat. Bizarre of D-12)
• “Soldier” (Gogh’s In House Mix)

The Mosquito is a product made to drive away teenagers from no-loitering zones. Because the ability to hear high frequencies deteriorates with age (a phenomenon known as presbycusis), the Mosquito works by emitting high-frequency tones at approximately 17.4 kHz. According to Welsh inventor, Ig Nobel Prize winner for Peace Howard Stapleton, the tones can only reliably be heard by people younger than 20 and almost never heard by people older than 30. Short exposure has very little effect for someone entering a store where the device is externally installed, but the sound becomes very annoying for those wishing to be around the immediate area for longer than 10 minutes. Although it will not force people to leave the area, due to a limit on volume (75 dB) it is effective at deterring random loitering.

Contents 1 History 2 Ringtone 3 Human rights 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

History

The Mosquito was originally tested at one location in Newport, South Wales, where it was successful in reducing the number of teenagers loitering outside a grocery store. In spite of this, some adults and seniors were still able to hear the Mosquito. It has not been tested by hearing experts, however the tones are broadcast at 75 decibels, so they fall within the government’s auditory-safety limits. The Mosquito was released into the mainstream market in 2006.

Ringtone

Some adolescents, however, have found the once annoying sound can be used as a tool, and turned it into a ringtone to prevent disciplinary actions that would normally be imposed if a cellular phone user was caught using their phones during school hours, by creating a cell phone ringtone that is inaudible to most adults.

Human rights

It has been suggested that this device may violate the UK’s Human Rights Act 1998, Article 3: the right not to be tortured or inhumanly or degradingly treated or punished.http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/mosquito-device.shtml The Mosquito creates a sound that is not painful but simply annoying to its victims. However, Compound Security’s own legal counsel and research into the applicability of the Human Rights Act appears to conflict with the interpretation put forward by the Liberty group.http://www.compoundsecurity.co.uk/research.html

References

See also

• TeenBuzz

External links

• Compound Security Systems Ltd, the manufacturer of the Mosquito.
• BBC article discussing its use in Wales
• Soundwaves of various frequency mosquito ringtones in MP3

The Motorola V220 is an entry level camera flip-phone. The phone features tri-band capabilities, a VGA camera with MP3 ringtones and a vibrant color screen. The phone is similar to the V300, V500 and V600, but does not have as many features as it is lower in the range

V220 Specificationshttp://www.ephonenews.com/v/1/2/628/1/Motorola_V220.html

The complete Motorola V220 list of specifications are :

Type	Specification
Modes	GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 carrier-dependent (can be dual band, triband, or quad band)
Weight	3.70 oz (105 g)
Dimensions	3.29″ x 1.73″ x 0.94″ (84 x 44 x 24 mm)
Form Factor	Clamshell Stub Antenna
Battery Life	Talk: 5.33 hours (320 minutes) Standby: 230 hours (9.6 days)
Battery Type	LiIon 820 mAh
Display	Type: LCD (Color STN) Colors: 65,536 (16-bit) Size: 128 x 128 pixels
Platform / OS	(N/A)
Memory	1.8 MB (built-in, flash shared memory) carrier-dependent
Phone Book Capacity	500
FCC ID	IHDT56ER1 (Approved Apr 15, 2004) IHDT56ER2 (Approved Sep 15, 2005)
2nd Display	Location: Front 96 x 32 pixels / monochrome LCD
Calculator	plus currency converter
Camera	Resolution: VGA (640 x 480)
Custom Graphics	wallpaper and screen saver
Custom Ringtones	supports MP3, MIDI formats / built-in ringtone composer
EMS / Picture Messaging	EMS 5.0
Games	built-in and downloadable Java games / with haptics
Hearing Aid Compatible	Rating: M3 (mostly compatible) at 1900 MHz only
High-Speed Data	Technology: GPRS
Java (J2ME)	Version: MIDP 2.0 / CLDC 1.0 up to 100 Kb app size / up to 1.8 MB memory (shared)
MMS	supports voice and video clips
Polyphonic Ringtones	Chords: 24
Predictive Text Entry	Technology: iTAP
Side Keys	up/down and “smart” keys on left / voice key on right
Speaker Phone	Type: Full-Duplex
Text Messaging	2-Way: Yes plus instant messaging
Vibrate	haptics (synched with games)
Wireless Internet	WAP 2.0
Alarm	Yes
Calendar	Yes
Data-Capable	Yes
Headset Jack (2.5 mm)	Yes
Multiple Languages	Yes
Multiple Numbers per Name	Yes
PC Sync	Yes
Picture ID	Yes
Ringer ID	Yes
Ringer Profiles	Yes
Text Messaging Templates	Yes
USB	Yes
Voice Dialing	Yes

Notes and references

External links

• Motorola V220 - Mobile Phone Directory
• Motorola V220 - Specifications & Features

Sony Ericsson Z800i is a 3G mobile phone developed by Sony Ericsson and released in 2005. The Z800i is a phone that is identical to the Vodafone branded Sony Ericsson V800 (or 802SE in Japan). The difference between these two phones is that the Z800i can be found not branded to any mobile phone service provider, and it has different colour variations.

The Z800i is available in two colours (or actually textures), Linear Silver and Titanium Silver. It is a 3G and Tri-band phone weighing 128 grams. It has a 1.3 megapixel rotating camera (that can rotate 180 degrees, called the MotionEye camera), that lets you take photos, video and use it during Video Calls.

It is a full featured 3G phone that supports WAP 2.0, UMTS (or the slower GPRS), polyphonic ringtones in MIDI up to 72 tones, and Java applications. You can store multimedia files in its internal memory (5 MiBs) or in a Memory Stick Pro Duo card.

Features

• Camera
  1.3 megapixel resolution (1280 x 960 pixels) with 16x digital zoom and photo light
• Multimedia
  Audio playback - AAC, AMR, MP3, MIDI, WAV ,WMV , XMF and Truetone
  Video playback - MP4 ,DiVX , 3GP
  Music and Video Streaming is available
• Java
  Version: MIDP 2.0
  Browsing
  WAP 2.0, XHTML/HTML multimode browser
• Battery performance
  Standby time: 140 hours
  Voice Talk time: 150 min
  Video Talk time: 85 min

See also

• Sony Ericsson V800

External links

• Sony Ericsson Home Page

Sendo P600 is a dual-band phone by Sendo, launched in the third quarter of 2004.

Technical specifications

• Network GPRS Class 8 (4+1 slots)
  • US version - GSM 850 / GSM 1900
  • General version - GSM 900 / GSM 1800
• Dimensions 108 x 45 x 20 mm, 76 cc
• Weight 85 g
• Display Type TFT, 65K colors, 128 x 128 pixels
• 25 polyphonic ringtones
• Phonebook: 750 entries, Photo call
• Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
• Memory: 3.7 MB user memory
• Data speed 32 - 40 kbit/s
• Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS
• Camera VGA, 640×480 pixels
• Java MIDP 2.0
• WAP 2.0
• Image editor
• T9 text entry
• Photo album
  
• Standard battery, Li-Ion
  • Stand-by Up to 380 h
  • Talk time Up to 6 h

External links

• Mobile Gazette

Sweety the Chick is a mobile phone ringtone, wallpaper, and 3G video by Jamba! (known as Jamster! in some markets). It was first advertised internationally on music video channels in 2004.

As with many of the Jamba!/Jamster! characters such as the Crazy Frog, the computer-generated chick has been greeted with both love and hatred — perhaps due in part to the frequency of advertising for the ringtone.

Jamba!, together with a number of other ringtone providers, is a major source of advertising revenue for the German music channel VIVA. At its late-2004 peak, the Sweety the Chick song was sometimes played six times in a row during a commercial break. Sweety the Chick was released before the Crazy Frog in Germany.

Contents 1 Origin 2 Lyrics 3 Fluffy 4 Sweety mobile phone game 5 Toy 6 External links

Origin

Sweety is a licensed version of a strikingly similar chick created by Pierre Coffin in the U.K. for a series of animated commercials for Vizzavi (now Vodafone Live!) during the Pop Idol television show (To see the similarity click here). Sweety first appeared in a Rhino and Rat ringtone advert, in which he was one of a line of baby chicks who started bouncing due to the vibrations coming from a nightclub.

Lyrics

“I may be small, I may look sweet.. but baby, I know how to move my feet… HIT IT!”

(Tempo change: Upbeat)

“Cause when I start to feel the beat, I just (smile and) /or/ (want to) move my feet and it makes me wanna tweet — tweet tweet tweet tweet tweeet tweet.”

Fluffy

Sweety was paired up with another chick named Dinger for two further ringtones, a rendition of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and a new song called “Little Birds Rock”. They are both also in a song called “Sweety’s Party”

Sweety mobile phone game

Sweety features in a mobile phone dancing game where the player has to keep pressing keys to match numbers falling in three columns (matching the number keypad columns).

Toy

A plush toy is also available.

External links

• Cartoon involving Sweety the Chick

key2audio is a copy restriction system for Audio CDs, developed by Sony DADC. The system gained notoriety after it was discovered that one can effectively disable the system by tracing the outer edge of a CD with a felt-tip marker.

The system works by applying a bogus data track onto the disc during glass master manufacturing. Since computers are designed to read data before music, this prevents playback on PC/MAC and thereby prevents copying of track ripping.

Currently there are two major versions of the key2Audio protection: the original key2Audio, and key2AudioXS.

Contents 1 key2Audio 1.1 Technical background 2 key2AudioXS 3 External links

key2Audio

key2audio products are mostly compatible because the audio part fully complies with the Red Book standard - not a single bit is changed in the audio data stream - however the CD by itself is not Red Book compliant any more and must not have a “Compact Disc” label.

This leads to problems on some CD players. Since optical computer CD/DVD drives are also capable of reading Red Book audio CDs, a lot of player manufacturers use these CD/DVD ROM drives instead of specialized Audio CD / Video DVD only drives in order to reduce costs.

DVD players and car stereo systems seem to have most problems with incompatibilities of key2Audio protected CDs.

A protected CD still achieves a maximum recording time of 77 minutes and supports full ISRC, UPC and CD-Text capabilities.

Early versions of this copy protection were famous for being easily circumvented with a marker pen, by drawing a tangential line on the rim of the visible edge of audio data.[1]

Technical background

It seems that key2Audio protected disc TOC contains three sessions written on the disc. Two of them contain small data tracks, the third one contains a data track and the audio tracks, and is not closed. The regular CD players pick the audio tracks outright, while the computer CD and DVD players get confused by the corrupted TOC information. CD players and drives that do not support multisession discs are immune against this confusion.

It can be worked around by eg. CloneCD or Exact Audio Copy.

key2AudioXS

key2audioXS™ combines a PC playback and a clone-proof Multimedia session for CD-Extra and Web Links.

The new version of this protection allows the listener the right to play the CD on a PC, and allows controlled burning the audio to CD. This solution allows consumers a limited amount of private copies. The record labels can individually define the burn count. These copies are then also fully protected and offer the same efficiency and compatibility as the original disc.

The audio sessions are being encoded to Windows Media Audio DRM-protected files, so that some portable devices are supported and online distribution prevented.

Furthermore, with key2audioXS™ the user can now pick and send audio tracks via email. With a usability period defined by the record label, users can share music, facilitating promotion activities for labels.
Additionally, some discs feature “n-CD”, which lets the user access bonus features, videos, ringtones, lotteries and similar added goodies. The original n-CD is a unique key reserved for just their owners.

For this purpose, the user interface for key2Audio on PC allows for navigation and includes a copying and burning tool, as well as additional content such as bonus pictures and lyrics.

The audio part can hold up to 75 minutes.

External links

• key2audioXS website
• Key2Audio explained and should we fear it?

“Burn” is a R&B song written by American singers/rappers and songwriters Usher Raymond, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox for Usher’s fourth studio album Confessions (2004). The song was produced by Dupri and Cox and originally planned to be released as the album’s lead single - instead of the promo single “Yeah!”. However, eventually released as the second single from the album in March 2004, the track once again topped various charts around the world, include the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.

At the top of the Billboard chart it followed another song from the same album: “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil’ Jon and Ludacris. It was knocked off the top spot for one week by “I Believe” by Fantasia Barrino, then returned for one last week. Finally it was replaced by yet another Usher single, “Confessions Part II”. The Song was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Male R&B Vocal Performance & Best R&B Song.

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	1
U.S. Hot Digital Tracks	1
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
U.S. Hot Ringtones	29
Australian Singles Chart	2
New Zealand Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart	2
Danish Singles Chart	10
Belgian Singles Chart	18
Dutch Singles Chart	20
German Singles Chart	11
Austrian Singles Chart	19
Swiss Singles Chart	10
French Singles Chart	29
Italian Singles Chart	22
Swedish Singles Chart	18
Norwegian Singles Chart	11
Chinese Singles Chart	2
Taiwan Singles Chart	4
India Singles Chart	3

See also

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2004 (USA)

“Heaven” is the thirty-seventh single released by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on September 14, 2005. On the first day it placed number two; the second day it was at number three. The rest of the week, though, it climbed to number one, where it stayed. At week’s end, “Heaven” sold over 169,000 copies and came in at number one on the Oricon charts. Overall, it lasted for forty-six days in the top twenty of the Oricon daily charts over a forty-nine day period; forty-two of them being consecutive. “Heaven” ended up being a modest success selling over 325,000 copies; it was Ayu’s second highest selling single of 2005. “Heaven” was the theme to the Japanese blockbuster film Shinobi Heart Under Blade. “Will” is the only song on her album (miss)understood that she produced. This is so far her last single that sold over 300,000 physical copies.

Heaven is a ballad that relies mostly on Ayumi’s voice and uses few instruments. Will has instruments such as the keyboard, violins, drums to achieve a traditional Japanese-sounding effect.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Live performances 3 Charts 4 References 5 External links

Track listing

1. “Heaven” – 4:18
2. “Will” – 4:07
3. “alterna” (orchestra version)
4. “Heaven” (piano version) – 4:18
5. “Heaven” (instrumental) – 4:18
6. “Will” (instrumental) – 4:07

Dvd

1. “Heaven” (PV)
2. “Heaven” (photo gallery)
3. “Heaven” (TV-CM)

Live performances

• September 9, 2005 – Music Station
• September 16, 2005 – Music Station
• September 16, 2005 – Music Fighter
• September 17, 2005 – CDTV
• September 23, 2005 – PopJam
• October 07, 2005 – Music Station
• December 23, 2005 – Music Station Super Live – “Heaven” and “Bold & Delicious”

Charts

Total Sales: 326,694 Physical + 1,000,000 Mobile + 100,000 Legal Downloads = 1,426,694 Purchases (Note: This does not include physical sales outside of Japan nor legal downloads and ringtones of the b-side “Will”.)

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First Week Sales	Sales total	Chart run
14 September 2005	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	#1
14 September 2005	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	#1	168,540	326,694	14 weeks
14 September 2005	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart	#3
14 September 2005	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	#23

References

External links

• “Heaven” information at Avex Network.
• “Heaven” information at Avex Network.
• “Heaven” information at Oricon.

“Over and Over” is a single by rapper Nelly featuring country musician Tim McGraw, released in 2004, from Nelly’s album Suit. The song went double-platinum in the USA and peaked at #1 on the UK and Australian Singles charts.

The music video depicts a split screen, one side showing Nelly and the other Tim McGraw.

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs	51
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Ringtones	3
U.S. Billboard Modern AC Charts	20
U.S. Billboard Rap Charts	5

The Sound of Revenge is the debut solo album from American rapper Chamillionaire. It was produced by Scott Storch, Mannie Fresh, Play-N-Skillz, Cool and Dre and other producers. It was released in 2005 and includes contributions from Lil’ Flip, Lil Wayne, younger brother Rasaq, Natalie Alvarado, Krayzie Bone, Bun B, Scarface and Pastor Troy. This album was also released in a “screwed and chopped” version by OG Ron C. Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone won the Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group Grammy for the song “Ridin’”.

The album was certified platinum in the US, and it sold 130,000 in it’s first week, total sales are at 1.5 Million. A non-single, Picture Perfect, peaked #28 on Hot Ringtones[1].

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus Disc 2 Credits 2.1 Producers 2.2 Technical Production 2.3 Instrumentals/Vocals 2.4 Art

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Feature guest(s)	Time
1	“The Sound of Revenge (Intro)”	The Beat Bullies		3:18
2	“In the Trunk”	Mannie Fresh		4:38
3	“Turn It Up”	Scott Storch	Lil’ Flip	4:34
4	“Ridin’”	Play-N-Skillz	Krayzie Bone	5:03
5	“No Snitchin’”	Cool and Dre	Bun B	4:32
6	“Southern Takeover”	The Beat Bullies	Killer Mike & Pastor Troy	5:17
7	“Radio Interruption”	The Beat Bullies		3:27
8	“Frontin’ ”	Happy Perez		4:10
9	“Grown and Sexy”	The Beat Bullies		4:03
10	“Think I’m Crazy”	The Beat Bullies	Natalie	5:03
11	“Rain”	Sol Messiah	Scarface & Billy Cook	5:11
12	“Picture Perfect”	Sol Messiah	Bun B	4:48
13	“Fly as the Sky”	Mannie Fresh	Lil’ Wayne & Rasaq	4:58
14	“Peepin’ Me”	The Beat Bullies		4:21
15	“Void in My Life”	Twinzbeatz		4:40
16	“Outro”	Sean Blaze		3:09

Bonus Disc

1. “Turn It Up (Remix) (Prod. Scott Storch)” (featuring E.S.G., Lil’ O, & HAWK) – 5:08
2. “Grind Time (Prod. Da Riffs)” – 3:24
3. “Rider (Prod. Happy Perez)” – 4:01
4. “Hate in Ya Eyes (Prod. Cool & Dre)” – 3:40
5. “Bad Guy (Prod. Twinzbeatz / Thundertrax)” – 3:55

Really the album has sold 2.2 million world wide.

Credits

Producers

• Sean Blaze - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Twinzbeatz / Thundertrax - Producer
• Mannie Fresh - Producer
• Scott Storch - Producer
• Happy Perez - Keyboards, Producer
• Gary Fly - Assistant
• Rick DeVarona - Assistant
• Tony Cavasin - Assistant

Technical Production

• Wayne Allison - Engineer
• Gregg Rominiecki - Engineer
• Conrad Golding - Engineer
• Matt Still - Engineer
• Rodney Maspoch - Engineer
• Taylor Dow - Assistant Engineer
• James Hoover - Engineer, Mixing
• Jason Goldstein - Mixing
• Oscar Ramirez - Mixing
• Wassim Zreik - Mixing
• Bram Tobey - Mixing Assistant
• Eric Jensen - Mixing Assistant
• Kathryn Diehl - Mixing Assistant
• Raj Makhija - Mixing Assistant
• Chris Gehringer - Mastering
• Eddy Schreyer - Mastering

Instrumentals/Vocals

• Jennifer Rose - Vocals
• Tami Latrell - Vocals (Background)
• Steve Lake - Guitar
• Avery Jones - Bass
• Debra Killings - Bass
• Fitzgerald Lingard - Bass
• Preston Crump - Bass
• Terrence Brown - Keyboards

Art

• Jonathan Mannion - Photography
• Mikee Aguilar - A&R
• Nina Freeman - A&R
• Sal Guastella - A&R
• Mike Frost - Art Direction

Originally developed as the Bosch 1886 in 2000, the phone was branded as the Siemens S40 after Siemens acquired the Bosch mobile phone division. The Siemens S40 is a tri-band mobile phone that operates on the GSM-900, GSM-1800, and GSM-1900 networks. Communication with a computer can be done either through the infrared port (IrDA) on the phone or a USB or serial port data cable. Its more unique features include the voice memo recorder, the mute feature for conversations, the ability to record phone conversations, and the ringtone composer (a useful alternative for those unsatisfied with the 47 monophonic ringtones). Another notable fact about this phone is its very low SAR (specific absorption rate). Also it was one of the first phone with HSCSD.

The phone also supports WAP 1.1, SMS, HSCSD, and T9 predictive text input.

The S40 includes a 104×64 pixel monochrome liquid-crystal display with a blue backlight, an internal antenna, and rubbery buttons to prevent accidental dialing.

The phone’s appearance has generally attracted positive reviews, while reviews have been mixed about the ease of use of the menus.

Siemens S42

Phone was also branded as the Siemens S42, with the only differences being the keypad cover and a more rounded form factor.

See also

• Siemens mobile phones

External links

• Siemens S40 Phone
• CNET - Ten Lowest-Radiation Cell Phones (U.S.)

Reverend Ike, formally the Right Reverend Dr. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II (June 1 1935, Ridgeland, South Carolina - ), Th.B., D.Sc.L., Ph.D., founder and pastor of the Christ United Church, is an American minister and electronic evangelist based in New York City. Reverend Ike is of African American and Indonesian descent.

He began his career as a teenage preacher and became assistant pastor at Bible Way Church in Ridgeland, South Carolina. After serving a stint in the Air Force as a Chaplain Service Specialist (a noncomissioned officer assigned to assist chaplains), he founded, successively, the United Church of Jesus Christ for All People in South Carolina, the United Christian Evangelistic Association in Boston, Massachusetts (which is still his main corporate entity), and the Christ Community United Church in New York City.

Reverend Ike’s ministry reached its peak in the mid 1970s, when his weekly radio sermons were carried by hundreds of stations across the United States. He is still active as of 2007, with a presence on the Internet and a syndicated television program.

He has stated that he owns a fleet of Rolls-Royces (a different color for every day of the week, appointed in mink), diamond rings, expensive suits, and multiple mansions - far from hiding his wealth, Reverend Ike makes it a point of his preaching. His theology centers around the “Science of Living” and “Thinkonomics,” his own version of economics based on the premise that poverty, a lack of luck, poor health, etc., are the result of incorrect attitudes, a lack of confidence, a lack of faith and a failure to get in touch with the “presence of God within each of us.” “Unlearning” these attitudes, according to Reverend Ike, leads to wealth and health and his own flamboyant prosperity, and that of some of his followers, is, he claims, evidence of this. (His television programs, for instance, used to include the “Blessing of the Cadillacs,” where prosperous congregants were invited to drive their luxury cars past the church’s doors for his laying on of hands.)

His mail ministry has long included an ever-changing variety of items: miracle prayer cloths, lucky coins, “blessings” shower caps, prosperity bracelets and the like, each said to help the user tap into his or her own inner divine power (Reverend Ike suggested, for instance, that the prayer cloth be used to rub lottery tickets or horse track betting slips).

He fully restored and owns the Christ United Church “Palace Cathedral” in Manhattan’s Washington Heights section, formerly the Loews 175th Street movie theatre (one of the grandest and most extravagant of the “Wonder Theaters” movie palaces of the 1920s; restoration included the seven-story high, twin chamber Robert Morton organ). The “Miracle Star of Faith,” visible from the George Washington Bridge, now tops the cupola of the building. He is also the “chancellor” of the United Church Schools, which include the Science of Living Institute and Seminary (which awarded him the D.Sc.L.: Doctor of the Science of Living); the Business of Living Institute (home of Thinkonomics); and other educational projects. He also offers a large number of books, audio and video tapes and a magazine to followers. His latest offering are “Musivation Ringtones,” ringtones for cell-phones he says will motivate followers towards propserity and success.

The Reverend Mrs. Eula M. Dent Eikerenkoetter (“Rev. Mrs. Ike”), B.A., M.A., D.Sc.L., his wife, serves as Senior Co-Pastor, and his son, The Right Reverend Xavier Frederick Eikerenkoetter (“Rev. Ike’s Son”), B.A., M.Sc.L, D.Sc.L., is his “Bishop Coadjutor.”

Reverend Ike has his own personal style of “preaching prosperity” and it is purported that he influenced a succeeding generation of “prosperity teachers” such as Bishop E. Bernard Jordan and Neale Donald Walsch.

He is the subject of an unpublished song by Billy Joel. [1]

External links

• Rev. Ike, the official website

OMA DRM is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) system invented by the Open Mobile Alliance whose members represent the entire value chain, including mobile phone manufacturers (e.g. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, BenQ-Siemens), mobile system manufacturers (e.g. Ericsson, Siemens, Openwave), operators (e.g. Vodafone, O2, Cingular, Deutsche Telekom, Orange), and IT companies (e.g. Microsoft, IBM, Sun). In order to ensure interoperability across all implementations the OMA provides in addition to the specifications also test tools for OMA DRM. The OMA DL DRM group is chaired by Jan van der Meer (Philips) and Willms Buhse (CoreMedia).

The scheme is implemented on many recent phones and is intended to be used by mobile content providers to add Digital Rights Management to their products. To this date two versions of OMA DRM have been released: OMA DRM 1.0 and OMA DRM 2.0.

• OMA DRM 1.0 - Started in November 2002 and approved in June 2004: Basic DRM standard without strong protection. Specifies three main methods: Forward Lock, Combined Delivery (combined rights object / media object), and Separate Delivery (separated rights object + encrypted media object). Forward lock prevents the user from forwarding content such as ringtones and wallpapers on their phone. The content can be distributed using e.g. HTTP or MMS.
• OMA DRM 2.0 - Started in July 2004 and approved in March 2006: Extension of the DRM 1.0 separate delivery mechanism. Each participating device in OMA DRM 2.0 has an individual DRM PKI certificate with a public key, and the corresponding private key. Each Rights Object (RO) is individually protected for one receiving device by encrypting it with the device public key. The RO in turn contains the key that is used to decrypt the media object. Delivery of Rights Objects requires a registration with the Rights Issuer (RI, the entity distributing Rights Objects). During this registration, the device certificate is usually validated against a device blacklist by means of an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) verification. Thus, devices known to be hacked can be excluded once they try to register with an RI and receive new ROs for content access.

Implementations and Usage

OMA DRM 1.0 has been implemented in over 550 phone models. Many mobile operators (e.g. Vodafone, SFR, Turkcell, Vivo, Orange) use OMA DRM for their content services. The first OMA DRM 2.0 implementations were released in early 2005 and on mobile phones end of 2005. Software implementations for PC and PDA clients are also available. Most of the ringtones pre-installed on mobile phones have implemented DRM. Many commercial ringtone vendors who are not part of any mobile phone carrier do not bother with any form of DRM, perhaps because the number of ringtone vendors is huge, and people will choose to download unprotected ringtones if they can get them. Unlike with digital music stores such as iTunes the record industry does not mandate that DRM be implemented on ringtones. Many ringtones are reverse engineered by the ringtone provider themselves so it is their choice whether to implement the DRM.

Commercial OMA DRM providers include:

• Beep Science
• CoreMedia DRM
• Discretix
• Irdeto
• Mutable OMA DRM
• NDS
• SafeNet
• Philips
• Viaccess

An open source solution for OMA DRM 2.0 is also available:

• openIPMP

The OMA DRM specification uses a Profile of the Open Digital Rights Language for expressing its Licenses:

• ODRL Initiative

Since 2006, OMA has been working on DRM 2.0.1 and 2.1, and on new features such as SRM (Secure Removable Media) and SCE (Secure Content Exchange)

Determining that a file is OMA protected

A ringtone that includes OMA Forward Lock DRM usually has a “.asp” file extension, however this is more of a detail of the servers hosting the content as “.dm” and “.drm” will tend to actually be more common. This file could potentially be viewed before downloading the actual file as kind of a confirmation request on downloading data. However, with most of today’s implementations at this point it is usually too late for denial and the user would already have been billed for the ringtone. The file extension does not matter for Nokia phones, so it is possible that they may use an extension other than .asp.

On Nokia Series 40 phones an installed file with DRM will not have its “Send” option greyed out in its options menu. If the user attempts to send this via MMS a message “The file is copyright protected” will appear. A Bluetooth file transfer will fail if the user tries to extract the file using Bluetooth, yet the file will still appear as present and will still be deletable via Bluetooth.

External links

• DRM 1.0 specification from www.openmobilealliance.org
• DRM 2.0 specification from www.openmobilealliance.org
• DRM 2.1 specification from www.openmobilealliance.org

The version history of iTunes spans from 2001 to present and covers the application’s evolution and refinement from a simple music player to a control center for many types of media. Support for the iPod and iTunes Store (originally the iTunes Music Store) were added in the first few versions. Later, other types of media, including radio, movies, television shows, and audiobooks, were also supported. Most recently, iTunes has branched out from the iPod and provides iPhone syncing capabilities.

Contents 1 Version compatibility 2 Device compatibility 3 Version history 4 References 5 External links

Version compatibility

Operating systems	Latest version
Mac OS 9.0.4	2.0.4 (March 20, 2002)*iTunes 2.0.4 download (Mac)
Mac OS 10.0.2	1.1.1 (May 1, 2001)
Mac OS 10.1.5	4.7.1 (January 11, 2005)§iTunes 4.7.1 download (Mac)
Mac OS 10.2.8	6.0.5 (June 29, 2006)†iTunes 6.0.5 download (Mac)
Windows 2000 SP4	7.3.2 (August 2, 2007)‡iTunes 7.3.2 download (Windows)
Mac OS 10.3.9/10.4.7; Windows XP/Vista	ǂLatest iTunes download

*Mac OS 9.1 is required to burn CDs.

§The iTunes Store requires iTunes version 6.0.5 or later, thus breaking store support in earlier versions.

†Mac OS 10.2 does not support video playback and video store features in iTunes 6.

‡Windows 2000 does not support the iPhone. Requires a 32-bit version of 2000.

ǂ10.4.10 is required for iPhone support, Windows XP SP2 is required for iPhone or Apple TV support. Requires a 32-bit version of Windows.

Device compatibility

Device	Minimum version	Minimum OS
iPod classic 1G	2.0 (Mac)	9/10.1 (Mac)
Rio One	2.0.3 (Mac)
iPod classic 2G	3.0Apple Unveils New iPods (Mac) 4.1 (Win)	10.1 (Mac) 2000 (Win)
iPod classic 3G	4.0 (Mac) 4.1 (Win)
iPod mini 1G	4.2Apple Introduces iPod mini (Mac+Win)
iPod classic 4G	4.6http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jul/19ipod.html (Mac+Win)
AirPort Express	4.6http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jun/07airport.html (Mac+Win)	10.2 (Mac) 2000 (Win)
iPod photo	4.7http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/oct/26ipodphoto.html (Mac+Win)
iPod classic 4G (color display)	4.7 (Mac+Win)
iPod shuffle 1G	4.7.1 (Mac+Win)
iPod mini 1G	4.7.1Apple Unveils New iPod mini Starting at Just $199 (Mac+Win)
ROKR E1	4.9 (Mac+Win)
iPod nano 1G	5.0 (Mac+Win)	10.3 (Mac) 2000 (Win)
iPod classic 5G	6.0 (Mac+Win)
SLVR L7 and RAZR V3i	6.0.1http://www.apple.com/itunes/mobile/faq/ (Mac+Win)
[[Nike+iPod]]	6.0.5 (Mac+Win)
iPod classic 5.5G	7.0 (Mac+Win)
iPod shuffle 2G	7.0.2 (Mac+Win)
iPod nano 2G	7.0.2 (Mac+Win)
Apple TV	7.1http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html (Mac+Win)	10.3 (Mac) XP (Win)
iPhone	7.3 (Mac+Win)	10.4 (Mac) XP (Win)
iPod classic 6G	7.4 (Mac+Win)
iPod nano 3G	7.4 (Mac+Win)
iPod touch	7.4 (Mac+Win)

Version history

iTunes version	Operating systems	Release date	Major changes
1.0	Mac: 9	2001-01-09	Original release based on SoundJam MP code.WSJ: Casady & Greene “forbidden” from discussing iTunes deal
1.1		2001-02-21	External burners, improved visual effects, more supported CD burners.Apple Announced iTunes 1.1 With Support for Over 25 Third-Party CD Burners
1.1	Mac: 10.0	2001-03-24	Initial OS X version.iTunes 1.1
1.1.1		2001-05-01	Burning CDs, full screen visual effects, stability/performance improvements,New iBook, OS X Update From Apple available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
1.1.2	Mac: 10.1	2001-09-25	Bundled with Mac OS 10.1.The Disaster-Free Upgrade to Mac OS 10.1
2.0	Mac: 9, 10.1	2001-10-23	iPod support, CD burning improvements, equalizer/cross-fader/sound enhancer added.Apple Announced iTunes 2
2.0.1		2001-11-04	Fixes installer issue which may result in data loss.iTunes 2.0.1 CD Burning updates.iTunes 2: Includes Updated Disc Burning Software
2.0.2		2001-11-16	German and French language support.
2.0.3		2001-12-13	iPod syncing improvements, support for Rio One MP3 player.
2.0.4		2002-03-20	Improved stability/performance, expanded AppleScript support.New iPod and iTunes Software Released
3.0	Mac: 10.1, 10.2	2002-07-17	Smart playlists, more song list categories, Audible.com audiobook support.Apple Announced iTunes 3
3.0.1		2002-09-18	Performance improvements, better 10.2 support.iTunes 3.0.1 Released
4.0	Mac: 10.1, 10.2	2003-04-28	Music Store support, AAC audio codec, DVD burning, Music sharing, GUI improvements.iTunes 4: What’s New
4.0.1		2003-05-27	Performance improvements, music sharing only in subnet.iTunes 4.0.1 for Mac OS X: Information and Download
4.1	Mac: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 Win: 2000, XP	2003-10-16	Music store/CD burning improvements, Windows support added, voice notes, on-the-go playlists.iTunes 4.1 and QuickTime 6.4 released
4.2		2003-12-18	AOL accounts with music store, GUI, and performance improvements.iTunes 4.2 Released
4.5		2004-04-28	iMix, party shuffle, CD insert printing, music store improvements, WMA to AAC conversion (Windows only), Apple Lossless audio codec.Apple releases feature enhanced iTunes 4.5
4.6		2004-06-09	AirTunes support, minor improvements.iTunes 4.6 released
4.7		2004-10-27	Copying photos to iPod photo, GUI/performance improvements, Windows taskbar minimizing.New version of iTunes (version 4.7) released
4.7.1	Mac: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2005-01-11	iPod shuffle support added, blocks DRM stripping applications,iTunes 4.7.1 Released With Important Security Update limited to 5 connections per day to networked music libraries.iTunes 4.7.1 quietly brings sharing restrictions
4.8	Mac: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2005-05-09	Video support, international music stores supported,iTunes 4.8 Released Security enhancements.http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301596
4.9		2005-06-28	Podcasting,iTunes 4.9 Now Available Motorola ROKR E1 mobile phone support added.
5.0	Mac: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2005-09-07	GUI refined, search bar improvements, parental controls, smart shuffle, iPod nano support.Apple Introduces iTunes 5
5.0.1		2005-09-20	Bonjour for Windows removed from bundle after DNS conflict problems, bug fixes.iTunes 5.0.1 is available
6.0	Mac: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2005-10-12	GUI/music store changes, blocks DRM remover utilities, transfer videos to 5th generation iPod classic.Apple Announces iTunes 6 With 2,000 Music Videos, Pixar Short Films & Hit TV Shows
6.0.1		2005-10-20	Bug fixes,Hmm, iTunes 6.0.1 already released Motorola SLVR L7 and RAZR V3i mobile phone support added.
6.0.2		2006-01-10	Bug fixes, video conversion for home movies, AirTunes enhancements, now Universal Binary (running on both Intel and PowerPC Macs).iTunes 6.0.2 and QuickTime 7.0.4 Released
6.0.3		2006-02-15	Bug fixes, performance enhancements.iLife ‘06 update and iTunes 6.0.3 released
6.0.4		2006-03-01	Stability and performance issues with Front Row.iTunes 6.0.4 released, updates iPhoto, Front Row
6.0.4.2		2006-03-03	Fixes possible playlist problems in 6.0.4.
6.0.5		2006-06-29	[[Nike+iPod]] support added, Nike Sport area on the iTunes Store also added.iTunes 6.0.5 Released, iPod Updater 2006-06-28
7.0	Mac: 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2006-09-12	Video playback/purchasing improvements, iPod games, Major GUI changes, gapless playback, sync purchased content from iPod to computer, Cover Flow added.Apple Announces iTunes 7 with Amazing New Features
7.0.1		2006-09-27	Stability and performance improvements with Cover Flow, CD importing, iPod syncing, and one-click rating. Fixed issues with Remote Desktop Protocol and Windows Live Messenger.Apple Quietly Releases iTunes 7.0.1
7.0.2		2006-10-31	Support for second generation shuffle and nano, fixed stability/performance issues with 7.0 and 7.0.1.Briefly: iTunes 7.0.2, iSight shipments, 8GB nano
7.1		2007-03-04	Apple TV support, additional 2G shuffle support, GUI improvements, fixes Windows Vista issues, full-screen Cover Flow.QuickTime 7.1.5 and iTunes 7.1 released
7.1.1		2007-03-16	Stability/performance/compatibility fixes.Apple releases iTunes 7.1.1 for Mac, Windows
7.2	Mac: 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP, Vista	2007-05-29	Fully supports Vista,iTunes 7.2 fully supports Windows Vista iTunes Plus introduced with 256 kbit/s DRM-free music tracks,iTunes 7.2 supports DRM-free ‘iTunes Plus’ music iTunes U introduced which offers free content from some of the top universities around the United States.Apple’s iTunes U Means You Can Ditch Class and Still Learn
7.3		2007-06-29	Support for iPhone activation/syncing, GUI changes/fixes.iTunes 7.3 unexpectedly, shockingly available
7.3.1		2007-07-11	Bug fixes.iTunes 7.3.1 fixes iTunes Library access
7.3.2		2007-08-02	Bug fixes for increased stability/performance.Apple Releases iTunes 7.3.2
7.4	Mac: 10.3, 10.4 Win: XP, Vista	2007-09-06	Support for iPod touch, classic (6G), nano (3G), and adds interface art for new iPod shuffle colours. GUI improvements.iTunes 7.4 Released with Ringtone Support
7.4.1		2007-09-07	Blocks a workaround that allowed free ringtones.iTunes 7.4 obsolete after 48 hours; 7.4.1 breaks homebrew ringtones However, a new workaround was found within one day of release.
7.4.2		2007-09-17	Addresses an issue with creating ringtones using iTunes Plus song purchases and includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance.http://www.macrumors.com/2007/09/17/apple-updates-itunes-to-7-4-2/
7.4.3		2007-09-27	Addresses issues with the initial setup of the iPod touch on some international versions of Windows.http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes743forwindows.html

References

External links

• iTunes download page
• Older versions of iTunes for Windows download page
• Older versions of iTunes for Mac download page

Reverend Ike, formally the Right Reverend Dr. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II (June 1 1935, Ridgeland, South Carolina - ), Th.B., D.Sc.L., Ph.D., founder and pastor of the Christ United Church, is an American minister and electronic evangelist based in New York City. Reverend Ike is of African American and Indonesian descent.

He began his career as a teenage preacher and became assistant pastor at Bible Way Church in Ridgeland, South Carolina. After serving a stint in the Air Force as a Chaplain Service Specialist (a noncomissioned officer assigned to assist chaplains), he founded, successively, the United Church of Jesus Christ for All People in South Carolina, the United Christian Evangelistic Association in Boston, Massachusetts (which is still his main corporate entity), and the Christ Community United Church in New York City.

Reverend Ike’s ministry reached its peak in the mid 1970s, when his weekly radio sermons were carried by hundreds of stations across the United States. He is still active as of 2007, with a presence on the Internet and a syndicated television program.

He has stated that he owns a fleet of Rolls-Royces (a different color for every day of the week, appointed in mink), diamond rings, expensive suits, and multiple mansions - far from hiding his wealth, Reverend Ike makes it a point of his preaching. His theology centers around the “Science of Living” and “Thinkonomics,” his own version of economics based on the premise that poverty, a lack of luck, poor health, etc., are the result of incorrect attitudes, a lack of confidence, a lack of faith and a failure to get in touch with the “presence of God within each of us.” “Unlearning” these attitudes, according to Reverend Ike, leads to wealth and health and his own flamboyant prosperity, and that of some of his followers, is, he claims, evidence of this. (His television programs, for instance, used to include the “Blessing of the Cadillacs,” where prosperous congregants were invited to drive their luxury cars past the church’s doors for his laying on of hands.)

His mail ministry has long included an ever-changing variety of items: miracle prayer cloths, lucky coins, “blessings” shower caps, prosperity bracelets and the like, each said to help the user tap into his or her own inner divine power (Reverend Ike suggested, for instance, that the prayer cloth be used to rub lottery tickets or horse track betting slips).

He fully restored and owns the Christ United Church “Palace Cathedral” in Manhattan’s Washington Heights section, formerly the Loews 175th Street movie theatre (one of the grandest and most extravagant of the “Wonder Theaters” movie palaces of the 1920s; restoration included the seven-story high, twin chamber Robert Morton organ). The “Miracle Star of Faith,” visible from the George Washington Bridge, now tops the cupola of the building. He is also the “chancellor” of the United Church Schools, which include the Science of Living Institute and Seminary (which awarded him the D.Sc.L.: Doctor of the Science of Living); the Business of Living Institute (home of Thinkonomics); and other educational projects. He also offers a large number of books, audio and video tapes and a magazine to followers. His latest offering are “Musivation Ringtones,” ringtones for cell-phones he says will motivate followers towards propserity and success.

The Reverend Mrs. Eula M. Dent Eikerenkoetter (“Rev. Mrs. Ike”), B.A., M.A., D.Sc.L., his wife, serves as Senior Co-Pastor, and his son, The Right Reverend Xavier Frederick Eikerenkoetter (“Rev. Ike’s Son”), B.A., M.Sc.L, D.Sc.L., is his “Bishop Coadjutor.”

Reverend Ike has his own personal style of “preaching prosperity” and it is purported that he influenced a succeeding generation of “prosperity teachers” such as Bishop E. Bernard Jordan and Neale Donald Walsch.

He is the subject of an unpublished song by Billy Joel. [1]

External links

• Rev. Ike, the official website

Revol, Inc. is a regional wireless carrier based in Independence, Ohio. The service features unlimited anytime domestic and long-distance voice calling and unlimited text and picture messaging to other Revol customers.

Contents 1 History 2 Payment 3 In The Media 4 Insurance 5 External links

History

Revol purchased Northcoast PCS in July 2004 from former owner Cablevision. The new owners, venture capital firms M/C Venture Partners and Columbia Capital have since invested significantly into the company to improve its network and service. The original Northcoast name was kept in service until 2005, when the Company relaunched with the Revol brand, new plans and many new towers. Currently, Revol has coverage in and around the cities of Indianapolis, Indiana, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (through Cricket’s network), Columbus,, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dayton, Toledo,Youngstown, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, Louisville, Kentucky and Buffalo, New York. As Revol is not a MVNO, it actually owns and operates its own tower system, through purchases of part of the Cricket network and its own holdings gained from Northcoast PCS. Recently it started to use some of Cricket’s networks, and has extended calling areas outside of its own network. Currently roaming off-network is not available.

Payment

Revol currently charges an additional $5 fee to pay a bill in a Revol store or over the phone through their customer service dept. Tax and this fee are not included in any advertised price. Revol currently offers no grace period as most phone companies do. Phones are shut off on due date with additional non-waivable $15 reconnection fee. Revol does not send out paper bills but they can be requested for $1 extra per month. Revol Bucks are pre-paid dollars used to purchase ringtones and games through the Brew application with the $5 per month RAGE feature enabled. Revol Web is also a available feature but has most high bandwidth sites disabled to save bandwidth cost to the company. If a Revol customer changes residence a number change can be attained for $25. Call Records can be received for $20 per month. All Revol phones, services and activation fees are non-refundable.

In The Media

Revol has been accused of false advertising many times. Mostly for charging activation fee’s on features such as Revol PTT, International Long Distance and Basic Service. These hidden fees can be up to $40. Revol PTT and Picture Messaging features only work Revol to Revol. Revol commonly sends out 30-day free Revol service cards to their previous customers, but in most cases these customers are ineligible for this discount. Revol currently has over 250,000 customers. Revol has been under much investigation for selling refurbished phones as new.

Insurance

New Revol phones come with a one-year manufacturer’s limited warranty that can be used by paying $45. Revol’s insurance policy has also recently been taken under fire as it advertises covering lost or stolen phones but does not cover claims on accounts that have been suspended for being lost or stolen. Co-payments on insurance claims can be as high as $350 to receive a refurbished phone. Although you can have insurance on more then two phones, you can only make two claims per year.

External links

Official sites:

• http://www.revol.us Corporate website

Other sites

• Crain’s Article on Revol
• Cleveland Better Business Bureau Report on Revol

TOM Group Limited is a Chinese-language media company in the Greater China region, with business interests across markets in the Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Its business covers five media sectors:

• the Internet (TOM Online)
• Outdoor (TOM Outdoor Media Group)
• Publishing
• Sports
• Television and Entertainment

Contents 1 History 2 Operations 2.1 Internet 2.2 Outdoor media 2.3 Publishing 2.3.1 Magazines 2.3.2 Books 2.4 TV & entertainment 3 External link

History

The TOM Group was founded in October 1999 as a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa, Cheung Kong Holdings, and other strategic investors, principally Solina Chau or companies controlled by her. In March 2000, it was listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong as HKEx:8001. The Group subsequetly transferred its listing to the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

Operations

Headquartered in Hong Kong, the Group has regional offices in Beijing and Taipei and operating bases in twenty-seven cities. The Group generated revenues of HK$2,089 million in 2003, a 28.6% increase on 2002. Sing Wang has been the CEO up to end of 2005, the then CFO Tommei Tong was promoted to CEO in January 2006.

TOM Business Divisions

Internet

TOM Online Inc. (NASDAQ: TOMO, HK GEM: 8282) is a leading wireless Internet company that offers an array of wireless Internet services and operates one of the most trafficked web properties in Mainland China. As at the end of 2005, it was the only portal ranked in the top three of every wireless Internet service segment.

The Company has a strong focus on the younger, trendy and technology-savvy demographics in Mainland China. At the end of 2005, more than 150 million users have signed up for its wireless Internet services including SMS, MMS, WAP, IVR, ringtones and ringback tones. Its tom.com portal, which features over 50 content channels on topics such as entertainment, music and sports, attracts on average over 225 million page views per day. In addition, through TOM-Skype, a joint venture with Skype, the Company offers next-generation peer-to-peer software that allows mainland Chinese users to communicate using IM, voice and video. At the end of 2005, TOM-Skype had 7.43 million registered users.

Outdoor media

As the leading outdoor advertising expert in mainland China, TOM Outdoor Media Group (OMG) operates the largest advertising billboard and unipole network with media assets space over 300,000 square meters covering nearly 60 cities. Capitalizing on its innovative media and comprehensive network, OMG has 16 subsidiaries located in major cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu to provide clients with tailor-made services and one-stop shop solutions.

In the past, the Group successively won 247 national awards and 17 patents, making it the top award-winning outdoor media company on the mainland. In 2005, OMG ranked third among hundred thousands more local advertising counterparts. Its reputation was further enhanced after being recognized as the top five advertising companies that had the greatest influence.

With the strategic implementation of differentiation, synergy integration and uplifting value-added services, OMG had successfully delivered resources integration, knowledge management and innovations.

Publishing

TOM Group publishing arm has developed into a unique publishing platform in Greater China. Through the formation of joint ventures, TOM Group is able to substantially increase its presence in the publishing market on the Mainland. In Taiwan, a total of 40 publishers are consolidated under Cite Publishing Holding Group, the top-ranked magazines and books publishing group in the region. In Hong Kong, the CUP magazine is very popular among young business executives.

Magazines

Over 60 titles with annual printing volume exceeding 29 million copies; a total of 5 new magazines on computer, digital related and lifestyle genres were launched.

Books

More than 2,000 new titles; and the annual printing volume reached to 19 million copies; a total catalogue of 14,000 titles out of which 400 more were licensed for local production by publishers in Mainland China.

TV & entertainment

TOM Group is the majority shareholder of CETV, a 24-hour Putonghua general entertainment channel providing the latest Asian and International entertainment programming, as well as bringing pioneering and innovative original productions to Mainland China audiences.

CETV was the first of the 6 foreign satellite television channels to have been granted landing rights into the cable systems of Guangdong, and has also secured nationwide distribution via the Central Platform, covering hotels and foreign apartment compounds. In aggregate, with distribution via the AsiaSat 3S and Sinosat platforms, it is estimated that CETV now reaches approximately 21 million households throughout Mainland China.

Hit programming for the Channel include the renowned Korean dramas “Jewel In The Palace” and “The Legendary Doctor – Hur Jun”, as well as original productions “Super Search Warrant” and “Scent Of A Woman”. Original programming of CETV is now being syndicated to Hunan, Fujian, Henan and other local networks.

Other publishing rivals include:

• Sing Tao Holdings Ltd.
• Hong Kong Standard
• Next Media and Apple Daily
• SCMP Group

External link

• TOM Group

The version history of iTunes spans from 2001 to present and covers the application’s evolution and refinement from a simple music player to a control center for many types of media. Support for the iPod and iTunes Store (originally the iTunes Music Store) were added in the first few versions. Later, other types of media, including radio, movies, television shows, and audiobooks, were also supported. Most recently, iTunes has branched out from the iPod and provides iPhone syncing capabilities.

Contents 1 Version compatibility 2 Device compatibility 3 Version history 4 References 5 External links

Version compatibility

Operating systems	Latest version
Mac OS 9.0.4	2.0.4 (March 20, 2002)*iTunes 2.0.4 download (Mac)
Mac OS 10.0.2	1.1.1 (May 1, 2001)
Mac OS 10.1.5	4.7.1 (January 11, 2005)§iTunes 4.7.1 download (Mac)
Mac OS 10.2.8	6.0.5 (June 29, 2006)†iTunes 6.0.5 download (Mac)
Windows 2000 SP4	7.3.2 (August 2, 2007)‡iTunes 7.3.2 download (Windows)
Mac OS 10.3.9/10.4.7; Windows XP/Vista	ǂLatest iTunes download

*Mac OS 9.1 is required to burn CDs.

§The iTunes Store requires iTunes version 6.0.5 or later, thus breaking store support in earlier versions.

†Mac OS 10.2 does not support video playback and video store features in iTunes 6.

‡Windows 2000 does not support the iPhone. Requires a 32-bit version of 2000.

ǂ10.4.10 is required for iPhone support, Windows XP SP2 is required for iPhone or Apple TV support. Requires a 32-bit version of Windows.

Device compatibility

Device	Minimum version	Minimum OS
iPod classic 1G	2.0 (Mac)	9/10.1 (Mac)
Rio One	2.0.3 (Mac)
iPod classic 2G	3.0Apple Unveils New iPods (Mac) 4.1 (Win)	10.1 (Mac) 2000 (Win)
iPod classic 3G	4.0 (Mac) 4.1 (Win)
iPod mini 1G	4.2Apple Introduces iPod mini (Mac+Win)
iPod classic 4G	4.6http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jul/19ipod.html (Mac+Win)
AirPort Express	4.6http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jun/07airport.html (Mac+Win)	10.2 (Mac) 2000 (Win)
iPod photo	4.7http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/oct/26ipodphoto.html (Mac+Win)
iPod classic 4G (color display)	4.7 (Mac+Win)
iPod shuffle 1G	4.7.1 (Mac+Win)
iPod mini 1G	4.7.1Apple Unveils New iPod mini Starting at Just $199 (Mac+Win)
ROKR E1	4.9 (Mac+Win)
iPod nano 1G	5.0 (Mac+Win)	10.3 (Mac) 2000 (Win)
iPod classic 5G	6.0 (Mac+Win)
SLVR L7 and RAZR V3i	6.0.1http://www.apple.com/itunes/mobile/faq/ (Mac+Win)
[[Nike+iPod]]	6.0.5 (Mac+Win)
iPod classic 5.5G	7.0 (Mac+Win)
iPod shuffle 2G	7.0.2 (Mac+Win)
iPod nano 2G	7.0.2 (Mac+Win)
Apple TV	7.1http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html (Mac+Win)	10.3 (Mac) XP (Win)
iPhone	7.3 (Mac+Win)	10.4 (Mac) XP (Win)
iPod classic 6G	7.4 (Mac+Win)
iPod nano 3G	7.4 (Mac+Win)
iPod touch	7.4 (Mac+Win)

Version history

iTunes version	Operating systems	Release date	Major changes
1.0	Mac: 9	2001-01-09	Original release based on SoundJam MP code.WSJ: Casady & Greene “forbidden” from discussing iTunes deal
1.1		2001-02-21	External burners, improved visual effects, more supported CD burners.Apple Announced iTunes 1.1 With Support for Over 25 Third-Party CD Burners
1.1	Mac: 10.0	2001-03-24	Initial OS X version.iTunes 1.1
1.1.1		2001-05-01	Burning CDs, full screen visual effects, stability/performance improvements,New iBook, OS X Update From Apple available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
1.1.2	Mac: 10.1	2001-09-25	Bundled with Mac OS 10.1.The Disaster-Free Upgrade to Mac OS 10.1
2.0	Mac: 9, 10.1	2001-10-23	iPod support, CD burning improvements, equalizer/cross-fader/sound enhancer added.Apple Announced iTunes 2
2.0.1		2001-11-04	Fixes installer issue which may result in data loss.iTunes 2.0.1 CD Burning updates.iTunes 2: Includes Updated Disc Burning Software
2.0.2		2001-11-16	German and French language support.
2.0.3		2001-12-13	iPod syncing improvements, support for Rio One MP3 player.
2.0.4		2002-03-20	Improved stability/performance, expanded AppleScript support.New iPod and iTunes Software Released
3.0	Mac: 10.1, 10.2	2002-07-17	Smart playlists, more song list categories, Audible.com audiobook support.Apple Announced iTunes 3
3.0.1		2002-09-18	Performance improvements, better 10.2 support.iTunes 3.0.1 Released
4.0	Mac: 10.1, 10.2	2003-04-28	Music Store support, AAC audio codec, DVD burning, Music sharing, GUI improvements.iTunes 4: What’s New
4.0.1		2003-05-27	Performance improvements, music sharing only in subnet.iTunes 4.0.1 for Mac OS X: Information and Download
4.1	Mac: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 Win: 2000, XP	2003-10-16	Music store/CD burning improvements, Windows support added, voice notes, on-the-go playlists.iTunes 4.1 and QuickTime 6.4 released
4.2		2003-12-18	AOL accounts with music store, GUI, and performance improvements.iTunes 4.2 Released
4.5		2004-04-28	iMix, party shuffle, CD insert printing, music store improvements, WMA to AAC conversion (Windows only), Apple Lossless audio codec.Apple releases feature enhanced iTunes 4.5
4.6		2004-06-09	AirTunes support, minor improvements.iTunes 4.6 released
4.7		2004-10-27	Copying photos to iPod photo, GUI/performance improvements, Windows taskbar minimizing.New version of iTunes (version 4.7) released
4.7.1	Mac: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2005-01-11	iPod shuffle support added, blocks DRM stripping applications,iTunes 4.7.1 Released With Important Security Update limited to 5 connections per day to networked music libraries.iTunes 4.7.1 quietly brings sharing restrictions
4.8	Mac: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2005-05-09	Video support, international music stores supported,iTunes 4.8 Released Security enhancements.http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301596
4.9		2005-06-28	Podcasting,iTunes 4.9 Now Available Motorola ROKR E1 mobile phone support added.
5.0	Mac: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2005-09-07	GUI refined, search bar improvements, parental controls, smart shuffle, iPod nano support.Apple Introduces iTunes 5
5.0.1		2005-09-20	Bonjour for Windows removed from bundle after DNS conflict problems, bug fixes.iTunes 5.0.1 is available
6.0	Mac: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2005-10-12	GUI/music store changes, blocks DRM remover utilities, transfer videos to 5th generation iPod classic.Apple Announces iTunes 6 With 2,000 Music Videos, Pixar Short Films & Hit TV Shows
6.0.1		2005-10-20	Bug fixes,Hmm, iTunes 6.0.1 already released Motorola SLVR L7 and RAZR V3i mobile phone support added.
6.0.2		2006-01-10	Bug fixes, video conversion for home movies, AirTunes enhancements, now Universal Binary (running on both Intel and PowerPC Macs).iTunes 6.0.2 and QuickTime 7.0.4 Released
6.0.3		2006-02-15	Bug fixes, performance enhancements.iLife ‘06 update and iTunes 6.0.3 released
6.0.4		2006-03-01	Stability and performance issues with Front Row.iTunes 6.0.4 released, updates iPhoto, Front Row
6.0.4.2		2006-03-03	Fixes possible playlist problems in 6.0.4.
6.0.5		2006-06-29	[[Nike+iPod]] support added, Nike Sport area on the iTunes Store also added.iTunes 6.0.5 Released, iPod Updater 2006-06-28
7.0	Mac: 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP	2006-09-12	Video playback/purchasing improvements, iPod games, Major GUI changes, gapless playback, sync purchased content from iPod to computer, Cover Flow added.Apple Announces iTunes 7 with Amazing New Features
7.0.1		2006-09-27	Stability and performance improvements with Cover Flow, CD importing, iPod syncing, and one-click rating. Fixed issues with Remote Desktop Protocol and Windows Live Messenger.Apple Quietly Releases iTunes 7.0.1
7.0.2		2006-10-31	Support for second generation shuffle and nano, fixed stability/performance issues with 7.0 and 7.0.1.Briefly: iTunes 7.0.2, iSight shipments, 8GB nano
7.1		2007-03-04	Apple TV support, additional 2G shuffle support, GUI improvements, fixes Windows Vista issues, full-screen Cover Flow.QuickTime 7.1.5 and iTunes 7.1 released
7.1.1		2007-03-16	Stability/performance/compatibility fixes.Apple releases iTunes 7.1.1 for Mac, Windows
7.2	Mac: 10.3, 10.4 Win: 2000, XP, Vista	2007-05-29	Fully supports Vista,iTunes 7.2 fully supports Windows Vista iTunes Plus introduced with 256 kbit/s DRM-free music tracks,iTunes 7.2 supports DRM-free ‘iTunes Plus’ music iTunes U introduced which offers free content from some of the top universities around the United States.Apple’s iTunes U Means You Can Ditch Class and Still Learn
7.3		2007-06-29	Support for iPhone activation/syncing, GUI changes/fixes.iTunes 7.3 unexpectedly, shockingly available
7.3.1		2007-07-11	Bug fixes.iTunes 7.3.1 fixes iTunes Library access
7.3.2		2007-08-02	Bug fixes for increased stability/performance.Apple Releases iTunes 7.3.2
7.4	Mac: 10.3, 10.4 Win: XP, Vista	2007-09-06	Support for iPod touch, classic (6G), nano (3G), and adds interface art for new iPod shuffle colours. GUI improvements.iTunes 7.4 Released with Ringtone Support
7.4.1		2007-09-07	Blocks a workaround that allowed free ringtones.iTunes 7.4 obsolete after 48 hours; 7.4.1 breaks homebrew ringtones However, a new workaround was found within one day of release.
7.4.2		2007-09-17	Addresses an issue with creating ringtones using iTunes Plus song purchases and includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance.http://www.macrumors.com/2007/09/17/apple-updates-itunes-to-7-4-2/
7.4.3		2007-09-27	Addresses issues with the initial setup of the iPod touch on some international versions of Windows.http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes743forwindows.html

References

External links

• iTunes download page
• Older versions of iTunes for Windows download page
• Older versions of iTunes for Mac download page

On mobile phones, RTTTL, Ringing Tones Text Transfer Language or Nokring is a popular format of cellular phone ringtone.

Technical specification

A RTTTL/Nokring format ringtone must contain three specific elements in order to be recognized by ringtone programs. The three elements are name, settings, and notes.

For example, here is the RTTTL ringtone for Haunted House :
HauntedHouse: d=4,o=5,b=108: 2a4, 2e, 2d#, 2b4, 2a4, 2c, 2d, 2a#4, 2e., e, 1f4, 1a4, 1d#, 2e., d, 2c., b4, 1a4, 1p, 2a4, 2e, 2d#, 2b4, 2a4, 2c, 2d, 2a#4, 2e., e, 1f4, 1a4, 1d#, 2e., d, 2c., b4, 1a4

The three parts are separated by a colon.

• Part 1: name of the ringtone (here: “HauntedHouse”), a string of characters represents the name of the ringtone
• Part 2: settings (here: d=4,o=5,b=10), where “d=” is the default duration of a note. In this case, the “4″ means that each note with no duration specifier (see below) is by default considered a quarter note. “8″ would mean an eighth note, and so on. Accordingly, “o=” is the default octave. There are four octaves in the Nokring/RTTTL format. And “b=” is the tempo, in “beats per minute”.
• Part 3: the notes. Each note is separated by a comma and includes, in sequence: a duration specifier, a standard music note, either a, b, c, d, e, f or g, and an octave specifier. If no duration or octave specifier are present, the default applies.

References

• How do I distinguish a Nokring/RTTTL ringtone from other ringtones? (Eric Bematchez, about.com)
• Some sample RTTTL’s
• Definition of RTTTL (in Backus–Naur form)

Revol, Inc. is a regional wireless carrier based in Independence, Ohio. The service features unlimited anytime domestic and long-distance voice calling and unlimited text and picture messaging to other Revol customers.

Contents 1 History 2 Payment 3 In The Media 4 Insurance 5 External links

History

Revol purchased Northcoast PCS in July 2004 from former owner Cablevision. The new owners, venture capital firms M/C Venture Partners and Columbia Capital have since invested significantly into the company to improve its network and service. The original Northcoast name was kept in service until 2005, when the Company relaunched with the Revol brand, new plans and many new towers. Currently, Revol has coverage in and around the cities of Indianapolis, Indiana, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (through Cricket’s network), Columbus,, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dayton, Toledo,Youngstown, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, Louisville, Kentucky and Buffalo, New York. As Revol is not a MVNO, it actually owns and operates its own tower system, through purchases of part of the Cricket network and its own holdings gained from Northcoast PCS. Recently it started to use some of Cricket’s networks, and has extended calling areas outside of its own network. Currently roaming off-network is not available.

Payment

Revol currently charges an additional $5 fee to pay a bill in a Revol store or over the phone through their customer service dept. Tax and this fee are not included in any advertised price. Revol currently offers no grace period as most phone companies do. Phones are shut off on due date with additional non-waivable $15 reconnection fee. Revol does not send out paper bills but they can be requested for $1 extra per month. Revol Bucks are pre-paid dollars used to purchase ringtones and games through the Brew application with the $5 per month RAGE feature enabled. Revol Web is also a available feature but has most high bandwidth sites disabled to save bandwidth cost to the company. If a Revol customer changes residence a number change can be attained for $25. Call Records can be received for $20 per month. All Revol phones, services and activation fees are non-refundable.

In The Media

Revol has been accused of false advertising many times. Mostly for charging activation fee’s on features such as Revol PTT, International Long Distance and Basic Service. These hidden fees can be up to $40. Revol PTT and Picture Messaging features only work Revol to Revol. Revol commonly sends out 30-day free Revol service cards to their previous customers, but in most cases these customers are ineligible for this discount. Revol currently has over 250,000 customers. Revol has been under much investigation for selling refurbished phones as new.

Insurance

New Revol phones come with a one-year manufacturer’s limited warranty that can be used by paying $45. Revol’s insurance policy has also recently been taken under fire as it advertises covering lost or stolen phones but does not cover claims on accounts that have been suspended for being lost or stolen. Co-payments on insurance claims can be as high as $350 to receive a refurbished phone. Although you can have insurance on more then two phones, you can only make two claims per year.

External links

Official sites:

• http://www.revol.us Corporate website

Other sites

• Crain’s Article on Revol
• Cleveland Better Business Bureau Report on Revol

The K500i/K500c is a block style mobile telephone manufactured by Sony Ericsson. A version of this phone was manufactured for Vodafone, known as the F500i. The model’s features are 12 megabytes of internal memory, VGA camera with extended resolution feature (1.2 megapixel size: 1280*960, though pictures taken with this mode may look quite Pixelated on a PC), nice and user-friendly interface, 3D game graphics, loud speaker, 1.9″ screen (as compared to 1.8″ in other Sony Ericsson models), mp3 and video playback, and IrDA.

Though it is now out of the market, it was introduced as a stripped down version to the more popular k700i. However, it had some features that were better than its older cousin - bigger and brighter screen, fresher main menu with a bubble as the background for the currently option under focus, more readable text font (notice the difference in the numbers that you dial), faster response and last but not least, Splinter Cell.

The Vodafone version has some limitations, most notably that it can not use MP3 files as ringtones, unless they are DRM-protected. The sleek Sony Ericsson menu is also replaced by icons matching the style of Vodafone Live!.

This phone has Music DJ Which is used to create 40 Channel Midi Polyphonic ring tone.

It also supports 3GP Video Recording.

The Siemens SX1 is a GSM mobile phone running version 1.2 of the Series 60 platform for the Symbian OS. It is the first such smartphone from the German phone manufacturer Siemens AG following their licensing agreement with Nokia for the use and development of Series 60.

Though unveiled in February 2003 it launched only in December of that year, but has since seen good sales.

The phone has a very high feature list and very good performance, but there is some controversy over the non-standard keypad arrangement, which has elicited praise from some users and criticism from others.

Contents 1 Features 2 Specifications 3 Similar phones 4 System Codes 5 Reviews 6 External links

Features

The phone has a very high feature list for its time of release. It had three built in games and support for more by downloads. The three games which were bundled with the phone were Mozzies, which was awarded the title of best mobile game in 2003, Typegun, which was a game made for acquainting users to the keypad layout, and Sitris, a Tetris version with multiplayer support (via Bluetooth). In Mozzies, the Camera is used to detect the motion. So you have to position the gun on the flying mosquitoes which are placed on the video feed from the camera. The objective is to shoot down the mosquitoes by moving the phone around and clicking when you are aiming correctly.
The phone also has a good number of connectivity options from Bluetooth to IrDA. It can also be used as a Fax Machine by connecting it to an appropriate device like a computer through the software provided. The File Manager allows sending and receiving of various files over either infrared or bluetooth. The phone has two shortcut keys on its side. One is used to start the camera and click pictures, while the other can be used to make a voice command driven call or start the voice memo. There is a built in picture editor which allows modification of images taken by the camera or any other type of image present on the phone. The phone has a few organizer capabilities. There are applications to take down short notes, a To-Do List, a scheduler application with reminders and a converter to convert currency and different measuring units.

Specifications

• General
  • Network - GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
  • Announced - 2003, February (Released, December)
• Size
  • Dimensions - 109 x 56 x 19 mm, 110 cc
  • Weight - 116 g
• Unique keypad arrangement
• 5-way joystick
• Display
  • 65,536-colour screen TFT LCD
  • Size - 176 x 220 pixels, 35 x 44 mm
• 132 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP310 CPU
• Ringtones
  • Type - Polyphonic (16 channels)
  • PCM (wav) files support for Ringtones
  • Customization - Download, order now
  • Vibration - Yes
• Loud speaker
• Stereo Output through earphones provided.
• Memory
  • Phonebook - 10 fields, in shared memory, contact groups, Photo call
  • Call records - 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
  • Hot-swappable MMC card slot (up to 1 GB tested)
  • Internal Memory - 16 MB total RAM memory, 24 MB(in earlier revisions) or 32 MB(in later revisions) Flash memory with 4 MB available to user
• Data
  • GPRS - Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbit/s
  • Bluetooth V1.1
  • Infrared port
  • USB Support
• Features
  • OS - Symbian OS v6.1, Series 60 v1.0 UI, Java MIDP 1.1
  • Self-update capability with downloaded firmware
  • Messaging - SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
  • Browser - WAP 2.0/xHTML
  • Clock
  • Alarm (repeated)
  • Games (Bluetooth multiplayer) - Also 3rd party games available for downloads
  • Camera - 640×480 pixels resolution (VGA) camera with nightshot
  • Video recorder mode 176×144 pixels resolution (QCIF) at 15 fps (limited by free memory)
  • Integrated FM radio (87.5-108 MHz, frequency range 20 Hz-20 kHz)
  • T9
  • PIM
  • User profiles
  • Voice Recorder (AMR Format)
  • MP3 player
  • Video Player with pre-installed Real Player
  • Media File Suport
    • JPG, GIF, BMP
    • RA, RM, MP3, 3GP, WAV, AMR, H.263
• Colors - Ice blue
• SyncML
• Support for 3rd party downloadable Java based and Symbian applications.
• Battery
  • Standard, Li-Ion 1000 mAh (EBA-540)
  • Stand-by - Up to 200 h
  • Talk time - Up to 4 h
• Package contents:
  • Cellular phone device
  • Charger
  • Handsfree
  • USB to phone cable
  • Siemens Data Suite installation CD
  • Instructions booklet

Similar phones

The SX1’s interface is very similar to that of the Nokia 6600 as the Symbian OS was being jointly developed by Siemens AG and Nokia. There are other phones with similar specifications and functional similarity.

• Nokia 6600
• Nokia 3660
• Sony Ericsson P800 (It is more advanced and also based on a different version of the Symbian OS - UIQ).

System Codes

These are a few system codes which have to be dialed on the main screen like a telephone number.

• *#06# - To get the IMEI number
• *#7780# - To restore to Factory Settings
• *#7370# - To Reset the phone (Hard reset)
• Press Joystick and Start Button to enter the firmware update mode (Do this before connecting to the computer for the firmware update)
• To format the phone (and restore it to factory specs), while holding * and #, press the “On” button. When it connects, release the on button.

Reviews

• Siemens SX1 Review on CNET Reviews
• Review by ITReviews.co.uk
• Review by I4U News
• Review by ZDNet
• Review by About.com

External links

• Official Siemens SX1 site
• My-Symbian
• The Symbian OS
• Linux on SX1
• Linux on SX1 Turkish How To
• Linux on SX1 Video
• SX1 User Manual
• Russian SX1 site: Patches; actual developers of linux port, …
• Polish SX1 site: Patches, Cristal project, …

The Nokia 3100 is a triband-GSM cellphone released on the 17th of June 2003 in the United States as a small no-frills basic phone from the Finnish manufacturers, Nokia.

The Nokia 3100 was developed from the Nokia 3510i and Nokia 7250i models. It is a basic no-frills phone designed primarily for the younger market.

The phone is equipped with a 128×128 passive colour display (4096 colors 12-bit), JAVA MIDP 1.0, XHTML and WAP browser, GPRS and POP-port connectivity and Li-ON batery. Incoming calls alert is using MIDI polyphonic ringtones and vibrating alert.

Menu system

The Nokia 3100 uses Nokia’s Series 40 platform firmware that uses large static icons rather than animated icons that are used on some of the other Nokia phones.

The menu has 14 main categories:

• 1. Messages - This consists of a multimedia and text messages editor
• 2. Call register - It records the duration of calls and connections and used phone numbers
• 3. Phone book - A phone book with contacts editor
• 4. Profiles - User profiles for various situations (silent, loud, general…)
• 5. Settings - All phone settings are stored here
• 6. Alarm clock - A simple alarm clock
• 7. Gallery - Small file manager in which you can store images and ringtones
• 8. Calendar - Calendar with notes and reminders
• 9. Games - Directory for Java games
• 10. Applications - Directory for applications
• 11. Extras - Some extra tools like calculator, countdown timer and stopwatch
• 12. Se